Tech Talk

May 29th, 2008 - It's the original Tech Talk crew in the hizzy. Jeff, Kevin, and Pete tear up the Tech News scene with our off the cuff analysis of the latest stories. Okay, we get a little (or a lot) silly in the second half of the show, but I'm sure you'll laugh at our antics. This week we discuss a free internet service with strings attached, why you shouldn't go to theme parks in England, crazy Apple fanbois, why we hate the MPAA, the best place not to buy a Zune, crazy New Mexicans, and much more. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: FCC wants free broadband service, plus content filtering UK theme park bans PDAs, mandates family fun time iPhone line forms at Apple's flagship for absolutely no reason Linking to movies leads to $4 million in fines GameStop to Stop Zune Sales Ready-made Apple TV hack should help non-geeks play DivX New Mexico group tries to ban Wi-Fi Court Finds Dell Guilty of Fraud Mozilla “Download Day” Microsoft Unveils Multi-Touch Technology For Windows 7 Inside the Attack that Crippled Revision3 Weekly Picks: Pete: Age of Conan Jeff: Bacardi Kevin: Penny Arcade Volume 5: the Case of the Mummy's Gold Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

May 22nd, 2008 - This is another Jeff and Kevin show, but you like those ones, right? Who would have thought that an engineer and a mathematician would have so much trouble doing a little bit of simple dividing? Not us... This week we discuss the lameness of Media Center, the crazy buying of both Ars Technica and Cnet, the insane trouncing by the Wii in April, Best Buy's audacity, A Jack Thompson shaming, and that's not all! You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: Microsoft, Yahoo forced into each others' arms American Gladiators vanquished by optional broadcast flag Breaking: CBS To Acquire CNET For $1.8 Billion Ars Technica acquired by Condé Nast: the low-down Nintendo Wii outsells 360, PS3, PS2, PSP combined in April Best Buy: FCC has no power to fine us over analog TVs Judge's report in Jack Thompson case: guilty on 27 charges NetFlix: First Netflix Streaming Box Review, $100 and Unlimited Downloads! Office 2007 to gain native ODF support early next year Hostile takeover turns docile as EA extends Take-Two offer Microsoft offers cashback search Weekly Picks: Jeff: Bioshock Kevin: VisualHub or iSquint Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

May 14th, 2008 - Show Fifty-Four has been recorded a day early so that Kevin can go the Jonathan Coulton concert on Thursday night. If you live in the Phoenix area, you should go as well to the Brickhouse in downtown Phoenix. The whole crew is here tonight; however, as always, Kevin and Jeff dominate the conversation. This week we discuss some new games coming out next week, the WiiWare launch, Guitar Hero IV, our retarded representatives, the truth behind violent video games, the Air Force wants to create a botnet, Universal Music's hypocrisy, and more. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: New Games Next Week Wii Ware Launches at Nintendo First Guitar Hero IV Details Shed House overwhelmingly passes controversial PRO-IP Act Charter To Begin Tracking Users' Searches And Inserting Targeted Ads Air Force Colonel Wants to Build a Military Botnet Video games don’t turn children into blood-thirsty killers Google begins blurring faces in Street View Older DVR Owners Are More Likely to Skip All Ads Philadelphia's municipal WiFi network to go dark NBC-Vista copy-protection snafu reminds us why DRM stinks Funny How Universal Music Thinks Infringement Fines Are Unconstitutional When It's On The Receiving End Weekly Picks: Jeff: The Internet Kevin: Smithwick's Irish Ale Pete: Call of Duty 4 Chris: Internet Porn Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

May 8th, 2008 - Jeff and Kevin are in the hizouse and bring you a show stock full of stuttering, manly giggling, and at least one mention of machismo as it relates to bandwidth usage. This week we talk about the new Nintendo Channel on the Wii, the release of AVG Free 8, Microsoft's white flag, Blizzard's shunning of Steam, the real story when it comes to forbidden media, pedophiles on Wikipedia? and much more. In the end, the one thing you should take away from this show is that you need to go watch Iron Man in the theater. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: Nintendo Channel at Nintendo AVG Free Anti-Virus 8 Microsoft says proxy battle not worth it Blizzard Opens Digital Download Store Undercover Shoppers Find it’s Increasingly Difficult for Children to Buy M-Rated Games Activision/Blizzard leaves, still hopes to profit from ESA FBI investigates 'Wikipedophilia' Controversial Pro-IP Act sails through Judiciary Committee Apple losing money in new movie deal Comcast mulling metered access, 250GB monthly bandwidth caps 'Grand Theft Auto IV' makes a killing in first week NBC using YouTube clips to drive Hulu traffic Weekly Picks: Jeff: Doom Kevin: Iron Man Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

May 1st, 2008 - Tech Talk is back online with another episode of tech news. Kevin, Pete and Chris (no Jeff this week) join you to escort you through what interesting things have been going on in the tech world. This week we discuss recent video game releases, XP and Vista sales, video game thiefs, a Canadian iPhone, SP3 for XP, Guitar Hero on the internet, the latest on the Microsoft Yahoo fiasco, and much more. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories:. Shenanigans: Dell to Sell XP after June 30, Microsoft to Pretend They're Selling Vista to Save Face Rural Albert Lea man accused of video game scam iPhone coming to Canada Microsoft releases the long-anticipated Windows XP SP3 Blu-ray: The Future Has Been Delayed Guitar Hero embeddable widget hits web Mexican attaché attempts to make off with White House BlackBerrys Microsoft Raises Yahoo Offer To $32-$33 Through WSJ; YHOO Wants $37 iTunes Store gets same-day DVD releases An elephant never forgets? George W. Bush's lost e-mails New Microsoft law enforcement tool bypasses PC security New way to save energy: Disappearing ink Weekly Picks: Pete: Jade Empire Chris: GH III Online Kevin: shirt.woot.com Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

