Year: 2005

This week’s episode of Digital Life is a busy one. First, Kevin Rose is on the show to talk about Digg [ http://digg.com/ ], the social news site, sites that copy Digg, and the venture capital that he’s gotten to expand Digg, how the newest patches from Microsoft fix tidbits that Sony’s rootkit DRM leave behind. Windows Live Local [ http://local.live.com/ ] is up and giving Google Maps a good run for its money, Coca Cola is making Coke Blak, a Coke and Coffee blend that can either keep you awake all night or make you vomit, and the crew answer your viewer questions! All this and more, and the show, which aired last night at 9PM EST/6PM PST, is up and available for download now. Enjoy!

Digital Life TV Episode 21 // December 13, 2005
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This week on Lab Rats, Sean and Andy explain what RAID is for the rest of us, how it works, what the different types of RAID are, and why RAID can be useful when building a new computer. Using delicious delicious sandwiches as an analogy, at that! Enjoy!

Lab Rats Episode 8 // December 12, 2005
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A couple of weeks ago, the Revision3 crew quietly released the first episode of a new podcast with one of our favorite TechTV personalities, Martin Sargent! I noticed there was a second episode, and I figured it’s about time to spread the word-let’s get the word out then! Infected, a podcast with Martin Sargent (along with Joey, commonly known as Joey the Intern, and The Gator) resurrects Unscrewed in fine fashion and promises to to take listeners on a guided tour of the most humorous, fascinating, cutting edge, and weirdest content on the web. (I got that from the announcement, I swear.)

Read the announcement here:
[ http://revision3.com/news/news_item.2005-11-09.7518281104/ ]

The first episode is a laugh riot, talking about everything from Chinese astronauts, and how to make sure you don’t get carjacked. Also, the crew take us on a hilarious history of blogging, all the way back to early America!

Infected with Martin Sargent Episode 1 // November 11, 2005
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The second episode is another hilarious episode. Get ready for some self-flagellation while the crew makes fun of America’s technology status in the world. Get ready!

Infected with Martin Sargent Episode 2 // December 9, 2005
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The DiggNation crew is back in the good old USA this week with a boatload of stories this week, including the ways that podcasting pioneer Adam Curry is changing the wiki, an easy method for coloring black and white photos, the pending release of Google Calendar (that everyone’s been waiting for for months now), new photos from the X Men 3 movie, new TV shows on the iTunes music store, and more!

DiggNation Episode 24 // December 8, 2005
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This week’s Command-N brings us Amber and Mikey shatting about the new revision of Protopage, Wikipeidia forcing users to register and tightening its rules all around to keep fraudulent and improper information out, the new Skype, and more! Also, Amber and Mikey’s web picks, and more! Enjoy!

Command-N Episode 26 // December 12, 2005
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This week on Security Now! Leo and Steve discuss PPTP (Point to Point Tunnelling Protocol) and IPSec (a security protocol for IP) in their continuing discussion of VPN and secure connection technologies. Steve is still on his quest to find you the most secure method for connecting to the internet from the road or away from home, and he’s taking us along with him while he’s going and showing us the sights along the way. Enjoy!

Security Now! Episode 17 // December 8, 2005
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This week on Weezy and The Swish, Reporter Diane Dimond and her husband, radio news anchor, Michael Schoen, share the microphones with Weezy and The Swish to talk about news, reporting, the media, love, life, well…you know the drill. Dimond talks about her new book about the Michael Jackson case, and of course your listener questions are answered. One of the best podcasts they’ve done, enjoy!

Weezy and The Swish Episode 26 // December 8, 2005
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This week on Lab Rats, Andy and Sean show us how to put together a wireless home network, building on the skills we picked up from their previous show, which was a basic home network primer. This week takes it to the next level showing us how to configure your typical wireless router and how to keep your network at least somewhat secure. The pair also try to keep us up to speed on the various types of wireless networks and their speed and range. Enjoy!

Lab Rats Episode 7 // December 5, 2005
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Looks like I wasn’t too off-base last week; several episodes of Digital Life TV were posted at the same time essentially this week, so we have a lot of ground to cover! Let’s get started:

Episode 20 discusses some innovative video games and the pushback of the Internet Explorer 7 beta, so IE fans will have to wait for…well…all the features that Firefox already has. Also, Patrick and Robert discuss good RSS readers, why the EFF is suing Sony, and more!

