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Tekzilla 188 – Intel SandyBridge Recall!

by Jon Cole in Tech367 days ago

The latest episode of Tekzilla starts off with a veritable smorgasbord of topics, ranging from MacWorld gadgets, iPod warranties, and the situation in Egypt. The biggest piece of news by far is the recall of Intel’s new Sandy Bridge chipset, which is caused primarily by rogue SATA 3.0 ports. PC Perspective’s Ryan Shrout joins the show to fill us in on the details, which revolves around the fact that the problem is on the motherboards and that mobo manufacturers will be responsible for contact with consumers. Veronica got a chance to...

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Tekzilla 187 – Best Tech Job Bets!

by Jon Cole in Tech372 days ago

After burning through some news, Patrick and Robert dive into the first big topic of the show – Portable Apps. Robert follows up from his flash drive recommendations from last week with the offerings from a company called PortableApps, which packages a number of useful apps into a compact footprint to take along in your pocket. In particular, he recommends installing KeePass, FileZilla, Pidgin, Google Chrome, and Sumatra PDF to keep all your information with you on whatever computer you’d like in a convenient way. The guys answer a couple...

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Tekzilla 185 – Best USB Flash Drive Speed Up Win 7 Install!

by Jon Cole in Tech378 days ago

There’s not much news to cover at the top of the show, with Patrick hitting on Apple’s success in the last quarter with $26 billion in revenue and huge iPad sales. Following up on a story from a previous week, Microsoft said that the vampiric data draw on Windows Phone 7 devices is due to strange third-party software, a problem which will be patched as soon as possible in an upcoming update. Robert gives a quick tutorial on installing Windows 7 with a USB flash drive, which segues perfectly into a discussion about the best brands for...

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Tekzilla 183 – Verizon iPhone, Cloud Antivirus, Sandy Bridge Sucks for Home Theater?

by Jon Cole in Tech386 days ago

The Verizon iPhone is the biggest news of last week, though details that 4G LTE won’t be supported by the device seem to temper the Tekzilla crew’s excitement. In music news, Universal chose to donate a whole load music to the Library of Congress which will soon be made available to the public. Finally, Google chose to drop H.264 support in their Chrome browser, putting all their eggs in the WebM basket despite the lack of adoption in other browsers. The HD Nation middle segment of the show starts off with some discussion of the new...

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Tekzilla 182 – Clean Up Windows The Painless Way!

by Jon Cole in Tech389 days ago

Tekzilla kicks off with a quick plug of Revision3′s coverage, which totals over 70 videos. In other news, the iPhone 3GS just went $50 through both Apple and AT&T, meaning a cheap entry point into the iOS hardware stable. On a completely different note, Ford just premiered an electric version of the Focus, which continues to propel them into the bleeding edge of car tech. The first user question in a few weeks tackles how to best uninstall applications and clean up Windows registry files, highlighting Revo Uninstaller and CCleaner respectively....

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Tekzilla 181 – CES 2011!

by Jon Cole in Tech392 days ago

Patrick’s voice is shot from a very long CES, but luckily Veronica holds things together to barely dip into all of the big news. Tablets and 4G were just about everywhere, dominating much of the coverage through Motorola’s efforts and the newly revealed Android Honeycomb tablet-focused OS. Microsoft had a big conference, revealing many new features for the Kinect as well as the big sales of the device. Apple rounded out the week, with the Mac App Store and Verizon iPhone. Samsung introduced their 7000 and 8000 series televisions, which...

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Tekzilla 180 – Windows Activation Secrets, Top Blu-rays of 2010!

by Jon Cole in Tech399 days ago

On this first Tekzilla show of 2011, Patrick and Robert ask viewers for their CES questions for this week’s conference. A viewer question opens up the proper show, asking some questions about how Windows 7 activation works. Ultimately, it boils down to easy activation for reinstallations with no hardware changes and rising difficulty as hardware changes or multiple devices come into play. Tuesday podcasts mean HD Nation and the end of 2010 means a Blu-Ray roundup. Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, Kick-Ass, Avatar, Battlestar Galactica,...

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Tekzilla 177 – Last Minute Stocking Stuffers for Geeks!

by Jon Cole in Tech410 days ago

News is light this deep into the holidays, so the first big segment of this episode is centered around last minute stocking stuffers. Thumb drives and rechargeable batteries are no-brainers, as practically every new gadget can use one of the two. The more hardcore tech nerds might be in need of screwdriver tool kits specifically designed for jewelers or computer builders, which are easily grabbed at hardware stores. Hardware expert Loyd Case hops on the program to talk about GPUs, giving a pretty nice overview of what to buy at any budget. While...

