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Today's traditional Tech Rags Tear Out style podcast examines the following four items:

1. update on four new specifications you should probably be aware of;
2. some updated news from Tom Bihn;
3. two pointers to some cloud computing services from 3rd parties utilizing Amazon capabilities; and
4. five conference pointers.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Open IPTV Forum
• Sybase iAnywhere Software Developer Toolkit (SDK) v3.0
• Bluetooth 2.1+ specification
• HTML 5 specification [VNUNET, InternetNews]
• OpenID 2.0 specification
• Tom Bihn Store
• Tom Bihn Horizontal Freudian Slip organizer insert
• JW Media Player from LongTail Videos
• "Easy Asset" from Ezasset
• RSA Conference 2009
• IDC Virtualization Forum
• ISACA certifications (CISA, CISM, & CGEIT)
• INTEROP Las Vegas 2009
• SANS Security Conference San Diego 200
• New from Scottevest - Tropical Jacket!

The microbrew recommendation for this podcast was the Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout. And the technology podcast recommendation is from GDGT.com.

Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.

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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.

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Today's TechNewsRadio.com's traditional Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast covers the following five main topics: encrypted file systems recovery; Google's movement away from XML; a review of mobile technologies being deployed in new resort in Las Vegas; new single board computers; and several updated conference pointers.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Microsoft Encrypting File System (EFS)
• Elcomsoft Advanced EFS Data Recovery Professional
• Software Developer Times
• Google Protocol Buffers
• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
• Mobile Enterprise Magazine
• M Resort Spa & Casino in Las Vegas, NV
• Sprint Converged Network Solutions
• Advanced Digital Logic ADL-S15PC (Atom) integrated system board
• Advanced Digital Logic ADL-945PC (Core2Duo) integrated system board
• Manager Tools ONE DAY Effective Manager Conference
• AFCEA Intelligence Transition Conference
• AFCEA 2009 CyberSpace Symposium
• ESI International Project Management Catalog

The microbrew recommendation for this podcast is the Windwalker Pale Ale from BJ Kings Windwalker Brewery in Wisconsin.

The podcast recommendation for this podcast is the Future Tense podcast by Jon Gordon.

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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

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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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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

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Today's traditional Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast examines:

• PC Magazine's reviews four dual-band routers
• Maximum PC's rating of the Lenovo ThinkPad X300
• Fujitsu Mac-savvy S300M automatic document scanner
• Cloud Camp conferences
• Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor release
• VMWare's ESXi hypervisor release
• EMC's Documentum CenterStage technology
• Fujitsu's Mag Erasure P3M hard drive destroyer

The microbeer recommendation for this show is the Beach Bum Blonde Ale (North American Beer Award Bronze Medal winner in 2006).

Mike & Mark over at the Manager-Tools Podcast are presenting a free one-day Career Crisis Skills Conference at the Marriott East Side in Manhattan (New York City) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m on Saturday, October 18, 2008

There is a first come, first served limit of 300 attendees.  So head over ASAP and reserve your spot.

The major topic areas of the conference will be:

• improve your resume;
• prepare for interviews;
• how to do a job search; and
• a detailed breakdown of the actual interview.

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Today's traditional Tech Rag Tear Outs show covers: a Time Warner Telcom name change; PDF is now an ISO standard; IBM's Jazz collaboration tools; two mobile gadgets one from CradlePoint and the other from Better Engergy Systems look interesting; and a warning on industry technology research reports they might not be as transparent as you think.  Some of the sources mentioned in this podcast include: Software Developer Times, Forbes, and Wall Street Journa.

Links mentioned in this podcast includes:

• MacObserver on PDF ISO Standard
• The Register on PDF ISO Standard
• Lee Gomes
• Aberdeen Group
• Audacity @ AztecMedia.net
• David Allen GTD

Conferences mentioned in this podcast includes:

• LandWarNet 2008 from AFCEA (August 19-21, 2008 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
• CIO 100 Symposium (August 24-28, 2008 in Colorado Springs, CO)
• Office 2.0 (September 4-5, 2008 in San Francisco, CA) with $100 registration discount
• Digital ID World (September 8-10, 2008 in Anaheim, CA)
• Manager-Tools Effective Communications Conference (September 9-10, 2008 in San Antonio, TX)
• New Media Expo 2008 (September 14-16, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV)
• Enterprise Architecture Conference and Expo (September 9-10, 2008 in Washington DC)
• UCLA Extensions' Technical Management (September 14-19, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA)
• Knowledge Management World 2008 (September 23-25, 2008 in San Jose, CA)
• Taxonomy Boot Camp (September 25-26, 2008 in San Jose, CA)
• Enterprise Search Summit West (September 23-24, 2008 in San Jose, CA)
• Software Test & Performance Conference Fall 2008 (September 24-26, 2008 in Boston, MA)
• SANS Network Security 2008 (September 28 - October 6, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV)

The microbrew recommendation for this show is Widmer Brothers' Drop Top Amber Ale.

