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@evablue Bixi season is over in November, no?
November 30
- BIXI
Thanks, good to know!
- Angelo Stavrow
Items for sale: Canon 70-200mm f/4L, Canon 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS, Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro
- Angelo Stavrow
Live now: Windows Weekly 123 with Paul Thurrott. http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....
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I checked out Zune HD in Best Buy yesterday and it looked great.
- Ryan
My Best Buy is too lazy to put one on display, but they did admit they have them in stock. I met someone yesterday who had one already. The screen does look amazing.
- Steve Mesik
I have seen a lot of BS on apple blogs about how terrible the display on the Zune HD is and I disagree completely.
- Ryan
Item 1: Zune HD vs. iPod touch Zune 4.0 software Zune Marketplace updates Why are Apple fanatics running scared?
- Leo Laporte
So what if I gray import a Zune HD, could I even use it up here with content I've ripped?
- Filippo Dinolfo
Why can't you re-encode the HD version into SD for your device?
- Steve Mesik
I would expect you could Filippo as mp3's or whatever format your rips are, are not region specific.
- Ryan
Steve, probably because you'd be stuck with SD if you output it to an HDTV.
- Angelo Stavrow
@Ryan Oh, I'm more concerned about being able to Update/Activate it. It'd really suck if the device itself was region locked.
- Filippo Dinolfo
@Angelo Paul was saying that if you want to put the content on your Zune you would have to download it as SD anyway.
- Steve Mesik
@Steve Ah, missed that. That stinks.
- Angelo Stavrow
Okay, this is confusing. You can only sync the SD version from the store, but the Zune HD will output 720p. So, hm... Does that not make sense to anyone else?
- Filippo Dinolfo
HI FROM A DREARY FALL DAY IN GA AUDIO AND VEDIOS WORKIN OK TO DAY
- daveccorey
@Filippo, maybe you just have to pirate/rip your own stuff if you want HD :D
- Ryan
The zune app store is brand new, you should probably wait and give them a chance to get some developers involved before you make judgments on the quality of the apps.
- Nathan McFarland
@Nathan, I agree, the SDK just came out Wednesday or Thursday
- Ryan
@Ryan, I'm looking forward to seeing Project Gotham Racing on the Zune HD.
- Filippo Dinolfo
The "free" buds are uncomfortable and terrible for all audio devices I get.
- Ryan
I use the gen-2 Zune headphones with my iPhone. Much as I like the iPhone, the supplied headphones are garbage.
- Angelo Stavrow
Do you think they will come out with good accessories for Zune now? Like car stereos with an optional Zune dock to control it through stereo? Like the many Ipod docks.
- Philip Griego
I want to carry both, I want longer battery life. I want to play music on speakers and walk around talking on phone.
- Philip Griego
That and I don't want all my eggs in one basket. If one thing breaks (gets stolen, left on airplane) I still want access to everything else and not lose everything at once
- Philip Griego
@Philip Also not being tied to a particular provider is always a plus. I'd love to have all that functionality without having to have a "Phone" tied to it. Does that make sense?
- Filippo Dinolfo
Yes, I agree.
- Philip Griego
Item 2: Special student pricing on Windows 7 Just $30 for Home Premium or Professional http://www.win741.com/
- Leo Laporte
Item 3: Office Web Applications Technical Preview has begun Some good news, some bad news
- Leo Laporte
So now Microsoft is overloading (Office Web Applications and Outlook Web Access) OWA... This isn't going to be confusing at all.
- Philip Griego
Gladinet Cloud Desktop maps Live Skydrive and other cloud storage as a virtual drive http://www.gladinet.com/
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
Irem 4: Bing Visual Search A neat iteration to Microsoft's decision engine http://www.bing.com/visuals...
- Leo Laporte
Bing Bang Zune
- Ryan
Audible pick of the week: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown http://www.audible.com/adbl... Latest book in the Robert Landon series. You know, in case you'd never heard of it.
- Leo Laporte
This house party conversation is epic.
- Ken Sheppardson
Tip of the week: Select multiple pictures for your desktop wallpaper more easily (Win7) Instead of going through the Personalization UI to choose the wallpapers you want to rotate through, there's a pretty easy shortcut you can do instead. Simply open up the directory containing all the pictures you want to use in Explorer. Highlight the pictures you want (click-drag or ctrl/shift+click). Right-click, and choose "Set as desktop background". Thanks to Jordan Cohen
- Leo Laporte
Did this tip come from the future because I haven't heard it on the live stream yet ;)
- Ryan
Software pick of the week: Zune 4 and Google Chrome 3 http://www.zune.net http://www.google.com/chrome
- Leo Laporte
Jeez... now Microsoft is TOTALLY doing to drive all those screensaver companies out of business. MONOPOLY... MONOPOLY
- Ken Sheppardson
could be jack and cola
- Philip Griego
I like how MacBreak Weekly is full of snarking at Microsoft and Windows Weekly is full of snarking at Microsoft ;-)
- Ken Sheppardson
haha ken
- Ryan
Web access with Zune pass is freaking awesome - I had issues installing silverlight on my work PC, but I got admin rights and installed it shh!!
- Ryan
Will there be wood at the house party?
- Philip Griego
Leo - Buy the first Apple Macintosh Plus ever, owned by Gene Roddenberry Bearing the serial number F4200NUM0001 http://fusedfilm.com/2009...
- Andrew Johnson
Absolutely "There Might Be Shrimp"
- Ken Sheppardson
"Last TC50" probably means the next one will be a TC60
- Ken Sheppardson
Two questions. Is Zune the name of the software or hardware?If Zune is software is it just a GUI or an OS. The reason why I am posting the question is because the Desktop program is also called Zune.
