Day: June 20, 2006

CommandN is celebrating its 50th birthday this week; congratulations, guys! This week Amber and Mikey are back and in form talking about the week’s news in technology. Among the stories this week are Netscape’s ripoff of Digg.com, watching the World Cup in ASCII, Google does Shakespeare, downloading Windows Vista and using it, eBay launches a Wiki, and the news that Bill Gates is stepping aside at Microsoft. All this, tech tips, and the weekly web picks from Amber and Mikey.

CommandN Episode 50 // June 19, 2006
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And excellent show is lined up for Lab Rats this week. Andy, Sean, and the kitties are geared up to show you how to buy a Macintosh; the things you should look for in a Mac when you go shopping for one, how to choose the best Mac for your money based on what you’re planning to do with the computer, and the differences between the Mac Mini, the iMac, the PowerMac, the MacBook Pro and the new MacBook.

Also, the crew discusses Apple’s transition to Intel CPUs in its computers, running windows on the Macintosh, and what all that means to you.

Lab Rats Episode 30 // June 19, 2006
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