April 24th, 2008 - The original Tech Talk crew is here to deliver a solid show chock full of tech news. Jeff, Kevin and Pete all bring you the latest and greatest in the technology world. This week we discuss the end of the internet in 2010, Skype changes nothing, the Xbox is on fire (literally), Zune doing something we don't care about, Sony doing something we don't care about, Comcast smack down, Yahoo ultimatum, Netflix jerkery, illegal search and seizure, and more. This week our opening song is Legend of Zelda Dirty OC Remix courtesy of HouseMasta. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: After complaints, Apple tweaks Software Update for Safari AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010 Skype offers unlimited long-distance plan Xbox 360 burns house down Zune getting Audible FCC's Martin: Comcast Blocking Was Widespread Sony to delay Home online service for PS3 again Big week in Microsoft-Yahoo battle Netflix CEO: Will charge 'premium' for Blu-ray discs Live Mesh - The Version You Can Understand Sony to Buy Gracenote Laptop searches at the border: No reason? No problem The Heron has landed: Ubuntu 8.04 officially released Weekly Picks: Pete: Call of Duty 4 Jeff: Halo 3 Kevin: Adobe Audition Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

April 17th, 2008 - Tech Talk has been putting shows out for a year now, and since this was our 50th show that means we've only missed two weeks, right? It seems like we have missed more shows that that ;-). We start off this show as always by discussing what's been going on with in the last week. Only Kevin has anything interesting to add as he was in Boston for the first part of this week. For our anniversary we talk about tech news stories! This week we discuss Blockbusters odd attempt to buy Circuit City, the real culprits behind the undersea cable cuts, Oklahoma's ineptitude, NBC's attempt to get their content back on iTunes, parents selling game consoles, and much more. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: Blockbuster bids over $1 billion for Circuit City Satellites pin blame for undersea cable cuts on cargo ships The Wifi Predator Assassin's Creed on the PC: bad UI, bad DRM, bad port Oklahoma Leaks Tens of Thousands of Social Security Numbers, Other Sensitive Data NBC to Apple: Build antipiracy into iTunes Kid Breaks Vacuum to Play Xbox Instead of Doing Chores; Mom Sells Xbox, Pranks His MySpace Amazon's MP3s not affecting iTunes Windows XP SP3 now set for April 29 debut Survey: 12% of consumers 'borrow' free Wi-Fi Weekly Picks: Pete: Sins of a Solar Empire Jeff: Sins of a Solar Empire Chris: Sins of a Solar Empire Kevin: Heise Security Offline Update Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

April 10th, 2008 - It felt like such a slow news week, but we were able to dig up some interesting things to talk about. Kevin, Jeff, Pete, and Chris are all present at this show and we even have a surprise guest at the end of the show: Senator Ted Stevens. Pete is back with his brand new headset, and if his voice sounds like pure pwnage it's because he's using the fatal1ty headset. This week we discuss the Rick Rolling of the New York Mets, Walmart.com DRM free, Internet safety vs sex education, Strong Bad coming to the Wii, and much more. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: All your baseball are belong to Rick Astley Verizon's spectrum plans: Speedier wireless broadband Wal-Mart Going Hardline on DRM-Free Online Music Store Virginia 1st state to require Internet safety lessons Yahoo's new, bold anti-Microsoft plan: clusterfoooock! Episodic 'Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People' coming in June Upstart Gamer Doc to take on GameStop with themed stores Amazon, Wal-Mart jump on the HD DVD rebate bandwagon Backhaul woes put Xohm launch on ice for a couple of months Policing internet 'not ISP's job' Senators still sweating digital TV switch Weekly Picks: Ted Stevens: How the Internet Works and My Music Video Jeff: Portal Chris: Sins of a Solar Empire Kevin: MediaCoder Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

April 3rd, 2008 - Tech Talk strikes again with excellent tech news coverage and witty insight. This show features Chris, Jeff, and Kevin. Pete decided to fry his USB headset this evening, so we had to do the show without him. We discuss what's been going on in our techy lives and then of course go straight into our news stories. This week we converse about Sony getting a taste of their own medicine, Creative's folly, internet in the friendly skies, really expensive internet service, some shocking news about iTunes, Microsoft Surface finally surfaces, and even more. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: Sony BMG's hypocrisy: company busted for using warez Creative irate after modder spruces up Vista X-Fi drivers TorrentSpy's closure a win for MPAA; war far from over Adobe joins list of companies not reading own EULAs FAA clears in-flight WiFi for takeoff on American Airlines Comcast launches 50Mbps broadband... for $150 per month Microsoft Surface launching April 17th... with AT&T Amazon rings up shopping via text-message Apple passes Wal-Mart, now #1 music retailer in US The Music Industry’s New Extortion Scheme Judge to RIAA: You can't sue over songs 'made available' via P2P Report: online gaming not as popular as you think Weekly Picks: Jeff: CERN Chris: White Russian Kevin: Synergy Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

March 27th, 2008 - Heya folks. This is going to be a weird show. Skype just did not want to behave on the evening we were recording, so sound quality is not the best on this show. Not only that, but some of the hosts seemed to be off doing other stuff while we were recording... We try to still deliver a solid show through all of these distractions and Talk about Tech. We discuss some underhandedness by Apple, the XM/Sirius merger and crazy demands from Clear Channel, Comcast and BitTorrent shaking hands, and much more more than you bargained for. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: Mozilla CEO Objects To Safari Auto Install XM / Sirius merger approved! Clear Channel wants the FCC to force XM / Sirius to obey indecency laws Photoshop Express now free and online A New Tool From Google Alarms Sites Comcast-BitTorrent pact not a substitute for net neutrality WoW bot maker sued after home visit from Vivendi attorney Grandma, grandpa get owned by Illinois' failed gaming law Microsoft Marks Xbox 360 Cheaters, Resets Gamerscores to Zero Xbox Live owners getting content re-licensed to new Xboxes Gibson turns volume up to 11 with new 'Guitar Hero' lawsuit BluRay's BD+ DRM broken Weekly Picks: Pete: Mass Effect Jeff: Mass Effect Chris: Call of Duty 4 Kevin: Newegg Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

