Year: 2006

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On dl.tv episode 41, which aired on Tuesday the 7th of March, the crew takes on the topic of connecting your mp3 player to your car stereo and the various ways in which you can get the job done and take your tunes on the go with you. They also discuss some of the best ways to polish shiny things, between Brasso and applesauce, and tons and tons of viewer questions. Check it out:

DL.TV Episode 41 // March 7, 2006
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Episode 42 was different, of course, because it was a whole new episode! It aired last night, and contained such delicious tidbits like an interview with Jeff Bates, better known to many geeks as Hemos, the co-founder of Slashdot! Also, an interview with Lyod Case, bigwig at ExtremeTech, and some tech news about Microsoft and Google constantly trying to one-up each other one way or the other…or are they? All this and more! Download links aren’t up at the time of this writing, but head over to the episode notes link to check when the download links appear!

DL.TV Episode 42 // March 9, 2006
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Another Weezy and The Swish is up and ready to make your week-head over and snag it now! This week’s guest is Premiere Radio’s Larry Morgan, who brings the funny to an already hilarious show. Weezy, Laura, Matt, and Larry-I seriously need to stop listening to this show at work; the folks around me are going to think I’m crazy. Career talk, filmmaking, Butternut, boils, pus, and icky diseases are all fair game this week. Enjoy! Download the show below or head to the website to listen on the web!

Weezy and The Swish Episode 39 // March 6, 2006
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On this week’s Geekdrome, the crew reviews some of the hotter movies in the theatres right now, including Freedomland starring Denzel Washington and Jodie Foster, and 8 Below, starring a bunch of puppies. Videogames, comics, comics for people who think they’re too cool for comics, and video games, all wrapped up into one neat and tidy podcast. Enjoy!

GeekDrome Episode 15 // March 3, 2006
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This week on Lab Rats, Andy and Sean bring in TV guru John Kelly of Hewlett Packard to talk HDTV and what it means to you. If you’ve been thinking about buying a new HDTV in the near future, this is the episode to check out to make sure you know what features to look for, what kinds of TVs there are on the market, and how not to get fleeced when trying to judge which set is the best for your home and your home theatre system. Get the best bang for your buck, with the help of the Lab Rats!

Lab Rats Episode 17 // March 6, 2006
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Leo announced on this week’s TWIT that next week he’ll be premiering a brand new TWIT-branded podcast with Chris Dibona about open source topics, free software, linux, and the open source movement. Leo says that he wanted to call the podcast FLOSS (Free Libra Open Source Software) Weekly, but Chris wasn’t too keen on the idea, so we don’t know what the name is yet, but we definitely know that a podcast is coming for all of you Linux and open-source fanatics out there! Stay tuned to TechTV Forever; when we hear about it we’ll definitely start tracking it! Keep your eyes peeled!

The folks over at Ziff Davis, who bring us the fine DL.TV, are premiering a pilot for a new show called CrankyGeeks, starring who else but John C. Dvorak and a panel of other geeks, discussing the tech news and events of the day. The pilot is up for download right now, but I wonder if this won’t fall the way of Triangulation, Dvorak and Laporte’s ill-fated podcast that only got maybe one or two episodes off the ground before it vanished. Between this and Dvorak’s controverial nature, I wonder if this show will stall out, or if tons of people will tune in just to hear what he has to say. You decide for yourself and head over to check out the pilot!

CrankyGeeks Pilot Episode // March 3, 2006
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This week’s TWIT ocmes to you live from the Apple Store in San Francisco with a hot studio audience in the background cheering on our favorite TWITs. The hosts this week are Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, Roger Chang, Molly Wood, Roman Loyola, and Steve Wozniak; quite a full bunch, but I like larger panels than smaller ones.

This week’s topics include the announcements at Apple’s “fun new products” event and whether it was the media or Apple itself that hyped up the announcements that turned out to underwhelm many Apple fans, the best way to judge a stereo (like Apple’s new iPod HiFi), Microsoft’s Origami Project, RIM settles with NTP and BlackBerry fans around the world heave a sigh of relief, the Pope just got an iPod Nano, Cosby goes after Waxy, the FCC is after caller-id spoofs, and much much more! Download and enjoy!

This Week In Tech [TWIT] Episode 44 // March 5, 2006
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MacBreak sent a crew over to Apple for their announcements last week, that we all know by now turned out to be the unveiling of some sexy new leather iPod cases, the iPod HiFi-an iPod boombox for audiophiles, and the new Intel-based Mac Minis, but MacBreak was there, cameras rolling and everything! The video is about 20 minutes long and chock full of information. Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsey are your hosts and they get a chance to chat with a whole world of Apple representatives and officials at the “fun new products” event. The show is only available over at iTunes, so make sure you have it installed before following the link!

