Month: June 2006

This week’s first installment of DL.TV is up and away! I have to pause for a second to point out that I really really like the new format of the show-a lot of people might not even notice, but Robert and Patrick have definitely gotten into the groove and organize their shows and segments with tech news, product previews and reviews, and then some kind of demo or tip/trick that kind of caps off the show, and of course they hit on viewer questions-I think the show’s a lot more organized, and I’ve been noticing the format modification slowly over the past couple of weeks, it’s a good thing!

Anyway-on to this week’s first show. Among the tech news that Patrick and Robert discuss are the death of WinFS, paying for parking meters with cellphones, and cheap routers with one catch; you have to share your bandwidth. The crew takes a good long look at Blu-Ray and new devices that are coming out that support it, an in depth look at Opera 9, and a boatload of viewer questions.

DL.TV Episode 73 // June 27, 2006
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This week on another wonderful Weezy and The Swish, it’s girls-only, no boys allowed, as Michelle Biloon joins the crew for a good long talk. Michelle and Laura talk about what it’s like to be nemeses (nemesises?), life in the comedy business, peoople they hate, making out with strangers while drunk, and more.

Weezy and The Swish Episode 55 // June 27, 2006
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On this week’s fine edition of Lab Rats, the crew gets out of the studio for a bit to talk about how to be a geek musician and music lover, as well as a music producer. The crew chats with Dee Long on how technology can help compose, write, arrange, and create music, including showing off some cool tools and how to get started making your own music.

Lab Rats Episode 31 // June 26, 2006
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Another episode of the Leoville Town Square Podcast hits the streets today, and thankfully since I wasn’t so bad on my last appearance on the show, the LTS Podcast crew invited me back for another go-around, so you can catch me on the episode, although it’s a short one.

This week’s topics include episodes of The Screen Savers turning up on YouTube, Becky Worley’s new show, Hook Me Up, thoughts on the TWiT website and redesign that’s coming soon, comments on the web, and more!

LeoVille Town Square Podcast Episode 27 // June 27, 2006
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A brand new episode of Hook Me Up is on the street for your viewing pleasure. This week Becky’s Emergency Makeover Technicians (EMTs…yeah, that never gets old) meet up with Amy, who has a nice long commute but nothing productive to do with the time she has getting to and from work. EMT Jon Chase storms the scene to hook Amy up with the tools she needs to make her office more portable, and help ease the morning workload when she gets to the office by showing her some ways to get a few things done on the way in.

Hook Me Up! Episode 7 // Make My Commute Time Fly
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This week on CommandN, Amber and Mikey chat about TextAmerica kicking off some of its oldest customers and going all-pay subscription based only with no free options, what that means for people who have been keeping their moblogs with TextAmerica, and more. Additionally, they talk about the newest legal battles for MySpace and what the company is doing to protect its younger members, TiVO adds iPod support, and more, including the weekly techtips and web picks.

CommandN Episode 51 // June 26, 2006
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This week on the Leoville Town Square podcast, Chris, Jamie, Todd, and David get together via Skype to chat about all things Leo and Leoville; including the most recent live TWiT and why exactly Jason Calacanis should never ever be allowed to speak in public again, the system requirements for Windows Vista, the Windows Genuine Advantgage application that keeps calling home to Microsoft, and more.

Leoville Town Square Podcast Episode 26 // June 23, 2006
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Another episode of MacBreak has hit the streets, this one aimed at a large group of Macintosh users; graphic designers. The topic? Adobe Photoshop CS2 RAW, or more accurately the benefits and drawbacks to working with the RAW image format in Photoshop CS2, shooting photos in the RAW image format, and how to take your RAW images, toss them into Photoshop, and make the best of them. Leo and Mikkel Aaland are on deck to do the demos and show you how it’s all done.

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On this week’s This Week in Media, the crew discusses movies on iTunes, price drops on Apple’s Shake video software, the future of downloading movies and large scale content from the internet, and much much more, all live from the campus of New York University.

This Week in Media Episode 10 // June 25, 2006
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On this week’s Security Now! Leo and Steve chat about the HOSTS file. Everyone has one, whether they’re running Windows, OS X, or Linus. Leo and Steve discuss its legacy importance, what it was designed to do, how you can use it to protect yourself, and how malicious software can misuse it to manipulate and change the way your computer accesses the internet.

Security Now! Episode 45 // June 23, 2006
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On this week’s Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur, Amber and Leo sit down with David Dudas of Eyespot, a video editing site that’s something of a mashup of Flickr, YouTube, and iMovie. The site offers users the ability to edit your videos, mash them up with videos from other users, tag them and tag your friends’ videos, all in Ajax and Perl; definitely Web 2.0.

Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur Episode 26 // June 21, 2006
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On the week’s last DL.TV, Patrick and Robert are back to the table to talk tech. Among some of the topics this week on the show are a slew of excellent 42″ plasma HDTV reccomendations from the man in the lab himself, and can Linux be prettier than Windows Vista? Also, some tips on finding free wifi when you’re off on vacation in stange lands using NetStumbler and some WiFi antenna tips. In tech news, AT&T changes it privacy rules so well, essentially there are no privacy rules, and AT&T owns your data and can do whatever they choose with it, Nokia refuses to make any more CDMA phones, and fun with Picasa Web Albums.

DL.TV Episode 72 // June 23, 2006
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Another week, another set of cranky geeks talking tech! This week, John C Dvorak brings on Mike Elgan, Editor, The Raw Feed; Sebastian Rupley, West Coast Editor, PC Magazine; and Molly Wood, Editor, CNET.com to talk geekery and get cranky!

Some of the topics this week are Bill Gates’ exiting Microsoft, the University that’s offering a degree in hacking, the constitutionality of violent videogame bans, 3D web browsers, and the hilarity of MySpace romance.

CrankyGeeks Episode 15 // June 22, 2006
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Wednesday brings the posting of a brand new DL.TV, which of course airs live and streaming on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, in case you guys might have forgotten. This week’s first episode has Robert and Patrick hitting on some interesting tech news, including Blu-Ray’s first set of DVD offerings that will make use of the new format, Samsung’s $1000 USD Blu-Ray player, more on Net Neutrality, Apple preparing to offer movie downloads, and no more Windows Vista torrents from Microsoft. Additionally, some product reviews, including some more notebook backpacks and Shuttle’s newest small form factor PC, and of course, viewer questions.

DL.TV Episode 71 // June 20, 2006
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Another week, another glorious Weezy and The Swish! This week, Laura’s back from China and Weezy brings over comedian Graham Ellwood for entertainment value. Laura startles and amazes with stories from the Chinese outback, Graham counters with stories of the Afghani outback, and the two share a whole mess of travel stories that are sure to brighten up this dull Wednesday morning.

Weezy and the Swish Episode 54 // June 21, 2006
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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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