technodifier

• Technodifier 037 (9MB 64k mp3)

September 17th, 2007

Back from the summer hiatus.

odiogo: makes a podcast from your blog

new ipods

What the ipod touch DOESN’T do that the iphone does (other than the phone part)

1. There is no email application

2. Unlike the iPhone, the Touch doesn’t let you SCHEDULE calendar appts… only view those you setup on your computer.

3. No bluetooth.

4. Like the iPhone, no flash browser support

5. Oh yeah… and shitty small storage space at 8 and 16GB.

6. Lacks camera, microphone, and speakers of iPhone

So the Nokia N800 internet tablet looks better and better.
I think it even beats the iPhone with the recent addition of Skype support.

• 800 x 480 touchscreen
• Opera 8 with Flash 9 support (flash video)
• 2 SDHC slots: 1 internal, one external. Support up to 8GB each.
• Full stereo bluetooth
• Google Talk
  • Video conferencing supported too.
• Skype
• Email client application
• Full calendering
• PDF viewer
• Open Linux platform (applications!)
• GPS module add-on support
• Streaming video and audio
• Mic, camera, speakers
• NO AT&T… yeah!

macbook near death experience

New 22″ LCD

Wired NEXTFest 2007 in LA
-ferrous liquid
-dancing robot from the spoon video
-multi touch

Numark TTX-USB : redux

Weird XP share issue resolved!

MS Live Writer blogging tool

• Technodifier 037 (9MB 64k mp3)

September 17th, 2007

Back from the summer hiatus.

odiogo: makes a podcast from your blog

new ipods

What the ipod touch DOESN’T do that the iphone does (other than the phone part)

1. There is no email application

2. Unlike the iPhone, the Touch doesn’t let you SCHEDULE calendar appts… only view those you setup on your computer.

3. No bluetooth.

4. Like the iPhone, no flash browser support

5. Oh yeah… and shitty small storage space at 8 and 16GB.

6. Lacks camera, microphone, and speakers of iPhone

So the Nokia N800 internet tablet looks better and better.
I think it even beats the iPhone with the recent addition of Skype support.

• 800 x 480 touchscreen
• Opera 8 with Flash 9 support (flash video)
• 2 SDHC slots: 1 internal, one external. Support up to 8GB each.
• Full stereo bluetooth
• Google Talk
• Video conferencing supported too.
• Skype
• Email client application
• Full calendering
• PDF viewer
• Open Linux platform (applications!)
• GPS module add-on support
• Streaming video and audio
• Mic, camera, speakers
• NO AT&T… yeah!

macbook near death experience

New 22″ LCD

Wired NEXTFest 2007 in LA
-ferrous liquid
-dancing robot from the spoon video
-multi touch

Numark TTX-USB : redux

Weird XP share issue resolved!

MS Live Writer blogging tool

• Technodifier 037 (9MB 64k mp3)

September 17th, 2007

Back from the summer hiatus.

odiogo: makes a podcast from your blog

new ipods

What the ipod touch DOESN’T do that the iphone does (other than the phone part)

1. There is no email application

2. Unlike the iPhone, the Touch doesn’t let you SCHEDULE calendar appts… only view those you setup on your computer.

3. No bluetooth.

4. Like the iPhone, no flash browser support

5. Oh yeah… and shitty small storage space at 8 and 16GB.

6. Lacks camera, microphone, and speakers of iPhone

So the Nokia N800 internet tablet looks better and better.
I think it even beats the iPhone with the recent addition of Skype support.

• 800 x 480 touchscreen
• Opera 8 with Flash 9 support (flash video)
• 2 SDHC slots: 1 internal, one external. Support up to 8GB each.
• Full stereo bluetooth
• Google Talk
  • Video conferencing supported too.
• Skype
• Email client application
• Full calendering
• PDF viewer
• Open Linux platform (applications!)
• GPS module add-on support
• Streaming video and audio
• Mic, camera, speakers
• NO AT&T… yeah!

macbook near death experience

New 22″ LCD

Wired NEXTFest 2007 in LA
-ferrous liquid
-dancing robot from the spoon video
-multi touch

Numark TTX-USB : redux

Weird XP share issue resolved!

