Tech News Radio Podcast

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

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

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 #343 | 080322 | BlackBerry Enterprise, eWeek Top Tech For 2008, DOD Conferences Pointer, WordPress Update, and Interview on Virtual Teams

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

Today's show covers: #1.) RIM's latest enterprise news; #2.) eWeek on 2008 technologies you should check out; #3.) a pointer to DOD conferences in the Washington DC area; and #4.) news about the very popular blogging tool WordPress.  Once we get through the news, there is an interview I recently recorded with President/CEO Eric Basu about how his company Sentek Consulting uses the latest technologies to enable effective virtual teams.

Links mentioned during the news portion of the podcast include:

• Download Squad on RIM News
• BlackBerry on Lotus Connections
• Download Squad on RIM News
• eWeek's 2008 Technologies To Not Ignore
• AFCEA's DOD Spring & Fall 2008 Course Schedule
• Automattic's WordPress $29 million venture funding (from The New York Times, True Ventures, Radar Ventures, and Polaris Venture Partners)

Links mentioned during the interview on virtual teams includes:

• RIM Blackberry
• WebEx
• Skype
• Palm Treo Smartphones
• Jott
• GrandCentral

Our microbrew recommendation of the show is the Widmer Broken Halo IPA. And if you have any tech questions post them to: forums.friendsintech.com.

Technorati Tags: beer, blackberry, conference, eweek, mobile, podcast, sentek, team, technewsradio, virtual, wordpress

TECH NEWS RADIO #291 | 060606 | Tom Bihn, Brain Bag, Brain Cells, Areonaut, and Archetype

Today's podcast is all about Tom Bihn and the awesome products they offer those that have to carry technology gear.

But we also touch briefly on our FriendsInTech.com iTunes comments competition, Podcast Academy 3, and TechNewsRadio's Frappr Map.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Previous review of Tom Bihn gear (08Dec05)
• Brain Cell
• Brain Bag: A Big Daypack for Business & School
• The Archetype
• The Arenonaut
• Tom Bihn Blog
• Tom Bihn Forum

This podcast is sponsored by O'Reilly and Associates Safari Bookshelf online technical library.

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TECH NEWS RADIO #279 | 060412 | MINI TECH RAG TEAR OUTS with content from Maximum PC, PC Magazine, and PC World

Today we are going to look at some "gear and gadget" recommendations from Maximum PC, PC World, and PC Magazine in a mini Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast format. The official beer of the show was Racer 5 India Pale Ale from Bear Republic.  The gear items mentioned include:

• ATI Radeon X1900 XTX
• PNY GeForce 6800 GS card
• Snap-To Cable Turtles
• The Cable Tamer
• Surface Raceways
• WireMate Cord Organizer
• Power Squid
• ZipLing extension cables (Cat5e)
• PlusTek Optic Slim portable scanner
• iGo everywhere power brick
• IOGear USB 2.0 Hub and media card reader

In addition, we mention the following links:

• Douglas E. Welch
• New York City trip (lesson's learned)
• JerseyBoysPodcast.com
• JerseyBoysBroadway.com
• Mike Meyers
• Saturday Night Live
• Wayne's World
• The Room in SoHo
• Billy Watson

This podcast is sponsored by O'Reilly and Associates Safari Bookshelf online technical library.

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TECH NEWS RADIO #268 | 060313 | eTech 2006, Mapquest, OpenAPI, Developer Contest

This podcast covers news from eTech 2006 with regards to Mapquest's recently announced Open API and Developer Challenge Contest.

If you'd like to discusss this or any topic related to eTech then check out the eTech 2006 Forum at FriendsInTech.com.

This podcast is sponsored in part by: TradePub.com - your source for technology resources, and the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT.

