Tech News Radio

This podcast examines content from Fast Company and Network Computing.  The links mentioned in this podcast includes:

• Stirling Kelso
• Blurb (DIY book publishing)
• Barbara Krasnoff
• Kingston Technology's DataTraveler Elite Privacy Edition USB 2.0 flash drive
• AES encryption

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

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This podcast reviews eWeek's report by Charles Babcock on Red Hat's recent annoucement to purchase JBoss that was published on April 17, 2006.  Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• IBM
• BEA Systems
• Oracle
• JEMS
• Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
• Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)
• Apache Software Foundation's Geronimo project
• Microsoft Windows
• Sun Solaris

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

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Just a quick update to let all the great listeners and supporters of TechNewsRadio.com know the status of our upcoming (or late) podcasts.  The following have been researched, recorded, and are in various stages of editing and post-production:

• #278 (060407): Technology Conferences, Security, Cisco, Java, Virtualization, Search, Gartner
• #279 (060412): Mini TECH RAG TEAR OUTS with content from Maximum PC, PC Magazine, and PC World
• #280 (060418): Forbes, Azul Systems, Adaptec, Snap Server, eWeek
• #281 (060420): Mini TECH RAG TEAR OUTS, Novell, Brainshare, Netware, SuSe, Linux, Network World, eWeek, InfoWorld, ComputerWorld
• #282 (060424): Enterprise Architecture, 911 Requirements, Search Visualizations, Google, Inxight, Malware, Bitdefender

I hope to have them done very soon.  Thanks for your support and understanding.  And to let you in on a little production secret, I am working on the following items for the future:

• #283 (060426): Red Hat, JBoss, IBM, BEA Systems, Oracle, Apache, Geronimo, Linux, eWeek
• #284 (060428): Fast Company, Blurb, Network Computing, Kingston, DataTraveler
• #285 (060502): Cisco Unified Call Manager Express, VoIP, PBX, Cisco IOS, Voice Mail

This podcast examines a "mixed" bag of topics including: Enterprise Architecture 911 services via VoIP/PBX (IT Architect), Search Visualizations (KM World), and Malware Detection (PC World).

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Mike Tech Show Podcast
• Enterprise Integration patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions
• Patterns of Enterprise Application Architectures
• Enterprise Data Center Design and Methodology
• Enterprise Architecture Planning: Developing a Blueprint for Data Applications and Technology
• Inxight
• Google Enterprise Professional
• BitDefender 9
• McAfee VirusScan 2006
• Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal 5.0
• F-Secure Anti-Virus 2006
• Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2006

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

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This podcast (a mini-TechRagTearOuts) examines Novell's Brainshare conference held in March 2006 via news articles from Network World, eWeek, InfoWorld, and ComputerWorld. Links mentioned in this podcast:

• Intro by Jeremy Wright
• Official beer: Smithwicks Ale
• Open Enterprise Server (OES)
• XEN 3.0
• VMWare
• Netware 5.1, 6.0, and 6.5
• Network Storage Services (NSS)
• Novell eDirectory
• Kerberos
• Microsoft Active Directory
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Version 10
• Open Workgroup Suite
• Oracle Cluster File System
• GroupWise Mobile Server
• Nokia Intellisync
• BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1
• Novell's Zenworks Linux Mgmt software
• Red Hat
• Billy Watson

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

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Today's podcast examines content on following technology topics:

• Azul Systems [Quentin Hardy, Forbes, 3-13-2006]
• Adaptec SnapServer 520 [Henry Baltazar, eWeek, 3-27-2006]

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

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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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Today we look at the latest and greatest potentially interesting technology conferences.  First up are some computer network security conferences:

• SANS Forensics, Investigation, Response & Education (FIRE) conference is July 5-13, 2006 in Washington DC.
• SANS Security 2006 conference is in San Diego, CA from May 11-16, 2006.
• Network Computing "Designing and Security Wireless Networks"
• CSI's NetSEC 2006 conference is in Scottsdale, AZ from June 12-14, 2006.

And then we also note the following conferences:

• CompuMaster's Fundamentals of Cisco Router Configuration
• JavaOne Conference will be May 16-19, 2006 in SF, CA.
• Enterprise Search Summit will be at the Hilton New York in New York City from May 23-24, 2006.
• San Diego will host both Gartner Applications Integration & Web Services Submit 2006 from June 19-21, 2006; and then the Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit 2006 from June 21-23, 2006.
• IDC Virtualization Forum will be in San Francisco, CA on June 22, 2006.
• Fundamentals of Finance for the Technical Executive that will be held July 24-25, 2006 in Cambridge, MA.

The winner of the March 2006 TechNewsRadio.com Frappr Map "free tech give-away" is Michael Peavy, and he won a Kensington USB 2.0 Bluetooth Adapter.  Get on the map and you could be a winner in future months.

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

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I am on travel to New York City to see the Jersey Boy Broadway production with my wife.  We expect to get some great audio reporting for our other big podcast effort Jersey Boys Podcast.   There will be periodic tech updates between now and the 13th of April 2006.  Stay tuned and thanks for everyone's support.  If you have feedback, or need to get in touch with us: [email protected].

Today we examine some industrial computer solutions from:

• ADL Microspace PCX47
• ADL LX800 (with AMD Geode processor)
• ADL MSEP-800 (AMD) or MSEP-855 (Intel)
• Advantech Panel PCs

Other links mentioned in this podcast:

• FriendsInTech.com
• Microsoft Tablet PC OS
• Intel XScale
• Microsoft Windows CE

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

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