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

Mother's Day Tech Gifts! NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight Review, Fitbit Ultra, Nike+ Fuelband vs $17 Pedometer! Chronological Order for Google Search

Thursday, May 10th, 2012 – running time 27:42

We review Barnes and Noble's NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight. Exercise Gadgets: Fitbit Ultra vs Nike+ Fuelband... vs a $17 Pedometer... our resident triathlete has a review! The word on Media Center in Windows 8! Tech for Mother's Day and more!

Make DVDs look good on your Blu-ray player! Finally... an eBook with a light built in! We review Barnes and Noble's NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight. Get your Google search results in chronological order. Exercise Gadgets: Fitbit Ultra vs Nike+ Fuelband... vs a $17 Pedometer... our resident triathlete has a review! The word on Media Center in Windows 8! Tech for Mother's Day!

Mother's Day Tech Gifts!

Mother's day is almost here! If you're thinking Tech instead of flowers or that long ugly line for brunch this Sunday morning, good news! We've surveyed a whole bunch of Tekzilla related moms and children and put together an awesome list of tech treats that'll make Mom super happy! (Unless, of course, she wanted to go to Yosemite!

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NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight

Finally, an eReader with a light built in. We go hands on and demo Barnes and Noble's NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight -in studio and in the dark!- and let you know if it's worth your cash, or if you're better off with a Sony Reader, Amazon Kindle or the basic Nook Simple Touch!

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Make DVDs Look Good on Your Blu-ray Player

Jason has a standard def Sony Bravia TV and a Panasonic Blu-ray Player... he's wondering why his 2.35.1 widescreen DVDs have "black bars all around the picture." We explain what they are -and how to fix 'em and fill up your scree- in the video!

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Is Windows 8 Ruining Windows Media Center?

David wrote in on our Facebook page, "What do you guys know about Windows Media Center in the new Windows 8? I hear its an add on, but what will you get?" We talk about the future of Windows Media Center in Windows 8 in the video... if you're a fan, you might not be pleased!

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Fitbit Ultra, Nike+ Fuelband, vs $17 Pedometer!

Mauricio Balvanera, our resident triathlete has the word on the Nike+ FuelBand and FitBit Ultra... he tested 'em against a $17 mechanical pedometer for BreakingMuscle.com. Are they worth the money? What do they do well? Will serious athletes care about the FitBit and FuelBand? Will they help exercise newbies do better? We've got answers in the video!

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Connection to Bluetooth?

Gary writes in, "Gary writes in, "The Kiel Fire Department is looking for a serial to Bluetooth connection. The laptop located in the ambulance has a serial port hooked to the heart monitoring machine and often gets pulled out during operation. They are looking for some sort of wireless connection." We knew Serial Port to USB adapters were pretty common... turns out there are a ton of Bluetooth Serial Port adapters, out there for all your legacy gear!

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Chronological Order for Google Search Results

"Is there a way to sort returns on search engines chronologically? When I check out reviews it irks me when the first couple of pages are years older than more current reviews listed several pages later." Steve, we've got just what you want in the video... and it's easy!

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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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