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Q Jackie - Getting rid of Norton

• Symantec has the Norton Removal Tool
• Can get our sponsor NOD32

Q Clicking links on desktop gives an error in Firefox 2

• Try out these steps that may help your problem
• Mozilla details the problem as well in different places

Q Steve Gibson - TPM

• Trusted platform module
• TPM is engaged to unlock secure elements of your PC
  • Such as using fingerprint reader to log into pc
• Can be used for bad as well
  • Could allow companies to force proprietary technology on you

Q Mark - Computers for seniors

• Take a look at Zonbu
• $99 PC
  • Then $12.95 a month
• No storage in it
• Simply connect it to the Internet
• Built in applications
• Easy to use
• $14.95 monthly option gives you 50gb/backups

An undercover NBC Dateline reporter was spotted at hacker convention DEFCON. The video depicts her practically chased out of the building.

Q Ben from Rancho Cucamonga, CA - HP Photosmart software

• Says he is not administrator at boot
• Simple bug
• Mistake on HP’s part
• Try Autoruns

Q Shannon from Ventura,, CA - Cannot eject a disc

• In Windows XP, try right clicking the drive in My Computer and clicking “eject”
• Before anything loads on the computer, try ejecting then

A new trojan horse has the simple goal of deleting all your mp3s.

Q Dick DeBartolo - SmartStrip

• Has a “control” outlet
• When device connected to control outlet turns off, everything else turns off

Q Dave - Mac vs. PC

• Need an external device for RAID 5
• Can take a look at the Drobo
  • USB 2.0
  • Simply plug in the drives
  • Essentially a RAID
• Mac Pro is very, very fast
• There are PCI cards that work with OSX that will help you make the RAID
  • Rocket Raid

Q Laura from Ventura, CA - All email folders lost

• Need to go to Microsoft
• Shouldn’t lose folders
• Need to get cooperation of Microsoft

Q Annette from Claremont, CA - Cannot load ESPN.com

• Need to change Mozilla’s advanced settings to make it wait longer

Q Wii working in same Wifi area iBook isn’t

• If there’s metal in any walls, it will bounce Wifi signal right off
• Interference is a big issue as well
• Can get a wireless repeater
  • That uses WDS
• Need to find a repeater compatible with your router
  • Simply use another Linksys product
• Here are some general notes on increasing WiFi range

Does Google have a phone in the works?

Q Kurt from Newton, NJ - Completely wiping off a hard drive

• Download and boot DBAN
• Will completely “nuke” the hard drive by constantly rewriting zeros over all the data
• Then you will have a fresh hard drive
• For OSX apps and hints, try out OSX Hints and Versiontracker

Guests

Q Scott Wilkinson - HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray

• All discs have content at 1080p at 24 frames per second
  • Most TVs play at 60 frames per second
  • Player has to do some conversion
• Looking more and more likely that Blu-Ray will emerge
  • More studios producing discs for Blu-Ray only
  • Only Universal is doing HD-DVD exclusively
• HD-DVD can retrieve online content
• No Blu-Ray player can do that yet
• All HD-DVD players required to implement higher quality audio formats
• HD-DVD players also much cheaper

Q Susan - Constantly getting spam on email account

• Mail is coming to Comcast account that was set for forwarding email
• Comcast, as a courtesy, is forwarding email to you for a while
  • Due to switching ISPs
• Just make a filter in Outlook
  • To trash anything coming from your Comcast account

Morgan Webb, Leo’s colleague when he worked at TechTV and current host of G4 television show X-Play, has begun her own daily video podcast: Webbalert.

When it comes to FaceBook vs. MySpace, Danah Boyd has done some research to back the theory that it is a matter of class. “Facebookers are strivers; MySpacers are there in part because they’re rejecting the values of preppies, jocks and tools.”

Scott Wilkinson

Saturday 4 August 2007

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