Category: Programming and Podcasts

Andy’s back again, wrappimg up and providing us with his weekly radio bit about technology and taking live, unscripted calls and answering tech questions on AM 640 Toronto (640 AM) on The Stafford Show. This week’s CyberWalker Mondays has Andy, Mike, and callers talking about using Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 for home video editing, deciding between a Mac or a PC, DSL or a cable modem, and what’s up with this new thing called Revver [ http://www.revver.com/ ] that promises to pay you for your videos? Download the mp3 today to find out!

CyberWalker Mondays Episode 5 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s edition of Lab Rats is up and ready for download! Andy and Sean discuss camcorder features using crackers and cheese (no, I don’t know yet, I still have to watch the episode) and somehow make the analogy between the numminess that is cheese and crackers and topics like image stabilization, the question of getting a camcorder that uses tape versus a completely digital camcorder that uses memory cards, and the pair attempt to demystify some of the other terms and features you’ll encounter when shopping around for a new camcorder. Enjoy!

Lab Rats Episode 3 // November 8, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

This week on DiggNation, Kevin and Alex cover the usual-the most dugg stories over at digg.com [ http://www.digg.com/ ] including robust iTunes video sales, Nintendo graphics, artificial “trees” that could help end global warming, Motorola’s new and upcoming iTunes phone-that promises to be much much better than the ROKR, the IE tab plugin for Firefox, and much much more. Head on over and check it out:

DiggNation Episode 19 // November 3, 2005 – [ episode notes | download links ]

Security Now! fans rejoice! Leo and Steve have gotten together early to publish the most recent Security Now! that covers the whole debaucle over Sony/BMG using rootkit technology to impliment DRM on the machines of people who have purchased DRM protected music from Sony recently. The story broke earlier this week, partly due to the excellent work of J Alex Halderman, who runs the Freedom To Tinker blog [ http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=919 ]

and he goes on with the story in the following posts:

[ http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=920 ]
[ http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=921 ]

The issue is important for everyone, and if you want a good first step to protect yourself, disabling autorun on your home computer is definitely a good idea. But back to point: Leo and Steve get together early to discuss exactly what’s going on, and to try and boil it down for the everyday listener and provide some good tips to keep this kind of nonsense off of your computer and protect your personal rights and privacy. Links to tools and more information can be found in the episode notes. Snag it today!

Security Now Episode 12 // 2 November, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s Digital Life TV aired as usual, on Tuesday night the 2nd of November, at 9PM EST. But if you missed it, you can download the show on demand from their website. This week’s show included showing off the Digital Life TV viewer map on Frappr, a viewer question about why they have commericals during the show, and getting video onto your shiny new video-capable iPod. At the same time, the guys will show you how to get your video onto your PSP, if you chose that route instead, and the guys run down a few universal remote controls that claim to give you complete control over your networked home. Also, more viewer questions, and upcoming segments! Head on over and download it if you don’t have it already:

Digital Life TV Episode 12 // November 2, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

Another Weezy and The Swish to get you through this boring Tuesday! This week is sans Swish, but the crew has brought on Brett Gilbet [ http://www.brettgilbert.com/ ] as guest host, who has been in a number of television shows, commercials, and movies, albeit not anything near a starring role-but hey, it’s everyone ELSE that makes it a movie and not just a play on a big screen, right? Right. So head over and download this week’s Weezy and The Gilbert!

Weezy and The Swish Episode 21 // November 1, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s cyberwalker Mondays has Andy and Mike talking with callers about Spyware removal, cleaning out viruses from your system by booting into Safe Mode first, what you have to do to avoid worm infections on fresh windows installs. They’ll also answer questions about using TiVo in Canada. Enjoy!

Cyberwalker Mondays Episode 4 // October 31, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

Wow! It’s been a whole 20 episodes since Command-N started! Once the new kid on the block, Amber and Mikey have churned out quality tech content every week (well, except Thanksgiving!) for 20 episodes now. That’s quite an accomplishment in my book, and their readership keeps growing, even if the jerks over at Wikipedia don’t think that Command-N is worth it’s own entry in the database, and have repeatedly deleted entries people make for the show. Jerks.

Anyway, this week on Command-N, Amber and Mikey pull a lot of their tidbits from one of our favorite sites, LifeHacker [ http://www.lifehacker.com/ ] and talk about how to start a del.icio.us feed in iTunes, Revver [ http://www.revver.com/ ], Moleskine pocket diary 2006, and much much more. Head on over and check it out!

