G4TTV Programming, Show Information, Podcasts, and other shows
The DiggNation crew is back in the good old USA this week with a boatload of stories this week, including the ways that podcasting pioneer Adam Curry is changing the wiki, an easy method for coloring black and white photos, the pending release of Google Calendar (that everyone’s been waiting for for months now), new photos from the X Men 3 movie, new TV shows on the iTunes music store, and more!
DiggNation Episode 24 // December 8, 2005
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This week’s Command-N brings us Amber and Mikey shatting about the new revision of Protopage, Wikipeidia forcing users to register and tightening its rules all around to keep fraudulent and improper information out, the new Skype, and more! Also, Amber and Mikey’s web picks, and more! Enjoy!
Command-N Episode 26 // December 12, 2005
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This week on Security Now! Leo and Steve discuss PPTP (Point to Point Tunnelling Protocol) and IPSec (a security protocol for IP) in their continuing discussion of VPN and secure connection technologies. Steve is still on his quest to find you the most secure method for connecting to the internet from the road or away from home, and he’s taking us along with him while he’s going and showing us the sights along the way. Enjoy!
Security Now! Episode 17 // December 8, 2005
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This week on Weezy and The Swish, Reporter Diane Dimond and her husband, radio news anchor, Michael Schoen, share the microphones with Weezy and The Swish to talk about news, reporting, the media, love, life, well…you know the drill. Dimond talks about her new book about the Michael Jackson case, and of course your listener questions are answered. One of the best podcasts they’ve done, enjoy!
Weezy and The Swish Episode 26 // December 8, 2005
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This week on Lab Rats, Andy and Sean show us how to put together a wireless home network, building on the skills we picked up from their previous show, which was a basic home network primer. This week takes it to the next level showing us how to configure your typical wireless router and how to keep your network at least somewhat secure. The pair also try to keep us up to speed on the various types of wireless networks and their speed and range. Enjoy!
Lab Rats Episode 7 // December 5, 2005
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Looks like I wasn’t too off-base last week; several episodes of Digital Life TV were posted at the same time essentially this week, so we have a lot of ground to cover! Let’s get started:
Episode 20 discusses some innovative video games and the pushback of the Internet Explorer 7 beta, so IE fans will have to wait for…well…all the features that Firefox already has. Also, Patrick and Robert discuss good RSS readers, why the EFF is suing Sony, and more!
Digital Life TV Episode 20 // December 8, 2005
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Episode 19 gives us Patrick giving us an excellent rundown of Digital SLR cameras and how much they cost; cheap cell phones are on the way, and how to protect yourself from phishing and test your phishing IQ! Plus a ton of viewer questions!
Digital Life TV Epsiode 19 // December 8, 2005
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Episode 18 is a good one too. Patrick and Robert talk about Pandora, [ http://www.pandora.com/ ] the music service, going free, and how cool it is. Toss in some firefox extensions, and some discussion of the power of Digg, and you have yourself a show!
Digital Life TV Episode 18 // December 8, 2005
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Yet another new podcast from the TWITs; Leo Laporte, John C Dvorak, and Lawrence Lessig all gather around a three-sided table (okay, not really) and discuss the big uproar over Google Print, and their endeavor to archive entire libaries worth of information and create a search service for books in their entirety. One would think this is a good thing, right? Well, some authors are upset, and even more tech pioneers are upset with the authors that are upset, and well-listen to the podcast for all of the details. The very first in a new show, give it a whirl!
Triangulation Episode 1 // December 5, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]
I think Andy snuck in Episode 8 along with Episode 9; but there are two new CyberWalker Mondays up and ready for your enjoyment! So let’s take on each episode individually so you know what you’re getting into, shall we?
In episode 8, Andy discusses his new business venture [ http://books.cyberwalker.com/ ] and the fact that we might be seeing more books from him in the future on all manner of technology topics, and then Andy and Mike get right into it with callers and their live questions. The pair discuss the topics of spyware and rootkits, and talk about how they slow down your system. They also talk about the benefits of using Firefox and how you’ll essentially get no spyware by using it, in contrast to Internet Explorer. Also, they talk a little about the release of the XBox 360, and how even though it’s obviously a gaming console, it makes a great HD home theatre system as well.
