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One Free Tool Stops Spyware, Virus, Worms! Best Twitter Tools, Surround Sound Headsets, Free Flash Video Fix, Pocket Camcorder Tips!

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 – running time 37:59
Budget Gaming Laptop Reccomendation. Fix Flash Video Problems, Need better Twitter tools? Go to the OneForty. Our favorite free anti-spyware and anti-virus combo... and the paid tool that works even better.

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Welcome to Tekzilla... hands on reviews of the latest tech, and how to make the most out of the gear you already own! Veronica Belmont and Patrick Norton are your hosts.

HD Nation is your guide to the best in HD content, and the best in home theatre gear, no matter what your budget is!"

Veronica Talks iPad

Patrick couldn't let it go... he had to ask Veronica if she'd be buying an iPad! GDGT's Ryan Block sounds off, too.

00:39

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Free Anti-Virus Anti-Spyware Anti-Malware Anti-Worm Tool! PLus What To Do With Your Infected Machine!

What should you do with a spyware/malware/virus infected PC? Don't spend the weekend cleaning it like Patrick did... just fire up a copy of Darik's Boot 'n Nuke, wipe the drive and re-install your OS! (And change all your login passwords from a clean machine!)

Better yet, install a copy of Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition when your first build or buy a machine. Better yet, pony up the cash for a three pack of Spyware Doctor with Antivirus.

Why? Check out our favorite security tool reviewer Neil J. Rubenking's Lab Testing Antivirus Software and Antimalware Tools Should Handle All Threats... and read the reviews!

04:55

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Website We Can't Get Enough Of: OneForty!

Trying to find the best tools and apps to make your Twitter experience the best? Just go to oneforty.com This site has everything, from Staff Picked favorite apps, picks of ten essertial apps from different categories and tons more! Love Twitter? Check out oneforty.com!

14:10

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Surround Sound Headsets: GDGT.com's Ryan Block!

Wondering what the best surround sound headset is for gaming? (They work for movies, too!) GDGT.com founder Ryan Block. He's tested two of the best options out there: Astro Gaming's A40 Audio System and the Turtle Beach EarForce X41. Which one sounds best? Watch the video to find out!

15:06

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Better Video from Pocket Camcorders!

Patrick bought a Kodak Zi8 to get video of his toddler... and he's got a few tips that apply to any pocket camcorder: Kodak, Flip Mino or Creative Vado. First tip? Don't bother using the digital zoom! Find four more tips in the video.

20:47

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Fix Flash Lipsync Problems

The audio and the video aren't in sync when you're playing Flash video? If you're talking some weird home made video on YouTube... it's probably the video. But professionally produced stuff, say on Hulu or Revision3? You might have a problem with your machine. We'll tell you what to do in the video!

28:32

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Budget Gaming Laptop Pick

Ben's on the hunt for a 'budget' gaming laptop. He's got $1200 to spend, which sounds like a lot, until you see how many $2000 and $3000 gaming laptops are out there! Alienware's M11x... a netbook sized gaming machine should come in under $1000, deliver 30fps gaming on graphically intensive games... and still give you 6 hours of battery life when you're just browsing the web. But, Ben, if you're playing World of Warcraft just about any $600 notebook will take care of your gaming needs!

31:34

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Previous: Apple's iPad, Veronica's Gaming PC Benchmarked, What PC Parts Fail Most, Dropbox On A Thumbdrive, Skype Cams Under $30

Next: Stop USB Attacks On Your PC! VHS to Digital Video, Refurbished Products, Cheetos!

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Started discussion: February 4, 2010 @ 6:21pm GMT

Episode 126: One Free Tool Stops Spyware, Virus, Worms! Best Twitter Tools, Surround Sound Headsets, Free Flash Video Fix, Pocket Camcorder Tips! [Discussion]

Budget Gaming Laptop Reccomendation. Fix Flash Video Problems, Need better Twitter tools? Go to the OneForty. Our favorite free anti-spyware and anti-virus combo... and the paid tool that works even better.

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BuddhaChu
about 1 month ago
Correction to what Patrick said about GPUs not being able to offload Flash rendering. If you have an nVidia GPU and you get the latest Flash 10.1 and nVidia drivers, Flash does get offloaded.

More info: http://www.nvidia.com/object/adobe_flashplayer_plus_nvidia.html
filip007
about 1 month ago
AVG Free is too good to use anyway...HAHA

On Ubuntu your Tekzilla video is flashing in Chrome and Firefox when playing in full screen and looks like that you use "tooltip" or "alt" text on video.

Here i catch the problem...
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/752/screenshotcg.png
VinStar2020
about 1 month ago

video/sound sync

using something lite like VLC or MPC for playing your videos may help
iTunes,Quicktime & WMP are too boated for some systems e.g eeepc's
FlameMage
about 1 month ago
In reply to BuddhaChu:
Correction to what Patrick said about GPUs not being able to offload Flash rendering. If you have an nVidia GPU and you get the latest Flash 10.1 and nVidia drivers, Flash does get offloaded.

More info: http://www.nvidia.com/object/adobe_flashplayer_plus_nvidia.html


Actually Patrick said that Flash is finally getting hardware acceleration, and that "right now" it ignores the GPU. You are correct though the flash 10.1 beta does the trick, but I would guess that it being a beta doesn't quite count until it hits full release. I also don't know about any non-Nvidia usage.

and oh yeah, "that horse is naked!"
Kelvintso2005
about 1 month ago

Gaming Laptops

Hey Patrick, Veronica

I think Dell has some great gaming "capable" laptops in the guy's price range. The Studio and Studio XPS line start under $1k.

My Studio XPS 16 can play Crysis on 1280x720, pretty smoothly, so WoW should be a no brainer.
lbdwag
about 1 month ago
Veronica said that her MacBookPro has 'integrated graphics' but that is wrong. It should have an ATI x1600 (like mine from work) or an Nvidia 8600M GT or better. Older MacBook's did have the integrated graphics GPU's which sucked for gaming.

I'm lucky to have a MacBookPro from work that I can use at LAN parties instead of dragging my desktop all over the place. So far I have not found a game that I could not get to work on it, granted I do play a lot of the HL2/Valve engined games (TF2, CS:S, HL2DM, L4D, L4D2, etc...)
computoman
about 1 month ago
In reply to filip007:
AVG Free is too good to use anyway...HAHA

On Ubuntu your Tekzilla video is flashing in Chrome and Firefox when playing in full screen and looks like that you use "tooltip" or "alt" text on video.

Here i catch the problem...
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/752/screenshotcg.png


I run avg on my one xp box.
ezmo85
about 1 month ago

Budget Gaming Laptop

Hey Patrick and Veronica,

A couple weeks ago I picked up this ASUS G60 at best buy:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B2+Duo+Processor+-+Blue/Black/9556072.p?id=1218124204092&skuId=9556072

900 bucks gets you a core 2 duo P7450, 4GB of memory (albeit DDR2), etc.. but the punchline: an nvidia geforce gtx 260M graphics card. This thing screams. And if you're worried about reliability, check out this laptop reliability survey on engadget:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/laptop-reliability-survey-asus-and-toshiba-win-hp-fails/

So far I love this thing. Haven't tried Crysis yet, but L4D2 runs in the laptop's native 1366x768 with all settings maxed, plus 4x anti aliasing and 8x anisotropic flawlessly.

You guys may want to modify your notions about budget gaming laptops :D
mikael110
about 1 month ago

little mistake

great episode guys :) but i did notice a little mistake in the "websites we just can't get enough of" segment, the website bar should say oneforty.com, instead of instantjury.com
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