Category: Programming and Podcasts

This week’s DiggNation includes some of my favorite beer, and some of the stories that I can attest that I dugg over the course of the week. This week Alex and Kevin chat about the lego DeLorean, the famous (or infamous, depending on your perspective) DVD Jon landing his dream job in the United States, the global map of Digg users (and you can add yourself! I did!), the first smiley as an emoticon, the guy who discovered that Blizzard was poking around your system and watching what you’re doing while playing World of Warcraft also releases an open-source tool to show you what they’re doing at the same time, and Suicide Girls launching an IP TV network. Sound hot? I thought so-download the podcast today!

DiggNation Episode 17 // October 20, 2005 – [ episode notes | download links ]

Here’s to 10 episodes of Digital Life TV! This week’s fine episode features discussion and some inside tips on the new Windows Vista beta that Microsoft dropped yesterday, hosting your own web server on a cable modem (and whether you should bother or not), Tyler Kovacs, CTO of Zvents[ http://www.zvents.com/ ] discusses Ruby on Rails, AJAX, and all that other Web 2.0 goodness, and even a bit about how to get started writing your own awesome Web 2.0 apps, a wrapup of the Digital Life convention in New York City last weekend (I wish I could have been there), and much much more! Join Patrick Norton and Robert Heron and all of their guests for another episode of Digital Life TV; aired live yesterday evening (as it does EVERY Tuesday evening) at 9PM ET, but you can download it now:

Digital Life TV Episode 10 // October 18, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

This week’s Weezy and the Swish introduces us to a G4 insider, chat about Weezy on G4 TV, chat about their listeners, and much much more. I’m downloading the podcast as we speak, how about you?

Weezy and The Swish Episode 19 // October 17, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s Security Now! with Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson is about rootkits, or those devious pieces of software that everyone is scared of because of the ease with which they can be applied, how difficult they are to detect, and the full control over your computer that they have. The duo talk about methods to detect rootkits, protect yourself from them, and all of the security utilities that are adding rootkit detection and removal to their suites. Definitely worthwhile if you’re worried about rootkits. Download it now:

Security Now! Episode 9 // October 17, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s Command-N brings the dynamic duo (Amber and Mikey) talking about all things Apple, from the October 12th “One More Thing” announcement, primarily the introduction of the new iPod and the new iMacs, Yahoo creating their own podcast service, and more! The two give us their hot stuff picks and of course their weekly web picks, and they announce the winners of the Sweet Sixteen contest for your favorite free web-based applications! Head over and download it now!

Command-N Episode 18 // October 17, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

Andy Walker’s new project, Lab Rats, done in conjunction with Sean Carruthers, has produced it’s first episode! The first episode is more of a welcome to the show, testing the mics, the lights, and making sure the kitties stay in their places, but it’s not particularly content heavy-that’s why it’s episode 0. Regardless, the show is RSS enabled and Andy and Sean are moving ever so much closer to their first show! This could definitely be good for the geeks in all of us. Check out Episode 0, snag the RSS feed to get the lowdown on recent episodes, and stay tuned here, since you know we’ll let you know when new episodes are released!

Lab Rats Episode 0 // October 15, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week’s DiggNation brings us new chat about of course Apple’s new product announcements from last week, including new iPods capable of video and new iMacs, Hack-A-Day going independant, and possible World of Warcraft spyware. Also discussed this week are a Canon camera that detects when you’re smiling, how Blockbuster could have bought Netflix, Google’s new payment system called Google Wallet, hacking MySpace, and much much more!

DiggNation Episode 16 // October 13, 2005 – [ episode notes | download links ]

This week’s installment of Digital Life TV brings us special guest Joe Rybicki of Official Playstation Magazine, along with Patrick and Robert, chatting about what Playstation 2 owners in Japan can look forward to that those of us here in the United States will probably never see, the new LG VX9800 which should be available from Verizon sometime soon, the DARPA Grand Challenge and who won this year, and a slew of viewer questions, which is definitely good stuff. Check it out now, download the show and watch the video. Digital Life TV is always good stuff.

