The 24th podcast of Tech Rag Tear Outs has been posted.  Here are the
detailed show notes:

• (00:00-03:26) Introduction
  • Thanks to  Kevin Devin @ In
    The Trenches, Chuck @ ChuckChat.com, AT&T voices, and Craig @
    Godcast.org for the intro material.
  • Promo for:
    Tech
    Podcasts and Digital Experience
  • Official Beer Of This Show: The amber from
    Summit Brewing
    Co. out of St. Paul, MN.
  • Short clarification from Doc
    Searls
• (03:27-18:30) Primary Content
  • PC World:
    • XANDROS v3 with CrossOver
      Office
    • “Windows Software Add-Ons” by Steve Bass:
      • Lavalys’ Everest
        Home Edition for doing a PC system inventory (hardware and
        software)
      • Coolmon for
        displaying real-time hardware and software status
      • JR Directory Printer
        Utility for printing out folder contents
    • Free Codecs that enable
      Windows Media Player to play QuickTime and Real-Player content
    • Brain Betty that offers
      a host of PowerPoint templates and presentation design examples
  • PC Magazine:
    • Adomo
      with an Exchange plug-in that enables Outlook to function as a voice
      mail processor
    • Review of the new
      HP Compaq
      tc4200 Tablet PC
    • “Conditional Formatting in Excel.” by Helen Bradley on page 71 {More
      info via Google}
    • 
      Samsung SyncMaster 213T ($900) with a 4.5 out of 5 score
  • InfoWorld:
    • “Blog and Wiki Best Practices” with mentions of
      Six Apart’sMoveableType 3.15
      and TWiki
    • Novell’s BrainShare
      conference talks up Linux Desktop 10
    • “Test Center” examines “four Java integrated developer
      environments” from Borland, IBM, Oracle, and Sun.
    • "Test Center Special Report" that focuses on the
      NikSun NetVCR
      2005 appliance that scored an 8.8 out of 10.0.
  • LINUX JOURNAL:
    • “Introducing Ardour”: A “high-end” Linux recording studio with
      many pro-audio hard-disk recording (HDR) features.
  • Dr. Dobb’s Journal:
    • SourceForge’s
      WebCollab for doing small group project management
  • ACM Queue:
    • ParaSoft’s SOAPtest for
      doing Web Services testing
    • Guibot for doing rapid GUI
      prototyping
  • Computer Reseller News (CRN):
    • Network Instruments
      with their Gigabit Ethernet Network Test Access Points (nTAPS)
    • Paula Rooney has a preview of Microsoft’s Mobile 2005
  • KM World:
    • Hyperwave has released
      v2.1 of their eConferenceing Suite
  • Network World:
    • Cisco is reportedly working
      on a new application oriented network (AON) that will enable
      acceleration of XML and other messaging services. Some startups in
      this area include:
      Conformative, DataPower,
      and Sarvega.
    • If you are doing a VoIP implementation then you’ll want to check
      out the article entitled “New Tools Quantify VoIP Calling”.
• (18:31-21:50) Closing
  • Close out with awesome blues harmonica music called
    “Disinterested-Wedding-Song” from
    Billy Watson
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  • Have a great day!