Show #13 - 01.21.2007
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News
- Netflix Offers IP TV/Film Delivery
- Comcast loses as FCC announces integration ban will go as planned
- Goes into effect July 1, 2007
- Separates the navigation and security features of cable boxes
- Allows consumer electronic companies to make cable boxes using CableCards to hold the security features
- Make using Tivo Series 3 boxes easier to use
- Koby's Birthday this coming Tuesday! :)
Software / Hardware / Power Web Picks
- ChaCha
- LG Announces Dual Format Player
- Supports both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs
- Currently lacks HDMI support
- Some speculation over when it will come out (current reports say "early" 2007)
- A New Sith or Revenge of the Hope
- Awesome look at the original trilogy based on facts from the new prequel trilogy
- A must read for Star Wars fans
- Meant to be funny so do not take it too seriously
- Half.com
- eBay company
- Utilizes eBay feedback system
- Great way to find used books, cds, and DVDs
Security & Privacy
- Encryption
- What is Encryption
- Why Should You Use Encryption
- Pros
- Cons
- Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
- Around since 1991
- Household name in encryption
- Utilizes Public-Key Cryptography
- Now has products for Enterprise level solutions
- Also works in file/disk security as well as secure file transfers
- Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG)
- Full Replacement for PGP
- Decrypts & verifies PGP 5, 6, & 7 messages
- Full OpenPGP support
- Free Antivirus
- Spyware
- Windows Defender
- Free (Currently in Beta)
- Stays up to date automatically
- Continuous Protection
- Slightly lower level of protection the Ad-Aware
- Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal
- Scans
- No-Real Time Monitor
- Plus Version = $26.95 DL only / $36.90 with CD
- Windows Defender
Editorial ("Power Up")
- Will Telecommuting Kill Your Career
- Over 60% of executives surveyed think that a telecommuter is less likely to advance in their career.
- Still 48% indicated they would consider a telecommuning job
- 78% say telecommuters are equally or more productive
- 46% said that it was the flexible hours that attracted them to telecommuting the most
- Since 1990 telecommuters have grown from 4 million to over 45 million
- Gas prices
- Traffic congestion
- Housing costs
- 40% of IBM's 330,000 employees work from home (132,000)
- 25% of the respondants had a supportave work environemnt
- Yet less than half of those people actually work more than two days a week at home
- Roughly 14% of elegble telecommuters said they would not work from home at all
- Your Personal Portable Music Library
- Tag & Rename
- $29.95
- FreeDB and Amazon lookup
- Easy to Use and Edit multiple files
Tech Forum Talk Back
- Noni - Unmountable boot volume
- Windows XP Error Message
- Usually caused by something trying to edit boot.ini
- Put in Win XP disk when it finishes loading press R for the Recovery Console
- Type "fixboot" and press ENTER
- Enter "Y" at the prompt
- Then type "exit" and press ENTER to reboot
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