March 20th, 2008 - Kevin and Jeff, the REAL Tech Guys, join you once again to deliver the latest and greatest in tech news. As always this show is covered in very thick opinion, and Kevin is getting more and more lenient on what is considered a "curse" word. When it comes down to it, we just hope that we are entertaining. This week we cover the MPAA up down left and right, a bit of the music industry as well, the passing of Sir Arthur C. Clark, Apple rumors, Vista Service Pack 1, and the Coup de gras: copy protection on your DVR... We cover even more stories and we are full of tangents as usual. Be sure to listen to the end for Kevin and Jeff's picks of the week. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: MPAA to Congress: Filtering is in colleges’ best interests Atari, Inc. Logs On to Steam Verizon, AT&T Big Winners In 700 MHz Auction comScore Releases February 2008 U.S. Search Engine Rankings Sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke is dead Apple could split device sales with music labels Firefox 3 goes on a diet, eats less memory than IE and Opera Vista SP1 has been released, XP SP3 rumored to come out next week? Music Industry Proposes a Piracy Surcharge on ISPs HBO’s new miniseries IS locked down for TiVo recording PC game developer has radical message: ignore the pirates Flickr Video beta due in April Weekly Picks: Jeff: Mass Effect Kevin: OpenVPN Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

March 13th, 2008 - This show was not meant to be, but we made it happen anyway. Jeff and Kevin bring you a show full of frustration and sleepiness in a very uplifting and entertaining manner. We cover the gems of tech news from the last week including dumb MobiTV lawyers, Hulu hooping for TV, AOL still exists and apparently has money, Lionsgate releases crippled portable movies, Intel is innovating in more ways than one, and Blu-ray on the 360: will it happen? Listen to the show for details on these stories and others. And be sure to listen to Kevin and Jeff's picks at the end of the show. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: MobiTV taking legal action against HowardForums Hulu Opens Up on Wednesday Lawmaker's attempt to criminalize anonymous posting doomed AOL buys social network Bebo for $850 million Lionsgate adding iTunes Digital Copy to some DVDs Intel Nettop is all about cost cutting Intel: 160GB solid state drives will be unveiled soon MPAA boss: Net neutrality would cramp our P2P snooping plans Sony Reportedly Discussing Blu-ray Xbox With Microsoft Microsoft says no Blu-ray for Xbox 360 Lack of competition sends Blu-ray player prices upward EA's Take-Two takeover bid turns hostile Nerve-tapping neckband used in 'telepathic' chat Weekly Picks: Jeff: Logitech UltraX Keyboard Kevin: MAMP Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

March 6th, 2008 - No audio problems this week, so if the show sucks we have no one to blame but ourselves. The show starts off with our typical around the room introduction and Kevin drops some big news about a new computer acquisition. We discuss new NIN news, the iPhone SDK, Microsoft's price drops, Bill Gates gets punchy, and more. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: Releases next week: SSB: Brawl (3/9/08), Stargate: The Ark of Truth (3/11/08) Google Calendar now syncs with Outlook Nine Inch Nails uploads new album on Torrent sites Gary Gygax, Dungeons & Dragons creator, dies Live from Apple's iPhone SDK press conference Wii outsells the PS3 4-to-1 in Japan, Sony execs "not psyched" Microsoft chops Vista retail prices Sanity prevails: IE8 will default to standard-compliant mode MacBook Air aflutter: demand stays strong, sold out often Gates to Google: 'Your business applications stink' Experiments: Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good As Monster Cables? Microsoft Offers $100,000 to Testers of Office Live Workspace Circuit City Trading In HD DVD for Blu-Ray Players What piracy crisis? MPAA touts record box office for 2007 Weekly Picks: Pete: Jeff: Xbox 360 Chris: Keystone Light Kevin: MacBook Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

February 28th, 2008 - Unlucky number 43. We are recording a week late, Kevin messes up the levels at the beginning of the show, and Skype just would not cooperate. Despite these issues, we soldier on and bring you a fresh serving of tech news. We discuss the death of HD DVD, Pakistan stealing YouTube, a $1500 keyboard, EA taking on Take Two and more. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: It's official: Toshiba announces HD DVD surrender Insecure routing redirects YouTube to Pakistan Creation of PC Gaming Alliance leaves unanswered questions 'Optimus Maximus' keyboard finally shipping Amazon hopes to chill Steam with game downloads EA's $2 billion bid for Take Two Comcast, net neutrality advocates clash at FCC hearing Comcast Blocking: First the Internet — Now the Public Music exec: "Music 1.0 is dead." Leaked RIAA Training Video: Find Pirates, Find Crack-Dealing Terrorist Murderers Too! Tech Support Companies Tested Weekly Picks: Pete: Call of Duty 4 Jeff: Schaum's Outlines Chris: Internet Porn Kevin: drop.io Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

February 13th, 2008 - The answer to life, the universe, and everything lies in this podcast. Well, maybe not really, but it's full of technology news and immaturity. We discuss the latest news in the Microsoft-Yahoo scenario, Microsoft buying a cellphone maker on a whim, free Zunes, Netflix, lawsuits, and more. At one point or another, the whole crew is on this episode. As always, much fun is had. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: Microsoft's Offer to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion turned down Microsoft to buy phone maker Danger Microsoft says "sorry" with free Valentine's Zune 80 players Netflix picks Blu-ray, good luck renting an HD DVD soon Best Buy kicks HD DVD while it's down Victim: $54 million Best Buy lawsuit stupid, but necessary Samsung sued over "defective" first-gen Blu-ray players Starbucks: Forget T-Mobile, get (free) WiFi with AT&T Spore finally evolves to retail Sept 7, 2008 Patent examiners voice opposition to Patent Reform Act RIM notifies of 'critical' BlackBerry outage House approves MPAA-backed college antipiracy rules Weekly Picks: Pete: Assassin's Creed Jeff: Xbox 360 Wireless Controller (White) Chris: Slickdeals.net Kevin: EZTV Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

