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Tekzilla | Episode 104

by Jonathan Downin in Tech889 days ago

Snow Leopard continues to leave mediocre impressions with Veronica not even venturing to install it due to the many reports of problems flying around.  Robert did install it and Patrick aptly points out that 4 minutes into explaining the new feature that he is talking about new wallpapers.  The bottom line is that there aren’t too many end-user features that will be apparent to most and it would probably be wise to wait a month or so until the bugs and incompatibilities are worked out. Veronica is talking about Spotify, which is an iTunes-like...

TWiT 207: Grandpa’s Woody

by Jonathan Downin in Tech914 days ago

Twitter, Facebook and a few other big social networking sites were hit by a flood of traffic which culminated in a direct denial of service attack.  The greatest impact was felt by Twitter, which just reiterated the fragile state of Twitter’s infrastructure.  Why is it that other huge platforms can handle this kind of situation, but Twitter was down for over a day? Facebook is now the 4th biggest site on the internet.  At 340 million unique visitors a month, it has beaten MySpace at its peak by almost 250 million.  The only companies in...

Tekzilla | Episode 100

by Jonathan Downin in Tech917 days ago

Happy 100th Tekzilla!  Patrick attended Defcon, the yearly convention for hackers, and he seems like he enjoyed himself.  This leads into an interview with Flexilis founder John Herring who talks about the various threats out there to mobile devices including phones. At the beginning the Tekzilla duo cover great gadgets that are under $100.  You really can get a lot for your money these days and there are some great choices here.  Patrick and Veronica really blew it out on this topic and you can see their huge list of picks over on the Revision3...

Tekzilla | Episode 99

by Jonathan Downin in Tech924 days ago

The first gadget at the beginning of the show this week, after the talk of creepy spy cams, is the new Sonos Controller 200.  Sonos is a system that will pump synchronous music throughout your home from up to 32 connected speaker systems.  The new controller looks to be a great upgrade, but this system is expensive with the controller alone priced at $349, so it may not be for everyone. Veronica has brought in the MiFi and it is a small and wonderful piece of technology.  It connects to 3G and then puts out a wireless signal that up to 5 clients...

Tekzilla | Episode 95

by Jonathan Downin in Tech951 days ago

Up front Patrick and Veronica are discussing how to get the most out of your notebook in the realm of audio.  They cover amplifiers and break-out boxes that can make you notebook sound better than you have ever heard it sound.  Of course Patrick throws in his 2 cents with a little DIY soldering action as well. The real stand-out this week is the smartphone discussion with PC Magazine’s Sascha Segan.  He really knows his phones and he is on the show this week talking about the iPhone, Palm Pre, Blackberry and Android phones.  Along with...

Tekzilla | Episode 93

by Jonathan Downin in Uncategorized966 days ago

First up, Patrick and Veronica have a great look at netbooks.  Veronica has a couple of on-hand units, one with Windows 7 and another that is a hankintoshed OS X equipped Dell mini 9.  They both look good, but with the new Intel CPUs coming up in December it may be best to wait if you can. There is a big segment about HDR photography, but there is not much focus on the camera side.  It is all about the software side here, so if you have the camera side down, you should be okay.  The camera side is a big deal though so don’t be too ready...

Tekzilla | Episode 92

by Jonathan Downin in Tech973 days ago

The Apple announcements get overshadowed at the beginning here by Veronica’s obsession with The Sims 3, but we aren’t ones to be condemning anyone for that.  Seriously, that is one addicting game. There is a great interview with Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress on this episode.  While this may not interest everyone, it is interesting for those of us who live in it every day. Secret Shortcut Saves Thousands of Mouse Clicks, Does Blackle Really Save Energy Over Google? What’s In Store for WordPress? Veronica Interviews Matt...

