Get informed and entertained, the CSTechcast.com podcast is up and online. Today we see why the little Vista Gadget can be so useful with Rajesh Lal, author of Creating Vista Gadgets. You can find him and his gadgets at www.innovatewithgadgets.com. The news brings the latest release of Oracle Retail version 13, deduplication features added to  HP SANs, security issues with Mac, Firefox 3, and the Microsoft Bluetooth patch, but a fix for Safari on Windows, an update for Google Trends, and we are all apparently guilty of using our admin power for the evils of spying. The Associated Press puts the screws to bloggers for "The Worst Tech Move of the Week" and we take "A Closer Look" at social networking inside the company.

Links to stories discussed during the show:
Oracle Offers Insight-Driven Retailing (eWeek)
HP to Join 'Data Dedupe' Crowd (eWeek)
Mac OS X Security Threat Discovered (InformationWeek)
Firefox 3 vulnerability found (LinuxWorld)
Apple Fixes Security Flaw In Windows Version Of Safari (InformationWeek)
Microsoft admits XP's Bluetooth patch didn't work (Computerworld)
Google Trends now works for Web sites too (Webware)
AP takedown fallout (Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard)
The A.P. Asserts Tough (and Still Secret) View of Copyright on Blogs (The New York Times Bits Blog)

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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=30

- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)

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IT professionals get another great podcast; a weekly dose of great content at CStechcast.com. We get into the latest enterprise management tools with Kerrie Meyler, author of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed. She can be found at the blogs: ops-mgr.spaces.live.com and www.networkworld.com/community/meyler/. The news brings more undying news from Yahoo and Microsoft, an HP buyout of EDS, another standard arriving soon for financial data, the rollout of updated rich media platforms from Sun JavaFX and Adobe Flash, and an ongoing SSL threat to Paypal. Constant bickering over Open XML formats gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we give our "Point/Counterpoint" on Web 2.0 in the enterprise, and we put out another great "Weekly Tech Tip" on SQL tools.

Links to stories discussed during the show:
Microsoft quietly watching as Ichan raids Yahoo (Seattle Times)
Microsoft pursuing new deal with Yahoo (Seattle Times)
HP buys EDS for $13.9 billion (InfoWorld)
SEC to Propose XBRL Mandate (eWeek)
JavaOne: Sun rolls out JavaFX (CNet News.com)
Adobe refreshes Flash Player (InfoWorld)
PayPal XSS vulnerability affects EV SSL (CNet News.com)
ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks (CNet News.com)

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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=25

- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)

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The latest CS Techcast podcast is here with news, views, and interviews for IT professionals at cstechcast.com. This week we discuss Microsoft Expression Web and the approach of these tools in a Web 2.0 world with Jim Cheshire, author of Using Microsoft Expression Web 2. Find Jim at www.jimcobooks.com. The news brings new web mashup design and an updated Live Maps from Microsoft's Live platform, Forrester is going against conventional wisdom with Vista in business, Citrix turns up the heat on the competition with smooth delivery of applications via virtualization on their XenDesktop beta, and an increasing zero day worry as a Microsoft vulnerability exploit is in the wild two days after the patch release. Blog aggregating gets aggravating for "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", virtual Josh gives us advice on Windows and how to avoid getting tripped up by service principle names in "The Weekly Tech Tip", and we take "A Closer Look" at the Microsoft MVP Summit.

Links to stories discussed during the show:

Ozzie's Mesh Mashup (eWeek Microsoft Watch)
Hands on: new Microsoft Live Maps improvements impressive (Ars Technica)
Don't Skip Vista, Forrester Study Says (PC World)
Citrix`s Smooth New XenDesktop (eWeek)
MS08-021: A Must-Patch Vulnerability (eWeek)
For Sale: 3 Blogs, Barely Used; Seller Highly Motivated (TechNewsWorld)

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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=21

- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)

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