MacBreak 2.0 MacBreak “Fun New Products” Special // March 1, 2006
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On this week’s Command-N, Amber and Mikey discuss Apple’s announcement earlier last week, chat about the Origami Project from Microsoft, and some audio tips from Jeff. The crew also discusses the big networks sending nastygrams to YouTube as soon as their videos get popular there, and Newsvine’s emergence from beta and release to the public. All this, more, and the weekly web picks, ready for your downloading pleasure.

Command-N Episode 36 // March 6, 2006
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The 40th episode of dl.tv, what a milestone! On this very special show, Robert is shown a $3500 USB thumbdrive and is not at all impressed by it, Google decides not to store its search records in China, so if the Chinese government tries to get personal information about its citizens through Google, it can’t be ordered through the government, the crew check out Western Digital’s Raptor X 150GB hard drive that comes complete with a window so you can see inside, everyone loves the PowerSquid, and tons and tons of viewer questions! Enjoy!

DL.TV Episode 40 // March 2, 2006
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This week on Inside the Net, Amber and Leo discuss the phenomenon of “web mashups,” meaning websites that bring content from several different technologies all to the same website; for example, HousingMaps, [ http://www.housingmaps.com/ ] the site that brings together the technology of Google Maps and the home listings of Craigslist! Amber and Leo chat with Michael Arrington of Techcrunch, and PodBop creator, Taylor McKnight, winner of the best of Mashup Camp, and discuss a whole array of these kinds of websites. Check out the show notes for more links!

Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur Episode 13 // February 28, 2006
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This week on Security Now, Leo and Steve bring us back to the “how the internet works” set of podcasts by discussing ethernet security, or rather, the insecurity of standard ethernet and what that lack of built-in security to by and large the architecture that runs the internet today means for all os uf. Also, Steve and Leo hit high-level network security topics like ARP poisoning and exploitation, as well as how easy it is to attack systems on the same set of networks due to the way ethernet manages traffic.

Security Now! Episode 29 // March 2, 2006
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GeekDrome is apparently the project of one of Alex Albrecht’s friends, and it’s now part of the Revision3 lineup of shows that include DiggNation, Infected, Indigital, Systm, and The Broken! GeekDrome comes to the table with 14 episodes under its belt, and comes out weekly! Recently the show has had Kevin Smith on to co-host and the crew discusses all manner of topic, from movies and music to videogames and comic books. It’s definitely good podcasting and entertaining to listen to. We’ll keep track of it, like we do with the rest of the Revision3 offerings! If you’re interested in getting back episodes, head on over and check out the first 14 episodes!

GeekDrome @ Revision3 –
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Indigital has begun to do a series of “InBytes,” or shorter editions of InDigital covering only a few topics to help you get your InDigital Fix in between regular episodes! The first one covers Nokia’s attempts to continue courting the young and hip with their “N^2,” or “N-squared,” next generation cellphone/portable music device, and recovering from the catastrophe that was the N-gage.

Head over and snag it:

Indigital InBytes Episode 1 // February 28, 2006
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The newest DL.TV is up and away! It was originally streamed live on Tuesday, as normal, but unfortunately Bad Things happened and the show had to be retaped again yesterday. Patrick and Robert discuss FireAnt and the Democracy Player, both tools to help catch and bring you your podcast and videocasts in a slick, timely fashion, Sony’s actually bringing Blu-Ray to the consumer market, opponents be damned, Apple’s big announcements on the 28th turn out to be Intel Mac Minis and an iPod boombox, much more, and of course viewer questions! The show is ready for download as we speak, so head on over and grab it!

DL.TV Episode 39 // March 1, 2006
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This week’s Weezy and The Swish features special guest, comedian Earl Skakel, sitting in with Laura, Weezy, and Matt sitting around and chatting about all manner of topic. Seriously, I’m impressed with how much they can fit into one show. In case we haven’t mentioned yet though, there’s a new in-page dedicated audio player, and the videos of the show are immediately posted to YouTube and then playable through the website! How cool is that? Because of that we won’t direct-link the mp3 anymore-you should head to the site and check these goodies out! This week’s show is about curling, dumpsters, other sports, and perhaps some vague relation between them all. Even if there isn’t, it’s still awesome. Click and enjoy!

Weezy and The Swish Episode 38 // February 27, 2006
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This week’s Command-N has Amber and Mikey talking to us from the LinuxCaffe and discussing this week’s tech news and features, including Google’s launch of Google Pages, Apple sells its billionth song through the iTunes Music Store, and a website made entirely of web 2.0 icons and logos. All this and the weekly web picks, ready for download in your favorite format. Enjoy!

Command-N Episode 35 // February 27, 2006
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