Saturday 1 September 2007
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- Guests
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- Hour 3
- Max from Durango, CO - Card reader made pictures unreadable on card
- Robert - Wireless speakers for outdoor porch
- Mark from Thousand Oaks, CA - Looking for a laptop for wife
- David from Ladysmith, WI - iTunes alarm clock with remote control
- Bill from Palace Verdes, CA - Audio in flash not working if mouse isn’t moving
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Tech News
Are thieves hacking into security cameras? An unidentified man called a Wal-Mart demanding $10,000 be wired to his bank account, and he was observing the store through security cameras.
A man emailed Leo regarding a scam email he received. The email he received was supposedly from a contract hitman set to kill the recipient unless $20000 be wired to his account.
The MPAA is actually employing DVD-sniffing dogs now
Scientists have found a method of developing an unbeatable videogame by putting sensors on your skin to predict a mouse click up to 2 seconds before.
Guests
Q Scott Wilkinson - THX sound
- Created from George Lucas’s first movie THX1138
- Idea was that Lucas wanted a set group of standards for audio
- So reviewers could hear exactly how the mixers and sound engineers created the sound
- Eventually expanded to home theater and cinema
- Certifies projectors, screens, audio systems
- Recommends all speakers to be classified as “small”
- And all sounds 80Hz and lower to be on subwoofer
- Also certifying DVD mastering processes
- THX optimizers help consumers adjust TV sets
- Also began to certify car audio
Q Dick DeBartolo - Peel & Stick Chalkboard/Inka Pens
- Vinyl chalkboards that you can stick on the wall
- Easy to get off
- Great for kids’ lockers, rooms, offices
- Comes in four colors: slate gray, schoolhouse green, blueprint blue, and grape
- Doesn’t come with an eraser, but can easily clean it with a paper towel
- Small enough to put on a keychain
- Pressurized cartridge allowing youto write anywhere
- watertight, and can write at any angle
Q Steve Gibson - Flash padlock
- USB thumb drive
- Can program a number into it to unlock it
- Will not be recognized by computer unless you unlock it
- Completely machine-independent
- Completely blocks access
- Not encrypted data
- Comes in 1 and 2gb versions
Hour 1
Q John from Richmond, VA - Looking for a new camcorder
- Looking for memory card or hard drive based
- Newer AVCHD recording cameras are great
Q Reuben from Santa Monica, CA - XP jumping WiFi networks/Leaking G5 Mac
- Simply turn off wireless zero config
- Can also turn on the Wireless Client Update
- Computer now overheating and video card malfunctioning
- Apple took very good care of him and decided to replace the parts
- If parts aren’t here in 2 weeks, they will send him a Mac Pro
Hour 2
Q Jordan from Simi Valley, CA - Wireless network slow for games/Crossover cables
- Draft N is great
- Leo isn’t a fan of using wireless for such high intensity activities though
- Current Draft N is probably going to be the final N anyways
- Thought he was downloading antispyware
- Cannot remove it
- Be careful to avoid these popups and emails in the future
- Bleeping Computer has several guides on how to remove spyware
Q Brett from Los Angeles, CA - Unlocked his iPhone for CNN
- iPhoneSIMFree owners connected to iPhone via Internet
- Because installer app is not done yet
- Completely unlocked
- Youtube and visual voicemail don’t work
- Youtube has a special key for every phone specific to AT&T network
- Visual voicemail only works on AT&T
- This call was done on an iPhone via the T-Mobile network
Hour 3
Q Max from Durango, CO - Card reader made pictures unreadable on card
- Cards do go bad (it’s not unusual)
- Camera is saying that there are no pictures on the drive
- The free PC Inspector will help recover the files off that card
- So long as PC can see the card as a drive
- Card may have been bad
- If it’s bad, throw it out
Q Robert - Wireless speakers for outdoor porch
- There are several wireless speakers
- Could build a small box around the speakers
- Certainly weatherproof speakers as well
- Not sure about weatherproof wireless speakers
- Leo uses Altec Lansing iM7 portable speakers for his iPod
- Carries them in and out
- Acoustic Research has wireless outdoor speakers running $69.99
- Uses 900MHz wireless
- Water resistant
- The reviews are great
Q Mark from Thousand Oaks, CA - Looking for a laptop for wife
- Wife does light photo editing
- If you’re going to choose Vista, go with at least 2gb of RAM
- Hard to judge things by mail order
- Nice to go into the store and actually try the laptop
- Also need to choose between glossy and matte screens
- Glares in bright lights
- Dell is great
- So is Lenovo
- Leo does not recommend HP
- Apple and Dell have the best customer support
Q David from Ladysmith, WI - iTunes alarm clock with remote control
- ATI used to have a
- Many laptops have infrared ports
- If there is one, there are numerous remotes
Q Bill from Palace Verdes, CA - Audio in flash not working if mouse isn’t moving
- Problem is only in Pandora
- Sounds like a bug in Pandora player
- Pandora is a very cool Internet radio station
- There is a standalone Pandora player called PandoraBrowse that may help in listening to Pandora
- It sounds like the browser is timing out in some strange way