http://www.aztechsupport.net/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:09:36 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss - Show Notes - News Stories: Valve's Steam Cloud will Keep Your Savegames Forever Radiohead to Prince: Unblock 'Creep' cover videos 40GB for $55 per month: Time Warner bandwidth caps arrive Unsealed court docs dish dirt on Yahoo-Microsoft dalliance Tapping the river of cash: Sony joins in-game ad fray Comcast Hijackers Say They Warned the Company First Self-Destructing DVDs Make a Comeback Rock acts ringing up sales via video games PS3 Sucks Up Five Times as Much Energy as a Fridge Civil rights groups blast à la carte cable Nearly all returned gadgets still work 'Call of Duty 4' hits 10 million units sold Weekly Picks: Pete: Age of Conan Chris: Age of Conan Jeff: Short Blade in Assassin's Creed Kevin: Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/06/show_57.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/06/show_57.html Show Notes Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:09:36 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: FCC wants free broadband service, plus content filtering UK theme park bans PDAs, mandates family fun time iPhone line forms at Apple's flagship for absolutely no reason Linking to movies leads to $4 million in fines GameStop to Stop Zune Sales Ready-made Apple TV hack should help non-geeks play DivX New Mexico group tries to ban Wi-Fi Court Finds Dell Guilty of Fraud Mozilla “Download Day” Microsoft Unveils Multi-Touch Technology For Windows 7 Inside the Attack that Crippled Revision3 Weekly Picks: Pete: Age of Conan Jeff: Bacardi Kevin: Penny Arcade Volume 5: the Case of the Mummy's Gold

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/05/show_56.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/05/show_56.html Show Notes Thu, 29 May 2008 17:18:49 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: Microsoft, Yahoo forced into each others' arms American Gladiators vanquished by optional broadcast flag Breaking: CBS To Acquire CNET For $1.8 Billion Ars Technica acquired by Condé Nast: the low-down Nintendo Wii outsells 360, PS3, PS2, PSP combined in April Best Buy: FCC has no power to fine us over analog TVs Judge's report in Jack Thompson case: guilty on 27 charges NetFlix: First Netflix Streaming Box Review, $100 and Unlimited Downloads! Office 2007 to gain native ODF support early next year Hostile takeover turns docile as EA extends Take-Two offer Microsoft offers cashback search Weekly Picks: Jeff: Bioshock Kevin: VisualHub or iSquint

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/05/may_8th_2008.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/05/may_8th_2008.html Show Notes Fri, 09 May 2008 00:12:18 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories:. Shenanigans: Dell to Sell XP after June 30, Microsoft to Pretend They're Selling Vista to Save Face Rural Albert Lea man accused of video game scam iPhone coming to Canada Microsoft releases the long-anticipated Windows XP SP3 Blu-ray: The Future Has Been Delayed Guitar Hero embeddable widget hits web Mexican attaché attempts to make off with White House BlackBerrys Microsoft Raises Yahoo Offer To $32-$33 Through WSJ; YHOO Wants $37 iTunes Store gets same-day DVD releases An elephant never forgets? George W. Bush's lost e-mails New Microsoft law enforcement tool bypasses PC security New way to save energy: Disappearing ink Weekly Picks: Pete: Jade Empire Chris: GH III Online Kevin: shirt.woot.com

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/05/show_52.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/05/show_52.html Show Notes Thu, 01 May 2008 17:41:54 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: After complaints, Apple tweaks Software Update for Safari AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010 Skype offers unlimited long-distance plan Xbox 360 burns house down Zune getting Audible FCC's Martin: Comcast Blocking Was Widespread Sony to delay Home online service for PS3 again Big week in Microsoft-Yahoo battle Netflix CEO: Will charge 'premium' for Blu-ray discs Live Mesh - The Version You Can Understand Sony to Buy Gracenote Laptop searches at the border: No reason? No problem The Heron has landed: Ubuntu 8.04 officially released Weekly Picks: Pete: Call of Duty 4 Jeff: Halo 3 Kevin: Adobe Audition

