No Panacea

I’m starting this post with several links of technical videos, podcasts, and books that can be viewed for free online. I hope to expand this list as I pick up more resources on the way.

Internet Protocols and Communication Networks (Windows Media - audio and video, some for download other streaming)
Topics covered: Networking concepts, Routing Protocols (RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, EGP, BGP), Transport Protocols (TCP, UDP), Network Protocol (IPv4, IPv6), Wireless Broadband, etc.

Google Video Lectures (Google Video)
Topics: AJAX, Distributed Systems, Web Security, C++, Java, Python

Security
Handbook of Applied Cryptography (Entire book in PDF)

Google I/O Sessions and Videos
Topics: Web Applications APIs, Mashups, AJAX, Google Gears, Authentication to Google Services

Security Engineering (by Ross Anderson) (Entire book in PDF, audio chapters)

PriceProtectr.com is a site dedicated to saving people money after a purchase. It helps users take advantage of retailer price protection/price matching policies. If an item costs less than you bought it for originally (e.g. the cost of the iPod dropped $40 since you bought it a couple days ago), you can get refunded that amount. The way it works is pretty simple, you buy a product at an online retailer (e.g., iPod at Amazon.com), then go to PriceProtectr.com and enter the link of the product page. For instance the 16GB iPod Touch. Then enter in your e-mail address and wait for a price drop. If the product price gets slashed within 30 days, as indicated by Amazon policies or other retailer, the site will send you an e-mail. It is also worth noting that the PriceProtectr system works with over 70 e-tailers and provides contact numbers and web pages of the retailers that one would call to get the refund.

As Borat would say “I liiiiiike”.