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Google Wave Preview!

Google's wave preview, a real time communications and collaboration tool has people all kinds of excited. Veronica demos the invitation only application and tells you what to check out if you're lucky enough to get an invite!

Got that invite? Gina Trapani has written the ultimate Google wave primer!

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Automated Driver Updater Reccomendation

Jason's looking for an automated driver updater. We talk about what we use under Windows XP, Vista and 7, along with Mac OS X, and explain how we feel about most of the driver updaters we've seen on sale.

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Build a DIY Windows Home Server with Maximum PC's Will Smith!

Andrew's wants server software that will do full backups along with incremental backups, and he wants to build it on an old PC he's got. Windows Home Server is awesome for backups, and can be customized with lots of nifty add-ins!

Maximum PC's Editor in Chief, Will Smith is a big Windows Home server fan, he joins us to talk DIY WHS, from CPU bjhbhjhjb,,,ments to minimizing power consumption, avoiding drive issues, and getting things up and running in the most painless way possible!

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Why Are My Digital Camera Pictures So Grainy In Low Light?

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New Android and Windows Mobile Phones From HTC!

Just when you forget that there's a Windows Mobile 6.5, Veronica finds a stack of WinMo and Android based phones from HTC that almost have us forgetting the iPhone! HTC had done an amazing job customizing WinMO with HTC Sense, and the custom interface rocks. The Android phones feel good and we're all totally lusting over HTC's HD2.

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Odroid vs. Zune HD

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" Speaking of new things on site to -- one of those coveted Google Wave -- thanks to my friend Dana and no I don't have any the past and unfortunately everyone in the office has been asking me. I'm so far underwhelmed. Well I'm not overwhelmed I'm not. Underwhelmed. So it's a real time collaboration tool builds around it wouldn't wasn't what to do me. It's the biggest thing right now to glorified chatroom I'm pretty much people have been joining -- is public Google waves. And talking about all sorts of different stuff they started one. For Tekzilla Scotland with serafina here when we return to figure out from the plug in I mean little. I didn't make it of my friend Patrick legal -- wave of Tom and I mean we talk about different site I TV shows that we're looking forward. To seeing in the near future. I didn't ask for permission to -- as I don't think. How hot and -- cat is another thread there's no picture of him I added. So pervasive you can store to -- ants I can keep me."

" Log that this -- picture of them. Can you basically I mean it's what are the cloud would have the collaborative tools available wave."

" You can -- files you can you can share waves of different people and make them public. They haven't opened up all of the features yet the people have been building different extensions and -- and -- into the threads on for example in the one that I was doing -- serafina. We added the Amazon bought them and that lets you search for things with in the way of city can say you like but something you wanna search for the -- ever ever okay of -- don't know if they do they -- We -- comes upon our friend we week with bated breath. And doesn't show up on this. Comments right here because do the things that are me BO this Alan. Favorite could sound bridge tolerant sound -- some stuff of the sorting isn't very very and I think if we put it through electronics. You could see things a little bit better. Yeah a little bit closer to what we're looking for. You can see everything in real time. So like if I were to type something in here it sailing reply -- can do this keyboard shortcuts like shift enter will will make you do replying so it."

" You mentioned well that I'm sitting here going it really does sound like a chapter of now there's a waiting for somebody to type -- K thanks bye hey who's here what's going hmm. Yeah so you don't you're not seeing a lot of what."

" Massive like project tracking tools and I mean it could definitely get to that point I see it better be something good for developers to keep track of changes that they're making applications they're working -- are -- are talking with other developers in different locations. I don't know if that would replace something like a base camp that we've looked at a couple weeks ago. But it's definitely a good start I think the more people work -- and -- different apps for it it's gonna really grow -- it's got the power of Google behind its I was -- limitless Norway can eventually -- it's over the universe it's it's it's a great way to -- to just. To have discussions with people I don't know if it's a replacement for email for me yeah I definitely not because not everyone has access to -- who have be difficult thing to use it as your main email kind of client. But it is very nice for for chatting back and forth with groups of people in sharing files and sharing ideas. And when I really love about it too is that you can go back end. But -- serafina and I. You can see you can play out the ways he can hit play back the and then watch all the different changes as they happened. To. So -- concede she tech plow back. I mean conscious I went too fast. You can you can see see them start and stop at all the change that remained typos that people put --"

" Some think and this is a tentative thumbs up. Wait and see do not we repeat do not spend a 100000 dollars on eBay by -- week by."

" Don't be so weird note on that -- but if you wanna learn more Gina grant life hacker has the ultimate Google Wave one a one article. Ups looking at a primer of a great start we even away should definitely check that out yet links to that this show notes. I -- just coming next week for okay. We'll be getting hands on helping everybody with the installation next week -- Patrick couldn't resist this question from sent. He writes with people getting ready to migrate to windows seven now is a good time to make sure all the drivers on your system up to date. I was going to Patrick and Veronica had any favorite picks for automated driver update yours remember free is always better. Only dozens I've never found we keep he'd automatic driver of the tool that light I duplicate your your favorite striker Peter. You actually Xena could somebody get passionate about why can't say that I am the -- in the."

" The what MySpace driver update tools -- officer agreements -- right sock if you found when you look feel free email as six dollars three -- But look windows update been doing really. The idea XP Vista and windows seven's best windows seven. Now which probably just talk about -- if you're if you're. You probably think he's more like. Collecting all of your drivers before even with his seventh and you're gonna wanna download for windows seven drivers that but the truth is. When this happens as we can job fine drivers from mr. hardware unless you have some of the old leaves your artwork. And -- usually go to them to the support page and now with Jack if needed he -- me go to you know if you have like some. Fourth party printers that nobody's ever -- see there's a Vista driver for right grocery store in tele media -- picture you know -- camera whatever it is in if you vendors that we just have drivers -- Vista drivers and I don't -- cool it's gonna click everything together and you know burned to a CD for easy haven't Brady's -- are actually probably just don't -- drives interest on the truth. When this is probably gonna find all the drivers on your system if it doesn't really good the bad news website and download the latest drivers. Still tell Will Smith from Maxwell peace is here to talk about Windows Home Server to get -- when you're installing it well captured tension with -- one of our sponsors. They've done in the best we."

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" And is got a question about building a backup server writes in I recently upgraded my PC I'm gonna PC sitting idle when add this species back to my small home network -- make it. Observers he knew of any software that would be good for backups this machine. And possibly even incremental backups I wanna splurge -- 31 terabyte drives I think for backups of both systems and hopefully have an archive that's about the soul. Oh Andrew we've talked about free gas and -- there gonna help you out the back ups of today we've got another DIY server that you are gonna love. Windows Home Server and we're gonna serious Windows Home Server user and house to help. You give it up and running Macs and you how long been working at maximum PC. Nine -- you guys have way too much information services thanks when we come issues and -- okay if she's. Nice to work and."

