Saturday 26 May 2007
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Tech News
La Fonera aims to provide free WiFi to the entire world by distributing routers.
A Michigan man has been arrested for using a cafe’s free WiFi from his car. This is similar to a Florida, Washington, and Alaska man being arrested for the same reasons.
If you’re driving a 2007 Infiniti G35 or Nissan Altima, do not place your cell phone http://news.com.com/Nissan+Dont+mix+cell+phones+and+car+keys/2100-11389_3-6186547.html near the electronic keys. Incoming or outgoing calls will erase them.
Male partial nudity is the cause of the impending Halo 2 PC launch.
A Symantec update has crunched all PCs running the Chinese version of Windows.
It has been 30 years since the release of the first Star Wars movie.
Guests
Q Chris - Camera histograms
- Basically statistics of the image you are seeing
- Horizontal axis
- Graph is # of pixels from dark to bright colors
- Does not give indication if picture is good or not
- Can use it to tell camera how to expose a picture
Q Rick Alber - Joost
- Was in private beta
- Now in “now for friends” beta
- Everybody who has account has unlimited invites
- Very easy to use
- You download application and install
- Uses broadband connection
- Quality is great
- Ran fine on Rick’s older machine
- Not much content available yet
- About 1 minute per hour of content
- Ads
- Founded by same people as Skype and Kazaa
- Uses P2P technology
- Can even chat with other users watching same content
- Can add application “widgets” to run simultaneously with video
- Content providers counting on fact that content is not stored
Q Dick DeBartolo - Tundra Fire Extinguishing Spray
- Fire extinguisher in aerosol can form factor
- Has more propellant than a real extinguisher
- $20 in Wal-Mart
- Demonstration video available on website
Hour 1
Q John from Beaumont - Vonage 911/Skype
- Wants to know about emergency systems on Skype
- You cannot dial 911 using Skype
- Would have to leave a computer on 24/7
- Too early to rely completely on VoIP
- Recommended that you keep at least one landline in the house to call 911
- Numerous Skype accessories available for use with phones
- Sunrocket is also a great Vonage alternative
Q Garret from Pacific Palisades - Cannot go to web pages
- Connected to the network, but cannot load up pages
- Error in the registry is the problem
- Problem with file assocation
- Fixing it is quite complicated
Q John from Glendale - DVD Camcorder
- DVD Camcorders not great for users with PCs
- They record to MPEG-2 which is lower quality
- Only can view recorded DVDs by finalizing
- Great for novice users like your mom
Hour 2
Q Phil from Great Falls - XP Professional vs. Vista for MacBook Pro
- Wants to run on Parallels
- Vista will take more resources
- Don’t have to worry about vista compatibility with Parallels
- Won’t get cool Aero glass effects in Parallels
- Snap up XP ASAP
Q Chris - Did not get all system files in backing up system
- Try out Super Duper
- Will make direct image of the drive
Q Noleen - Develop website on Mac, view on PC/Blue dots on Cinema Display
- You can network the 2 together
- Use KVM switch to switch between 2 machines
- Mac has built in windows networking
- You then map the networked folder
- Turn on Samba in the system preferences
- About.com has a tutorial
- Try changing the resolution and changing it back
Hour 3
Q Chris from Chicago - No sound from Xbox 360 Elite
- Composite audio working though
- Seems like it simply died on you
- Best Buy will probably swap it for you
Q Jay from Encino - Cannot get in contact with Go Video support/Scanner for $200
- Seems like the company has gone out of business
- Websites go on even if the company has gone down
- Take a look at the Epson Perfection 4490
- It is $189.99
Q Trevor from San Francisco - Mac Mini vs. iMac
- There is a rumor that the Mac Mini will be phased out
- Mac Mini aimed towards switchers
- Mini has 5400rpm drive
- Can get external drive and boot off of it
- Look at the miniStack
- There are performance drawbacks on the Mac Mini
- Wait till you absolutely need the computer
Q Terry from Torrance - Application can’t access the Internet
- Norton Internet Security is most probably blocking it
- Go into its settings and disable it temporarily to see if it fixes it
- Make sure to let it allow your application to access the Internet
- No need to run a software firewall
- You’re dead anyways if a hacker gets on your system
- To remove Norton, try the Norton Removal Tool