MS Live Writer blogging tool

• Technodifier 036 (16MB 64k mp3)

Google Maps adds cool new ‘Street View’ feature

Media has an orgasm about MS’s new multitouch device: Surface

• NY Times article
• And now a laptop proof of concept too

TiVo talking about a new cheaper ‘lite’ HD device

Apple TV: now with 160GB drive option and with added YouTube support

256GB solid state drive

Gates & Jobs together for a sit down interview

Kick ass steampunk monitor mod

Saga continues: Best Buy is shady

Limited edition Bob Marley music on thumbdrive

USB/digi out/ turntables…

• Stanton T.90
• Numark TTUSB

Parallels v3 adds 3D support (among other things)
video demo of Quake 4 running in OS X via parallels XP

Matt finally getting up to speed on his blog; after 2000 posts 😉

What does the DMCA have to do with the electric slide?

Dreamhost passwords compromised.

Josh gets a new phone and can finally use some mp3 ringtones.
And broadband. finally.

What can open source do to a set top media player?

iPhone reviews and coverage out the iAss!
Pogue video review

• Technodifier 035 (8MB 64k mp3)

DRM on the out; one step at a time.

AACS is broken again.. before the first fix is even out
ABC bringing HD streams for shows

Engadget Apple faux email post fucks up Apple stock value.

• The real question? Who sent the message in the first place?
• Josh is the only one w/out a macbook now.

Matt’s new camera

• Canon 800 IS

802.11n sucks.. but there is a new standard
Matt has a new HD upscaling DVD/DiVx player Philips

When the fuck is HL2: ep2 coming out?
Matt almost bought a refurbed Xbox360

Let us talk about refurbs…

• Paul: Viewsonic HD ready LCD with analog tuner
• Matt: PS2
• Josh: might get a phone sometime soon

Google added an autosave function to Blogger… thank Thor!
Google also wants to know everything they can about you.

STEAM/Valve is pissing me off…
HL2:ep2 is NOT being sold by itself…

• fuck ’em

MIDI talking synth thing.

• Technodifier 034 (17MB 64k mp3)

Netflix improves online movie viewing (adds new browsers and Mac support)

Peter Gabriel’s take on how to do free music.

• Technodifier 033 (11MB 64k mp3)

Apple TV is now a “cheap” “Mac”.

• if you just want video, buy an Xbox and use XBMC

JOOST: interesting new way for TV
Vista: on Matt’s MacBook now
VMWare fusion new beta
Google Launches Free 411 Service

K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider for sale

GAMING
GTA IV trailer
Newest PSP FW 3.30 decrypted: custom FW soon to come?
Sony offering 6 months free access with 3.30 FW through tMobile hotspots
PSP core price dropped to $169.99 from $199.99

• All it needs now is a cheap 4GB MS Duo Pro bundle

EMI: FYI, no DRM. LOL
MS following EMI and Apple’s lead: removing DRM from some of catalog in Zune marketplace.

Engadget Hands-On with Sansa’s WiFi PMP
MS drops lawsuit against FairUse3WM creator

• Technodifier 032 (18MB 64k mp3)

The Technodifier is 1 year old! (born feb 20 2006)
ahh…. so cute!

Audio App(le) Demo
Snapper: Cool demo of audio program for OS X (warning video link)

VIRTUAL world
Matt has been playing with Vista via Parallels (w/o Aero and flip 3D mind you)

PMP of the week
Slacker: satellite, wifi, web browser, desktop, portable player… music store?
Watch… Apple will steal the idea once Slacker blows all the VC money.

Picture update on Engadget

GRAND CENTRAL
Well I think we talked about Youmail.com in a past show, but it has now been one-upped by another free beta service. This time the service is called GrandCentral.com and is based in Oakland. Essentially it acts as a proxy for your incoming phone calls and messages (VM).
You select a number and then give that number to people you know.

You can then set the service to ring ALL of your phones when someone calls.
The really nice thing is that you NEVER have to give out your real number(s) and if your cellie, home, or work numbers change it never matters b/c you can simply update your online profile.

TiVo Desktop 2.4beta for Windows

Update on Amazon Unbox on TiVo Series 2+

Jungle Crazy
‘Crazy’ deals from Amazon.com

How to Clean your Black MacBook (Google Cache mirror)

Battlestar Galactica video contest with authentic media

Beryl: out ‘MACing’ OS X
More candy for your eye wholes!

Reactable. dude.

• Technodifier 031 (12MB 64k mp3)

We are now live at
www.technodifier.com


TiVo finally brings downloadable movie rentals and purchases to your TV.

• This time the deal is with Amazon’s Unbox

Netflix doing digital video download/steaming
Click on the FAQ and check out the “watch now”link
You then can enable playback in XP SP2
or… get it going in Parallels ‘inside’ OS X.
check the 1.28.07 13.49 post by Gregz99jlk4 #4 post

Professor gets hassled by univ for using TOR

How about a 3TB server for your house?
That would last me a few weeks 😉

Getting Google’s attention: YouTube Style!
cangooglehearme.com

Rechargeable Li-Ion USB power on the go!

