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Archive for May, 2005

Cool Download: RipEditBurn

Posted by Alan Henry on May 31st, 2005

Finally-an application that’ll help me with my CD and vinyl archive project. RipEditBurn is an application that essentially replaces a handful of audio burning and editing applications; it’ll rip any kind of CD (including copy protected ones, so use it for backups only, please), edit the music you got, convert the file types, re burn [...]

Microsoft: New Netscape Breaks IE

Posted by Alan Henry on May 31st, 2005

Just what we all needed, the absolutely new Netscape 8 comes out, vulnerabilities are noticed out of the gate to which Netscape quickly and quietly patches to 8.1, and then Microsoft gets word of and publishes that Netscape-which allows a user to switch between the Firefox and Internet Explorer engines to view pages-breaks Internet Explorer [...]

Database Hackers Reveal Tactics

Posted by Alan Henry on May 31st, 2005

Admittedly these guys broke the law and should be prosceuted for it, but I have to admit a bit of sympathy for them. The teenage hackers responsible for the break-ins at LexisNexis and the theft of hundreds of thousands of social security numbers and other personally identifiable information confess their tactics and admit that, contrary [...]

Ground Rules for the Windows-Macintosh War

Posted by Alan Henry on May 31st, 2005

Not my opinion this time, but I have to say that David Pogue does bring up some really amusing (and all too true) points with this article. I for one try to stay out of this particular battle altogether: I use a Macintosh at work (by choice, I have a PC available) and a PC [...]

This Week In Tech [TWIT] // Episode 6

Posted by Alan Henry on May 23rd, 2005

You know the drill guys, this week’s TWIT is up and available for direct download in mp3 format. Grab it and enjoy! TWIT Episode 6 // May 22, 2005 – [ download ]

Apple vs. TigerDirect; Winner: Apple

Posted by Alan Henry on May 23rd, 2005

Remember that nonsense drummed up around the release of MacOS 10.4 where the horrible technology distributer TigerDirect [ http://www.tigerdirect.com/ ] filed suit against Apple over the use of the word “Tiger?” Yeah, we thought it was ridiculous, too, which is why we’re only making mention of it now: I mean, if TigerDirect actually had a [...]

Kevin Rose to Leave G4 and Attack of the Show!

Posted by Alan Henry on May 23rd, 2005

Well, the final nail has been hammered into the coffin, and it was bound to happen, the only debatable was when. Kevin Rose has officially stated his intention to leave G4 and stop participation in the Screen Savers decendant “Attack of the Show.” In his own words: After several weeks of lawyer negotations with G4, [...]

PC World has the skinny on a couple of startling high-end LCD displays available to home users. If you’re looking to add a little elegance to your desktop or perhaps looking for a quality LCD to make the switch to from an old reliable CRT, or even if you’re just looking for a nice upgrade [...]

This Week In Tech [TWIT] // Episode 5

Posted by Alan Henry on May 17th, 2005

Alright! This week’s episode of TWIT is up and ready to download in all of it’s high-quality mp3 glory. As usual, it’s behind the official release of the podcast, but hey-that’s what an archive is for, right? Anyway, on with the download-enjoy! TWIT Episode 5 // May 15, 2005 – [ download ]

Hot Linux Reviews!

Posted by Alan Henry on May 17th, 2005

Courtesy of Eric Craft in the TechTV Forever Yahoogroup [ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/techtv-forever/ ] we have a ton of reviews for some of the most popular Linux distros available, including the obscenely popular Ubuntu, which has seen rising popularity in recent days. SuSE [ http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1791610,00.asp ] [ http://usalug.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6399 ] Ubuntu [ http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,120520,00.asp ] [ http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=10413 ] Xandros [...]

Build Your Own Linux Home Theater PC

Posted by Alan Henry on May 17th, 2005

As part of their “Microsoft-Free Home” series, ExtremeTech put together a particularly interesting how-to on building your own Linux-based HTPC, complete with DVR capability. For the non acronym-savvy in the audience, what the really means is building a computer that you can use for home entertainment, movies, music, the works, based on Linux, and that [...]

First Look: Tiger Lives Up to the Hype

Posted by Alan Henry on May 17th, 2005

Now that we’ve had our hands on Mac OS 10.4 “Tiger” for a while, it’s about time for the comprehensive reviews to start trickling in, and who has our first but the reliable folks at PCWorld? 4.5/5 stars, they give it, a must have for Mac owners, and well worth the upgrade, they conclude, but [...]

This Week In Tech [TWIT] // Episode 4

Posted by Alan Henry on May 12th, 2005

Sorry it’s a bit late, but we’ve been pretty busy this week. Regardless, This Week In Tech episode 4 is up and available to download! Check it out: If you haven’t been to the TWIT blog yet, you should! There’s a link in the sidebar, or you can just bookmark this here link: [ http://www.twit.tv/ [...]

ROTSS = TWIT! Episode 3 (or 1) Available Now!

Posted by Alan Henry on May 3rd, 2005

If you haven’t noticed, the show is no longer called Revenge of The Screen Savers, it’s now TWIT, or This Week In Tech! So now the category will be called TWIT Archive, and the old entries and links to episode 1 and 2 will still function, so no worries! Also, you might notice that Leo [...]

Amber MacArthur Moves Blogs!

Posted by Alan Henry on May 1st, 2005

Looks like Amber is switching locations on the web! Her old blog that everyone knows was located at Blogger [ http://ambermac.blogspot.com/ ] and it looks like she’s made the decision to switch over to TypePad, and looking at the new site, boy does it make a difference! Check out the new digs: [ http://ambermac.typepad.com/ ] [...]