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

Is Your ISP Overcharging? New MacBook Air, Audio Recording HowTo, Move iTunes, Veronica Battles Giant Crab! Best 3D Blu-ray, MagSafe Sucks, Single Platter HDs, Oracle Vs. Android

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 – running time 37:09

Cheap MagSafe Power Supplies! Single Platter HDDs, Best 3D Blu-ray, G+ in One Year, Does iTunes Run Better on Mac? We Show You How To Move iTunes To A New Drive, Discover and Share New Recipes with Foodily, Is iTunes going 1080p? Veronica's Battle To The Death With A Giant Crustacean!!!

Cheap MagSafe Power Supplies! Single Platter HDDs, Best 3D Blu-ray, G+ in One Year, Does iTunes Run Better on Mac? We Show You How To Move iTunes To A New Drive, Discover and Share New Recipes with Foodily, Is iTunes going 1080p? Veronica's Battle To The Death With A Giant Crustacean!!!

Bandwidth Pricing Is Anti-Competitive

From the self serving letters to the editor department... hey, we make our living pushing big video files over the Internet, too... the general counsel for Netlfix recently did an op/ed for the Wall Street Journal that says the new tiered pricing for Internet is pretty much gouging the consumer. Read Why Bandwidth Pricing Is Anti-Competitive when you get a chance!

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Cellphones Faster Than Consoles, Oracle Wants Android Payments!

Smartphones will soon be more powerful than today's consoles says  John Carmack... and speaking of speaking of beating on Google, looks like Oracle wants a piece of every Android handset. It's a Sun/Java thing!

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New MacBook Airs, Apple Goes 1080p with HD+???

MacBook Airs and OS X Lion will be hitting Apple stores this week, and will Apple might soon be testing  streaming 1080p video on iTunes???

07:47 | Play

Single Platter HDDs, Best 3D Blu-ray, G+ in One Year, Does iTunes Run Better on Mac?

It's a SpeedRound! Are Single Platter Hard Disc Drives Reliable? What's the best 3D Blu-ray out there? Where do we think Google+ will be in a year? Does iTunes run better on a Mac? (Will it stop his stuttering video problems???) Can you use any RCA cable to hook up a Subwoofer?

09:15 | Play

Cheap MagSafe Power Supplies!

Ed writes in, "My MacBook power cable, a 60W MagSafe, suddenly stopped working. Apple charges $80 for a replacement. There appear to be many sites with cheaper offers, but of course I'm worried about scams. Can you refer me to a 'safe' and 'inexpensive' place to purchase a replacement?" Legit Apple MagSafe power supplies for half what Apple charges? Or free? And what you should check before you buy one? Watch the video! BTW, Apple's Troubleshooting MagSafe adapters is a good read!

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Move iTunes To A New Drive

Dan's running out of hard drive space and want to move his iTunes collection to second hard drive without messing "anything on my iTunes, like playlist and song configurations I have done." No worries, Dan, it's actually pretty easy. Apple has a a very detailed guide and Veronica walks you through the process in the video!

18:45 | Play

Foodily: Discover and Share New Recipes!

Do you love to cook, but find yourself find yourself having a hard time getting inspired? Then check out Foodily, an easy way to search for, keep track of, and discover new recipes! Veronica loves that Foodily actually links to the actual recipe at the source, instead of just skimming the info from other sites. It's really more a search engine for meals, instead of a recipe site. In fact, you can search for meals without things... say, for example, you're on a very strict no-carb or no-gluten diet. It's our "Website We Can't Get Enough of" this week!

22:21 | Play

Mics For Recording Guitar and Voice

Raik in Germany recently sent us a video question asking for a mic recommendation for recording his guitar. Veronica's talks up some of her favorites in the video along with the best ways to use them!

23:53 | Play

Recording The Class Musical On A Budget!

Zeke writes in, "My high school choir teacher asked me to come back and record the class musical. I'd like to get a clean recording all the way through. I need a recording device that can go for 3 hours straight without as much as a single digital hiccup." Veronica talks sound production, recording singing and speech, dealing with 'the room' and affordable options for micas and mixing boards for adjusting levels!

27:47 | Play

Where's Teamviewer??? Monoprice Rocks!

Philip wants to know why we didn't mention  Teamviewer "in Episode 232 when one of our viewers asked about an option better than Windows Remote Desktop. Martin caught our audio cable discussion last week... he joins in and mentions that he loves Monoprice.com, too!

34:03 | Play

GoToAssist Express

If you provide technical support to clients, colleagues, friends or family, have you found an easy, cost-effective way without being there in person? The best way for me to provide technical support is to do it online with GoToAssist Express. GoToAssist Express lets you view and control another computer online so you can quickly resolve technical issues. I've been able to help friends learn how to use new software and fix family computer problems without being there in person!


KEF

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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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