- DeMedici
Tuesday Tips are getting decent traffic on http://www.gongzero.com/ but I'd love to get suggestions on what YOU want to know about! #photography
Hey, just stumbled on your site gongzero.com while searching for QProx stuff. I realize you posted the project a few years ago, but I was wondering if you still had any of those QT110 DIP8 ICs around, since you can't get them anymore and I could use some for a project. I would have emailed you, but couldn't find a contact on your site, so I thought I'd give this FriendFeed thing a go -...
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- Steve
Hey Steve! I'll see if I have any lying around and get back to you in the next couple of days. Thanks for following!
- Angelo Stavrow
Oh, great, now we have anonymous Twitter: http://www.twitanonymous.com/
Daniel Rowley, Mike Shields, Matteo and 20 other people liked this
blocked
- Leo Laporte
Also blocked. If you can't tell me something without hiding, what can we assume about your credibility?
- Angelo Stavrow
great like the trolls need more places to eat
- Andrew Euell
thats 4 anonymous sources w/communications w/journalists that would be great source 4 journalists & sources. Why should we be so negative 4?
- polou/indigo_bow
They use more than one Twitter account: http://twitter.com/TwitAno... http://twitter.com/TwitAno... http://twitter.com/TwitAno... and so on for quite a ways. That's gotta be a violation of the Twitter terms, yesno?
- Otto
WONDERFUL!!!! Just what Twitter needs!!! NOT!
- Tony Davis
@samuel if its 4 the same purpose yes they r in violation of TOS, but I am not sure of their context therefore not much I can say. lots of ppl have more than 1 Twitter account 4 different purposes.
- polou/indigo_bow
Samuel: That's a BIG problem. Sent a test message to myself, but can only block one source address (TA2), not all at once. :>(
- Larry Hawes
It's for same purpose, they are splitting the anonymous tweets across multiple accounts. Watch those accounts for a few minutes and you'll see several coming from all of them.
- Otto
Anyone know how we can complain about this to Twitter and make it stop?
- Larry Hawes
Twitter has a spam account @http://twitter.com/spam @larry hawes try that 1st
- polou/indigo_bow
LOL. Somebody decided to get clever: http://twitter.com/TwitAno... and http://twitter.com/TwitAno... and http://twitter.com/TwitAno... :-D
- Otto
I hope that Twitter cuts off their access. That's clearly a violation of the "serialized accounts" that help to define spam. Will this be used for anything other than spam of evil? I seriously doubt it.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
from PeopleBrowsr
I want the opposite from Twitter. I want exposure! Our new parolee/pitbull TV show, The Underdawgz which starts in Sept. on Animal Planet.
- shelter watch
Seriously? Are we in High School?
- Charl Lee
"oportunity"? LOL :D
- Roberto
Blocked.
- Jack Wilson, K4SAC
I guess AnonymousTwit.com was probably gone already
- Riel Roussopoulos
I just send @arrington a "Screw you !" Message. Nice find
- Lare2
So much for anonymity, Lare2.
- joey
All the @TwitAnonymous numbered accounts seem to be suspended now: http://twitter.com/TwitAno...
- Otto
yeah! what Leo said... "blocked"!
- dorn
Just went to block them and looks like Twitter is suspending the accounts.
- amygeek
Wooohooo! Great news amygeek!! :)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
For those upset about the live TWiF time change- we kept hitting Fri traffic (1 hour + drive north) & it was becoming unbearable. Sowwy :(
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well you gotta do what you gotta do... and there's always ODTV i guess
- Chris Heath
heh 2pm is better for me because I was commuting when you were doing the show :P
- Nick Young
For those who aren't in SF, NY, or some other huge area... traffic in a metro area is on a whole other level. In Boston, if I need to go to a meeting that's said to be 30 min away, it can take 25 min or it can take well over an hour. So for Sarah and Martin, it must be a nightmare parking lot at times.
- Dave Friedel
I don't know. I think Sarah and Martin are probably famous and rich enough to afford the helicopter.
- Chad McCoskey
from iPhone
Oh that's right. They have multimillion dollar contracts from TWiT. At least get a chauffeured limo you guys.
- Dave Friedel
Maybe not a helicopter but you'd think at least jet packs...
- Thomas
Did someone say JetPack?? http://www.break.com/index...
- Dave Friedel
I like this jetpack --and the ensuing hilarity-- better: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Angelo Stavrow
So we have solved the issue. Martin and Sarah need jet packs to get to the cottage. @digitalkitty can make those from spare parts and soda bottles I'm sure.
- Dave Friedel
Maybe it doesn't have to be a jet pack... http://www.news.com.au/travel...
- Thomas
See @sarahlane and @martinsargent fly on their personal helipacks in a new SyFy Original Movie © - "Over Petaluma" - Coming this fall.
- Dave Friedel
Hi from georgia guys
- daveccorey
Well, traffic was actually worse this week, which was discouraging. We're looking into other options. Nothing like horrible traffic to harsh the pre-show buzz...
- Sarah Lane
Just shows y'all need jet packs...
- Thomas
Do it in the evening, even if you have to change the day. Think about it this way... it's fun to hang out after work, people on the east coast can listen at home, after 6 the traffic is better. I know that makes your day very long, but all the traffic wants to leave early on a Friday. If you did Thurs at 6pm, it wouldn't be as bad. It would be like hanging out in a bar after work. The...
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- Dave Friedel
Robo.to - http://wakoopa.com/softwar...
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Interesting idea, but I look much better behind a camera than in front of it so I'll still with text updates.That said, great UX design on their website!
- Angelo Stavrow
@Angelo, the Design of robo.to is great, what would seesmic do if robo.to add a video comment feeture, a more converstional.
- abdellah
Live now: Windows Weekly 118 with Paul Thurrott. http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....
