Tech Tidbits Daily Podcast for November 29, 2005

November 29, 2005

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Today’s tidbit is going to examine Microsoft’s recent Live! announcement. The content is a summary of information gathered from Information Week, Computer Reseller News, and eWeek.

We look at what the product offering is expected to be near-term and into 2006 for the end-user (both individuals & small businesses), and for the developer.

We also weigh in on the question "is Microsoft late to the game" with a different opinion than many analysts and other tech podcasters.

Also … don’t forget to check out on December 3rd, 2005 @ 11:00 am PST a special presentation by Christiaan at HomeNetworkHelp.info will be covering: MythTV – Building, Setup, and Configuration.

The next GotoMeeting
& TechPocasts.com event for Dec. 2005 is currently being planned.

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Update On CNN Piece On Frankie Valli & Jersey Boys

November 29, 2005

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The CNN piece we talked about on Sunday did not run during the time period that it was annouced (Monday night). From my source at the Jersey Boys Broadway show it was delayed because of scheduling conflicts and editing problems. As soon as a new time and date is announced we will let everyone know.

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Tech Rag Tear Outs (TRTO) Podcast #039 [Network Computing, Communications News, CIO Magazine, Wired, PC World, Information Week, Network World, Forbes, and Government Computer News]

November 28, 2005

The latest version of TRTO is out. Sorry for the delay [Reminder to self – don’t try out new audio editing software and expect everything to go smoothly!]:

Tech Rag Tear Outs for Friday, Nov. 25, 2005. Our 39th show.

Feed back can be sent to: technewsradio@gmail.com.

(00:00-04:38) Introduction

Primary content for todays podcast is from nine (9) sources: Network
Computing, Communications News, CIO Magazine, Wired, PC World,
Information Week, Network World, Forbes, and Government Computer News.

Official Beer of the Show: Buffalo Bill’s Brewery’s Pumpkin Ale & Sam Adams’ Black Lager

NOTE: On December 3rd, 2005 @ 11:00 am PST Christiaan at
HomeNetworkHelp.info will covering: MythTV – Building, Setup, and
Configuration:

(04:39-12:35) Part 1:

Network Computing (www.nwc.com):

Kyocera KR1 Mobile Router (www.kyocera-wireless.com)

Peter Morrissey on "Skype unsafe for Enterprise"

Communications News (www.commnews.com): Ulinx USB Extender

CIO Magazine (www.cio.com): Galen Gruman on "Open Source Lights Up" with mentions about LAMP, CRM, ERP, and Business Intelligence

Information Week (www.informationweek.com):
Tony Kontzer with "Extreme Makeover: If your Website has a 2001 style,
its time for a new look. Here’s what five companies are doing to
improve their sites"

Staples

Budget Rent-A-Car

NewEgg

Delta

A&E

(12:36-23:35) Part 2:

Wired (www.wired.com): Short overview of Gizmo VoIP

PC World (www.pcworld.com):

Adobe’s Premier Elements 2 (movie editor) gets a 90 out of 100 rating

Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 with GPS Locator to get voice directions

Nero vs. Roxio [good summary]

Network World (www.networkworld.com): Group Policy Mgmt Tools Tested evaluated from: NetIQ, Quest Software, ScriptLogic, and Desktop Standard

Top tool was NetIQ’s Group Policy Guardian 2.0 and Group Policy Admin 4.6 (www.netiq.com)

Forbes (www.forbes.com): Stephen Manes examines Sprint’s PocketPC PPC-6700 & the Sprint MM-A940 and Motorola Rokr

Government Computer News (www.gcn.com):
David Essex with "Methods of Execution: Without good project tools, IT
governance and portfolio analysis are just fancy words". Some web-based
solutions included:

www.attask.com

www.alexcorp.com

www.eproject.com

www.umt.com

(23:36-30:25) End Of The Show:

The music at the end of the show is a song by Billy Watson called "Tremelo"

Thanks to Harold Reed @ the DarnPC podcast for continuing to support the bandwidth needs of this show.

You can call in comments to: 206-337-1533 or go over to
FriendsInTech.com and post a comment to our Forums

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Check out Jersey Boys Podcast

GotoMeeting & TechPocasts.com event for December 2005 being planned.

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Siquid mantica non capit, domi relinquendum est.

November 28, 2005

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This quote means "If it doesn’t fit in your knapsack, leave it behind" and the source is Darcy @ www.tombihn.com. They make backpacks,laptop bags, and other stuff. This company seems to really get the Internet … they have there own Forums for customer interactions. 🙂

I am evaluating a customized suite of their products for an article on TechNewsRadio.com about solutions for carrying two laptops because of an email question from a reader.

In my case, I’m typically carrying just about everywhere my podcasting rig – Apple iBook, and my work TabletPC – Toshiba Tecra M4. Plus about an equal amount in weight of "other stuff."

I’ll post some pictures soon.

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Great Fan Site With Multimedia

November 27, 2005

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We got email from the host of http://genuine-imitation-life-gazette.com that is a site devoted to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

They are going to be capturing and posting the upcoming CNN video on the site via their Jersey Boys link (thanks also to another listener who forwarded the same link to us).

From this site you can see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade video and a bunch of other Jersey Boys media events.

Also from the main page you can see where and when Franke Valli is going to be performing in the near future.

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Two Upcoming Jersey Boys Events

November 26, 2005

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Select members of the Jersey Boys cast will be performing in the near-future at:
- In The Raw, Original Songwriters Night on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005 [Playbill]
- CNN “Showbiz Tonight” which will air on Monday, Nov. 28, 2005 at 7 p.m. EST, repeating at 11 p.m. EST. [Broadway World]
Note: On the CNN piece, Frankie Valli will also be participating. Can someone volunteer to record the audio and/or the video of this for me? We don’t get CNN cable anymore. Send me email at: jerseyboyspodcast@gmail.com if you can help.
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Tech Rag Tear Outs Problems

November 26, 2005

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I am having some post production problems I am working through to get the #39 edition of Tech Rag Tear Outs completed (it should have been up for download on Friday). I hope to have things worked out ASAP.

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Cost of a Qualcomm Cellphone?

November 26, 2005

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Forbes published for 28Nov05 on page 134 has a detailed cost break down* on what a CDMA or WCDMA phone sold costs:
- $21 memory
- $57 chipset
- $6 battery
- $4 packaging
- $10 licensing to Qualcomm
- $17 screen
- $13 software
- $5 platic casing
- $13 other electronics
*The estimate above was for a "typical 3G phone" and the analysis was done by IDC & Forbes.
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Forbes Yahoo Arctile on Do It Yourself (DIY) Media Doesn’t Mention Podcasts

November 26, 2005

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The recent edition of Forbes for 28Nov05 came yesterday, and there was an very interesting article by Quentin Hardy called "Intertaining Yourself: Entertainment on the Internet flopped years ago. Yahoo says it has a better: Do It Yourself (DIY)."

The article has a lot of good "new media" thoughts that were echoed a great deal at the recent Portable Media Expo, but the one thing that I thought was very interesting was the term "podcast" was not used once in the article.

The article mentions "users" creating "social media" like video and audio but the actual word podcast wasn’t used.

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Great History of Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons

November 25, 2005

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Epinions.com has a great history lesson on Frankie Valli and the Four Searsons. It is a must read for any fan of the music of Jersey Boys.

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+ Frankie Valli, History, Music, The Four Seasons

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