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/04/show_51.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/04/show_51.html Show Notes Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:14:46 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: Blockbuster bids over $1 billion for Circuit City Satellites pin blame for undersea cable cuts on cargo ships The Wifi Predator Assassin's Creed on the PC: bad UI, bad DRM, bad port Oklahoma Leaks Tens of Thousands of Social Security Numbers, Other Sensitive Data NBC to Apple: Build antipiracy into iTunes Kid Breaks Vacuum to Play Xbox Instead of Doing Chores; Mom Sells Xbox, Pranks His MySpace Amazon's MP3s not affecting iTunes Windows XP SP3 now set for April 29 debut Survey: 12% of consumers 'borrow' free Wi-Fi Weekly Picks: Pete: Sins of a Solar Empire Jeff: Sins of a Solar Empire Chris: Sins of a Solar Empire Kevin: Heise Security Offline Update

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/03/show_47.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/03/show_47.html Show Notes Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:26:56 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: MPAA to Congress: Filtering is in colleges’ best interests Atari, Inc. Logs On to Steam Verizon, AT&T Big Winners In 700 MHz Auction comScore Releases February 2008 U.S. Search Engine Rankings Sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke is dead Apple could split device sales with music labels Firefox 3 goes on a diet, eats less memory than IE and Opera Vista SP1 has been released, XP SP3 rumored to come out next week? Music Industry Proposes a Piracy Surcharge on ISPs HBO’s new miniseries IS locked down for TiVo recording PC game developer has radical message: ignore the pirates Flickr Video beta due in April Weekly Picks: Jeff: Mass Effect Kevin: OpenVPN

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/02/show_43.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/02/show_43.html Show Notes Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:58:22 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: Microsoft's Offer to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion turned down Microsoft to buy phone maker Danger Microsoft says "sorry" with free Valentine's Zune 80 players Netflix picks Blu-ray, good luck renting an HD DVD soon Best Buy kicks HD DVD while it's down Victim: $54 million Best Buy lawsuit stupid, but necessary Samsung sued over "defective" first-gen Blu-ray players Starbucks: Forget T-Mobile, get (free) WiFi with AT&T Spore finally evolves to retail Sept 7, 2008 Patent examiners voice opposition to Patent Reform Act RIM notifies of 'critical' BlackBerry outage House approves MPAA-backed college antipiracy rules Weekly Picks: Pete: Assassin's Creed Jeff: Xbox 360 Wireless Controller (White) Chris: Slickdeals.net Kevin: EZTV

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/02/show_42_1.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/02/show_42_1.html Show Notes Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:41:39 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: Microsoft Offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion MediaSentry role in RIAA lawsuit comes under scrutiny EFF's patent busters take on broad multiplayer gaming patent Vista SP1 released to manufacturing USPTO asked to reexamine broad image patent More on submarine cables Percentage of M-rated titles halved since 2005. What gives? FCC-backed public safety network stalled at auction RIAA boss: Move copyright filtering from ISPs to users’ PCs In '08 presidential race, who's the most tech-friendly? Cigarette ash proves a drag for Nintendo's Wii Weekly Picks: Pete: Call of Duty 4 Jeff: Steve Kerr Chris: The Joy of a Child's Laughter Kevin: Zero Punctuation

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/02/show_41.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/02/show_41.html Show Notes Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:11:19 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: First benchmarks: MacBook Air is the slowest Apple machine on the block Consumers, analysts, retailers give HD DVD the cold shoulder NPD: Sky Isn't Falling for HD-DVD, Blu-ray Isn't Champ Yet Mole: 80GB PS3 dead, 120-160GB with Dual Shock 3 incoming Employee's silent rampage wipes out $2.5m worth of data Open access for all: prime 700MHz Block C hits reserve price Microsoft: Vista has fewer first-year vulnerabilities than any modern OS U2 manager calls Safe Harbor a "Thieves' Charter" Amazon.com to Acquire Audible.com Yahoo CAPTCHA Hacked Submarine cable cut torpedoes Middle East access Nyko reveals cord-free adapter for Wii Nunchuck, retrofitters rejoice Weekly Picks: Pete: Eee PC Kevin: Wikipedia

