A new podcast for IT pros at CSTechcast.com is ready for you to download. Anil Desai, respected author, Microsoft MVP, and consultant, talks about the journey of being an independent technology consultant and the lessons learned. Find more on his web site anildesai.net. In the news, we talk the IT disaster recovery efforts in effect prompted by Hurricane Gustav, what jobs are more at risk to being outsourced, Google Apps are not getting much adoption in the enterprise, we discuss the new Cellular Seizure Investigation Stick, and the latest beta of Internet Explorer 8. Comcast's bit cap gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", hit the buzzer for our less than 5 minute game show "Know Your Tech", and check out SharePoint wiki permissions in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
New Orleans IT departments brace for Gustav (ComputerWorld)
IT workers hit hardest by offshore outsourcing, survey finds (ComputerWorld)
Google's tough sell to Corporate America (Fortune)
CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones (CNet)
Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 (ZDNet)

Keep up with CS Techcast on the social nets at twitter.com/cstechcast and friendfeed.com/cstechcast. Help us out by writing a review where you subscribe to our podcast, either on iTunes or your favorite podcast directory. We look forward to brining you more great podcasts at CSTechcast.com.

Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=40

- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)

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We even podcast on vacation, bringing you the latest tech information for IT professionals at CStechcast.com from fabulous Las Vegas. This week, we delve into Vista with the authors of Using Microsoft Windows Vista Robert Cowart and Brian Knittel. In the news, Firefox gets it's 3.0 on while Microsoft previews more IE8 features, the new iPhone gets some enterprise functionality while hopefully not tarnishing its cool factor, Oracle adds social networking to CRM, Microhoo finally break up (could Bradgalena be next?) while Yahoo gets on the rebound with Google, and PC shipments stay healthy in Asia. Short sighted middle management gets our "Worst Tech Move of the Week" and "The Weekly Tech Tip" presents the incredible, shrinking partition.

Links to stories discussed during the show:
Mozilla to release Firefox 3 on June 17 (InfoWorld)
Next Internet Explorer 8 beta targets IT pros (PC Advisor)
Coming To The iPhone: Enterprise Apps (Information Week)
Oracle Touts Social Networks For Salespeople (Information Week)
Yahoo `Damaged Goods' After Yang Fails to Revive Deal (Bloomberg)
IDC Calls for PC Market to Grow 15 Percent (eWeek)

We bring you CS Techcast even when on vacation, and we will keep bringing you more shows you can use to stay informed every week. Help us out by putting your review of our show on your preferred podcast directory and especially on iTunes. Help us grow the show and keep in contact with us, all our contact information is on the web site CStechcast.com. Thanks for listening.

Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=29

- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)

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Info for IT pros, get ready to download the latest audio at CStechcast.com.  Crimeware is the focus this week, as we interview expert Markus Jakobsson, author of Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses. In the news; Adobe gives a preview of the new Acrobat 9 integrated with the new acrobat.com web site, Microsoft warns on the monthly round of patches, spear phishing catches 15,000 big fish, AMD starts to make a serious notebook push with Puma, Opera one ups the browser competition in the fight against malware, and we review the latest rumor mill around the next generation Apple iPhone. Spying end users for targeted ads is first place in "The Worst Tech Move of the Week" and "The Weekly Tech Tip" gives the accidental SQL DBA some great pointers.

Links to stories discussed during the show:
Adobe offers Acrobat 9 (InfoWorld)
Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 7 Security Bulletins (eWeek)
Spear-phishing Attacks Have Hooked 15,000, Says Verisign (PC World)
AMD's Puma pounces; misses red-hot netbook market (ArsTechnica)
Opera Bolsters Web Browser with New Malware Protection (eWeek)
Next-Gen iPhone Preview: Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference '08 (Information Week)
Breaking: Exclusive leaked pics of the iPhone 2! (CrunchGear)

Keep the love coming with reviews on your preferred podcast site, especially iTunes. Give us your comments and feedback on the blog, via e-mail, or by voicemail. All details are available at CStechcast.com. Thanks to everyone for listening.

Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=28

- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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Behold the holiday edition of our podcast at cstechcast.com. This week we chat with Steve Jones from SQLServerCentral.com about the new compression features in SQL Server 2008. Make sure you check out the web site for MS SQL help and news. In the news, Google not as cool as we thought, IE 6 security hole, new releases, and malware is becoming harder to deal with. Plus, "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", "Meet your Local User Group", and "The IT Pet Peeve".

Show Notes - Links to the stories discussed in our podcast:

http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/100900

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9053940&intsrc=hm_list

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2237467,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594

http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=9348#6

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9835823-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

http://blogs.technet.com/matthewms/archive/2007/12/19/announcement-tafiti-goes-shared-source.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/19/internet-explorer-8-and-acid2-a-milestone.aspx

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2236683,00.asp

Our featured user group is the Indiana Windows User Group at

www.iwug.net. Check out the web site and show up to a meeting if you're in the area. Now's the time because Server 2008 is just around the corner.

Thanks to Eric Johnson for turning my flub into this week's title. Leave your comments at the blog. Thanks all!

-Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)

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