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Roku 2, SSD Reliabilty Study, RAW or JPEG? Turn Your Body Into A Tripod, Comfortable Earbud Hack, Bandcamp!

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 – running time 29:07
Roku 2: Easy Streaming HD Video, Smaller Box Adds Angry Birds. Hold Your Camcorder The Right way! Find Comfortable Earbuds, or make the ones you have more comfortable. MacBook Air Bag Recco, Should YOU use RAW instead of JPEG on your digital camera? Tom's Hardware Report: "Is Your SSD More Reliable Than A Hard Drive?" Square's credit card reader business is growing, Datacenter Power Consumption Is Down, a couple warnings if you use your corporate VPN to protect you when you travel!

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Roku 2: Easy Streaming HD Video, Smaller Box Adds Angry Birds. Hold Your Camcorder The Right way! Find Comfortable Earbuds, or make the ones you have more comfortable. MacBook Air Bag Recco, Should YOU use RAW instead of JPEG on your digital camera? Tom's Hardware Report: "Is Your SSD More Reliable Than A Hard Drive?" Square's credit card reader business is growing, Datacenter Power Consumption Is Down, a couple warnings if you use your corporate VPN to protect you when you travel!

SSD Failure Rates, Datacenter Power Consumption, Square Credit Card Readers

Datacenter Power Consumption Is Down. Running an SSD? You should read  Is Your SSD More Reliable Than A Hard Drive?. It sounds like Square's wee credit card readers for the iphone are doing OK.

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Roku 2 Review

Forget about the new Motion Sensitive controller and  Angry Birds on the new  Roku 2 XS... it's a easy way to get HD video from Netflix, Hulu, Revision3 and hundreds more onto your TV. More games, please!

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Get Steady Video: Hold Your Camcorder The Right Way!

Fredrik emails, "Video camcorders used to have a viewfinder that you put your eye to. Nowadays they have ditched that for a flip-out screen ... Any tips from you or your viewers of how to hold the new camcorders?" Roger joins Veronica to talk the right way to hold a camcorder with a flip out screen if you want steady video, and when it's time to put to the camera on a tripod or monopod!

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Bandcamp: Make Money Off Your Music!

Trying to sell your music? It's tough without a label, but with  Bandcamp.com, you can reach your fans directly, and they can give you what they think your latest album is worth. You keep full rights to you music... and the money doesn't end up in the pockets of some jerk at 'the label." That's why Bandcamp.com is our Website Of The Week!

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RAW vs JPEG?

Last week Microsoft added RAW file support to Windows 7. This week @xsiner tweeted "what's the benefits to using RAW over JPEG? Or does it make that much difference?" We explain why RAW makes a BIG difference, and why you might not care in the video!

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MacBook Air Bag Recco

"Can you recommend a good backpack for carrying my 11" MacBook Air, textbooks, notebooks, and miscellaneous tech? Any suggestions for protecting my MacBook Air during the commute, and while in the classroom?"

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Earbuds That Fit My Ears

Lalli's looking for earbuds that are comfortable for tiny ears. Veronica can relate! Find our how she makes earbuds more comfortable, and why Patrick likes custom molds in the video!

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Corporate VPN Warning!

Luc writes in "one thing about corporate VPN settings you need to tell your viewers is that most corporate VPN settings do not by default route all traffic through the VPN." Find out why you need to know this in the video. Thanks for the reminder, Luc!

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GoToAssist

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JackThreads

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