Tekzilla

Hosted by Patrick Norton, Robert Heron and Veronica Belmont. New episodes Tuesdays & Thursdays

Tekzilla feeds your tech hunger! Patrick Norton, Robert Heron and Veronica Belmont bring you hands on reviews of the latest gear, tips and tricks that improve the tech you already own and conversations with the most informative experts around. Read More

Acer Aspire S5 Hands-On. What Does iCloud Backup? Permanently Delete Dropbox Files. Do You Need Thunderbolt Now? Ultimate Wildfire Info Page.

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 – running time 27:22

Fast-Rewind.com is the place for eighties movies. Best headset and mice for web calls! Dropbox: the port developer's version tool and, yes, you can completely delete files on Dropbox. Should you drop the extra cash for a motherboard with Thunderbolt built-in? And more!

Fast-Rewind.com is the place for Eighties movies. Best headset and mice for web calls! Dropbox: the port developer's version tool and, yes, you can completely delete files on Dropbox. Should you drop the extra cash for a motherboard with Thunderbolt built in? Inciweb.org has all the Wildfire info. Acer's Aspire S5: It's thin, it's light we're nervous about that motorized door. Donate your old point and shoot camera! What exactly does iCloud back up from your iPhone or iPad?

Official Wildfire Updates On Twitter, Facebook, Inciweb!

Patrick's travelling near a forest fire next week thanks to InciWeb he's got all the information he needs about the Barry Point Fire. so he can travel safe. Inciweb is an amazing interagency resource for that brings together tons of information on Wildfires throughout the US including links to the Facebook pages, Twitter fees and Wordpress sites. Seriously useful stuff!

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Acer Aspire S5 Laptop Hands-On!

Acer's new Ultrabook is super thin, super light, packs two SSDs in RAID for speed but there's one thing about Acer's Aspire S5 that makes us a littler nervous. See the S5's MagicFlip and more in the video! And here's Anandtech's tests of the LCD screen!

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Thunderbolt: Should I Pay Extra For It?

@So_Mo_Lil_B tweeted out, is it "worth paying extra for Thunderbolt port?" Our answer is in the video!

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Donate Your Old Point And Shoot Camera

Serafina, Tekzilla's producer that ran away on a motorcycle trip to South America would love your help with a used camera drive the Hungry Riders are helping the Muskoka Foundation offer children "a creative and constructive means of expression while showing others the world through their eyes." Way cool.

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Is Fast-Rewind The Ultimate Eighties Website?

If you're a fan of 80's cinema, check out Fast-Rewind.com, this week's "Website We Just Can't Get Enough of!" Sure, it'll tell you the buying status of hundreds of Eighties movies (Is it on Blu-ray yet???), but that's just the start. They're all cataloged, everything from plot summaries to soundtrack deers, reviews, trivia, behind the scene, buying guides Fast-Rewind is an awesome place to nerd out on the Eighties!

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What Exactly Does iCloud Backup?

Dave wrote in "I keep coming across people saying they are safe because they use iCloud as a backup system." But what exactly does iCloud back up exactly? Movies? Photos? Data from your apps? Is it a Time Machine for your iPhone or iPad? We've got the answer in the video, and you should check out Apple's iCloud Backup and restore overview!

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Headphone And Mic For Web Calls

Raul needs a 'decent headphone mic combo for web calls' for his wife. (Her current set "picks up every sound in the house.") Lifehacker's Five Best Headsets With Attached Microphones includes three of our favorite headset makers: Astro, Sennheiser, and Plantronics.

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Dropbox Holds On To Deleted Files?

David down in Sydney writes, "Creepy or otherwise, Dropbox holds onto deleted files. I often use this feature as a "poor developer's versioning system". It has saved my bacon a couple of times." Apparently David has yet to permanently delete files from Dropbox! Dropbox says "Please be careful! You will never be able to recover a permanently deleted file (which may not be a bad thing if we're talking about fruitcake)."

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Stork Delivering Shark

A stork delivering a baby shark? Did we talk about that? Hayden wrote in, "Your recent episode about Shark Week reminded me of an advertisement for the The Living Planet Aquarium and I thought that you might appreciate seeing it as well." Thanks Hayden!

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Show Title:
Tekzilla
Description:
Tekzilla feeds your tech hunger! Patrick Norton, Robert Heron and Veronica Belmont bring you hands on reviews of the latest gear, tips and tricks that improve the tech you already own and conversations with the most informative experts around.
Categories:
How-To & DIY, Technology & Gadgets
Launch Date:
Sep 1, 2007
Episodes:
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