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Q Chris from Harrisburg - Wants to hook Mac Mini to HDTV

• Mac Mini has DVI output
• Even has Front Row media center
• Can use Matrox’s DualHead2Go
• Or can get AppleTV

Q Mike from Carmel, NY - External drive not working

• If a sector is broken, computer will keep trying to read it
• Maybe USB interface is broken
• Most probably interface

Q Peter from Santa Rosa - Upgrade coupon for Vista

• Box should have come with the coupon
• HP cannot help you with that
• Either store or HP can help you

Q Nancy from San Francisco - New digital camera

• Go with your Canon option

Q Brett from Corona - Recording ustreams

• Ustream has a feature to record
• Can also use something like Camtasia to screen grab

Q Rebekah Baker - The Encyclopedia of Life

• 10 years in the making
• Not a wiki
• Compiling 1.8 million species
• Want to officially launch in 2008

Q Trouble playing back video podcasts

• Image seems separated and chopped
• Try playing videos in standalone Quicktime Player
• Check out Quicktime Alternative if that does not work
• VLC will definitely play it
• May be a video card issue

Check out this article about caring for your “introvert”. It is a great article for anybody in a relationship with a geek.

Q Joshua - Replacing redundant drive in RAID

• You will lose the array
• Will need to reconfigure it probably
• Depends on how good your card is
• If you want to increase size of array, will have to reconfigure
  • Always goes to lowest common denominator
• RAID 5 combines redundancy with striping

Q Ron Rossberg - Cell phone reception/SmartShopper/Olevia HDTV

• There is no perfect cell phone or carrier
• Take advantage of 30-day trial
• Important that phone works on the way to home and at home

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• Will mount on any magnetic surface
• Speak into it what you need
• Will find what you need and make a list
  • Has a built in thermal printer to print a list
• Can even record quantities
• 32″ with 1 HDMI input
• Available on Amazon for $530

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Q Barbara from Riverside - Referencing/manipulating photos for a painter

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• Looking for a device that would play back pictures
• Need a computer to do editing
• Epson P-2000 is a very nice device
  • Cannot edit on it though
  • 212dpi
• Could get a UMPC
  • Like the Samsung Q1 Ultra

Q Mary - New computer for her son

• Son getting interested in architecture
• Wants to get a Mac
• Ask what the teachers would prefer
• You have choice to install Windows on a Mac

• Could get a UMPC
  • Like the Samsung Q1 Ultra

Q Barbara from Riverside - Referencing/manipulating photos for a painter

• Looking for a device that would play back pictures
• Need a computer to do editing
• Epson P-2000 is a very nice device
  • Cannot edit on it though
  • 212dpi

Book Recommendations

• Fire in the Valley
• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
• The Sould of a New Machine

• Chatters are saying to check out GSM Arena, Phonescoop, CellReception.com, and Howard Forums

Q Nick from Cincinnati - Looking for new cell phone

• Key point is cell phone reception
  • Depends on cell phone antenna
• Often companies will allow you to try out the service and phone
• No knowledge of any website that compares the networks point by point
• Check out Amazon and Epinions before buying
• Chatters are saying to check out GSM Arena

Q Alex - Mac laptop in Canada

• Budget is $1500
• White Macbook 2.16ghz is $1449 Canadian
  • Macbook has less graphics power
• Dell has more power for about same price

Q Scott Wilkinson - Wireless HD

Guests

Q Scott Wilkinson - Wireless HD

• Effectively wireless HDMI
• Saw Israeli company using 802.11n for WHDI
  • Up to 3gbps within 100 feet
• At CES 2007, everybody was talking about wireless HD
• Philips introduced a kit using a set-top box/receiver
  • Uses UWB for up to 25-feet range
• Samsung has wireless plasma TV with integrated receiver

Q Pamela from Woodland Hills - Converting VHS to DVD

• Several DVD recorders available with VHS slots
• Panasonic supposedly makes the best ones
  • Look at Panasonic DMR recordings

Q Nick from London, England - Vista RC1 to expire

• Has beta, but will expire
• After expiration date, only can use 1 hour at a time
• Can get data off and purchase a discounted version from Microsoft
• Also possible to do a clean install via a loophole

Hour 1

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, is claiming that there are 235 patent infringements in Linux.

A Supreme Court decision challenges software patents.

A Forrester research study has shown that, for the first time, online clothing sales have surpassed those of computer sales.

Sunday 20 May 2007

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