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Archive for March, 2007

DL.TV // Episode 149

Posted by Alan Henry on March 21st, 2007

On this episode of DL.TV, Robert makes his triumphant return, after some pretty major eye surgery. Yikes. Back on track though, the DL.TV crew chats about DVD playback on the XBox 360, how to stop p2p abuse in the office, DL.TV on Twitter, and making quick and easy RAID arrays with any bunch of drives. [...]

net@nite // Episode 16

Posted by Alan Henry on March 21st, 2007

This week on net@nite, Leo and Amber chat about more of Amber’s favorite sites, chat with Jeffrey Yan about Digication, and discuss the wonders of OpenID with Scott Kveton of Jyte.com. All this, and of course listener feedback. net@nite Episode 16 // March 21, 2007 [ episode notes | audio download ]

Lab Rats // Episode 65

Posted by Alan Henry on March 20th, 2007

This week on Lab Rats, Andy and Sean get into the basics of home networking, and explain how routers work, how to set up home wifi, and some essential need-to-know info if you’re planning on adding more than one computer to your internet connection without paying a guy from the ISP mucho dinero to set [...]

CommandN // Episode 83

Posted by Alan Henry on March 19th, 2007

This week on CommandN, Amber and Will chat about NBC Primetime coming to mobile phones, NiN releasing tracks for Apple’s GarageBand, XBox Live for Windows Vista users, and Wiki makes it into the dictionary. CommandN Episode 83 // March 19, 2007 [ episode notes and download links ]

This Week in Tech [TWiT] // Episode 91

Posted by Alan Henry on March 19th, 2007

This week on TWiT, Leo Laporte, Wil Harris, Alex Lindsay, Robert Scoble, and Doc Searls are all around the table this week to chat about moving to TalkShoe to do the show, news and updates from the SXSW conference in Austin last week, the great Gogle/Viacom lawsuit for a billion dollars, Twitter, and much more. [...]

DiggNation // Episode 89

Posted by Alan Henry on March 19th, 2007

This week on DiggNation, Kevin and Alex sit down and chat about some of Digg’s top stories this week, among other drunken hilarity. Among the topics of discussion this week are the news that it’s legal to unlock your cell phone and has been since November of last year, The “300″ workout, high school girls [...]

Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy // Episode 23

Posted by Alan Henry on March 19th, 2007

On this episode of Pixel Perfect, Bert talks to us all about fire, creating fire and burning effects in Photoshop, and while it’s not simple, it definitely isn’t incredibly difficult, especially considering all of the tips and tricks that Bert has shared with us so far. Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy Episode 23 // March [...]

DL.TV // Episode 148

Posted by Alan Henry on March 16th, 2007

This week’s second episode of DL.TV is a winner, and definitely a full episode. Robert’s not back yet, but he promises to return to work someday. The DL.TV crew chats a bit with Dan Rather about how technology influences mass media and reporting, and whether or not high-def will change the way we see news. [...]

Security Now! // Episode 83

Posted by Alan Henry on March 16th, 2007

This week on Security Now! Steve and Leo chat about the User Access Controls in Windows Vista, whether or not they’re useful, and whether or not you should just go ahead and turn them off, or whether or not it can actually save your computer in case of a crisis. Security Now! Episode 83 // [...]

CrankyGeeks // Episode 55

Posted by Alan Henry on March 15th, 2007

This week on CrankyGeeks, an episode I’m sure die hard cranks will hate, but was absolutely hilarious anyway, John C and Sebastian Rupley are joined by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht of Digg! Among the topics they discussed were Viacom’s suit against Google over YouTube, eBay hacked, the SXSW conference and festival, and much much [...]

DL.TV // Episode 147

Posted by Alan Henry on March 15th, 2007

This week on DL.TV, the guys are a little late with the first episode, but they got one up nonetheless. Patrick reports back what he’s found out and learned from the SXSW conference, and the guys continue their discussion about incandescent light bulbs by talking about how much money you can really save by switching [...]

Weezy and The Swish // Episode 90

Posted by Alan Henry on March 14th, 2007

This week on Weezy and The Swish, Brian Reichle of joins the crew for all manner of hilarity and some questionable conversation. Weezy and The Swish Episode 90 // March 13, 2007 [ episode notes | audio download ]

MacBreak Weekly // Episode 33

Posted by Alan Henry on March 14th, 2007

This week on MacBreak Weekly, Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Scott Bourne, Andy Ihnatko, and Justine Ezarik make up the panel, and together they dish about the week’s Mac-related news, including the rumors of an 8-core Mac Pro, more rumors about iPhone capabilities, and more tips and tricks, including the hosts’ weekly software picks. MacBreak Weekly [...]

Lab Rats // Episode 64

Posted by Alan Henry on March 13th, 2007

This week on Lab Rats, Andy and Sean dive into Windows Vista and show you how to troubleshoot and tweak its performance so you get the best out of your Vista machine. They work through tools like the Vista Experience Index application and the System Health Report tool to show you how to make sure [...]

CommandN // Episode 82

Posted by Alan Henry on March 12th, 2007

This week on CommandN, Amber gets down with Amie Street, a new music vendor with no DRM, and some of their biggest signees, like the Bare Naked Ladies, CK IN2U – the perfume for bloggers, top 10 firefox extensions, and much much more. CommandN Episode 82 // March 12, 2007 [ episode notes and download [...]

This Week in Tech [TWiT] // Episode 90

Posted by Alan Henry on March 12th, 2007

This week on TWiT, Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Andy Ihnatko, Wil Harris, and John C. Dvorak are all around the table to discuss the week’s tech news and events, including the movie Idiocracy-which isn’t really either news or tech info, but was amusing. Also, Microsoft’s OneCare fails the test miserably at being functional antivirus, PlayStation [...]

DiggNation // Episode 88

Posted by Alan Henry on March 12th, 2007

This week on DiggNation, Jenna Fischer is a stripper in an upcoming movie, secret menus at fast food restaurants, Geek Squad is a fraud, the beer launching fridge, and much much more. DiggNation Episode 88 // March 12, 2007 [ episode notes and full download links | revision3 audio download | ttvf audio download ]

Infected with Martin Sargent // Episode 25

Posted by Alan Henry on March 12th, 2007

This week on Infected with Martin Sargent, more full motion video! I think a guy could get used to this. Or not, considering this episode is the Infected Slumber Party, full on with fluffy couches and pajamas, pillow fights and junk food, and Martin and The Gator curled up on the couch telling stories. Infected [...]

Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy // Episode 22

Posted by Alan Henry on March 12th, 2007

This week on Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy, Bert takes us deeper into the world of making digital signs and text graphics and shows us how to make marquees like you see on those old movie signs. Pretty nifty! Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy Episode 22 // March 9, 2007 [ episode notes and download [...]

Windows Weekly // Episode 17

Posted by Alan Henry on March 12th, 2007

This week on Windows Weekly, Paul and Leo sit down with David Caulton from Microsoft’s Zune team to chat about how Microsoft is going to pull this product out of the toilet – I mean “welcome to the social” with some spin and a shill from Microsoft. Windows Weekly Episode 17 // March 9, 2007 [...]