Kim, Peter Cook, Joe Solberg and 13 other people liked this
Paul sounds louder than Leo to me.
- Charles LePage
I am a total mac fanboy but I love this show, its one of my favorite on the network.
- Jordan Patterson
One of my favorites too. Paul should do more podcasts.
- Charles LePage
Hello Leo, Paul, great to see you live for the first time - and I just signed up to this friendfeed thing :-)
- Kris Chaplin
welcome Kris! We hope you'll enjoy being part of the new Facefeed family.
- Leo Laporte
Wow - Thanks Leo :-)
- Kris Chaplin
Item 1: Is Microsoft screwed? There's a lot of silliness going around that the era of Microsoft is over I looked into this and contrary to public perception, Microsoft's approach to cloud computing is a winning strategy Open your eyes: We may never have the same single vendor issue in the PC industry, but Microsoft will remain viable if not dominant in the future This was the subject of...
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- Leo Laporte
Never tried these "rooms" before. This is pretty neat.
- Daniel Drake
Agreed - would be good to be able to work out how to get the video with this friendfeed in the same browser window. Anyone know if that is possible?
- Kris Chaplin
Interesting idea, Kris. it's very possible to have the non live version in here, such as a youtube video. But live? That might require some FF innovation, and now that FF belongs to FB, dunno.
- Charles LePage
BTW, stand-alone pop-up - http://friendfeed.com/twit-co... You can get there by clicking on the post timestamp twice.
- Ken Sheppardson
I wonder if one of the successes with "TWiT Conversations" is that not everybody is on it, though, as in IRC...
- Daniel Drake
perhaps I should move upstairs onto my 2x monitor setup :-)
- Kris Chaplin
@Ken - Thanks! I'd been wondering how to pull out single discussions from the main feed!
- Angelo Stavrow
Have Leo and Paul discussed the Mac Office announcement today? Bit late tuning in.
- Dom Barnes
No. Not that I heard.
- Charles LePage
"In a world..." *music*
- Daniel Drake
Unless Microsoft come out with a strategy to move Windows from Intel to ARM, or other truely mobile embedded platform, I dont see them being dominant any more as a consumer OS in the next 10 years. Interesting times, I think it is cloud and enterprise focus or bust for Microsoft!
- Kris Chaplin
Dvorak's Article: http://www.marketwatch.com/story...
- Leo Laporte
Paul's voice always reminds me of Keith Olberman.
- Jim Graham
Is it right that Windows 7 does not come with a email client? That seems ridiculous. How come Paul is up in arms about the EU decision forcing users to download a browser but hasn't criticised MS for stripping out a key aspect of the OS for many users?
- bobrudge
How many consumer still use a desktop client for e-mail though? Isn't it more of a cloud-based thing for most non-enterprise users?
- Angelo Stavrow
One thing that Apple may have done in the new context is Apple realizing they're a hardware business and only charging $29 for Snow Leopard. If they only charged $29 for every software company they're no longer trying to make money on the OS. Microsoft doesn't have that freedom, but they may need to rethink in ways like that.
- Dan Ficker
I know people who prefer a desktop email client, but I always steer them to Thunderbird.
- Charles LePage
And I would always steer people toward Firefox but it doesn't stop Paul being outraged at the removal of IE which I think we can all agree is dreadful. Windows Mail was fine and I know many, entry level users who use Outlook Express/Mail for their email. Without it they'd struggle for offline access.
- bobrudge
I think damn cheap netbooks with integrated browsers such as firefox etc are going to dominate in the next few years, so cloud, yes, but I foresee a gradual decline of windows in the domestic market.
- Kris Chaplin
"fast followers" save so much on R&D and risk - bleeding edge is painful
- Kris Chaplin
With early market leaders not making it..what does that say for the patent system? Are the vanished innovators sitting back reaping their well earned rewards or battling in court?..or?
- Dale
Perhaps Linux isn't so much an "experience" as Windows or Mac OS.
- Daniel Drake
I know almost nothing about Mac OSs. But, Linux installations, for me, always require much more work to get to a usable point than Windows installations. I always find some hardware driver issue, or a software issue, with Linux. But XP and 7 have worked extremely well wherever I have placed them.
- Charles LePage
Paul is so good at this, he is crushing Leo's argument :D
- Mark
a "legacy" of hundreds of millions of customers
- Preternat (Ken Cadby)
It's ok Leo, you can talk about global warming. ;)
- Daniel Drake
If this question was posed on TWiG or MBW, the snark level would have been through the roof.
- Arawak
Global warming is my fault. I did it. And there's nothing you can do to fix it. BWAHAHA
- Charles LePage
I just built an HTPC on an Ion-ITX. Started with UBuntu 9.04. It was sluggish and could not get drivers to work for all features of the board. Windows 7? Installed flawlessly, all features work, and it responds faster than Ubuntu.
- Brian Merriman
He's not crushing Leo's argument. It's a mirror of this week's MacBreak Weekly in which Apple apologists defended Apple to the hilt through one-eyed praise. Much as Paul is defending MS by saying most of what they're doing is brilliant, which is questionable at best
- bobrudge
will people really care what OS they are running, if everything is in the cloud?
- Kris Chaplin
Outstanding, Brian. To me, Ubuntu works well where it is designed to. Windows OSs seem to work well even when you don't expect them to. Which is probably due to the years Microsoft has spent working very hard to not leave anyone or anything behind.
- Charles LePage
Not sure I agree with Paul's argument, don't know why but his main argument seems to be is Microsoft has been successful because it has been and so it will continue to be
- Kim Landwehr
I doubt cloud computing will really take off until web connection no matter where you are becomes the norm.
- Jovanni Bello
If all you do is read email and web pages, the cloud is fine. For everyone else, you will need more than just the cloud.