February 7th, 2008 - When it comes to tech, we've got you covered. This weeks show starts off with the vocal talent of Kevin, Jeff, and Chris, and finishes with the whole crew. Kevin's been drinking left-over Super Bowl beer, see if you can spot the slur in his voice. We discuss the latest and greatest in tech news including Microsoft's attempted takeover of Yahoo, two RIAA stories, two patent stories, an update on the FCC 700MHZ auction, and more. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: Microsoft Offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion MediaSentry role in RIAA lawsuit comes under scrutiny EFF's patent busters take on broad multiplayer gaming patent Vista SP1 released to manufacturing USPTO asked to reexamine broad image patent More on submarine cables Percentage of M-rated titles halved since 2005. What gives? FCC-backed public safety network stalled at auction RIAA boss: Move copyright filtering from ISPs to users’ PCs In '08 presidential race, who's the most tech-friendly? Cigarette ash proves a drag for Nintendo's Wii Weekly Picks: Pete: Call of Duty 4 Jeff: Steve Kerr Chris: The Joy of a Child's Laughter Kevin: Zero Punctuation Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

January 31st, 2008 - The show must go on... Pete and Kevin bring the tech news this week. Jeff is under the weather, so let us know if you would like to go in on fruit basket to make him feel better. We discuss the latest and greatest in tech news including our crazy of the week: Paul McGuinness of U2 fame. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: First benchmarks: MacBook Air is the slowest Apple machine on the block Consumers, analysts, retailers give HD DVD the cold shoulder NPD: Sky Isn't Falling for HD-DVD, Blu-ray Isn't Champ Yet Mole: 80GB PS3 dead, 120-160GB with Dual Shock 3 incoming Employee's silent rampage wipes out $2.5m worth of data Open access for all: prime 700MHz Block C hits reserve price Microsoft: Vista has fewer first-year vulnerabilities than any modern OS U2 manager calls Safe Harbor a "Thieves' Charter" Amazon.com to Acquire Audible.com Yahoo CAPTCHA Hacked Submarine cable cut torpedoes Middle East access Nyko reveals cord-free adapter for Wii Nunchuck, retrofitters rejoice Weekly Picks: Pete: Eee PC Kevin: Wikipedia Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

January 24th, 2008 - The silly is on full throttle this week. As always, we start off by talking about what we have been doing in the last week. Our story lineup this week includes NBC and iTunes getting jiggy wit it, controlling other consoles with the Wii remote, a horrible internet pricing scheme, Le Amazon gets fined, 10 million WoW subscribers, and more! You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: NBC's Zucker hints at return to iTunes? Wii remote and xbox360 Time Warner Links Web Prices With Usage Amazon's free shipping costing €1,000 per day in France US video games sales hit record TiVo Finally Launches On Comcast As A Software Upgrade HBO Joins the Movie Download Derby MPAA admits mistake on downloading study WoW Hits The Big 1-0 Use Your DS As An Interactive DisneyWorld Tour Guide Weekly Picks: Pete: TrackMania Nations Jeff: Amazon.com Kevin: NewEnough.com Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

January 16th, 2008 - I am pretty sure that at an hour and twenty minutes long that this is our longest show ever. But that is good news, right? You get 1.3 hours of excellent content from the Tech Guys Jeff and Kevin, and we get to talk about what we love. The Macworld Expo was on Tuesday, so we spend some time talking about the latest announcements. Jeff also has a story about why he is going to be playing a bit less on this 360 for some time to come. As always we cover the latest shenanigans that the RIAA has been up to, the delay of a video game we were all anticipating, more on HD DVD vs Blu-ray, and more. You can provide feedback to the show at www.techtalkshow.com. - Show Notes - News Stories: Breaking: Super Smash Bros. Brawl Officially Delayed Apple announces MacBook Air, HD movie rentals, Apple TV 2.0 at Macworld keynote Sysadmin tries, fails at being l337 hax0r, gets jail time Amazon rounds out DRM-free music offering with Sony BMG The RIAA speaks--and it gets worse HD DVD fires back, slashes hardware & software prices Dirty Business: The Real Reason Warner Went Blu-ray Sun acquires MySQL TSA security flaws exposed users to risk of identity theft Weekly Picks: Jeff: Amazon.com Kevin: O'Reilly Books Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

January 10th, 2008 - We took a bit of a break, but now we're back with the first episode of Tech Talk for 2008! Jeff, Kevin, and Pete bring you the latest in what's been going on in their geeky lives, as well as the latest in tech news. We have a lot of good stories this week. The High Definition format war may finally be over, but we're not happy with who's still standing. We discuss what's new in the music industry and try and find out why they hate their customers so much. Trent Reznor released the financial information from his latest online music venture and we're confused as to why he's so upset. Listen to the show for all the details. - Show Notes - News Stories: Piracy, Morals and The Need for Change Paramount in HD DVD blow / Universal HD DVD exclusivity contract has expired, sits non-renewed Xbox Live outage: day 11, "up and running", except not WeGame Launches As YouTube For Gamers FCC to investigate Comcast BitTorrent blocking TV Converter Program Website RIAA writes its own "news" for local TV stations Trent Reznor: Why won't people pay $5? Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES Weekly Picks: Jeff: Steve Nash Kevin: Steam Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