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Today's Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast examines: the recent release of Audacity 1.3.5; new services for XTuple an open source ERP solution; introduction to Cisco's 'new brain' for your network called Nexus (NX-OS); pointer to zBoost YX300 & YX510 devices which aims to help you expand your cell phone coverage; and two links to PC World articles on VoIP hacks (Link#1 and Link#2).

Additional links mentioned in this podcast includes:

• Defense Acquisition University (DAU) eLearning 2008 conference at George Mason University in Washington DC
• New Media Expo in Las Vegas, NV from August 14-16, 2008
• VoIP Hopper
• SIPtap
• HSM Group's World Business Forum will be at Radio City Music Hall in NYC from Sept. 23-24, 2008.  Speakers include Colin Powell, Jack Welch, and Marcus Buckingham to name a few.  Sponsors include: WSJ, Business Week, Adecco, Novell, Nokia, and Delta.

Our microbrew recommendation of the show is the Red Hook Long Hammer IPA. And if you have any tech questions post them to: forums.friendsintech.com.

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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.

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Today's Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast examines news from Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on EMC, and an article from eWeek on IBM's new OmniFind Personal Email Search application called IOPES.  Following the news is an interview with PacketTrap about their network monitoring tool PT360. 

After the interview there are several conference pointers:

• SANS 2008
• AJAX World Conference and Expo
  
• CompuMaster
• The Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum
• The AIIM International Expo and Conference

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• STEC
• Samsung Electronics
• Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA)
• Google Desktop Search
• Viviosimo
• Yahoo Desktop Search
• Microsoft Search
• Ask.com Desktop Search
• IBM's AlphaWorks
• PacketTrap Blog
• PacketTrap Forum
• SNMP
• MRTG
• CACTI

Our sponsor SCOTTEVEST has some new gear that you should check out:

• Evolution Jacket
• Essentials Jacket for Men
• Essentials Jacket for Women

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Today's Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast covers the major topics of: mobile Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS) news related to Google Android, open source news from Adobe, and details on the new Wireless High-Def specification.  We also have a couple of pointers related to the getting DVD content down to your iPod, and high-performance 802.11n chips from Marvell.

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• TechWorld, Linux Journal, & TechRepublic on LiPS & Google Android
• Software Developer Times
• Adobe's Blaze Data Services
• Adobe's PDF 1.7 ISO standards
• Wireless High-Definition (HD) v1.0 specification [Digg, MyBroadband, TechPowerUp]
• How To PDF Guide for DVD to iPod Conversion
• Reuters on Marvell's TopDog 802.11n 450-Mbps chip

And the conferences mentioned in the podcast include:

1. SANS Silicon Valley 2008 security conference
2. The AFCEA West 2008 conference
3. Buying & Selling Content
4. O'Reilly's Emerging Technology Conference (eTech)
5. FutureTest 2008
6. Software Development Conference and Expo

Half-way through the show is a promo for fellow FriendsInTech.com member Technorama's Intro CDs.

It is with a very heavy heart that I need to let listeners of TechNewsRadio.com know of the passing of Marc Orchant on 12/9/2007.

Marc was a great technology friend who I was very privileged to meet in person and share some time with at eTech 2007.  In fact the interview with Attensia that I recorded at that conference was because of Marc's introductions.  He was always looking out for others and trying to help where he could. Thank you!

My prayers are with his family and friends.  He will be very missed.

In the last podcast I posted, #340, I mentioned Eric Mack's recent interview with Marc Orchant was a must listen to.  And it still is, but I did want to let TechNewsRadio.com listeners know that Marc Orchant is very ill.  He suffered a very serious heart attack on Sunday, 12/2 and is still in very critical condition in the hospital.

The best place I've found for updates is via my friend Michael Sampson's Effective Collaboration site.

Please keep Marc, his family, and his friends in your prayers. 

I could not say this with more conviction, Marc is one of the nicest, most helpful technologists I have met through podcasting & blogging, and I am pulling for him with all the effort I can muster.