Tech News Radio Podcast

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #354 | 091013 | OpenOffice, Podcasting Tech, Racks from APC, & Conference Pointers

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Todays' TechNewsRadio.com podcast links to the following references:

• OpenOffice.org
• NoteBookReview.com's review of OpenOffice vs. Microsoft Office
• Wizard Media Receiver
• Microsoft Zune Marketplace
• Nine Ball Media blog on One Click Zune Links
• The Conversations Network's The Levelator
• Audacity 1.3.9 (Beta) for Windows, Mac, & Linux
• APC InRow SC Systems
• APC NetShelter SX rack enclosure
• APC NetShelter CX cabinets
• Technology Training Corp's  "Information Assurance" course with Dr. Drew Hamilton on "Information Assurance" is in Washington DC from Oct. 22-23, 2009 and then again Nov. 9-10, 2009.
• VoiceCon San Francisco 2009 is Nov. 2-5, 2009
• Manager Tools ONE DAY Effective Manager Conference will be in Santa Clara, California on Nov. 3, 2009.
• FileMaker Training Series will be in San Jose, CA from January 25-29, 2010.

The beer recommendation for this podcast is Maui Brewing Company's CoCoNut PorTer.  And the podcast recommendation is the Typical Shutterbug Podcast.

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.

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Technorati Tags: beer, conferences, linux, mac, openoffice, podcast, rack, tech, windows

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #353 | 091006 | Cloud Computing Services, NEC Projector, iPod Case, Conference Pointers

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Today's TechNewsRadio.com podcast mentions the following links:

• Information Week coverage of EMC & AT&T's consolidated data storage services 
• Amazon cloud computing services
• EMC's Atmos
• AT&T's Synaptic Storage
• Computer Reseller News' review of the NEC NP 905 projector
• Wired's review of the Griffin Clarifi iPhone Case
• SATCON will be held in NYC from October 14-15, 2009
• TechnologyTraining.com's Irregular Warfare conference will be held in San Diego, CA from October 21-22, 2009
• Knowledge Management (KM) World 2009 will be in San Jose, CA from Nov. 17-19, 2009
• EnterpriseSearchSummit.com and TaxonomyBootcamp.com are mini-conferences held around KM World

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.

We also played a promo from the Geek Cred Podcast.

Sorry, no microbrew recommendation or podcast recommendation.  Hopefully next week.

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.

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

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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 #351 | 090217 | IBM Mashups, Tech Sprawl, Word 2007 & Conference Pointers

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Today's Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast covers four main topics: Software Developer Times' overview of IBM's Mashup Center, "Taming Technology Sprawl" via the Wall Street Journal, more info on the Word 2007 native format from PC World, and two conference pointers.

• Hewlett-Packard
• Citigroup
• MSDN on XML & .docx
• SPIE Defense, Security, & Sensing Conference
• Friends In Tech

The microbrew beer recommendation is the Black Toad Dark Ale from Black Toad Brewing based out of Chicago, Illinois.

The technology podcast recommendation is Mobile Tech Roundup.

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

Technorati Tags: beer, conference, enterprise, friendsintech, microsoft, podcast, security, software, technewsradio, technology, word

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #350 | 090210 | Microsoft, Encryption, Google, XML, Mobile, Embedded Systems & Conference Pointers

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Today's TechNewsRadio.com's traditional Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast covers the following five main topics: encrypted file systems recovery; Google's movement away from XML; a review of mobile technologies being deployed in new resort in Las Vegas; new single board computers; and several updated conference pointers.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Microsoft Encrypting File System (EFS)
• Elcomsoft Advanced EFS Data Recovery Professional
• Software Developer Times
• Google Protocol Buffers
• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
• Mobile Enterprise Magazine
• M Resort Spa & Casino in Las Vegas, NV
• Sprint Converged Network Solutions
• Advanced Digital Logic ADL-S15PC (Atom) integrated system board
• Advanced Digital Logic ADL-945PC (Core2Duo) integrated system board
• Manager Tools ONE DAY Effective Manager Conference
• AFCEA Intelligence Transition Conference
• AFCEA 2009 CyberSpace Symposium
• ESI International Project Management Catalog

The microbrew recommendation for this podcast is the Windwalker Pale Ale from BJ Kings Windwalker Brewery in Wisconsin.

The podcast recommendation for this podcast is the Future Tense podcast by Jon Gordon.