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/01/show_40.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/01/show_40.html Show Notes Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:11:06 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: NBC's Zucker hints at return to iTunes? Wii remote and xbox360 Time Warner Links Web Prices With Usage Amazon's free shipping costing €1,000 per day in France US video games sales hit record TiVo Finally Launches On Comcast As A Software Upgrade HBO Joins the Movie Download Derby MPAA admits mistake on downloading study WoW Hits The Big 1-0 Use Your DS As An Interactive DisneyWorld Tour Guide Weekly Picks: Pete: TrackMania Nations Jeff: Amazon.com Kevin: NewEnough.com

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/01/show_39.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/01/show_39.html Show Notes Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:47:39 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: Breaking: Super Smash Bros. Brawl Officially Delayed Apple announces MacBook Air, HD movie rentals, Apple TV 2.0 at Macworld keynote Sysadmin tries, fails at being l337 hax0r, gets jail time Amazon rounds out DRM-free music offering with Sony BMG The RIAA speaks--and it gets worse HD DVD fires back, slashes hardware & software prices Dirty Business: The Real Reason Warner Went Blu-ray Sun acquires MySQL TSA security flaws exposed users to risk of identity theft Weekly Picks: Jeff: Amazon.com Kevin: O'Reilly Books

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/01/show_38.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/01/show_38.html Show Notes Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:06:32 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: Piracy, Morals and The Need for Change Paramount in HD DVD blow / Universal HD DVD exclusivity contract has expired, sits non-renewed Xbox Live outage: day 11, "up and running", except not WeGame Launches As YouTube For Gamers FCC to investigate Comcast BitTorrent blocking TV Converter Program Website RIAA writes its own "news" for local TV stations Trent Reznor: Why won't people pay $5? Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES Weekly Picks: Jeff: Steve Nash Kevin: Steam

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/01/show_37.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2008/01/show_37.html Show Notes Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:28:33 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: PC World - The 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007 Blizzard Confirms 'Unannounced Next-Gen MMO' Hotpatching makes welcome appearance in Vista SP1 RC November game sales up 52% versus 2006, Nintendo rules the roost (NPD Group) Wii to eventually get voice support, hints Fils-Aime Nintendo To Offer Wii 'Rainchecks' for Out-of-Stock Consoles Sony Chairman Howard Stringer: PS3 games 'infinitely more fun' than Wii Nintendo is against forced Wii bundles $8,000-per-gallon printer ink leads to antitrust lawsuit Weekly Picks: Jeff: Guitar Hero II Kevin: My Trogdor Polo

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/12/show_36.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/12/show_36.html Show Notes Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:03:57 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: RIAA: Those CD rips of yours are still "unauthorized" Congressman Hollywood: It's time to revisit the DMCA CompUSA closes shop AMD's Barcelona, Phenom suffer early setbacks Judge: eBay can use "Buy It Now," still owes $30 million PlayForSure becomes "Certified for Windows Vista" 63 percent of US population now plays video games, says report GAO blasts government "planning" for digital TV transition Opera tries to force IE into W3C compliance with EU complaint Forecasting 2008: AMD Apologist Analyst Day Weekly Picks: Pete: Call of Duty 4 Jeff: AK-47 Chris: Total Annihilation Kevin: 56 Geeks Poster

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/11/show_33.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/11/show_33.html Show Notes Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:11:55 -0700 - Show Notes - News Stories: DivX support coming to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 support in the works Microsoft's Musiwave acquisition could lead to Zune wireless music store RIAA: Jammie Thomas has "no basis" to complain about damage award Get your own XO laptop: OLPC Give 1 Get 1 project underway Xbox 360 passes PS3 on Japan sales chart on strength of exclusive title Now RIAA wants Universities to get campus wide Napster subscription or “lose all federal financial aid” Biggest BSOD of All Time? Canadian Police Tolerates Piracy For Personal Use Xbox Originals Are Imperfect Says Microsoft Weekly Picks: Jeff: Xbox 360 Kevin: Guitar Hero III (Wii)

