News
Google Wants To Be Your Hard Drive
Politics 'stifling $100 laptop'
France unveils anti-piracy plan
"Vista capable" lawsuit progresses
Apple settles patent suit with Burst.com

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to security expert Dan Geer.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Harold Holmes. Harold's company is Lincoln Beach Software.
http://www.lincolnbeach.com

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2007.

News
Digital River lands Electronic Arts
Amazon unveils electronic reader
Vista worries cause businesses to consider Macs and Linux
PayPal teams up with MasterCard
Flickr adds tools for mapping origin of photos
Sony cuts game designers' prices

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Access Copyright.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Joost Van Leur. Joost is the Managing Director of globell a company that markets software for the German speaking countries.
http://globell.com/

This interview was held in Moscow at ISDEF 2007.

News
AT&T gave feds access to all Web, phone traffic, ex-tech says
LA hacker to plead guilty to 'zombie' schemes
Aliens light fires in Sicily
Yahoo settles with jailed Chinese dissidents
IBM takes top supercomputer honors again

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to NaviSite.
http://www.navisite.com/

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Ryan Smith. Ryan wears many hats, besides producing Guitar & Drum Trainer, he is the all around person for the Korean company ESTsoft, plus he has a podcast. Ryan's sites are:
http://renegademinds.com/
http://www.dotnetpreacher.com/
http://www.estsoft.com/en/
http://www.altools.net/

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2007.

News
ICANN votes Peter Dengate Thrush to replace departing Vint Cerf
Google Releases opensocial
Symantec Buys Vontu
Fake Video Targets Macs
Microsoft Updates Windows Live Toolset
Comcast Put On Notice By Net Neutrality Complaint

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the FCC.

This weeks Interview
This week's guests are Albina Zakharenko and Natalie Khudyakova. They work for MOVAVI  a producer of Video software.
http://movavi.com/

This interview was held in Moscow at ISDEF 2007.

News
Leopard sales break 2M in first weekend
UK Schools warned off Microsoft deal
SanDisk sues 25 accused patent violators
Linkedin and MySpace feeding grounds for organized crime
UK considers forcing ISPs to block file sharing

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Microsoft.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Albert Wiersch. Al's company is AI Internet Solutions. He produces CSE HTML Validator for Microsoft Windows.
http://htmlvalidator.com/

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2007.

SharewareRadio.com - 25 Oct - Rob Rosenberger Interview

News
US panel supports China net laws
Apple: A sixth of iPhones 'unlocked'
NBC Yanks Content from YouTube as Hulu Readies
Huge pirate music site shut down

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Tom Anderson the co-founder of MySpace.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Rob Rosenberger. Rob is in the ASP Hall of Fame. He specializes in security. He has the site Vmyths.com.
He also has another site HumorControl.org

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2007.

SharewareRadio.com Broadcast - 18 Oct - Judi Wilson Interview

News
eBay, PayPal and Yahoo Collaborate to Fight Phishing
Wi-fi sharing plan launched in UK
Microsoft `HealthVault' goes live
EA Acquires SCI
Internet names for Asia launched
France Declares War on Spam

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the Nigerian Puppy Scammers.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Judi Wilson. Judi is CEO of Tugboat Enterprises. They produce data recovery software.
http://selkierescue.com/

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2007.

News
eBay, PayPal and Yahoo Collaborate to Fight Phishing
Wi-fi sharing plan launched in UK
Microsoft `HealthVault' goes live
EA Acquires SCI
Internet names for Asia launched
France Declares War on Spam

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to U.S. Federal Communications Commision (FCC).

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Brant Pallazza. Brant is Vice-President of Global Direct for  Digital River.
http://www.digitalriver.com/

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2007.

News
Gamers scramble at Halo 3 launch
Small Companies Look to Move Antitrust Suits to Europe
Would You Let The Pudding Listen In?
More Internet, Less Sex
New York AG Subpoenas Facebook

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Symantec.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Laurentiu Ghenciu. Laurentiu is Key Account Manger for Avangate.
http://www.avangate.com/

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2007.

News
I.B.M. to Offer Office Software Free
Microsoft loses appeal in EU antitrust case
One Laptop Per Child PC nears $190
AOL relocates to New York
Google calls for web privacy laws
Yahoo will purchase Zimbra

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the FDA and VeriChip Corp.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Nikos Bozinis. Nikos's develops [xplorer²], a file and information manager.
http://zabkat.com/

This interview was held in Cambridge at ESWC 2006.