Rick looking at a media playing enclosure like this really cool one

HDHomeRun

• HDTV (QAM & ATSC) tuner that sits on your network and serves HD to your computers and/or DVR(s)?
• Only $169
• Works with MythTV
• Allows QAM functionality with MCE
• Support for BeyondTV coming!
• Open source

Call it a fan-ad or anti-ad, but it is a dead-on yankoesque take on the PS3
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/24/anti-sony-fan-rant-how-to-kill-a-brand/
and it has been watched > 110k X!

PSP
-pimpstreamer in Parallels
-custom firmware adds full resolution video and PS1 game support

Hacking your life (drive)
-replacing the Microdrive with a CF card for increased battery life and speed

Hacking a (verizon) Motorola V710
-adding real BT support (phone book, use BT modem w/o a data plan)
–getting it to work with iSync

iTunes plugin (visualization)
iConcertCal

• Technodifier 030 (13MB 64k mp3)

(former)Apple!(haters)

• Stock shoots up on iPhone announcement
• So who owns the ‘iPhone’ name?
  • CISCO? Apple?
• Analysts say iPhone costs $~250
  • Is Apple sharing the profit with Cingular?
• Apple TV is top seller even as a pre-order
• Is an Apple/Apple Records Beatles announcement in the works?
  • (remember Beatles being chosen in Jobs’ iPhone demo?)
• New record for quarterly profits
  • Apple’s new golden age?
• Seems they make their $ 2 bucks at a time
  • Apple charging for driver upgrade to enable full WiFi speed for existing owners
  • They are blaming it on the accountants

NAMM is happening again

FCC: XM/Cingular merger? NO!

YouMail.com: Free web-based voicemail with custom outgoing messages based on caller ID.
Pretty cool concept.
You can even set it up to play an outgoing message and then hang up (based on Caller ID).

GAMING
Sega will stop making GD-ROM, bye bye Dreamcast
Half Life 2: ep 2 coming in 2 forms

• comes with portal
  • more details
• Where is the $20 version?

Paul and Matt playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance

TV COMMERCIALS FOR AUTOMOBILES ARE OUT OF CONTROL!!!!!!!!!

• Technodifier 029 16MB 64k_mp3)

CES, MacWorld… shit couldn’t be more busy in the tech world.
welcome to 2007!

New version of Paralles for Mac: beta3
and a tool to convert VMWare images for use with Parallels
And what about Crossover, and VMWare Fusion?

Matt has finally replaced his 6 year old TiVo series1 with a new Series2
TiVo to Go for Mac… kinda…
for way cheaper than the ‘real’ $80 version that just came out…

Way to expensive, but a cool concept (especially for college textbooks)
Sony eBook reader
iRiver has one too!

Is Second Life using press to spread misleading information?

Rumors abound: Has HD-DVD’s encryption been cracked? (not really)

How about a 1TB HD?
or a PC HD-DVD burner…
or a Bluray burner and HD-DVD reader

CES is a-coming as is
MacWorld

And Sony has decided they will no longer make computer monitors…

Luxpro wins Apple knock-off shuffle lawsuit… and counter sues Apple

Ms to introduce ‘Home server;?
more details…
Is this a work around for the super dinky Xbox360 HD?
iPod rip-off interface for DS

Vista Sideshow in the wild?

Credit Card sized MP3 player…
I used to have an FM radio that was this small… when I was a kid

Xbox360 v2?

Brazil court orders YouTube shutdown… but they have no authority in the US
How about a 32GB flash-based ‘HD’
Xbox360 iptv

Matt is trying to get Synergy working b/w his mac and Xp machine… with little luck

cingular and apple launching phone?
will it NOT suck like the old itunes phone?
josh says leave the cell phones to the south koreans. but more importantly, phones should not have
interfaces (like itunes) you have to use in order to get music on their phones (like their ipods).
what about these iphones?

• Technodifier 028 9MB 64k_mp3)

Wednesday December 20, 2006

Comcast offers on demand same day as DVD release
Stereo Bluetooth headphones
LED lights

I need a TB drive

Weird Dell RAM thing

HD for my MacBook?
this one

My first iDVD 😉

Paul played with a Stanton C.314

• Technodifier 036 (16MB 64k mp3)

Google Maps adds cool new ‘Street View’ feature

Media has an orgasm about MS’s new multitouch device: Surface

• NY Times article
• And now a laptop proof of concept too

TiVo talking about a new cheaper ‘lite’ HD device

Apple TV: now with 160GB drive option and with added YouTube support

256GB solid state drive

Gates & Jobs together for a sit down interview

Kick ass steampunk monitor mod

Saga continues: Best Buy is shady

Limited edition Bob Marley music on thumbdrive

USB/digi out/ turntables…

• Stanton T.90
• Numark TTUSB

Parallels v3 adds 3D support (among other things)
video demo of Quake 4 running in OS X via parallels XP

Matt finally getting up to speed on his blog; after 2000 posts 😉

What does the DMCA have to do with the electric slide?

