Steve Holden's Blog

Sony Offers New Podcasting Tools (Spyware Maybe Extra?!?)

December 7, 2005

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First, I must confess I am a Sony customer … a digital camera customer. I’m pretty happy with my camera, but I think what Sony did with their "DRM" service (aka rootkit) was pretty lame, and I can’t stop joking about it with just about any Sony product I come across.

That being said … and maybe beyond any point anyone really cares about … the new Sony Professional Solutions magazine for Winter 2006 came out (www.sony.com/mediasoftware) and on page 19 there is a banner that reads "Make Your Own Podcast: New Podcast Bundles Make It Easy".

The solutions are "SoundForge Audio Studio + ACIDplanet ProZone one-year membership" for $90 and the "ACID Music Studio + ACIDplanet ProZone one-year membership" also for $90.

You can learn more via: www.ACIDplanet.com.

My guess is that these products only have spyware and no rootkit. 😉

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USA Today – Iraq insurgents escalate war of words on cyber-battlefield

December 7, 2005

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Iraq insurgents escalate war of words on cyber-battlefield (USATODAY.com): "USATODAY.com – Insurgents in Iraq have launched a publicity blitz. They increased the number of Web postings to 825 last month from 145 in January, according to the U.S. military. Most postings detail insurgent bombings or attacks on Iraqi and U.S. forces." (Via Yahoo! News: Technology News.)

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Yahoo! (AP) – Inmarsat Launches $1.5B Satellite Service

December 7, 2005

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Inmarsat Launches $1.5B Satellite Service (AP): "AP – Britain’s Inmarsat PLC switched on the first phase of its long-awaited $1.5 billion satellite network Wednesday, giving users across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia access to simultaneous voice and broadband Internet service." (Via Yahoo! News: Technology News.)

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CNET — BEA bulks up Web portals

December 7, 2005

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BEA bulks up Web portals: “First it bought Plumtree; now the software infrastructure company fills out its portfolio of Web development and collaboration tools.”>(Via CNET News.com.)

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Online Digital Printing Thoughts

December 7, 2005

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CNN just did a piece on the growing trend on online digital printing. The article notes the ease of use, low cost, quickness, the marketplace, etc. All in all a pretty good introduction article on the topic.

We have been doing printing via Costco (which is using Snapfish as the backend) for the last couple of months.

Some of our "test" results:
- Send them the biggest pixel picture you got, if you downsize you’ll miss some clarity and color.
- If you do fancy boarders or add thier online artwork, the picture quality seems to go down.
- Using the Internet Explorer plugin on Windows makes the uploading easier.
- Turn around time is pretty fast.
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Who Invented Podcasting?

December 7, 2005

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Eric Rice has the best perspective. [WARNING: An adult word is more than likely going to appear on your screen by clicking on the link that is being offered to you with no obligation to actually click on it.]

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Cool Holiday Gear Roundtable – Sat, Dec. 10, 2005 1:30 PM (PST)

December 7, 2005

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From TechPodcasts.com:

Christmas is right around the corner, and manufactures have been advertising like crazy to get your attention to buy the latest gadgets. Tune in this coming Saturday where we talk about some of the hottest tech gear this year from the gang at TechPodcasts.com.

We have been collecting a list of really cool gear that we want to share with you! You will likely see some gadgets you have not seen anywhere else.Your already signed up for this RoundTable event which is this coming Saturday December 10th. at 1:30PM Pacific, 4:30PM Eastern.

These events are live, and interactive using GoToMeeting! You’ve got to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net — from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. Try it free for 30 days. No, you don’t need a credit card to get started. Just visit gotomeeting.com/techroundtable to get your free trial now. You will see why we have fallen in love with this application.

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Inside Mac Media Offers Video iTunes Content

December 7, 2005

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Inside Mac Media has announced expanded daily video iTunes content and the launch of Inside Mac TV. Some of the expected content from the feed will included: new product annoucements, tips & tricks, and interviews with key players in the Macintosh marketplace. The primary sponsors of the show will be: Adobe and DVDxDV.

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Tech Tidbits Daily Podcast for December 6, 2005

December 6, 2005

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This podcast is all about new tech books — eleven (11) to be exact from O’Reilly & Associates, No Starch Press, or Syngress publishing:
- "Computer Privacy Annoyances" By Dan Tynan [ISBN: 0-596-00775-2]
- "Windows Server 2003 Network Admin" By Hunt & Bragg [ISBN: 0-596-00800-7]
- "Car PC Hacks" By Damien Stolarz [ISBN: 0-596-00871-6]
- "Practical Development Environments" By Matthew B. Doar [ISBN: 0-596-00796-5]
- "Cisco IOS in a Nutshell, Second Edition" By James Boney [ISBN: 0-596-00869-4]
- "Essential SNMP, Second Edition" By Mauro & Schmidt [ISBN: 0-596-00840-6]
- "Security and Usability" By Cranor & Garfinkel [ISBN: 0-596-00827-9]
- "Network Security Using the NSA IEM (INFOSEC Evaluation Methodology)" By Security Horizon [ISBN: 1597490350]
- "Host Integrity Monitoring Using Osiris and Samhain" By Wotring, Potter, Wichmann, Ranum [ISBN: 1-59749-018-0]
- "Linux Made Easy" By Grant [ISBN: 1-59327-057-7]
- "Asterisk: The Future of Telephony" [ISBN: 0-596-00962-3]
Now you have two options for buying these … you can goto the TechNewsRadio.com Amazon title links above, or if you want, I’ve been told you can go directly to http://www.oreilly.com/buy, and through 31Dec05 get 30% off using the Discount Code "HOHOHO" for books shipped to U.S. addresses. The ISBN links above go to the O’Reilly Catalog page for the book.

Evo Terra @ SliceOfSciFi.com has announced that they have a bunch Narnia promo and other stuff to
give away including a real prop from the Narnia movie, an iPod from the
SCIFI channel and MST3K videos.

The next GotoMeeting
& TechPocasts.com is this coming Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005 and will focus on Cool Holiday Tech Gifts.
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Personal Blog Has Jersey Boys Thoughts

December 6, 2005

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Thanks to PubSub I found a blog called "Blogway Baby" that has been doing some posting related to the Jersey Boys and Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons:
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