" I heard. Apparently -- I've forgotten the basic terms of Bristol around the so called writing for the -- it's the way we we type. Now been diverted to all right I don't know what to do that the habit to bury myself under pile up. Fail you you don't that you were big when this observer I -- what does observer home I mean it's it's one of the products we covered ice as it always worries that the machines at home. -- it for backup but also for public media streaming and you know normal files towards the recipes and this box so put envy Canada's BN and -- box because it makes it basically makes everything easier to back it makes the back up easy enough that my mom. You have to use and she's not technically savvy. Where -- my credit facility there and no not for moms. Bum so we you know basically you install it does block level backup which means that it looks at the file system level looks at individual files and says okay. This is a machine this is a file it's actually on five different machine failing to back up one copy of it. No matter how many machines it's actually on so if you like the same picture you're Q and twelve machine taxi back to point out one time. Which actually yet perfect I mean why you need to back up I mean it's an important Richard and I'm sure for a what do you need -- copies of calling. Probably not so. It's a free demo like 99 you guys are valid license yet it's not a retail box and Bosnia -- bind nine. But if you go to -- new -- Amazon excellent I think it's like nine dollars so that you and now we'll talk a little bit more about the plug -- the second. But in terms of harbor apartment how much CPD need how much memory so it has a which -- with machine right if you wanna just but you're you know your laptops and desktops your house. Really low end machine ultimately types of your computer's problem. And pentium four and pentium four -- because it's up nominees like -- like what our consumption which could you leave this box on yet to 24/7 bucks more alive so you don't wanna have them that's 14 watts at idle. Or or you know you're an extra forty bucks. Which is. Nobody wants of the best let's say you've got your video collection on here. And when -- trains coated in a box and -- your house yet processor -- if you're gonna get questions all Blu-ray -- like it big Quad -- so that it's gonna -- 400 watts -- if you have a -- dvd -- TV standard Def TV resolution content. Dual core -- do it we actually built a mountain an Athlon X -- Works great for transmitting video it's only like 45 -- CPU comes -- retirement trains could be not feeding the media is in video anything if -- if -- set top -- a plea would agree there's for a review if you don't need transco that you can do exactly what processors. What what -- terms of there's probably not really any point like walking simplicity of quick here and we have a windows install but there are couple -- trouble with the installation. Yeah I'm the big thing is actually put the does see install Windows Home Server on the largest hard drive you. Because the -- is the way is network file system works is. Anything that comes into that machine starts on that that C drive and then kind of migrate off on as the other the other guys in the system no matter how many judgment. So if you put a little tiny 160 gig all raptor drive in there. You're gonna run out of space -- that's gonna have a pretty significant important impact on your network performance so it basically -- the files onto the main hard drive with the operating system and -- in the one right there and it's it's it's as okay Wilson argued here and -- here are you there so it's it's not really it's definitely out of the traditional -- it's certainly a refund don't -- workaholic to -- raid won't -- one days of this file redundancy but again like the -- the -- of the block level of the file system. Rather than on the on the volume level which is -- rates so the beautiful thing is it's is is based on shares I can do. It say -- I want my photos to be redundant I can put on redundancy there I don't want my music -- and -- don't have to. And it's important because most of the -- to keep on -- you don't need redundancy for you need backups. Which the server and probably your back have to be off site and he's your house for them to do that a -- yeah like if I mean I do I -- small files to the Mozy -- like that and I haven't server a -- actually plugs into the server. And I can plot impressive deposit box for humans like that more likely every three years -- these are using your behind and -- second I don't go to safety deposit boxes optimization. So -- in the trunk of the -- is sitting in your house you say to put up on the dash so that everything has it's an -- now it's not encrypted or anything you haven't run into its partner community to get your hard drive. So plug -- are really cool feature in. Windows Home Server what kind of wanted to read you message -- what what he's -- a plug in the server -- its actual windows machines you can run windows software on it. It's a little harder to and so there's 22 types of other software you can run these things one is that then. Which is really easy to install and maintain knowledge built into the -- that would be when the lights out as one of those auto exit on photos and all the users are great elegance friends is what they. But you can also remote desktop into a home server machine and add things like -- talky and and achievers that he whatever media streaming server you wanna run. I run the stat script for Miami 22 server on its you know all all that kind of stuff you can run anything that runs on windows machine and -- on the back up like all the long files around her onto it yeah it does is on track pretty cut. Would you recommend sitting up with a static IP address or -- static IP is really great if you're routers will assign IP automatically to -- based on you know the Mac address of -- of the device. That's what I do at home but I mean certainly he works as well -- thanks so much we should probably mention. He exciting -- Macs and PC what's in there so tech preview we talk about all the hardware it's coming next year's SATA six GB yes. Displayed poor word. You know although it always easy for users of USB three point note new video cards -- Kind of other great I mean its its new CPUs or we talked about core I five. Intel's new kind of mid range line on core solo performance so him what what waking -- to --"

" You'd think you sort of come about what are you be back next week talk about -- witness that would have yes so excited -- as next week would do what they will Macs and PC dot com has lots of great stuff. You should check it out. We're checking out this many people would say they used English as a first language. Coming up next your questions powered by India it is easy free web conferencing tool images in three cities built and open source. 100% browser based it's so easy to send beauty and I can eat your -- that you are now. Different clients click that link in seconds there in the same web conference through with you share your computer screen -- it's like what's and they can -- see you -- webcam. You can host it and even record your events with no download required a browser. Festival did do this for people its -- eat like paper webcasting to review it is free it's fully. To get over it did it dot com slash Tekzilla sign up for him -- report it to support our show and joined more than three million people. Who's loving you give him everyday -- sign up for. In an upcoming episode we're gonna do it again it takes some more questions on the show. Sentiment -- dot com slash Tekzilla and you'll get an automatic right to our next indeed beating."

" Looks like a time for another website we just can't get enough. We just wait front because it's too useful tips on its -- an irresistible this week's symptom checker. That. Feeling a little under the weather but aren't sure you can be feeding it colder starting up you. Oh wait it's everywhere around anyhow one quick way to self diagnosis -- symptom checker and let's -- on the web and besides your -- works. Center and some basic information. Saxony. And tell the computer doctor what part of you is causing trouble -- me like the demand for example. From Mary and what the symptoms that you have like. And editing increased passing gas pain or discomfort. Oksana oh well looks like these could be some of your problems well I didn't Yasser appendicitis but we will blot out. Obviously this is not a replacement for a visit the doctor what he can start getting an idea what's going on your body and what's different possible results could any. But don't use it to forget about humans he probably aren't going to early labor it's just the bean burritos he had."

" For lunch. As part of the dimmed and sponsorship we decided to host a live dimmed and meet up during the taping of the -- said. And we think it's since we got all in one virtual room when I ask you directly -- the questions for the show well. NASA to don't have time to cover everyone's questions we limited our -- to -- The first one comes from psychosis have rights. Have a couple cameras a Pentax -- 10121012. Whenever I ask and a Nokia camera phone. I know that sometimes the shots are clear and sharp and sometimes are grainy. I've narrowed it down to the lighting outdoors when it's sunny the shop through nice and clean air and indoors with a flash to shots are also I think there. When isn't lit well the shots come out grainy why."