News
Digital River buys Swedish firm for $27M
States seek 5-year Microsoft antitrust extension
Apple's EU antitrust hearing set for Sept. 19-20
NetApp files patent suit against Sun
Vista sales lag behind XP

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the FDA and VeriChip Corp.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Thomas Holz. Thomas's company is ITSTH.
http://easy2sync.com/

This interview was held in Cambridge at ESWC 2006.

News
Iconico buys BitsDuJour.com
Standards Group Rejects Microsoft Office Open XML
Google beats Blind Company
Palm kills Foleo mobile companion

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the Chinese government.

This weeks Interview
This week's week's guest is Tony Bryer. Tony's company is Survey Designs Associates.
http://sda.co.uk/

This interview was held in Cambridge at ESWC 2006.

SharewareRadio.com Broadcast - 30 August - Beth Mackenzie and Anna-Jayne Metcalfe Interview

News
Vista service pack coming in '08
Yahoo Asks Judge to Toss China Torture case
Microsoft develops double sided touchscreen
TorrentSpy blocks American users

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Sony.

This weeks Interview
This week's guests are Beth Mackenzie and Anna-Jayne Metcalfe.  Their company develops Visual Lint.
http://riverblade.co.uk/

This interview was held in Cambridge at ESWC 2006.

News
Digital River Receives the Governor’s International Trade Award
European Officials Question Google's Privacy Policy
Novell Goes Public with Microsoft Linux Terms
Google Tests Video Ads
FTC to Review Google-DoubleClick Deal

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the Globaltec Solutions Software Company.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Richard Wienburg. Richard is VP Sales and Product Developement for Softwrap.
http://www.softwrap.com/

This interview was held in Brussels at ESWC 2006.

News
Google to list top 100 searches
Digital River Stock Plunge
Google invests in genetics firm
US waters down spyware bill
IBM Unveils 'Green' Microprocessor
Small webcasters offered royalty break

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the Sparta Michigan Police Chief Andrew Milanowski and his buddy Kent County Assistant Prosecutor Lynn Hopkins.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Tony Edgecomb. Tony's company is Frogmore Computer Services, he produces printing applications.
http://frogmorecs.com/

This interview was held in Brussels at ESWC 2006.

News
Google search goes Universal
PayPal receives license to expand service in Europe
Can iPods make pacemakers malfunction?
Trojan Piggybacks on Windows Updater
Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents
N.Y. attorney general accuses Dell of fraud

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the Lerach Coughlin law firm.

This weeks Interview
This week's guests are Robert Martin and Susanna Haupt. They work for Infacta which produces GroupMail.
http://infacta.com/

This interview was held in Brussels at ESWC 2006.

News
Internet speed battle escalates
Microsoft begins Hotmail upgrade
NBC Joins Fight Against YouTube
Thailand Plans to Sue YouTube
New Worm Targets Portable Memory Drives
Russian Teacher Fined In Microsoft Piracy Case

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the United States Transportation Security Administration.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is  Gavin Bowman.  Gavin produces Oriador Staff Scheduling software.
http://oriador.com/

This interview was held in Brussels at ESWC 2006.

News
Supreme Court weakens patent rights
Digital River CEO made $3.72 million in '06
Yahoo! to Buy Rest of Right Media
Apple owns up to Battery Problems
Chile in border dispute with Google
Joost TV Open for Business
Google partners with four state governments

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the Russian Government.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Phil Schnyder.  Phil is President/CEO of the software company askSam Systems and also active in product acquisition for Avanquest, the global software distribution and republishing company.
http://www.asksam.com/
http://www.avanquest.com/ENG/

This interview was held in Brussels at ESWC 2006.

News
Microsoft plans $3 suite for emerging markets
Deal With Google Ends with Some Bruised Feelings
Dell Resurrects Windows XP
MySpace takes on Google News and Digg
Cyber Spies going after Businesses, Government

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Canadian Member of Parliament Joy Smith.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Guy Wilnai. Guy is in charge of marketing for Plimus.
http://plimus.com/

This interview was held in Brussels at ESWC 2006.

