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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
4G Fight: we face off Verizon's 4G LTE MiFi mobile hotspot vs. Sprint 4G Overdrive. Should you wait for Lion or buy a MacBook now? Is TOR good for sending Stuff to Wikileaks: Anonymity vs. Encryption. How to boot into Windows instead of Linux, and much more!
4G Fight: we face off Verizon's 4G LTE MiFi mobile hotspot vs. Sprint 4G Overdrive. Should you wait for Lion or buy a MacBook now? Is TOR good for sending Stuff to Wikileaks: Anonymity vs. Encryption. How to boot into Windows instead of Linux. Keep Kitties Away From Your Cables with this cool gadget, National Security Agency tips for keeping home networks secure!
The NSA says upgrade to Windows 7 (or vista) in Best Practices for Keeping Your Home Network Secure. OS X users, try to avoid the MAC Defender trojan. Meanwhile, Coding Horror's Jeff Atwood Solid state hard drives fail. A lot.
David writes, "you mentioned how non-standard the amperage is on micro USB. If I have a headset that takes an input of 500 mA and a charger that puts out 750 mA will the charger damage the battery or just charge it faster?" We explain in the video!
"In a recent episode with the power strip with the rotating plugs, Patrick said that the faceplate on the receptacle should be removed before installing the power strip." Oddly enough, Patrick installed the 360 Electrical 4-Outlet Rotating Surge Protector -over- the outlet faceplates in his home!
Should Jake wait for OS X Lion before he buys his new MacBook Pro? When will Lion be released? How much will the upgrade from Snow Leopard cost? Watch the video to find out!
Segment Keywords (Comma separated):Skyler needs some help figuring out how to save time when he turns on his desktop... it boots directly into Linux, but he wants it to boot into Windows! Veronica got some great info from the folks on our facebook page, props to Maruthi for the link that explains change your default OS ... we've got more tools to change your defualt OS in the video!
Is there anything Mitch can do/purchase to keep his new kittie out of the shame pit of wires behind his precious entertainment center? Yup! Veronica has a way to keep cats off things they aren't supposed to be on, the StayAway Motion Activated Pet Deterrent!
Mike wrote in "If you have cameras on 100% of the time in your house you are REQUIRED by federal law to put stickers on the doors indicating that fact." We can't find a federal law that says this... is there a lawyer in the Tekzilla audience that cares to comment?
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yesterday
Tekzilla ep 429 is now up! 17 cool things from Maker Faire, Secrets from Google IO, and @veronica's molded ear buds. http://t.co/jcoNW6schP
yesterday
Apologies to all our viewers. Tekzilla ep. 429's release will be delayed today. Working out an encoding issue. Hope to get up asap.
yesterday
RT @Veronica: My #XboxReveal bingo cards are ready to go! @ Revision3 http://t.co/7Ybtqs0UJz
yesterday
Our #XboxReveal livestream starts now! http://t.co/Q6O05MRxaD
2 days ago
Tune to watch the #XboxReveal LIVE (and play bingo) with @Veronica and @patricknorton in just a few short hours! http://t.co/Q6O05MRxaD
3 days ago
@Bamafan116 @Rev3Games We sure will! Actually, the link to the video is already ready. Here you go: http://t.co/Q6O05MRxaD