" Because you're capturing light on the CC your word ever gadget behind the lens camera actually. Basically -- usually means there's not enough light for your shooting particularly fast film we're shooting -- video or the equivalent digital camera. More light makes it easier to capture bright crisp clear pictures because there's lots of light hitting the sensor back behind the --"

" As bad bad cameras have nearly camera phones out cameras -- typically have a very good low light sensor so you don't pick up as much light. As another camera would like something better probably like your Roxio. Another thing that you should look for you have one of the better cameras is the ability to change the ice have settings -- the higher the eyes so. The more light at the cameras going to pick up and you the shots -- gonna look a little bit on the government kind of -- side maybe a little bit on the grainy side. -- but at least it'll show better than a totally dark kind of situation."

" If you fewer professional photographer and a big kettle lenses you'd probably have this being that lands it was like yeah. I have one point 80 there really fast -- the whole point of Atlantis to gather his. It is possible in a dark room and with a you know digital camera this small and especially like you mentioned. The worst -- cellphone cameras that little tiny you know quarter inch eight giving size lens gathers light they just don't have the ability to capture enough light to not be green."

" camera phones are typically not the best I mean even those little blackberries have the flash on them are just not not really factory farms like taking pictures at a concert party it's just. You're probably better off -- getting a little pocket camera that has some indoor and outdoor settings you can flip easily Mercury when of those big giant million candle power plants that they sell -- hours or just get like a big Mara. Click it couldn't. With a big like thing. Never mind."

" Hopefully other question of feel it in I didn't meet up. Bryant now this is deep fry the hard drive are portable media player absolutely necessary and that and a few times and various PC is running various versions of windows and does seem to do you very much. Also is it -- that -- fragmenting OS-X isn't necessary."

" We need another knock down drag out fight over this I can't I didn't did I was probably another house Roger."

" Year I. The huge believer in deep fragmenting windows boxes I agree with you so it definitely sent me okay I always keep track. Yeah have a windows box the lot of people maintain that OS-X and each of those plus file system is so perfect console -- and so magnificently organized. He fragment it will not only."

" Not help performance but could possibly kill you and everyone in your family and your loved ones I don't think capture exactly the killing part of any and have they realty fragmentary built into OS-X I mean you can repair permissions."

" You know clean up your -- a little bit but it's not not really expect that the same the other third party tools out there that will perform well he writes basically the general consensus but a lot of people and I can smell the email and now Tekzilla is entry dot com right now. The general consensus is that no we wouldn't bother OS and in if you read you know if you want to experiment with that you can go -- you."

" I like cocktail I think it is called cocktails that I haven't used in a few years. But if you -- my favorite like disk management clean up. Tools for OS-X yet so I think that's I'm pretty sure that's what it's called Clinton show -- and take a look at don't believe it was free. Adding it was free to a point in the afterwards had to pay of that yet the political tools out there you know."

" For windows that that would just be fragments are probably still my papers from open source tools when those if they're still available in the show notes but definitely definitely definitely I would. I have noticed serious performance improvements on windows boxes especially anything more than ten or 12% fragmentation."

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" Hey I I've heard some people say they have created problems with recordable media players -- fragmenting the hard drive like an iPod I've never tried to do that before so I can't speak to using him portable media devices but -- your typical windows box it should be fine so yes -- windows. OS-X. Yeah if you really are like that. Portable drives probably avoided it's at --"

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" So we go Ryan Block showed off -- HTC hero right here but then even if you big announcements from the hand held company sends the -- we got a few of our new favorite to take a look at today including hutchings huge green I almost like the subtitles for the segment should be. It's not just. Yes we're not just iPhone people know we have lost over all sorts of different kinds of gadgets on so here's the hero of course this is the one that's on sprint. I'm I think you have the other one. But the surprise on that they have the the new HTC tattoo which is basically just a baby here up on the main difference is that has a three megapixel camera phone. Camera instead of the five megapixel on the here and that's running Android this is running Android and its -- You know this thrilling amply I think but the she won a little bit but this is. My favorite package so far in terms of you know the OS with the actual phone. I like this a lot better than G1 analysts say to that officer is by now she's if she's Clinton says that. But I'm not coming -- when you for a lot of people at the little bit clunky -- bit tipsy. Anyway and the questions it was just like have been like for. And -- but that's the squeaky. Anyway on it is also doesn't have pinch to zoom which is what HTC calls multi touch that you basically gonna touch screen but you can't size things with your precisely and a hazard resistant screen. -- So there are few differences on this is a really nice device it's supposed to be like the mass marketed device that. Anyone can use it's -- really comfortable feel through when you hold your hand and that unbelievably fabulous even in 1970s alarm clock and passed and I."

" You know it's a pretty clean interface and it's a nice he's a hard if you -- to do like the idea of the big Smartphone uses an Android phone that actually is super --"

" Super Crockett super pocket friendly yeah pocket hip pockets and nothing is I'm not gonna do it now because it takes a little bit long to put back together -- they could take off."

" Entire -- of the phone and HTC is coming out -- new website this week totally totally customize the look and feel well just look real at the little feel the same style. But it's cool to get way to personalize it without having to get like -- or. The typical color ware style stuff that we do or other device still recommends liking the cellphone you know didn't cover the screen gives the and the -- cover. No one so this one is going to be available in Europe for now it's not available yet in the states unfortunately hopefully they'll change that at some point. But it so it's so you know mass market differently that they're they're thinking it's probably gonna be free with a contract -- you one. I want it you're really how that I want it now often have I not know there's other devices we have to get to first and talked about replacing -- yet. Yet -- you want it but you're not opposing your iPhone out yet so this beauty with a perforated screen here is the my Visio with perforated being around the screen. I did not prefer it straight shall I meant to say the -- This is fantastic looking isn't it beautiful."

" Actually it's it is beautiful but it's what amazes visas is actually Windows Mobile device yes there's a -- to carry Windows Mobile phone quite happily. Also from HTC for numbered years. It's kind of funny to see such a usable touch screen on a Windows Mobile device."

" I think I'd really like the interface of Windows Mobile six point five. I think it's really nice I've heard that there have been some stability issues but you know this -- even really come out yet so it's yet to be seen. What's gonna happen with that but it's been running smoothing out and I've been playing with it so I think it looks really good it's gonna come out looking just that way they aren't they gonna make any other changes to the operating system. Okay so I hit the sort of music and movie button and as you -- public television yeah there's TV if they've got mobile TV it's offload TV from Qualcomm it's gonna be available in twenty cities. So far but it's not going over the regular data streaming it's a totally separate over the Internet that over the air. They don't have to worry about -- here three G stuff for not being able to get a signal if there's no phone service. That's a really nice addition I think it's one the only phone that has that right now and got a three point inch screen to use of the screen is feeling nice and it looks to forget. This is only be available in the US. This one -- going to be available in the US that's going to be about 200 dollars 199 on Verizon. So on the north stone house what what else have -- exactly that's the super this is the -- right here what. This is -- Rogers -- HD two and I was really excited about this one when I first saw this device I was like have to have this on the show. Because it's just unbelievable to look at. So is you can see the screen is absolutely giant it is awesome it is super super -- also as a windshield -- running -- right -- yeah. Training -- that's the thing because it's raining right now San Francisco and actually uses -- triangulation points between three G networks and Wi-Fi networks and figure out exactly where you are and what the weather is going on in your city read at that moment. You can go to the weather stuff and then you can actually flip through. To other cities in Taipei hearing now it's pretty good at it and of Barcelona Barcelona it's clear. And it's a really really awesome use. Windows Mobile technology the screen is gorgeous it's huge yet unbelievably clear I mean is it you know beautiful HD screen. -- you can scroll through down here on the menu -- all your different contacts your calendar stocks videos photos Twitter for example. On HD he has built a whole new Twitter client system for their Android and Windows Mobile phones to -- really nicely integrated us. This error will notice as windows mobile six point five can also. On it's got this other cool thing called footprints. Read and take a picture of a place you've been in store all the information about that Sydney like it's. Longitude and latitude information about the city can pull -- different. Stuff about it like a phone numbers of context that you have there it's kind of like a little snapshot of memory of place that you've been dissident."

