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

Must Have Tools for PC Users! Amazon Kills eBook Collection, Car Battery UPS Upgrade? Steam's Stupid Direct X Thing, Fun With Massive Amounts Of RAM

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 – running time 27:24

What would you do if all your eBooks -and your account- got wiped by Amazon? Upgrade a UPS with a car battery... yes or no? Tools you need to work on a PC? Our list is short, but super useful! We asked what you do with massive amounts of RAM: photo-stitching and super servers are on the list! Creattica.com means design inspiration.

What would you do if all your eBooks -and your account- got wiped by Amazon? Upgrade a UPS with a car battery... yes or no? Tools you need to work on a PC? Our list is short, but super useful! We asked what you do with massive amounts of RAM: photo-stitching and super servers are on the list! Creattica.com means design inspiration.

Outlawed By Amazon

Can you imagine Amazon shutting down your personal account, and refusing to tell you why? That's the story reported by Outlawed By Amazon... we found some insight on what might be going on by BoingBoing's Cory Doctorow.

01:51 | Play

UPS Car Battery Upgrade?

Steven posted on Facebook looking for help upgrading his APC Back-Ups Pro 1500 with a car battery. We've got help on identifying the voltage of the RBC33 battery it uses, but we suggest anybody looking to mod their UPS with a car battery read Upgrade your UPS! from Dan's Data first!

09:29 | Play

Design Inspiration: Creattica.com

If you're looking for design inspiration, look no further than Creattica.com, this week's "Website We Just Can't Get Enough of!" If you're a designer, or someone looking to hire one, this site showcases amazing design ideas in a multitude of different categories, from artwork, to Powerpoint or Keynote layouts and more!

15:04 | Play

Tools for PC Tech Support!

Andrew writes in, "I started a legit computer business a year ago after 15 years of doing tech support. I have a decent stock of items that might not be outdated quickly but what tools should I be looking for to make life easy?" We've got a list in the video... you might be surprised how short it is!

16:38 | Play

Stop Steam's DirectX Installs???

Randy in Mississippi asks "Every time I buy a new game from Steam, the first time I run it I have to sit through yet another installation of DirectX. Is there any way to get around this? It drives me crazy. Once is enough!" Veronica's got info in the video!

20:48 | Play

Fun with Massive Amounts of RAM

So a few episodes back we talked about the epic amount of Memory supported by Windows 8... up to 512 Gigabytes! You sent us some great stories about how you use massive amounts of RAM, from virtual machines to photo stitching... hear 'em all in the video ! (Special props to Steve's "small server farm" he keeps at home!)

22:22 | Play

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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
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