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/10/show_29.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/10/show_29.html Show Notes Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:51:53 -0700 - Show Notes - We tried a different format for the news stories this week and assuming we don't get any negative feedback we will continue in this format. News Stories: Hard times for hard drives: US may ban popular imports How to track the original location of an email via its IP address DRM is Killing the PC Gaming Market Anti-Piracy Organization Domain IFPI.com Now Owned by The Pirate Bay Apple drops price of DRM-free iTunes Filter this: new YouTube filter greeted by concerns over fair use The Smartest Futurist On Earth Third Party Applications on the iPhone Leopard to go on sale October 26 Car-crushing, fire-breathing robot for sale Discovery Does Its Biggest Online Buy: HowStuffWorks For $250 Million 40GB PlayStation 3 shows up in US Target for $399 Appeal in RIAA case to focus on "unconstitutionally excessive" punishment

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/06/show_11.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/06/show_11.html Show Notes Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:00:00 -0700 - Show Notes - Support Calls: Catherine from Chandler called in with a problem concerning her computer locking up randomly due to high explorer.exe usage. We recommended verify that she has no spyware using Spybot Search and Destroy. Unfortunately if that doesn't fix the problem she'll be looking at a Windows re-install. Peter in Phoenix calls to spread his love for Apple's Mac OS X and his wish that they would release a version for non-Apple hardware. He found a program online that allowed him to intall OS X on any computer, but realizing this is illegal did not keep it. Apple will likely never release a boxed version of their operating system that will run on any computer because they want to have control over the user experience and also don't want to deal with the kind driver issues. Carla in Glendale bought a Microsoft Zune for her son, is running Windows 2000 at home, and cannot install the Zune software. Unfortunately it turns out that the Zune software does not support Windows 2000. Ironically, iTunes does, so Carla would have been better off buying her son an iPod. If she cannot return the Zune her only alternative is to try and upgrade to a newer operating system, or buy a new computer. William in Phoenix is having problems with Windows starting up. This was right after a Norton antivirus update and he didn't allow Norton to edit the registry. This may be what caused his issue as Norton puts very deep hooks into the operating system kernel and registry. Based on his description he may also have spyware. We recommend using AVG Antivirus, Spybot Search and Destroy, and Windows Defender to help keep your system clean. Ivy from Phoenix is having a problem running Internet Explorer on a computer. He installed and ran Opera just fine, but even after upgrading to IE 7 the browser will still not open. To us, this means that something IE needs is corrupted in the operating system, an this can only be fixed by re-installing Windows. Fortunately, you can Repair an installation of Windows without wiping the hard drive. Just boot from your Windows install disk, press Enter to setup Windows XP, when prompted to repair or install a fresh copy, press R to repair the installation. Carrie in Scottsdale calls to find out if she would have any problems running Quickbooks on Vista. According to Intuit's website only version 2007 of Quickbooks will run on Vista. The 2006 version will not. News Stories: Steve Jobs live from WWDC 2007 Weekly Website: Shields UP Software Spotlight: Skype Hardware Highlight: Plantronics .Audio 550

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/06/show_10.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/06/show_10.html Show Notes Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:28:05 -0700 - Show Notes - Support Calls: Joe from Gilbert calls to discuss the patent reform story. He postulates that the new reform could make it difficult for the "little guy" to file patents. However, as long as the reform is handled as discussed in the article we covered, this shouldn't be an issue. He also provides advice for would-be inventors. Paul in Scottsdale had some questions about the functionality of WebTV. We do some quick sleuthing online to answer his questions. Carrie from Scottsdale calls to discuss Google book search and wants to know how they are getting around the fact the most books have a copyright disclaimer. Kevin postulates that this may be because they are not reproducing the content in the book. News Stories: Bush administration seeks overhaul of patent system RIAA throws in the towel in Atlantic v. Andersen Substitute teacher spared sentencing for porn pop-ups, gets new trial Book publisher steals Google laptops Phishing plumbs new depths: Vietnamese fishermen sever fiber optic lines Google image search recognizes faces Bear robot rescues wounded troops Dell goes Ubuntu; "Windows tax" is $50 according to pricing Weekly Website: Craigslist Software Spotlight: Firefox Extensions: IE Tab, Firebug, Download Statusbar, FireFTP Hardware Highlight: Logitech Harmony 520

