TechNest Weekly Report – 5 – Google Chrome Shuffle

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–Participants–

Adam Debreczeni – BarCamp presenter whose presentation we live-blogged http://technestreport.com/blog/2009/02/22/live-coverage-bar-camp-live-designing-for-teens/
Twitter -  heyadam
www.heyad.am
www.crosswirestudio.com
App – Random facts

Lizette Gagne
Twitter – lizettegagne
www.labslab.com
www.lizettegagne.com

Alex Luft
Twitter – sashok
Trivia fact: sashok is the nickname for Alexander in Russian (pronounced sashók – accent on the “o”)
www.alexluft.com

–House Keeping–

I mentioned on the quick announcement that the format of the show will be changing to AAC.  As much as I would love to do that, I’ve run into some issues with the flash player playing AACs.  So never mind: going back to MP3.

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TechNest Weekly Report is recorded every Sunday at noon.  Next week we should be on UStream.  More info on the blog and on twitter (sashok and technestreport)

–Topics–

iPhone to include a CDMA chip to be on Verizon?
http://www.itexaminer.com/apple-to-allow-verizon-connections.aspx

Twitter helps make friends with Shaq!

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/21/awww-twitter-helps-you-make-friends-with-shaq/

And in the same light -are blogs necessary for the mainstream user?  Can they be replaced?
Twitter
www.twitter.com
Tumblr
www.tumblr.com
and
Posterous

http://posterous.com/

Could replace blogs as we know them (for the average user)

Pick of the week: Griffin Clarifi

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/clarifi

HP CEO talks netbook cannibalization

http://www.dailytech.com/HP+CEO+Talks+Netbook+Cannibalization+/article14350.htm

Server topic: Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: MOS or Windows SBS 2008? Vive la Différence!

http://www.winsupersite.com/live/mos_v_sbs_02.asp

Quicken Financial Life for Mac… why?
Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: MOS or Windows SBS 2008? Vive la Différence!
Related TechNest Report blog post

http://technestreport.com/blog/2009/02/20/quicken-online-thumbs-up-quickbooks-online-thumbs-require-internet-explorer/

Google Chrome out of beta… but why would Google release a browser.  Plus the never-dying topic of the Google OS

Joke of the week: Lizette refuses to read it but we make some Google and Apple funnies.  All in good measure.

–Another TechNest… is in the tree–

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