Category: Programming and Podcasts

This week’s Inside the Net features Mike Davidson of Newsvine [ http://www.newsvine.com/ ] which is an excellent social networking news site, which allows members to write stories and contribute, rate stories, seed stories, and more! Right now the service is invite-only, but if you’re lucky enough to have an invite, you’ll find it’s a really awesome service. Aside from being able to make the news, you can feed the news to other people as well-it’s amazing. Amber and Leo discuss the Newsvine service with Mike, what’s in store for it, and when the service might go public.

Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur Episode 8 // January 26, 2006
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Since it’s another show evenly divisible by four (seriously, that’s how they do it!) this week is all about answering your burning questions about security in general, how to keep yourself safe online, and how to protect yourself from the myriads of bugs, viruses, worms, spyware, and other threats to your security and your data on the net. All questions and answers this week on Security Now!

Security Now! Episode 24 // January 26, 2006
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Thursday’s Digital Life TV kicked off with one of the hottest topics of the day; Google opening up Google.cn, it’s Chinese search service, which is being censored to cater to the Chinese government. Well, if there’s profits to be had, I suppose “don’t be evil” is just a motto, after all. The crew reviews the Creative Zen Vision M, yet another “iPod killer” to come to the market…and maybe go by the wayside in the wake of the actual iPod. Plus, slipstreaming Windows XP installs, video games we hate, and tons of viewer questions!

Digital Life TV Episode 30 // January 26, 2006
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Yesterday brought us a brand new episode of Digital Life TV, and it’s a good one-the fine guys at Pixel Corps label themselves as the “martial arts dojo for the digital artist,” and they prove it. The Mozilla Foundation claims that Firefox 2.0 should be out by summer, how to calibrate an HDTV and a review of a utility that promises to help you, and of course, more viewer questions! Enjoy!

Digital Life TV Episode 29 // January 24, 2006
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This week’s Lab Rats is a CES and MacWorld wrapup, where, just for our sakes, the Lab Rats crew get down on all the goodies we saw and didn’t see from CES and MacWorld during the last couple of weeks. They chat about the pending release of Windows Vista, the Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD debate, and much much more. Head on over and download it now!

Lab Rats Episode 12 // January 23, 2006
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This week should be a treat for Weezy and the Swish lovers, since there are no guest hosts, no strange antics, and no funny business-okay, there’s plenty of funny business, but Louise, Laura, and Matt just sit down with some microphones between them and talk to one other. Yup. Hot, isn’t it? It’s awesome. Add in some listener participation and random voicemailing, and you’ve got yourselves a show. Enjoy!

Weezy and The Swish Episode 33 // January 23, 2006
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In the first CyberWalker Mondays we’ve had in a long time, Andy gets down to business answering listener questions, live on the air with Mike Stafford on AM 640 Toronto (640 AM) on The Stafford Show. This week, the two and their listeners chat about iPod and iTunes questions, Andy’s book, how to maximize desktop performance and rid yourself of a dropping internet connection, downloading music, and how to tell what kind of TV to get these days with all the options out there! Check it out!

CyberWalker Mondays Episode 13 // January 23, 2006
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Looks like the big three-oh for DiggNation! Congratulations! This week’s DiggNation covers some interesting stories-iTunes video offerings wind up boosting prime time ratings for ABC and NBC now that their videos are on the iTunes video store, the flack over Apple’s new Intel Ad and the Postal Service video that looks just like it, play half-life on your iPod Nano, make your own island, the Stardust probe returns to Earth, and much more! Enjoy!

DiggNation Episode 30 // January 19, 2006
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Wow! It’s been 30 episodes of Command-N; I remember when they were celebrating their sweet 16! Anyway, Command-N has come a long way, and this episode proves it. This week Amber and Mikey are back to talk about the recent headlines in tech news, including companies putting ads on rooftops to target Google Maps users, Canada tracking the video content in the iTunes video store and the Google Video store, the new Intel Apple ad and the Postal Service video that look exactly alike, Newsvine (the social news service that’s currently in beta), and more-including their tech tips and web picks of the week!

Command-N Episode 30 // January 23, 2006
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Steve and Leo wrap up their discussion on the Windows MetaFile flaw, and Steve is sticking to his guns that it was a deliberate backdoor built into Windows. He’s written an application that can test for the vulnerability in all versions of windows to see if it’s exploitable, and claims that older versions of Windows aren’t quite as vulnerable as newer versions. Head on over for the last word from the Security Now! crew on this topic.

