CSTechcast.com is where you get the podcast for IT pros. This week we take a trip up to the next generation tech conference Defrag and speak to Robert Scoble creator of Building43, Richard Nucci CTO of Boomi, and Defrag conference organizer Eric Norlin about how the social web is affecting business and the IT professional. We also have clips of presentations from Kris Loux CEO of JS-Kit and Jeff Dachis CEO of The Dachis Group. In the news, Intel settles its lawsuits with AMD for a cool $1.25 billion, the European Commission looks to block Oracle's acquisition of Sun over MySQL, a zero day flaw is discovered in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 2000 is going end of life in July, and Windows 7 quickly earns 4% OS market-share. Rupert Murdoch's threat to pull hit Internet sites from Google search gets The Worst Tech Move of the Week, and we cover some details of Image Backup for Windows 7 in The Weekly Tech Tip.
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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:AMD, Intel Settle Legal Disputes (eWeek)EC Objects To Oracle's Sun Acquisition (InformationWeek)Microsoft Investigating Zero-Day Windows 7 Flaw (InformationWeek)Windows 2000 End-of-Life (Technet Blogs)Windows 7 Now Owns 4% of PC Market, Says Report (eWeek)Should We Listen to Murdoch's Google Threat? (The Atlantic)Learn more about system image backup (Technet Blogs)
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