" Or at least they know the when he took that picture of it used car it was actually like Burbank and."

" It's great they also have these little short -- here on the front page that you can he can either start with the three here with at Revision 3. You can put it on web bookmarks you can put contact bookmarks you can put shortcuts to applications that are running on the device whatever you -- putting there. Flip it up and get to more shortcuts greens as well such as you know this contact patriot there. -- it's a super super hot phone like it's just really really beautiful it's got a four point three inch screen 800 by four ED and break there so it's great for watching videos and stuff on the go what that size screen on my iPhone when I. Yeah it's got -- live preview Tuesday if you -- a -- pickle website as a shortcut you can see exactly what's on the website there. At that time it's not like static image limited had -- capacity of springs has got the touch to zoom action ornaments it does have G and pinch to -- actual -- multi touch don't call it multi touch -- even bring up some photos here. There's me. Partners and it's -- ten -- to him and now. I like it and."

" Fortunately it's not available on the USC's. It's not available -- ounces and pricing has not yet available. But we do have a lot of European -- security events and love for ones because we always talk about stuff that they can't get over there."

" I think that's fun I think they have -- would you really will I'd I think south I want you know I want the screen actually I've."

" I a guy who want I think users get all hot over -- the phone I hear it HD to you. You you wanna you wanna ticket home a few years."

" You can't its mind to back our final question comes from rights. Can you compare the -- tried to busier an HD it seems to have most of the features of the scene in HD -- lot more applications and games because it runs -- yes. Also like this in -- can watch 720. HDTV but it's HDMI port is built dancing no extra money needs to be spent for each game I -- please if you can tell us what."

" Or we'd love to review the Android except it's not actually for sale anywhere except to developers who were different 320 bucks we can't really you -- yet because nobody would go get a hold one. But you know what. Once the developer version starts shipping sometime early November Leo. -- it'll be interesting -- look there's there's always open source competitors out there for stuff like disease means in the iPhone or at least there are easily pop up. Duplicates here but actually it's gonna be bigger than -- by a pretty large chunk this seems like six inches by three inches by her evidence was not -- felt. Pocket friendly package and the big plastic cases are gonna feel as good your hands because. Well it was used for another open source gaming platform and it wasn't you know it it's fairly solid but it's not gonna TV that's sort of who this is really well me kind of feel to it could be a lot of funds is in touch alternative. Actually -- it's pretty cool the in the promising hardware support so it'll actually be able to play 720. If the battery life is there some really -- you how well it performs. We'll keep turning point in talking about but I gotta be asking you if you're thinking about buying and a hand held media device are gonna be saving your pennies and waiting. Because he owed to it does not exist the TV can't."

" And yet you. Oh speaking of battery life all of these will last you all day oh yeah under pretty heavy use antiquities according to -- your fire in the lifeline. I forgot to mention that part yeah. We wanna know what -- you 406 hours of standby time if you keep your left without. Camp sighed as the old standby time one phone goes makes you laugh at you every user fold them a couple weeks. Oh my goodness he checked out revision -- white -- yet hosted by entity carbonite right sticker covers the best in the world of independent downloadable video games. With interviews and analysis every week but it gives you what you should get the Xbox Live marketplace we where iPhone and tons more. You can find every Thursday at Revision 3 com slash by Jack here hate everybody watching."

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" Veronica I must say it looks particularly fabulous in that 720. 430 frames a second hit especially UA's there. -- let me be clear. You can cut and paste in either weekly or -- featuring iTunes or a row with every one used to similar media so they are available get a lot of email about this that's -- we're. Report that we should also point out that pretty -- were even gonna be a broken digital video player can either broken Netflix box. Right so if you haven't seen at the -- box obviously the small hundred dollar box it's it's a popular television. No hard drive basically streams everything lied over the Internet -- need a broadband connection for that the fast your broadband connection is the better the quality video can download. Now we've showed off. Netflix in the past we've talked about Major League Baseball on the route two box we'd actually show that on the Asian but check out revision erase it basically you click on Revision 3. And we're gonna bring up all over recent -- programs. We basically have the whole Revision 3 lineup to dialogue to real Diggnation filmed right which rocks Hak5 which -- with rocks -- rocks. And print materials rocks what we wanna get too of course textile. So it's checking RSS speed -- this episode we hit play. And we should see some spots right. Here if we have the big fat network connection for dots off four -- high quality so we're gonna get 720. Now. And of course you can fast forward and rewind you can pause. And hundred bucks -- we're gonna be alongside the other fabulous networks right on the road through digital video box that is right around the corner people to keep an eye out for it."

" Speaking of new things on site to -- one of those coveted Google Wave -- thanks to my friend Dana and no I don't have any the past and unfortunately everyone in the office has been asking me. I'm so far underwhelmed. Well I'm not overwhelmed I'm not. Underwhelmed. So it's a real time collaboration tool builds around it wouldn't wasn't what to do me. It's the biggest thing right now to glorified chatroom I'm pretty much people have been joining -- is public Google waves. And talking about all sorts of different stuff they started one. For Tekzilla Scotland with serafina here when we return to figure out from the plug in I mean little. I didn't make it of my friend Patrick legal -- wave of Tom and I mean we talk about different site I TV shows that we're looking forward. To seeing in the near future. I didn't ask for permission to -- as I don't think. How hot and -- cat is another thread there's no picture of him I added. So pervasive you can store to -- ants I can keep me."

" Log that this -- picture of them. Can you basically I mean it's what are the cloud would have the collaborative tools available wave."

" You can -- files you can you can share waves of different people and make them public. They haven't opened up all of the features yet the people have been building different extensions and -- and -- into the threads on for example in the one that I was doing -- serafina. We added the Amazon bought them and that lets you search for things with in the way of city can say you like but something you wanna search for the -- ever ever okay of -- don't know if they do they -- We -- comes upon our friend we week with bated breath. And doesn't show up on this. Comments right here because do the things that are me BO this Alan. Favorite could sound bridge tolerant sound -- some stuff of the sorting isn't very very and I think if we put it through electronics. You could see things a little bit better. Yeah a little bit closer to what we're looking for. You can see everything in real time. So like if I were to type something in here it sailing reply -- can do this keyboard shortcuts like shift enter will will make you do replying so it."

