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

Clean Up Windows The Painless Way! Keyboard Battle: Smartfish vs Multi-Link Bluetooth. Memory Cards vs Airport Security. Is WPA2 Safe For Banking? Corporate Dropbox, Ford Focus Goes Electric, Sudoku G

Thursday, January 13th, 2011 – running time 32:17

HD Helmet Cams from CES: GoPro 3D and ContourGPS. Can you convert eSATA to a USB Hub? Stop Repetitive Stress With The Smartfish Engage Keyboard. CCleaner: Our Favorite Windows Uninstaller, IOGEAR Multi-Link Bluetooth Keyboard, BlueAnt says Vlingo = Better Hands Free Bluetooth,

CES, Sudoku Goggles, $49 iPhones, Ford Focus Goes Electric!

We're back from CES! If you haven't seen all the shiny things Veronica, Robert and Patrick found, please check out revision3.com/ces or youtube.com/tekhd.

Google says Goggles 1.3 kicks ass at Sodoku. Apple dropped their 8GB iPhone 3GS to $49 with a two year contract, just like AT&T did. The BBC says some Windows Phone 7 phones suffer from "phantom data use" to the tune of "between 30-50MB of data every day, Nvidia and Intel entered into a 1.5 Billion Dollar deal, and Ford goes electric, starting with the 2012 Focus!

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Question: Clean Clutter Off PC

Jake wants to clean some of the clutter off my PC. Is there any software like AppZapper for Windows? People have also told me to use a registry cleaner. Could shed some light on what it does exactly and if it would truly help? We explain program un-installers, why they're (usually) more important for OS X than Windows, why tweaking the Windows registry can be dangerous and explain the joys of CCleaner in the video!

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Sandy Bridge Speeds Up Video Encoding, if you use the right software!

Daniel's tired of the HD MOV files from his DSLR taking forever to transcode on his Core 2 Duo notebook. Will using a Sandy Bridge processor speed that up? Does he need special software? We've got all the answers in the video!

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Can Airport Security Wipe My Media Cards and Hard Drives?

Michael writes in, "I am travelling overseas soon and would like to know do you the airport machines harm digital media cards or erase HDD drives in camcorders? This is a major concern as I do not want to lose any photos or video of this trip." Good question... no, don't have much to worry about in airport security. Find out the places we're afraid o' losing data when we travel in the video!

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Is WPA2 WiFi Secure Enough For Banking?

Is WPA 2 WiFi Secure Enough For Banking? It better be, Michael, we use it all the time! That said, if somebody really wants to, they can crack WPA security...

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Convert eSATA to USB Hub?

Luke's wondering if there's an adapter that'll turn a spare eSATA jack into a USB hub. Watch the video to find out ore!

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Fit Your Reading To Your Time Limit: Longreads.com

If you're looking for content that fits your schedule -- whether it's your train ride to work, your 30 minutes on the elliptical machine, or just reading for a while before bed -- look no further than Longreads.com, our website of the week! These are full articles, tagged by fellow readers or the editor, that fit a certain time frame to finish reading. They can be magazine articles, editorials, short stories, historical documents, etc, and they're curated and organized by topics for easy searching. Find

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GoPro 3D Camera and ContourGPS: New Helmet Cams from CES

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Stop Repetitive Stress: Smartfish Engage Keyboard,

Patrick's keyboard pick from the CES showfloor? The Smartfish Engage keyboard, which promises to stop repetitive stress injuries... by moving itself!

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Segment: IOGEAR Multi-Link Bluetooth Keyboard

Veronica's keyboard pick from the CES showfloor? IOGEAR's Multi-Link Bluetooth Keyboard! Get the scoop in the video!

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BlueAnt: Software For A Better Headset?

At CES Veronica found BluAnt was focusing less about replacing your current bluetooth headset, and more about making the whole hands free calling experience better, using Vlingo.

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How to host a website from Home?

Kevin's got a project idea, "How to host a website from home with linux -I am a complete linux newb. A complete step by step would be great!" Let's talk about this one...

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DIY Dropbox For Corporation?

Don in Portland writes in, "Dropbox is a great service but I am uneasy with the notion of storing company data on Dropbox's servers. Do you know of a Dropbox replacement that can run on our own machines?" Ya got us, Don. If anybody in the Tekzilla Crew has a way to replicate the glory that is Dropbox for a corporation, please email Tekzilla@Revision3.com!

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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
Episodes:
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