Category: Programming and Podcasts

A brand new DiggNation is up and ready for download! Forget that Thursday thing I was talking about earlier, this week’s episode had the audio and video up at the same time early this morning. This week the guys talk about, of course-the hot topic everyone’s chatting about, Apple’s new iPod Nano, iTunes 5 and the final version of Quicktime 7 for Windows, NerdTV, holographic projection, the Superman Returns trailer, and more, along with the witty commentary, tangential stories, and beer reviews that you’ve come to love from DiggNation!

DiggNation Episode 11 // September 8, 2005 – [ episode notes | download links ]

This week is the reunion of Amber and Mikey, back together hosting the show again! This week the dynamic duo take on Apple’s newest addition to the iPod lineup, the iPod Nano [ http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/ ], the new iTunes 5.0, the Motorola ROKR-the first iTunes compatible cell phone, NerdTV, and much much more, including Amber and Mikey’s weekly webpicks! Check out all of the new segments as well and head over and download the new episode!

Command-N Episode 14 // September 12, 2005 – [ episode notes and download lnks ]

This week’s episode is all about passwords. Selecting good ones, how to remember them, the importance of passwords, you know the drill. Except Leo and Steve take on the issue from a user’s perspective. Additionally, find out why a microsoft security expert suggests you should actually write your passwords down, and more on this week’s Security Now!

Security Now! Episode 4 // September 8, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

Lucky 13th episode of Weezy and the Swish is up and ready to digest. This week the magic trio discuss how on earth they’ll ever get their schedules sorted out, the significance of labor day, Weezy lands a role in a documentary (I’m scared) and much much more! Head over and pick it up!

Weezy and the Swish Episode 13 // September 6. 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

Patrick Norton’s new project, Digital Life TV, is up and running! I’ve missed a few episodes, but I was expecting something like a downloadable video or podcast, but no need for that at all-it’s much like a TV show in that it airs every Tuesday night at 9PM EST over the Digital Life TV website! You’ll need broadband internet access and the latest Windows Media Player to view it, but it’s there and you can hop on and watch it, and if you missed it you can check out the on-demand version after the fact as well.

This week’s show, aired on September 6, 2005, discusses Intel’s response to the AMD lawsuit, Samsung giving up on the whole HD-DVD versus Blu-Ray thing and releasing a dual-standard DVD player, more speculation on Apple releasing something in addition to the much-anticipated iTunes cellphone tomorrow, the brilliant DVD Jon managed to crack Windows Media Encryption (is there anything this guy can’t crack?), Dell’s 99 dollar laser printer, and much much more! Head on over to the new site, DigitalLife.tv [ http://www.digitallifetv.com/

Digital Life TV Episode 4 // September 6, 2005 – [ episiode notes and show links ]

10 episodes under the belt for DiggNation and it’s still looking good. Weekly beer reviews and a wrapup of the tech news, what more could you ask for? This week the video is already up and ready to go, so head over and download whichever version you like! This week’s conversation topics are the CNN weatherman who completely lost his cool on-air (which I’m sure everyone’s seen the video of by now), a study that claims (as if we didn’t know) that sex makes people healthy, the introduction and immediate cancellation of the Try a Mac Mini for 30 Days promo, Mazda ditching cylinder locks in favor of USB, and much much more.

This week’s show looks like it’s a doozy, the stories are pretty interesting. As usual you can be a part of the discussion over at Digg.com, [ http://www.digg.com/ ] and you can head right over and download the show right now!

DiggNation Episode 10 // September 1, 2005 – [ episode notes | download links ]

This week’s Command-N again stars Amber and her brother Jeff, and Mikey is off in Toronto and joins by segment later in the show. In this week’s show, we see mentioned everything from Skype for Windows, the new Motorola iTunes cellphone, favicons, and more-and of course the weekly web picks! Looks pretty good, I can’t comment too much since I haven’t downloaded it yet, but I’m planning on downloading it right now-you should too!

Command-N Episode 13 // September 4, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

The next Security Now! is up and looks like it has been for a while-you’ll have to excuse my lack of regular posts, collecting information on relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina has taken up a great deal of time! Regardless, even though we’re back to a regular schedule with regular information, please don’t forget about the victims of Hurricane Katrina-they still need our help, and we still have to lend a hand. Even as we’re beginning to get back to our normal lives, those of us who are able to, that is, we should still remember those who have no lives to get back to. Keep your hearts open.

Okay-back to point: in this week’s Security Now! Leo and Steve debate the effectiveness and the pros and cons of getting a NAT (network address translation) enabled router, and how a NAT router protects you, and what steps you should take to make sure that you’re actually getting protection from your NAT router, and additional steps your can take to protect yourself. Definitely a ton of good information for this week, head over and check it out:

Security Now! Episode 3 // September 1, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

One more podcast to add to the roundup: Weezy and The Swish, of course! This week’s topics include Laura’s trip to see the new movie, 40 Year Old Virgin, a lesson in sifting out news in a field of lies, and much much more. I’m headed over to download it now, you should too!

Weezy and The Swish Episode 12 // August 29, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

Also ready for you fresh on Monday morning is a brand new DiggNation! As usual, Alex and Kevin take on the most dugg stories during the past week at Digg.com, which this week are the release of Google Talk, AOL getting in trouble for making it way too hard for its customers to cancel service, prank calling Geek Squad (Best Buy’s on-site tech support folks), the top 15 tech shows, and much much more. Looks like DiggNation is going to a thursday release schedule, probably to offset the flood of Sunday night podcasts. Video link isn’t up yet, but the podcast is ready and waiting!

DiggNation Episode 9 // August 25, 2005 – [ episode notes | download links ]

This weeks’ Command-N is already up and ready for download! Discussion this week is about Google’s new IM and voice-calling service Google Talk; a lot of talk about the new PlayStation Portable (PSP) software upgrade and all the neat things you can do with a PSP, as well as the weekly web picks! There’s more, of course, so download the episode and check it out!

Command-N Episode 12 // August 28, 2005 – [ episode notes and download links ]

Security Now! runs on a Thursday schedule, so they’ll be announced a bit earlier. As usual, Leo and Steve Gibson are the hosts, and this week they’re discussing Microsoft’s Strider HoneyMonkey project, which appears to have some success, but Microsoft has so far refused discussing it with other security firms or with the public. The two of them discuss the pros, cons, and ethical concerns of withholding potentially valuable security information in order to fluff up a company’s bottom line. Enjoy!

Security Now! Episode 2 // August 25, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]

Another podcast is in town, this time hosted by Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson, of ShieldsUP and SpinRite fame, both at GRC [ http://grc.com/ ] called Security Now! and it looks good. The first episode was actually posted on August 18th and mentioned in TWIT episode 18, but I’m catching up on such things and it looks like the first one has been released and is riding on TWIT bandwidth for distribution. Download it and check it out-the first episode is only about 18 minutes, but it’s definitely a winner!

Security Now Episode 1 // August 18, 2005 – [ episode notes | download ]