Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools Alert
* LATEST COOL TOOLS VIDEO:
Diagnose car problems on your own
The check engine light is on and it could be anything from a loose gas cap to a fouled up cylinder. Keith shows you how to find out the severity of the problem before bringing the car to the shop.
* LATEST COOL TOOLS COLUMN:
Why IT shouldn’t ignore the iPhone
There’s been a lot written about the iPhone and the reasons why enterprises should not fully adopt this first-generation device for use by employees. Whether it’s the wireless network, lack of strong VPN support, or lack of direct Exchange connections for e-mail, there’s enough evidence (in Network World and on the Web) for you to cite when an executive comes to your office asking for IT iPhone support.
* LATEST TWISTED PAIR PODCAST:
Apple’s gadgets give us the warm and fuzzies
Jason and Keith discuss the raft of new Apple iPods, question why Microsoft wants to take on Adobe’s Flash technology, and celebrate the return of Pigskin Pick ‘Em!
* LATEST FROM NETWORK WORLD PANORAMA:
Why Are We Mismanaging Passwords?
Research suggests the typical enterprise spends more than $500,000 each year on maintaining and updating privileged passwords, those non-personal, shared and administrative passwords that exist in almost every device or application. Yet they’re still not secure. Adam Bosnian, VP of of products and strategy at Cyber-Ark Software, discusses new approaches to privileged password management with Keith Shaw. (12:22)
Fingerprints are key to Privaris’ success
Privaris is taking an interesting approach to biometric security with its personal credential device, plusID. Network World’s Jason Meserve gets the lowdown on the device from Privaris CEO John Petze on this edition of Network World Panorama. (11:36)
* LATEST COOL TOOL BLOGS:
Logitech merges speakers with USB hub
Logitech today announced its AudioHub notebook speaker system, a 2.1 speaker system with an integrated USB hub with three USB ports for attaching additional peripherals. The device is expected in October and will cost $99.99.
6 guesses why Apple cut the iPhone price
Who’d have thunk that the biggest story of the week from Apple wasn’t its shiny new iPod devices or its spat with NBC regarding iTunes, but the $100 rebates now being offered by Apple to “disgruntled” early adopters who shelled out $600 to be the first “look at me” owners of the device, the world seems more interested in this news than about the new devices themselves.
Apple makes a lot of people happy again
Here’s the quick rundown of all of the neat goodies announced last week by Apple.
Taking credit for killing the Palm Foleo
You may have heard that Palm has scrapped its Foleo “mobile companion” project, which was taking a beating in the technology blogosphere for distracting Palm from focusing on its smart phone devices and next-generation operating system.
Portable video players will outsell audio-only devices, research firm says
Here’s an interesting tidbit about the future of the portable media player while we wait with the rest of the world for Apple’s big announcement tomorrow and the likelihood of new iPods (see here, here and here).
