Tech News Radio

Over the last week the following were post to TechNewsRadio @ Twitter.com:

• Reading up on the latest Adobe vulnerabilities
• InfoSecNews is a great resource via email on top computer network security issues, news, etc
• Great video from WGBH on kids programing and building/learning with technology
• Xerox has a universal printer driver for Windows
• Hitachi has new 15,000 RPM Ultrastar hard drives for SANs in varies GB sizes
• Tidbits has a good review of Google's new Folder Share for Docs
• There is a new v2.6.2 of SuperDuper (Mac backup software)
• Target & Zinio have new plans for digital magazines
• Microsoft has guidance on security patches
• Watching the video "Wireless Network Signals Produce See-Through Walls"
• Reading the VideoJug Blogger Survey 2009 results
• Building computer games helps student's performance

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

Today's Tech News Radio podcast examines a review of information technology related podcasts, and news items related to the tech podcast marketplace.  This is our 7th edition of this format and comments are welcome at: [email protected].  The promo played in this show is from Mortgages Made Simple.

Specific podcast recommendations mentioned in this podcast include:

• TimeSys Embedded Linux Podcasts
• Jon Gordon's NPR Future Tense
• Mark Frauenfelder "Rule the Web"
• CIO Podcast
• iinnovate podcast
• Controlling Chaos on MindJet Jet Packs
• Eric Mack Online
• Marc Orchant
• JKOnTheRun's TabletPC Podcast
• WNYC's Radio Lab "Emergence" Podcast
• Dr. Robert Ballard @ Technorama
• Kevin Devin @ In The Trenches
• Engadget

Additional links mentioned include:

• Steve Holden @ Twitter
• FriendsInTech.com
• CNET News.com Security Bites Podcast
• Download Squad's Google Reader Podcast Support News
• The Bungie Podcast @ XBOX 360 Fan Boy
• BusinessWire's New Security Podcast Announced
• InfoWorld's New High-Performance Computing (HPC) Podcast Announced   
• SC Magazine's Frank Washkuch talks with Doug Bowers, Symantec
• Sean Coates & Paul Reinheimer new podcast at PHPDeveloper.org
• TypePad supports NowLive’s Talk Show widget
• The SOA Consortium's Governance Roundtable Podcast
• WSJ.com new video podcast called "Andy Jordan's Tech Diary"
  
• Wired on Leo Laporte's TWIT Podcast Network
• The Business Podcasting Book: Launching, Marketing, and Measuring Your Podcast
• Mark Ellwood & Steve Heiner are on new Nikon podcast
• The 8th Episode of Google Developer Podcast examines Google Data API and the Atom Publishing Protocol
• Everex is bundling Open Office on select systems this Holiday system [PR Newswire]
  
• Changes at Network World: Gearhead by Mark Gibbs & CoolTools by Keith Shaw

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Today's Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast includes some pointers to some upcoming conferences, hardware & software news related to mobile smart phones, and a list of potentially helpful graphics card recommendations to help out your future or current Vista installation.

It includes content from the following sources: PC Magazine, Maximum PC, Software Developer Times, PC World, Mobile Enterprise, Federal Computer Week, and Computer Reseller News.

Links mentioned in this podcast included:

• Conferences:
  • The IDC Security Forum
  • CSI Executive Retreat for Information Security Professionals
  • Enterprise Search Summit West
  • Gartner's Identity and Access Management Summit 2007
• Windows Mobile 6 Smartphones:
  • Cingular 8525
  • T-Mobile Wing
  • T-Mobile DASH
  • Motorola Q9 
• T-Mobile Hotspot@home
• Nokia N95 camera smartphone
• Microsoft Vista Graphics Cards:
• Diamond Viper x1650
• GeForce 8500 GT
• ATI Radeon HD 2400
• ATI Radeon X1950 Pro
• EVGA e-GEFORCE 8800 GT
• XFX GeForce 7900 GTX Edition
• EVGA e-GeForce 7950 GX2

We also had a microbrew recommendation from the Lake Tippecanoe area of Northern Indiana with the Warbird Brewing Company's Warbird T-6 Red Amber Ale.