December 20th, 2007 - This week we start off with Kevin, Jeff, and Chris and end with Jeff and Kevin. It's the end of the year and everyone is posting their "best" and "worst" of 2007 lists. PC World does one on the biggest tech disappointments and we pick through it to agree with them when they are right and disagree when they are wrong. This takes up a big chunk of the show, but we still have time to wax on about some Wii announcements and other news stories. - Show Notes - News Stories: PC World - The 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007 Blizzard Confirms 'Unannounced Next-Gen MMO' Hotpatching makes welcome appearance in Vista SP1 RC November game sales up 52% versus 2006, Nintendo rules the roost (NPD Group) Wii to eventually get voice support, hints Fils-Aime Nintendo To Offer Wii 'Rainchecks' for Out-of-Stock Consoles Sony Chairman Howard Stringer: PS3 games 'infinitely more fun' than Wii Nintendo is against forced Wii bundles $8,000-per-gallon printer ink leads to antitrust lawsuit Weekly Picks: Jeff: Guitar Hero II Kevin: My Trogdor Polo Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

December 13th, 2007 - It's been a slow news week, and it shows... We soldier on and maintain to entertain. The whole crew is here, Pete, Kevin, Jeff, and Chris. Although, Pete and Chris appear to be napping for half of the show. We cover the latest in copy protection lawsuits and crazy Representatives, AMD's struggle to keep their head above the water, CompUSA dies and no one sheds a tear, more crazyness from Microsoft, and more. Also, male camel toe (I've said too much...) You can provide feedback to the show by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - News Stories: RIAA: Those CD rips of yours are still "unauthorized" Congressman Hollywood: It's time to revisit the DMCA CompUSA closes shop AMD's Barcelona, Phenom suffer early setbacks Judge: eBay can use "Buy It Now," still owes $30 million PlayForSure becomes "Certified for Windows Vista" 63 percent of US population now plays video games, says report GAO blasts government "planning" for digital TV transition Opera tries to force IE into W3C compliance with EU complaint Forecasting 2008: AMD Apologist Analyst Day Weekly Picks: Pete: Call of Duty 4 Jeff: AK-47 Chris: Total Annihilation Kevin: 56 Geeks Poster Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

December 5th, 2007 - It's the Pete and Kevin show! This is a first with only the two of us, and we make the best of it. Luckily, there weren't any stories about Linux or Windows... We discuss the Activision/Vivendi merger, Google's plans for the 700MHz band, more retardedness from the MPAA, and much more. You can provide feedback to the show by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - News Stories: Gaming monolith birthed with merger of Activision and Blizzard Really, truly official: Google to bid on 700MHz spectrum MPAA head: Content filtering is in ISPs' best interests Games damaging kids ability to read Google Reveals 2008 Plans For Google Apps Wireless keyboard encryption easily broken, say researchers The GameSpot controversy as a window into the world of gaming journalism Amazon and Wal-Mart unwittingly team up against DRM Comcast slapped: FCC places limits on cable giant’s market share Weekly Picks: Pete: Call of Duty 4 Kevin: GameTap Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

November 29th, 2007 - A full house once again: Chris, Jeff, Kevin, and Pete. We spend a lot of time talking about what we've been doing since we last talked. Kevin's been busy setting up the new Tech Bytes podcast. Pete's all about the Call of Duty 4, and Jeff has been playing Assasin's Creed and Mass Effect. Chris is still playing the baby card... You can provide feedback to the show by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - News Stories: NIN " Copyright Fun" Soldier Uses Wii to Catch Wife Doing Up, Down, Left, Right, A-B-A-B With Another Man Spinpoint F1: Samsung Overtakes With a Bang Mark Cuban to ISPs: block all P2P traffic; Ars to Cuban: um, no You can't always judge an eBook by its cover (Amazon Kindle) IBM patent could pause your DVD movie for "a word from our sponsors" Nintendo Says It's Not Limiting Wii Supply Judge tells record labels to cough up download expenses Microsoft inches closer to XP update Mozilla's Firefox 3 beta Weekly Picks: Pete: AMD Spider & Call of Duty 4 Jeff: Assassin's Creed Kevin: Launchy Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

November 15th, 2007 - It's just Jeff and Kevin this week, but what we lack in numbers we make up for in gusto (and Guitar Hero III talk). We discuss what's been going on the past week, and of course we cover the latest tech news. We had some good stories this week, but the highlight of the show would have to be the two rants. We rant about Higher Education Bill 494, and a story about Canadian piracy launches us into a rant about the music industry. Not only do we rant about the music industry, but we solve all the problems with it as well. Listen for the whole story, and a business plan that's solid gold. You can provide feedback to the show by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - News Stories: DivX support coming to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 support in the works Microsoft's Musiwave acquisition could lead to Zune wireless music store RIAA: Jammie Thomas has "no basis" to complain about damage award Get your own XO laptop: OLPC Give 1 Get 1 project underway Xbox 360 passes PS3 on Japan sales chart on strength of exclusive title Now RIAA wants Universities to get campus wide Napster subscription or “lose all federal financial aid” Biggest BSOD of All Time? Canadian Police Tolerates Piracy For Personal Use Xbox Originals Are Imperfect Says Microsoft Weekly Picks: Jeff: Xbox 360 Kevin: Guitar Hero III (Wii) Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

November 8th, 2007 - We've got Pete for half the show this time. I suppose he's easing back into his hosting role. Both Kevin and Jeff picked up Guitar Hero III, listen in to see what they think. Chris has still been playing the baby game so he hasn't had much time for your standard everyday fun. Our news topics this week are a little hot around the collar. We (Kevin) get riled up by the antics of Prince, the MLB, and Blu-ray. All the steamy details are inside. You can provide feedback to the show by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - News Stories: Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! Girl said 'like' too many times... So I jammed her cell phone CinemaNow to get CSS-enabled DVD burning, but you'll need new hardware It's official: Google announces open-source mobile phone OS, Android Updated!! THE OFFICE Is Closed!! Google goes after Facebook with new OpenSocial social networking API 'Time' names iPhone 'invention of the year' Apple Tablet PC is real, says Asus 90,000 HD DVD players sold in one weekend Prince threatens to sue his fans over online images MLB rips off fans who bought DRM videos Rumormonger: Digg close to a $300 million sale? Blu-ray’s DRM crown jewel tarnished with crack of BD+ Encrypted E-Mail Company Hushmail Spills to Feds Weekly Picks: Jeff: Guitar Hero III Controller Chris: The Baby Game Pete: Google Docs Kevin: Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

