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Back in Podcast #325 we had a mention and a link to a personal finance tool called Wesabe. It is no longer available.

There are other options out there like Mint and PocketBook.

If you know others then please let us know!

DEFCON 21 was in Las Vegas, NV from August 02-04, 2013 and we were there.  Our real-time posts, references, and links are available over on @Technewsradio on Twitter.  

We have a detailed report (PDF) from the sessions attended if you are interested.  Just drop us an email to get the full report or a request via message on Twitter.  A podcast summary is planned but not promised at this time.

Things that we are "worried about" from an Enterprise computing perspective:

• Social Engineering against users is like a hot knife cutting butter. Only defense seems to be training and awareness. Traditional information assurance (IA) protections: virus scanning, IDS, firewall, etc are not effective.
• You can't secure what you don't manage.
• Basic system administration tools and infrastructure services in the Microsoft Windows world can be used for evil: PowerShell, .NET, DNS, browsers, PKI, and SCOM.
• USB is not your friend.
• Mobile computing and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) are really not your friend.
• Cloud computing could be your friend but probably won't.
• Developers writing code for an organization without a security focus is just asking for trouble.
• If you think your stuff is secure just because you have it behind a lock and a key you are in denial.
• In a year or less, penetration testing is going to include inexpensive mobile assault options via semi-autonomous very-small drones and robots.

P.S. x 1: We were also at DEFCON 20 and have that report available if you are interested. Just drop us an email or message on Twitter for a link.

P.S. x 2: There are also DEFCON 18 and DEFCON 19 reports.  They are surprisingly still relevant IMHO -- same bat channel.

Here is a pointer to some recent technology related podcasts that might be of interest:

• Windows Weekly 221: Mango, Windows 7 security, Hotmail, etc.
• MobileTechRoundup 245: tablet news, new phones, latest mobile updates
• Security Now 313: How The Internet Works: ICMP & UDP
• Marketplace Tech Report: 911, eBooks, riots, fantasy footboll, Wikipedia
• Typical Mac User Podcast 237: Lion FDE, Dropbox, PadPivot And Denoising Audio
• Wall Street Journal Tech News Briefing: All the latest business tech news fro WSJ.com

If you have a suggestion or a link to a good technology podcast to let others know about then drop us an email, message @technewsradio, or leave a comment below.

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Today's podcast is a couple of tech tidbits that examine recent news from Amazon S3 with regards to:

• Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS);
• Amazon Cloudfront HTTP & HTTPS; and
• S3 Bucket Services (via ReadWriteWeb).

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 and Amazon.

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Today's TechNewsRadio.com podcast examines the following topics:

• Intel's parallel and cluster development resources some of which are free or very low cost;
• the state of RFID by Mary Hayes Weier at Information Week;
• a quick look at Ubuntu by Samara Lynn at Computer Reseller News;
• The Chief Security Officer (CSO) Perspectives conference will be April 5-7, 2009 in Santa Clara, California; and
• ASPE-IT.com is offering two-day hands-on courses on "Utilizing SharePoint for Project Management" during the month of January and February 2010 in the following cities: Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Chicago, Seattle, Kansas City, Columbus, Phoenix, and San Diego.

• Microsoft Visual Studio
• IDTechEx
• OpenOffice.org
• Firefox
• Amazon EC2
• WUBI Installer

We also play a promo for FriendInTech.com's Christmas Special that is expected to be release on Monday, December 21, 2009.

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 and Amazon.

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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.

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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.

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

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.

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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.

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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