Month: July 2006

Another week, another Hook Me Up! with Becky Worley! This week Becky sends EMT Jon Chase into the field to help Lucretia Lee get hooked up. Lucretia is a classic case in need of a hookup; her computer is so so old that it can’t keep up with her needs anymore, and she has no idea what to get or how to shop for a new one. Jon Chase and the Hook Me Up team come to the rescue to help her find the best and most futureproof laptop for her needs, then land her with the hookup!

Hook Me Up! Episode 12 // My PC’s a Real Piece of Junk
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This week on CommandN, the winners of the Geekiest Photo Contest are announced, and you can head over to the site and check out the photo entries. Also, taking a look at Amazon’s video download service, AOL’s retention manual revealed, Monopoly money goes digital, computer chip bikinis, and how to hack that Staples “Easy” button. All this, the weekly web picks and tech tips, and much more.

CommandN Episode 55 // July 31, 2006
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Hosts Chris, Graham, Taylor, and Jamie are on the podcast this week to discuss Leo and Leoville and all things TechTV related; including G4 actually getting something right (I’ll believe it when I see it) in the form of picking up the hilarious but cancelled Arrested Development, the possibility of Leo getting his KFI show nationally syndicated, bringing Kevin Rose kicking and screaming back to the TWiT panel, and more TechTV videos on thsites like YouTube and Google Video. Good stuff, this week!

Leoville Town Square Podcast Episode 31 // July 31, 2006
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Another week and another episode of MacBreak. I’m glad to see MacBreak into something of a stride where they’re really cranking out episodes. This week is a special one; Getting To Done Evangelist Merlin Mann is on the show with Leo Laporte, and they’re talking about a topic that I think is of great import to most Mac users, Quicksilver. I for one am very eager to see this episode, because everyone is crowing about Quicksilver and how wonderful it is and I want to see what everyone’s so happy about. The pair give us a look at Quicksilver and show us how it can make our days smoother and our Macs even easier to use, if such a thing is even possible.

MacBreak Episode 12 // July 26, 2006
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Wow, 50 episodes of Security Now! An amazing milestone for an amazing podcast; one that’s probably the second most popular in the TWiT network, aside from TWiT itself. Good times.

This week’s Security Now! is an introduction to a hot topic as of late, virtualization. Even now, as people are looking for ways to emulate the use of other operating systems within their preferred operating systems; for example running Windows inside of MacOS, Leo and Steve sit down and discuss the security implications of virtualization, what exactly virtualization is, how it works, and the history of creating little computers within our computers.

Security Now! Episode 50 // July 28, 2006
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As we bring the week to a close, we have another episode of DL.TV to take us through. This week’s second episode hits on some interesting tech news that came up during the week, including Digg fans hacking Netscape, broadband subscribers in the United States shooting up dramatically in 2005, and Intel slashes prices significantly on previous generation CPUs. Additionally, the crew discusses some of the better mp3 encoders out there, from LAME to Robert’s favorite frontend for LAME, RazerLAME, and dbPowerAmp. Also, the return of Sam and Max, more product reviews, and viewer questions.

DL.TV Episode 81 // July 27, 2006
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Another week, another set of Cranky Geeks! John C. Dvorak brings Tom Merritt, Executive Editor, CNET; Mike McGuire, VP of Research, Gartner Industries; and Jason Cross, Senior Tech Analyst, ExtremeTech.com onto the show to talk tech and discuss this week’s technology news. Stories this week include AMD’s purchase of ATI, checking traffic on your cellphone using Google Maps, devices that read your email to you while you drive, and talking bikinis! Yum!

CrankyGeeks Episode 20 // July 28, 2006
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We’ve hit 80 episodes of DL.TV! Amazing considering it was one of the latter projects to start, and they’ve essentially managed to keep up a two-show-per-week schedule for a good long time now! Congratulations guys! Looking forward to more!

This episode, Patrick and Robert hit up some of the week’s biggest tech news, including AMD’s purchase of ATI and whether Nvidia cares and whether we should either, whether the US and ICANN will give up control over domains and number assignment for the internet, looking back over the AOL/Time Warner merger, and a bunch of tips for clearer and better VOIP calls. Also, new builds of Vista and the improvements being made, and a ton of viewer questions, as usual!

DL.TV Episode 80 // July 25, 2006
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A brand new week brings us a brand new episode of Hook Me Up! This week we have the story of Tanya Jeske, whose ex-husband is the one with all the geekly goodies that her kids adore, and she wants some awesome gear to keep her kids entertained at home as well. Becky Worley herself steps in on this one and helps Tanya pick the right TV and gear to geek out her place, but also how to use the parental controls on the XBox, for example, to keep her kids not just entertained and help them have a good time, but healthy and well-adjusted at the same time! Enjoy!

Hook Me Up! Episode 11 // My Ex Took the Tech Toys
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On this week’s episode of Lab Rats, Andy, Sean, Biff, and Boo take us through the Windows registry; you know, that deep dark place that few venture bravely and angels fear to tread. Seriously, they show us that while the registry is important and you should back it up prior to making any changes, it’s definitely nothing to fear and a lot of good can be done with some registry tweaks and changes.

Lab Rats Episode 35 // July 25, 2006
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Another week, another Weezy and The Swish! This week’s episode has Ari David joining the regular crew to talk about all manner of things, from the last time Laura got laid, fair weather friends, proper grocery store produce behavior, politics, and sending camera phone photos to people.

Weezy and The Swish Episode 59 // July 24, 2006
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Another CommandN episode is out and available, featuring some of the contest entries from the Geekiest Photo Contest that the CommandN crew is hosting; head on over and check out the photos-if you think you’re geek, some of these pictures have got to put you to shame…in more ways than one.

On this week’s CommandN, Amber and Mikey hit on some of the top stories of the week, including Apple dropping its case against bloggers who release their announcements prior to their official statements, the rumor mill is churning again about Apple releasing movie downloads from the iTunes music store, Gizmodo’s Mac vs. PC commercial spoof (Apple just can’t have an ad without annoying spoofs, can they?), and more, including the weekly tech tips and web picks.

CommandN Episode 54 // July 25, 2006
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This week’s GeekDrome is a massive Comic-Con spectacular; from Comic-Con and featuring an interview with Robert Smygle, of Triumph the Comic Dog and TV Funhouse. Also in this episode, a review of Clerks 2, and trailers for the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. This, more movie news, video game news, and hilarious interviews with costumed con-goers at Comic-Con.

GeekDrome Episode 35 // July 25, 2006
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This week’s Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur brings us special guest Scott Mace, of the Calendar Swamp blog, which champions interoperability between popular calendaring systems and demands interoperability between them if they’re expected to share them with the world. Confused, or interested in learning more? Download this week’s podcast to hear more, and hear more about some of the tools the Calendar Swamp folks have found and helped develop in their quest.

Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur Episode 29 // July 22, 2006
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At long last! A new episode of Infected has surfaced to save us from our Martin Sargent drought! This episode is audio-only though, so no amazing imagery to go with the audio this time around, but that’s okay. On this episode, Martin, Joey, and The Gator bask in the glow of summer and all things summertime.

Infected with Martin Sargent Episode 12 // July 23, 2006
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