Month: September 2006

This week brings us the first in a set of mini episodes of Ctrl+Alt+Chicken, called Mini Bites. Not full-length episodes (which is odd because the full shows only run about 15-20 minutes) but little tidbits, these are geared towards showing you how to make little things, and Heather gets us kicked off by showing us how to make a killer artichoke dip. Check out the episode, and the recipe, at the link below.

Ctrl+Alt+Chicken Mini Bite: Artichoke Dip // September 8, 2006
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The second episode of DL.TV this week takes us back to the studio where Patrick and Robert give us the lowdown on Loco Roco, probably one of the most long-awaited games for the PSP, whether or not you should defrag your iPod, yet another PS3 delay in Europe, and rumors for the upcoming Apple announcement.

DL.TV Episode 93 // September 8, 2006
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A fresh episode of MacBreak Weekly takes us to the weekend, this one called “Out with the Old, In with the New,” which brings Scott Bourne, Kenji Kato Chris Breen Merlin Mann and, Ben Long to the roundtable to chat about one of Google’s execs joining Apple’s board, how to stream your iTunes library, the death of the Dell Ditty and the upcoming death of the Zune (when it’s released), the Macbook “controversy,” and much much more.

MacBreak Weekly Episode 4 // September 8, 2006
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This week on CrankyGeeks, John C Dvorak and Sebastian Rupley, West Coast Editor, PC Magazine; Natali Del Conte, West Coast Reporter, Ziff Davis Media; and Sanford Barr, Co-Founder, STIRR Network gather around the table to talk tech this week and get cranky!

Among the topics of discussion this week are the release of Windows Vista RC1, Germans seize Sandisk Sansa mp3 players in a raid, spammers are turning to the stock market to make money (have you seen those “buy this stock” spam messages?), housewives crack the Diebold electronic voting machines, Apple’s upcoming event, Comcast blocks Well users, and more.

CrankyGeeks Episode 26 // September 8, 2006
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This week on Security Now is another question-and-answer session, where Leo and Steve sit down and discuss some loose ends from previous shows, security in the upcoming Windows Vista, securing remote access, using HOSTS files, and firewall tools like Zone Alarm.

Security Now! Episode 56 // September 8, 2006
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This week on DL.TV, Patrick and Robert get hands on with some of the smallest portable machines, like Sony’s MicroPC, the PSP, and the Nokia 770. Also, should you ditch your television and just buy a pricey PC monitor instead? More info on Pat and Robert heading out to New York for the DigitalLife conference, more battery recalls in the news, Winbdows Vista pricing confirmed, and more.

DL.TV Episode 92 // September 7, 2006
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On this episode of MacBreak, Leo brings Brent Bye into the studio to talk about DVD Studio Pro, an application designed for those times when you need professional strength applications to design and build your DVDs, and iDVD just isn’t cutting it for you. DVD Studio Pro is also an Apple product, and Brent and Leo show you how to get more power out of DVD Studio Pro if you’re using it for your DVD creation needs.

MacBreak Episode 18 // September 7, 2006
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This week on Inside the Net, Amber makes her proud return to the TWiT podcasting sphere, even though she’s made the announcement that she’s leaving Call for Help. She’s back on Inside the Net, which is hopefully an excellent harbinger that she’ll continue doing the show.

This week on Inside the Net, Amber and Leo sit down with Chris Nguyen of Jobloft.com, [ http://Jobloft.com ] a specialized job board for young people looking for work in retail, food, and hospitality about the site, what it does, and how it connects with its users and potential employers.

Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur Episode 32 // September 5. 2006
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This week on Weezy and The Swish, Erik Griffin and Ari David join the crew to answer chat room questions from fans and listeners, chat about comedy, listen to some stand-up, and much much more.

Weezy and The Swish Episode 65 // September 5, 2006
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The boys get back to basics this week on Infected, and talk about computers. Namely, Martin’s massive tome of computer knowledge that he unwittingly keeps in his head, Gator’s first experience with a computer, and Joey tells us all about his dream computer and what it’s innards will be made of. This week’s Infected is all about computers, if you couldn’t tell, so it’s a good and geeky episode for those who have missed them.

Infected with Martin Sargent Episode 14 // September 3, 2006
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Congratulations, Lab Rats, on 40 glorious episodes!

This week on Lab Rats, Andy and Sean take a look at audio and video codecs, what they are and what they mean to you when you’re trying to view movies and video on your computer, or listen to music and downloaded audio from around the web-and what it means when you don’t have a codec you need. More importantly, the crew discusses what you should do when you run into audio or video codec problems.

They run through codec packs (which are usually a no-no and cost money) different kinds of popular codecs, and applications you can use that pretty much display everything and will get you around the problems altogether.

Lab Rats Episode 40 // September 4, 2006
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Looks like the LTS Podcast is back on its feet and pushing out new episodes! The site has undergone a redesign (with a very attractive wordpress theme, might I add) and two new episodes that were slated for release prior to the issues that came up both made it out for your downloading pleasure!

Let’s start with Episode 34; among the topics that Chris, Graham, Jamie, and JC gather around to discuss in episode 34 are the huge Firefox crop circle, a recap of the John C Dvorak interview, Chris Pirillo’s determination to make undo.tv the new techtv, newly recovered TechTV content, and more.

Leoville Town Square Podcast Episode 34 // September 1, 2006
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In episode 35, the crew, Chris, Graham, Jamie, Todd and Spokavriel all gather on the podcast to discuss whether Jessica Corbin is doing modeling spots for Vonage, more speculation on the real reasons behind the G4 TechTV merger now that we’re far enough out from it to look back at it, more hating on G4, and so on. Enjoy!

Leoville Town Square Podcast Episode 35 // September 1, 2005
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60 episodes of CommandN and still going strong! Congratulations, Amber and Mike!

This week on the show, Amber and Mikey talk about how Radio Shack laid off 400 people via email, of all things; the new build of Windows Vista is Boot Camp friendly, YouTube used to embarrass national governments (but only after they wouldn’t listen), laser etching a Powerbook, and more, including the week’s techtips and web picks!

CommandN Episode 60 // September 4, 2006
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This week’s Security Now! is all about application sandboxes; which is somewhat similar to the discussion Leo and Steve were having about virtual machines last month. They talk specifically about sandboxing your browser, but extend the discussion on to sandboxing any kind of application or service to make sure you keep an eye on what its doing, you know exactly what information is in there with it, and you can keep your system and your data safe from anything that the application might happen to be doing.

Security Now! Episode 55 // September 1, 2006
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This week’s MacBreak Weekly is called “So New It Doesn’t Exist,” which essentially leads into the show’s discussion. Scott Bourne, Jason Snell, Chris Breen, and Merlin Mann all join the panel this week to discuss the new Mac Pro, new Lithium-Ion battery standards, a Leopard preview, .Mac woes, and more. Also in the show discussion are new iPod rumors and a look at the Apple/Creative settlement.

MacBreak Weekly Episode 3 // August 31, 2006
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Another excellent episode of DL.TV hit the streets this morning; and this week the crew takes a look at Saint’s Row to see if the game is any good or worthless, the crew does a roundup of antispyware utilities, watching DL.TV on your PSP, and an Intel quad core processor coming later this year. Additionally, hackers hit AT&T, Barney gets sued, and a launch date for the new DL.TV website!

DL.TV Episode 91 // September 1, 2006
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