Dreamhost passwords compromised.

Josh gets a new phone and can finally use some mp3 ringtones.
And broadband. finally.

What can open source do to a set top media player?

iPhone reviews and coverage out the iAss!
Pogue video review

• Technodifier 036 (16MB 64k mp3)

Google Maps adds cool new ‘Street View’ feature

Media has an orgasm about MS’s new multitouch device: Surface

• NY Times article
• And now a laptop proof of concept too

TiVo talking about a new cheaper ‘lite’ HD device

Apple TV: now with 160GB drive option and with added YouTube support

256GB solid state drive

Gates & Jobs together for a sit down interview

Kick ass steampunk monitor mod

Saga continues: Best Buy is shady

Limited edition Bob Marley music on thumbdrive

USB/digi out/ turntables…

• Stanton T.90
• Numark TTUSB

Parallels v3 adds 3D support (among other things)
video demo of Quake 4 running in OS X via parallels XP

Matt finally getting up to speed on his blog; after 2000 posts 😉

What does the DMCA have to do with the electric slide?

Dreamhost passwords compromised.

Josh gets a new phone and can finally use some mp3 ringtones.
And broadband. finally.

What can open source do to a set top media player?

iPhone reviews and coverage out the iAss!
Pogue video review

• Technodifier 035 (8MB 64k mp3)

DRM on the out; one step at a time.

AACS is broken again.. before the first fix is even out
ABC bringing HD streams for shows

Engadget Apple faux email post fucks up Apple stock value.

• The real question? Who sent the message in the first place?
• Josh is the only one w/out a macbook now.

Matt’s new camera

• Canon 800 IS

802.11n sucks.. but there is a new standard
Matt has a new HD upscaling DVD/DiVx player Philips

When the fuck is HL2: ep2 coming out?
Matt almost bought a refurbed Xbox360

Let us talk about refurbs…

• Paul: Viewsonic HD ready LCD with analog tuner
• Matt: PS2
• Josh: might get a phone sometime soon

Google added an autosave function to Blogger… thank Thor!
Google also wants to know everything they can about you.

STEAM/Valve is pissing me off…
HL2:ep2 is NOT being sold by itself…

• fuck ’em

MIDI talking synth thing.

• Technodifier 034 (17MB 64k mp3)

Netflix improves online movie viewing (adds new browsers and Mac support)

Peter Gabriel’s take on how to do free music.

• Technodifier 035 (8MB 64k mp3)

DRM on the out; one step at a time.

AACS is broken again.. before the first fix is even out
ABC bringing HD streams for shows

Engadget Apple faux email post fucks up Apple stock value.

• The real question? Who sent the message in the first place?
• Josh is the only one w/out a macbook now.

Matt’s new camera

• Canon 800 IS

802.11n sucks.. but there is a new standard
Matt has a new HD upscaling DVD/DiVx player Philips

When the fuck is HL2: ep2 coming out?
Matt almost bought a refurbed Xbox360

Let us talk about refurbs…

• Paul: Viewsonic HD ready LCD with analog tuner
• Matt: PS2
• Josh: might get a phone sometime soon

Google added an autosave function to Blogger… thank Thor!
Google also wants to know everything they can about you.

STEAM/Valve is pissing me off…
HL2:ep2 is NOT being sold by itself…

• fuck ’em

MIDI talking synth thing.

• Technodifier 034 (17MB 64k mp3)

Netflix improves online movie viewing (adds new browsers and Mac support)

Peter Gabriel’s take on how to do free music.

• Technodifier 033 (11MB 64k mp3)

Apple TV is now a “cheap” “Mac”.

• if you just want video, buy an Xbox and use XBMC

JOOST: interesting new way for TV
Vista: on Matt’s MacBook now
VMWare fusion new beta
Google Launches Free 411 Service

K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider for sale

GAMING
GTA IV trailer
Newest PSP FW 3.30 decrypted: custom FW soon to come?
Sony offering 6 months free access with 3.30 FW through tMobile hotspots
PSP core price dropped to $169.99 from $199.99

• All it needs now is a cheap 4GB MS Duo Pro bundle

EMI: FYI, no DRM. LOL
MS following EMI and Apple’s lead: removing DRM from some of catalog in Zune marketplace.

