As we begin the holiday shopping season, I wanted to link this incredible story of a blogger who was threatened by the retailer if he posted negative feedback. Take a moment and read this article [here]. Make sure to do your homework before buying from an unknown online store. Don’t forget to check the store out with the Better Business Bureau online.

I like this Firefox extension. If you have certain sites that have to be opened with IE only, add this extension to Firefox and you can open specific sites in IE within a Firefox tab. (I have not tried it with the new Firefox 1.5.) Get this extension [here]

Publisher’s Description:
Locate saves names of all files in your hard drives to file database. After that you can locate files. This program works like updatedb and locate in Unix systems. Win32 based locating program also included. Get it [here]

Children’s Technology Review (CTR) is a survey of interactive media products. The editors attempt to help parents, children’s librarians and teachers leverage the power of technology to support the development of children ages birth to 15, by accurately describing products from an educational perspective. Check it out [here] (Would make a good gift for a parent or teacher.)

From Philadelphia Sunday Inquirer –

• Fat Wallet
• PriceGrabber
• Froogle
• Shopzilla
• eBay Sniper
• Froogle Uploader

Podcast: [Mirror]

(40 minutes)

Show #39 notes:

Mike Tech Show Sponsors –

• nitrosecurity
• GoToMeeting

Podcast Links –

• logmein
• Aida32
• Conglomorate.com
• iBall
• iH5 Clock Radio
• Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 Pro
• Desktop USB-powered Drumming Santa
• USB Geek Wireless Optical Liquid Mouse
• Notebook AC/DC Power Adapter
• PocketHub Media Center
• PowerSquid Outlet Multiplier
• Power Strip Liberator
• USB Flex Light
• Cyberguys
• Brookstone
• ThinkGeek
• The Gadgeteer
• USB Geek
• newegg

Independent Music –

• Splinter – Long Way To Go

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Check out the following:
if it’s tech, it’s here.

The TechPodcasts.com Live Roundtable event Audio and Video as recorded during the 11/19/05 event. Guests: Doug Kaye from ITConversations and Mark McCrery from Podtrac. Get it [here]

Find out what happened on some of our member shows last week. Get it [here]

Here is a special piece from Friends in Tech members expressing what we are each thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Department of Agriculture’s Web page on buying and cooling your turkey. Go [here]

From Sean –

• Tech-Recipes – a computer cookbook.
• uTorrent – BiTorrent client for Windows.
• NcFTP – set of free application programs implementing the File Transfer Protocol.
• IrfanView – fast small graphic viewer for Windows.
• GnuWin32 – Unix utilities for Windows.
• R Project – Free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.