Tech News Radio Podcast

Twitter Updates - Google, Amazon, Windows, Chrome, TweetDeck, iPad

The following is a summary of tweets posted to TechNewsRadio@Twitter over the last week:

• This WEEK in GOOGLE42 bit.ly/9SYkfL Check out: Ribbit, Android Kindle app, Google Reader Play, Diaspora, Google Wave open to all
• Per @LeviathanChrons the podcast novel "Leviathan Chronicles" has a big update on 5/26 http://bit.ly/8ZzfDq
• Amazon has announced a Asia Pacific Region AWS datacenter in Singapore (EC2 S3 SimpleDB RDS SNS CloudWatch Cloudfront) http://bit.ly/9NMCNc
• TechPodcast.com Roundtable is today - Sat. May 22nd at 1pm PT / 4pm ET - Stitcher Radio, Green Screen HowTo, 5 Top Windows Utilities
• standardizing all my computers with Google Chrome as the default browser - it seems to be faster, more reliable, etc than Firefox
• TweetDeck 0.3.4.1 seems like a nice upgrade: more meaningful icons, location, scheduled updates, translations, etc
• OpenOffice.org is looking for proposals their 10th year conference in Budapest, Hungary from 08/31- 09/03/2010 http://bit.ly/b6d6cQ
• Checking out Apple's "iPad : The Missing Manual—New from O'Reilly" - new book $25 - http://oreil.ly/90aNZO
• Mark/Space has announced Android Calendar Sync Version 1.4 Beta bit.ly/aDLSrX
• The new Apple OS X Snow Leopard Security Guide is now available online http://bit.ly/9Rm19H via PDF http://bit.ly/cSanMT
• Slysoft.com has released AnyDVD6.6.4.2 with support for Avatar, more encryption updates & other fixes http://bit.ly/c0tub1
• Willow Garage has a new open-source initiative for institutions and universities to build upon a robot platform bit.ly/9muTgs
• OpenBook Specification for ePub (xhtml, css, etc) - some tools: Calibre & Adobe InDesign http://bit.ly/bGryk8
• Just installed the new VMWARE 3.1 for Mac -- reports about Bootcamp VMs being faster seem true - more info: http://bit.ly/vmware31
• PhatWare has announced WritePad for iPad - an advanced handwriting recognition software http://bit.ly/aSuNXT
• Checking out Tweekdeck v0.34.2 (upgrade from v0.34.1) --- I wonder what is new?
• Checking out PersonalBrain 5.5 (visual information management) for Mac, Windows, Linux http://bit.ly/bpWZ7Y [free 30 day demo]
• AppleCentral.com is now the new "centralized" home for MacTech, Now Software, MacNews, MacsimumNews, MacMinute, etc
• Manager Tools Effective Manager Conference at Denver Marriott City Center has been announced for June 7, 2010 http://bit.ly/akUuI3
• SitePoint's newest book "Create Stunning HTML Email That Just Works!" looks like a good HTML intro: http://bit.ly/cs7ZCk
• How to Upgrade Your MacBook's Hard Drive bit.ly/benw4m -- Is a good reference!
• Anyone interest in an Apple iPad meetup in San Diego, CA - Wednesday, June 9, 2010 http://bit.ly/985fSY

Technorati Tags: amazon, apple, chrome, google, ipad, news, open, podcast, radio, security, tech, twitter

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #356 | 091027 | Windows 7 Bitlocker, Cloud Services, HTML 5, & Conference Pointers

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This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) - makers of fine tech clothing.

Today's TechNewsRadio.com podcast examines: Windows 7 Bitlocker on XP & Vista, Information Week on a comprehensive Cloud Services matrix, why HTML 5 matters from Dr. Dobbs, and then some conference pointers:

• Construx Professional Tester Boot Camp from Nov. 12-13, 2009 in Bellevue, WA. 
• Technology Training has announced an "Open Architecture" course presented by Mark Klett in Washington, DC from Dec. 2-3, 2009.  
• AFCEA is presenting West 2010 in San Diego, CA from Feb. 2-4, 2010.