News
Google to buy DoubleClick
BlackBerry Blackout
Apple's new operating system delayed until October
U.S. military to put Internet router in space
The Storm Worm has returned.
Apple Unveils 'Final Cut Studio 2''
'Fatal' blow to web broadcasters

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the VP of the Science Fiction Writers of America.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Mathilde Rufenknack. Mathilde produces Shop'NCook.
http://www.shopncook.com/

This interview was held in Brussels at ESWC 2006.

News
Google lets users create own maps
Microsoft changes tune on selling DRM-free songs
Viacom Picks Yahoo Over Google
Microsoft releases Windows Home Server SDK
China seeks to 'limit game hours'

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Google for pirating code.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Carl Gundel. Carl produces Liberty BASIC.
www.libertybasic.com

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2006.

News
European Commission objects to Apple iTunes Business Practices
Google Grabs TV Ads
Digital River Signs E-commerce Agreement With Skype
British UFO hacker loses extradition appeal

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA)

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Bob Oxford. Bob produces DBPix.
www.ammara.com

This interview was held in Cambridge in the UK at ESWC 2006.

News
European Commission objects to Apple iTunes Business Practices
Google Grabs TV Ads
Digital River Signs E-commerce Agreement With Skype
British UFO hacker loses extradition appeal

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA)

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Bob Oxford. Bob produces DBPix.
www.ammara.com

This interview was held in Cambridge in the UK at ESWC 2006.

News
Analysts unimpressed with initial sales of Vista OS
Yahoo! Mail offers unlimited email storage
IBM's optical chip speeds data transfers
Napster, AT&T in wireless music tie-up
Blog death threats spark debate

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the RBusiness Network.
http://tinyurl.com/33ry4

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Don Robinson. Don produces DDFileCatcher.
www.ddfilecatcher.com

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2006.

News
Google tests new way of charging advertisers
Symantec: U.S. Leads as Hacker Home
Google quashes mobile phone talk
Skype to offer money-transfer system via PayPal
Virtual worlds are 'worth $1bn'

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the Copyright Royalty Board in the US for their proposed rate increases.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Greg Weir. Greg is director of TUCOWS content division.
http://www.tucows.com/

This interview was held in Cambridge in the UK at ESWC 2006.

News
Viacom sues YouTube over copyrights
Yahoo-AT&T Renegotiation
Microsoft Gunning for Salesforce
EU Commissioner Sounds Off Against iTunes

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes Cingular and Travelocity for their continuing use of Spyware advertising.
http://tinyurl.com/2rf4cs

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Dexter Bell. Dexter produces FileBoss.
http://theutilityfactory.com/

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2006.

News
Commodore returns as gaming PC builder
Google helps terabyte data swaps
Fake professor in Wikipedia storm
UN outlines global e-waste goals
Internet Use Up 10% Worldwide
Turkish court bans YouTube access

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Microsoft

This weeks Interview
This week's guests are Sharon and Ricky Housley their companies are NotePage Inc and FeedFor All.
http://notepage.com/
http://feedforall.com/

This interview was held in Cambridge in the UK at ESWC 2006.

News
Google to offer more click fraud protection
Myspace hackers avoid jail
CompUSA to close more than half its stores
Hacker teams unlock the PlayStation Portable

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the Recording Industry Association of America.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Dennis Reinhardt. His company is DAIR Computer Systems.
http://www.dair.com

This interview was held in Denver at  SIC 2006.

News
HD DVD-Ripping Software Being Offered Online
Hard disk test 'surprises' Google
Studios, FBI Teach Swedish Cops to Hunt File Sharers
Bill Proposes Mandatory Data Retention for ISPs
Mac users 'still lax on security'
Ballmer repeats threats against Linux

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Conneticut prosecuting attorney David Smith.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Marck Pearlstone the Director of BrainStorm
http://www.brainstormsw.com/index.html
 and Board of Directors member of the ESWC.
http://www.euroconference.org/

This interview was held in Cambridge the UK at ESWC 2006.

News
The onset of the tera era
IBM plants Linux on the desktop
MySpace filters videos for copyright content
Talk moves on at mobile congress
Internet plan for MTV video clips
China Discovering The Futility of Banning Internet Cafes
Belgian court rules against Google over copyright

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Illinois state senator, Matt Murphy.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Dan Hite. Dan is the producer of Auction Sentry.
http://www.auction-sentry.com/

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2006.