Engadget Hands-On with Sansa’s WiFi PMP
MS drops lawsuit against FairUse3WM creator

• Technodifier 033 (11MB 64k mp3)

Apple TV is now a “cheap” “Mac”.

• if you just want video, buy an Xbox and use XBMC

JOOST: interesting new way for TV
Vista: on Matt’s MacBook now
VMWare fusion new beta
Google Launches Free 411 Service

K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider for sale

GAMING
GTA IV trailer
Newest PSP FW 3.30 decrypted: custom FW soon to come?
Sony offering 6 months free access with 3.30 FW through tMobile hotspots
PSP core price dropped to $169.99 from $199.99

• All it needs now is a cheap 4GB MS Duo Pro bundle

EMI: FYI, no DRM. LOL
MS following EMI and Apple’s lead: removing DRM from some of catalog in Zune marketplace.

Engadget Hands-On with Sansa’s WiFi PMP
MS drops lawsuit against FairUse3WM creator

• Technodifier 032 (18MB 64k mp3)

The Technodifier is 1 year old! (born feb 20 2006)
ahh…. so cute!

Audio App(le) Demo
Snapper: Cool demo of audio program for OS X (warning video link)

VIRTUAL world
Matt has been playing with Vista via Parallels (w/o Aero and flip 3D mind you)

PMP of the week
Slacker: satellite, wifi, web browser, desktop, portable player… music store?
Watch… Apple will steal the idea once Slacker blows all the VC money.

Picture update on Engadget

GRAND CENTRAL
Well I think we talked about Youmail.com in a past show, but it has now been one-upped by another free beta service. This time the service is called GrandCentral.com and is based in Oakland. Essentially it acts as a proxy for your incoming phone calls and messages (VM).
You select a number and then give that number to people you know.

You can then set the service to ring ALL of your phones when someone calls.
The really nice thing is that you NEVER have to give out your real number(s) and if your cellie, home, or work numbers change it never matters b/c you can simply update your online profile.

TiVo Desktop 2.4beta for Windows

Update on Amazon Unbox on TiVo Series 2+

Jungle Crazy
‘Crazy’ deals from Amazon.com

How to Clean your Black MacBook (Google Cache mirror)

Battlestar Galactica video contest with authentic media

Beryl: out ‘MACing’ OS X
More candy for your eye wholes!

Reactable. dude.

• Technodifier 032 (18MB 64k mp3)

The Technodifier is 1 year old! (born feb 20 2006)
ahh…. so cute!

Audio App(le) Demo
Snapper: Cool demo of audio program for OS X (warning video link)

VIRTUAL world
Matt has been playing with Vista via Parallels (w/o Aero and flip 3D mind you)

PMP of the week
Slacker: satellite, wifi, web browser, desktop, portable player… music store?
Watch… Apple will steal the idea once Slacker blows all the VC money.

Picture update on Engadget

GRAND CENTRAL
Well I think we talked about Youmail.com in a past show, but it has now been one-upped by another free beta service. This time the service is called GrandCentral.com and is based in Oakland. Essentially it acts as a proxy for your incoming phone calls and messages (VM).
You select a number and then give that number to people you know.

You can then set the service to ring ALL of your phones when someone calls.
The really nice thing is that you NEVER have to give out your real number(s) and if your cellie, home, or work numbers change it never matters b/c you can simply update your online profile.

TiVo Desktop 2.4beta for Windows

Update on Amazon Unbox on TiVo Series 2+

Jungle Crazy
‘Crazy’ deals from Amazon.com

How to Clean your Black MacBook (Google Cache mirror)

Battlestar Galactica video contest with authentic media

Beryl: out ‘MACing’ OS X
More candy for your eye wholes!

Reactable. dude.

• Technodifier 031 (12MB 64k mp3)

We are now live at
www.technodifier.com


TiVo finally brings downloadable movie rentals and purchases to your TV.

• This time the deal is with Amazon’s Unbox

Netflix doing digital video download/steaming
Click on the FAQ and check out the “watch now”link
You then can enable playback in XP SP2
or… get it going in Parallels ‘inside’ OS X.
check the 1.28.07 13.49 post by Gregz99jlk4 #4 post

Professor gets hassled by univ for using TOR

How about a 3TB server for your house?
That would last me a few weeks 😉

Getting Google’s attention: YouTube Style!
cangooglehearme.com

Rechargeable Li-Ion USB power on the go!

