Tech Tidbits Daily for Feb. 14, 2005

February 14, 2005

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This is your Tech Tidbits Daily for Monday, Feb. 14th
2005. Happy Valentine’s Day. Today’s news is in reference to an article posted to the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) News Service mailing list. The post was entitled "Of MRI’s and iPods" that was originally posted in MIT’s Technology Review on 11Feb04. The article examines the use of an open-source software package called OsiriX at UCLA Medical Center that utilizes Apple iPods as portable storage devices for medical images. The approach is getting pretty good reviews from their current crop of users at UCLA, and that user base is probably ripe for medical related podcasts. For more information about how to subscribe to this podcast or for links mentioned in this podcast check out www.technewsradio.com. Have a great
day. [Boing Boing – 25Feb05 post]

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New HP’s hw6500 Looks Compelling

February 13, 2005

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There are a ton of links on this new "reported" handheld device from HP: Engadget#1, Engadget#2, Engadget#3, Engadget#4, Engadget#5, and Gizmodo.

It has a pretty good look and feel; and a compelling feature set. It will be interesting to see what the stats are on the unit after officially released.

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Windows Media Player Concerns

February 13, 2005

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Security Focus reports about a PNG (Portable Network
Graphic) and MSN Messenger & Windows Media Player vulnerability.

I am little concerned because it appears that Windows Media Player will accept a PNG within the album art field in a standard audio file. Not sure if the an "infected PNG" can be inserted into the album art field but I guess in theory it is possible.

So, that is why I have some concern for podcasters specifically because some of our publication source like OpenPodcast.org or Blogdigger.com can be "seeded" from just about anyone.

I have sent some emails and heard back from some ‘industry network security heavyweights’ that there are no exploits in the wild. But that only keeps you safe at almost the same notional level as my concern above.

UPDATE: F-Secure warns of exploit code being available.

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Rainy Saturday Link Fest

February 12, 2005

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It is raining in Southern California this weekend. So, I was at my computer a little more than normal and I had some links, so here you go …

Podcasting:

Doppler Radio 2.0.0.3 is available
Good ‘How To’ on Autosyncing Podcasts with Windows Media Player 10
The Future of Podcasting Series (must read)
San Diego User-Group
ASCAP License Details
quoteplay (via Denise Howell’s Bag And Baggage) looks very interesting
Set-ups: Home Studio; Updated Studio; Mac OS X Setup

Tech Gear:

Articles:

New Seattle Wardriving Map Available
"Improving MindManager" by Eric Mack (I second your recommendations, and continue to push for real-time outline editing)
"Why Email Is Dead" by Tod Maffin
"Get Make Magazine" by Dan Bricklin
"VMWare Performance Testing" by Phil Windley
"Dinner with the fired Google blogger" by Robert Scoble
"Chris Serjak on the convoy life in Iraq" by John Robb
"Blog subject-matter determined by AdWord marketplace" by Cory Doctorow

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TechNewsRadio.com – New Home For Tech Rag Tear Outs

February 12, 2005

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I have finished up my alpha production of my new site: www.technewsradio.com. I think it is in a stable state of beta (I promise I won’t keep it in beta as long as Google News).

I’d like some feedback from the current readers at sholden.typepad.com. Especially since most of you are some of the smartest people on the Internet. 😉

So, Tech Rag Tear Outs (TRTO) podcast will be moving to this site as of the next edition. I also added an immediate new feature … Tech Tidbits Daily. A very short podcast that highlights a technical tidbit of interest for the day.

The new recommended tech news podcast subscription URL is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Technewsradio. I personally am using Doppler (for Windows) for my podcast catching. You might also want to put the subscription URL in your blog/RSS aggregator to keep up to date with site related news and information (I use Newsgator).

You can stay subscribed to the "old audio.xml" and still get TRTO until the end of Mar05, but you won’t get the Tech Tidbits Daily via the old feed. So, I suggest swapping over as soon as possible.

I am currently planning to keep the "old" feed populated with "sholden" commentary and music podcasts as time permits. And I will continue to keep the same level, frequency, and types of weblog posts on sholden.typepad.com as in the past.

Thanks! 🙂

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Finally Some Help For PowerPoint Presentation Builders

February 11, 2005

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My name is Steve, and yes, I’ve been guilty of producing "Death by PowerPoint." But ever since I starting reading the beyond bullets weblog I have been trying to recover from my errors. Now there is a "book" version entitled Beyond Bullet Points and the author has posted the first chapter up in PDF (here).

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Tech Tidbits Daily for Feb. 11, 2005

February 11, 2005

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This is your Tech Tidbits Daily for Friday, Feb. 11th
2005. The O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference will be held in our home town of San Diego, CA on March 14th through the 17th, 2005. There are many noteworthy speakers including the founders of del.icio.us (a social networking service) and Flickr (a photo’s on the Internet service). You can learn more by going to the URL conferences.oreillynet.com. For more information about how to subscribe to this podcast or for links mentioned in this podcast check out www.technewsradio.com. Have a great
day.

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Google Changes the Internet and Financial Analyst Reporting Protocols

February 10, 2005

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Newsscan (one of the best Internet newsletters) had this item that seemed kinda funny to me (sorry if it is repeat):

WHAT IS GOOGLE THINKING? — Six months since its public stock offering, Google yesterday gave a four-hour presentation to financial analysts yet talked about everything but money.

Analyst Mark S. Mahaney of American Technology Research quips: "They had a formal presentation by their chef but not their chief financial officer. I have never been to an investor day where the CFO didn’t speak."

Indeed, Google’s top chef spoke to the analysts and investors about the lunch he’d prepared, but the company’s chief financial officer moderated the presentation and answered a few questions but didn’t give a formal talk — nor did Google executives answer questions about their product plans.

Incidentally, the lunch included grilled pork tenderloin, and was quite tasty. (New York Times 10 Feb 2005)

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Electronic Kit for Podcast Sound Effects And Other Tweaks

February 10, 2005

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Phil Torrone (aka Engadget podcaster on extended sabbatical?) has a post of a new potential podcast tool for adding special effects to audio via MAKE: Blog: 300 in 1 kit.

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Tech Tidbits Daily for Feb. 10, 2005

February 10, 2005

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This is your Tech Tidbits Daily for Thursday Feb. 10th
2005. "Do computer bugs bug you? Find out why they are so prevalent and what
you can do about them by grabbing a free copy of Mark Manasi’s 1999 McGraw-Hill book
The Software Conspiracy: Why Software Vendors Produce Faulty Products,
How They Can Harm You, And What You Can Do About It. This book is aimed at both techies and
non-techies. It’s a PDF you
can download from www.softwareconspiracy.com. For more information about how to subscribe to this podcast or for links mentioned in this podcast check out www.technewsradio.com. Have a great
day.

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