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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.