Tekzilla | Episode 88

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1001 days ago

Windows 7 gets some coverage at the beginning here with a quick rundown of how to setup the recently loosed Release Candidate.   This leads into a discussion on Patrick’s new PC which he has procured parts to build.  He is setting out to build a Core i7 CD ripping box and has some good parts going into it, especially that mean looking case. Patrick and Veronica also cover the SanDisk slotRadio which is a portable media player which you buy preloaded SD cards of music for and treat like the radio.  The songs are cheap, but low in quality...

TWiT 193: Toodle Loo, Tuvalu

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1012 days ago

Disney is bringing ABC content to Hulu and with this Hulu’s quest for complete online TV content domination is almost complete.  If you haven’t you used Hulu, go check it out.  It is a very nice service with fairly minimal interstitial ads in the TV shows.  Also check out Boxee as Hulu is currently supported again, let’s hope it stays that way. Apple has started hiring for positions to start the process of producing their own chips in-house.  This is a very interesting move for Apple and is something that we have not seen from...

Tekzilla | Episode 86

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1015 days ago

Tekzilla is a little late to the game on this one, but they are talking about the DSi.  Coming from a show like Tekzilla it really leaves an impression that the DSi is going to be another huge hit for Nintendo with the mainstream crowd. In a bit of a different focus for the show Patrick got his hands on the new Lincoln MKS and he has a lot to say about.  It is almost a review it seems.  For those of us who haven’t bought a car in the past couple years it is cool to see that technology is creeping its way into cars more and more. Although...

Tekzilla | Episode 85

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1022 days ago

Patrick is talking about one of his favorite topics this week, GPSs.  He took a a long road trip with his family over the past week and found himself in need of a GPS that could get the job done in the middle of nowhere.  He recommends a couple Garmin units while Veronica goes with TomTom.  Either way, GPSs have become incredibly affordable. The Kindle 2 was another gadget that Patrick got quite a bit of time with on his trip and he impressions are just short of glowing.  The only thing he has any real issue with is the price. Password management...

Tekzilla | Episode 84

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1029 days ago

Kevin Rose from Diggnation is standing in for Patrick this week and it makes for a pretty fun episode. Kevin is talking a bit about Twitter clients and it demoing Seesmic Desktop as Veronica vouches for TweetDeck.  The next big one coming soon is Tweetie for Mac which is from the same guy that brought us Tweetie for iPhone and it looks pretty amazing.  Look for that to be available on Monday. There are a few other questions answered about hard drive partitioning, flash video encoding and YouTube as well as video up-scalers. Kevin Rose steps in...

Tekzilla | Episode 83

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1036 days ago

Patrick and Veronica are the Web 2.0 Expo and they have a very special guest on the show, Evan Williams, CEO of Twitter.  He talks about how Twitter came about, where it is now and where it is heading.  @ev is not giving out too much information about a business model or where Twitter is heading. While it is nice to get interviews with important people, the live shows are just never as good as the regular Tekzillas.  Produced shows filmed in a well lit and mic’d studio are a good thing.  Oh, and the audience is creepily silent through...

Tekzilla | Episode 81

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1049 days ago

With all of the GDC craziness and the launch of OnLiveMedium we missed this one on Thursday. The Tekzilla duo have Vizio’s VSB210WS Sound Bar With Wireless Subwoofer on the show this week and they liked it.  Don’t be deterred by the wireless, Patrick calls it “shockingly good.”  In the vein of home theater they are also talking about HD media players from Western Digital and Seagate. Speaking of GDC, Jeff Cannata from The Totally Rad Show is on this week and he saw some cool stuff.  He gives a broad overview of what GDC...

Tekzilla | Episode 80

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1057 days ago

The new 3rd generation iPod Shuffle comes up at the beginning here and Patrick is not happy about it at all.  What is everyone’s’ thoughts on it? Ever had problems backing up or moving your iTunes music?  Patrick and Veronica have you covered and Veronica even mentions TuneUp, a program which finds missing album artwork, which you may have seen advertised here. Not much else on this one other than Patrick saying to always go with more RAM. Get the best OTA reception for DTV or HDTV, update all your social networking sites at once!...

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