- Charles LePage
I hate the idea that 'everything' is going to be in the cloud, it's ridiculous. We'd need universal open access super-fast broadband for it to be even conceivable. Am I expected to have my movies and games stored online and streamed?
- bobrudge
I think the Zune is cool
- Ryan
cloud won't replace what you have, but add to it
- Preternat (Ken Cadby)
My wife and two daughters each have a Zune.
- Charles LePage
And my seven year old son wants one. I want the HD Zune.
- Charles LePage
Please explain "Custom XML".
- Daniel Drake
I use my zune daily, haven't used my ipod nano in at least 6 months
- Ryan
I only use my ipod nano because no one has bought me a Zune yet. :(
- Charles LePage
We love the Zune... One 80G and two 120G in this house...thinking on the HD. Sold my iPod Classic to get the Zune.
- Brian Merriman
I have the original 30 myself. What I loved was the fact the software updates were free and applied to the first gen as well. That and the zune software on Windows>>>>iTunes.
- Arawak
Are the ODTV twit broadcasts available in the Zune podcast marketplace?
- Charles LePage
Leo MUST have noticed this show gets some of the most engagement on Friendfeed than other TWiT shows
- Mark
Well people listening live to Windows Weekly are quite likely to have a Zune aren't they, at least in comparison to general takeup. If you lot aren't buying one, then no one is.
- bobrudge
Good point, bo.
- Charles LePage
I think alot of people listen because Paul is just so damn good at his job
- Mark
if there was a TWiT awards 2009 he would win several awards :D
- Mark
Item 2: Microsoft Word enjoined by Texas court, http://www.pcworld.com/article...
- Leo Laporte
Paul said "screw you" :-) hehe
- Kris Chaplin
alex is also great at holding his own
- Preternat (Ken Cadby)
Microsoft, small and soft acting like a man yee right
- Tobias Sundstrand
I understand Leo is changing the name of the network from Twit to SYTV (screw you television)
- Charles LePage
lol
- Kris Chaplin
Paul's right. They need some of that pre-antitrust mojo back. http://i29.tinypic.com/30ctw1z...
- Arawak
leo's still at the top of a google screw you mike search. it's practically a cliche now that i'm tired of hearing... but it's "legacy" (heh, fancy that)
- Preternat (Ken Cadby)
haha
- Kris Chaplin
see? never ends
- Preternat (Ken Cadby)
drink.
- Daniel Drake
Item 3: Microsoft and Nokia What this means And why I think Office on the iPhone and Google phones is inevitable Remember "knifing the baby"? This is it, and Microsoft does this all the time
- Leo Laporte
i bet if you google scew you the first result will be Leo
- Tobias Sundstrand
nope - not even on the first page!
- Kris Chaplin
wintel platform
- Preternat (Ken Cadby)
Item 4: Microsoft rebrands Windows Mobile as Windows Phones No it doesn't Once again, people just aren't paying attention
- Leo Laporte
I would probably use office on my Nokia if the price is right
- Kris Chaplin
"Knifing the baby" Isn't that what Paul said the softies called it.
- Arawak
I wonder if Leo got Dave Winer's email last week about hosting Reboot The News and Bad Hair Day
- Mark
Off topic, but cool geeky thing for the iphonehttp://www.tuaw.com/2009...
- Tobias Sundstrand
MS won't let the Zune work on Macs
- bobrudge
Does anyone want to use a Zune on a Mac?
- Charles LePage
I would think there is probably not a great overlap between mac and zune users, but I would be surprised if it didnt work
- Kris Chaplin
can that be done?
- Tobias Sundstrand
It took Apple how many iterations before iPod was Windows compatible and it didn't have 3% marketshare.
- Arawak
I want a drobo, but i have no money left from buying a scottevest jacket that Leo recomended
- Tobias Sundstrand
@Adi He means Apple doesn't have the marketshare to care if Mac users use a Zune or not. Meaning, Apple had to make the iPod Windows compatible since Windows has the majority marketshare
- DeskTube
Paul just mentioned Microsoft Exchange as an example of interoperability. I support Exchange for one of my clients and I think it is very limited in it's interoperability.
- Matthew Schrock
will spinrite work with it?
- Kris Chaplin
It should.
- Charles LePage
two and a half drobo
- Daniel Drake
Well, a quick bit of googling indicates you can't run Spinrite on a drive while it inside a Drobo.
- Charles LePage
oh thats a shame... is it a raid thing, or just compatibility with dos?
- Kris Chaplin
Google, always shattering dreams lol
- DeskTube
When I've used Spinrite, it has insisted on booting to the CD, and I don't think a computer that a Drobo is connected to will see the Drobo before booting into Windows.
- Charles LePage
hmm.. how about in vmware?
- Kris Chaplin
I don't know, I've never thought about trying that!
- Charles LePage
Watch as Leo tries with great effort to steer this back into an Audible ad.
- Daniel Drake
I'm surprised there isn't an Audible podcast. :)
- Charles LePage
This week in Kindle
- Kris Chaplin
There isn't? No Audible bookclub?
- Daniel Drake
Item 5: Zune HD Coming September 15 You can preorder today 16 GB is black only (during preorder), $220 32 GB is platinum only (during preorder), $300 - both MUCH cheaper than iPod touch If you wait, you can choose between several colors Looks good
- Leo Laporte
Do you think not having a camera on the zune hd is going to hurt it ?
- Kashif Khan
have they got a sdhc socket in the side? That would be a neat expansion feature
- Kris Chaplin
Can the Zune HD be used as a PDA? That is, does it have an address book and calendar that can be synced with a PC?
- Dale Feinstein
I'm surprised that it doesn't do flash even with Tegra under the hood.
