Episode 006: January 29, 2009
January 29, 2009 by Corey Charette
Filed under Featured, Podcast
This week the gang review Gears of War 2, talk about sending large files with Filedropper, go over Clutch & Warp, how to be a Twitter expert with Twhirl and so much more……
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NEWS
Michael Arrington taking a leave of absence from Tech Crunch
House Kills Digital TV Delay; Still Set for Feb. 17
Apple beats the street. Activates 1.9 million iPhone in the 4th quarter.
After Monty Python Goes YouTube, Big Jump In DVD Sales
Vladimir Putin lays the verbal smack down on Michael Dell for offering help at Davos
Muxtape Is Back As A Mixtape Platform For Bands
Revision3 Views Up 140% Despite Self-Imposed Standards
Western Digital debuts 2TB Green Power hard drives
New OLPC Mockup at Davos touch screen based
Mac turns 25
GAMES
Jason Kelly gives us a ‘once over’ on Gears of War 2.
SITES TO SEE
Corey Charette tells you how to send files to others with Filedropper.
FREE FILE
Chris Poteet lets us in on Multi-Clutch & Warp.
HOW-TO SECTION
Dave Senior tells us how to become a Twitter power user using Twhirl.
APPLE CORNER
Ben Skripnik tells us about Skitch.
RANT
Ben gives us his two cents on how technology is ‘easy to set up’.
Episode 005: January 22, 2009
January 22, 2009 by Corey Charette
Filed under Featured, Podcast
This week the Gang review MLB 08: The Show, let you know about Change Detection, ways to save your iPod music from being erased and so much more…..
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NEWS
Obama Staff Arrives to White House Stuck in Dark Ages
Is That an Emoticon in 1862?
Mac Trojan found in pirated copies of iWork 09
Judge: 17,000 illegal downloads don’t equal 17,000 lost sales
IAC’s Ask.com Acquires Domain Name Monetizer Sendori
Pandora adds commercials
Brittanica 2.0 to Launch Wikipedia competitor
Zork to be revived as browser MMO
Twitter makes cuts to the API
Google closes down lesser-known services, lays off staff
GAMES
Jason Kelly gives us for spring training with his review of MLB 08: The Show.
SITES TO SEE
Corey Charette helps you keep track of your favorite websites with Change Detection.
FREE FILE
Chris Poteet talks about iPod recovery music software Sharepod & Senuti.
HOW-TO SECTION
Dave Senior tells us how to organize your download folder automatically with Hazel.
APPLE CORNER
Ben Skripnik talks about Delicious Library.
RANT
Corey Charette lets you know about his high definition woes.
A Very Special One-Time Performance
January 14, 2009 by Corey Charette
Filed under Featured, Podcast
This week Dave, Ben, and Corey sit down and have a casual talk about what’s going on in the tech world.
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NEWS
Apple founder Steve Jobs to step down for five months
Mac clone maker claims it bought OS X from Apple
Cable modems to hit 300Mbps with 9 - channel bonding
Energy-guzzling plasma TVs will be banned in Brussels eco blitz
Microsoft Tag: 2d Internet barcode for smart phones
Microsoft temporarily removes Windows 7 Beta download limit
The Palm Pre debuts at CES
Obama: Delay digital TV start
Google Scoops Up Del.icio.us Founder
Yahoo get it’s new ceo: Carol Bartz from Autodesk
Streaming Live Video of any sports, PPV, NBA, MLB, NFL game online
January 7, 2009 by Dave Senior
Filed under How-To
How to Watch live sports online. NBA, UFC, MLB, NFL, PPV Streaming Video
Sometimes you find yourself away from home without the comforts of your couch, universal remote, and large paid television selection. Fear not, there are many online cowboys streaming your favorite channel to a free online service for your viewing pleasure.
Like finding anything online, your first stop in the search box. The search box on Justin.tv to be more specific. Justin.tv is an online service that allows anyone to stream themselves online and enterprising users have figured out ways to pump anything through that video pipe. So take any flash enabled browser and head on over. Do a search using good keywords; for example, if you were searching for an NBA game feature the Boston Celtics, you would search for.. duh.. “Boston Celtics” and you might append NBA on the end.
Another key feature is there categories, clicking on the sports category brings up the most viewed content, and generally, the most viewed content is the best content. So if your searching for a Cricket video stream from Pakistan you will be able to find it.
Once inside one of the many populated sport channels, let the chat room come to your attention. You can find scores of other streams, high quality feeds and aggregation sites for your desired sports through links provided in the chat by other users. Just try not to get Rick-Rolled.
Episode 004: January 7, 2009
January 7, 2009 by Corey Charette
Filed under Featured, Podcast
This week the Gang talk about Macworld 2009 and the keynote speech, Sacred 2, Dataopedia.com, mind mapping, Handbrake, and how to watch sporting events online.
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NEWS
Macworld 2009 begins
Steve Jobs says a hormone imbalance to blame for his weight loss
PC makers to provide free vista-to Windows 7 upgrades in July
Windows 7 surprise: DivX built in
Twitter gets crushed under the MacWorld weight
Popeye goes public domain in the EU
Twitter hacks
14% of SSL certificates on the Internet potentially unsafe
Spamhaus: Google Now 4th Most Spam-Friendly Provider
Zune 30GB freezes on New Year’s Eve
GAMES
Jason Kelly gives us the good and the bad about Sacred 2.
SITES TO SEE
Corey Charette gives you the low-down on Dataopedia.
FREE FILE
Chris Poteet tells us what is mind mapping and talks about Xmind.
HOW-TO SECTION
Dave Senior explains how to watch any sports event online.
APPLE CORNER
Ben Skripnik talks about Handbrake and what it can do.
RANT
Chris Poteet tells us a thing or two about tethering for AT&T.
