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

Roku HD-XR, See WiFi Problems, Wireless Charging: Powermat, WOW & Windows 7, We Drive Electric Ford!

Thursday, October 29th, 2009 – running time 36:04

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Ford Electric Car: Test Drive! Powermat: Hands On With Wireless Charging. MetaGeek Channalyzer: What's Going On In Your WiFI? DIY Password Protected Thumbdrive. Open Multiple Web Pages In One Click. Windows 7 for $30? World of Warcraft and Windows 7?

Welcome to Tekzilla... hands on reviews of the latest tech, and how to make the most out of the gear you already own! Veronica Belmont and Patrick Norton are your hosts.

Test Drive! Ford's Electric Focus and Plug In Hybrid and Battery Electric.

A quarter of Ford's vehicles will be electrified by 2020? We had a chance to drive a plug in hybrid Fusion due i n 2012 (45 miles + on electric alone!) along w/ a prototype for the 2011 Focus EV, an all electric (or Battery Electric Vehicle) that promises a 100 mile range. Watch the vide to find out how they drove!
00:37 | Play

HD-XR: Bring On The USB Port!

We're fans of the Roku HD, this week Roku released the Roku HD-XR which looks awfully familiar, except for the USB port, 802.11n WiFi and a $130 price tag. The Roku HD Digital Video player stays at $99.
04:00 | Play

Truecrypt Ready for Windows 7... and Snow Leopard!

Good news! Just as our Windows 7 show hit the servers, our favorite free open source encyryption tool, the fabulous TrueCrypt, got 100% compatible with Windows 7. It's been updated for Snow Leopard, too! How cool is that??? Thanks to everyone that emailed in that tidbit!
05:25 | Play

Powermat: Wireless Charging Reviewed

PowerMat's wireless charging tech is here! (think inductive charging, which is all about electromagnetic induction) is here. We test out the Powermat with an iPhone and a Nintendo DSi, you can find out how it worked in the video... be warned, Veronica's got some problems with this one!
05:49 | Play

Gadget Of The Week: Icy Dock 2.5" to 3.5" Drive Converter!

f you plan on upgrading your Desktop PC with a SSD drive you've probably noticed that it won't fit into a standard 3.5" drive bay. Enter Icy Dock's MB882SP, aka the perfect tool free 2.5" to 3.5" SSD & SATA Hard Disk Drive Converter!
11:13 | Play

See Your WiFi Problems with Chanalyzer!

A few weeks ago we were excited to show off inSSIDer, an outstanding (and free!) open source Wi-Fi scanner from Metageek.net. We wanted to show off Chanalyzer, Metageek's nifty tool for visualizing WiFi traffic... and the 2.4 and 5 Ghz signals that interere with it, but we didn't have a Wi-Spy card. This week we've got one in, the Wi-Spy DBx and we show you how Chanalyzer helps you solve your WiFi problems in the video!
13:21 | Play

Website We Can't Get Enough Of: TwitCritics!

If you love movies, but you're sick of all those hoity-toity movie reviewers trying to tell you what's good, check out TwitCritics! On the main page you'll see a list of some of the newest movies out there with their rating percentage. The higher the percentage, the better the movie is ranking. How is that ranking determined? TwitCritic scans Twitter for mentions of the films, and then uses techno-magic to figure out which tweets are positive about the movie, or negative. Now, in an instant, you can sample the Twitterverse's opinion on a flick!
19:49 | Play

Will World of Warcraft Run on Windows 7?

Joe's got a WoW habit... will World of Warcraft run well on Windows 7? Find out the answer in the video, along with a tool Joe can use to upgrade his XP machine to Windows 7 -without- having to re-install everything! (Hint: check out Laplink's PCmover)
20:52 | Play

loning Your Fresh Windows 7 Install: What Should You Use?

Meldon wants to know what tool he can use to clone (that's a whole disk backup!) his fresh Windows 7 install. We reccomend the same tool we used to clone our XP and Vista installs -before- we upgraded to Win7: Macrium Reflect FREE
22:46 | Play

$30 Student Copies of Win7: Scam or legit?

e don't know waht win741.com is, Ali, but we know college students should be able to score a full Windows 7 installation from Microsoft.com/student. They've got more great deals there, too, like Office Ultimate for $60!
23:10 | Play

What Can I Do With Windows 7 OEM?

obber's wondering what happens if he upgrades his PC with an OEM licensed Windows 7... how many times can he upgrade? Find out the answer in the video!
23:19 | Play

DIY Encrypted Flash Drive?

Kommon wants to know if he can password lock his thumdrive so he doesn't have to deal with locking down every individual file... prerably without having to install sofware on the computer he's using. Dont't worry, Kommon, Veronica's got answers in the video!
26:06 | Play

A Bunch Of Wesites With One Click!

Paul uses the same group of websites for each type of projects I work on, but don't need them all the time... is there a easy one click way to automatically launch them all? Sure! Veronica has the deets for creating Openers in Safari, Bookmarking All Tabs in Firefox (Morning Coffee is helpful) and.. adding multiple home pages in IE 8. Anybody know a way to bookbark groups of tabs in IE8? Email us how: tekzilla@revision3.com!
29:31 | Play
Tekzilla Gelaskinz and AppJudgment!

We've got Tekzilla GelaSkins for your iPhone in the Revision3.com/store, along with t-shirts for women and men, along with the fabulous Tekzilla hat.

And if you haven't seen AppJudgment, you haven't seen a great collection of mobile phone application reviews for the iPhone, Android, and Blackberry!

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About the Show

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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:
437
Episode Credits
Veronica Belmont (Host)
Robert Heron (Host)
Patrick Norton (Host)