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Tekzilla 175 – Don’t Buy A Notebook This Week!

by Jon Cole in Tech416 days ago

Veronica is finally back from LeWeb for Tekzilla and shares a little bit of her experience there soaking in the best of Web 2.0 crammed into one place. Gawker’s huge password leak dominates the tech news and thus inspires a reawakening of security talk, with some great tips about how to best keep snooping hackers at bay. GDGT’s Ryan Block joins the show to talk about the new Google Cr-48 Chromebook, a pilot device sent to developers, businesses, and select consumers to have a wider test of Google’s Chrome OS. The hardware doesn’t...

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Tekzilla 174 – HBO without Cable, Free Defrag Speeds Up Windows!

by Jon Cole in Tech421 days ago

Google news has been quite ubiquitous over the past week and rightly opens up the discussion on this episode of Tekzilla. Marissa Mayer has been setting the search space ablaze with her talk at LeWeb, which focused on Google’s plans to use location data to contextualize search results. Google’s Cr-48 Chrome OS laptop has been causing a stir as well, as Google is sending the device to 60,000 users in a pilot program. After Patrick weighs in on the Veebeam, Robert goes HD Nation on you with a review of Panasonic’s 42″ TC-L42d2...

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Tekzilla 173 – Play Any Video Over DLNA, USB 3.0 Sucks?

by Jon Cole in Tech425 days ago

News opens up this episode of Tekzilla as always, starting up with Google’s new eBook store full of their huge catalog of titles right off the bat. Consumer Reports has also reported the results of one of their recent polls on mobile carriers, highlighting AT&T as the worst major service provider in the States. Viewer questions begin with some DLNA limitations in certain hardware. Unfortunately, DLNA is a communication standard and doesn’t really mandate supported file formats, so Robert recommends some transcoding software to help...

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Tekzilla 172 – 4K HDTV, Pay By The MB Internet Is Coming!?!

by Jon Cole in Tech428 days ago

This episode of Tekzilla opens up with the recent statement by FCC chairman Julius Janikowski stating that metered internet plans are A-OK. This news isn’t great for tech enthusiasts who pull gigabytes of data through streaming services and such on a daily basis, especially with the general lack of competition on the high-speed ISP front. Patrick and Robert next help answer a viewer question about reducing static when using a computer, which has a lot of possible reasons and solutions. Next, Robert gets into the next step of his home theater...

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Tekzilla 171 – Homeland Security Seizes URLS!

by Jon Cole in Tech431 days ago

After burning through some Xbox 360 TV and Google Earth news, Patrick and Veronica try to help a viewer who wants to put Skype on his television in a more native format than just slapping a Windows interface on a 50″ screen. Next, the pair get into a commonly asked questions about audio conversion, namely how to do it without too much expense to the quality. One of the most important things they recommend is to rip lossless files so if you need to convert them for the sake of a specific device, the transcoding doesn’t affect quality...

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Tekzilla 169 – Avoid Black Friday Scams!

by Jon Cole in Tech437 days ago

Apple’s hotly anticipated iOS 4.2 update largely brings the iPad up to speed, but the “Find My iPhone” feature going free means that MobileMe membership is no longer required to help you hang onto your phone. Google is up next in the news, as they battle Viacom for access to content on the Google TV and delay Chrome OS once again. News wraps up with Netflix’s pricing remodel, which adds a new streaming-only option at the price of increased rates for disc-laden plans. Thanksgiving means a weekend starting with Black Friday,...

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Tekzilla 168 – HDTV Marketing BS Busted

by Jon Cole in Tech442 days ago

It’s the first week of the new biweekly Tekzilla/HD Nation megapodcast and Robert Heron appropriately joins the show as cohost to Patrick. Hulu Plus news opens things up, as they’ve moved out of beta and changed their monthly cost to $7.99 rather than $9.99. In similar home theater news, Vudu will soon be coming to PS3, adding yet another high-def on-demand option to the device. HDCP solutions, the best audio solution for the PS3, HDTV marketing mishaps, and budget 50″ HDTVs fill out the bulk of the viewer questions before Robert...

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