Year: 2006

This week on Command-N Amber and Mikey wrap up our tech headlines, including Apple’s new 1GB iPod Nano, Google adds chats to GMail, Songbird launches, the exponential growth of the blogosphere, and much much more! Also, Brian heads to Bricks and Blocks to interview Alan Bedford, the author of The Unofficial Lego Builder’s Guide, and Jeff chats up how to get the theatre experience (or better) from home. This and the weekly web picks and we’re good to go!

Command-N Episode 33 // February 13, 2006
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This week on Lab Rats, Andy and Sean go over MAC address filtering; you know, setting up your network so only certain computers can connect to it? That’s it! Andy and Sean will explain in further detail, and show you how MAC address filtering can make your home network more secure, and we all know that’s a good thing. Enjoy!

Lab Rats Episode 14 // February 14, 2006
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On this episode of CyberWalker Mondays, Andy and Mike sit down on AM 640 Toronto (640 AM) on The Stafford Show to talk tech and take caller questions. This week they discuss Wireless security, ways to protect yourself from viruses and spyware, (and Andy’s book, the Absolute Beginners Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware, & Viruses, available here) Labrats TV, and more!

CyberWalker Mondays Episode 14 // February 13, 2006
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This week on DiggNation, Alex and Kevin hit on the most dugg stories over at Digg.com this past week, including MacGuyver’s triumphant return during the Super Bowl, Peter Jackson visits Bungie, Apple releases a 1GB iPod Nano last week, Google adds chats to GMail, and much much more, including your weekly dose of rampant hilarity!

DiggNation Episode 33 // February 9, 2006
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The first official episode of InDigital is finally here! The last episode showed us the gear and gadgets that caught the crew’s eye on the CES show floor, and this time they’ll come around to that again and show us some of the goodies that they didn’t get a chance to show us before. Also, the crew take a good look at the new Treo 700w, which runs Windows Mobile and Windows Mobile applications, and size it up against the incredibly popular Treo 650 to see if it meets the mark. Enjoy!

InDigital Episode 1 // February 6, 2006
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This week Leo and Amber chat with Dave Mansueto and Dave Chekan from Libsyn [ http://libsyn.com/ ], a company with special hosting plans for podcasters and big plans for bringing podcasting to the world by making it inexpensive to make and distribute podcasts. These guys have some interesting vision, not to mention an interesting idea. Enjoy!

Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur Episode 10 // 7 February 2006
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This week’s Security Now continues the trend of the last episode, and Leo and Steve discuss how the internet works, from both a high-level and detailed perspective. This week, the pair go over the ICMP protocol briefly (pinging and such) and then discuss the difference between UDP and TCP as the two main ways that data is sent over the internet.

Security Now! Episode 26 // February 9, 2006
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Thursday’s dl.tv isn’t up for download yet either, but no worries, some of the notes are already posted and the show looks like a winner! Patrick has every intention of giving us a tour of Microsoft Windows Vista, but he only finds out at about the end of the show that the install finished successfully, so we should get to see that tour on Tuesday. Also, Jim Louderback shows us how to make our HD content portable, and some gaming news about the next game from Crytek, the famed creators of Far Cry. Viewer questions also, of course! Keep checking back for when the show is posted!

Digital Life TV Episode 34 // February 9, 2006
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The episode’s not ready for download yet, but some of the notes are up, and so far so good! This week is the promised Windows Vista tour, and Alex Lindsay from the Pixel Corps comes back to the show to show off some shinies that none of us in the audience could possibly afford. Tons of viewer questions, and much much more. I’m waiting just as eagerly as you are to get my hands on the most recent episode! Keep checking the link to see when the episode is up for download!

Digital Life TV Episode 33 // February 8, 2006
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This week on Lab Rats, Andy and Sean chat up motherboards with us, and help demystify perhaps one of the most important parts of the computer but hardest to replace or tweak. In addition, the crew shows us where all the components we know about fit in as well; where the RAM goes, where the processor sits, and what all those slots on them are for. Enjoy!

Lab Rats Episode 13 // February 6, 2006
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This week’s Weezy and the Swish has a very special guest: Martin Sargent! Looks like Martin is making the rounds again, between Infected and Weezy and the Swish he’s out there entertaining us with rampant hilarity. Listener questions reign the day, and as is the order when you have two ex-TechTV stars in any one place, the comparison between TechTV and G4 comes up, and the nuances of the work that Laura and Martin used to do on Unscrewed (interviewing porn stars and trying to keep them from taking their tops off) make for an excellent podcast. Enjoy!

Weezy and the Swish Episode 35 // February 6, 2006
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This week on TWIT, we’re joined by hosts Kevin Rose, John C. Dvorak, Leo Laporte, David Prager, and Roger Chang. The crew discusses Apple’s newest legal problems: iPod users too stupid to turn the volume down. Also, the Kama Sutra worm goes bust and doesn’t cause much damage at all, the end of the Telegram, Adobe might not roll out native Intel Mac support until 2007, Microsoft reports no plans to make Vista run on Intel Macs, although Apple says it has no problem if someone figures out how to make it work, and much much more. Another TWIT is in the can!

This Week In Tech [TWIT] Episode 41 // February 3, 2006
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This week on DiggNation, Alex and Kevin chat up the most dugg stories on Digg.com this week along with some of their favorites; for example, Wikipedia blocks United States Congress IP addresses due to a flame war going on between different congresspeople’s staffmembers, why you shouldn’t uncap your internet connection, the IRS says that Bill Gate’s taxes are computed by a special computer because he’s too rich, Harrison Ford talks about the next Indiana Jones movie, and more.

DiggNation Episode 32 // February 2, 2006
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This week on Command-N, Amber and Mikey discuss the new Internet Explorer 7 beta, new online sitcoms called “The IT Crowd” and “Space Cadets,” making your own T-Shirt folding machine, this week’s TechTips, and Amber and Mikey’s weekly web picks! It’s up and ready for download, so enjoy!

Command-N Episode 32 // February 6, 2006
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This week on Inside the Net, Amber and Leo chat with Phil Torrone of Make Magazine, one of the most highly regarded geek mags in circulation. Amber and Leo chat about Make magazine, the Make blog, introduce us to Make, and talk about how Make has managed to establish itself in geekdom as a magazine and information source to look up to. Enjoy!

Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur Episode 9 // February 2, 2006
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This week Leo and Steve kick off a multi-part series on how the internet works, from the most high-level breeze through on how the internet works to even some of the most intricate points. So the basics all the way down to the nuances. They start off talking about PC World’s survey of antivirus products, but then jump right into the topic at hand. If you’ve ever wondered exactly how the Internet really actually works, these shows are the ones for you.

Security Now! Episode 25 // February 2, 2006
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A new Infected with Martin Sargent is up and ready for mass consumption. Glorious! The show notes don’t really include much information as to what’s in the episode, but that’s okay because if you’ve been listening to Infected, you know there’s no real point in making show notes anyway. The hilarity comes as it will. Enjoy!

Infected with Martin Sargent Episode 5 // February 2, 2006
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Thursday’s Digital Life TV was a fun one-it aired live and streaming yesterday afternoon, but for those of you who missed it, it’s available for download now! Patrick broke the Windows Vista box, so no demo of it today-expect some Windows Vista demos on Tuesday, and keep an eye out for the Blackworm Kama Sutra bug that’s supposed to explode today. Also, Curious George, the new Apple iPod Radio Remote, and tons of viewer questions!

Digital Life TV Episode 32 // February 2, 2006
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