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/06/show_9.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/06/show_9.html Show Notes Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:09:19 -0700 - Show Notes - Support Calls: Evan in North Carolina tuned into our show by accident and tells us all why copy protection and draconic laws irk him. He specifically talks about an article he read in The Source magazine concerning people being arrested for selling and distributing their own music. Leonard in Glendale called to discuss a few articles in The Atlantic magazine regarding how quickly music can "get around" on peer-to-peer networks and also how someone got back at a spammer. We suspect he was talking about Nigerian 419 scams and websites like 419baiter.com that string these scammers along. Ivy from Phoenix calls to ask how he can get back at spammers. He reports his spam through official channels, but nothing seems to be happening. We explain that spammers are hard to stop because the e-mail isn't actually coming from the spammer but from "zombie" computers being used by the spammers. Ivy also points out that many of the spams point him to Geocities accounts and he is reporting those accounts to Yahoo. Yahoo is most likely taking the sites down as they find them or as they are reported. However, Geocities doesn't generate much money for Yahoo so they are most likely reticent to spend large sums of money cleaning up a service that is pretty much running on autopilot and bringing in minimal amounts of advertising dollars. News Stories: IFPI: Ten "inconvenient truths" about file-swapping Studies: music industry overstating threat of P2P piracy First arrest under spam law could dent e-mail flood Home Entertainment: This is Why You Shouldn't Clean Your HDTV with Windex Security vulnerability affects third-party Firefox extensions First Guitar Hero III footage hits the net Weekly Website: imdb.com Software Spotlight: Microsoft Surface Hardware Highlight: Antec Earthwatts

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/06/show_8.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/06/show_8.html Show Notes Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:01:36 -0700 - Show Notes - Kevin and Jeff had mixed feelings about the Heroes finale. Bush gets the poop treatment from a bird. Kevin received a Burning Crusade trial disc in the mail, and was the victim of buying pirated software through Amazon. He got his money back, though. Support Calls: Zelph from Phoenix needs a power supply for a used LCD monitor he bought at a police auction (Samsung 770TFT). We recommended that the internet would probably be the only place he could find one of these. Roman in Mesa called asking for recommendations on an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Currently, we think that Cox Cable provides the best internet connection in the Valley, but Roman doesn't get Cox service at his house. We suggested that he could use Qwest DSL, or Sprint EVDO for an internet connect wherever he can get a phone signal. Al in Scottsdale is looking for a Windows Mobile PDA without a phone. His need is very similar to Sandra's from two weeks ago: a PDA in the medical profession. Palm still makes standalone PDAs but they don't run Windows Mobile. However, according to Palm, the TX can store your Microsoft Office documents. News Stories: Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents Author of Linux Patent Study Says Ballmer Got It Wrong Linus Torvalds on Microsoft patent threat: It works both ways Study: Tide of spam continues unabated; people don't care as much Michigan man arrested for using cafe's free WiFi from his car Flexible, full-color OLED Vista draining laptop batteries Hey, HBO: a turd by any other name smells just as foul T-Mobile's Wing Phone Beats Apple's iPhone To The Wi-Fi Punch Weekly Website: Engadget.com Software Spotlight: SlySoft Hardware Highlight: iPod Nano