" You mentioned well that I'm sitting here going it really does sound like a chapter of now there's a waiting for somebody to type -- K thanks bye hey who's here what's going hmm. Yeah so you don't you're not seeing a lot of what."

" Massive like project tracking tools and I mean it could definitely get to that point I see it better be something good for developers to keep track of changes that they're making applications they're working -- are -- are talking with other developers in different locations. I don't know if that would replace something like a base camp that we've looked at a couple weeks ago. But it's definitely a good start I think the more people work -- and -- different apps for it it's gonna really grow -- it's got the power of Google behind its I was -- limitless Norway can eventually -- it's over the universe it's it's it's a great way to -- to just. To have discussions with people I don't know if it's a replacement for email for me yeah I definitely not because not everyone has access to -- who have be difficult thing to use it as your main email kind of client. But it is very nice for for chatting back and forth with groups of people in sharing files and sharing ideas. And when I really love about it too is that you can go back end. But -- serafina and I. You can see you can play out the ways he can hit play back the and then watch all the different changes as they happened. To. So -- concede she tech plow back. I mean conscious I went too fast. You can you can see see them start and stop at all the change that remained typos that people put --"

" Some think and this is a tentative thumbs up. Wait and see do not we repeat do not spend a 100000 dollars on eBay by -- week by."

" Don't be so weird note on that -- but if you wanna learn more Gina grant life hacker has the ultimate Google Wave one a one article. Ups looking at a primer of a great start we even away should definitely check that out yet links to that this show notes. I -- just coming next week for okay. We'll be getting hands on helping everybody with the installation next week -- Patrick couldn't resist this question from sent. He writes with people getting ready to migrate to windows seven now is a good time to make sure all the drivers on your system up to date. I was going to Patrick and Veronica had any favorite picks for automated driver update yours remember free is always better. Only dozens I've never found we keep he'd automatic driver of the tool that light I duplicate your your favorite striker Peter. You actually Xena could somebody get passionate about why can't say that I am the -- in the."

" The what MySpace driver update tools -- officer agreements -- right sock if you found when you look feel free email as six dollars three -- But look windows update been doing really. The idea XP Vista and windows seven's best windows seven. Now which probably just talk about -- if you're if you're. You probably think he's more like. Collecting all of your drivers before even with his seventh and you're gonna wanna download for windows seven drivers that but the truth is. When this happens as we can job fine drivers from mr. hardware unless you have some of the old leaves your artwork. And -- usually go to them to the support page and now with Jack if needed he -- me go to you know if you have like some. Fourth party printers that nobody's ever -- see there's a Vista driver for right grocery store in tele media -- picture you know -- camera whatever it is in if you vendors that we just have drivers -- Vista drivers and I don't -- cool it's gonna click everything together and you know burned to a CD for easy haven't Brady's -- are actually probably just don't -- drives interest on the truth. When this is probably gonna find all the drivers on your system if it doesn't really good the bad news website and download the latest drivers. Still tell Will Smith from Maxwell peace is here to talk about Windows Home Server to get -- when you're installing it well captured tension with -- one of our sponsors. They've done in the best we."

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" And is got a question about building a backup server writes in I recently upgraded my PC I'm gonna PC sitting idle when add this species back to my small home network -- make it. Observers he knew of any software that would be good for backups this machine. And possibly even incremental backups I wanna splurge -- 31 terabyte drives I think for backups of both systems and hopefully have an archive that's about the soul. Oh Andrew we've talked about free gas and -- there gonna help you out the back ups of today we've got another DIY server that you are gonna love. Windows Home Server and we're gonna serious Windows Home Server user and house to help. You give it up and running Macs and you how long been working at maximum PC. Nine -- you guys have way too much information services thanks when we come issues and -- okay if she's. Nice to work and."

" I heard. Apparently -- I've forgotten the basic terms of Bristol around the so called writing for the -- it's the way we we type. Now been diverted to all right I don't know what to do that the habit to bury myself under pile up. Fail you you don't that you were big when this observer I -- what does observer home I mean it's it's one of the products we covered ice as it always worries that the machines at home. -- it for backup but also for public media streaming and you know normal files towards the recipes and this box so put envy Canada's BN and -- box because it makes it basically makes everything easier to back it makes the back up easy enough that my mom. You have to use and she's not technically savvy. Where -- my credit facility there and no not for moms. Bum so we you know basically you install it does block level backup which means that it looks at the file system level looks at individual files and says okay. This is a machine this is a file it's actually on five different machine failing to back up one copy of it. No matter how many machines it's actually on so if you like the same picture you're Q and twelve machine taxi back to point out one time. Which actually yet perfect I mean why you need to back up I mean it's an important Richard and I'm sure for a what do you need -- copies of calling. Probably not so. It's a free demo like 99 you guys are valid license yet it's not a retail box and Bosnia -- bind nine. But if you go to -- new -- Amazon excellent I think it's like nine dollars so that you and now we'll talk a little bit more about the plug -- the second. But in terms of harbor apartment how much CPD need how much memory so it has a which -- with machine right if you wanna just but you're you know your laptops and desktops your house. Really low end machine ultimately types of your computer's problem. And pentium four and pentium four -- because it's up nominees like -- like what our consumption which could you leave this box on yet to 24/7 bucks more alive so you don't wanna have them that's 14 watts at idle. Or or you know you're an extra forty bucks. Which is. Nobody wants of the best let's say you've got your video collection on here. And when -- trains coated in a box and -- your house yet processor -- if you're gonna get questions all Blu-ray -- like it big Quad -- so that it's gonna -- 400 watts -- if you have a -- dvd -- TV standard Def TV resolution content. Dual core -- do it we actually built a mountain an Athlon X -- Works great for transmitting video it's only like 45 -- CPU comes -- retirement trains could be not feeding the media is in video anything if -- if -- set top -- a plea would agree there's for a review if you don't need transco that you can do exactly what processors. What what -- terms of there's probably not really any point like walking simplicity of quick here and we have a windows install but there are couple -- trouble with the installation. Yeah I'm the big thing is actually put the does see install Windows Home Server on the largest hard drive you. Because the -- is the way is network file system works is. Anything that comes into that machine starts on that that C drive and then kind of migrate off on as the other the other guys in the system no matter how many judgment. So if you put a little tiny 160 gig all raptor drive in there. You're gonna run out of space -- that's gonna have a pretty significant important impact on your network performance so it basically -- the files onto the main hard drive with the operating system and -- in the one right there and it's it's it's as okay Wilson argued here and -- here are you there so it's it's not really it's definitely out of the traditional -- it's certainly a refund don't -- workaholic to -- raid won't -- one days of this file redundancy but again like the -- the -- of the block level of the file system. Rather than on the on the volume level which is -- rates so the beautiful thing is it's is is based on shares I can do. It say -- I want my photos to be redundant I can put on redundancy there I don't want my music -- and -- don't have to. And it's important because most of the -- to keep on -- you don't need redundancy for you need backups. Which the server and probably your back have to be off site and he's your house for them to do that a -- yeah like if I mean I do I -- small files to the Mozy -- like that and I haven't server a -- actually plugs into the server. And I can plot impressive deposit box for humans like that more likely every three years -- these are using your behind and -- second I don't go to safety deposit boxes optimization. So -- in the trunk of the -- is sitting in your house you say to put up on the dash so that everything has it's an -- now it's not encrypted or anything you haven't run into its partner community to get your hard drive. So plug -- are really cool feature in. Windows Home Server what kind of wanted to read you message -- what what he's -- a plug in the server -- its actual windows machines you can run windows software on it. It's a little harder to and so there's 22 types of other software you can run these things one is that then. Which is really easy to install and maintain knowledge built into the -- that would be when the lights out as one of those auto exit on photos and all the users are great elegance friends is what they. But you can also remote desktop into a home server machine and add things like -- talky and and achievers that he whatever media streaming server you wanna run. I run the stat script for Miami 22 server on its you know all all that kind of stuff you can run anything that runs on windows machine and -- on the back up like all the long files around her onto it yeah it does is on track pretty cut. Would you recommend sitting up with a static IP address or -- static IP is really great if you're routers will assign IP automatically to -- based on you know the Mac address of -- of the device. That's what I do at home but I mean certainly he works as well -- thanks so much we should probably mention. 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" You'd think you sort of come about what are you be back next week talk about -- witness that would have yes so excited -- as next week would do what they will Macs and PC dot com has lots of great stuff. You should check it out. We're checking out this many people would say they used English as a first language. Coming up next your questions powered by India it is easy free web conferencing tool images in three cities built and open source. 100% browser based it's so easy to send beauty and I can eat your -- that you are now. Different clients click that link in seconds there in the same web conference through with you share your computer screen -- it's like what's and they can -- see you -- webcam. You can host it and even record your events with no download required a browser. Festival did do this for people its -- eat like paper webcasting to review it is free it's fully. To get over it did it dot com slash Tekzilla sign up for him -- report it to support our show and joined more than three million people. Who's loving you give him everyday -- sign up for. In an upcoming episode we're gonna do it again it takes some more questions on the show. Sentiment -- dot com slash Tekzilla and you'll get an automatic right to our next indeed beating."