- Arawak
I've never been able to get my 80GB Zune to sync over WiFi -- probably due to my GRC perfect passwords WPA passphrase.
- Angelo Stavrow
knew basically nothing about zune hd and googled it, got not much, then I tried http://spezify.com/#/zune%20hd. much nicer search result for such a query.
- Oskar Gunnarsson
Hang on Paul, my phone's ringing...
- Daniel Drake
waiting for the "I'm Zune, I'm IPOD" adverts :-)
- Kris Chaplin
wouldnt it be a showstopper for a forced chkdisk on boot?
- Kris Chaplin
Item 6: Upgrading to Windows 7 vs. Migrating Are Windows XP users getting the shaft? Sort of. But two things 1) This isn't "news" - I documented this process back in May 2) Contrary to the conventional wisdom, this doesn't affect a big group of people
- Leo Laporte
omg, so grandma can't do her chkdsk?
- Preternat (Ken Cadby)
lmao
- Arawak
Audible pick of the week The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen http://www.audible.com/adbl... Note: this one is abridged, but this topic is very relevant right now "Great companies can fail: not because they do anything wrong, but because they do...
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- Leo Laporte
Did someone write a book about the Obama campaign's social media strategy?
- Daniel Drake
The Lady or the Tiger: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-s...
- Leo Laporte
Screw you leo :-)
- Kris Chaplin
joke :-)
- Kris Chaplin
Tip of the week: Check out Microsoft Springboard for some great in-depth Windows 7 feature walk-throughs and other information about the next Windows. Aimed at IT Pros, and includes some topics I have not examined yet, like VHD booting. http://www.microsoft.com/springb...
- Leo Laporte
Why not use GoToMeeting? :P
- Daniel Drake
I don't usually go out in public if I am irregular.
- Charles LePage
Software pick of the week Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC Release Candidates Some interesting functional changes Final will ship by Windows 7 GA Discuss: Some misconceptions about what this is for, also that "XP mode" isn't just for XP http://www.microsoft.com/virtual...
- Leo Laporte
thanks paul, Leo great show
- Kris Chaplin
good show!
- Daniel Drake
Outstanding show
- Charles LePage
see you guys - nice chat
- Kris Chaplin
Does anyone have any idea why a photo that I sync from my PC to my iPhone shows these strange compression artifacts? I saved it in PS CS4 as a 163dpi 480x320 JPEG (per iPhone's screen spec), at highest quality.
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Still investigating this issue. Syncing the same photo at 800px on the long side did the same thing. Very strange. I'd love to use my iPhone as a pocket portfolio for my photography but this is discouraging.
- Angelo Stavrow
Doesn't iTunes "optimise" (which probably means compress) when transferring to the iPhone?
- Ian Betteridge
That's right Ian, it does. I'm hoping there's a way to a) turn it off, or b) tweak my exports from Photoshop to be "more compatible" with iTunes' own optimization. More investigation required!
- Angelo Stavrow
So, if Facebook then decides to buy Twitter, who will be left? Google better do something!
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google should buy facebook now for $2.3 billion and just end this now.
- Zac Bowling
I think it would be much more entertaining if Google bought Facebook and Apple bought Twitter :) Microsoft could turn Bing into a social networking platform and they could all fight! YEAH!
- Michael Forian
Google bought Jaiku and did exactly nothing with it. :-P
- Angelo Stavrow
Kol Tregaskes to Kol's feed, Photography Tips, Tricks, and Know-How, Photo Editing & Photoshop, Photography United
What are you most used or favourite Photoshop Plugins (again for both special effects and touching up/tweak)?
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For instances what do you use for convert to black and white?
- Kol Tregaskes
Smart Sharpen Redux and GREYCstoration noise reduction are my go-to tools in Gimp.
- John Flinchbaugh
Noise Ninja's the only one I use currently but I want to take a look at Topaz Adjust.
- ronin
Alien Skin's Exposure (http://www.alienskin.com/exposur...) & OptikVerveLab's free "Virtual Photographer" (http://www.optikvervelabs.com/)
- Nathalie
What everyone say that Noise Ninja (with your camera's profile files) is the best for noise reduction? I've used it in the past but think it's not free, right?
- Kol Tregaskes
Noise Ninja is about the only plugin I use. It's not free, but it's really quite good.
- Angelo Stavrow
Yeah NN isn't free and sometimes camera-specific profile files can take a while to come out (ex. D700 just came out a month or so ago) but works pretty well overall.
- ronin
How to Build the CMoy Pocket Amplifier - http://tangentsoft.net/audio...
I built one of these a few years back. Fun little project and they sound pretty good!
- Angelo Stavrow
Database Issues - http://blog.digsby.com/archive...
Thanks for the update, Steve. Keep up the good work. :)
- Angelo Stavrow
D'oh. It's one of those days where I really have no sense of time. Thought I missed the 6pm jeff beck show #phew #mtljazzfest
Have you considering using a watch? :P
- Angelo Stavrow
@gongzero Garbage bags? To cover a yard fence. I'll have no freaking garbage bags afterwards!
Ha! I thought you meant painting, as in a canvas.
- Angelo Stavrow
SON OF A BITCH! WeatherNetwork is reporting thunder storms this afternoon for the Montreal region. No painting outside :(
The Weather Network couldn't forecast their way out of a paper bag. Go out. Have fun. Bring garbage bags in case of rain.
- Angelo Stavrow
NEW IPHONE 3GS BABY!
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ANGRY AT ROGERS!
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You should switch to <insert carrier here>, they're way better. No wait, they're all terrible!
- Angelo Stavrow
That is horrible. I wish it was possible to buy the phone outright with no contract BS.
- Nick Prince
That will NEVER happen. To many greedy, fat, white men need to make the extra money!!!!!!
