Apple finds out how hard it is to compete with the iPhone by releasing another product: iPad.

Also, I want to know how I can get paid for making Facebook so popular!

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 iWhat? [24:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Posted: January 30th, 2010 under After Show.
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“Why is my internet so slow?”

Some hints on how to fix your internet connection. (first steps)… We talk a little about how DNS affects your overall speed. Some chatter about Wi-Max and the company Clear.com.

Lance Armstrong asks everyone to come out and play… via Twitter… and gets “a few” takers.

And what happens to all your old Facebook updates when you “hit that final shutdown button in the sky”? your website? your web presence?

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 Fix your own Internet! [24:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Posted: January 23rd, 2010 under After Show.
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Everybody knows how to use their browser… but not everybody uses it the same way. Today we talk about the different ways people use – and misuse – the browser.

For instance, you can certainly type “http://www.easttexasdailynews.com” into the little blank on the Yahoo! page, but that just means you’re searching for information on that page. Typing it into the Address bar is the right way to go. But many search engine companies and toolbar companies have purposely made it confusing in order to get you to use their search engine.

In this vein, Harold shares his new find “Let Me Google That For You!” – lmgtfy.com. It’s a fun place to go if someone is always asking you questions that are just a “Google” away.

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 No, thanks! Just Browsing... [24:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Posted: January 16th, 2010 under After Show.
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More research on Thorium Nuclear Reactors… But also we talk about battery backups for your computer.

We also talk about Blu-Ray and 3D video… at home!

Harold tries out DropBox.

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 Pure Energy [24:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Posted: January 9th, 2010 under After Show.
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Some chatter about “email obfuscation”… Harold will post a link below to an interesting EO article.

Also, new technology to look for in 2010, or maybe just older technologies coming to fruition…like Thorium based nuclear reactors…

This is the first podcast of 2010 and it looks to us(and most of the rest of the world) to be a better year for all the way around.

Sam(a good friend and avid Computer101 Fan) sent us a question and posted a comment. We were almost beside ourselves.

The answer to Sam’s question about what is the name of the product that replaces Microsoft Exchange Server. The answer to that is Zimbra. There is a Free version and a For Pay version that does a really good job at hosting your email. I have setup up a number of these last year and currently setting up a new installation at this very moment.

Sam also mentioned Vistaprint in a comment during one of our “Free” shows. The only real problem with some of these “Free” products is that they tend to be a bit annoying with “reminding” you of greatness of the product you just received.

During the show we mentioned that there were ways to make your email address a little less spammy when displaying that info on a webpage. Mike and I thought that some of these ideas were pretty clever.

Head on over to tilllate.com and check out the coolness.

As far as next year goes: I think the “cloud” has a way to go before it is ready for the mainstream. Can’t wait to see the Apple iTouch on Steroids, and chompin at the bit to get a Thorium Reactor at my house.

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Harold and Mike

 

 What's New? [24:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Posted: January 2nd, 2010 under After Show, Interesting Sites.
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