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Remove Comcast's Bandwidth Cap, Sledgehammer vs. Pelican Case, Free Hard Drive Upgrade Tools, Sprint Says Block AT&T-Mobile!

Thursday, March 31st, 2011 – running time 29:44

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Pantyhose for Your PC? Pocket Tablet Picks, Make Foursquare Fun Again, Notebook HD Upgrade Made Easy, Free Drive Cloning Tools, Pocket Tablet Picks and find out what happens when the Pelican 1510LOC meets the sledgehammer...

Sprint Wants AT&T-Mobile Blocked, WWDC Hardware, Kinect Hacks!

Sprint wants the US Goverment to block the AT&T purchase of T-Mobile, Apple says no new hardware at WWDC, and check out the cool stuff going on at KinectHacks.net!
01:11 | Play

Pocket Tablet Recco, No iPod Touch, Please!

Cassandra in Queens, NY wonders if she should "stick with my Nokia N800 since It is only for movies, podcasts and intermittent surfing or is there a tablet out there for me, small and basic?" Veronica's got some great ideas in the video!
03:41 | Play

Notebook Drive Upgrade Made Easy!

A lot of you are upgrading to bigger hard drives and SSDs. We know 'cause we've gotten a ton of questions aksing how to upgrade your notebook HD, or how to move the contents of your old drive to your new drive. We walk you through the process, and help you avoid any paint points using our favorite drive cloning tools: Macrium Free, Paragon Backup and Recover, or Clonezilla for PC, SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner for OS X!
08:40 | Play

Website Pick: Foursquare Playground: Make Foursquare Fun Again!

If you're still checking into Foursquare, and you're not entirely sure why it's still fun or interesting to do so... yeah, that's me right about now... check out Foursquare Playground, this week's "Website We Just Can't Get Enough of!" This neat little HTML5 app was built to show a neighborhood representation of your Foursquare life, including businesses near you, who is checked in nearby, and where there are special deals. Watch the video to learn more!
15:28 | Play

Pelican Case Torture Test!

The last time we had a Pelican case on, it kept a 7000 pound truck from crushing Patrick's iPhone. This time we take your suggestions on how we should torture Pelican's 1510LOC Laptop Overnight Case with Patrick's notebook inside. It survived repeated tosses from the loading dock. Watch the video to see what happened when we took the sledgehammer to it!
16:44 | Play

Remove Comcast's Bandwidth Cap!

Josh from Technothusiasts.com and TheWarm wrote in to say: Ali Can Get Around THE CAP!!! Remember Ali, his room mates and the 250GB Comcast Data cap? There's a really easy way to get Comcast without the bandwidth cap... we're talking unlimited data. Watch the video to find out how!
22:29 | Play

Using Pantyhose to Filter Our Dust from My PC

Cristopher loves the air filter on his Antec 300. He's wondering, "is there a way to add this design to my future undecided video card? Ideally, I would like to simply remove the filter, clean it, and then reinsert it." We're not sure its necessary, but we've got an idea that involves recycling a pair of oldÊpantyhose!
23:34 | Play

Thanks for the iPad Tips!

Rick in Minnesota emailed to thank the viewers for all their ideas on how to move large amounts of data (Like a PDF library!) onto his iPad, and shares a nifty tool for managing e-books: Calibre. Thanks!!!
26:07 | Play

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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:
429
Credits
Veronica Belmont (Host)
Robert Heron (Host)
Patrick Norton (Host)