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Sunday 24 June 2007

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Tech News

Yahoo has changed CEOs by booting Semel, and moved founder Jerry Yang into the CEO position.

Guests

Q Steve Gibson - Don’t run as an administrator

• If malware gets into administrator account
  • Has all powers of administrator
  • Can prove catastrophic
• When limited user is infected
  • Malware is quarantined somewhat
  • Cannot make permanent alterations to system
• Running as limited user is an annoyance
  • But is the single most important thing you can do to protect your computer
  • “Sandboxes” any malware or infection
• Create a limited account for yourself
  • Then create an administrator for administrative purposes
• Even today, Microsoft makes the default account in Windows an administrator

Q Ron Rosberg - BlueAnt Supertooth Bluetooth Handsfree Speakerphone/Sound iD SM100 EarModule/MoGo Bluetooth Mouse

• “Most powerful” speakerphone on the market today
• Blocks out background noise
• Can mount it on car sun-visor
• Will pair with up to 5 devices
  • Supports voice dial, redial, and call reject
• Microphone is retractable
• Compatible with numerous phones
• $99

• 4 ounces
• Lasts 8 hours
• Worked great with convertible top down, but with windows down, wind canceling effect destroyed
• $129.95
• Will come with a hook for your ear in August

• Mouse that you can sneak into expresscard or PCMCIA slot
• Only $69.95
• Bluetooth
• 1.5 ounces
  • 41 grams
• If you don’t want to carry a mouse separately from your notebook

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Q Chris Marquardt - Perspective

• There are people out there doing camera tosses
  • Check out the Flickr group
• To gain depth in pictures, try to gain a foreground, middle ground, and background
• Give things a real tilt
  • Don’t make it look like an accident

Hour 1

Q Zack from Santa Monica, CA - iPhone

• People are selling iPhone-related email addresses on ebay
• Wants to know what would happen if you cancel AT&T iPhone contract
  • Will be a $175 cancellation fee
• 3 million ready at launch
• People want to have the cool-factor the following Monday at work with an iPhone
  • Novelty will wear off
• Huge commitment with data plan for two years

Q Tony from Van Nuys, CA - Moving a hard drive to a new machine

• Windows will ask you to re-activate
  • Explain your situation to Microsoft
• Make sure to install the other motherboard’s drivers
• Back up your data before migration

Q Mark from Richmond, VA - Sharing EVDO over WiFi network

• Cannot do it using an Airport Extreme router
• Can set up a peer-to-peer network
  • Set up the computer as a Wifi access point
    • Want it to distribute IP addresses
• Possible to do Internet sharing on OSX

Hour 2

Q Brian from Thousand Oaks, CA - Computer not working after blackout

• Check your hard drive for errors
  • Try out SpinRite
• There is a recovery mode in Windows XP installation
• Power supply may also be damaged

Q David - iTunes 7.2 breaking video sharing in Front Row

• Audio streaming still working
• Video streaming not working

Q Bill - iPhone speculation

• He thinks activation will go through iTunes
  • Hence why you’ll need an iTunes account
• Also thinks it will be tied to your iTunes account

Q Norma from San Diego, CA - Connecting to the Internet using a router

• Try starting over from scratch without security first
• Once everything is working, then add security

Q Darren from San Francisco, CA - Extracting video from DirecTV DVR

• DealDatabase Forums will have the most information

Hour 3

Q Tom from North Hollywood - Registry cleaner

• Leo thinks registry cleaners are unnecessary
  • May cause more problems
• jv16 PowerTools and Easy Cleaner are solutions

Q Carolyn - Recording multiple sources simultaneously

• Adobe Audition should be able to record everything
• Make sure you’re recording “stereo mix” not just mic
• Total Recorder should be able to record everything

Q Gabriel from Monterey, CA - False positive on Windows Genuine Advantage

• Call Microsoft and ask them to reset the registration database
  • 1–888–571–2048

Q John - Having trouble burning CDs and DVDs on Mac

• Dust on drive’s laser probably causing the problem
• Try burning at a slower speed
• Can try taking the the drive out and blowing compressed air on the laser
• Sometimes it’s a media issue

Q Tamar from Los Angeles, CA - Apple Mail not sending in rich text format

• Nice thing about rich text email is that 2 versions are sent out
  • Rich text and plain text
• Recipients must be viewing only plain text
• It’s not your fault