Rick looking at a media playing enclosure like this really cool one

HDHomeRun

• HDTV (QAM & ATSC) tuner that sits on your network and serves HD to your computers and/or DVR(s)?
• Only $169
• Works with MythTV
• Allows QAM functionality with MCE
• Support for BeyondTV coming!
• Open source

Call it a fan-ad or anti-ad, but it is a dead-on yankoesque take on the PS3
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/24/anti-sony-fan-rant-how-to-kill-a-brand/
and it has been watched > 110k X!

PSP
-pimpstreamer in Parallels
-custom firmware adds full resolution video and PS1 game support

Hacking your life (drive)
-replacing the Microdrive with a CF card for increased battery life and speed

Hacking a (verizon) Motorola V710
-adding real BT support (phone book, use BT modem w/o a data plan)
–getting it to work with iSync

iTunes plugin (visualization)
iConcertCal

• Technodifier 031 (12MB 64k mp3)

We are now live at
www.technodifier.com


TiVo finally brings downloadable movie rentals and purchases to your TV.

• This time the deal is with Amazon’s Unbox

Netflix doing digital video download/steaming
Click on the FAQ and check out the “watch now”link
You then can enable playback in XP SP2
or… get it going in Parallels ‘inside’ OS X.
check the 1.28.07 13.49 post by Gregz99jlk4 #4 post

Professor gets hassled by univ for using TOR

How about a 3TB server for your house?
That would last me a few weeks 😉

Getting Google’s attention: YouTube Style!
cangooglehearme.com

Rechargeable Li-Ion USB power on the go!

Rick looking at a media playing enclosure like this really cool one

HDHomeRun

• HDTV (QAM & ATSC) tuner that sits on your network and serves HD to your computers and/or DVR(s)?
• Only $169
• Works with MythTV
• Allows QAM functionality with MCE
• Support for BeyondTV coming!
• Open source

Call it a fan-ad or anti-ad, but it is a dead-on yankoesque take on the PS3
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/24/anti-sony-fan-rant-how-to-kill-a-brand/
and it has been watched > 110k X!

PSP
-pimpstreamer in Parallels
-custom firmware adds full resolution video and PS1 game support

Hacking your life (drive)
-replacing the Microdrive with a CF card for increased battery life and speed

Hacking a (verizon) Motorola V710
-adding real BT support (phone book, use BT modem w/o a data plan)
–getting it to work with iSync

iTunes plugin (visualization)
iConcertCal

• Technodifier 025 (17MB 64k_mp3)

SOFTWARE
FM recording ability silently reappears in some Creative players
Store 256GB on an A4 sheet
Emulating the OLPC XO On Windows
MediaPortal – the Open Source Mediacenter!

HARDWARE
Neuros OSD: open source multimedia player
FlexRadio Systems : DR-1000
DMCA exceptions part 2: Cell phone unlocking legal (for three years)

GAMING
PSP FW 3.00 adds visualizations
PSP PS1 emulator requires a PS3 for downloads. Stupid move Sony.
$2.1 million in Xbox 360s stolen
Using thw Wii: Josh & A Wii Thanksgiving (Joystiq’s) test on the family

SERVICES
World first: download-to-own movie service
Gritwire is a set of useful tools for people who use the Web daily.

FORMAT WARS
Josh hath heard blu-ray and hd dvd on television commercials. Wheres the cheap players?
[Im looking at you China….]

Commentary: Messing w/ big music/video files.

• Technodifier 025 (17MB 64k_mp3)

SOFTWARE
FM recording ability silently reappears in some Creative players
Store 256GB on an A4 sheet
Emulating the OLPC XO On Windows
MediaPortal – the Open Source Mediacenter!

HARDWARE
Neuros OSD: open source multimedia player
FlexRadio Systems : DR-1000
DMCA exceptions part 2: Cell phone unlocking legal (for three years)

GAMING
PSP FW 3.00 adds visualizations
PSP PS1 emulator requires a PS3 for downloads. Stupid move Sony.
$2.1 million in Xbox 360s stolen
Using thw Wii: Josh & A Wii Thanksgiving (Joystiq’s) test on the family

SERVICES
World first: download-to-own movie service
Gritwire is a set of useful tools for people who use the Web daily.

FORMAT WARS
Josh hath heard blu-ray and hd dvd on television commercials. Wheres the cheap players?
[Im looking at you China….]

Commentary: Messing w/ big music/video files.

• Technodifier 024 (35MB 128k_mp3)

Next-gen console news
xBox 360

• For pay HD Movies and TV coming to your Xbox 360 via broadband.
• HD-DVD for Xbox360 debuts…And it works in XP!

