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How The Oona Made $131,000 on Kickstarter! Humming Subwoofers Suck! 'Accidental' DDOS Attacks, Finding Weird Power Cables. Remote Access Files for Free!

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 – running time 34:21
What is a DOS attack, and can I start one accidentally? Inventibles: Find Materials to Make Your Ideas Real. Ground Loop Hum vs. the Dreaded Coax Cable Hum! The Oona's Danny Fukuba Talks Kickstarter.com. And much more!

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What is a DOS attack, and can I start one accidentally? Inventibles: Find Materials to Make Your Ideas Real. Ground Loop Hum vs. the Dreaded Coax Cable Hum! The Oona's Danny Fukuba Talks Kickstarter.com, more ideas for getting rid of the smoke smell from your electronics.

Question: Stop Subwoofer Hum: Ground Loops, Coax Hum and More!

Carson writes, "My subwoofer recently developed a bad humming problem. I've tried very hard to fix it, but after many frustrating hours I've tempted to just buy a new one." He wants to know if "buying a new one be an upgrade or just an overly expensive easy way out?" It might not be an easy way out: make sure you don't have the dreaded 'coax cable hum' (Thanks, O'Reilly Home Theater Hacks!) or a ground loop first!

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Why Can't I Find A 15 Foot Polarized Power Cable?

We love Moms and weird power cables, so John's search for a 15 foot POLARIZED power cable for the HDTV in her nursing home was a natural. (Extension cords are banned!) Who knew finding a long C7-PW plug would be so hard!

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Use HTTP(S) When Using Public WiFi!

Recently we talked about hopping on public hotspots. From the hey, don't get hacked department, Kelwood emailed: "Please mention that you shouldn't access any website that isn't http(s) while on that hotspot." We explain in the video!

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Can You Accidentally Start a DDOS Attack?

"Can anyone mistakenly launch a Denial of Service attack. How did MafiaBoy do it?" We explain Distributed Denial of Service attacks, why they bring down websites and services, how they happen accidentally... and what we're told happened with MafiaBoy.

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Inventables!

Inventables, as the site says, is the inventors hardware store. Here you can find the tools and supplies needed to make your next gadget, gizmo or invention come to life! It's easy: first you come up with an idea.... then head over to Inventables, and browse the different product categories to find what you need to make it real!It's our Website We Can't Get Enough Of this week!

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Kickstarter.com 101 With Danny Fukuba

How does Kickstarter.com work? What should you know? How to you build a project in mass once you've got funding? Danny Fukuba, co-founder of The Oona, a super customizable iPhone stand that became the 8th most backed Kickstarter project ever joins us to talk about how Kickstarter works from the inside!

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Getting Smoke Smell Out Of A PC: Viewer Responses

We had plenty responses to the question we had about what to do with the smokey smell emanating from a viewers PC. Watch the video to hear from VPS358 in Finland, Owen in Westport CT and more!

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Get To Files On A PC At Home From University!

Aaron asks, "I'm looking for something to access my files from an external hard drive remotely, which is connected to a Windows Vista PC, either on my internal Wi-Fi network or accessible from University. Is this possible?" We know a bunch of ways to do this, Aaron, but our favorite is probably the PogoPlug software

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