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/05/show_7.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/05/show_7.html Show Notes Sun, 27 May 2007 20:16:51 -0700 - Show Notes - Pete bought new computer parts to upgrade his home computer. He also bought his wife a new MacBook. Kevin complains about Cox changing what channels they are re-broadcasting the local high definition TV shows on. BREAKING NEWS: Starcraft 2. Support Calls: Chris from Phoenix has a problem where one of his computers on his network is unable to talk to the rest of the computers on the same network. We suggested that his problem is probably security software on the one computer (most likely Norton Internet Security) and that disabling or uninstalling that software should fix his problem. We received an e-mail from Chris the next day confirming that our suggestion resolved his issue. After some difficulty connecting with Charlie in Phoenix he tells us of a problem he is having with a stretched image on his HDTV. He is tuning in a high definition channel so this shouldn’t be happening. We suggested that he play with the settings on his TV. Jeff pointed out that his HDTV has a setting that will make a 16:9 image appear stretched, and possibly this is what’s happening on Charlie’s TV. Mike from Gilbert calls again, this time with concerns about the legality and his liability of watching streaming online TV shows from overseas. As the laws are currently written, Mike cannot be held liable for what he is doing. He also asked if there was any way to get this content onto his television. Kevin mentions that a media extender like the D-Link DSM-320 may do what he is looking for. Dan in Maricopa calls to educate us on Al Gore’s political role in the creation of the internet. He also has a question about how easily someone can “accidentally” delete data from a hard drive if they’ve been court ordered not to. If this happens it probably wasn’t an accident, but it would be hard to prove as there is not much evidence. Even if you can prove that the person formatted the hard drive, you wouldn’t know if it was done before or after the court order. News Stories: EA Posts $25 Million Loss in Q4 Comcast working on simultaneous movie release service Two Chevy Sequels go over 300 miles on real roads with hydrogen to spare Yar! Why Web Pirates Can't Be Touched Newest AACS circumvented Music piracy crackdown nets college kids 160Mbps downloads move closer for US cable customers MySpace to acquire Photobucket image-sharing site Weekly Website: http://www.velociraptors.info/ Software Spotlight: Juice Hardware Highlight: Dell Monitors

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/05/show_6_1.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/05/show_6_1.html Show Notes Mon, 21 May 2007 18:21:26 -0700 - Show Notes - We share what’s been going on in the last week. Pete doesn’t watch TV, and Jeff’s been watching Heroes. Kevin shares a crazy story about movie quotes popping into his head. Main Topic: Last week we talked about HDTV and the technology behind high definition television shows, and in this show we discussed HD DVD and Blu-ray. I said last week that 720p was the lowest resolution that is technically considered High Definition. The maximum resolution of a DVD is 480p. So, while it will look better on an HDTV, it isn’t quite high definition. People want to watch high definition movies on their high definition TVs. The problem is that the higher resolution a video is the more space it needs. There isn’t enough room on a DVD for a motion picture length high definition movie. Two new, competing formats were created: HDDVD and Blu-ray. It’s Betamax Vs VHS all over again. Betamax was Sony’s version of the magnetic tape video cassette, and it would not play in a VHS player. As we all know, VHS won this battle and whoever bought a Betamax player had wasted their money. Well, Sony is involved this time, too. Their format is Blu-ray. In the show we discuss the similarities, differences, and costs of these two formats. We also go over the new copy protection on these discs, and conclude with recommendations. Support Calls: Jeff from Scottsdale calls about what to look for in a notebook computer. His options are pretty open: Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Apple, or Sony. Look for 2GB of RAM for running Vista. He also asked about hard drive encryption. He can use TrueCrypt, or buy Windows Vista Ultimate edition and use BitLocker. Sandra from Phoenix called in looking for advice on a PDA to buy for medical school. She wants to store lots of information on her PDA. It’s hard to find a PDA these days that isn’t also a phone. Something like the Palm Treo would probably suit her best, and she can upgrade the memory fairly cheaply with an SD card from Newegg.com. Joe in Gilbert wonders why people don’t do their own hardware projects any more. Kevin suggests that he may be interested in Make Magazine. There are still hardware projects, but more people are doing software projects these days. It’s easier and you don’t have to learn to solder… News Stories: World of Warcraft VISA Credit Card DVRs are not all bad Dell's Linux Problem Jobs chided, answers questions at shareholder meeting iPods able to crash pacemakers A Foolproof Way To End Bank Account Phishing? Weekly Website: Newegg.com Software Spotlight: 7-Zip Hardware Highlight: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB Hard Drive

