Jun 19th 2005
This Week in Tech 9
The Late Lamented Episode 9 Is Here
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
It's here. It's here.
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
- Windows Updates - should they be daily or monthly?
- Burning in Gaming Machines
- To Update or Not to Update Drivers
- OEM bloatware on Windows machines
- Backing up to network drives
- Patrick recommends Server Elements open source NAS
- Leo says don't buy Iomega's BOSS
- Using Gmail to backup your files
- Is OS X for Intel on the warez sites?
- The merits of live CDs like Knoppix
- The FCC advances the move to digital broadcast TV to 2006
- The TWiTs debate digital TV
- The best way to get HD
- Kevin admits to watching women's tennis
- Robert says NASCAR in HD is the way to go
- Leo says life sucks
- AMD Quadcore chips are on the way
- The limitations of multi-processor systems
- The end of the processor clock speed race
- Robert admits to building a Prescott-based system, it's fast... and hot: 75° C
- Processors will get faster, but we're in a transition period
- Sony hard drive add-on for PS/3 will come with Linux
- ATI Crossfire vs. SLI
- The benefits of nVidea's SLI dual card gaming
- The 1080p format
- Patrick and Leo ask Robert for TV buying advice
- Robert likes the Sharp 45-inch Aquos, but plasma is better for video
- Wait until the end of the year to buy
- 37-inch LCDs with 1080p resolution for under $2000 should appear soon
- Thanks to Textamerica for The TechTV-On This Date moblog
- Patrick is sticking with CRT displays
- Winbook's new HD LCD has some problems but it's very affordable
- LCD TVs are poised to replace CRT and rear-projection at the low end
- DVD Decrypter ceases and desists
- Kevin prefers DVD Shrink and it's not dead yet
- Was it because Decrypter broke Sony's copy protection?
- Canada is about to go down the DMCA road
- Cory Doctorow says WIPO's membership is the problem
- Patrick defends copy protection but says theonline music store experience stinks
- Kevin and Leo love JHymn for iTunes Music Store decryption
- Kevin will print the Free Leo Bumper Stickers
- Robert's off to play Battlefield 2
- Kevin's newest SYSTM is out: learn how to build your own Myth DVR using KnoppMyth
- HD3000 brings HDTV to Myth
- Leo loves Knoppix MAME
- Patrick plugs ExtremeIpod.com - enter the contest for free music
- Drupal throttling and moving to a new server (any day now)
- Patrick plays pitchman
- We're working on non-Paypal options to contribute (maybe Google?)
- Patrick's Box o' Crap is looking good, we'll announce winners soon. Honest.