Another fine podcast for IT professionals found here at CSTechcast.com. This week we talk enterprise 2.0 with Ross Mayfield, social networking extraordinaire and Chairman, President, and co-founder of Socialtext. Find Ross' blog at ross.typepad.com and SocialText's offerings at Socialtext.com. In the news, possible privacy issues with the IE8 beta phoning home, Dell's pushing into the VM space with new blade servers and storage, the DOJ is questioning the Google-Yahoo ad deal, HP's building an OS of their own, and the LHC gets hacked. Apple's new BSOD causing iTunes 8 gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at Yammer and the benefits and drawbacks of micro-blogging in the enterprise, and "The Weekly Tech Tip" talks about Core Config, a new utility for Windows Server 2008 Server Core configuration.

Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
MS defends IE 'phone home' feature, clarifies privacy policy (InfoWorld)
Dell unwraps products designed for virtualization (InfoWorld)
Sandy Litvack, a dogged trustbuster in pursuit of Google (CNet)
Hackers deface LHC site, came close to turning off particle detector (ZDNet)
iTunes 8 causes Windows Vista problems (ZDNet)
TechCrunch50: Yammer Wins TechCrunch50 (PC Magazine)
Core Config Utility (Codeplex)

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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=42

- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)

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No need to wait in line for our newest podcast; all the week's tech news and insight for IT Pros is here at CSTechcast.com. We explore the latest in delivering applications to remote and global networks with Zach Seils, author of Deploying Cisco Wide Area Application Services. This week, Microsoft lobs another offer at Yahoo, DNS gets patched across all vendors, NVidia slowly reveals more about their overheating laptop chips, cloud apps have downtime woes, SQL Server will be out in August, and a new Microsoft push for software plus services. Overreacting tech bloggers make "The Worst tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the new Microsoft Certified Master program, and "The Weekly Tech Tip" covers WSUS troubleshooting.

Links to stories discussed during the show:

Yahoo Rejects Joint Microsoft/Icahn Deal But Open To $33 Per Share All-Microsoft Sale (Search Engine Land)
Patch domain name servers now (ComputerWorld)
Report: NVIDIA issues cover all G84 and G86 GPUs (ZDNet)
Rackspace Downtime: A Reminder That All Are Vulnerable (TechCrunchIT)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Due in August (eWeek)
Oracle, Salesforce.com Jump on iPhone Bandwagon (eWeek)
Microsoft still pushing Vista compatibility story (CNet)
iPhone 3G disaster (Scobleizer's Recent Qik Videos)
Microsoft Certified Master Program (Microsoft)
More on the Certified Master programs from me, Per, the program owner... (Technet Blogs)
Troubleshooting WSUS downloads (Technet Blogs)

Thanks for listening and give Dana a warm welcome. She will be helping us out with the news and shaking up the format a bit. We hope you like her as much as we do. Don't forget our give away. Enter at CSTechcast.com for your chance to win and take our money in the form of an Amazon.com gift certificate.

Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=33

- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)

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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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Another podcast is up and available at CStechcast.com, the podcast for IT professionals. This week we talk about the history and the future of networks with John Day, author of Patterns in Network Architecture. The news brings cloud computing to your data center with a new product from HP, easier Web 2.0 APIs from Google, details on Windows 7 and Ruby on .NET, and a warning on Apple Safari on Windows. Lack of data breach disclosure "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", getting Vista's search to work right in the "Weekly Tech Tip", and we take "A Closer Look" at smartphone security in your network.

Links to stories discussed during the show:
HP Building Out Web 2.0 Infrastructures (eWeek)
Google Delivers New AJAX APIs (eWeek)
Google's Gears Gains Ground (eWeek)
Google Shows Off Android (eWeek)
Microsoft linking Silverlight, Ruby on Rails (InfoWorld)
Windows 7 to have touch-screen interface (InfoWorld)
Court finds Dell guilty of fraud (InfoWorld)
Dell shares jump after solid 1Q results (Business Week)
Microsoft Warns Of Security Vulnerability Arising From Apple's Safari (Information Week)
Microsoft Security Advisory (953818) (Microsoft.com)

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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=27

- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)

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Episode 1 of CS TechCast is posted and ready for your listening pleasure at cstechcast.com. This week our guest is Anil Desai, who we talk with about virtualization best practices. In the news, detecting wireless intruders, HP buys up more companies, Quicktime exploit, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, and how to keep your IT staff happy. Plus, “The Worst Tech Move of the Week”, “IT Pet Peeve”, and “The Tech Tip of the Week”.

Here are the show notes.

Links to stories discussed during the show:

http://www.news.com/No-slowdown-in-HPs-software-expansion-quest/2100-1014_3-6220699.html?part=rss&edId=3&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1359088162;fp;16;fpid;1

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140137-pg,1/article.html

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2224485,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594

http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=9284#6

http://www.news.com/U.K.-governments-lost-data-worth-billions-to-criminals/2100-1029_3-6220725.html?part=rss&edId=3&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news

Thanks again to Anil Desai for being our guest. Find his web site at http://anildesai.net and learn more. Be sure to check out one of the many books he has authored.

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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)

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