Links mentioned in this podcast includes:

• FriendsInTech.com
• Windows 7 Ultimate
• Windows 7 Enterprise
• Adobe Flash
• Microsoft Silverlight
• Sun JavaFX
• Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)

We are giving away a Tom Bihn Checkpoint Flyer in the Black/Steel color pattern with a 15" laptop compartment to celebrate the start of our 5th year of podcasting.  Listen to the podcast for directions.

Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.  For tech news only updates follow TechNewsRadio on Twitter.

This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) - makers of fine tech clothing.

Technorati Tags: bitlocker, cloud, conferences, encryption, html5, win7, windows

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #352 | 090317 | New Specifications, Tom Bihn, Cloud Computing & Conferences

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This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) - makers of fine tech clothing.

Today's traditional Tech Rags Tear Out style podcast examines the following four items:

1. update on four new specifications you should probably be aware of;
2. some updated news from Tom Bihn;
3. two pointers to some cloud computing services from 3rd parties utilizing Amazon capabilities; and
4. five conference pointers.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Open IPTV Forum
• Sybase iAnywhere Software Developer Toolkit (SDK) v3.0
• Bluetooth 2.1+ specification
• HTML 5 specification [VNUNET, InternetNews]
• OpenID 2.0 specification
• Tom Bihn Store
• Tom Bihn Horizontal Freudian Slip organizer insert
• JW Media Player from LongTail Videos
• "Easy Asset" from Ezasset
• RSA Conference 2009
• IDC Virtualization Forum
• ISACA certifications (CISA, CISM, & CGEIT)
• INTEROP Las Vegas 2009
• SANS Security Conference San Diego 200
• New from Scottevest - Tropical Jacket!

The microbrew recommendation for this podcast was the Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout. And the technology podcast recommendation is from GDGT.com.

Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.

This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) - makers of fine tech clothing.

Technorati Tags: amazon, beer, cloudcomputing, conferences, gdgt, newmedia, podcast, services, specification, technology, tombihn

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #348 | 090120 | Content Management, Network Security, Military Resources, SUN Servers, NAS & Conference Pointers

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This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) - makers of fine tech clothing.

Today's TechNewsRadio.com's podcast covers seven topics: Enterprise Content Management (ECM); network security; military how-to guides; Sun's latest SunFire x4150 servers; personal-sized network attached storage (NAS) appliances ; and conference pointers.  After the technical content there is a Tom Bihn  product review update.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Information Week Open Source Center
• Alfresco content management system
• SpringCM hosted content management system
• Microsoft Oxite CM and Blog Engine
• NetClarity NACwall Micro security appliance
• ArtechHouse.com reference books
• Wired.com
• Buffalo LinkStation Quad NAS
• Maxtor Central Axis Business Edition NAS
• HP MediaSmart Server
• Iomega StorCenter ix2 NAS
• AFCEA West 2009
• ASPE-SDLC.com Business Analysts Boot Camps
• TechnologyTraining.com DOD and Homeland Security Courses

The microbrew beer recommendation for this podcast is the Fat Weasel Pale Ale by River Trent Brewing in Ukaih, CA.

The recommend podcast resource to checkout for this podcast is the "main feed" at IT Conversations.

Technorati Tags: blog, briefcase, conferences, content, ECM, management, microsoft, NAS, security, storage, travel

LINKS FROM PODCAST #325 - Overview Of eTech 2007 Plus Pointers To Interviews

Links mentioned in TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #325 published for March 30, 2007 that covered the topic "Overview of eTech 2007":

• MakerFaire.com
• Where 2.0 Conference
• O'Reilly Release 2.0 Magazine
• Bill Moggridge's "Designing Interactions"
• Rael Dornfest
• Tim O'Reilly
  
• O'Reilly Radar
• Arthur Benjamin's "Secrets of Mental Math"
• DIY & Hacker Ethic: MAKE magazine, CRAFT magazine
• Ubiqutious WI-FI: Chumby platform, Threadless.com
• Collaboration & Attention:  Twitter, Facebook, Jaiku, AttentionTrust
• Web 2.0 business applications: wesabe.com, Open Planning Project, TradeStation, SwiftTrade
• New solutions: freebase - semantic database, Adobe's Apollo
• Jeff Hawkins at Numenta
• Jeff Jonas at IBM on "Advanced Analytics"
• "Incantations of Muggles" by Danah Boyd

