Tech Stew #14 - Worthless Technology
January 27, 2007Emails, YouTube announces the share of revenue with users, Fox fights YouTube, Dressing rooms of the future.
Flash Game of the Week: Pacxon
Freeware App of the Week: KeePass Password Safe
Emails, YouTube announces the share of revenue with users, Fox fights YouTube, Dressing rooms of the future.
Flash Game of the Week: Pacxon
Freeware App of the Week: KeePass Password Safe
Voicemails, Windows Vista work update, How much we are dependent on news via the internet, Wi-Fi hijacking debate, Idiot thieves steal 14 GPS devices and get tracked instantly.
Freeware App of the Week: SpaceMonger
Flash Game of the Week: Mini-Putt
School rights discussion, Find Satoshi to validate the six degrees of separation.
Special Guest - Phil Jackson, Training Coordinator for theplanet.com
Introduction to Linux and how it came about, cygwin.com, learninglinux.com, distrowatch.com, kernel.org.
Flash game of the week: Curveball
Freeware app of the week: Avast! Antivirus
Macworld and iPhone discussion, Why the iPhone might fail, Dual boot your iPod with Linux, Alternative operating system for iPod.
Special Guest - Brad Yoder
Tech Stew format update, Identity theft discussion, Check your credit, Quicken 2007 review, Free extended warranty you might not know about, Apple’s big plans for 2007, Turn your PC into a Mac with this, Hitachi’s affordable terabyte hard drive, Chinese lose 9,000 domain names, Microsoft gives away laptops to bloggers.
Episode 10: AllofMP3.com sued by RIAA for $1.65 trillion, Microsoft fixes Zune-Vista problem, Vista security flaws, Microsoft patents RSS, Apple release rumors, Facebook creator turns down $1.6 billion, How to rip a phone book in half, DIY air horn.
Episode 9: Attack of the Christmas bear, Best Buy profits $43 million from unused gift cards, This year’s Best Buy experience, Where to get old versions of free software, Top 25 apps of all time, How to get lightning fast speeds in Firefox and IE, Console Wars sales stats, Continuation of the net neutrality rant.
Episode 8: Emails, Nintendo recalls Wii wrist straps, Wii receipt sold on Ebay, Background tasks account for two thirds of Windows problems, HP partners with Cingular to offer global network, Digital watermarks to track pirates, IBM develops the successor to flash memory, Embarrassing punishments for crimes, Flame resistant liquid saves Christmas goat, Ebay powerseller ruins Christmas for many, Clinton attempts to kill Santa, Net Neutrality rant. (Save the Internet, Humorous Anti ad)
Episode 7: Attack of the flying Wiimotes, Hot spot security problems, Convert to almost any format with this web-based app, Shoppers keep shopping even after building sets fire, Guy picks the wrong day to write a bad check, Geek Squad and other computer repair fraud, Does the government have the right to read your email?
Episode 6: Grandma finally gets a Wii for her grandson with cancer, guy eats 4.8 pounds of turkey in 12 minutes, ice rink workers go to Burger King in a Zamboni, Ebay PS3 stories, McDonald’s implements a workout gym for kids, McDonald’s patents the sandwich, learn how to zap your friends with this electrical body charging device, IE and Firefox vulnerable to password hack, Toys R Us Wii story, Silly String saves soldiers in Iraq, 14 year old kid is a music genius.
Episode 5: Microsoft Zune not compatible with Windows Vista, Interview with a Nintendo Wii owner, Guy smashes a Sony PlayStation 3 in public, Other PS3 stories, Ebay restrictions on the PS3 and the Wii, PS3 sold for $10, Guy puts laxative in coffee and gives it to people in line for PS3, More PS3 line stories, Black Friday discussion, More PS3 and Wii discussion.