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Saturday 7 July 2007

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Tech News

MSNBC made a huge deal about one reporter’s iPhone breaking.

After the news of thirty percent of Xbox 360s failing, Microsoft extended the warranty to 3 years

Hour 1

Q Jan from Beverly Hills, CA - Room noise in microphone

• Omnidirectional microphones record everything around
• A directional or headset microphone will get rid of much of it
• Trying to control popping p’s and such will help as well

Q Jim from Huntington Beach, CA - Vista on tablet PCs

• Microsoft will make sure Vista works with other Microsoft products
• Vista has tablet functionality built in

Hour 2

Q Steve from Newport Beach, CA - Laptop taking forever to do anything

• On older laptops, some sectors on hard drive may be out of order
• Try formatting/reinstalling Windows
• Can also try running SpinRite
• Software may be just bogging it down too
• Certainly an indicator to begin backing up!

Q Elida - Computer can’t see router

• Needs to run setup utility every few weeks
• Windows may be using a neighbor’s network
• Look for a firmware update to router
• Try turning wireless zero config off

Q Patrick - Blank space in add/remove programs list

• Programs should add their uninstaller to the add/remove programs list
• May be a poorly written installer
• Could be poorly written spyware
• Can find the entry in the registry

Q Gloria from Los Angeles, CA - Trying to disinfect Windows installation

• May just be easier to reformat the machine
• Virus authors try all they can to stay hidden
  • Attach themselves to key Windows system files many times
• Make sure to touch up on Leo’s Six Rules for Computer Safety
  • Changing your behavior is the key

Hour 3

Q Lou - New Dell computer

• Not getting state of the art for $700
• Needs computer mainly for scheduling
• Don’t want to keep the McAfee suite
• For security suite, can get sponsor NOD32

Q Frank - Can hear camera’s zoom motor in videos/Burning TivoToGo to DVD

• Microphone is next to the motor
• Most digital cameras will not allow you to zoom because of this
• Maybe as it gets older, it gets louder
• Take a look at DirectShow Filter to take off the encryption

Q Chris from Cleveland, Ohio - Story for Martin Sargent

• Ask Martin about Leo’s last appearance on Unscrewed

Q Scott from Irvine, CA - Budgeting/Videos coming out unsynced (audio/video)

• Microsoft Money and Quicken are almost identical
• Adobe Premiere Elements will compress the video correctly

Q Richard from Riverside, CA - Wants to get higher ranking on Google

• There are search engine optimization people that claim they can push you higher
• Other information
  • Won’t take you seriously if you only buy domain name for 1 year
  • Ultimately counts how many people link to you
  • Keywords/meta tags do not work
  • Make sure your title has what you want people to search for
• A lot of information was discovered from a recent patent