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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Show #18 - 02.25.2007



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News
  • Viacom to Sign Deal with Joost [via TechCrunch]
    • What is Joost?
    • What is IPTV?
    • Why Viacom signing deal is big news for IPTV
  • Digg to Support OpenID [via TechCrunch]
    • Kevin Rose, co-founder of Digg, announced support at the Future of Web Apps conference in London
    • We over OpenID last week.
    • Since then AOL has announced support for OpenID 1.1 and is looking at supporting 2.0 when the standard is finalized
    • Digg supporting OpenID helps to continue to add credibility to the technology

Software / Hardware / Power Web Picks
  • Web Worker Daily
    • Great resource for internet, self-employed individuals
    • Has tips for telecommunters as well
    • Excellent tips, tricks, and hints on how to be more productive at your home business
  • Adobe Lightroom 1.0 Shipping

Penny Pinchers
  • The Simple Dollar
    • Tips and Help on Getting Finances in Order
    • Learn how to save money in all areas of your life
    • Excellent reviews on

Security & Privacy
  • TrueCrypt
    • Encrypts an entire hard drive or storage device
    • Encryption is real time and on-the-fly
    • Why Would You Want This?
      • If you carry personal data on your laptop or USB flash drive
      • You can create virtual partitions to store personal data in
      • Great if you travel a lot and there is the potential to have your laptop lost or stolen
      • Companies where customer data is stored on laptops, run the risk of serious trouble if those laptops are stolen, TrueCrypt offers a free/open source solution to this problem.
    • Free and Open Source
      • Open Source means you can see the source code. Which means you can see what is actually being done to your data to ensure nothing that you do not want happening is in fact not happening.

Gamer's Corner
Editorial ("Power Up")
  • Finish up the Photoshop Website Tutorial


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