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

Winter Gloves For iPhone and Android! Block Facebook For Better Grades, Google Cloud Print, Wood iPhone Mod, Print From Anything Without Drivers, Internet Clock Radio Recommendations!

Thursday, January 27th, 2011 – running time 32:15

Ultimate List Collection Kills Hours. Make Your Own Jolicloud Web Apps! What happens when an HDMI cable -doesn't- work? Block Drives From Mounting Under Bootcamp. We Crack Open the iPhone 4 and install the BackJacks Wooden iPhone back and Block Facebook Before Your Student Flunks Out! Screw Apple's Pentalobe Screws!

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News! XBMC now works on your iPad, Apple TV or iPhone, Google's Eric SchmidtÊlost $300 Million and Facebook Credits are taking over and Google Cloud Print promises you'll be able to print "from any app on any device OS or browser without the need to install drivers."

02:01 | Play

Winter Gloves For Touchscreen Phones!

Adam's tired of sawing the thumb and index fingers off his gloves so he can use his iPhone. Do we know of any gloves that work with touchscreens? Veronica liked the new Quirky Digits she saw at CES: they let you customize any glove. (URBAN gloves from TeleFingers were another new touchscreen glove option at CES.) Options that have been around for a while includeÊDOTS 'The iPhone Glove, iTouch GlovesÊFreehands Gloves along with Patrick's favorite, Ragg Wool Fingerless Gloves, or hunters gloves like Cabela's Glomitts!

05:33 | Play

JackBacks: Wooden iPhone 4 Liberation!

JackBacks.com custom wood iPhone back replacement! JackBacks.com includes all the tools you need to crack open the iPhone 4 (It's easy!) and install the stylish back... but we tee off and explain The Pentalobe and why you might needÊiFixit's iPhone 4 Liberation Kit in the future!

10:41 | Play

Website Pick: Amazing Lists: Oobject.com

Oobject.com is this week's "Website We Just Can't Get Enough of!" This curated group of lists of things that go together might sound boring, but seeing it, is, well, the beginning of a lot of lost time. Don't go to this one if you're on deadline!

16:14 | Play

How do I Stop Drive Mounting Under Bootcamp Windows?

Mark writes, "Bootcamp to go into Windows 7. I do want to be able to read and write onto my external hard drive (formatting for Mac), but I do not want to mount the 'Macintosh HD' primary hard drive in Windows 7. Is there a way to prevent 'Macintosh HD' from mounting in Windows 7 so that viruses and other crap do not infect any files on that drive?" You've got nothing to worry about, Mark... we explain Windows, HFS+, OS X and more in the video!

17:26 | Play

Block Facebook, Save A Student!

Jason writes in: "We have a college kid living with us who is neglecting his homework for facebook. I want to know if there is a way to block facebook at night with out losing other internet access, because some of his classes require internet access." We can help you block Facebook on your student's computer, Jason, and leave the internet (and Facebook!) on for other folks. Watch the video!

18:59 | Play

Internet Clock Radio Recommendation?

John can't get FM radio in his'basement suite' and he says it's "not too efficient to run my computer all night so I can listen to the radio while I fall asleep." Veronica's got some clock radio devices that can stream Internet radio stations over WiFI in the video!

22:04 | Play

DIY Jolicloud Web Apps

Nick in Maryland writes, "Jolicloud uses "Web Apps" on the home screen area but i can't figure out how to create them." Veroncia explains the process, step by step in the video!

26:18 | Play

Why Expensive HDMI Cables Are A Waste!

Ryan writes in explaining why nobody needs to buy "fancy pantsy, gold plated, reinforced, aerodynamic, super-cables." Seriously, science is on the side of our beloved $2 Monoprice cables. Watch the video!

27:29 | 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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