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

Today's Technology News Podcast Review recommends the following podcasts:

• Iinnovate's interview with IDEO founder David Kelly
• Christopher Allen discusses the Dunbar Number on IT Conversations
• Jon Udell's interview with Navizon
• Jon Udell's interview with Phil Windley on identity
• Meal Etiquette from Manager-Tools.com (Part 1 and Part 2)
• WiFI Network News interviews Steve Tomlin @ Chumby
• MythBusters interview on Technorama
  
• HomeNetworkHelp.Info's podcast on VMWARE
  

In addition, the following links to other technology podcast news may be of interest:

• LinuxDevices.com's Embedded Linux podcast series
• MSmobiles.com's Windows Mobile Phones Podcast
• Major Nelson visits the Planet Xbox 360 Podcast
• Scott Bourne & Chris Breen's The Apple Phone Show
• IT Business Edge "Can the CIO Do It All?" podcast
  
• BusinessWeek's "The CEO's Guide to RFID" podcast
  
• ZDNET's "Google talks about its newly launched CodeSearch" podcast
  
• TechWeb's "PodZinger Launches Podcast Ad Network"
  
• Wi-Fi Networking News' interview with Macworld's Jason Snell

Other links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Forums @ FriendsInTech.com
• Chuck Tomasi's Kick-A-Thon

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

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Here is TechNewsRadio.com's look at the latest technology podcasts that have crossed our inbox and listening ears.

First up, if you are into programming languages then you'll want to go over to TWIT.TV, and check out the following podcasts interviews with programming language leaders for: Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby On Rails.

Another great podcast that clears up the current state of 'WiMax' vs. 'Mobile WiMax' is an interview with Monica Paolini posted at Wi-Fi Networking News.

Douglas E. Welch from Career Opportunities recently provide members of FriendsInTech.com with a quick video tip on how to configure iTunes beyond its default settings to ensure that you don’t miss an episode of your favorite podcasts.

Other technology related podcasts that look interesting:

• Gaming: GameShout.com has podcasts PSP, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, & DS. Also Codemasters Online Gaming is now podcasting.
• SearchSecurity has posted a podcast with Dan Geer from Verdasys. SearchSAP.com examines the current job market for SAP specialists.  And SearchOracle has an interview with Oracle security guru Peter Finnigan.
• Todd Bishop is podcasting about recent Microsoft acquisitions
• The CEO and Founder of Blip.TV is interviewed on a podcast for ElectricNews.net.
• ZDNET recently had a podcast on the latest news on RFID passports.  The also had another podcast on "What you should know about virtualization."
• In related vitalization news, DABCC has a podcast discussing a new virtualization book. And Virtual Strategy Magazine has a podcast with with Kevin Epstein on the release of Scalent V/OE 2.0
• PC Magazine is going to start regular podcasts according to ABC News.
• The security company Sophos has reportedly started podcasting.  One of the first topic was rootkits.
• Barry Schwartz @ Search Engine Roundtable has announced a new weekly podcast called 'The Search Pulse Engine Roundtable to compliment their existing podcast 'The Daily SearchCast.'  This new podcast will include expert opinion and commentary from Ben Pfeiffer and Chris Boggs.
• If you are interested in E-Learning, then you might want to check out SyberWorks' podcast.
• ExpressDigital has created a customer focused podcast called "Digital Dialog." [popphoto.com]

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

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The technology podcast world continues to generate some great content.  One core example is if you are or trying to become a Cisco networking guru, then you should check out the following great segments from fellow Friends In Tech member Kevin Devin & George Starcher's In The Trenches:

• 6/30/06: Setting up a Cisco router as a DHCP relay (wikinotes)
• 7/8/06: Setting up user accounts on Cisco gear (wikinotes)
• 7/15/06: Taking the CCNA Exam (wikinotes)