Security Now! Episode 23 // January 19, 2006
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This week’s Digital Life TV was aired on the 18th of January, and it looks like they’ve been on a 2-show a week rotation for a while and I’m just not catching up! Sheesh! Anyway-topics on this week’s show include recent tech news, like the US government demanding Google turn over search results to try and find pornography on the web-Google’s declined, but how long can they hold out, 3DMark 2006 comes out, so get your video cards ready, how to continue to make the best use out of old old monitors, setting up a DOS box for your old DOS video games, backing up DVDs, and much much more, including viewer questions! Head on over and snag it now:

Digital Life TV Episode 28 // January 18, 2006
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Yikes! I missed a Weezy and the Swish! I guess all the CES events and Macworld stuff from last week just encompassed everything and I totally forgot! Well, no worries, I’ll recap last week’s and give you this week’s all in one!

Last week’s episode found Weezy and Laura with Kyle Cease and Ben Gleib, which leads to absolute pandemonium that carries you through the entire podcast; definitely not safe for work (are they ever), it’s right here:

Weezy and the Swish Episode 31 // January 10, 2006
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This week’s is a whole other story-okay well, same story, same hilarity, different guests! Joe Cipriano, voiceover giant whose voice you’ll probably recognize, joins Laura and Weezy on the show this week for some good natured hilarity and discussion on the voiceover industry, radio, voice work, and more!

Weezy and the Swish Episode 32 // January 17, 2006
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The most recent episodes of Digital Life TV are up and ready for viewing and/or download. Episode 26 shows us the Google Video Store, talks about Nikon dropping production of analog cameras, the events at MacWorld in San Fran and all the cool gadgets and gear on the show floor, and more! Check it out:

Digital Life TV Episode 26 // January 12, 2006
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Episode 27 just aired yesterday, and the top headline is DVD Jon declaring that he will crack the next gen DVDs, and given his ability, how it’s just a matter of time before he does, the eventual release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 in 2007, the monstrosity that is the Fata1ity 1010 gaming mouse from Creative, and viewer questions!

Digital Life TV Episode 27 // January 17, 2006
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This week’s TWIT comes to us from MacWorld Expo, live in front of an audience! The TWIT crew this week include Amber MacArthur, John C. Dvorak, Leo Laporte, David Pogue, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, and Robert Heron, and discuss all of the hot events from MacWorld Expo, the product announcements, the trends, the gear, the news, and everything in between. It’s a good long show, and I’m downloading it now, as should you-show notes aren’t quite up yet, but was that going to stop you from listening anyway? I didn’t think so.

This Week In Tech [TWIT] Episode 38 // January 15, 2006
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This week on DiggNation are several really hot topics that managed to make their way to the most-dugg stories list this week over at Digg.com; including Kevin Rose getting info from his anonymous source what some of the biggest announcements at Steve Jobs’ keynote speech over 24 hours prior to the announcements themselves-that was a real scoop. A first look at the new TiVO Series 3, Nikson deciding to stop producing all analog cameras (meaning any camera that takes actual film), Google Pack fails to impress, as does the new Google video store, among other things. Download and enjoy!

DiggNation Episode 29 // January 12, 2006
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The newest Infected with Martin Sargent is up and ready for consumption, and to be perfectly honest, I couldn’t exerpt this if you asked me to, it’s just too hilarious:

So here’s the thing: doing a podcast with Joey and The Gator is like doing a podcast with a filthy Keebler Elf who got thrown out of the tree for trying to hack the magic oven and a sexually predacious, hard-drinking version of Babe Winkleman. Essentially, it’s a recipe for not being able to get all three of us together in the same room, at the same time, to press the red button (excuse continued at SargeWorld.com). In the meantime, here’s an interesting interview my new Hollywood friend Orlando Bloom did with my old patron Michael Caine about the future of podcasting.

And there you have it. Enjoy!

Infected with Martin Sargent Episode 4 // January 11, 2006
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The folks at Revision 3 bring us a new video show about gear and gadgets and all things geek called InDigital, and the first episode comes from us from where else, but the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas? The crew review the cool gear and toys unveiled at the show, trends in the consumer technology market, and more, all while having a great time. Check out the newest video show in the web-based tech programming family!

InDigital Episode 0 // January 17, 2006
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On this week’s Command-N, Amber is live from the show floor at the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco! Meanwhile, Jeff does a Mac segment from Halifax, and Brian reviews two books about the cult following of Apple products, from our good friend Leander Kahney of Wired News, and the Cult of Mac Blog [ http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/ ]! Specials from the show floor and the typical tech headlines and news you’re accustomed to, along with the weekly web picks are all in the show! Enjoy!

Command-N Episode 29 // January 16, 2006
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