PS3

• In Japan less than 1 PS3 game sold for each console.
• Is this because people bought it as a Bluray player/ media player box that can play their old PS2 games… or is it because people bought the things to resell it?
• Or maybe it is because there are very few games available at launch.
• Crazies waiting in lines…
• Dentist hires 60 temps to wait in line
  
• Jon Edwards looking for a PS3 and special priveleges too
• Fights, robbery and the such
• There are reported issues with some PS2 games crashing or being unplayable on the PS3
• xbox 360 had similar issues, but wasn’t $600
• The PS3 interface is basically an extension of the PSP interface.
• Check out a video of the interface.
• The photo viewing options look really cool.

Details of MS’s cash infusion into Novell (a la Apple)
And been playing HL2: Episode 1 on his PC.
I wonder how well/if it will run on his new Mac Book.

So is TiVo finally adding some download ability for video?

Variety: VHS is dead

10 prototype ‘1 laptop per child’ machines have been made.

Zune

• Engadget had an extensive review. Verdict: it sucks!
• But Beatles albums are avaiable in the Zune Marketplace!
• There is a little hope for the Zune.. as a hacked Linux device?

NBC offering free video podcast downloads of new programs via iTunes.

M-audio cheap ‘mixer’

Program that copies models in Second Life causing problems for the community.

Daily Motion: out Tubing Google in Europe?

Silly gadgets not made for kids.
Head mounted camera and PVR system that lets you record 8 hours of video without a recharge.

MPAA sues company for selling pre-loaded iPods
If they are actually charging $$ for the ripping aspect.. I understand the lawsuit.

iPhone: too little too late?

Podcasts on your cellie for free

• Podlinez.com
• fonpods.com
• You can even get our Podcast with a simple phone call via Podlinez
• normal long distance charges and other shit apply, but if you have a cellie this most likely doesn’t matter
• Technodifier: 415.376.7259
• Nodfast: 415.376.7257

Matt is trying a Treo 600 on Verizon with no data plan (as his secondary phone, to test it out)
Audio issue resolved by $15 app, Freedom.

• Technodifier 023 (26MB 128k_mp3)
• Technodifier 023 (13MB 64k_mp3)

Sunday Nov 4, 2006

Holiday season digital upswing in full effect.
At local Target store there is a (closed off) section for the PS3,
an accesory section for the Wii,
and BluRay and HD-DVD discs ($20-$30) including a few HD-DVD/DVD hybrid discs.

PS3 comes out Nov 07, but there are some videos out of test units.
The UI is almost identical to that of the PSP

Having never owned an Xbox and currently owning a PS2 and PSP I stil
feel partial to the Xbox 360 mainly due to cost.
I am not going to buy either any time soon, so time will tell what I end up buying.

So you bought some MSN music tracks from MS?
Well MS says, “Fuck you, buy a Zune”….

The gist is that MSN is no more and there is no way to remove the DRM
(**cough**cough**legally**cough).
So if you want the ‘snazzy’ new Zune, you will need to repurchase all your existing music.
This sort of situation is the MAIN reason DRM is not good for consumers.
What if CDs, tapes, or records were like this?
What does this mean for the future of digital media as it applies to history and cultural legacies?

Great idea for simplification of analog audio to PC connections

RIAA has trouble suing mom, so they decide to sue her kids

Matt’s pain in the ass issues with MCE OEM on a Gateway PC.
Try to backup install.. failed about 6 times.
Finally got a copy of MCE and reinstalled.
Months later product key shows as invalid.
Tried using product key from my PC, no luck.
Called MS, no luck.
Gave up, installed XP Pro.

With the reinstall, matt finally installed IE7 on XP.
Looks pretty good.
Tabs make sense.
Quick tabs is pretty nice.

And along the lines of playing media files in XP, matt swears by the K-Lite Codec Pack.
It includes a GIGANTIC package of selectable codecs for most any file out there.
It also has software players and even plays FLV files fullscreen without the need to convert to AVI, QT, or another format.
Highly recommended

MacBook Pros are not 39% (like apple states), but 10%

• Technodifier 030 (13MB 64k mp3)

(former)Apple!(haters)

• Stock shoots up on iPhone announcement
• So who owns the ‘iPhone’ name?
• CISCO? Apple?
• Analysts say iPhone costs $~250
• Is Apple sharing the profit with Cingular?
• Apple TV is top seller even as a pre-order
• Is an Apple/Apple Records Beatles announcement in the works?
• (remember Beatles being chosen in Jobs’ iPhone demo?)
• New record for quarterly profits
• Apple’s new golden age?
• Seems they make their $ 2 bucks at a time
• Apple charging for driver upgrade to enable full WiFi speed for existing owners
• They are blaming it on the accountants

NAMM is happening again

FCC: XM/Cingular merger? NO!

