This Week at Gears and Widgets…
Posted by Alan Henry on February 8th, 2010
Last week over at my regular technology news and commentary blog, Gears and Widgets…
[ Spinning Gears :: Why are Rented Movies Okay but Rented Music Not? ]

Last week over at my regular technology news and commentary blog, Gears and Widgets…
[ Spinning Gears :: Why are Rented Movies Okay but Rented Music Not? ]

On this week’s Digg Reel, poking tons of fun at the iPad! Seriously – lots of videos that make fun of Apple’s new product!
Digg Reel // Episode 109
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On this week’s TWiT, Leo Laporte, Wil Harris, Baratunde Thurston, and Kara Swisher gather together to discuss the week’s tech news!
Among the topics, the CEO of Sun Microsystems resigns with a haiku…posted to Twitter, Apple and Google settling differences, and much much more.
This Week in Tech [TWiT] // Episode 234
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On this week’s first AppJudgment (remember, they’ve gone daily now!) a look at some photo editing apps for Android phones!
AppJudgment // Episode 82
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This week’s Tekzilla comes bearing gifts! A free app that can help put an end to spyware woes, viruses, and other malware! Also on the show this week, Veronica shares her thoughts on the iPad, some surround-sound headsets, and more!
Tekzilla // Episode 126
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On this week’s final AppJudgment, a look at Geodelic for the iPhone and Android phones – a hyperlocal app that can help you find interesting things in your backyard!
AppJudgment // Episode 81
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On this week’s FLOSS Weekly, Randal chats with Matthew Gates about Stellarium the 3D planetarium that you can install on your computer. I love Stellarium, and it’s one of the best desktop apps for amateur stargazers out there. It doesn’t hurt at all that it’s free and available for every OS!
FLOSS Weekly // Episode 107
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On this week’s Windows Weekly, Leo, Paul, and Mary Jo Foley chat about the tell-all that former Microsoft exec Dick Brass wrote about in the New York Times: predictably, they don’t like what he has to say, but the article is worth reading and brings up great talking points.
Windows Weekly // Episode 142
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This week’s Security Now! is another question-and-answer episode with Leo and Steve. They dive through the mailbag to answer selected questions from the listening audience.
Security Now! // Episode 234
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On this week’s CrankyGeeks, John C Dvorak and Sebastian Rupley are joined by Vanessa Fox and Neha Tiwari.
Together they chat about whether or not the iPad is evil or the fervor around it is, whether Microsoft will ever brighten up and build a Web service that people really really flock to, a quiet revolt by sellers at eBay, and more!
CrankyGeeks // Episode 204
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On this week’s commandN, an iPad parody over at CollegeHumor, reasons why you should be careful sleeping at work, and if you wind up looking for a new job some tips on things you should or shouldn’t post on the Web.
commandN // Episode 204
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On this episode of AppJudgment, an app that allows you to rate Super Bowl ads right from your iPhone!
AppJudgment // Episode 80
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On this week’s net@night, Amber and Leo chat with Paul Boag, the author of the Website Owner’s Manual, about web design and development. They also discuss Revision3’s view count, and more.
net@night // Episode 138
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On this episode of AppJudgment, the Chad Ochocinco Experience for the iPhone.
Yeah, I don’t even know.
AppJudgment // Episode 79
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On this week’s Diggnation, the FBI sucks at Photoshop apparently, checking out what must be the stupidest tattoo of all time, classic movie moments you probably didn’t know were actually improv, a death metal rooster, and more!
Diggnation // Episode 240
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On this week’s MacBreak Weekly, Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Merlin Mann and Chris Breen get together to chat about the Apple iPad, why a wide-screen iPad is a bad idea, the war between Apple and Google over tablets, and trying to get to the bottom of the lack of Flash on the iPad.
MacBreak Weekly // Episode 178
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On this week’s shiny shiny HD Nation, will the iPad be able to manage your home theater? Also, Super Bowl TV sales and picks, putting Blu-Ray in your HTPC, and more!
HD Nation // Episode 30
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On this week’s AppJudgment, Google Voice gets on the iPhone using HTML 5, and FourSquare really wants to get into your home and your head!
AppJudgment // Episode 78
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On this week’s Lab Rats, Andy and Sean check up with Intel to see what they’re up to – they made a lot of announcements about consumer friendly CPUs at CES, and they take some time to run them down.
Lab Rats // Episode 207
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On this week’s FLOSS, Randal sits down with Mark Burgess to talk about a topic near and dear to my heart: datacenter management and configuration management. Cfengine is an open-source tool that can help businesses keep tabs on their datacenters; and Mark has lots to say about it!
FLOSS Weekly // Episode 106
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