- Michael Forian
I have a small glimmer of hope that the new Canadian wireless providers will start an actual competition for service quality.
- Nick Prince
Canon Rebel T1i vs. Nikon D5000 - Video Comparison - http://www.photographybay.com/2009...
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"In my ongoing review of the Canon Rebel T1i (aka 500D) and the Nikon D5000, I decided to take a closer look at the video functionality of these two cameras since it is one of the headline features in both models."
- Michael Forian
from Bookmarklet
Pretty sure I'll get the Canon T1i!
- Michael Forian
Didn't you just get a 20D?
- Angelo Stavrow
Borrowed that from my school. It was nice and all, but I really need video. Plus, seeing that I'm getting a Canon, I'll be able to use all the lenses my school has.
- Michael Forian
Nice! Let me know what you think of it.
- Angelo Stavrow
Evernote is to OneNote as FriendFeed is to Twitter - some products are just simply superior.
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Evernote still has a ways to go in terms of content embedding. But that will come shortly. Jason is right, though. Evernote's strength is its "cloud" and cross-platform capabilities. Microsoft had the seeds to make OneNote integrate across a network; Groove replication would make OneNote absolutely killer. But Microsoft put the products under the Office umbrella - where both have languished for lack of focus. Evernote wins because it can bring features in a faster and more iterative manner.
- Lorin Olsen
I gave Evernote a try for about one day and then got away from it, but now I can't remember why! Time to re-visit it! Robert Stanke (http://robertstanke.com)
- Robert Stanke
I use OneNote for college classes and will stick with it Leo
- Chris
I use both OneNote and EverNote, each use for its own area. OneNote is great for offline work, and EverNote for online work. I even share across them.
- Michael
What do you like about OneNote better than Evernote, Chris?
- Lindsay
I personally prefer the way OneNote organizes my notes -- pages within notebooks, easily accessible via a proper tab interface.
- Angelo Stavrow
Evernote for ever.
- Wo
I started using it after Net@Night and I am loving it. Evernote plus reQall are two of the best productivity apps I have on the iPhone.
- David Z
@Michael - I use Evernote for offline work... it has good clients.
- Lindsay
Evernote's OCR make it a fantastic tool for saving Whiteboard brainstorming sessions.
- Jim Erickson
@Jason - I keep my OneNote notebooks in a Mesh folder and it's all instantly synchronized.
- Angelo Stavrow
@Angelo - when I used to use OneNote the tab thing drove me nuts because I would make too many of them and it seemed like I had to wait until I had something "big enough" or "worthy enough" to make another tab. In Evernote a note is a note and with tagging I can organize them any way I want (kind of like the folder hierarchy vs tagging).
- Lindsay
Well said Leo
- Zee.
I'm a student on a Tablet PC, and so OneNote is a must for me. It's really nice and easy to draw your own hand written notes, and all my days notes are saved in separate sections, yet accessible through a global search. Evernote's "Spool of Paper" metaphore just isn't as good a method of taking notes for me. I've got a big shiny iMac at home, and would love to switch Evernote and OS X for my note taking on the go, but OneNote is the one program I just have to keep. Oh, and I sync it with DropBox ^^
- Stuart Jones
@Stuart - Evernote doesn't need to sync with a 3rd party file storage like DropBox since you can put anything in it. It also lets you do handwritten notes and e-ink, so OneNote isn't a monopoly on that. There is a list view you can use instead of the "ribbon" and you can organize everything in notebooks and tags so to only see the notes you need at a particular time. It's a different metaphor than OneNote for organization but after using it for a while I much prefer it to tabs. Saved Searches are great too.
- Lindsay
Evernote is really platform agnostic, so you can access your data really from anywhere. It still has a bunch of features/functionality to add, but there's a lot it can do already.
- Levi Wallach
@Jason, I may be wrong, but Leo's statement seems to be saying the opposite - that OneNote is superior.
- Levi Wallach
@Lindsay - Hey, whatever works for you. Personally I haven't warmed up to the idea of tagging yet, although I use OneNote more for larger, ongoing projects so the tab system works better for me. Evernote is definitely more convenient to use for quick, disjointed notes that don't really fit into any particular project.
- Angelo Stavrow
@Levi - I think Leo is a FriendFeed fan not a Twiiter, so based on that I would say he is an Evernote fan not a OneNote.
- Jim Erickson
LOVE it... just found it after the net@night, planning on promoting on geekdads.tv shortly. BB version just came out, too!
- GeekDads.TV
@Jason - Agreed, the iPhone app is what makes Evernote especially useful for me, if only because it ties all the note-taking things I'd use the device for (notes, camera, &cet.) in one easy-to-use app. OneNote Mobile wasn't nearly as slick on my old WinMo phone.
- Angelo Stavrow
@Jim, I didn't know that, thanks.
- Levi Wallach
@Angelo - I use Evernote at work and couldn't live without it at this point (http://www.evernote.com/pub...) and it is invaluable to me for project organization (http://www.evernote.com/pub...). Like you said, to each his own... but one reason I like Evernote is...
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- Lindsay
Actually, this is the first time I've used Friendfeed in this way, and it seems a whole lot nicer than Twitter for impromptu chats about a subject with people you aren't already following...
- Levi Wallach
Twitter is a product? http://instantrimshot.com
- Bwana ☠
@Lindsay - Thanks for the link! I'm still trying to find my workflow with Evernote and I think this will help.
- Angelo Stavrow
@Levi - that would be making the assumption that Twitter is superior to FriendFeed. Personally I don't think that's the case. But Leo didn't clarify, so it is a bit ambiguous which one he prefers.
- Lindsay
Shovebox and Evernote: Any cool ways to use both?