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/05/show_5.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/05/show_5.html Show Notes Tue, 15 May 2007 01:09:44 -0700 - Show Notes - Main Topic: High Definition Television – At the end of 2006 a little over a quarter of US households own HDTVs. It is predicted that by 2011 this percentage will increase to 70%. With everyone adopting this new technology, we wanted to clear up some of the terminology surrounding HDTV. DTV Vs HDTV – Digitial television is a method of broadcasting a television signal. In the past, all TV broadcasts have been analog. The FCC has mandated that by February 17, 2009 all TV broadcasts must be digital. They are doing this to free up bandwidth for other uses. An added benefit is that by changing over to digital broadcasting the broadcasters have come up with a new standard called ATSC (the analog standard is referred to as NTSC) that allows for the support of widescreen and HDTV shows. Resolution – High Definition Television is a higher resolution image. Resolution in television is normally referred to as the number of vertical lines that can be displayed. You may have heard the terms 720p, 480p, and 1080i before. These are all standard TV resolutions. The “p” and “i" are abbreviations for progressive and interlaced respectively. Interlaced means that for each frame displayed on the television only half of the lines are drawn. First the even lines are drawn and then the odd ones. Progressive means that all lines are presented at the same time. The minimum resolution of High Definition TV is 720p. Support Calls: Benny in Phoenix Arizona called looking for advice on buying his first home computer. Pete advised that he use free time on his work computer to read reviews online. Kevin chimed in to offer 5 to 9’s services to build a computer for him to save the time of research, and to end up with a higher quality computer than anything he could buy online. Benny also had questions about the differences between Macs and PCs concerning ease of use. Ivy from Phoenix called about a slow computer. He tried a registry cleaner (we don’t recommend them…) and that didn’t help. Most likely he either has too many programs running in the background, or he may have a rootkit. The easiest and surest way to solve both problems is to backup and re-install Windows. We advised that he could try and uninstall programs to speed up the system, and run RootkitRevealer to see if he has a rootkit. If that doesn’t solve the problem, re-installing Windows is really the only course of action. News Stories: New spyware legislation a mixed bag Crackdown on HD DVD Key Sparks Widespread Web Revolt Dell to choose Ubuntu Apple makes money on iTunes '$100 Laptop' to Cost $175 Internet Radio Equality Act would overturn decision on webcasting fees Pete’s Rant: Pete defends Windows. He points out that Microsoft is the “big guy” and as a result everyone picks on them. Because they are big they get targeted by viruses and security exploits. He also reminds us that every time a new version of software is released there are going to be bugs, and Vista is no different. Weekly Website: Del.icio.us Software Spotlight: Inline Search for Internet Explorer 7 Hardware Highlight: Linksys WRT54GL Music: Optimus Rhyme

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/05/show_4.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/05/show_4.html Show Notes Wed, 09 May 2007 22:26:05 -0700 - Show Notes - Main Topic: Copy Protection – Otherwise known as Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copy Protection prevents consumers from using media they purchased in ways many people feel they should. It also fails to stop pirates from stealing the content, so really the media corporations are only hurting their customers. Chris from Phoenix, AZ called us to add his thoughts on DRM and how he had to "work around" a problem when a CD he had purchased wouldn't import properly into iTunes. Suzanna in Mesa is a musician who called in to give the perspective of copy protection from a content creator. Her music was pirated in Europe, and while she was upset that people were stealing her music she realized that there was no way to prevent it and used it to her advantage by referring to her music as being so good that people were willing to steal it. Support Calls: Mike in Gilbert, AZ called again. He had trouble visiting the website for AVG Antivirus that we mentioned last week. We provided the link again. As always, check these show notes for links, especially the long ones... Mike also asked about a program called System Mechanic 7 that we do not have experience with, but another listener, Gary, called in to inform us that based on his experiences System Mechanic 6 is good, but 7 slows down your computer more than it's worth. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, Gary! Pete chimed in to say that if you absolutely feel the need to use a registry cleaner he recommends Microsoft's free registry cleaner RegClean. Gary had a question about his high speed internet connection via cable that appeared to be faster on his old computer compared to his new one. As far as he could tell, the only difference was that the new computer was running Windows XP Service Pack 2. We were stumped as to why this would cause any problems other than maybe firewall issues, but recommended trying to see if the firewall was the issue. Most likely the problem is with the cable company not properly handling the bandwidth of customers in Gary's neighborhood. Pete recommended dslreports.com as a tool for checking his actual speed and comparing it to other people in his area. Chris from Phoenix, AZ had a question about data backups and whether optical media like CDs and DVDs have a high shelf life. We definitely recommend backing up your data, and CDs and DVDs are great for backing up data. Based on our personal experiences we have burned CDs that are over 10 years old and still working just fine. If the data is really important, though, there's nothing wrong with keeping multiple copies and making new backups periodically to ensure that a single hard drive crashing, a disc being unreadable, or a fire in your house will leave you without your important information. News Stories: Thunderbird version 2 released School's failure to change clocks lands student 12-day stint in juvie Googling For Grand Larceny Macworld: News: Hacker breaks into Mac at security conference Confirmed: QuickTime/Java flaw does affect Windows Acer recalls 27,000 laptop batteries for overheating Weekly Website: Windows Live Maps Software Spotlight: Windows Desktop Search Hardware Highlight: Nintendo DS

