some useful links
*OpenSourceTesting.org
*American Software Testing Qualifications Board
*SilkTest
*IBM Rational
*HP Test Tools
*TestComplete
*OpenQA.org
*QF-Test
*QA Wizard
Web2Test
CubicTest
Push-to-Test
DynaTrace Ajax Edition
EggPlant from TestPlant
TestersDesk
WorldBench 6
Ranorex Test Automation Suite
Some Great Software Security AssuranceTesting Tools
*Nessus
*N-Map
*Metasploit Framework
*Bactrack4 Linux Distribution
*Web Scarab
*W3AF
OSSIM
Wireshark
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Webrat
Nokigiri
Cucumber
Shoulda
RCov
watir
Selenium RC
minitest
HPricot
CubicTest
RadRails 2 &3
Aptana Studio
JRuby
some excellent podcasts
*Software Engineering Radio
*Security Now!
*WebDevRadio.com
*PaulDotCom Security Weekly
*IT Conversations
*Java Posse
Communities
Test Republic
Quality Testing
Software Testing Club
Weekend Testing
Linked-In - Software Testing and Quality Assurance
Rails Rumble
Androdiod Development