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CrankyGeeks // Episode 151

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On this week’s ep, John C Dvorak and Sebastian are joined by Adam Curry, President, Mevio; and Tom Merritt, Executive Editor, CNET!

Together they discuss why John C thinks the digital TV transition will be a mess (personally I agree), whether Wikipedia should limit the number of times users can edit pages, how President Obama is looking to the open-source world for innovation, and a new study that slams brain training games.

CrankyGeeks // Episode 151
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Diggnation // Episode 187

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On this week’s Diggnation, Kevin and Alex are back in San Francisco! Together they wrap up rumors of Google’s GDrive service, check out 10 ways to increase the number of followers you have on Twitter, take a look at the Chevy Suburban the President is rolling in (it’s got a gatling gun!), and more.

Diggnation // Episode 187
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net@night // Episode 85

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On this week’s net@night, Amber and Leo discuss Akoha.com with co-founder and CEO Austin Hill! Akoha is a social Web game where you and your friends earn points in-game for doing things in real life! Learn all about it, and all about Austin, and hear the lowdown on YouTube Cinema, the missing manual to Wikipedia, and more on this ep.

net@night // Episode 85
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MacBreak Weekly // Episode 125

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On this week’s MacBreak Weekly, the gang celebrates the 25th birthday of the Mac! Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Scott Bourne, and Justine Ezarik gather around and celebrate! Additionally, the gang discusses iLife 09, the 2.2.1 firmware update for the iPhone, and more!

MacBreak Weekly // Episode 125
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Lab Rats // Episode 156

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Most of us know this already, but Lab Rats is getting back to basics and discussing some pretty fundamental concepts about how you interact with your computer this week: they get into exactly what Windows is, and what it does – we all know it’s an OS, and we all know we have it (unless we’re running Mac OS or Linux), but what does it really DO for us? Find out on this week’s ep!

Lab Rats // Episode 156
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Systm // Episode 88

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On this week’s Systm, Patrick and Roger are back in front of the camera doing part 2 of their video jukebox project! Part 1 was last week’s show on how to rip all of your movies to your Mac or PC, and part 2 is now picking the best method to distribute your movies over your home network!

Systm // Episode 88
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Digg Reel // Episode 55

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On this week’s Digg Reel, it’s Digg Reel Nation! Joe the Plumber gets the absolute smackdown by CNN’s Rick Sanchez, who calls him out for exactly what he is, Firefly proves “darn” is more badass than “Sparta,” and much much more.

Digg Reel // Episode 55
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MacBreak Tech // Episode 31

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It’s been so long since an episode of MacBreak Tech that while technically this is episode 31, this might be a fresh start for them! And they’ve chosen a great topic to discuss – Airport Express, a product which I agree is likely one of Apple’s most underrated devices. The Airport Express is more than just a wireless base station or repeater, the device can network printers and other device and extend signal!

MacBreak Tech // Episode 31
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This Week in Tech [TWiT] // Episode 179

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On this week’s TWiT, Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Patrick Norton, and Tom Merritt gather around to discuss Steve Jobs’ health and how it might affect Apple, Carol Bartz is in at Yahoo! as CEO (one of John C’s friends), Microsoft’s Songsmith, how the recession will affect technology, and more.

This Week in Tech [TWiT] // Episode 179
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Tekzilla // Episode 72

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On this week’s Tekzilla, Patrick and Veronica chat about ways to geotag your photos, whether networking over power lines really is prime time yet and compare it to Wifi, ways to benchmark your Mac, and some really cool paritioning tools!

Tekzilla // Episode 72
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FLOSS Weekly // Episode 53

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On this week’s FLOSS Weekly, Randal chats with Chuck Syperski and Jian Zhang about FOG, an open-source imaging solution for Windows that uses a PHP interface to manage a number of open-source utilities – FOG could very quickly become a serious mainstay in computer cloning and imaging.

