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Improve Netflix Streaming, LG 50PZ550 Plasma HDTV Review, Password Security 101, Google Image Search Update, Find Missing PS3 Welcome Back Games!

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 – running time 37:11
Router hides some websites. Xubuntu - The Faster Ubuntu. A good deal on a 50 inch plasma. Password 101: pick secure passwords and use KeePass or LastPass! What games can you play on your hardware? A good reason to run OpenDNS. Do we recommend OS X Lion? New Blu-ray releases for the week of June 28th, 2011!

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Router hides some websites. Xubuntu - The Faster Ubuntu. A good deal on a 50 inch plasma. Password 101: pick secure passwords and use KeePass or LastPass! What games can you play on your hardware? A good reason to run OpenDNS. Do we recommend OS X Lion? New Blu-ray releases for the week of June 28th, 2011!

New Google Image Search, OS X Lion Upgrade

Jacob asks, "Would you recommend OSX LION to any mac user?" and check out the updates to Google Image Search. Instead of typing what you're looking for say Superman or an Elephant - you can use an image instead.

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Find Missing PS3 Welcome Back Games!

Are you having issues where some of the free PS3 games you received as part of Sony's Welcome Back program didn't appear in your games list? The fix is pretty easy, watch the video!

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Router Hides Some Websites

Router problems suck ... and Brody in Bend Or. has an irritating one, where some websites, like YouTube and Gmail work with his D-Link DIR-825, while others, like Revision3 and Orvis.com, don't. We talk fixes like DNS lookup, firmware and more in the video!


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Improve Netflix Streaming!

Ron's got a pretty common Netflix problem: his ISP seems to be sucking wind. We show you what settings to check inside of Netflix to get the highest quality streaming, why you might want to choose Ethernet over WiFi, some common home network problems to eliminate and when it's time to think about a new ISP in the video. (There's good info at the Netflix Performance On Top ISPs info on techblog.netflix, too!)

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LG PZ550 Plasma HDTV Review

How does the LG PZ550 Plasma HDTV stack up to Panasonic's ST30 3D along with other HDTV's Robert's tested this year? Watch the video!

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New Blu-ray Releases for June 28th, 2011

New releases for this week include Sucker Punch, Season of the Witch, Jumanji, The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition), and more! Watch the video for details on our favorites.


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Password 101

We hate going more than a couple weeks without reminding you to BACK UP YOUR FILES... preferably offsite, but Ryan's asked us to talk about "how important it is to change your passwords frequently, how to choose good passwords, and how to use password services like KeePass to keep them all safe/memorized" in honor of the LulzSec group released 62,000+ logins to various websites!


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Ubuntu, Xubuntu, OpenOffice, LibreOffice!

Aaron writes in about Ubuntu, OpenOffice and LibreOffice. Joel J recommends Xubuntu for speed!

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Can You Run That Game?

What games can you play on your hardware? Luke suggests you check out CanYouRunIt? He says, "Just have to pick a game from the menu, and click 'can you play it'" to find out!

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