Sunday 15 July 2007

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Tech News

Today is the day Internet radio is supposed to die. However, the Save Net Radio coalition has won a partial reprieve.

An iPod-wearing jogger was struck by lightning. The burns traced the same area of the iPod earbuds!

Guests

Q Ron Rosberg - Sprint Mogul/Verizon enV/Motorola Maxx

• Windows Mobile 6
• 2.8 inch screen
• Keyboard included
  • slide-out
• $299.99 with 2-year contract

• Stereo speakers built-in
• LG VX-9900
• Full keyboard inside
• 2 megapixel camera on the other side
• $199.99 - $50 rebate
• RAZR MAXX is like an upgraded RAZR

• Great inside and outside screen
• 2 megapixel camera
• Speaker on this phone is fantastic
• Fun frames for photos
• $249.99 - $50 rebate
• Nice big number keys

Q Chris Marquardt - Deleting your photos

• One great picture leaves a better mark than 10 mediocre pictures
• Want constructive criticism to determine the best pictures

Hour 1

Q David from Washington, DC - Using a proxy with Outlook

• First, he is a marine biologist about to explore the coral in the Bering Sea.
  • Participate with his journey with podcasts and more at 1Planet1Ocean
• Proxy server has to allow traffic on ports 110 and 25 for email
• Then you set Outlook configuration to make use of the proxy
• Take a look at Proxy Firewall

Q Router drops out sometimes on XP machine

• Click start, run, and type in “cmd”
  • Then type “ipconfig /renew”
    • This will refresh the Internet connection on the PC
    • Gets a new IP
• If that doesn’t work, someone else will have a solution
  • Try a static IP for the PC
  • Doing a hard reset on the router with a pin on the back of the router

Q Margie - Audio not being transferred via Skype

• Need to go into Windows settings to make sure microphone is being routed correctly
• Try a USB headset
  • USB bypasses sound card completely
• Then tell Skype to get audio from USB audio device

Hour 2

Q Max - Uninstalling GotomyPC messed up Citrix

• Shoot Leo an email and he will get you in touch with a Citrix emmployee

Q Sandy from Playa del Rey, CA - Laptop blue screens with WiFi on at home

• Only at home
• Networking device drivers are buggy
  • Corrupt or damaged
• Crashing when accessing a certain part
• Get rid of the Intel software and use the Windows

Q Converting files for Xbox 360

• On the Mac, try out Visualhub

Q Converting DVD to video file

• Try out HandBrake

Q Jack from Huntington Beach - USB hub not auto loading

• Leo is stumped

Hour 3

Q HP support rep told him to downgrade to IE6

• IE7 has more security
  • That is why it bugs you more in order to protect you
• IE7 has an option to clear browsing history

Q Smart phone that can install 3rd party applications

• Almost any smartphone except the iPhone will allow this

Q Paulina - Replacing Apple notebook screen

• Tech Restore specializes in laptop screen repair

Q Alex - Bluetooth headset not very loud

• Take a look at the Jawbone headset
• Shooby and the entire Internet community are raving about it

Q David - Audio card not working

• Can move to USB audio
• There is the HiFi-Link and iMic
• Or can try to look around for the drivers on the Internet

Q Randy - Audio recorder/Booting from USB device

• Audacity is an open-source recorder
• Look at the BIOS boot settings to see if it can boot from USB