FLOSS Weekly // Episode 53
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DL.TV // Episode 265

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On this week’s DL.TV, it’s all about weathering the digital transition for television, coming in just a few weeks! How to tell if you need to update the way you watch television, or what the transition means to you on this week’s episode.

DL.TV // Episode 265
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MacBreak // Episodes 187 – 190

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More MacBreak from MacWorld 2009! A bunch of new episodes about everything from John Lennon to Delicious Library, and finally a some closing thoughts.

MacBreak // Episode 187
Lisa Bettany gets a tour of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus!
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MacBreak // Episode 188
Dr. Kiki learns about plans for updates to Delicious Library, a Mac app that allows you to build complete catalogs of your music, movies, and books!
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MacBreak // Episode 189
Webcams go Bluetooth at the Ecamm booth, and Lisa stops by to check one out.
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MacBreak // Episode 190
Dr. Kiki catches up with Scott Bourne to discuss his thoughts about the Jobs-less MacWorld Expo, and where the show goes from here.
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Windows Weekly // Episode 91

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The recession hits Microsoft, as yesterday the company announced sweeping layoffs. All this, Windows 7 rumors, earnings reports and announcements, dipping sales of Windows and Office, and rumors of a Microsoft-backed competitor to Apple’s MobileMe, all on this week’s Windows Weekly!

Windows Weekly // Episode 91
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Security Now! // Episode 180

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On this week’s Security Now, Leo and Steve dig into the mailbag for their regular reader mail and feedback episode! Your thoughts and questions, all for your enjoyment!

Security Now! // Episode 180
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net@night // Episode 84

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On this week’s net@night, Amber and Leo chat about SocialText, a business communications tool, with Ross Mayfield, someone who knows all about it.

Additionally, they chat about the inauguration of Barack Obama, photos of the event on Microsoft’s Photosynth, and more!

net@night // Episode 84
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Diggnation // Episode 186

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The Diggnation crew is live in Los Angeles this week! The fans turn out to hear Kevin and Alex go over the week’s news and top stories at Digg, including a preview of the Palm Pre, LeVar Burton singing the reading rainbow theme song, Steve Jobs taking a leave of absence from Apple, and of course, the grand inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States!

Diggnation // Episode 186
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CrankyGeeks // Episodes 148 – 150

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CrankyGeeks is back! On the panel today with John C Dvorak is the infamous Sebastian Rupley, Co-Crank, Editorial Director, PCMagCast.com, and their guests, Chris DiBona, Open Source Program Manager, Google and Jason Cross, Senior Editor, ExtremeTech.com.

Together they crank about Steve Jobs’ health and why it matters if it does, Opera sides with Europe in its antitrust case against Microsoft, and news of a Pope-tastic YouTube channel in the works!

CrankyGeeks // Episode 150
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Also, apparently I missed the past two eps, so let’s recap:

CrankyGeeks // Episode 149
John C and Sebastian are joined by Tim Bajarin, President, Creative Strategies; and Dan Goodin, Reporter, The Register!
Carol Bartz as the new Yahoo CEO, wireless HDTV in 2009, whether the Pre can save Palm, netbooks rule the scene at CES, and more.
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CrankyGeeks // Episode 148
John C and Sebastian are joined by Demian Entrekin, Founder and CTO, Innotas; Dave Mathews, Inventor, Tech Journalist!
On this ep, Apple abandons MacWorld, whether Microsoft is looking into buying RIM (makers of the Blackberry), and more.
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MacBreak Weekly // Episode 124

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On this week’s MacBreak Weekly, Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Scott Bourne, Lisa Bettany, and Frederick Van Johnson make up the panel, and they chat about Steve Jobs’ health, The Apple App Store’s runaway success, seeing the inauguration through the lens of an iPhone, and more!

MacBreak weekly // Episode 124
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commandN // Episode 165

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On this week’s commandN, the rumor that downloadable video is coming to YouTube, Belkin gets busted being bad, Obama’s weekly address online, and how Jeff is doing with his Decabled project!

commandN // Episode 165
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