TWiT episode 9 & 10 released

This WEEK in TECH episode 9 has been released. You can download it here or listen to a stream version. Thanks to Ourmedia.org. You can also check out the totally official super-legit TWiT mirrors site here.

Update: Episode 10 has just been released. You can download episode 10 here. You may also listen to a stream version or download it here. You may download it here at Filefront.com.

Smartfeed

Smartfeed is the first Podcast Receiver, or "Podcatcher", to bring podcasting to both the Smartphone and PocketPC leveraging the same underlying .NET Compact Framework managed assembly!

Systm Website Updated

Just what the title says, the systm site has a new updated layout. I like the layout. It is very simple and clean.

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Flickr Album

Enter in your Flickr username, a tag (optional), and the max number of pages you want, then click go. After the Flash app loads, click and drag the little dogear corner of the page, and turn the page. Viola! Instant virtual reality photo album of your Flickr photos. [Flickralbum.com] [Digg this]

Just connect a camera, download our free vSkype plug-in, and invite up to 200 buddies to a video call - even if they don't have a camera. But wait, there's more! You can also share anything you see on your screen, even your entire desktop! Whether you use Skype for business or to connect with family and friends, now you can show a presentation, work on a spreadsheet, or share photos of your weekend fun while seeing everyone on the call!

Video: Hot-Air Balloon Basket Car

These people were zipping around in what looks like a hot-air balloon basket. This was taken at the 2005 Heritage Balloon Festival. I am offering this in the quicktime format. I finally figured out how to save it in mpeg-4 format in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.




[Quicktime, MPEG-4, 61.9 MB]

Systm episode 2 released

In this episode they show you how to make a PVR using MythTV. To download, you must have some kind of torrent client (such as BitTorrent or Azureus).

Star Wars: Broken Allegiance

Story...

Two dark Jedi flee the planet Coruscant but must fight for their freedom when Darth Vader engages the Super Star Destroyer Executor and a vicious bounty hunter to track them down.



Also see it here.

Microsoft offers tabbed browsing in IE 6

Microsoft offers tabbed browsing--in IE 6 | CNET News.com: "Weeks after promising tabs in its upcoming IE 7 release, Microsoft made the long-awaited browsing feature available for IE 6 through its MSN toolbar."

Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006

Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006: "At its Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple announced plans to deliver models of its Macintosh computers using Intel microprocessors by this time next year, and to transition all of its Macs to using Intel microprocessors by the end of 2007."

ineen

Free voip, video and instant messaging that's easy to use. Make and receive free calls using IP Telephony!

Exotic Spotter

From the website WreckedExotics.com comes Exoticspotter.com. This site brings together hundreds of exotic car sightings from all over the world.

Which Revenge of the Sith Character are you?

You scored as Clone Trooper.



Clone Trooper 69%
Darth Vader 61%
General Grievous 61%
Yoda 53%
Anakin Skywalker 44%
C-3PO 44%
R2-D2 44%
Emperor Palpatine 36%
Obi Wan Kenobi 33%
Mace Windu 33%
Chewbacca 14%
Padme Amidala 6%

Which Revenge of the Sith Character are you? created with QuizFarm.com

Video: Balloon Festival 2005

2005 Heritage Balloon Festival. Balloon glow at the Palestine Municipal Airport. The weather was not to good. But two or more managed to take off. It was very cool.



Or download the high-res version:
[68.9 MB, WMV]

TWiT Episode 7

Episode 7 of This Week in TECH is now available.
Having trouble getting episode 7? Go here and download it.

Episode III

Just got back from seeing Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith. Wow, so that is what happened to him. If you have not seen the movie yet go and see it.

Video4Skype

Dialcom's Spontania video plug-in is designed to be integrated with any 3rd party Internet-based communication solution. Dialcom selected Skype, the leading VoIP solution, as the first integration candidate.

It features:
* No network configuration
* End-to-End encryption
* Free

I want one

Ok I went to Best Buy today and played on a Mac mini. I want one. Wow what I cool little machine. I like how everything just runs smoothly. I don't know which model I was on though. And I don't know if it was a stock unit with the default specs. The only thing that I did not care for was the mouse. The keyboard was ok. I like that it has 2 usb ports on it. My scanner and printer will work with it. I might have to get a KVM switch for it. Maybe be the end of the year Apple will have updated the Mac mini with better specs. That would be cool. Maybe offer 512 Megs of ram instead of 256 Megs. And bump up the hard drive space. I want one.

Orange - Gold Spot - Darth Vader

Darth Vader's heart of evil is no match for Hollywood executives'. Funny Video Spoof


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From the Shadows Box 3.0 Released

Breakthroughs in wireless technologies over the past five years have yielded a revolution that reaches far beyond the world of those with advanced technical knowledge. The 2.4Ghz spectrum is used as the basis for technologies such as Wireless Networking (Wi-Fi) and even Wireless Security Cameras! This can be attributed to the fact that... [digg.com, fromtheshadows.tv] [CAUTION]