Podcatching Software –

From Joe – His favorite podcatching software for his Palm Treo 700p, Quick News 1.24

Lists of other Windows podcatching software

• ipodder
• wikipedia

Upconvert PC DVD to HD –

• HDTV Arcade Discussions
• PCMechanic Tech Forums

Motherboard/CPU monitor –

From Ryan – Motherboard Monitor 5.3.7.0

MP3 Player –

From Cate – The feature on an mp3 player that lets you come back to the same place when you turn off the mp3 player is called Pause/Resume. The Samsung YP-U1 flash player, when turned off and then turn it back on, it resumes at the same spot.

Podcast: [Mirror]

(44 minutes)

Show #71 Notes

Show Links –

• AutoPatcher
• DropMyRights
• WhyNotAdmin
• When Automatic Updates can be harmful
• Free Download Manager
• Replay Radio – AV
• Duplicate File Finder
• PodBot
• Podcatcher on a Stick
• AutoRun USB
• StationRipper
• CMS Data Transfer Kit
• KeyNote
• EverNote
• Piky Basket 2.0
• SunoSoft Overwrite Protect
• PodZinger

Questions –

• What is your favorite podcatching software other then iTunes or Juice?
• Is there a way to upconvert a DVD playing on a PC to HD resolutions?
• FREE program to monitor motherboard/CPU temperature?
• Recommend MP3 player that when you pause and power off, you can resume at the same point?
• Email me at mike@miketechshow.com
• Voice mail: (240) 949-2450

Independent Music –

• Liz Longly – Delicate Balance

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Generate passwords based on specific criteria – length, used symbols. Can generate several passwords and supports copying to clipboard. Get it [here] (After you download the file, rename it with a .exe extension.)

I received several emails and a harsh warning from my network engineers. DO NOT use rubber bands inside your computer. It did sound cool, but here are some comments:

From Chris – “Between the heat and the constant air movement, it’s a harsh environment and the rubber bands dry out quickly. You don’t want to be sitting there in six months and hear a ‘thunk’ when your running drive drops. It’s a good idea, but I think you have to look for a different material.

From Robert – “One guaranteed characteristic of standard old rubber bands is that they deteriorate quickly in warm/hot environments, loose their elasticity and fail. If a hard drive were to fall in it’s cage while spinning this would certainly cause significant damage, and I presume most of us don’t peek inside our cages to check our rubber bands very often. Also, I’m impressed that drives sometimes transfer considerable heat to the cage through the metal to metal contact of mounting screws, therefore, theoretically, causing the drive do dissipate heat and keeping it a bit healthier”

I passed along a bad idea from Maximum PC.

Sent in from Peter – Zalman hard drive coolers. They are passive coolers (with heat pipes) with rubber isolation mounts. Check it out [here] (Select COOLERS for – Hard Disk Drives.)

Check out the latest In The Trenches podcast, where Kevin interviews me about my IT work “In The Trenches”. Get the podcast [here]

Submitted by Randy – FREE utility that allows creation of FAT32 & NTFS partitions. FAT16 option is provided for compatibility. Supports Internal interfaces such as IDE and SCSI and External interfaces such as Hi-Speed USB,Parallel port, PCMCIA, USB On-The-Go, Firewire, SATA interfaces etc. Creates Fixed and Removable Disk Format types. Get it [here]

We have launched a blog that is called Tech Podcast Today, this will be a blog where all member shows will be able to post information about recent podcast and or events that are happening on their shows. It is a open posting area for all of our members and we expect it to get a lot of traction.

You will see a new menu item at the top of the page and we hope that you take a look at what is happening with member shows this will also give you a central feed to subscribe to if you want a consolidated Technology Feed.

The website is www.techpodcasts.com/today and the RSS feed is www.techpodcasts.com/today/index.xml enjoy the new blog and if you have suggestions on what we can do to improve the Tech Podcast Network drop us a line at feedback@techpodcasts.com

Podcast: [Mirror]

(29 minutes)

Show #70 Notes

Show Links –

• Places We’ve Been, Sites We’ve Seen blog
• Zabbix
• Network Monitoring with Zabbix
• MediaMonkey
• Hot Recorder for Music
• Suspend hard drives with rubber bands
• Replay Music
• Virtual Server 2005
• 802.11n
• RadioLabs’ WRE500MW
• Hawking Technology Wireless Extenders
• Mike Tech Show – Libsyn RSS Feed
• Mike Tech Show Archives
• Thanks No
• In The Trenches Podcast
• Eds Mixed Bag Podcast

Independent Music –

• August House – Calliope

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Sent in by James. How about a little break from all of the utilities? Here is a link for a nice diversion [here]