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Today's Tech Tidbit podcast examines ServerLift. If you have a comment or thought about this product, please post it to FriendsInTech.com.

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

This podcast examines Citrix news from NetworkWorld.com, a new Core2 Duo miniPC from Shuttle.com, Wired's recent review of home RAID drive systems & new small digital carmeras, and a pointer to new HP notebook NAS Docking Station from MobileEnterpriseMag.com.

Based on the Wired articles, the following devices looked recommendable for a more detailed look: Infrant Technologies ReadyNAS NV, Buffalo Terastation, and
Casio EXILIM EX-Z600.

Additional links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Orbital Data
• Teros (now Citirx Applicaiton Firewall)
• Net6's SSL VPN
• Juniper
• Cisco
• Panasonic DMC-FX01
• Canon PowerShot SD600
• Pentax Optio A10

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

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This podcast mentions the following technology items mentioned in MaximumPC and PC Magazine:

• Nike + iPod Sport Kit for the iPod Nano
• Air Max 1800, Zoom Moire+, and Zoom+ (via RoadRunner Sports)
• Toshiba gigabeat S30 ($300) or the gigabeat S60 ($400)
• iRiver iFP-799
• Garmin NUVI 350 Portable GPS System
• Cingular 8125 Windows Mobile Cellphone
• Toshiba M400 TabletPC laptop
• Bose Quiet Comfort 3
• 10-inch Mustek MP100 portable DVD player
• Thermaltake Blue Orb II CPU cooler
• Dell UltraSharp Widescreen 2007WFP
• Canon Pixma MP500 Photo All-In-One

Other links mentioned:

• NAPSTER
• AOL MUSIC NOW
• TiVo Series 2 DVR
• High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)

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

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This podcast covers the following technology conferences (and then some books):

• Software Development Best Practies Conference and Expo will be Sept 11-14 in Boston, MA. 
• CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment 2006 conference is in Los Angeles, CA from Sept 12-14. 
• Knowledge Management World 2006 Conference & Expo will be Oct 31 through Nov 2 in San Jose, CA.
• Hammer and Company is offering five different process related seminars during the months of Sep-Dec 2006. 
• Santa Clara University is holding a Information Technology Leadership Program from Oct. 17-19, 2006.

We also cover the following computer network security conferences:

• The Security Standard is going to be Sept 6-7, 2006 in Boston, MA.
• SANS Network Security 2006 will be Las Vegas, NV from Oct. 1-9, 2006. [Paul Dot Com's Security Weekly]
• Institute for Defense and Government Advancement is offering Tactical Information Assurance 2006 - Securing Critical Information to Protect the Warfighter in Arlington, CA from Oct. 23-25, 2006.
• ASIS International 2006 will be hosting their 52nd annual "Maximum Security" seminar and expo for this group in San Diego, Ca from Sept 25-28, 2006.

The last part of this podcast quickly examines some recently released O'Reilly and Assoicates Books that look pretty interesting:

• Combating Spyware in the Enterprise [O'Reilly]
  
• How to Cheat at Securing a Wireless Network [O'Reilly]
• RFID Security [O'Reilly]
• Configuring SonicWALL Firewalls [O'Reilly]
  
• Configuring Check Point NGX VPN-1/FireWall-1 [O'Reilly]
• Practical VoIP Security [O'Reilly]
• DNS and BIND (5th Edition) [O'Reilly]
  
• Nagios - System and Network Monitoring [O'Reilly]
• IPv6 Essentials (2nd Edition) [O'Reilly]
• Enterprise Integration with Ruby [O'Reilly]
• Virtualization with VMware ESX Server [O'Reilly]
• "Skype Hacks" by Andrew Sheppard [O'Reilly]

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

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Today's podcast is about the growing number of Wiki-based solutions that are becoming available for enterprise deployments from some reviews from Network World, eWeek, and Network Computing.

The technical products mentioned include:

• CustomerVision BizWiki
• Socialtext
• Splunk
• JotSpot
  
• Atlassian Software Systems' Confluence

Are you using any of these? Or a different wiki on your network? Got an opinion or a comment? Join the discussion at Forums.FriendsInTech.com.

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

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Today we examine news in industry trade magazines about Apple, specifically:

• 13-inch MacBook Core Duo/1.83GHz
• 13-inch MacBook Core Duo/2.0GHz (black)
• Apple Intel-base Mac mini
• Apple Bookcamp
• Parallels Workstation 2.1
• Apple iMac with Intel Core Duo
• Apple MacBook Pro

Sources for this podcast included: MacWorld, PC Magazine, Information Week, eWeek, Network Computing, Government Computer News, and InfoWorld.

Other links to products mentioned include: VMWare, and Intel's Virtualization Technology processor extensions.

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

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This podcast mentions the following links:

• OpenOffice.org Newsletter
• Google's Summer of Code  [InternetNews]
• Sun's JavaOne Developers Channel
• Sun's AMD Galaxy Servers
• Visio Cafe
• Rate My Network Diagram
• SysAdmin Appreciation Day is on July 28th

We also provide you a quick update on some upcoming conferences that you should be aware of:

• Podcast Academy 3 will be in Santa Clara, CA from June 15-16, 2006.
  
• Black Hat Briefings and Training USA 2006 will be held July 29th through August 3rd in Las Vegas, NV.
• Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is August 7-11 in San Francisco
• Customer Sell Service (Mgmt, Optimization, and Tech Integration) will be held Aug. 15-16, 2006 in SF, CA.
• VoiceCon Fall 2006 will be in SF, CA from the 21-24 August 2006. Keynotes will be from Ray Repic - Chief Technical Architect for Coca-Cola & Anoop Grupta VP of Unified Communications Group at Microsoft.
• VMWorld 2006 will be in Los Angeles Convention Center in California from November 7-9, 2006.
• The OOoCon2006 has been confirmed for September 11-13, 2006 in France. [conferences]

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

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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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This podcast highlights some items of potential interesting items from MaximumPC magazine published either in April or May 2006.  Here are the links mentioned:

• Artic-Cooling's Accelero VGA Cooler works great with ATI X1800 XT
• mplayer2 vs. Windows Media Player
• Windows Media Drivers: DIV Movies Software, AC3Filter, and Videra
• VLC Media Player with support for Windows, BeOS, BSD, Linux, and Mac OS X (no support for REAL Player)
• Free PDF authoring for Windows via: www.foxitsoftware.com or PDF Creator
• WinDirStat overs a great way to visualize file/folder data
  
• THE MOVIES Game looks like a cool game
• Shop @ MaximumPC

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

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This podcast examines life hacks, a bluetooth-enabled MP3 player, protecting your display systems from eavesdropping, and buying-and-selling computer network attacks.

The links mentioned in this podcast includes:

• Gina Trapani @ LifeHacker.com
• Invisibility Cloak
• Yahoo Calendar
• Quicktext for Thunderbird
• Textpander
• RsyncX
• Windows TabletPC
• Microsoft's SyncToy
• 43folders.com
• MAKE Magazine
• Cool Tools via KK.org
• TradeTricks
• Wired
• Oakley and Motorola's "O ROKR" with Bluetooth
• 3M Privacy Filters
• Starbucks
• Dan Kaplan @ SC Magazine on "Zero Day Vulnerabilities"
• Zero Day Initiative
• Symantec Security Response
• Kaspersky Labs
• Verisign's iDefense
• Microsoft Security Response Center
• 3Com's TippingPoint

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

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