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" For lunch. As part of the dimmed and sponsorship we decided to host a live dimmed and meet up during the taping of the -- said. And we think it's since we got all in one virtual room when I ask you directly -- the questions for the show well. NASA to don't have time to cover everyone's questions we limited our -- to -- The first one comes from psychosis have rights. Have a couple cameras a Pentax -- 10121012. Whenever I ask and a Nokia camera phone. I know that sometimes the shots are clear and sharp and sometimes are grainy. I've narrowed it down to the lighting outdoors when it's sunny the shop through nice and clean air and indoors with a flash to shots are also I think there. When isn't lit well the shots come out grainy why."

" Because you're capturing light on the CC your word ever gadget behind the lens camera actually. Basically -- usually means there's not enough light for your shooting particularly fast film we're shooting -- video or the equivalent digital camera. More light makes it easier to capture bright crisp clear pictures because there's lots of light hitting the sensor back behind the --"

" As bad bad cameras have nearly camera phones out cameras -- typically have a very good low light sensor so you don't pick up as much light. As another camera would like something better probably like your Roxio. Another thing that you should look for you have one of the better cameras is the ability to change the ice have settings -- the higher the eyes so. The more light at the cameras going to pick up and you the shots -- gonna look a little bit on the government kind of -- side maybe a little bit on the grainy side. -- but at least it'll show better than a totally dark kind of situation."

" If you fewer professional photographer and a big kettle lenses you'd probably have this being that lands it was like yeah. I have one point 80 there really fast -- the whole point of Atlantis to gather his. It is possible in a dark room and with a you know digital camera this small and especially like you mentioned. The worst -- cellphone cameras that little tiny you know quarter inch eight giving size lens gathers light they just don't have the ability to capture enough light to not be green."

" camera phones are typically not the best I mean even those little blackberries have the flash on them are just not not really factory farms like taking pictures at a concert party it's just. You're probably better off -- getting a little pocket camera that has some indoor and outdoor settings you can flip easily Mercury when of those big giant million candle power plants that they sell -- hours or just get like a big Mara. Click it couldn't. With a big like thing. Never mind."

" Hopefully other question of feel it in I didn't meet up. Bryant now this is deep fry the hard drive are portable media player absolutely necessary and that and a few times and various PC is running various versions of windows and does seem to do you very much. Also is it -- that -- fragmenting OS-X isn't necessary."

" We need another knock down drag out fight over this I can't I didn't did I was probably another house Roger."

" Year I. The huge believer in deep fragmenting windows boxes I agree with you so it definitely sent me okay I always keep track. Yeah have a windows box the lot of people maintain that OS-X and each of those plus file system is so perfect console -- and so magnificently organized. He fragment it will not only."

" Not help performance but could possibly kill you and everyone in your family and your loved ones I don't think capture exactly the killing part of any and have they realty fragmentary built into OS-X I mean you can repair permissions."

" You know clean up your -- a little bit but it's not not really expect that the same the other third party tools out there that will perform well he writes basically the general consensus but a lot of people and I can smell the email and now Tekzilla is entry dot com right now. The general consensus is that no we wouldn't bother OS and in if you read you know if you want to experiment with that you can go -- you."

" I like cocktail I think it is called cocktails that I haven't used in a few years. But if you -- my favorite like disk management clean up. Tools for OS-X yet so I think that's I'm pretty sure that's what it's called Clinton show -- and take a look at don't believe it was free. Adding it was free to a point in the afterwards had to pay of that yet the political tools out there you know."

" For windows that that would just be fragments are probably still my papers from open source tools when those if they're still available in the show notes but definitely definitely definitely I would. I have noticed serious performance improvements on windows boxes especially anything more than ten or 12% fragmentation."

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" Hey I I've heard some people say they have created problems with recordable media players -- fragmenting the hard drive like an iPod I've never tried to do that before so I can't speak to using him portable media devices but -- your typical windows box it should be fine so yes -- windows. OS-X. Yeah if you really are like that. Portable drives probably avoided it's at --"

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" So we go Ryan Block showed off -- HTC hero right here but then even if you big announcements from the hand held company sends the -- we got a few of our new favorite to take a look at today including hutchings huge green I almost like the subtitles for the segment should be. It's not just. Yes we're not just iPhone people know we have lost over all sorts of different kinds of gadgets on so here's the hero of course this is the one that's on sprint. I'm I think you have the other one. But the surprise on that they have the the new HTC tattoo which is basically just a baby here up on the main difference is that has a three megapixel camera phone. Camera instead of the five megapixel on the here and that's running Android this is running Android and its -- You know this thrilling amply I think but the she won a little bit but this is. My favorite package so far in terms of you know the OS with the actual phone. I like this a lot better than G1 analysts say to that officer is by now she's if she's Clinton says that. But I'm not coming -- when you for a lot of people at the little bit clunky -- bit tipsy. Anyway and the questions it was just like have been like for. And -- but that's the squeaky. Anyway on it is also doesn't have pinch to zoom which is what HTC calls multi touch that you basically gonna touch screen but you can't size things with your precisely and a hazard resistant screen. -- So there are few differences on this is a really nice device it's supposed to be like the mass marketed device that. Anyone can use it's -- really comfortable feel through when you hold your hand and that unbelievably fabulous even in 1970s alarm clock and passed and I."