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

Technorati Tags: conference, development, dod, efs, embedded, encryption, intel, json, management, microsoft, recovery, wireless

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #349 | 090203 | Embedded Programming, Cloud Computing, and Conference Pointers

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Today's TechNewsRadio.com podcast covers embedded programming news from Software Developer Times, cloud computing news from Information Week, and some potentially interesting conference pointers.  Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard
• Microsoft Windows Embedded "CE" or Compact
• Wind River Linux Platform for Infotainment
• Moblin.org
• Hyperic's CloudStatus.com
• AT&T Synaptic Hosting
• Elastra cloud computing offerings
• Hewlett-Packard & EDS hosting services
• Career Camp Online 2009
• CompuMaster.net's Exchange Server Course
• Construx software development seminars

Our microbrew recommendation is the Kennebunkport IPA from KBC Brewing Company.

And our podcast recommendation for this show are recent FriendsInTech.com interviews:

• Robert Scoble on Technorama
• Jad Abumrad on The Typical Mac User [also check out WNYC's Radio Lab]
• Wil Wheaton on Greek Cred

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

Technorati Tags: beer, cloud, computing, conferences, embedded, interviews, linux, news, podcast, systems, technology

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

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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

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #347 | 090113 | Jobs, Aircell, VMWARE, Displays, Tom Bihn, & Conferences

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Today's TechNewsRadio.com's podcast channel examines the following topics: ComputerWorld.com IT job & skill forecasts for 2009; Aircell Internet access for airplanes; a VMWARE open source play with Infrastructure Toolkit; top displays with Samsung 245T & Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP; a short review of Tom Bihn's Checkpoint Flyer Travel Bag & Briefcase; and then a run down of some potentially interesting conferences that are coming up soon.

Other links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Software Developer Times
• MaximumPC.com
• InformationWeek.com
• Tom Bihn Absolute Strap
• The SharePoint Technology Conference
• PacDesignShow.com
• ElectronicsWestShow.com
• SANS 2009
• UCLA's 77th Technical Management Program
• RSA Conference 2009

The microbrew recommendation for this show is the Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Technorati Tags: 2009, aircell, airplanes, bag, conferences, displays, internet, jobs, skills, tombihn, travel, vmware

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #346 | 2009-01-06 | WIFI Routers, IBM Laptop, Mac Scanner, Cloud Computing, Virtualization & Hard Drive Destruct

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Today's traditional Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast examines:

• PC Magazine's reviews four dual-band routers
• Maximum PC's rating of the Lenovo ThinkPad X300
• Fujitsu Mac-savvy S300M automatic document scanner
• Cloud Camp conferences
• Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor release
• VMWare's ESXi hypervisor release
• EMC's Documentum CenterStage technology
• Fujitsu's Mag Erasure P3M hard drive destroyer

The microbeer recommendation for this show is the Beach Bum Blonde Ale (North American Beer Award Bronze Medal winner in 2006).

Technorati Tags: cloudcamp, hard drive, mac, podcast, review, scanner, security, tech, thinkpad, virtualization

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #345 | 080812 | TW Telcom, PDF, IBM Jazz, CradlePoint, Better Energy Systems, Research Reports, & Upcoming Conferences

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Today's traditional Tech Rag Tear Outs show covers: a Time Warner Telcom name change; PDF is now an ISO standard; IBM's Jazz collaboration tools; two mobile gadgets one from CradlePoint and the other from Better Engergy Systems look interesting; and a warning on industry technology research reports they might not be as transparent as you think.  Some of the sources mentioned in this podcast include: Software Developer Times, Forbes, and Wall Street Journa.

Links mentioned in this podcast includes:

• MacObserver on PDF ISO Standard
• The Register on PDF ISO Standard
• Lee Gomes
• Aberdeen Group
• Audacity @ AztecMedia.net
• David Allen GTD

Conferences mentioned in this podcast includes:

• LandWarNet 2008 from AFCEA (August 19-21, 2008 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
• CIO 100 Symposium (August 24-28, 2008 in Colorado Springs, CO)
• Office 2.0 (September 4-5, 2008 in San Francisco, CA) with $100 registration discount
• Digital ID World (September 8-10, 2008 in Anaheim, CA)
• Manager-Tools Effective Communications Conference (September 9-10, 2008 in San Antonio, TX)
• New Media Expo 2008 (September 14-16, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV)
• Enterprise Architecture Conference and Expo (September 9-10, 2008 in Washington DC)
• UCLA Extensions' Technical Management (September 14-19, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA)
• Knowledge Management World 2008 (September 23-25, 2008 in San Jose, CA)
• Taxonomy Boot Camp (September 25-26, 2008 in San Jose, CA)
• Enterprise Search Summit West (September 23-24, 2008 in San Jose, CA)
• Software Test & Performance Conference Fall 2008 (September 24-26, 2008 in Boston, MA)
• SANS Network Security 2008 (September 28 - October 6, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV)

The microbrew recommendation for this show is Widmer Brothers' Drop Top Amber Ale.

Technorati Tags: audacity, collaboration, conferences, gadget, ibm, iso, jazz, mobile, newmediaexpo, pdf, research, solar, technology, telecom, wsj