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TECH NEWS RADIO #254 (Mobile Projector, TabletPC, Windows Mobile, GPS, and BlackBerry)

Today's podcast looks at some mobile tools for mobile warriors that caught my eye in Mobile Enterprise Magazine published for Feb. 2006:

• Infocus LP120 projector
• DualCor cPC with both Microsoft TabletPC and Windows Mobile 5.0 operating systems
• Socket compact-flash-based Mag Strip Reader Card 4E
• Telenav GPS Navigation System service for specific BlackBerry devices

This podcast is sponsored in part by: TradePub.com - your source for technology resources, and the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT.

TECH NEWS RADIO #247 (Carson Helps Me Podcast About Mobile Gear)

Back in October I did this segment without "help" in standard Tech Tidbits Daily fashion.  But the truth be told I originally had a "helper" with the prep.  Here is the "helper" version:

Mobile Enterprise for October 2005 had a special feature that highlighted eight new technology cases for laptops and handhelds.

• Mobile Edge Ultra TechStyle
• Targus with two patent-pending features: Dome Protection System & SafePORT Air Cushion
• Matias Slim Aluminum Laptop Case
• Pacific Design Nucleus PC Portfolio
• Mobile Edge "Just For Women"
• HP "Signature Ladies Totes"
• Roadwired PDA/Phone Organizer
• ExtremePDA The Holster

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More on Tom Bihn & TechNewsRadio.com

On Thursday I did a hands-on review of some very nice products from Tom Bihn.  I forgot to include once additional item that was also sent out: the Snake Charmer (aka cable organizer bag.)  It is actually very well designed and I have all my cables that didn't have a good place to go in my previous bag, organized in this bag.

Also ... please listen to the Thursday podcast if you want to get in on the special deal from Tom Bihn with regards to these two prodcuts: Absolute Shoulder Strap and Monolith.
 

Tech Tidbits Daily Podcast for December 8, 2005

Today's podcast is a hands-on review of a customized dual-laptop backpack bag solution from Tom Bihn.  Thanks to Brendan for coming up with the segment idea, and for Darcy for putting the package together. So this is what I got to evaluate:

• Absolute Shoulder Strap, $25
• Monolith Brain Cell: Size 2, $45 [hard shell for larger laptops, fits in vertical]
• Brain Cell: Size 5, $50 [hard shell for smaller laptops, fits in horizontal]
• Brain Bag: A Big Daypack for Business & School, $140 [has straps for Brain Cells]
• The Soft Cell: Size 2, $30 [padded sleave]

What I have been using for the last two weeks is the: Brain Bag + Brain Cell Size 5 (iBook) + The Soft Cell Size 2 (Tecra M4).  And I have to highly recommend this setup for transportation of two laptops for my situation.  I have also posted some pictures on my personal blog.

Listen to the podcast for details on a special contest from TomBihn.com for listeners of TechNewsRadio.com.

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The next GotoMeeting & TechPocasts.com is this coming Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005 and will focus on Cool Holiday Tech Gifts.

Tech Tidbits Daily Podcast for October 25, 2005

There are some pretty amazing USB flash drive customizations going on out there in geek world.  Recent articles from PC Magazine and PC World highlighted the following:

• Internet Office on the Road [with Portable Firefox; Foxit PDF Reader; Firefox Bookmarks Synchronizer; Portable Thunderbird (email); Portable Sunbird (calendar); Portable NVU (HTML editor); FileZilla (FTP & SFTP); and Trillian Basic 3.1 (chat)].  For more info check out USBKEY @ PC Magazine and JohnHaller.com.
• There are also options for adding OpenOffice.org builds to USB flash drives, plus on the multimedia side both XMPlay and CoolPlayer will play the majority of rich audio content out there also via USB drives.
• If you want to be able to boot from USB disk then check out: FlashBoot 1.2, BartPE, or Damn Small Lunix.
• PC World also noted that virus protection tool AVG and anti-spyware product Ad-Aware can also be configured to work on USB drives. 
• Plus PC World suggested two security tools that might be good for keeping data secure on the USB drive: Cypherix Cryptainer LE and Dekart Private Disk Light 1.22.

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