Month: November 2006

This week’s Security Now is sporting a new logo! Bah-I liked the old one better, really got across the message of security, and well, wanting it now! This one’s good too, and features Steve Gibson’s mug, so no complaints. The jury’s still out whether I’ll keep using the old one or switch to the new one!

Anyway, on this week’s episode, Steve and Leo chat about why getting security right is so difficult, and hit on a couple of neat tips, like using secure socket or at least secure http to connect to GMail, more zero day exploits in XML core services and how to patch it right now until an official patch is released, and Steve finally releases a guide to safe IE usage-locking it down so you know you’re safe when you go online with it.

Security Now! Episode 65 // November 9, 2006
[ episode notes | download ]

A new Futures in Biotech is out(with a new logo!), with host, Marc Pelletier. On this episode, Dr. Drew Endy, Cabot Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT, joins Marc to discuss his research, primarily the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology. From the episode notes, and according to Dr. Endy:

According to Dr. Endy, “We’re going from looking at the living world as only coming from nature, to a subset of the living world being produced by engineers, who design and build hopefully useful living artifacts according to our specifications”

Sounds interesting to me!

Futures in Biotech Episode 8 // November 9, 2006
[ episode notes | download ]

A question for TTVF readers: With the onslaught of new podcasts, TechTV Forever wants to know: Should we continue covering Futures in Biotech? FiB is a great podcast, no doubt, but there are no old TechTV heads working on the show, aside from Leo’s occasional appearance, and the fact that it’s part of the TWiT network. What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!

This week on Weezy and The Swish, Laura’s hair is out of control, and comedian Kira Saltanovich joins the crew to chat about what’s funny, why people think thost things are funny, and what makes or breaks a routine, especially if you’re a woman. Also, documentary filmmaker JD Cohen shows up and brings his camera along. Check out the video!

Weezy and The Swish Episode 74 // November 9, 2006
[ episode notes and video | download audio ]

On this episode of DL.TV, Patrick and Robert are back to chat about election day geekiness and to encourage everyone to get out and vote, Patrick reports back on events from the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show in Vegas, an update on secure gmail (and using an awesome Firefox extension to make sure your connection to GMail is always secure), help with 5.25″ floppies, Okami for the PS2, HD movie and TV downloads for the XBox 360, the glory of the NVidia 8800, and much much more.

DL.TV Episode 110 // November 8, 2006
[ episode notes and download links ]

Inside the Net is gone, and net@nite is here! Leo and Amber have officially launched the new podcast and retired Inside the Net, although those folks subscribing to feeds don’t need to update a thing. Remember, if you’d like to be a part of the show, you can head on over to the net@nite homepage to snag the Talkshoe client and get involved with the show as it happens!

On this week’s net@nite, Steve Chen, founder of YouTube, comes to the show to discuss the Google buyout, the video announcement of the YouTube sale, Google doing video revenue sharing kind of like Revver, and more on YouTube’s success and future. Additionally, Leo and Amber chat about GMail for your phone, blog widgets, the “Vloggies,” Vox, and much much more.

net@nite Episode 1 // November 8, 2006
[ episode notes | download ]

This week on MacBreak Weekly, Leo’s back with Merlin Mann, Scott Bourne, Alex Lindsay, and Channel 2’s Brett Larson to talk about the week’s newest Apple news and rumors, including the ever-increasing market share of MacOS X, the newest Macintosh non-virus (at least this time, everyone realizes it’s crap), Spam Sieve, and much much more, including everyone’s weekly software picks.

MacBreak Weekly Episode 14 // November 8, 2006
[ episode notes | download ]

Another MacBreak is up, featuring Leo Laporte and Jason Snell! It’s another quickie, as usual, but this time they show you how to address an all too important topic: backing up your data. They use a little app called SuperDuper to set up automated, pain-free, easy to configure backups of all of your critical data. Don’t blink!

MacBreak Episode 27 // November 8, 2006
[ episode notes | download ]

This week on Lab Rats, Andy and Sean continue the “demystified” series, this time discussing the new Core2 Duo processors that everyone’s excited about, and take a look at some Core2 Duo devices on the market, what that speed means to you, and what devices you can pick up that make use of these hot new multi-core processors.

