From the Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer –

• BlackBerry User Group
• BlackBerry Blog
• Patent Office
• Modern marvel
• Patently silly

Friends in Tech presents a holiday special, A Geek Christmas Carol. Listen as Scrooge is confronted by 3 ghostly visitors with the decisions he has made, and life that he once had. It is the classic Christmas Carol tale with a High-Tech Twist.
We encourage you to call 206-888-2422(AGCC) – This is A Geek Christmas Carol hotline for anyone that wants to call and leave a comment on the Special and/or a Christmas Wish.

Listen to the show [here]

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(38 minutes)

Show #42 notes:

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A Geek Christmas Carol by FiT on 12/18/95

Mike Tech Show Sponsors –

• nitrosecurity
• GoToMeeting

Podcast Links –

• Typical PC User podcast
• Mackie Onyx 1220 mixer
• Jensen Harris: An Office User Interface Blog
• Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center
• Driver Agent
• DriverGuide Toolkit
• Plextor PX-M402U Video Converter

Independent Music –

• Kunek – Good Day

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Link courtesy of Ed from Ed’s Mixed Bag:
This FREE software grabs digital audio from cd’s. It copies the audio digitally-not through the soundcard-which enables you to make perfect copies of the originals. Get it [here]

Here are 2 great links sent in by listeners to assist with interrogating the drivers on your system and helping you find the latest version:
From Haroon – http://driveragent.com/
From Dave – http://www.driverguidetoolkit.com/

Found this on Digg.com. Here is a link on how to use TrueCrypt to secure your PC. I included TrueCrypt within my Ultimate Portable Utilities collection.
Download my Ultimate Portable Utilities for USB key and podcast [here]
Download TrueCrypt from [here]

Some Ubuntu links from the All about Linux site. Dedicated to Tips and Tricks in using and administering Linux. Go [here]

Podcast: [Mirror]

(37 minutes)

Show #41 notes:

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TechPodcasts Christmas RoundTable Sat Dec 10th

Mike Tech Show Sponsors –

• nitrosecurity
• GoToMeeting

Podcast Links –

• PopupTest
• Prepare for the job interview
• Beginning Ubuntu Linux book
• Friends in Tech
• XP Registry Tweaks (PDF)
• Damn Small Linux

Show Questions –

• What is a good capture card to use to convert VHS tapes to DVD?
• Is there any DRM that can be placed in an MP3 file that would prevent recording?
• How many times can you activate a single copy of Microsoft Office?
• email replies to Mike

Independent Music –

• Full Color Radio – Afraid

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µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients. Download it [here].