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Archive for February, 2006

Weezy and The Swish // Episode 38

Posted by Alan Henry on February 28th, 2006

This week’s Weezy and The Swish features special guest, comedian Earl Skakel, sitting in with Laura, Weezy, and Matt sitting around and chatting about all manner of topic. Seriously, I’m impressed with how much they can fit into one show. In case we haven’t mentioned yet though, there’s a new in-page dedicated audio player, and [...]

Command-N // Episode 35

Posted by Alan Henry on February 28th, 2006

This week’s Command-N has Amber and Mikey talking to us from the LinuxCaffe and discussing this week’s tech news and features, including Google’s launch of Google Pages, Apple sells its billionth song through the iTunes Music Store, and a website made entirely of web 2.0 icons and logos. All this and the weekly web picks, [...]

Lab Rats // Episode 16

Posted by Alan Henry on February 28th, 2006

This week on Lab Rats, Sean and Andy take on the topic of DMZs and how you probably have the ability to configure them on your own home router, and what they’re for. Also, they show you how beneficial it can be to configure a DMZ and use it for file servers, game servers, or [...]

This Week In Tech [TWIT] // Episode 43

Posted by Alan Henry on February 27th, 2006

Another TWIT is in the can! This week’s TWIT features hosts Leo Laporte, Kevin Rose, Patrick Norton, David Prager, Doug Kaye, and John C. Dvorak. Ful roundtable today, which is good-means we’ll see lots of awesome discussion! This week the group chats a little more about Dvorak’s article suggesting that Apple might ditch MacOS and [...]

DiggNation // Episode 35

Posted by Alan Henry on February 27th, 2006

This week on DiggNation Kevin and Alex are live from San Francisco! Among the stories they’ll cover in front of their live studio audience are the death of the Phantom vaporware gaming console, automatic cashiers at Taco Bell/KFCs, Google unveils the Google Page Creator, Serenity makes more money via DVD than in theaters, rumors of [...]

Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur // Episode 12

Posted by Alan Henry on February 27th, 2006

This week on Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur, Leo and Amber chat with the creator of one of my favorite websites, 43 Folders [ http://43folders.com/ ], Merlin Mann. The group discusses exactly what 43 folders is, for those not in the know, and ways that 43 folders can help people get organized and on [...]

Security Now! // Episode 28

Posted by Alan Henry on February 27th, 2006

This week on Security Now, Leo and Steve take a break from their “how the internet works” set of shows to answer your questions about all manner of security-related topic, from the recent shows to how you can secure your own computer, personal data, or home network. Specifically, Leo and Steve answer questions this week [...]

DL.TV // Episodes 37 and 38

Posted by Alan Henry on February 24th, 2006

Well, a combination of Patrick being ill and site outages spelled doom for DL.TV for a while and resulted in there being no DL.TV episode 36, but that’s okay, they’re all back up and running now and episodes 37 and 38 are available for your viewing pleasure. Episode 37 brings us the crew chatting about [...]

New Podcast: Daily GizWiz with Dick DeBartolo

Posted by Alan Henry on February 21st, 2006

A brand new podcast for TWIT fans everywhere, and this one looks like it might be a daily one! Dick DeBartolo, known as the “GizWiz” who often appeared on The Screen Savers and Attack of the Show to show off the coolest gadgets and gear from a variety of conventions and for all manner of [...]

MacBreak 2.0 // Episode 2 (sort of)

Posted by Alan Henry on February 21st, 2006

The full fledged Episode 2 isn’t quite ready yet, but the MacBreak crew has decided to give us a teaser by showing us some of their behind the scenes work in bringing us the show in beautiful high-def. Head on over and check it out; the show’s only available via iTunes. MacBreak 2.0 Episode 2 [...]

Command-N // Episode 34

Posted by Alan Henry on February 21st, 2006

This week on Command-N, Amber interviews Frank Gehry, Mike meets a professional toy hacker, Jeff reviews his fave Google tools, and much much more of course; Google buys Measuremap, Office Live launches, Wired Magazine launches it’s daily podcast, and the weekly web picks and highlights. Enjoy! Command-N Episode 34 // February 20, 2006 [ episode [...]

Weezy and The Swish // Episode 37

Posted by Alan Henry on February 21st, 2006

They claim it’s the worst podcast ever. They claim it’s all about nothing and they did no prep whatsoever. Well, I have no idea whether it’s true or not, but it’s still hilariously funny. I’m not even going to try and give you a synopsis of this one, you’ll just have to head over and [...]

Lab Rats // Episode 15

Posted by Alan Henry on February 21st, 2006

This week Lab Rats is back and explaining how optical media like CDs and DVDs work by using marshmallows and a blowtorch-some of my favorite tools! The crew even dabble in HD-DVD and Blu-ray, and what those media formats might be like, if we ever see them on consumer store shelves. Enjoy! Lab Rats Episode [...]

This Week In Tech [TWIT] // Episode 42

Posted by Alan Henry on February 21st, 2006

Dvorak’s gone mad! Mad, I tell you! On this week’s TWIT, Dvorak feels the backlash from his recent column that Apple should switch to Windows to power the Mac. This week’s hosts are Tom Merritt, John C. Dvorak, Leo Laporte, Robert Heron, and Roger Chang, by the way. They sit down and roundtable about Amazon’s [...]

DiggNation // Episode 34

Posted by Alan Henry on February 21st, 2006

This week on Diggnation, Alex and Kevin chat up Dvorak’s prediction that Apple might give up OS X altogether, stick to making hardware, and move to Microsoft Windows on its machines, another person dies at the hands of their MySpace stalker, cellphones show off a red dot that indicates water damage, the Nissan Terranaut is [...]

InDigital // Episode 2

Posted by Alan Henry on February 21st, 2006

Another lovely InDigital is up and ready for your viewing enjoyment, and the crew start off by taking a good long look at the Creative Zen Vision M and decide if it’s any real competition for the iPod. Diane Mizota shows off her geekly techy Prius, and much much more. Get the week off with [...]

Infected with Martin Sargent // Episode 6

Posted by Alan Henry on February 21st, 2006

On this week’s very special Infected with Martin Sargent, Martin and crew pay homage to fluffy animals and other furry friends in an Infected animal lover’s episode. Okay seriously, I have no idea whether or not there’s all kinds of animal goodness in this one, but here’s hoping we get to hear another exciting round [...]

Security Now! // Episode 27

Posted by Alan Henry on February 21st, 2006

This week on Security Now, Steve and Leo continue their discussion on how the Internet works by discussing how LANs work. Leading us to a more global definition of how computers on the internet communicate, this is on a scaled down level and the pair discuss DHCP, IP, routers, hubs, and subnets. Definitely worth tuning [...]

Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur // Episode 11

Posted by Alan Henry on February 21st, 2006

This week on Inside the Net, Amber and Leo chat with Alex Bard of Goowy.com, a website that provides kind of a next generation portal with RSS, widgets, web utilities, a downloadable interface, email, and much much more. Amber and Leo and Alex chat about exactly what Goowy is, how it got started, and what’s [...]

New Tech Blog by the TechTV Forever Folks!

Posted by Alan Henry on February 15th, 2006

Not getting enough tech in your diet? Well listen up! We’re starting up a new technology blog to cover all topics tech and branch out a bit into more tech news, commentary, product reviews, cool tips and tricks, more websites and awesome applications, and ways to make technology work better for you, or if you [...]