Lab Rats Episode 49 // November 6, 2006
[ episode notes and download links ]

This week’s Leoville Town Square Podcast (sorry I missed you guys!) brings Chris, Graham, Jamie, Chris Thorp, and Zayne around the vitrual “table” via Skype to chat about this week’s Leo-related news, including how incredibly happy he is with Adobe’s Soundbooth that he might be able to ditch Windows entirely, and the relative health of G4TechTV Canada compared to it’s scraggly American counterpart, among other topics.

Leoville Town Square Podcast Episode 41 // November 6, 2006
[ episode notes | download ]

Bert Monroy is back with another Pixel Perfect; this time showing us how to properly use filters, combine filters, and get really awesome effects in Photoshop by using filters. And here you thought all there was to filters were difference clouds! Bert shows us a few tricks to spice up our digital images using Photoshop filters that will make your head spin.

Pixel Perfect with Bert Monroy Episode 5 // November 6, 2006
[ episode notes and full download links | download ]

This week’s MacBreak Weekly brings Alex Lindsay, Merlin Mann, Chris Breen, and Scott Bourne all to the table to chat about whether or not quad-core CPUs are all they’re cracked up to be (or all we’re being charged to get), whether or not Apple is in cahoots with Cingular, 10 applications every Macintosh owner should be running, and Adobe shows some love to Intel Macs with its beta release of Soundbooth.

MacBreak Weekly Episode 13 // November 6, 2006
[ episode notes | download ]

Another DL.TV episode is ready to go, although it aired live last Thursday-this fine episode takes a look into Intel’s new Quad-core CPU and takes a look at some benchmarks to give us an idea how fast the new processors are, using Wikis for intelligence gathering, a possible bomb explosion at Paypal’s offices, YouTube going mobile-and whether or not anyone cares, and much much more. Also, Jim and Robert chat about Final Fantasy XII, Gateway’s performance PC, PS3 or XBox 360 this holiday season, and much much more!

DL.TV Episode 109 // November 3, 2006
[ episode notes and download links ]

This week’s CrankyGeeks is a doozy; they make fun of President Bush (rightfully so) for using “The Google,” as he so elegantly put it, chat about the non-controversy over Rockstar’s “Bully,” discuss a new study that concludes that porn on the web actually reduces rape instead of inciting it, chat about whether GPS is overrated, and hit on the Comedy Central/YouTube boondoggle.

CrankyGeeks Episode 34 // November 2, 2006
[ episode notes and download links ]

This week on Security Now is another mod-four episode, meaning it’s question and answer time with Leo and Steve! This week they chat about disabling ICMP requests at home through home routers, protecting oneself from DDoS attacks, and Leo manages to make a dozen of different voices in the process.

Security Now! Episode 64 // November 2, 2006
[ episode notes | homepage | download ]

Another episode of InDigital? So soon?! I’m appalled, but pleasantly so!

This time, Jessica and Hahn are in the saddle, with Jessica looking for the perfect iPod experience and Hahn looking for upgrades to his car stereo. They also take a look into some home audio systems, iPod accessories, and more. Also this episode, some giveaways! You know I’m in on this!

InDigital Episode 6 // November 1, 2006
[ episode notes and full download links | download video ]

This week’s first episode of DL.TV has Patrick back from his desert adventures, and Robert ever so glad to see him! Together they dish about why next year’s daylight savings time might break your clocks, gmail going secure, registration woes for the DL.TV forums, and whether or not the Core2 Duo MacBook Pros are worth buying, (hint: the answer is yes!) and much much more. Also on the show, viewer questions, Comedy Central clips and YouTube, selling Hell.com (I used to love that site), and Windows Media Player 11!

DL.TV Episode 108 // November 1, 2006
[ episode notes and download links ]

This week’s This Week in Media features Alex Lindsay, Kenji Kato, John Foster and Scott Bourne at the roundtable to discuss why they love HDMI so very very much, Adobe’s Soundbooth beta, talent agencies are looking for online talent to fill offline positions, and much much more.

This Week in Media Episode 26 // November 2, 2006
[ episode notes | download ]

A question for TTVF readers: With the onslaught of new podcasts, TechTV Forever wants to know: Should we continue covering This Week in Media? TWiM is a great podcast, no doubt, but there are no old TechTV heads working on the show, aside from the fact that it’s part of the TWiT network, except for Leo’s occassional appearances, and our old love for the Pixel Corps crew! What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!

Leo and Jason are back in front of the camera for another quick MacBreak, this time showing off Synergy Advance, a tool that lets you use and control iTunes from anywhere in Mac OS. Pretty slick, eh?

MacBreak Episode 26 // November 1, 2006
[ episode notes | download ]