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Archive for February, 2007

DL.TV // Episode 143

Posted by Alan Henry on February 28th, 2007

This week on DL.TV, Patrick and Robert talk about rolling your own NAS, or Network Attached Storage, for backups, storing large files and downloads like movies and music, and more. Also, ideas for recycling old servers and computers, where and how to recycle old light bulbs, BitTorrent goes legal, and McDonalds rolls out a pay-by-phone [...]

MacBreak Weekly // Episode 31

Posted by Alan Henry on February 28th, 2007

This week on MacBreak Weekly, Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Scott Bourne and Alex Lindsay all gather around the table to discuss Apple and Cisco’s kissing and making up over the use of the name “iPhone,” AppleTV gets delayed again, and much much more. MacBreak Weekly Episode 31 // February 27, 2007 [ episode notes | [...]

Lab Rats // Episode 62

Posted by Alan Henry on February 27th, 2007

This week on Lab Rats, Andy and Sean chat about choosing an mp3 player and how to decide whether you need something with flash storage or something with a hard drive built in, and some of their favorite reccomendations. Lab Rats Episode 62 // February 26, 2007 [ episode notes and download links ]

This Week in Tech [TWiT] // Episode 89

Posted by Alan Henry on February 26th, 2007

This week on TWiT, a brand new TWiT is back in the saddle with a stellar group of hosts, Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Veronica Belmont, Patrick Norton, and John C. Dvorak. Among the topics they kill this week are Cisco and Apple settling over “iPhone,” the Sirius/XM merger, web 2.0 startup companies, and talking urinal [...]

DiggNation // Episode 86

Posted by Alan Henry on February 26th, 2007

On this week’s DiggNation, Kevin and Alex are back on the couches discussing Digg’s top stories – among them are ways to mathematically crack a masterlock combination lock, the biggest Google bomb ever, 8 things to do if your identity has been stolen, the hardest video game boss ever, and much much more. DiggNation Episode [...]

Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy // Episode 20

Posted by Alan Henry on February 26th, 2007

This week on Pixel Perfect, Bert gives us a lesson in perspective, and how important it is to think about how something would really look when making digital art, and it makes the landscapes and scenery look much more believable and realistic to the viewer’s eye. Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy Episode 20 // February [...]

This Week on Gears and Widgets…

Posted by Alan Henry on February 24th, 2007

[ Apple and Cisco Settle over "iPhone" ] [ Thoughts on Joel Johnson’s Exercise in Trolling ] [ Verizon Calls (read: Whines) for Broadband Incentives (read: Public Handouts) ]

DL.TV // Episode 142

Posted by Alan Henry on February 24th, 2007

This week on the second episode of DL.TV, Patrick and Robert are back in front of the camera to discuss the week’s tech news and info, and bring a few tips and tricks to the fore while they’re at it. On this episode, they take a look at the best graphics card you can pick [...]

Windows Weekly // Episode 15

Posted by Alan Henry on February 24th, 2007

This week on Windows Weekly Jensen Harris and Jacob Jaffee meet up with Leo and Paul to discuss Microsoft Office 2007 and its runaway success and rave reviews. Jensen and Jacob work on the Office 2007 User Interface team, and they chat about the difficulties and challenges they had on the way and how things [...]

Weezy and The Swish // Episode 87

Posted by Alan Henry on February 24th, 2007

This week, Maria Bamford is the special guest on Weezy and The Swish; and when she mixes it up the conversation turns to shaven headed celebrities, blind dating, and what you wear during a laundry day. All this, the rest of the WatS crew, and the hilarity you’re used to on this week’s Weezy and [...]

Security Now! // Episode 80

Posted by Alan Henry on February 24th, 2007

This week on Security Now! Leo and Steve are doing another questions and answers show, tying up some loose ends, and all in all getting down to the business of helping people out with their security woes, securing your online backups, VPN mysteries, and spam spoofing. Security Now! Episode 80 // February 22, 2007 [ [...]

CrankyGeeks // Episode 52

Posted by Alan Henry on February 22nd, 2007

This week on CrankyGeeks, John C, Sebastian Rupley, Roger Chang, Producer, DL.TV; and Sam Whitmore, Editor, Sam Whitmore’s Media Survey all get together to chat about the week’s tech news. Among the topics; Viacom’s hate for YouTube but love for Joost, Oscar torrents, a sex addict sues IBM, the long heralded merger between Sirius and [...]

net@nite // Episode 14

Posted by Alan Henry on February 22nd, 2007

This week on net@nite, Amber and Leo speaks with Jonathan Coulton, the crew discusses their favorite blogs and websites, and as usual, interact with their adoring public! net@nite Episode 14 // February 22, 2007 [ episode notes | audio download ]

MacBreak Weekly // Episode 30

Posted by Alan Henry on February 22nd, 2007

This week on MacBreak Weekly, Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Scott Bourne and Alex Lindsay essentially all rathole themselves talking about all manner of topic and bounce all over the place. And you know what? That makes it great. Enjoy! MacBreak Weekly Episode 30 // February 22, 2007 [ episode notes | audio download ]

FLOSS Weekly // Episode 16

Posted by Alan Henry on February 22nd, 2007

FLOSS is back with another episode after going not-so-weekly. On this one, Chris DiBona and Leo sit down with Jeff Waugh open source evangelist and technology consultant to discuss Ubuntu, his work spreading the gospel of Linux, and much much more. FLOSS is back! FLOSS Weekly Episode 16 // February 21, 2007 [ episode notes [...]

DL.TV // Episode 141

Posted by Alan Henry on February 21st, 2007

This week on DL.TV, the gang is off to a fine start with this week’s first episode. Among the topics are fave Firefox extensions, creating your own custom buttons on the Firefox toolbar, fast bittorrent performance for Mac clients, how to shop for the best prices on your gadgets and gear, and much much more. [...]

CommandN // Episode 80

Posted by Alan Henry on February 20th, 2007

This week on CommandN, Amber runs down some of the top stories of the week, including GMail going open for everyone, Firefox 3 supposedly supporting offline apps, high-rez Skype calling, Chris Pirillo and Call for Help online, AOL supports OpenID, and much much more, including the weekly techtips and web picks. CommandN Episode 80 // [...]

DiggNation // Episode 85

Posted by Alan Henry on February 20th, 2007

This week on DiggNation, Alex and Kevin are back on the ground safely, but this time recording live from the Park Chalet in sunny San Francisco in front of a very live audience. Among the stories they chat about this time around, Penny Arcade accepts SCEA President Jack Tretton’s challenge to find a PS3 waiting [...]

MacBreak Weekly // Episode 29

Posted by Alan Henry on February 20th, 2007

This week on MacBreak Weekly, John Foster, Merlin Mann, Scott Bourne and Alex Lindsay all gather in front of the mics to discuss the week’s Mac news and their own software picks, including their chatter about Steve Jobs’ “I hate DRM” open letter, the World Wide Developer’s Conference has been scheduled, games on the iPhone, [...]

Windows Weekly // Episode 14?

Posted by Alan Henry on February 20th, 2007

Looks like Paul Thurott is superstitious a bit, or maybe it’s an homage to the lack of a “13th” dev path for a Microsoft OS, but this is Windows Weekly episode 14, not episode 13. Anyway, on this episode, Paul and Leo discuss Microsoft’s plans for releasing another new OS in only two years instead [...]