Sunday 1 July 2007

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Tech News

A woman in Dallas paid $800 for the #1 spot in line at an AT&T store with $100,000 in order to purchase the store’s entire stock for selling on eBay. However, she soon realized that there was a 1 iPhone per-person limit.

Guests

Q Steve Gibson - UAC

• User Access Control in Windows Vista
• When you log in, you log in as both limited and administrative user
  • Running as limited normally
  • Requests for permission when administration needed
• Is annoying, but know that you are secure
• If you run as limited user by default, will ask you for password

Q Cali Lewis

• Going to drop the data plan because she will not use the EDGE
• Gmail does not work in the browser
  • Having trouble with the Mail application
• Google Docs works great on the iPhone Safari, but not on the desktop version
• Misses the click wheel on the iPod portion

Q Ron Rosberg - HydraBrush Expres Power Toothbrush/Zircon Sonic Measure DM S50L

• 4.5 star rating on Amazon!
• Brushes both sides of teeth at same time
• 40 second cleaning cycle
• Comes with 4 different brushes
• Fully automatic
• Bite down on it and lightly push around
• Very good for the gums
• Watch the brush in action
• $99.95

• Allows you to measure areas up to 50 feet without the measuring tape
• LCD display
• 9 volt battery
• Calculate length, width, area, and even volume

Q Richard - iPhone technical review

• Did a live review of sorts on the website
  • Insanely detailed
• Very clear call quality
• iPhone one of the top phones
• Speakerphone is not tested yet
  • Sounded very nice on the radio
• Earbud quality is excellent as well
• Speed of camera is nice
  • 1.5 seconds
  • Very little shutter lag
• Touch screen does not read keyboard input until finger is lifted off

Q Dr. Web - Zoho

• 11-year old company
• Shipping 70 Products
• Universal log-in
• Most products 100% free
• CRM free for up to 3 users, then about $12/Monthly
• Projects free for 1 project, then about $5 for 3, about $1/month for each project
• Open source projects completely free
• Web-based Office application suite utilizing Ajax
  • Zoho Writer
  • Zoho Sheet
  • Zoho Show
  • Zoho projects
  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoho Wiki
  • Zoho Planner
  • Zoho chatters
  • Zoho Mail
  • Zoho Notebook (shared pages)
  • Zoho Creator (database) with easy script builder
  • Zoho Meeting (web conferencing incorporating presentations)
  • Zoho Chat
• Competes with Thinkfree
• Philosophy is generous free edition with upgrades
• Includes API for Writer, Sheet and Show

Hour 1

Q Michael from Tacoma, WA - Switching to the Mac on a budget

• Wants to know how old the computer can be to still be useful
  • Buying a used computer
• Significant line in the sand at Intel transition
• Any Intel Mac will be fine
• Can get a Mac Mini for about $600
• Apple has a refurbished store as well

Q Lauren - iPhone quirks

• No 3g speeds
• Apple does not offer AppleCare yet on the iPhone
  • AT&T does not offer insurance yet

Hour 2

Q Bob - Final Cut upgrade

• Wants to be able to use both older Final Cut and newer Final Cut on Mac Pro
• Also wants to use the new binary on 2 machines
  • Will be able to install on as many machines as you want

Q Verne - Boot Camp not working correctly

• Sounds like boot loader is not working
• Can hold “option” at boot and will see partitions you can boot from

Q Robert from Whittier, CA - Computer turns on, but nothing on screen

• So many problems that it could be

Hour 3

Q Diana - Adding RAM without installing actual new chips

• Windows Vista has a feature that will allow you to add a USB key to cache files

Q Wants to have interactive podcast

• Wants to have callers and such
• Buy an inexpensive mixer

Q Josh from San Jose, CA - Online backup

• Has 3 terabytes of data
• Our sponsor Carbonite will slowly back up everything on your system