Episode 010: February 26, 2009

February 26, 2009 by Corey Charette  
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The Gang talk about going retro with ASCii, e-Sword for your Mac or PC, Dave Senior’s experiences at Podcamp Toronto, and Adium.

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NEWS

The Microsoft Severance Issue
Netflix CEO: we’ll offer streaming-only plan by 2010
The Iphone of verizon? Maybe
RIAA denies rumors that Last.fm turned over user data
Apple to stop Micro-USB from becoming standard?
Dell fights back against Psion netBook trademark rampage
EU group aims to eavesdrop on Skype calls
Twitter’s ’suggested users’ get mammoth boost from new feature
New Zealand P2P disconnection plan delayed after outcry
‘I Am Richer’ App Pops Up in Android Marketplace for $200

SITES TO SEE

Corey Charette goes retro with Text ASCii Art Generator.

FREE FILE

Chris Poteet talks about e-Sword for the PC and the Mac.

SPECIAL REPORT

Dave Senior tells us a little bit about his experience at Podcamp Toronto.

APPLE CORNER

Ben Skripnik does an overview of Adium.

RANT

Corey gives us his disgust for hands free technology.

Episode 009: February 19, 2009

February 19, 2009 by Corey Charette  
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The week we cover a review of Saint’s Row 2, talk about the ease of use for Tiny  Chat, do a once over on OpenOffice and try to figure out wha the heck a twestival is.

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NEWS

Boxee Loses Hulu
Judge Dismisses Google Street View Case
Google moves Gmail offline on iPhone/Android
Google Needs French Lessons; Translates “Vimeo” to “YouTube”
Facebook terms of service change then retraction
Apple says jailbreaking is illegal
Xbox Live blunder causes many to lose accounts
On Average, Children Get Cellphones at Age 8
Band Presidents of the United States puts all there music on a 3 dollar iPhone app
Wikileaks leaks it’s own donors

GAMES

Jason Kelly goes on a killing spree with Saint’s Row 2.

SITES TO SEE

Corey Charette tells us how easy it is to use Tiny Chat.

FREE FILE

Chris Poteet goes over OpenOffice.

SPECIAL REPORT

Dave Senior tells us about his experiences with a Twestival.

APPLE CORNER

Ben Skripnik does an overview of Quickpwn for the iPhone.

RANT

Corey explains to us why he’s afraid of The Cloud.

Episode 008: February 12, 2009

February 12, 2009 by Corey Charette  
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On this episode we cover Fallout 3, how to find domains quicker with DomainTyper, a three-pack of Adobe Air applications, and Fuel Gauge for the iPhone.

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NEWS

Kindle 2 announced
Authors Guild upset with Kindle 2 speech-to-text
Goodbye PalmOS
Apple gearing up for $99 iPhone?
Apple iPhone 4G Rumors and Concept art
Gmail offering automatic location based signatures
XM/Sirius Bankruptcy
Microsoft gets 10,000th patent
Woz on Dancing with the Stars
Skype Growing by 380,000 Users a Day

GAMES

Jason Kelly gives us the hoopla on Fallout 3.

SITES TO SEE

Corey Charette talk about how easy it is to search for domain names with DomainTyper.

FREE FILE

Chris Poteet has a three-pack of free files: Tumbleweed, Tweetdeck,  & Readair.

APPLE CORNER

Ben Skripnik does an overview of Fuel Gauge for the iPhone.

RANT

Jason tells us why he can’t stand bandwidth caps.

Episode 007: February 5, 2009

February 5, 2009 by Corey Charette  
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This week the gang talk about Prince of Persia, how to find out your upload speeds, a way to plan a party through Twitter, what Virtual Box is and so much more……

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NEWS

Google Latitude Launches
MS Confirms Six Different Versions of Windows 7
More Google Apps go Offline: Now Calender
Google Earth 5 released
Google Book Search goes Mobile
IE slips further as Firefox, Safari, Chrome gain
MIT creates a Sixth-Sense Suit
Man Robs Convenience Stores With Klingon “Batleth”
Snow Leopard to include location aware and multi-touch tools
17-inch MacBook Pro delayed two weeks

GAMES

Jason Kelly talks about the latest installment of Prince of Persia.

SITES TO SEE

Corey Charette tells you how to track your transfer speeds with Speedtest.

FREE FILE

Chris Poteet explains to use what Virtual Box is.

HOW-TO SECTION

Dave Senior tells us how-to plan an event, completely on twitter using with twtvite.

APPLE CORNER

Ben Skripnik tells us about Zenbe.

RANT

Dave rants on about how Phish is not getting any credit for starting internet trends.