- Wo
Thanks Leo, thats exactly what I was looking for! Something to tie everything together in one place, excellent!
- cowboybill
I can't get my head around ff, seems impossible to get an overview of whats going on.
- Ru Viljoen
....and here we go again. Didn't we just debate this? Stop comparing the two services. Friendfeed is not Twitter, and Twitter is not Friendfeed. They are different services IMO. But, I'm sure I'll get the exact same arguments that popped up in the last discussion.
- Fleagle
I've started to use both ff and twitter, but am finding I use them for very different reasons, and don't think they're really competing products. One doesn't need onenote if they have evernote though.
- Barry
I like a free service called WebNotes. It really saved my butt when I was working on a research paper.
- Ramona
I prefer One Note. Better organization and document embedding. But then again I use a winmo phone as well. May feel different if I had an iPhone. I work in IT and for projects, nothing beats one note and I am using it to organize my life as well.
- Jared
While I believe this is certainly true, I sense a vague sense of bitterness.
- Camden
I just love Evernote! They are a very good program!
- Lawrence Cabal
Both applications have their niche.
- johnny
That's hilarious! Let me guess...just because you get to use it on a Mac? Get over that MS complex.
- Arawak
I love Evernote. I used it to plan my acoustic music show on WNUR (Evanston, IL) and then when I'm on-air I access my note for that day's program with all the links that I am going to talk about all in one place - artists coming to town etc. Now that they've added the BlackBerry app it's even more useful. The cross platform thing works well too. I use a Mac for my radio show at at home, but Windows at work.
- Ron Lewis
I'll disagree with you on this one Leo. OneNote is a great tool and beats EN. However, the dev team on ON seems very slow lately. They need to step it up.
- LPH™ and his dog P™
I use OneNote and Evernote. My OneNote is synchronised via SharePoint, so for me it is available across multiple machines. The sync is seamless too, I dont have to click anything to make it happen, it just works.
- Pete Gilbert
Cross platform support wins every time, and continues to be Microsoft's biggest weakness. Plus Evernote is exactly the kind of desktop/cloud hybrid software that Microsoft should be developing but isn't.
- Eric P
@LPH - What makes OneNote beat Evernote in your opinion? @Pete Evernote's sync is seemless too... It happens automatically from cloud to client and vice versa and you can have clients on as many computers/phones as you need.
- Lindsay
I just started using Evernote, I've used OneNote for about a year. I have to say that right now OneNote is the better product. I can see that Evernote will surpass OneNote in the future. One feature I wish Evernote had is tooltips, they make learning a new UI much easier.
- Kolomona
@Kolomona - Maybe you'll answer since no one else has yet... what makes OneNote a better product than Evernote in your opinion?
- Lindsay
I aggree, EverNote is up right now, but I will be intrested to see what happens when Office 14 is released and OneNote has a web version.
- Sean Cantellay
Even if Evernote were the inferior of the two products, it's free and that means a *lot* to us mere mortals.
- Brett Kelly
I use both, but OneNote is so far superior, at least for me. I love all the tabs as that is how my mind works for organization. I access it many times a day and it is portable as the files are stored on a USB drive. I have never been as organized as I am now. Actually I miss some of the features that were in Evernote 2.
- Jim Corkrum
gotta disagree with you here Leo. OneNote is a far far better tool than Evernote. It isn't even a contest. Where Evernote wins is in a client on every platform that allows for syncing. But that's it. As far as i'm concerned the Evernote client itself is weak, regardless of platform.
- Jamie
I can now throw away all those bits of paper after I've taken a snapshot into Evernote (using iClarify for iPhone)
- Daniel Carroll
Evernote is like taking notes in Notepad/Wordpad/Word. Yes it does work...just feels like the rest. But as far as "Stream of Consciousness" type note taking. You want the environment to have very few hard rules. I need to be able to put side notes and draw lines that link one thought with another, WITHOUT having to stop and wonder, well how can I do that. One Note is paper on my screen. Evernote is text in a box. They both work, different styles.
- David Messner
@David Messner if you think Evernote is just text in a box, you've never actually used Evernote. Text in a box is the one thing I have almost never done with Evernote. I email web pages to it, pictures of documents, receipts, pdf's, restaurant menus, tax forms; etc. Anything that I could want to have access to from anywhere. One Note is great and I use it regularly at work. But I can't...
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- Nathan Mylott
I agree.. been using it for almost a year, paying subscriber.. It's saved my butt on many occasions.
- Randall Hand
I still prefer OneNote. It's easier to organize. Inking feels much better. The thing that really sets it apart is that you can record audio and ink notes at the same time. So when looking back at your notes, you can play the back the audio at the exact moment in time you inked a line. That's very nice to remember why you inked that particular line since you can reference the recorded audio. Plus, I love that you can Print to a Onenote document. I use that all the time.
- Rodfather
You can print to PDF which can go straight into Evernote as well. I don't use voice notes much so that functionality hasn't really been useful to me. As far as being easier to organize info, I disagree because I always felt very stifled by OneNote's tab system (I don't like hierarchical organization systems because my thought process to find a bit of info may not be the same from day to...
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- Lindsay
I was a diehard OneNote user until I went to Mac OS X and it's the one application I really miss. I liked OneNote better (note how I said that) because it fit better with how I would want to organize written notes. OneNote also scales up better as your notes get longer, more hierarchical, and more detailed. It also has the options to get stuff into the program that Evernote has, but...
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- John Infante
Live now: The Tech Guy Radio show #556. Discuss here...
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Hello Leo
- Nolan Alston
The audio stream on http://twit.am/listen.m3u has been really quiet over the past few days (especially during the pre-recorded shows) compared to how loud it normally is. Makes it really hard to hear through my phone when I'm on the road...