CyberWalker Mondays Episode 8 // December 5, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]
In episode 9, Andy and Mike discuss HP’s new technology product line and the changes HP is makng to try and stay relevant, plug Andy’s book business one more time [ http://books.cyberwalker.com/ ] and whether partitioning that brand new huge hard drive is a good idea. Andy also gives us his tip on keeping your computer from restarting every time you install new software, and some of his favorite anti-spyware programs. All this and more caller questions!
CyberWalker Mondays Episode 9 // December 5, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]
This week on Inside the Net, Leo and Amber chat about Flock, the Firefox-based so called “social browser,” that allows quick and immediate access to social networking sites, information, social bookmarking, and integrates web surfing, blogging, flickr, and del.icio.us, all in one little package. If you use those services heavily, it might be worth a try for you, and if you’re like me and just wondering what all of the fuss is about, now’s the time to find out! Download episode 2 of this new TWIT extension podcast now and listen!
Inside the Net Episode 2 // December 5, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]
Another TWIT is in the can! This week’s TWIT features brand new swanky microphones and hosts Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, Alex Lindsay, and John C. Dvorak. This week the TWITs chat about the veracity of wikipedia and what that might mean for wikipedia in the long run, but does it really matter? Also, music piracy defendants fighting back against the RIAA, hijacking podcasts, and Universal apparently believes it’s illegal to email their employees (yeah, right). Skype does video, Microsoft releases a lightweight photo editing and sharing application that looks like what a lot of people think Windows Vista will look like, and Walt Mossberg goes batty over the new Apple iMacs with the built in iSight. Also, all signs point to Apple releasing intel boxes in January-the question is now just which systems will get the overhaul first. Will RIM have to kill the BlackBerry, and other mysteries like where Apple’s TiVO killer Mac Mini is. New Orleans will get free wi-fi when there are enough people in the city to use it, China is proposing it’s own DVD format, and the US Air Force is trying to invent a phaser. Sound tasty? The TechTVForever.net mirror is up, download the show now!
This Week In Tech [TWIT] Episode 33 // December 4, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]
This week’s Command-N has Amber and Mikey sipping coffee and talking about this week’s tech news and events. This week the duo discuss the launch of satellite radio services in Canada, Microsoft’s Windows One Care Beta goes live, the $100 laptop video blog, and a pending TechTV holiday meetup! This week, leading up to the holidays the duo discuss the PSP, the Roboraptor, and more stocking stuffers you might consider for the geek friend you have this holiday season. Add to this more tips and segments and the weekly web picks and you have a wrapped episode of Command-N!
Command-N Episode 25 // December 4, 2005 – [ epsisode notes and download links ]
DiggNation is in Japan! Konnichiwa! This week’s DiggNation, courtesy of the fine nation of Japan, has this week’s top stories, including NBC possibly suing TiVO over their plans to allow TiVO recorded video to be easily convertable to portable media devices, awesome Google maps, the FCC’s recently lended it’s support behind a-la-carte cable (or being able to pay only for the channels that you watch, and exclude the channels you don’t), one man’s quest to get over 5000 channels at home, and Firefox’s new release, Firefox 1.5! All this and much more, including more stories and anecdotes on this week’s DiggNation!
DiggNation Episode 23 // December 1, 2005 – [ episode notes | download links ]
This week on Security Now! Steve and Leo take listener questions and provide answers to some of the most popular and hot security questions and problems that they’ve seen from listener emails, forum posts, and more. This is the first in what’s a new trend-every show episode evenly divisible by four will now be a q-and-a show that should give us all some serious security tips that will help us stay safe in the digital world. This week the duo discuss the best way to store and create passwords, managing guests on your wireless network, why hubs are better than switches, and how secure things like SSL, remote desktop, and web-based email really are. Enjoy!
Security Now Episode 16 // December 1, 2005 – [ episode notes | homepage | download ]
In answering a question posted to the comments to Becky Worley’s interview yesterday here: [ http://www.techtvforever.net/?p=313#comments ], Becky also let me know that she’s be on Good Morning America Weekend this saturday with all the holiday gift suggestions she’s picked up over the past few weeks and reccomendations she has for what you should put under the tree this year!
While she didn’t give anything away, she did clue me in to the fact that she’ll have an item that costs $16 for the cheapies on the list, and for those of us with a ton of cash to blow, another item raking up $65,000 that should get you drooling. Make sure to tune in, and check your local listings for your local ABC affiliate and air time! Happy Holidays!