Digital Life TV Episode 9 // October 11, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

A new week brings us a brand new Weezy and The Swish! This week’s show, hosted by Louise and Laura’s doubles (stunt doubles?) as well as the originals, proves to be more than interesting-it’s like having double vision, but…with audio…and no vision. The group answers fan voicemail and chats among themselves about what it’s like to, well…be each of them. At least sometimes. I know, I’m confused too.

Weezy and The Swish Episode 18 // October 9, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

This week on Security Now!, Leo and Steve take on the topic of DDoS attacks, or Distributed Denial of Service attacks (as well as DoS attacks, which are just Denial of Service attacks, same thing just not distributed) and what they mean to you as a user, how they happen, and how they’ve become significant in the technology security arena. Also, the duo discuss what those terms mean to you and how you can protect yourself much less if you should be worried at all about it. Listen now!

Security Now! Episode 8 // October 6, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

New DiggNation to start your week, even those of you who have the day off today. This week Kevin and Alex chat about, as usual, the most dugg stories over at the social bookmarking website, Digg.com, and this week specifically the rumors floating around that Apple will announce a video iPod on October 12th, AOL’s purchase of weblogs, inc -which means they now own popular sites like Engadget [ http://www.engadget.com/ ], the first PSP virus (more like a trojan horse), Peter Jackson to direct the Halo movie, advances in medical science to treat the bird flu by piecing together the genome of the 1918 flu that killed millions, HDTV easter eggs, and much much more, including the witty banter you’ve come to expect from Kevin and Alex, all while sipping beer. Check it out!

DiggNation Episode 15 // October 6, 2005 – [ episode notes | download links ]

This week’s Weezy and The Swish brings us Laura baiting wierdos and losers via personal ad for our amusement, the duo make a little fun of their listeners (in good fun!) and much much more. Yes, I’m a slacker and I’m blogging this late, but don’t you dare miss an episode! Check it out now!

Weezy and The Swish Episode 17 // October 3, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

Argh! Late to the ballgame with this one again, but the latest Digital Life TV was released on Tuesday! (I really need to set reminders for the late-week podcasts like Digital Life TV and Weezy and The Swish) This week’s topics include making your own network-attached-storage box, and where to get kits that’ll help you make one, how to rip your vinyl to mp3, some news about the DARPA Grand Challenge, and much much more! Check out the episode now, in multiple formats!

Digital Life TV Episode 8 // October 4, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links | new download formats and links ]

Another Command-N is up and ready; a little late this week, but none the worse for the wear! This week’s Command-N has Amber and Mikey talking about topics from the iPod subway map scandal to the announcement that j!nx has official command-n gear! We poked Amber about it in our recent interview with her [ http://www.techtvforever.net/?p=278 ] and she mentioned that new gear was coming, and it looks like it’s finally arrived! I think I might just buy one, but I’m holding out hope for maybe a nice grey or black tee with the command symbol on it all by its lonesome. I think that’d be pretty awesome!

Anyway, I’m getting away from the point. This week the duo chat a bit more about the iPod Nano, Make magazine, podcasting tips, and of course, give us their weekly web picks. Also, since it’s Canada’s Thanksgiving this coming week (Happy Thanksgiving you guys!) they’ll be taking next week off, and will be back on the 17th of October. So this one should hold you over until then! Check it out now!

Command-N Episode 17 // October 3, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

This week’s Security Now! is all about spyware. Leo and Steve talk about Spyware, and Steve, who essentially invented the term Spyware, explains how he discovered spyware and what he did about it, and how the companies that thought that spyware was going to be the next big advertising platform reacted to being called “spyware.” They talk about how to protect yourself from spyware and the dangers of spyware, and gets into some of the details about what spyware does, why it’s such a huge problem, and how we got into this spyware mess in the first place.

Definitely a good listen, and in the end they reccomend some excellent tips for spyware protection and removal, as well as how to lock down your web browser. Enjoy!

Security Now! Episode 7 // September 30, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]