Our topic eight technologies that we thought had potential to help IT professionals in the near-term:

1. Amazon's S3 (Storage), EC2 (Processors), and SQS (Messaging) technologies 
2. Sun Microsystems Project Blackbox
   
3. Yahoo! Pipes
4. RSS Tools like Attensa Feed Server, RSS Bus, and Newsgator
5. Zimbra new offline email client
6. Adobe's Apollo
7. Scott Berkun new book "The Myths of Innovation" [NOTE: His previous book "The Art of Project Management" is also highly recommend.]
8. Microsoft's Deepfish
   

Also don't forget to check out our eTech 2007 OPML format conference notes posted to Grazr.com.

We also conducted four interviews at eTech 2007: Attensia, ThinkFree, Zimbra, and Linspire.

Technorati Tags: collaboration, conference, database, development, diy, etech, programming, tech, technewsradio, technology, wifi

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #327 | 070403 | Security News Plus eTech Interview With Zimbra

Today's Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast examines some security news from PC World & eWeek, and an interview from O'Reilly's eTech 2007 (podcast review) with Zimbra.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• PasswordMaker
• Andrew Garcia
• "Hacking VoIP Exposed: Voice Over IP Security Secrets & Solutions" written by David Endler (TippingPoint) and Mark Collier (SecureLogix) [Buy On Amazon!]
• Voice over IP Secuirty Alliance

This podcast is sponsored by: SCOTTEVEST (SeV) - makers of fine tech clothing.

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Technorati Tags: book, etech, eweek, interview, pcworld, security, technewsradio, voip, zimbra

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #331 | 070501 | Biggest Attendee Take Aways From Manager-Tools.com Effective Manager Conference

Today's podcast brings listeners some great audio interviews of attendees at the recent Manager-Tools Effective Manager Conference. 

The collective wisdom of this podcast is based on the answers to the question: "What is your biggest take away from attending this conference?"

You can also get my complete personal impressions of the conference via an interview I did with Douglas E. Welch on his Career Opportunities podcast.

This podcast is sponsored by: SCOTTEVEST (SeV) - makers of fine tech clothing. And thanks to Zimbra for sponsoring our recent attendance at eTech 2007 (podcast review).

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Technorati Tags: CareerOpportunities, Conference, DouglasEWelch, Effective, eTech, FriendsInTech, Manager, Manager-Tools, Podcast, Technology

Manager-Tools Conference Summary Live Show Annoucement

I'd like to announced that I am going to be joining fellow FriendsInTech.com member Douglas E. Welch, host of the excellent Career Opportunities podcast, for a Talkshoe Talkcast on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 9PM EDT/6 PM PDT.

The subject of the Talkcast will be a re-cap from my recent attendance at the Manager-Tools.com's Effective Manager Conference held last week in Washington, DC.

Technorati Tags: Career Opportunities, Conference, DouglesEWelch, Effective, FriendsInTech, Manager, Manager-Tools, Talkcast, Talkshoe

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #325 | 070330 | Overview of eTech 2007

Today's podcast summarizes TechNewsRadio.com's thoughts and impressions related to attending eTech 2007 held in San Diego, CA from March 26-29, 2007.

The podcast is organized in four main sections: expo attendee bag review, opening night keynotes, thoughts on the term 'magic', and then eight top technologies you should be aware of.

In addition detailed conference notes have been posted in OPML format to Grazr.com.

All the links mentioned in this podcast will be posted in the very near future (sorry for the delay).

This podcast is sponsored by Zimbra and SCOTTEVEST (SeV) - makers of fine tech clothing.

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Technorati Tags: Conference, eTech, FriendsInTech, Grazr, OPML, Review, SanDiego, Scottevest, TechNewsRadio, Zimbra

Following Along At eTech 2007

There are several ways to follow along with TechNewsRadio.com at eTech 2007:

• OPML file via Grazr
• Twitter
• del.icio.us

Technorati Tags: delicious, eTech, grazr, opml, technewsradio, twitter