{"id":48,"date":"2008-07-20T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2008-07-20T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/wordpress\/?p=48"},"modified":"2017-10-29T19:10:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T23:10:21","slug":"episode-23-the-business-of-malware-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/podcast\/episode-23-the-business-of-malware-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 23 &#8211; The Business of Malware Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"Arial, sans-serif\"><\/font><font size=\"2\" style=\"font-size: 10pt\">This week we&#8217;re going to talk to John Eddy, Senior Vice President of Sales at <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Kaspersky Lab\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/af\/globalstore?AID=1110732&#038;PID=2823536\">Kaspersky Lab<\/a> and find out just how serious the malware problem is. Part 3 of a three part series.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>TechPodcasts Promo Tag :10<br \/>\nIntro 1:18<br \/>\nBillboard 1:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>News and Comment segment 6:46<\/strong><br \/>\nThe OpenOffice.org Community announced a second beta release of <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"OpenOffice.org releases v3.0 beta 2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/podcast\/openofficeorg-releases-version-3-beta-2-1071\/\">OpenOffice.org 3<\/a> to the public July 15. The Office suite is released under the GNU\/GPL and is freely available. OpenOffice.org v3.0 beta 2 is currently available for download in English for Windows, Linux, OS X and OpenSolaris at <a title=\"OpenOffice.org v3.0 beta 2\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/download.openoffice.org\/3.0beta\">http:\/\/download.openoffice.org\/3.0beta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AMD announced that its Board of Directors elected President and COO Dirk Meyer as the new CEO of the company July 17. Meyer replaces Hector Ruiz, who led the company during the last six years. You can read the article at <a title=\"AMD names new CEO\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/joomla\/index.php?option=com_frontpage&#038;Itemid=1\">http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/joomla\/index.php?option=com_frontpage&#038;Itemid=1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A debate is brewing over the necessity of defragging solid state drives. According to an article posted in the July 15 issue of System Management News, the debate centers on whether performing a defrag on a flash drive helps performance or provides no real benefits while actually hurts the drive.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the article in the July 15 issue of System Management News. A single issue of System Management News is $9.95 but a subscription is free to professionals who qualify. if you are an IT professional and would like a free subscription to System Management News you can subscribe at <a title=\"Free Subscription to System Management News\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theforcefield.tradepub.com\/free\/smns\/\">http:\/\/theforcefield.tradepub.com\/free\/smns<\/a> or simply click on the link in the show notes in the RSS feed for this episode.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Microsoft Yahoo deal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/podcast\/with-yahoo-it-is-all-or-nothing-and-bad-for-us-1068\/\">The Microsoft-Yahoo deal<\/a> is the talk of the media. There are many who think Microsoft Yahoo would be a great combination and would prevent a monopoly that Google is threatening to become. However, Microsoft Yahoo could actually be bad for competition &#8211; and consumers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commercial Break 1:00<\/strong><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Alternageek\" href=\"http:\/\/alternageek.com\/\">Alternageek Podcast<\/a> Promo :30<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"CS Techcast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cstechcast.com\/\">CS Techcast<\/a> promo :30<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intro to Interview 1:45<\/strong><br \/>\nThis week we are going to talk to John Eddy, Senior Vice President of Sales at <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Kaspersky Lab\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kasperskyusa.com\/trialfront\/the-force-field\/products\">Kaspersky Lab<\/a>. We&#8217;ll find out just how serious the malware problem is, learn about the Kaspersky Partner Program and find out how we can use it as resellers to market and sell solid security solutions to our customers. 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