November 1st, 2007 - Our thirtieth show, that seems like a lot... This is also the first episode of Tech Talk with 100% less Pete. He has a cold and is overall feeling under the weather. But that didn't phase us, oh no, we tread on. In fact, this show contains a great nugget of information within our tech news stories. Kevin goes over the benefits of wireless network security and why you should secure your network. We also may finally have a winner in the HD home video wars, only time will tell though. For more details, listen to the show. You can provide feedback to the show by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - We spend some time in today's show talking about wireless security. Protect yourself! News Stories: Congressman to Comcast: Stop interfering with BitTorrent AT&T Asks CA Wildfire Victims If They Remembered To Pick Up Satellite Receiver As They Fled Their Burning House / Or Not… Senate approves extension of Internet tax ban The sub-$200 HD DVD player arrives ($98 at Walmart tomorrow?) Nvidia's GeForce 8800 GT graphics processor Comcast to employees: talking about blocking P2P can get you fired Google Unveiling Gphone Plans In Two Weeks Is U.S. stuck in Internet's slow lane? Apple's MacBook and MacBook Pro quietly updated Weekly Picks: Kevin: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Jeff: The Phoenix Suns Chris: Page Plus Cellular Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

October 25th, 2007 - We are joined once again by Chris and for the first half of the show you can thank him for the static. Since the last show, Jeff has bought some DVDs, Pete has been sick, and Chris sees rainbows on his TV. Top news stories this week include an updated Windows already in the works, hate for Comcast, curiosity for China, problems with Vista, and more stupidity from NBC. You can provide feedback to the show by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - News Stories: Real quick: $400 PS3 not backwards compatible Core of "Windows 7" taking shape: meet the "MinWin" kernel How To Bypass Comcast’s BitTorrent Throttling Comcast traffic blocking: even more apps, groupware clients affected Mythbuntu (Knoppmyth, Cecil Interview) US panel endorses bill to stop online repression Microsoft Blames Hollywood for Record Halo 3 Sales WARNING: device driver updates causing Vista to deactivate Hands-on with Gmail's new IMAP support NBC's YouTube Channel Goes M.I.A Jailed terror student 'hid' files in the wrong Windows folder Weekly Picks: Kevin: Nullriver Software - WinMD5Sum Pete: Call of Duty 4 Demo Jeff: Transformers DVD Chris: Hyper Dog VOIP Service Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

October 17th, 2007 - We're back with another episode of Tech Talk. For the first time, we have a guest on this show: Chris from Idaho. Pete and Chris served together in Uzbekistan and until about a year or so ago Chris lived in the Phoenix area. We discuss what's been going on with us since the last show. Pete and Kevin have been sinking much time with The Orange Box and Chris has been playing The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass. Pete also has a rant about Java. Jeff is tempted to get The Orange Box and would definitely buy the PC version over the Xbox 360 version. Jeff speaks of his love for Puzzle Quest on Xbox Live Arcade. You can provide feedback to the show by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - We tried a different format for the news stories this week and assuming we don't get any negative feedback we will continue in this format. News Stories: Hard times for hard drives: US may ban popular imports How to track the original location of an email via its IP address DRM is Killing the PC Gaming Market Anti-Piracy Organization Domain IFPI.com Now Owned by The Pirate Bay Apple drops price of DRM-free iTunes Filter this: new YouTube filter greeted by concerns over fair use The Smartest Futurist On Earth Third Party Applications on the iPhone Leopard to go on sale October 26 Car-crushing, fire-breathing robot for sale Discovery Does Its Biggest Online Buy: HowStuffWorks For $250 Million 40GB PlayStation 3 shows up in US Target for $399 Appeal in RIAA case to focus on "unconstitutionally excessive" punishment Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

October 11th, 2007 - We've gone off the air and are now broadcasting over this strange new technology called the internet. Of course, if you've already been listening to the podcast version of our show this means very little to you. The professionalism is gone, so get ready for the background interference while we discuss our tech stories. Speaking of technology news stories, we cover quite a bit in this episode. Listen to why Pete hated ubuntu, did Jammie get a fair trial?, good and bad Wii news, and the FCC does something right. Listen, learn, and maybe laugh. It's okay, we won't tell anyone else you're a geek. You can provide feedback to the show by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

October 6th, 2007 - It's our last episode on the radio station. But never fear! We are going to continue recording and releasing our show in podcast format. This means for now we will no longer be able to take phone calls, but continue to look to Tech Talk for your weekly does of tech stories we find interesting. This week we spend lots of time discussing the recent RIAA case that went to trial, including a great rant from Kevin. We also go over some Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo news. As always we have our weekly website, software, and hardware picks. You can provide feedback to the show during the week by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

September 29th, 2007- It's yet another show full of Technology News. We discuss the new iPhone firmware update, potential flip-flop in the FCC, scratched game discs, Vonage Vs Verizon, headless computers, and an angry video professor. As always we have our weekly website, software, and hardware picks. You can provide feedback to the show during the week by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

September 27th, 2007- This is a podcast-only episode. That means that if you are listening to it, you are special and we offically give you a symbolic cookie and a hug. You could probably safely call this the no-pants episode. We are unscripted and just having fun talking about stuff that interests us. We are also discussing news stories that we didn't have time to cover during our last episode. So, if you like Tech Talk for our witty banter, you'll love this episode. You can provide feedback to the show during the week by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

September 22nd, 2007- Join the Tech Guys Jeff, Kevin, and Pete as they discuss the latest tech news while answering listener's technology questions. Stories covered include the exposure of Media Defender's underhanded tactics, The importance of net neutrality, and more about Sony's failures. Do you want to know how to download videos off of YouTube? Listen to the show to find out how. You can provide feedback to the show during the week by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Jeff's secret program for ripping YouTube videos: aTube Catcher Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