News
Internet Hit by Biggest Hack Attack since 2002
Stock-option inquiry costs Digital River $9.4 million
Apple seeks online music shake-up
New York Settlements Go After Adware Funding
Nvidia Fails The Vista Test
Kodak changes the Ink Jet Market

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Apple

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is David Boventer. David is the Founder and Executive Director of the European Shareware Conference.
http://www.euroconference.org/

This interview was held in Cambridge the UK at ESWC 2006.

News
Vista arrives with limited fanfare
Hubble's main camera shuts down
Game unit losses hit Sony profits
Chips push through nano-barrier
Mass Storage For Phones
Stock options trouble drags down CNet profit

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to two spammers from Korea.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Sue Pichota. Sue produces icons. Her site is:
icons-icons.com

This interview was held in Cambridge the UK at ESWC 2006.

News
Microsoft's Ajax Framework Ready For Download
China internet use may soon surpass US
Cyber criminals move focus to web
German, French Consumer Groups Join Call For Open iTunes
BBC in talks on Google link-up

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Scott Richter and his company Media Breakaway.

This weeks Interview
This week's guests are Jarle Aasland and Bjarte Hetland. They produce file management utilities. Their company is No Nonsense Software.
http://www.no-nonsense-software.com/

This interview was held in Cambridge the UK at ESWC 2006.

News
Avanquest Software Acquires Nova Development
Skype getting Joost
HP Nanochip breakthrough
Seagate introduces faster class of small drives
Digital River Slips To 3-Month Low
Open source gets European boost

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the drug company Eli Lilly. They get it for suing a blogger for posting documents relating to the controversial prescription drug Zyprexa.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Eric Isaacson. Long time ASP member, Eric produces A86 Assembler and D86 debugger, and ZIPKEY Zip code and telephone area code directory. Eric's main website is  eji.com.
http://eji.com/

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2006.

News
SIIA get Over $1 Million in Piracy Settlements in December
Trend Micro Bi-Annual Internet Confidence and Safety Survey
Apple unveils the iPhone
Apple TV too
Bill Gates also talks at CES
Michael Dell - PC Industry Needs to Go Green
UK Government to close 551 websites
No ceasefire in DVD format battle

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to again to the online retailer Newegg for their horrible customer service. And outright lies.

This weeks Interview
This week's  guest is Adrian McEwen. Adrian's company is MCQN Ltd.

This interview was held in Cambridge the UK at ESWC 2006.

News
SEC asks to review Digital River's options documents
Microsoft sends free computers to bloggers
Apple facing iTunes, iPod lawsuit
QuickTime zero-day bug threatens Macs, PCs
Beware of the New Year's worm
Asian Telecoms Outage Leads to Calls for Better Connections

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the online retailer Newegg for their horrible customer service. And outright lies.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Martha Seward. Martha's company is Freelance Works.

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2006

News
Hackers Fool Vista into Activating!
China 'crackdown on online games'
Ransomware Attack Targets Mexican Hotmail Accounts
Sales at iTunes slump
Skype’s Free Phone Call Plan Will Have Annual Fee
Microsoft Search goes viral
Turn Off the Lights

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the Education Minister of Greece Marietta Giannakou.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Jessy Jex. Jessy is SWREG Account Manager for  Digital River.

This interview was held in Cambridge in the UK at ESWC 2006.

News
James Kim CNET Senior Editor dies tragically
MySpace Worm Attacks via QuickTime
Rich Nations May Sponsor $100 Laptops
Yahoo, Reuters launch eyewitness photo site
Apple Computer owners are old people?
Microsoft Offers Book Search
Armed Russian Authorities Raid IBM's Moscow Office
Yahoo Starts Selling MP3s

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to Mehran Sabbaghian and Lanset America.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Brant Pallazza. Brant is Vice-President in charge of Shareware for Digital River.

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2006.

News
Windows Vista is released to business users
Nearly 4 in 5 Americans are online
Symantec flaw figures in botnet hit
Canadain University Develops Software To Bypass Government Firewalls
IBM To Acquire Wireless Software Provider
Universal Wants a Slice of Apple's iPod Pie
Google CEO calls Net key to White House

The Kiss My Butt award of the week.
This week it goes to the Mapuche Indians tribal leaders.

This weeks Interview
This week's guest is Michael Lehman.  Michael is Microsoft's representative in the ASP. A man of many talents, he is a musician, programmer and one of the first podcasters.

This interview was held in Denver at SIC 2006.