" You know it's a pretty clean interface and it's a nice he's a hard if you -- to do like the idea of the big Smartphone uses an Android phone that actually is super --"

" Super Crockett super pocket friendly yeah pocket hip pockets and nothing is I'm not gonna do it now because it takes a little bit long to put back together -- they could take off."

" Entire -- of the phone and HTC is coming out -- new website this week totally totally customize the look and feel well just look real at the little feel the same style. But it's cool to get way to personalize it without having to get like -- or. The typical color ware style stuff that we do or other device still recommends liking the cellphone you know didn't cover the screen gives the and the -- cover. No one so this one is going to be available in Europe for now it's not available yet in the states unfortunately hopefully they'll change that at some point. But it so it's so you know mass market differently that they're they're thinking it's probably gonna be free with a contract -- you one. I want it you're really how that I want it now often have I not know there's other devices we have to get to first and talked about replacing -- yet. Yet -- you want it but you're not opposing your iPhone out yet so this beauty with a perforated screen here is the my Visio with perforated being around the screen. I did not prefer it straight shall I meant to say the -- This is fantastic looking isn't it beautiful."

" Actually it's it is beautiful but it's what amazes visas is actually Windows Mobile device yes there's a -- to carry Windows Mobile phone quite happily. Also from HTC for numbered years. It's kind of funny to see such a usable touch screen on a Windows Mobile device."

" I think I'd really like the interface of Windows Mobile six point five. I think it's really nice I've heard that there have been some stability issues but you know this -- even really come out yet so it's yet to be seen. What's gonna happen with that but it's been running smoothing out and I've been playing with it so I think it looks really good it's gonna come out looking just that way they aren't they gonna make any other changes to the operating system. Okay so I hit the sort of music and movie button and as you -- public television yeah there's TV if they've got mobile TV it's offload TV from Qualcomm it's gonna be available in twenty cities. So far but it's not going over the regular data streaming it's a totally separate over the Internet that over the air. They don't have to worry about -- here three G stuff for not being able to get a signal if there's no phone service. That's a really nice addition I think it's one the only phone that has that right now and got a three point inch screen to use of the screen is feeling nice and it looks to forget. This is only be available in the US. This one -- going to be available in the US that's going to be about 200 dollars 199 on Verizon. So on the north stone house what what else have -- exactly that's the super this is the -- right here what. This is -- Rogers -- HD two and I was really excited about this one when I first saw this device I was like have to have this on the show. Because it's just unbelievable to look at. So is you can see the screen is absolutely giant it is awesome it is super super -- also as a windshield -- running -- right -- yeah. Training -- that's the thing because it's raining right now San Francisco and actually uses -- triangulation points between three G networks and Wi-Fi networks and figure out exactly where you are and what the weather is going on in your city read at that moment. You can go to the weather stuff and then you can actually flip through. To other cities in Taipei hearing now it's pretty good at it and of Barcelona Barcelona it's clear. And it's a really really awesome use. Windows Mobile technology the screen is gorgeous it's huge yet unbelievably clear I mean is it you know beautiful HD screen. -- you can scroll through down here on the menu -- all your different contacts your calendar stocks videos photos Twitter for example. On HD he has built a whole new Twitter client system for their Android and Windows Mobile phones to -- really nicely integrated us. This error will notice as windows mobile six point five can also. On it's got this other cool thing called footprints. Read and take a picture of a place you've been in store all the information about that Sydney like it's. Longitude and latitude information about the city can pull -- different. Stuff about it like a phone numbers of context that you have there it's kind of like a little snapshot of memory of place that you've been dissident."

" Or at least they know the when he took that picture of it used car it was actually like Burbank and."

" It's great they also have these little short -- here on the front page that you can he can either start with the three here with at Revision 3. You can put it on web bookmarks you can put contact bookmarks you can put shortcuts to applications that are running on the device whatever you -- putting there. Flip it up and get to more shortcuts greens as well such as you know this contact patriot there. -- it's a super super hot phone like it's just really really beautiful it's got a four point three inch screen 800 by four ED and break there so it's great for watching videos and stuff on the go what that size screen on my iPhone when I. Yeah it's got -- live preview Tuesday if you -- a -- pickle website as a shortcut you can see exactly what's on the website there. At that time it's not like static image limited had -- capacity of springs has got the touch to zoom action ornaments it does have G and pinch to -- actual -- multi touch don't call it multi touch -- even bring up some photos here. There's me. Partners and it's -- ten -- to him and now. I like it and."

" Fortunately it's not available on the USC's. It's not available -- ounces and pricing has not yet available. But we do have a lot of European -- security events and love for ones because we always talk about stuff that they can't get over there."

" I think that's fun I think they have -- would you really will I'd I think south I want you know I want the screen actually I've."

" I a guy who want I think users get all hot over -- the phone I hear it HD to you. You you wanna you wanna ticket home a few years."

" You can't its mind to back our final question comes from rights. Can you compare the -- tried to busier an HD it seems to have most of the features of the scene in HD -- lot more applications and games because it runs -- yes. Also like this in -- can watch 720. HDTV but it's HDMI port is built dancing no extra money needs to be spent for each game I -- please if you can tell us what."

" Or we'd love to review the Android except it's not actually for sale anywhere except to developers who were different 320 bucks we can't really you -- yet because nobody would go get a hold one. But you know what. Once the developer version starts shipping sometime early November Leo. -- it'll be interesting -- look there's there's always open source competitors out there for stuff like disease means in the iPhone or at least there are easily pop up. Duplicates here but actually it's gonna be bigger than -- by a pretty large chunk this seems like six inches by three inches by her evidence was not -- felt. Pocket friendly package and the big plastic cases are gonna feel as good your hands because. Well it was used for another open source gaming platform and it wasn't you know it it's fairly solid but it's not gonna TV that's sort of who this is really well me kind of feel to it could be a lot of funds is in touch alternative. Actually -- it's pretty cool the in the promising hardware support so it'll actually be able to play 720. If the battery life is there some really -- you how well it performs. We'll keep turning point in talking about but I gotta be asking you if you're thinking about buying and a hand held media device are gonna be saving your pennies and waiting. Because he owed to it does not exist the TV can't."

