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Still slowly catching up on the Real Tech podcasts (you can find all the episodes, including the most current, over at http://rtfrp.com) This is episode 111.
\nShow Notes:
\nNEWS:
\nAND\xe2\u20ac\xa6 GOOGLE DRIVE is official. \xc2\xa0Is it a \xe2\u20ac\u0153Wow!\xe2\u20ac\x9d or an \xe2\u20ac\u0153Uh?\xe2\u20ac\x9d
\nTIPS/SUGGESTIONS:
\nGoogle Searches made easier: \xc2\xa0A couple \xe2\u20ac\u0153quick hits.\xe2\u20ac\x9d \xc2\xa0Want to search using speech? Simply click on the microphone and talk (assuming you have a microphone). \xc2\xa0Want to find where an image came from? \xc2\xa0Go to the \xe2\u20ac\u0153images\xe2\u20ac\x9d tab, and copy and paste a URL into it. \xc2\xa0OR\xe2\u20ac\u201cfind out what other images your image looks like:just drag your image from your computer into the image search block.
\nVirtual Disks \xe2\u20ac\u0153In the Cloud\xe2\u20ac\x9d \xe2\u20ac\u201c\xc2\xa0Gladinet. Gladinet lets you map your existing cloud storage sites as if they are drives on your machine. \xc2\xa0Now you can edit Word, Excel, or other documents right in the cloud, and not take up space on your hard disk. \xc2\xa0Of course, you have to be connected to the internet. \xc2\xa0Possible sites to use include Google Docs, PicasaWeb, Amazon S3, Microsoft\xe2\u20ac\u2122s Live Storage, and much much more. \xc2\xa0The free version only connects to one, but there are other options as well.
\nManaging your PDFs: This one can be a real challenge. \xc2\xa0You have hundreds (maybe thousands?) of PDFs on your computer, but do you a) know what you have, and b) know how to get to the one you want? \xc2\xa0Enter a few choices, courtesy of\xc2\xa0this article\xc2\xa0from Digital Inspiration. \xc2\xa0I personally prefer Mendeley (these are windows choices) because it is specifically designed for PDFs. \xc2\xa0Even still, I would like something with a little more \xe2\u20ac\u0153intelligence\xe2\u20ac\x9d that can sort the files for me based on general content anaylsis.
\nPAMFAX: \xc2\xa0A new problem these days is \xe2\u20ac\u0153How to send a fax from home, when you don\xe2\u20ac\u2122t have POTS any more?\xe2\u20ac\x9d \xc2\xa0Well, I have settled on a solution that works for me. \xc2\xa0Pamfax. \xc2\xa0It\xe2\u20ac\u2122s made by the same people that make the call recorder application for Skype, \xe2\u20ac\u0153Pamela Recorder.\xe2\u20ac\x9d It\xe2\u20ac\u2122s not free, but it is affordable.
\n\xe2\u20ac\u0153The House approved Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act with a 248 to 168 vote today. CISPA allows internet service providers to\xc2\xa0share Internet \xe2\u20ac\u02dcthreat\xe2\u20ac\u2122 information with government agencies, including DHS and NSA, without having to protect any personally identifying data of its customers, without a court order. It effectively immunizes ISPs from privacy lawsuits for disclosing customer information, grants them anti-trust protection on colluding on cybersecurity issues and allows them to bypass privacy laws when sharing data with each other.\xe2\u20ac\x9d
\nPICKS:
\nSteve: Paper Camera for Android
\nTony: Nike Fuel Band
\nSteve\xe2\u20ac\u2122s info: [blog] http://theprofessornotes.com [twitter] @scmprofessor
\nTony\xe2\u20ac\u2122s info: [blog] http://getthenext.com [twitter] @tonypittman