- James
leo leo leo
- Eduardo
I just woke up at 4am to listen. I WAS going to call up, but I won't be able to fix my problem for a week or so :( Maybe next weekend.
- MλTT
Leo: you really should mention that the security of Windows has improved greatly with Vista and Win 7. I have yet to find malware or virus on my Vista machines or Win 7. The UAC which many people complain about is just like sudo on Mac and Linux.
- archaictree
Whats your issue Matt, maybe we can help.
- Kevin
US gov makes us install anti virus on macs even if no proof
- J.R. Quilantan
I was reading that the new build of Win 7 will have an option to run in Win Xp mode. Which is just a virtual machine with windows xp. Hopefully, they can break away from compatibility issues by using virtual machines.
- archaictree
Windows XP mode: http://tech.slashdot.org/article...
- archaictree
It allows you to run legacy Win XP software side-by-side with Win 7 software, as far as I know. Very useful.
- Angelo Stavrow
what is the question?
- Chris
Mark Dekruyter: for corporate IT people like me. It allows me to make a case to upgrade to windows. We are dealing with atleast two machine infections in a week by sicking with windows xp.
- archaictree
I need help with SEO, but my problem's kind of obscure and I changed the directory of my website, so it's not appearing on google at the moment.
- MλTT
Just wished MS would release the pricing for Win7
- Greg
Thanks, Leo for cleaning up my poorly written comment. :)
- archaictree
I agree with Greg. RC1's about to come out and they still haven't released the pricing. If they'd give a definite release date and a definite price, I'd be happy.
- MλTT
Tivo HD works great too. Netflix is right on the menu. You can share all your media as well.
- David Ginsburg
I used to use Sage TV on a purpose-built HTPC. Very customizable, and a great community behind it -- although I haven't looked into it in a while, so I don't know where it's at now.
- Angelo Stavrow
I can't get my Xbox working with Media Centre on my main PC or my HP Touchsmart. I've tried it on 32 and 64bit Vista, but both fail half way through. It's not the Xbox, because I tried it a few months back, when I first installed Windows 7. Anyone else have a similar problem?
- MλTT
Matt: Same problem here -- I just couldn't get my 360 to see my Vista 64 desktop or notebook. No idea why.
- Angelo Stavrow
It sees it just fine, but when I go to set it up, it fails after the firewall setup section
- MλTT
I just answered my own question. Windows 7 had no AV software when I got it connected :\
- MλTT
Matt: I had no problem connecting the 360 to Win 7 even with Avira installed, so I probably have a different problem than you.
- Angelo Stavrow
music piracy dates back to 1897 http://www.boingboing.net/2009...
- zephyrlily
Has microsoft announced pricing in win 7
- Bob
Tricia: Pfft, n00bs. Sea piracy dates back to at least 75 BC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Angelo Stavrow
parade yesterday, antiques today... and im sitting on my couch playing xbox and listening to leo.... man i need to move
- Michael King
Bob no they have not
- Greg
anyone still here?
- Phil Essing
Yup
- Angelo Stavrow
Well, Phil, I'm sorry to say that I'm leaving. It's far too early to be awake. Bye, people :)
- MλTT
I'm thinking to conversion to digital will send a lot of people to cable or satellite that previously had no use for it.
- Michael King
Anyone able to get Twit Conversations to show up in the separate orange colored Groups area in beta friendfeed?
- Greg
Are all-in-one pcs like the imac good for main daily use? They seem like they would be prone to overheating.
- zephyrlily
hey from a spring day in georgia
- daveccorey
Trica i have a hp touchsmart that we use it sits on the bar between the kitchen and living room and it stays on all the time. Never have heat issues with it.
- Michael King
Hey Leo, watching TWiT Live from Buffalo, NY. Wish the stations here would carry The Tech Guy.
- Mol, FF Music Lover
Thanks MK, I saw the touchsmart @ Costco, I actually like the Sony Vaio model, debating between that or the imac.
- zephyrlily
Tricia don't get me wrong I use my MacBook way more than the touchsmart, its just there for quick look up of things, my roommates use it also for quick look ups. if it was going to be a main machine for me though i would get the mac because the touch screen would have no use at a desk.
- Michael King
we cant listen to yr guests
- Johni Fisher
Johni the caller audio is muted becue of the radio station he broadcasts on request.
- Michael King
thx ...the last one that was over the phone was muted
- Johni Fisher
Man, I wish I was fed bacon all day too. :-\
- Angelo Stavrow
is Catherine old enough to drink?
- Michael King
leo she put up the wrong pic
- Kyle Stay
yeah no dead bird... only a screen shot....
- Michael King
IS there any shot or vacsaine avalebel 4 the flue yet
- daveccorey
I AM PISSED! Just got off the phone with my ISP and they're telling me that I'm getting 7mbps (this is what I pay for). However, if I do any type of speed test online I find that my download speed is significantly lower (around 3mbps). Should I keep calling and demand for more internetz?
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Bell or Videotron? If Bell, and they don't have RDSLAMs (or whatever tech they're using now) near you, you're kinda boned.
- Angelo Stavrow
Bell. Ugh, I hate them so much.
- Michael Forian
Honestly, switching to Videotron was the best move I ever made. Rock-solid connection and stupid fast. It is a little pricier though (I'm on the 10Mbit service).
- Angelo Stavrow
I might just do it. I can't stand these people. I've talked to Videotron before but never ended up switching.
- Michael Forian
Try a different speed test/site.
- Bob
That's an idea. I like http://www.speedtest.net -- and I also like University networks! http://www.speedtest.net/result...
- Angelo Stavrow
CERN LHC Public Webcams - http://digg.com/general...
"Whoopsie-daisy."
- Angelo Stavrow
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