September 15th, 2007- Another fun show with the Tech Talk crew. We spend a lot of time discussing our views on the goings on in the tech world. No phone calls this week, but we make up for it in hilarity. Topics include lots of crazy lawsuits, Google looking to conquer the moon, motorcycle accidents, Sun going to the dark side and much more. You can provide feedback to the show during the week by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

September 8th, 2007- We are back live and it's a good thing. We take lots of listener calls this week and don't have much time for our news stories. That's fine, though. We love to help out our listeners, so keep the calls coming. As an added bonus, we may end up releasing a podcast in the middle of the week to cover the stories we didn't have time to during this show. You can provide feedback to the show during the week by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

September 1st, 2007- This is a pre-recorded show, so no call-ins this week. As a result, we have lots of time to talk about tech stories and get on rants and side stories. We take it easy and have lots of fun, and if you are looking for a good time with technology you'll like this episode. You can provide feedback to the show during the week by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

August 25th, 2007- Show 20 is full of more Tech Talk "goodness." We discuss some breaking news concerning Windows authentications, what caused Skype to go down last week, the unlocking of the iPhone, and more. As always, we take listener calls and help them to the best of our abilities. You can provide feedback to the show during the week by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

August 18th, 2007- Join Pete, Jeff, and Kevin on another fun-filled Tech Talk with 5 to 9 Computer Services. We discuss the recent findings that Comcast is packet shaping to the detriment of bit-torrent and bridge the discussion to network neutrality. Pete laments the death of free national broadband before it even had a chance, and Jeff tells us all why he was wise when he bought an Xbox 360 with a hard drive. We also take a couple listener phone calls. You can provide feedback to the show during the week by calling 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

August 11th, 2007- The first few minutes of this show are missing, sorry about that guys. All you really miss is us introducing ourselves, and Kevin rambling on a bit. As always we spend our time discussing top tech news while taking listener's calls. Topics of interest in this show include the recent new software and hardware products from Apple, Xbox 360 price drops, good old censorship, and much more. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

August 4th, 2007- A bit of a punchy episode, especially once Pete starts talking about the robot uprising. We discuss the latest tech news, including the 700MHz auction, the GTA4 delay, The mod-chip crackdown, and more. Be sure to check out our great weekly picks. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

July 28th, 2007- The Tech Talk crew is back in the flesh. Kevin tells of his woes concerning travel on Northwest airlines, and Pete has a major harddrive failure at work. This episode has it all: Tech News, Listener Questions, Weekly Spots, and even a wee bit of Astrology. (For the official record, The Tech Talk crew does not believe that good old Mercury had anything to do with any recent catastrophes...) - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

July 15th, 2007- Another pre-recorded show as Kevin is going to be out of town again. Kevin rants about our current web host and how he is looking for alternatives to 1&1 hosting. Pete is ready to buy new wheels for his car. We cover plenty of news topics and bash more on our favorite whipping company: Sony. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

July 14th, 2007- Jeff is MIA for the first half of this show, but Pete and Kevin manage to hold down the fort. We talk multiple listener calls this week and cover a few news stories. We are pre-recording next week's show. If you would like to ask a question for the pre-recorded show, leave a message at 206-888-2728. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

July 7th, 2007- I'm not one to believe in superstitions, but this show occurred on 7/7/07 and it was our 13th show. Apparently 13 is more unlucky than 777 is lucky because a technical glitch resulted in the loss of the first few minutes of our show. However, the rest of the show is full of technology news and our take on all things tech. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

June 30th, 2007- The iPhone came out the day before this show, and it's been all over the news, so of course we have to talk about it. We share some interesting stories we've heard about sales. There are lots of news stories to cover in this show as we didn't have a live show last week. We also share a funny audio clip from a video on sarcasticgamer.com. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

June 23rd, 2007- This was a pre-recorded show, and as a result we were unable to answer any call-in questions on the air. However, we took this opportunity to catch up on the multitude of current technology news stories. So, pull up a chair and enjoy Show #11. - Show Notes - Coming Soon Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

June 16th, 2007- Show 10 is available for consumption. We discuss Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) and what interesting information came out of there. There is no time to cover any other news stories because we take lots of calls in this show. Don't worry, though, we'll cover all the tech news in next week's show. - Show Notes - Support Calls: Catherine from Chandler called in with a problem concerning her computer locking up randomly due to high explorer.exe usage. We recommended verify that she has no spyware using Spybot Search and Destroy. Unfortunately if that doesn't fix the problem she'll be looking at a Windows re-install. Peter in Phoenix calls to spread his love for Apple's Mac OS X and his wish that they would release a version for non-Apple hardware. He found a program online that allowed him to intall OS X on any computer, but realizing this is illegal did not keep it. Apple will likely never release a boxed version of their operating system that will run on any computer because they want to have control over the user experience and also don't want to deal with the kind driver issues. Carla in Glendale bought a Microsoft Zune for her son, is running Windows 2000 at home, and cannot install the Zune software. Unfortunately it turns out that the Zune software does not support Windows 2000. Ironically, iTunes does, so Carla would have been better off buying her son an iPod. If she cannot return the Zune her only alternative is to try and upgrade to a newer operating system, or buy a new computer. William in Phoenix is having problems with Windows starting up. This was right after a Norton antivirus update and he didn't allow Norton to edit the registry. This may be what caused his issue as Norton puts very deep hooks into the operating system kernel and registry. Based on his description he may also have spyware. We recommend using AVG Antivirus, Spybot Search and Destroy, and Windows Defender to help keep your system clean. Ivy from Phoenix is having a problem running Internet Explorer on a computer. He installed and ran Opera just fine, but even after upgrading to IE 7 the browser will still not open. To us, this means that something IE needs is corrupted in the operating system, an this can only be fixed by re-installing Windows. Fortunately, you can Repair an installation of Windows without wiping the hard drive. Just boot from your Windows install disk, press Enter to setup Windows XP, when prompted to repair or install a fresh copy, press R to repair the installation. Carrie in Scottsdale calls to find out if she would have any problems running Quickbooks on Vista. According to Intuit's website only version 2007 of Quickbooks will run on Vista. The 2006 version will not. News Stories: Steve Jobs live from WWDC 2007 Weekly Website: Shields UP Software Spotlight: Skype Hardware Highlight: Plantronics .Audio 550 Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

