What you do on your company’s network is your business, right? If you are curious about the answer to this or you want to understand more about what you company knows about you, watch this week’s show. Mike and Jason are once again joined by the self-proclaimed “real IT guy”: Michael Lubrano and our security expert: Corey Moomey, Cisco Security CSE. This week we talk about end-user privacy (or lack thereof) on corporate networks. We also rant and this week we rap (well… we don’t actually rap) in celebration of The New Dork in our call-to-action.

Show #15 Agenda

• Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: End-User Privacy
  • PCs
    • Is my company logging my web traffic?
    • Can IT really read me email? What about Gmail?
    • What if I access Facebook/Twitter/Etc while on a corporate network?
    • WebServices and WebApps like Google Docs
      • CIOs can’t deliver cost effective Google Docs functionality to end-users
      • http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=66656821-1A64-67EA-E49D70E17E924BCE
  • Phones/Tablets
    • “Consumer” Smart Phones and Tablets are being used in the enterprise
    • iPad for business: Apple taking over corporate America
    • Location-based services and apps
      • Apple collects this info by default
      • http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/06/apple-location-privacy-iphone-ipad.html
      • Report: A fifth of Android apps expose private data
      • Droid Incredible saves browser screenshots to internal memory, turns into a privacy nightmare?
    • Education
      • University to Provide iPads to All New Students
    • Photos
      • Geolocation data is on by default in many devices
      • Services like TwitPic often have location data in photos
      • http://www.room362.com/blog/2010/6/25/get-off-my-lawn-iphone-geo-blocking.html
    • Check-in Services Like FourSquare
  • VPN/Teleworking
    • Always-on VPN (i.e. AnyConnect)
    • Public WiFi (Is my corporate data safe?)
    • Starbucks begins offering free two-click WiFi access in US and Canada
• Mike’s Rant:
  • Windows 7 Rebooting
• Jason’s Rant:
  • Tech won’t cover up human dysfunction
• Corey’s Rant:
  • World Cup Tech – to digitize or not to digitize…
• Lubrano’s Rant:
  • Why [a certain financial institution] sucks
• Call-to-Action:
  • THE NEW DORK – Entrepreneur State of Mind (Jay-Z ft Alicia Keys Spoof)

Running time: 00:53:58
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The iPhone 4 is now available for pre-order (well sort-of if you’ve been following the AT&T ordering fiasco). In this week’s Buzzword Bingo, we explore the iPhone 4. What features are compelling? Is it worth the upgrade? What is the media saying about it? We’ll discuss this and more with a terrific cast of characters. Jeremy Laurenson (Cisco Technology Solutions Architect) and Andy Waschick (Owner – Gestalt, Inc.) join Jason and Mike. As always, we rant, we opine and we make fools of ourselves (all in good geek fun, of course). The call-to-action will definitely make you ROFL (everyone knows what that stands for by now, right?).

Show #14 Agenda

• Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: iPhone 4
  • iphone_4_vs_android_tech_specs.jpg 698×803 pixels
  • Retina Display
  • A4 Processor
  • Front and Rear Camera
  • HD Video Recording
  • 2nd mic for noise canceling
  • B/G/N Wireless
    • AppleInsider | iPhone 4 keynote plagued by high-tech Wi-Fi meltdown
  • iOS
    • Cisco IOS Technologies – Cisco Systems
  • FaceTime
    • Skype won’t use FaceTime, still hints at iPhone 4 video chat
  • The Walled Garden – Neven Mrgan’s tumbl
  • AT&T Tethering (for a $20 Fee of course)
    • AT&T: No iPhone-iPad tethering
  • AT&T Tiered Bandwidth $15/200MB $25/2GB
    • AT&T Learns Exactly The Wrong Thing About Data Usage « Design By Gravity
  • Gawker Crap
    • iPad security breach: Who’s at fault? [Updated] | TechBlog | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
    • Don’t blame Apple for AT&T’s security ineptitude
    • How Apple Tricks You
    • Steve Jobs Bragged About Privacy—Days Ago
• Mike’s Rant:
  • I’m a Fanboy (of technology)
  • From late last night: You’re Damn Right I’m A Fanboy
• Jason’s Rant:
  • Government Agency Efficiency
• Jeremy’s Rant:
  • IM Losers
• Andy’s Rant:
  • Wow. I’m in the future
• Call-to-Action:
  • Toby Turner: YouTube – FARMVILLE Commercial!! (Facebook Parody #1)

Running time: 00:58:18
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We’re not just Apple fanboys on Buzzword Bingo. A new breed of fanboy has emerged: the Android fanboy. We have two awesome guests on the show to discuss Android phones, tablets and other tech gadgets. All the way from Amsterdam this week we have Jan-Willem Ruys and Jerry de Boer. JW and Jerry are both Consulting Systems Engineers with Cisco focused on Collaboration and Mobility. They have been using the HTC Desire for a month now and they share their opinions of Android as compared to the iPhone. Plus, we all share our rants and another musical call-to-action mashup.