Digital Life TV Episode 20 // December 8, 2005
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Episode 19 gives us Patrick giving us an excellent rundown of Digital SLR cameras and how much they cost; cheap cell phones are on the way, and how to protect yourself from phishing and test your phishing IQ! Plus a ton of viewer questions!

Digital Life TV Epsiode 19 // December 8, 2005
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Episode 18 is a good one too. Patrick and Robert talk about Pandora, [ http://www.pandora.com/ ] the music service, going free, and how cool it is. Toss in some firefox extensions, and some discussion of the power of Digg, and you have yourself a show!

Digital Life TV Episode 18 // December 8, 2005
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Yet another new podcast from the TWITs; Leo Laporte, John C Dvorak, and Lawrence Lessig all gather around a three-sided table (okay, not really) and discuss the big uproar over Google Print, and their endeavor to archive entire libaries worth of information and create a search service for books in their entirety. One would think this is a good thing, right? Well, some authors are upset, and even more tech pioneers are upset with the authors that are upset, and well-listen to the podcast for all of the details. The very first in a new show, give it a whirl!

Triangulation Episode 1 // December 5, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

I think Andy snuck in Episode 8 along with Episode 9; but there are two new CyberWalker Mondays up and ready for your enjoyment! So let’s take on each episode individually so you know what you’re getting into, shall we?

In episode 8, Andy discusses his new business venture [ http://books.cyberwalker.com/ ] and the fact that we might be seeing more books from him in the future on all manner of technology topics, and then Andy and Mike get right into it with callers and their live questions. The pair discuss the topics of spyware and rootkits, and talk about how they slow down your system. They also talk about the benefits of using Firefox and how you’ll essentially get no spyware by using it, in contrast to Internet Explorer. Also, they talk a little about the release of the XBox 360, and how even though it’s obviously a gaming console, it makes a great HD home theatre system as well.

CyberWalker Mondays Episode 8 // December 5, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

In episode 9, Andy and Mike discuss HP’s new technology product line and the changes HP is makng to try and stay relevant, plug Andy’s book business one more time [ http://books.cyberwalker.com/ ] and whether partitioning that brand new huge hard drive is a good idea. Andy also gives us his tip on keeping your computer from restarting every time you install new software, and some of his favorite anti-spyware programs. All this and more caller questions!

CyberWalker Mondays Episode 9 // December 5, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week on Inside the Net, Leo and Amber chat about Flock, the Firefox-based so called “social browser,” that allows quick and immediate access to social networking sites, information, social bookmarking, and integrates web surfing, blogging, flickr, and del.icio.us, all in one little package. If you use those services heavily, it might be worth a try for you, and if you’re like me and just wondering what all of the fuss is about, now’s the time to find out! Download episode 2 of this new TWIT extension podcast now and listen!

Inside the Net Episode 2 // December 5, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s Command-N has Amber and Mikey sipping coffee and talking about this week’s tech news and events. This week the duo discuss the launch of satellite radio services in Canada, Microsoft’s Windows One Care Beta goes live, the $100 laptop video blog, and a pending TechTV holiday meetup! This week, leading up to the holidays the duo discuss the PSP, the Roboraptor, and more stocking stuffers you might consider for the geek friend you have this holiday season. Add to this more tips and segments and the weekly web picks and you have a wrapped episode of Command-N!

Command-N Episode 25 // December 4, 2005 – [ epsisode notes and download links ]

DiggNation is in Japan! Konnichiwa! This week’s DiggNation, courtesy of the fine nation of Japan, has this week’s top stories, including NBC possibly suing TiVO over their plans to allow TiVO recorded video to be easily convertable to portable media devices, awesome Google maps, the FCC’s recently lended it’s support behind a-la-carte cable (or being able to pay only for the channels that you watch, and exclude the channels you don’t), one man’s quest to get over 5000 channels at home, and Firefox’s new release, Firefox 1.5! All this and much more, including more stories and anecdotes on this week’s DiggNation!

DiggNation Episode 23 // December 1, 2005 – [ episode notes | download links ]

This week on Security Now! Steve and Leo take listener questions and provide answers to some of the most popular and hot security questions and problems that they’ve seen from listener emails, forum posts, and more. This is the first in what’s a new trend-every show episode evenly divisible by four will now be a q-and-a show that should give us all some serious security tips that will help us stay safe in the digital world. This week the duo discuss the best way to store and create passwords, managing guests on your wireless network, why hubs are better than switches, and how secure things like SSL, remote desktop, and web-based email really are. Enjoy!

Security Now Episode 16 // December 1, 2005 – [ episode notes | homepage | download ]