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The Engadget Show – 002: Steve Ballmer, Droid, Nook, and new Macs

by Jonathan Downin in Tech937 days ago

The Engadget Show is back with its 2nd episode and this is a big one. Coinciding with the launch of Windows 7, the special guest is Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. This is a huge deal for Engadget, and really shows that Engadget is taken very seriously within the technology community. Steve Ballmer is personable, and somewhat candid here. Windows 7 starts off the discussion, and he is excited about the new iteration. As usual, Josh doesn’t shy away from the hard topics, and Ballmer handles them well. He doesn’t simply skirt questions and...

Engadget Podcast 167 – 10.16.2009

by Jonathan Downin in Tech945 days ago

The Sidekick issue continues to be the big talk of the tech world. The guys point out that Microsoft/Danger have now stated that the lost data has been mostly recovered, but they took their time in acknowledging the problem which only exacerbated the issue. This impacting people’s comfortability about data being kept in the cloud comes up here as well. Motorola’s play to become relevant in the current marketplace hasn’t not gone over too well. You can check out the Engadget review for all the details, but the general impressions...

TWiT 215: Who Needs This Crap?

by Jonathan Downin in Tech957 days ago

There have been reports flying around the web that Comcast may be in the market to acquire a controlling share of NBC. This could lead to some drastic changes in how easy it is to watch streaming TV shows over the internet with cable providers having a large interesting in driving package subscriptions. A play for NBC could be a way for Comcast to protect their traditional revenue streams. The topic of advertising takes a big chunk of time this week. It is popular topic and the crew weighs in with their takes on viable strategies. Leo is a strong...

Windows Weekly 120: Bing Is My Back-End

by Jonathan Downin in Tech994 days ago

Paul and Leo starts out this week’s episode by talking Windows 7 in the context of today’s OS X Snow Leopard release.  Paul points out that at the launch of a new Mac OS, people don’t worry about things working how they expect them to, but this is a very real problem for Windows.  This introducing a lot of unneeded trepidation at every Windows launch. After quickly going over the Xbox price drop and reliability issues, the guys move onto the issue with Microsoft Word and the current litigation going on in Texas over the matter. ...

Engadget Podcast 159 – 08.14.2009

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1008 days ago

The first big topic of the week is the Zune HD.  It seems like Microsoft’s new media player may just transform their perception in the market place.  Paul shares his experience with the device and heralds the soft-keyboard.  Staying on the Microsoft front, the guys discuss the final version of Windows 7 and it sounds like almost everyone is happy, if not impressed with it. Dell has been letting loose with their recent product announcements.  They have a new net-top style PC that they are playing close to the vest, along with a a refresh...

Engadget Podcast 158 – 08.07.2009

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1015 days ago

The first 30 minutes are spent dealing with recent Apple-related situations that have cropped up over the past week.  The fallout from Apple’s rejection of the Google Voice app and subsequent resignation of Google’s Eric Schmidt from the Apple board has been bad, but the news of dictionary censorship was big enough to bring Phil Schiller out to comment.  Turns out things aren’t quite what they seem, but Apple has to do something soon, because people are upset. Microsoft has a released a chart to help everyone understand the upgrade...

Windows Weekly 116: Bring On The Bugs

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1029 days ago

Windows 7 is finished and in the hands of PC manufacturers.  This sounds good, but unfortunately it won’t be commercially available until October.  You can always still grab the release candidate though. If you ever doubted that Paul knows what he is talking about when it comes to Windows, consider this, he has the screens and button presses of the Windows 7 install memorized.  This means he can basically do a full Windows 7 install, from scratch, without looking at the screen.  That speaks volumes not only about him, but also about the...

Tekzilla | Episode 95

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1050 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...

TWiT 201: HI LEO LAPORTE FOR THROATBEARDS

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1054 days ago

This week’s TWiT is a fun one.  The smaller group of Leo, Dvorak and Brian Brushwood is perfect here.  The guys play off each other extremely well.  Hopefully John and Brian are on more often together. The news that advertisers are now paying more for big shows on Hulu than on TV is very exciting.  This is a great sign that advertisers are taking notice of the potential of online video and how the audience is much more valuable there as it is highly targeted.  Expect to be able to watch what you want, when you want more from here on out. The...

Engadget Podcast 152 – 06.26.2009: The Day the Music Died 2

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1057 days ago

The new Nokia N97 rules the first part of this week’s podcast.  The write-up over at Engadget is something pretty special, so if you have 20 minutes, go check that out.  Long story short, it’s okay, but don’t call it a comeback. The official pricing for Windows 7 has been released by Microsoft and there are so many things going wrong here that it’s hard to comprehend.  How is it that Microsoft can continually be so clueless about how they should market their products?  Vista was a flop, get people onto Windows 7 in a...

Tekzilla | Episode 93

by Jonathan Downin in Uncategorized1065 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...

gdgt weekly 041 – 06.06.2009

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1077 days ago

The guys are little late with this one, but there is a lot to talk about this week and they make sure to cover all the big news of the week. The Palm Pre is, by far, the biggest news in the tech world.  With it launching today, many reviews have come out and they are generally very positive.  Ryan says that Pre 1.0 is as good at iPhone 2.0.  Those are strong words. Project Natal get a pretty good amount of time and there are some details here you may not know if you have simply been following the gaming coverage.  Johnny Chung Lee, a guy who...

gdgt weekly 036 – 04.29.2009

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1115 days ago

One of the first things up this week is the news that Windows 7 will come with an XP compatibility mode.  It is still a little unclear whether this is 100% true virtualization, but it is good news for gamers if Windows 7 ends up not running quite as fast as with Vista. The iPhone exclusivity and Apple tablet rumors are discussed here and Ryan makes some really great points.  The most spot on observation is that Apple rarely, if ever, enters new markets.  They tend to kind of sit back while markets establish themselves and then come in with a...

gdgt weekly 035 – 04.23.2009

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1121 days ago

Ugobe, and subsequently, the Pleo are gone.  For those who are unaware Ugobe’s Pleo was a robotic dinosaur that was pretty organic in its motion and obviously a bit ahead of its time when it was released in 2007.  This leads into a discussion on robots and robotics in general. The new 3G Sidekick LX has been announced and will be widely available on May 13th.  I looks to be a great upgrade for the Sidekick with an impressive 3.2 inch, full VGA screen. Windows 7 gets some bleak talk about the limitations placed on the lower end versions. ...

Windows Weekly 103: A New Kind of Death

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1127 days ago

As weeks go by it is hard to imagine what new there would be to talk about in the world of Windows, but there are also some new facets of things to think/talk about. It is hard to hear, but even the Windows man himself, Paul Thurrott, says that Windows 7 is not that far off from Vista.  So many have been viewing Windows 7 as the rejuvenation of Windows, but when one of the most in-the-know people of Windows world says something like this it can’t be anything but a little disheartening.  Maybe it’s time for a revolution, where is it? The...

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