Show Notes Sunday, June 11, 2006

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• Show Line Up
• CopCAST Frappr Shout Out - Hello to Jet Loe a listener from Belfast, Northen Ireland
• Cop News of the Week
• Training Opportunities
• Tech Issues

• Cop News of the Week
• We Lost Two More Brothers This Week
• Parking Meters Go High-Tech
• Alaska Recriminalizes Marijuana Possession
• Terror suspect accused of wanting to behead PM
• N.Y. mafia cops get life sentences
• Judge plays computer game during trial
• Dumb Ass of the Week - Dumb crook falls asleep on the job

• Training Opportunities
• We are going to start including some training opportunities each week
• We welcome training announcements from any criminal justice training academy or training organization. Just send the information to talkback@copcast.net and we will do our best to announce your training course.

• Tech Issues
• Police will not pursue ransom hackers
• Skype Users Get Free, Unlimited Voice Conferencing - http://www.vapps.com/
• Microsoft takes on net nasties
• Podcasting audience climbing


• PC User's Tip
  

Many of our listener know about the desperate recovery process that Mack and my son, Ricky went through when they lost the information on their hard drives as a result of a system failure. We continue to emphasize the importance of backups. Now backups can be done easier and cheaper than you would expect.

A new service has surfaced called Mozy. They are offering 2 GB of free (yes totally free) storage space with a convenient automatic backup tool for Windows. More storage is available for a very inexpensive upgrade fee. If you are not already doing some type of offsite backup for your critical files, I highly recommend looking into this free offer. Click on the link below to check it out.

https://mozy.com/ref/4AE9P3


• Mac User's Tip
  
  Rich and his son just bought mom a new MacBook. Of course they had to trick it out, including 2 gigs of RAM that cost about an additional $500. Had they waited and listed to my Mac User's Tip this week, they could have added the RAM for about half that price.
  
  Enter MacPrices.com! It charts prices from a long list of reputable Mac retailers (such as MacMall, MacConnection, B&H Photo, MacZone, J&R, and others). It checks their prices nearly every day, and calls out the best deals. Many of the online stores also offer rebates or extras on Macs, like RAM, printers, or software. It also lists whether each store has stock on the models it offers, and whether it charges for shipping.
  
  As an added bonus check out PBCentral.com, which explores good deals on Mac notebooks.
  
  MacPrices.com
  PBCentral.com



• Closing
• Thanks to our partner RLS Enterprises, Inc. - Your Affordable On-Line Training Solution for making this episode of CopCAST possible. Visit their website for more information about providing internet-based training for your organization.
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• From the crew at CopCAST.....Have a great week!