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Saturday, November 25, 2006
Tech News
Monday is the Internet version of Black Friday, Cyber Monday. However, I don’t know if this concept holds up anymore.
I think that the Xbox 360 is a much better than the Playstation 3. However, the cheaper (and non-high definition) choice which comes in a close second place would be the Nintendo Wii.
On the other hand, for younger kids, the Nintendo DS Lite is a perfect choice.
Now you can buy television shows and high definition movies off of Xbox Live.
I’ve been playing with the Microsoft Zune and I have to conclude that it is definitely not an iPod killer, yet. We shall see in the future.
Apple shares hit an all-time high this past week.
Watch a fan-made concept video of the alleged iPod Phone: the “iTALK” as the video’s creator calls it.
Walmart’s website was down from 4:30am to 2:30pm EST on black friday. It may have been an attack on Walmart’s servers.
Gifts I’m Buying
Fujifilm Finepix F30
Verizon Motorola KRZR
Product RED iPod for staff
Verticon Air Battle Arena for my son
Garmin Streetpilot i2 GPS
11a-Noon
Q Ernesto from San Francisco - New hard drives for the Xbox 360
Because of the way they’ve made it, it could easily be swapped out. Microsoft needs to make a larger hard drive anyways because of the high definition sales they are doing. I would not be surprised if they released a 160gb drive in January after everyone’s already got an Xbox 360 with a 20gb drive from the holidays.
Q Richard from Fullerton - Website creation
He wants to know if he should run everything on his own or get a service to do it for him. It all depends on what you want to learn. If you’re looking for someone to design a site for you, go find a college student who is looking for someone who wants to build his/her portfolio. Look at other sites they have done. To spread the website, try a “viral” method to spur word-of-mouth. Also, try going to other sites and asking them to cross-link. The most costly way is to buy adwords on Google. There are several books on Google Adwords; so do your research.
Q Mark from Los Angeles - Firewall greyed out after uninstalling Panda antivirus/Fuzzy pictures on Fujifilm E900
Uninstalling antivirus software sometimes does not remove everything. To be honest with you, if you’re using a router, you don’t need a software firewall.
Noon-1p
Q Jim from Santa Barbara - MP3 player shopping
By purchasing things off of the iTunes Store, he’d be limited to the iPod. The next question is if portability is important to him. There are five names I’d recommend, the iRiver T10, Creative, Apple iPod, Sandisk Sansa, and the Zune. If he’s doing a lot of exercise, he’ll want a solid state player. In my opinion, iTunes is a much better music manager compared to Windows Media Player.
Q Don from Rancho Cucamonga - Got a lemon Compaq PC
You’re sending your computer to the dealer. If you start installing software on it that’s different, then the dealer can’t help you. It may be the software you’re installing. Try not installing anything for a computer. You cannot trust a computer. I think you have every right to be angry here.
Q Jim from Lake Forest - Video home surveillance systems
The ones I would be interested in would be the ones with web servers on them so you can access them from the Web. The problem is that you won’t be able to record high quality video on the Internet. The camera would essentially set up a website on the Internet. I liked the Axis surveillance systems. We used the AXIS 210.
1–2p
Q Gary from Tuston - Advertising podcasts
He uses iTunes to advertise his podcast. On his business card, he puts “iTunes keyword: driftzone”. The majority of podcasts are downloaded using iTunes. Our sponsors next year are doing the exact same thing. The one issue is that if you get very popular, and people put your keyword into iTunes, other shows will show up.
Q Moving audiobooks rented from a library to an mp3 player
You have to make sure the DRM supports your player. You can get an Audible.com subscription and use an iPod to carry them.
Q Computer can’t see camcorder and can’t import video
Her old camera broke and she put the card inside of a new one. However, her videos won’t transfer using USB or Firewire. It sounds like you’ve lost the “signal” somehow. You’ve got me. I would see if you could get a friend to try transferring the files to their own computer. You want to try and isolate the problem.
Q Mark form Indiana - Looking for a new computer
He’s looking for a low-end computer. However, for home users, I’d recommend a Mac. This is because you don’t have to worry about protecting yourself. I often find that people who “underpay” for computers don’t have a good experience. Look at my tips page to learn how to protect yourself.
Q Amber in Yucaipa—how to output laptop display to an external monitor
The problem is the refresh rate. Go into the display properties control panel and choose a monitor type that is much more basic. Its best to choose the generic VGA monitor. The other possibility is that the laptop may not be set to output to an external monitor. The solution to that would be to press Fn and one of the function keys (usually Fn+F5).
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