" And yet you. Oh speaking of battery life all of these will last you all day oh yeah under pretty heavy use antiquities according to -- your fire in the lifeline. I forgot to mention that part yeah. We wanna know what -- you 406 hours of standby time if you keep your left without. Camp sighed as the old standby time one phone goes makes you laugh at you every user fold them a couple weeks. Oh my goodness he checked out revision -- white -- yet hosted by entity carbonite right sticker covers the best in the world of independent downloadable video games. With interviews and analysis every week but it gives you what you should get the Xbox Live marketplace we where iPhone and tons more. You can find every Thursday at Revision 3 com slash by Jack here hate everybody watching."

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Started discussion: October 15, 2009 @ 3:27pm GMT

Episode 110 - Google Wave Preview, HTC HD2 Crushes iPhone, DIY Windows Home Server, Automated Driver Tools, ODROID vs. Zune! [Discussion]

Tekzilla On The Roku, HTC Phones: HTC Sense Makes Windows Mobile 6.5 Wonderful! Build Yourself a Windows Home Server: it's not just backing up! Automated Driver Tool Recommendation, Maximum PC's Will Smith is in the house! ODROID vs. Zune HD for 720p video. Feeling ill? Try WebMD Symptom Checker!

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computoman
about 1 month ago
In ten years of doing an mswindows admin and client support for thousands of machines less than ten times was defragging ever needed, Unless you are adding and deleting files incessantly, there is no need for it. Defragging only puts unneeded wear and tear on the drive. In fact we could always tell an amateur tech support person, because they would recommend defragging as the all cure.

Secondly it is very easy to use winrsync (as well as other programs) with freenas (as well as Llnux/unux backup boxes) to backup mswindows clients either totally or piecemeal. Normally I leave my backup server turned off unless I know I am going to do some data backup. So the power issue is not that critical. With linux and mswindows you can start and shut down a server either manually or with batch files very easily. You can have the server (with hardware that supports it) turn on at night when backups can be done at a low peak usage period. Large files are burned to dvd to conserve server space. I have no problem using 200 to 500 megabyte storage for a server since media and other large data files and etc are offloaded to dvd. If I want to look at a dvd it is just easy as picking up a dvd and throwing into a machine.

Lastly, I did spend quite a bit of time with Windows home server with the disk media I was sent directly from Microsoft. The un-upgraded version ran pretty well, for a mswindows os, but once I upgraded nothing worked, anymore including our tv card. It was a piece of crap. There has been documented multiple issues with it security wise for windows home server. Our linux server box could do twice as much with half the horsepower that mswindows home server requires and not be limited to ten users. You could do the same thing with os/x 4.8 on a ppc box and still be better than whs.

More msfud.
ghelyar
about 1 month ago
Veronica likes cocktail.

Didn't they bleep that out a couple of weeks ago just to avoid "I love cock" edits?
MikeMcCulley
about 1 month ago
I thought Wave seemed rather mundane for the amount of attention it's been receiving. Communication on the internet is only beginning to evolve, and while Google's newest thing is a step in the right direction, I don't see it bringing about a new paradigm. I'll save full judgment, however until I use it myself. It is nice to see a more chatroom-like interface - definitely underused in professional environments.
Fee
about 1 month ago
Cool episode! Very cool to see Will smith on the show, Maximum PC rocks
nav13eh
about 1 month ago
Great episode! They didn't answer any of my questions from dimdim, but is was still a good episode! Finally, there going to talk about windows 7!!!!
davmoo
about 1 month ago
Anybody who buys any kind of Google invite on eBay is a pathetic idiot with more money than intelligence. I just had to say that right off.

Moving on...

I agree with Computoman. Defragging a modern PC is more hype than anything else. I usually defrag every 6 months or so, just because. But in extensive benchmarking with my own systems I have yet to see any real improvement in speed that is worth the hype. And if you're having trouble with corrupt files on your system defragging sure as hell isn't going to fix it...I always get a kick when I hear tech buttheads recommend defragging as a cure for Damned Near Everything.

Since Windows 7 came out, both in RC and final release form, I've installed it probably a hundred times on 20 or so systems in multiple configurations in order to get familiar with it. Unless you have hardware so new that the design was not finalized until a couple of weeks ago, Windows 7 will handle it. The only problem I've had on any machine is with a network card that, because of idiocy at Linksys (and I blame Cisco, because stuff like this didn't happen before they bought Linksys), the card improperly tells Windows 7 what kind of network card it is. After each install I have to go in and manually tell this particular machine that no, it isn't that kind of card, its this kind of card, use this driver because I say so. Other than that, Windows 7 has done fine identifying hardware and installing drivers on every machine I've thrown it at, from 5 year old laptops to a machine that isn't more than a month old.

That said, after you install Windows 7 you will want to immediately go to your video card maker's web site and update your video drivers. Intel, Nvidia, and ATI have all released upgraded Windows 7 drivers since Windows 7 went to manufacturing.
mikec
about 1 month ago
In reply to davmoo:
Anybody who buys any kind of Google invite on eBay is a pathetic idiot with more money than intelligence. I just had to say that right off.


I would agree but I also never heard of buying an invite either.

Sounds like the type of person who would wait in line, at night, to be the first to buy a new cell phone or computer.
computoman
about 1 month ago
I saw a full demo of google wave. It seemed interesting. I have not seen the software that Veronica recommended, so I can not compare. In the demo of Google wave I saw, it was mentioned that they might have a local version for free that you could install on a local area network but they were still working out security issues. I wonder if that is also true on the Google hosted version since there is so much delay in bringing out the product.

As for Windows 7, it does not seem to like via chipsets with integrated video and etc, That may have changed by now. I have installed W7rc on several name brand dual core machines that were vista ready without a hitch except for the extremely long time it took to install the os and all the basic software. Personally have used osx, linux, bsd, and microsoft windows XP, I saw no real advantage of using mswindows 7 over the others except for emptying the bank account for having to upgrade to get new hardware to run w7. Even Microsoft now admits you really need a 64 bit machine with honking memory to run it right. MS allegedly just came out with a bunch of security and other updates for w7. If you have W7 be sure and get them. I do agree with Daymoo about updating hardware drivers directly from the vendor. Microsoft update is just a quick fix. Getting the drivers from the vendor is true for all operating systems. Unless you get a qualified tech to do it for you. there is no easy way around it. When Microsoft is already touting mswindows 8, it makes me wonder how much faith they really have in their own product.

http://windows8center.com/
http://gizmodo.com/5377132/steve-ballmer-theres-a-slight-chance-windows-7-could-be-vista-all-over-again
http://www.softsecurity.com/news/highlights/simple-script-trips-up-microsoft-security-essentials.html
nav13eh
about 1 month ago
In reply to davmoo:
I agree with Computoman. Defragging a modern PC is more hype than anything else. I usually defrag every 6 months or so, just because. But in extensive benchmarking with my own systems I have yet to see any real improvement in speed that is worth the hype. And if you're having trouble with corrupt files on your system defragging sure as hell isn't going to fix it...I always get a kick when I hear tech buttheads recommend defragging as a cure for Damned Near Everything.


I agree, a defrag is not going to bring down a magical fairy and fix everything in your computer. I have in fact had very bad experiences with system defrag in Windows XP and 3rd party defraging tools. lets say at your next boot you get a lovely black and white message that says windows cannot boot. It really makes your day.
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