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Archive for May, 2008

net@night // Episode 53

Posted by Alan Henry on May 21st, 2008

On this week’s net@night, Amber and Leo sit down to discuss the week’s web-related news, including YouTomb, a site that details all of the videos removed from YouTube by request of their content owners, Facebook’s stats are slipping, and new laws promoting net neutrality. net@night // Episode 53 [ episode notes | audio download ]

Lab Rats // Episode 121

Posted by Alan Henry on May 20th, 2008

On this week’s Lab Rats, Andy and Sean return to the “demystified” set of topics and explain exactly what a PVR is and what they do for you, and what kinds of devices, like TiVO and Windows Media Center, fall into that category. Lab Rats // Episode 121 [ episode notes and download links ]

Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy // Episode 83

Posted by Alan Henry on May 20th, 2008

Another week, another episode of digital wizardry with Bert Monroy on Pixel Perfect! On this fine episode, Bert shows us how to create 3D objects on a 2D plane using Photoshop’s film grain, blur, and noise filters, creating the illusion of three-dimensionality when you’re looking at a 2D display. Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy // [...]

popSiren // Episode 11

Posted by Alan Henry on May 20th, 2008

Another episode of popSiren is out, and on this episode Jessica and Sarah show you how to make fire with a pair of glasses, new cigarette vending machines in Japan aim to stop teens from buying smokes by counting the wrinkles on their faces, Texas teens dig up a corpse to use the skull as [...]

Systm // Episode 51

Posted by Alan Henry on May 20th, 2008

On this week’s Systm, Patrick and Julia Nolan – a chemical engineer – show us how to distill your own liquor! They chat about how to make a countertop distiller without investing in tons of expensive parts, and make some pretty good moonshine in the process! Systm // Episode 51 [ episode notes | HD [...]

CommandN // Episode 133

Posted by Alan Henry on May 20th, 2008

On this week’s CommandN, Amber and Will stroll down a sun-kissed walkway while recording this week’s show – they chat about how Twitter helped the world learn of the earthquake devastation in China, the launch of Friend Connect, the blog that lists things younger than John McCain, and a look at YouSendIt. CommandN // Episode [...]

DL.TV // Episode 232

Posted by Alan Henry on May 20th, 2008

On this week’s DL.TV, Jason Cross joins Robert to do the show this week! Together they do 3 games in 3 minutes, tons of useful utilities to make your PC faster and more useful, and a ton of backup utilities as well! DL.TV // Episode 232 [ episode notes and download links ]

This Week in Tech [TWiT] // Episode 143

Posted by Alan Henry on May 19th, 2008

On this week’s TWiT, Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Jason Calacanis, Patrick Norton, Dwight Silverman, and Doug Kaye gather around the table and chat with Frank Eliason of Comcast’s customer outreach about Comcast prepping to meter customers’ bandwidth, their crackdown on p2p traffic, and more. Additionally, they chat about CBS buying CNET, Microsoft and Yahoo! [...]

DiggNation // Episode 150

Posted by Alan Henry on May 19th, 2008

On this week’s DiggNation, more ways to follow the crew via Twitter, Alex moves into his new pad, Jessica Alba loves to have staring contests, apparently someone’s upset and thinks Mario Kart should be an adults only game, a comparison of food portion size 20 years ago versus today, and more! DiggNation // Episode 150 [...]

Tekzilla // Episode 33

Posted by Alan Henry on May 19th, 2008

On this week’s Tekzilla, you could win your very own Zune! Yay? Also, ways to dual boot Windows XP and Vista, a better camera for YouTube, and more! Tekzilla // Episode 33 [ episode notes | HD video download ]

Jumping Monkeys // Episode 46

Posted by Alan Henry on May 19th, 2008

On this week’s Jumping Monkeys, Leo and Megan chat with Jeff McCann, of The Weekend Starts Here! Together they discuss parenting blended families, children with ADD, and how Dads can balance work and family without necessarily sacrificing either. Jumping Monkeys // Episode 46 [ episode notes | audio download ]

Windows Weekly // Episode 59

Posted by Alan Henry on May 19th, 2008

On this week’s Windows Weekly, Paul and Leo discuss service packs for Windows XP and Windows Vista, the XBox 360 versus the PS3, Microsoft’s Small Business Server, and more. Windows Weekly // Episode 59 [ episode notes | audio download ]

MacBreak Weekly // Episode 89

Posted by Alan Henry on May 16th, 2008

Another week, another MacBreak Weekly! On this episode, Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Justine Ezarik, Alex Lindsay, and Merlin Mann gather around to chat about the week’s Mac related news, including the upcoming WWDC conference, the iPhone is sold out around the country and rumors of a 3G iPhone, and much more. MacBreak Weekly // Episode [...]

Security Now! // Episode 144

Posted by Alan Henry on May 16th, 2008

On this week’s Security Now, it’s another question and answer episode with Leo and Steve! They pull letters out of the mailbag, address a few corrections, and help answer your questions! Security Now! // Episode 144 [ episode notes | audio download ]

Digg Reel // Episode 18

Posted by Alan Henry on May 15th, 2008

On this week’s Digg Reel, a Batman versus Iron Man video, what Scientologists have to say about Scientology, a homeless James Bond, and more. Digg Reel // Episode 18 [ episode notes | HD video download ]

Internet Superstar // Episode 16

Posted by Alan Henry on May 15th, 2008

On this week’s Internet Superstar, the crew heads down to ROFLCon to chat with the Internet legends at the convention, including the Tron Guy, Denny Blaze, and more. Internet Superstar // Episode 16 [ episode notes | HD video download ]

CrankyGeeks // Episode 116

Posted by Alan Henry on May 15th, 2008

On this week’s CrankyGeeks, John C and Sebastian are joined by Om Malik, Founder, GigaOm.com, GigaOm Network; and Cade Metz, Internet Editor, The Register. Together they discuss all of the flying rumors of a 3G iPhone and whether or not one will be unveiled at the WWDC this week, Facebook gets sued again – they’re [...]

net@night // Episode 52

Posted by Alan Henry on May 14th, 2008

On this week’s net@night, Amber and Leo sit down and chat about what’s new in the wired world, including Mento, Buzzword, Facebook’s 5000-friends ban and their recent lifting of that ban, and more! net@night // Episode 52 [ episode notes | audio download ]

TechTV Forever’s Been Blogged!

Posted by Alan Henry on May 13th, 2008

Looks like all of that hard work and perseverance has been paying off for us! TechTV Forever has quite a name for itself, and while we’ve long moved past mourning the loss of TechTV and have boldly struck into the future of technology video and audio content on the Web, we’ve been happy to keep [...]

Systm // Episode 50

Posted by Alan Henry on May 13th, 2008

On this week’s Systm, Patrick shows you how to add night vision to your car so you don’t hit that guy walking on the side of the street – you know the one, wearing all black in the middle of the night? They check out the FLIR’s PathfindIR, which is a thermal imager good enough [...]