Show #13 Agenda

• Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: Android Impressions
  • HTC Desire Pros and Cons
  • Buzz by Robert Scoble (EVO 4G Pros and Cons)
  • Nearly a quarter of U.S. homes only use cellphones
  • Android demolishing iPhone in sales
  • Android and Flash: Is it needed?
    • H.264 Already Won—Makes Up 66 Percent Of Web Videos
    • Flash Crash on Android tablet
  • EVO’s Qik Video Chat to Cost an Extra $5 a Month
  • Android Fanboys
    • Android Fanboys Have Arrived. And That’s A Good Thing
    • An iPhone Lover’s Take On The HTC EVO 4G
    • Android Fanboys Have Arrived. And That’s A Good Thing
• Jason’s Rant:
  • Apps that change your screen focus
• Mike’s Rant:
  • Toy Packaging
• Jerry’s Rant:
  • Virtual Everything
• JW’s Rant:
  • HTC needs “manly” product names
• Call-to-Action:
  • Paul Dateh: Telephone Violin Mashup

Running time: 00:58:18
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Apple recently shipped the iPad and everyone is talking about it from the consumer perspective. But what about it’s use in the enterprise? How well does it function as an email client with a corporate Exchange environment? The three amigos: Mike, Jason and Corey tackle these questions and also discuss Apple as a company. Plus, don’t miss this week’s Rants and a very complex but kewl Call-To-Action.

Show #12 Agenda

• Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: iPad – An Enterprise Perspective
  • Hands-On with the iPad
  • Is Apple Evil?
  • Response to Jeff Jarvis Reboxing Video
  • iPad Competition from Android/ICD: Gemini
  • What about a stylus?
    • YouTube – Manual Deskterity: An Exploration of Simultaneous Pen + Touch Direct Input

    • Viddler.com – Courier Pagestream UI demo – Uploaded by engadget
• Jason’s Rant:
  • Stop killing trees with junk mail!
• Corey’s Rant:
  • Taxis from the cloud
• Mike’s Rant:
  • My opinion is simply that: My Opinion
• Call-to-Action:
  • YouTube – OK Go – This Too Shall Pass – Rube Goldberg Machine version – Official

Running time: 00:53:29
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With the recent Apple iPad announcement, tablets have once again been the topic of conversation in tech circles. In this week’s episode, we talk about tablets in the Enterprise and how they might be utilized effectively. We also share our specific opinions about the iPad.

We’ve decided to shorten the show format. There are lots of great tech news podcasts out there. So we’ve dropped the Net-Net-News segment. We’re keeping the main topic, rants and call-to-action. In fact, this week’s call-to-action is sure to make you smile.

Show #11 Agenda

• Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: Tablets in the Enterprise
  • Apple iPad opinions and impressions
  • Other examples tablet uses in the Enterprise
  • 10 things missing from the iPad
• Mike’s Rant:
  • “Twenty-Ten” people, not “Two-Thousand-Ten”
• Jason’s Rant:
  • Software that doesn’t auto-update
• Michael’s Rant:
  • CIO Magazine doesn’t make you an expert
• Josh’s Rant:
  • Technological Invisibility
• Call-to-Action:
  • YouTube – The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody [1080p]

Running time: 00:52:15
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Server virtualization is commonplace in the enterprise today. But what about desktop virtualization? What benefit does desktop virtualization bring to the enterprise end-user? Why go through the trouble of virtualizing the desktop when many applications are moving to the browser? On this week’s Buzzword Bingo, we’ll talk to two virtualization experts, Kevin Corbin (Data Center Architect – Cisco) and Michael Williams (Architect – Sisters of Mercy Health System). They join Mike and Jason for a healthy debate on the future of the enterprise desktop.

(REMEMBER: You can skip chapters in the Player)

Show #3 Agenda

• Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic:
• Desktop Virtualization
• Net-Net News:
• Zune Pass
• Spreadtweet
• Twitter @reply changes
• Intel Goes After Microsoft With Netbook OS
• New Google Chrome is really fast
• Mike’s Rant:
• SlingPlayer for iPhone
• Jason’s Rant:
• Interacting with ABC’s Web Player
• Kevin’s Rant:
• Pick a Tool
• Call-to-Action:
• air speed african swallow – Wolfram Alpha
• Youtube: Monte Python – Coconuts

Running time: 01:03:49
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