Command-N Episode 20 // October 31, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

The second Lab Rats episode is finally available, but it’s definitely suffering from “new videocast syndrome,” meaning it’s pretty difficult to get through to the site right about now, but that’s okay-it’s not as bad as it has been for other shows. That being said, head on over and download it now. This week’s Lab Rats is all about getting you familiar with your TV set. Seriously-Andy and Sean turn the TV around and show you what all the plugs and connectors in the back are all about, what they mean, and what you can hook up to them. They get down to the nitty gritty and define terms like component, composite, HDMI &DVI, and optical, and help you learn what you need to know to really unleash the power of your home theatre system!

Lab Rats Episode 2 // October 31, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

This week’s topic of discussion on Security Now! is WEP and MAC Address filtering; where Steve and Leo discuss probably one of the best ways to lock down your wireless network; to use WEP, hide your SSID, and to filter MAC addresses so only computers with those hardware addresses can get online using your wireless network. I do it, so should you! But even so, this will only really protect you against the drive-by wifi user; it’s not real protection against anyone insistent on cracking your wireless network for one reason or another. In fact, the most dilligent of snoops can get past all of these somewhat easily, and Steve and Leo explain why all of the above are great methods for most users, but how there’s more to be informed of and more you can do to protect yourself.

Security Now! Episode 11 // October 27, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s DiggNation is chock full of story goodness. Kevin and Alex wrap up the top stories from Digg.com this week, including PlayStation 3 backwards compatibility, Google to take one craigslist with Google Base, hunting for fake words in the dictionary, clever use of AJAX, and ways to make your mornings that much easier but still be on time for work. Lots of information covered this week. Check it out:

DiggNation Episode 18 // October 26, 2005 – [ episode notes | download links ]

The first real episode of Lab Rats is up and live! The fourteen minute videocast with Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers features the great introduction to the show, appearances by The Cats that Andy mentioned in his interview with us [ http://www.techtvforever.net/?p=208 ] and the topics of discussion are how to secure your wireless network using WEP or WPA, step by step! Definitely a good one. If you can’t snag the show right away, just come back a little later-understandably their servers are getting absolutely hammered right now!

Lab Rats Episode 1 // October 25, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

I’m a little late on this, but here we go nevertheless! This week’s Digital Life TV aired on Tuesday the 25th at 9PM EST, and topics this week include exactly how good the video is on the new iPod, how the iPod stacks up against other video players on the market, the recent release of Quake 4 and whether you should drop the cash on it or wait until it’s cheap in a few months (with Che Chou of 1up.com [ http://www.1up.com/ ]), and if you are going to drop the card, why you should avoid ATI’s X1300 Pro “bargain” video card (with Jason Cross of ExtremeTech [ http://www.extremetech.com/ ] ), and much much more! Head on over to download this week’s episode now if you missed it!

Digital Life TV Episode 11 // October 25, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

10 Episodes of Security Now, imagine that. Bringing comprehensive security information to the general public in language they can understand, Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte continue to trend this week by discussing wireless access points. This week they pick up where they left off last week by giving us listeners the lowdown on Rootkit Revealer, the application they discussed last week, by pointing out that sometimes you’ll find false positives with the application. Aside from that, this week the duo discuss the still ever-present open and unsecured wireless access points and the risks involved in operating a wireless access point that’s wide open to the rest of the world and why you should lock yours down, not to mention how. They also discuss using VPN when using wireless access points and how important it is to encrypt your data while you’re using someone else’s access point, or even your own. Enjoy!

Security Now! Episode 10 // October 20, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

Episode 2 suffered a producton failure, but Episode 3 is up and ready to go. This week on the show, Andy, Mike, and their callers chat about the prevalence now of high-quality OLED screens, the new video-capable iPod and the Creative Zen Vision (which hasn’t gotten much media attention for some strange reason), complete spyware removal, and much much more. The site isn’t all prettied up yet, but give Andy time, he’ll get there! Check it out:

CyberWalker Mondays Episode 3 // October 24, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

Woowoo, a whole 20 Weezy and The Swish episodes! Can you believe it’s been that long already? Anyway, another Weezy and The Swish for your early-week hilarity (I know it keeps me sane) and this week the ladies (and you too, Matt!) chat with the Suburban Homeboy himself, Eric Scwartz [ http://www.suburbanhomeboy.com/ ]. That’s not all of course, but you’ll have to download the show to get your weekly dose of the hilarity we’ve all become used to. Head on over and snag the most recent episode today!

Weezy and The Swish Episode 20 // October 24, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s Command-N gives us Amber and Mikey taking on the topic of Apple’s new product announcements, and no we don’t mean the new iPod: we’re talking about the updates to the PowerBook and PowerMac lines of computers, as well as the new photo processing software Apple announced called Aperture, how to unfreeze your iPod, among other things! Amber and Mikey also bring you their weekly web picks, review a hot new mp3 player on the market from Creative, and much much more, all in one videocast! Head over and download it.

Command-N Episode 19 // October 24, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]