Welcome to the podcast for IT pros, always available at CSTechcast.com. This week, we talk with Hutch Carpenter, Vice President of Product at Spigit, to find out how companies are adopting social networking tools inside enterprises, what the justification is for these tools, and how to be successful after the implementation. Find more info at spigit.com. In the news, AMD sues Intel over alleged payments to OEMs like Dell, Windows 7 comes out of the gate with great sales numbers, a new tool called Hook Safe provides rootkit protection using virtualization, a reported vulnerability in the secure web standard SSL, and Patch Tuesday sees six bulletins. Comcast's requirement that we "respect subscription revenue" gets The Worst Tech Move of the Week, we take "A Closer Look" at server baselining, and a particular type of 401.1 error gets some help in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

This week's episode is sponsored by: Angie's List. When you need help with repairs around the house, Angie’s List members will help you decide which service companies to trust and which to avoid. Use promo code CSTECH and get 25% off your membership at Angieslist.com.

Also brought to you by Consortio Services. We host the show, so why not talk to us about your Windows, SQL Server, and SharePoint technology? Visit consortioservices.com.

Suit Puts Spotlight on Dell-Intel Relationship (eWeek)
Windows 7 sales outshine Vista (CNet)
Countering Kernel Rootkits with Lightweight Hook Protection (NCSU)
New tool seeks to block rootkits by protecting their targets (Ars technica)
Major vulnerability in SSL authentication (Help Net Security)
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for November 2009: six bulletins (Ars technica)
Comcast Exec: We Need To Change Customer Behavior, Not Our Business Model (TechDirt)
Ten Tips and Tricks for Server Baselines (TechNet Blogs)
Automatic FixIt: You receive error 401.1 when you browse a Web site that uses Integrated Authentication and is hosted on IIS 5.1 or a later version (TechNet Blogs)

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CSTechcast.com is the podcast for IT pros. This week we have Zee Kane, Principal at WeDoCreative and Editor in Chief at The Next Web, who joins us from UK to talk about proper site design and what companies should be thinking about to move their web designs forward. Find more from Zee's web design and marketing company at WeDoCreative.com. In the news, Software as a Service sees reluctant adoption, IBM gets patents for image based data masking, Microsoft registers C# and Common Language Infrastructure specifications under their “Community Promise”, new remote-code execution flaw in the Microsoft Video Active-X control causes concern, and Google Apps and other Google projects gets their beta tag removed. Comcast's unwanted DNS redirection gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the newly announced Google Chrome OS, and we explore firewall settings for Windows 7 in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

This week's episode is sponsored by: Consortio Services, a quality partner that can help you manage your IT.

Enterprise Not in Love with Software as a Service, Gartner Finds (eWeek)
IBM To Patent Data Mask (InformationWeek)
Microsoft Opens Up C# and CLI Specs (eWeek)
Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX control could allow remote code execution (Microsoft.com)
Microsoft Vulnerability Targeted in New Drive-by Attack (eWeek)
Google Apps Finally Exits Beta (InformationWeek)
Comcast Finally Launches DNS Redirection (DSLReports.com)
Introducing the Google Chrome OS (Google Blog)

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A new interview, tech news, and insight from the podcast for IT pros at CSTechcast.com. This week we talk about smartphone and mobile device security with Dan Dearing, Vice President of marketing at Trust Digital. Find out more about Trust Digital at trustdigital.com. In the news, we discuss a kaleidoscope of a patch from Microsoft, social networking for G Men, Dell shutting down factories of their once high-flying made-to-order operations, a six-core server chip from Intel, and a recall of overheating Sony Vaio laptops. Comcast's FCC countersuit gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", Chrome, Firefox, and IE8 start up the browser wars once again when we take "A Closer Look", and "The Weekly Tech Tip" delves into the NETSH command.

Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Upcoming Microsoft patch lineup could be 'massive,' says researcher (ComputerWorld)
CIA, FBI push 'Facebook for spies' (CNN)
Dell Plans to Sell Factories In Effort to Cut Costs (Wall Street Journal)
Intel ready to announce six-core chip (CNet)
Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptops (ZDNet)

Thanks for listening and remember to give us feedback at the blog, at the voicemail box, and at our email. All of these are available at our home page: CSTechcast.com. Keep coming back and bring your friends too. If you'd like to support our show, post a review on iTunes or on your favorite podcast directory.

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The title, a play on translated Japanese advertising; the cstechcast.com podcast, real information for IT professionals. Get ready for the newly released Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system with our interview of Greg Shields, frequent TechMentor presenter, Redmond Magazine contributing editor, and author of the new book: Windows Server 2008: What’s New/What’s Changed. Check out the details and a free sample chapter at sapienpress.com. The news hails the coming of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 along with lingering problems and updated Microsoft Deployment tools; FireFox 3, Safari for Windows, and IE 8 are bringing back the 90's; it's Browser Wars 2: Attack of the Clones,  Hyper-V may break the Microsoft release pattern with an EARLY release, and reality show "The Office" proves itself to be a self fulfilling prophecy. Comcast gets all up in the grill of the FCC for the "Worst Tech Move of the Week", the "Weekly Tech Tip" is presented by our SharePoint Zen master, and we discuss the book The Rational Guide to Building Technical User Communities in our rip off segment of Oprah's book club with "What We're Reading". Thank's to Quest Software for sponsoring the software giveaway, enter at cstechcast.com.  Find them at quest.com.

Links to stories discussed during the show:
Vista SP1 Goes Live (ENT Mag)
Windows Vista SP1 Wreaks Havoc On Some PCs, Users Complain (Information Week)
Microsoft deployment tools ready as Windows Server 2008 arrives (TechTarget)
Mozilla says Firefox 3 ready for prime-time (Reuters)
Battle of the betas: Firefox 3 beats IE8 (Computer World)
Apple launches Safari for Windows (ZD Net)
Court Notes That Empty 'The Office'-Style Workplace Concepts Not Subject To Copyright (TechDirt)
Comcast Says FCC Has No Authority To Stop Traffic Shaping (TechDirt)

We metioned author Greg Low, author of The Rational Guide to Building Technical User Communities. We also wanted to provide a link to his SQL Server podcast at sqldownunder.com. Thanks Greg for keeping the spirit of real life technology communities alive.

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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)

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