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
- 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