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
- Set up the computer as a Wifi access point
- 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
- 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