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]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/05/show_number_3_was_lots.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/05/show_number_3_was_lots.html Show Notes Fri, 04 May 2007 17:32:40 -0700 It may be a good idea to print this guide, since you won’t be able to access the internet in this situation. If you are using Cox as your ISP (Internet Service Provider) and the command ipconfig /all returns an IP address 169.254.x.x (APIPA) you have lost your connection with Cox, or your router, if you have one. Troubleshooting (verbose) First things first... unplug your cable modem and router (if you have one). Wait a few second then plug your cable modem back in and then your router. Use the command ipconfig /all again to see if your IP address has changed from 169.254.x.x to something else. If it has open a web browser and see if a page will load. Still getting a 169.254.x.x address dig a little deeper... Try using the following command. ipconfig /release This parameter disables TCP/IP for adapters configured to obtain an IP address automatically. This will release the APIPA address that your network adapter has been assigned. Next, use the following command. ipconfig /renew This will renew DHCP configuration for all adapters (unless otherwise specified). Once you have done this check to see if you have a new IP address with.... ipconfig /all If you get an IP address that starts with anything but 169.254.x.x you should be in good shape. Try to ping (see Command Line, Ping) a website such as google.com or yahoo.com. If you get a reply you are in business. Or... if that is too much work restarting your computer will work too, but what fun is that? Still no internet, consider calling a technician to further troubleshoot your network. 5to9 Computer support (602) 550-5147]]> http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/04/ipconfig.html http://www.aztechsupport.net/2007/04/ipconfig.html Tech Tips Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:52:49 -0700 - Show Notes - Controversial Topic: Violence and Video Games – We discussed how the recent VT shooting was inaccurately related to violent video games and widened the discussion to include how video games have become the media’s scapegoat for teen violence. Jack Thomson blames VT shootings on Counter Strike (also here) No strong link seen between violent video games and aggression Violence-Related Behaviors Among High School Students We also took a few calls from our audience about this issue. Larry from Phoenix, AZ points out that religion causes more violence than video games. Mathew from Bedford, TX is appalled by how the media handles these kinds of issues and focuses more on celebrity news. Allan from Scottsdale, AZ doesn’t agree with us based on his experiences, but was also unable to provide a good example of why he feels this way. News Stories: YouTube Obeys Fake Takedown Request From 15 Year Old Dell Resurrects Windows XP RIM offers explanation for massive outage Substitute Teacher Faces Jail Time Over Spyware Intel says new chips are 40% faster Sony admits, fixes problem with DVD DRM Support Calls: Charlie from Phoenix, AZ called about a question concerning whether data could be recovered off of a failed hard drive. He referenced our newsletter which you can find here. Brian in Phoenix, AZ stumped us with a question about a web camera for his Mac Pro. I have since researched his issue and came up with a few possible solutions. First, if he already owns a digital video recorder, he can set that up as a web camera over firewire. He can also try an open source driver for USB cameras called macam at Sourceforge. Otherwise, these two products may work for him: Unibrain Fire-i camera, and iMage USB webcam. Mike in Gilbert, AZ wanted to know the best way to fight spyware and viruses. We suggested Spybot Search and Destroy for removing spyware, Windows Defender for keeping it off, and AVG Antivirus for avoiding viruses. Also, make certain you are using Firefox to browse the internet. Weekly Website: Snopes Software Spotlight: OpenOffice.org Hardware Highlight: Logitech G5 Laser Mouse, and G15 Gaming Keyboard

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