Another great source is to subscribe to a feed from Microsoft Downloads that will point to you to amoung other things great podcasts like:

• How Microsoft IT Approaches Trustworthy Messaging with Windows Rights Management Services
• Microsoft IT Showcase: How Microsoft IT Does Intrusion Detection and Advanced Monitoring

Other items worth a quick listing:

• Latest Macintosh Gaming News
• Macintosh reseller Small Dog is podcasting and blogging
• InfoWorld on Virtualization
• Latest Nintendo Gaming News
• The Mobile Entertainment Industry Blog & Podcast
• KnowledgeStrom is indexing technical podcast information
• USAToday Personal Technology Podcast annouced
• Engadget is back online after nearly two months off
• High Definition Beat (HD Beat) has a regular podcast
• Interested in Ubuntu Linux 6.0.6?
• Sprint is podcasting, so is Tripwire, Newsgator, and Intel
• Robert Scoble is recommending podcasts from Feester's Scott Johnson
• On Computer America Radio 07/14/06 - Hour 1 had an interview with MatrixStream about their new IMX1020 1080P H.264 set top box

Also, if you are looking to search podcasts for a particular topic then you might want to check out AOL Podcast Search.

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TechNewsRadio.com continues to be very impressed with the "technology podcast" space.  The quality and the depth is really amazing.   Here is a quick sample:

• Mobile Tech Roundup looks at Palm, OQO, and Sony technologies.
• On The Run with TabletPC has a great "story" of merging tech and music
• CNET News.com podcast for May 19, 2006 looks at Dell's AMD deal
• Make Magazine has a great research project highlight (video)
• IGN Wireless Podcast examines E3
• Help Net Security (HNS) chats with Nortel on security topics
• GameShout has the latest and greatest from E3 on the Sony PS3.  The also have the latest on Nintendo and Xbox.
• PowerPage looks at the latest in Apple notebooks.

Today's podcast is a "mini" Tech Rag Tear Outs segment from TechNewsRadio.com. The primary focus of this podcast is:

• We have a 20% savings deal for listeners of FriendsInTech.com from Acronis.
• March 2006 Conference Notices Summary (see link)
• Falcon Northwest Mach V (fastest PC tested by MaximumPC
• Antepo OPN System XT Enterprise Chat System (a "Hit From 2005" according to eWeek)

Additional links/products mentioned this podcast:

• Official beer of the show was New Belgium Brewing's Fat Tire Ale [Diggnation enjoys this beer also!]
• Podcast News Network promo
• AMD Athlon 64 FX-60
• BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC Cards
• Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard
• Lance @ The Digital Experience
• XMPP standard
• SIP & SIMPLE standards
• Microsoft Live Communications

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

This was originally planned to go out on the FriendsInTech.com site but has been re-allocated back to TechNewsRadio.com:

Steve Holden from TechNewsRadio.com highlights some interesting backend infrastructure configurations from an interview done on the Gadget Show Podcast with Richard Giles.  The interview was with the Vice President of Product Development of SecondLife - Cory Ondrejka.

I thought the details on clustered Linux using Debian was interesting. [NOTE: When I originally recorded this I mentioned the incorrect game Half-Life vice the correct game title Second Life.  Sorry about my error.]

We cover some more highly rated Maximum PC reviewed products basically because they have great reviews, and they aren't podcasting any content yet from what I can tell. Hopefully they can start podcasting in the near-future and I can move on to other content!

Items mentioned:

• Nero 7 Ultra Edition
• Brothers in Arms: Earned In Blood (Xbox or Playstation)
• Toshiba Tecra M4
• Apple 2-GB iPod Nano (or Black)
• iRiver 1GB T30
• Apex Digital E2GO MP-6500 {not on Amazon?!?}

For more information about the above products check out: Nero, Brothers In Arms, Toshiba, Apple,  iRiver, and Apex.

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