Day: June 12, 2006

On this week’s DiggNation (still stating that the “description is coming soon,”) Kevin and Alex chat about this week’s top stories, including all manner of scientific hoax, like cell phones and radiation, and a supposed list of which phones are worst for that, implanting magnets gives people a “sixth sense,” and other things sold on television in the middle of the night, not including Girls Gone Wild. Also in this week’s show are information about the DiggNation One Year Anniversary Party. All this, more stories, and the typical hilarity about getting trashed and ordering “As Seen on TV” products, on this week’s DiggNation.

DiggNation Episode 49 // June 8, 2006
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On this week’s GeekDrome, the crew reviews the horror that is The Break Up, and then checks out the trailers for upcoming films like Heart of the Game and My SuperHero Ex Girlfriend. In the news this week, upcoming films like Children of Men, Adam Sandler and Bill Maher’s newest offerings, and more. This, the comic news you’ve come to expect, and an invitation to join the IRC discussion with other GeekDrome fans in the GeekDrome IRC chatroom.

GeekDrome Episode 29 // June 11, 2006
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Just in time for the LTS Podcast’s glorious 25th episode! On this week’s LeoVille Town Square Podcast, Chris, Graham, Paul, Spokavriel and Nate gather around via Skype to chat about all things new involving Leo, Leoville Town Square, and the rest of the TechTV universe; including some member drama at the LTS forums, something potentially wrong with the forums, and more. Also, G4’s latest piddly offerings to try and boost ratings, and the result: G4 is ranked as the absolute least watched cable television network. All this and more, on this week’s LTS Podcast.

Leoville Town Square Podcast Episode 25 // June 12, 2006
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Another glorious episode of MacBreak is here and ready for mass consumption; this time getting down to some of the Mac-lovin roots of the show and reviewing and talking about Apple’s new MacBook notebook computers. Leo has Macworld editor-in-chief Jason Snell and Senior New Editor Jonathon Seff into the studio to discuss the new notebooks, the differences between the white and black ones, new and missing features, and pros and cons to the new system and whether or not its worth your money.

MacBreak Episode 7 // June 8, 2006
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This week on This Week in Media, Alex Lindsay, Ron Brinkmann, Emery Wells, Kenji Kato, Ben Durbin, and John Foster gather around the mic for some good Pixel Corps discussion on media and media technologies this week, including WiFi on planes, but really to dicsucss topics this week like the death of special effects pioneer Arthur Widmer, and an opportunity to talk about Green vs Blue (screening), the history of keying, and more.

This Week In Media Episode 9 // June 8, 2006
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On this week’s Security Now, Steve and Leo sit down and talk about ports. Not ports with boats and foriegn shores, they discuss what people mean when they say “such and such operates on port 80,” or “you need to open the port on your router,” and so on. What are ports, how do they work, and why are they important? Also, what is “port sniffing,” and what does “stealth ports” mean? This, some resources to lists of well known and well used ports, and more.

Security Now! Episode 43 // June 8, 2006
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This week on Inside the Net (they really have got to get themselves a logo) Amber and Leo sit down with Mike and Mike (Mike Shaver and Mike Beltzner) from the Mozila Foundation, who are working on Firefox. They discuss the successful launch of Firefox 1.5, the red-hot beta for Firefox 2.0, Firefox Flicks (the roll-your-own Firefox ad contest), upcoming features in new versions, and more.

Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur Episode 24 // June 8, 2006
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