True to his word, Leo has posted the first in a new series of podcasts called Inside the Net that he’ll be hosting with the lovely Amber MacArthur, of Call for Help [ http://www.callforhelptv.com/ ] and Command-N [ http://www.commandn.tv/ ] fame! (PS, Amber also did an interview with us not too long ago, it’s available here: [ http://www.techtvforever.net/?p=278 ]
Back to point, this week on Inside the Net, we get familiar with the hosts, Leo and Amber, and get us into some of the topics we’ll be hearing about on Inside the Net, including Web 2.0, net applications, and lots of guests and guest hosts. This week Leo and Amber chat with Mike Shaver and Mike Beltzner of Mozilla about the release of Firefox 1.5 and what they think are the most notable new features and changes. Looking good guys!
Inside the Net Episode 1 // November 29, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]
The Lab Rats website over at [ http://www.labrats.tv/ ] just finished a redesign and it looks great! It’s a much better portal to all the great content over at Lab Rats than the previous page was, and it’s definitely an improvement. Don’t worry about the redesign, all the links to the old shows still work and look better than ever. Head on over and check out the new site design, and don’t forget to stop by the Lab Rats blog at [ http://www.labrats.tv/blog/ ] while you’re at it!
Digital Life TV returns this week with a new episode, heralding the birthday of Pong and the birth of video games as a popular medium, the mad rush for XBox 360s last week, and rumors about the next Mac Mini gunning to be a home theatre and media box, with an Intel processor, and due around mid-2006 (all rumors, of course). Robert and Patrick discuss a media player we all know and love (or should know and love), VLC Media Player, [ http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ ] which can play just about anything, and of course, viewer questions! Definitely a winner to come back from the break with. Enjoy!
Digital Life TV Episode 17 // November 29, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]
I knew 17 was a little high, so it turns out I missed a few! I thought they were just skipping numbers, but I couldn’t have been more wrong!
Episode 16 was an HDTV special, where collected clips and info were combined to help answer some of your most pressing HDTV questions and concerns:
Digital Life TV Episode 16 // November 22, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]
Episode 15 was also aired on the 22nd of November, which was all about the XBox 360, the glory of duct tape, and more:
Digital Life TV Episode 15 // November 22, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]
And since I don’t remember, Episode 14 was about the new Dragon Quest video game, Sony’s lawsuit fallout over the rootkit DRM scandal, and AMD’s high end CPUs. Whew! That should do it and get us back up to date in case I forgot any. Sorry!
Digital Life TV Episode 14 // November 10, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]
This week’s Weezy and The Swish features guest host Blair Butler from X-Play, and she chats up games and the holiday season; whether you should run out and pick up an XBox 360 or a Nintendo DS, and then gets into more geekery by discussing comic books and other delicious tidbits about life at X-Play. All this, the usual, and a little bit extra on this week’s Weezy and The Swish!
Weezy and The Swish Episode 25 // November 28, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]
A New Lab Rats is out and making the rounds! This week Sean and Andy show you how to set up a basic home network. If you haven’t done this already, it’s definitely a good time to learn, and save money when the cable or DSL installers offer to do it for you. They take you through the motions of looking at the differences between different internet connection types (Cable, DSL, etc) and through some wired and wireless routers as well to help you figure out what tool you need at the heart of your home network. Also, more kitty action!
Lab Rats Episode 6 // November 28, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]
This week’s This Week In Tech is hosted by Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Steve Gibson, Alex Lindsay, and John C. Dvorak, which shows us we’re getting back to normal. The crew is chatting via Skype, all from their various home bases around the country. Complaints of the new XBox 360 overheating are showing up here and there, but Dvorak says it’s all baloney. The crew discuss the story we mentioned last week about web browser makers agreeing to security standards and trusted certificates, and Microsoft taking yet another loss on each XBox 360 sold, trying to make up for it in game licensing and volume sales. Firefox 1.5 is due any day now, so get ready for the marketing, and of course the story everyone’s been mentioning-Apple being among the top 10 music retailers in the world. Kazaa is down the tubes, TiVO stikes a deal that will allow you to watch video on your iPod and your PSP, and CBS is in talks with Yahoo! and Google to get their video archives on the web also. According to Dvorak, IPTV is big everywhere but the United States-wonder why? All this and much more on this week’s TWIT!
This Week In Tech [TWIT] Episode 32 // November 27, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]