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February 4th Show Recap & Links!
Posted on: 2006-02-03 16:13:13 February 4th Show Recap & Links! Mike Rao is back, so Tim and Jim can return to annoying him... Download: http://www.thetechnologygeeks.com/shows/020406.mp3 Links mentioned: http://www.maximumpc.com 1: Feature: Must have software - everything you shouldn’t do without! · O/S · Anti-virus · Web Browsers · Neat Tools Don’t forget to listen to us LIVE on the web at: o For Real Player go to http://www.WFBL.Com o For Wav format go to http://www.radioshowlinks.com. o Check out our past shows on our website –http://www.thetechnologygeeks.com Jim’s GEEK OF THE WEEK SOFTWARE PICK. Soon! Website of the week. Adopt a Useless Blob – in a variety of colors to make your computer kind of different from all of those “other” computers. http://www.spacefem.com/blobs/ Announcements: o CNYPCUG meeting being held on Monday, February 6, 2006 at the Liverpool Public Library. February’s topic is “All about Crime Mapping!” - Deputy William Wafful will present: Crime Mapping using a program called Crime View. He will do an actual demo with the program & show some sample searches & actual reports with real data. Members & non-members are requested to register to attend all meeting. Registration forms are available online at http://www.cnypcug.org/reserve. o ACM February Meeting · Professional Development Seminar · Saturday, February 11, 2006 – Web Development using PHP & MySQL · Topics: What are social networking tools? What are the business benefits from using social networking tools ( e.g. blogs )? How do you think about the security and intellectual property concerns? How do you convince your management to jump in? · Speaker: Jill Hurst-Wahl – president of Hurst Associates, Ltd. An information consultant with more than 20 yrs business experience. · Where – Holiday Inn, Carrier Circle · When – 5:30 – 6:00 Pm Registration & Networking 6:00 – 6:50 PM Dinner/Buffet 6:50 – 7:40 PM Presentation · Cost - $20.00 for ACM Members - $25.00 for non-members and walk-ins. Web site – http://www.ACMsyr.org o Look for the Geek Feature coming up on this station. Mike will explain it on the air & ask for ideas. Technology News: o File-Killing Worm Causes Little Damage http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/03/tech/main1276399.shtml o MySpace.com Subject of Sex Assault Probe http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060203/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_assaults;_ylt=AkSCm_ktxrUgEd7v_LRfjMAjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA-- o New Symantec shield aims to repel Microsoft http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-6034127.html?part=rss&tag=6034127&subj=news o 180 Solution dismisses lawsuit http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060130005925&newsLang=en o Anti-copying malware installs itself with dozens of games http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/30/anticopying_malware_.html http://www.glop.org/starforce/#games o Microsoft Tricks Hacker Into Jail http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70106-0.html?tw=wn_index_3 |