June 9th, 2007- Another show bites the dust. Lots of good stories this week. We talk about patent reform, RIAA, Google, and Vietnam fiber. We also take multiple listener calls with both comments and questions. Our show in two weeks is going to be pre-recorded. However, you can still give us a call at 206-666-4689 to leave a question that we'll answer on our pre-recorded show. - Show Notes - Support Calls: Joe from Gilbert calls to discuss the patent reform story. He postulates that the new reform could make it difficult for the "little guy" to file patents. However, as long as the reform is handled as discussed in the article we covered, this shouldn't be an issue. He also provides advice for would-be inventors. Paul in Scottsdale had some questions about the functionality of WebTV. We do some quick sleuthing online to answer his questions. Carrie from Scottsdale calls to discuss Google book search and wants to know how they are getting around the fact the most books have a copyright disclaimer. Kevin postulates that this may be because they are not reproducing the content in the book. News Stories: Bush administration seeks overhaul of patent system RIAA throws in the towel in Atlantic v. Andersen Substitute teacher spared sentencing for porn pop-ups, gets new trial Book publisher steals Google laptops Phishing plumbs new depths: Vietnamese fishermen sever fiber optic lines Google image search recognizes faces Bear robot rescues wounded troops Dell goes Ubuntu; "Windows tax" is $50 according to pricing Weekly Website: Craigslist Software Spotlight: Firefox Extensions: IE Tab, Firebug, Download Statusbar, FireFTP Hardware Highlight: Logitech Harmony 520 Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

June 2nd, 2007- Kevin forgets how to talk at the beginning of this show, but it gets better after that. We spend a lot of time discussing the IFPI's "Ten Inconvienient Truths About File-Swapping." In the end you'll either hate the IFPI or feel sorry for them. As always we answer listener's tech questions and cover more tech news stories. - Show Notes - Support Calls: Evan in North Carolina tuned into our show by accident and tells us all why copy protection and draconic laws irk him. He specifically talks about an article he read in The Source magazine concerning people being arrested for selling and distributing their own music. Leonard in Glendale called to discuss a few articles in The Atlantic magazine regarding how quickly music can "get around" on peer-to-peer networks and also how someone got back at a spammer. We suspect he was talking about Nigerian 419 scams and websites like 419baiter.com that string these scammers along. Ivy from Phoenix calls to ask how he can get back at spammers. He reports his spam through official channels, but nothing seems to be happening. We explain that spammers are hard to stop because the e-mail isn't actually coming from the spammer but from "zombie" computers being used by the spammers. Ivy also points out that many of the spams point him to Geocities accounts and he is reporting those accounts to Yahoo. Yahoo is most likely taking the sites down as they find them or as they are reported. However, Geocities doesn't generate much money for Yahoo so they are most likely reticent to spend large sums of money cleaning up a service that is pretty much running on autopilot and bringing in minimal amounts of advertising dollars. News Stories: IFPI: Ten "inconvenient truths" about file-swapping Studies: music industry overstating threat of P2P piracy First arrest under spam law could dent e-mail flood Home Entertainment: This is Why You Shouldn't Clean Your HDTV with Windex Security vulnerability affects third-party Firefox extensions First Guitar Hero III footage hits the net Weekly Website: imdb.com Software Spotlight: Microsoft Surface Hardware Highlight: Antec Earthwatts Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed

May 19th, 2007- More Tech Talk goodness found within. All news and listener's calls this week. Lots of stories, and full of pirate talk, Arrr! - Show Notes - Pete bought new computer parts to upgrade his home computer. He also bought his wife a new MacBook. Kevin complains about Cox changing what channels they are re-broadcasting the local high definition TV shows on. BREAKING NEWS: Starcraft 2. Support Calls: Chris from Phoenix has a problem where one of his computers on his network is unable to talk to the rest of the computers on the same network. We suggested that his problem is probably security software on the one computer (most likely Norton Internet Security) and that disabling or uninstalling that software should fix his problem. We received an e-mail from Chris the next day confirming that our suggestion resolved his issue. After some difficulty connecting with Charlie in Phoenix he tells us of a problem he is having with a stretched image on his HDTV. He is tuning in a high definition channel so this shouldn’t be happening. We suggested that he play with the settings on his TV. Jeff pointed out that his HDTV has a setting that will make a 16:9 image appear stretched, and possibly this is what’s happening on Charlie’s TV. Mike from Gilbert calls again, this time with concerns about the legality and his liability of watching streaming online TV shows from overseas. As the laws are currently written, Mike cannot be held liable for what he is doing. He also asked if there was any way to get this content onto his television. Kevin mentions that a media extender like the D-Link DSM-320 may do what he is looking for. Dan in Maricopa calls to educate us on Al Gore’s political role in the creation of the internet. He also has a question about how easily someone can “accidentally” delete data from a hard drive if they’ve been court ordered not to. If this happens it probably wasn’t an accident, but it would be hard to prove as there is not much evidence. Even if you can prove that the person formatted the hard drive, you wouldn’t know if it was done before or after the court order. News Stories: EA Posts $25 Million Loss in Q4 Comcast working on simultaneous movie release service Two Chevy Sequels go over 300 miles on real roads with hydrogen to spare Yar! Why Web Pirates Can't Be Touched Newest AACS circumvented Music piracy crackdown nets college kids 160Mbps downloads move closer for US cable customers MySpace to acquire Photobucket image-sharing site Weekly Website: http://www.velociraptors.info/ Software Spotlight: Juice Hardware Highlight: Dell Monitors Direct MP3 Download iTunes Subscription RSS Feed