YouMail.com: Free web-based voicemail with custom outgoing messages based on caller ID.
Pretty cool concept.
You can even set it up to play an outgoing message and then hang up (based on Caller ID).

GAMING
Sega will stop making GD-ROM, bye bye Dreamcast
Half Life 2: ep 2 coming in 2 forms

• comes with portal
• more details
• Where is the $20 version?

Paul and Matt playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance

TV COMMERCIALS FOR AUTOMOBILES ARE OUT OF CONTROL!!!!!!!!!

• Technodifier 029 16MB 64k_mp3)

CES, MacWorld… shit couldn’t be more busy in the tech world.
welcome to 2007!

New version of Paralles for Mac: beta3
and a tool to convert VMWare images for use with Parallels
And what about Crossover, and VMWare Fusion?

Matt has finally replaced his 6 year old TiVo series1 with a new Series2
TiVo to Go for Mac… kinda…
for way cheaper than the ‘real’ $80 version that just came out…

Way to expensive, but a cool concept (especially for college textbooks)
Sony eBook reader
iRiver has one too!

Is Second Life using press to spread misleading information?

Rumors abound: Has HD-DVD’s encryption been cracked? (not really)

How about a 1TB HD?
or a PC HD-DVD burner…
or a Bluray burner and HD-DVD reader

CES is a-coming as is
MacWorld

And Sony has decided they will no longer make computer monitors…

Luxpro wins Apple knock-off shuffle lawsuit… and counter sues Apple

Ms to introduce ‘Home server;?
more details…
Is this a work around for the super dinky Xbox360 HD?
iPod rip-off interface for DS

Vista Sideshow in the wild?

Credit Card sized MP3 player…
I used to have an FM radio that was this small… when I was a kid

Xbox360 v2?

Brazil court orders YouTube shutdown… but they have no authority in the US
How about a 32GB flash-based ‘HD’
Xbox360 iptv

Matt is trying to get Synergy working b/w his mac and Xp machine… with little luck

cingular and apple launching phone?
will it NOT suck like the old itunes phone?
josh says leave the cell phones to the south koreans. but more importantly, phones should not have
interfaces (like itunes) you have to use in order to get music on their phones (like their ipods).
what about these iphones?

• Technodifier 028 9MB 64k_mp3)

Wednesday December 20, 2006

Comcast offers on demand same day as DVD release
Stereo Bluetooth headphones
LED lights

I need a TB drive

Weird Dell RAM thing

HD for my MacBook?
this one

My first iDVD 😉

Paul played with a Stanton C.314

• Technodifier 027 (11MB 64k_mp3)

Tuesday December 12, 2006

josh’s over caffeinated laptop (i’m not calling them notebooks)


Fuck Cingular[SBC,Ameritech, AT&T]
-Josh is trying to get his deposit [$250] back…and keeps getting told something different every time.

Xbox360 sold 8 million units, on target for 10 million.
at $75 profit for each unit, $750 million? …not too shabby for the first year.
Numbers for Nov: Xbox – 511,000; Wii – 476,000; PS3 – 197,000.

Is Sony’s past and the PS3 ruining it for Bluray?

YouTube adds ability to add record vid directly to site.

Bit Torrent buys utorrent.

We are now using blogger beta

Dell Bluray laptop

is it time for NAS?

Spike TV announces winner of video game awards before the show airs. why watch?
‘Gears of War took Best Multiplayer Game, Best Graphics, and Best Shooter’

DIY home fabrication: 3D ‘printer’

300GB laptop drives

Tech c-mas gifts?

• flickr membership
• netflix membership
• Bluetooth GPS receivers for less than $50 now
• DVD burner VCR replacement for $60

• Technodifier 026 (8MB 64k_mp3)

Record Label?

Josh and Greg were bluetoothing some files to and fro [motorola q + pocket pc]

CD and DVDs be gone!
disc emulation: Daemon Tools, native Mac OS X

Virtualization

• Parallels beta for Mac
• VMWare coming to Mac
• Virtualization in general
• servers
• every computer you have ever had on your current machine

Mac Book: new bad pixel?

• Technodifier 023 (26MB 128k_mp3)
• Technodifier 023 (13MB 64k_mp3)

Sunday Nov 4, 2006

Holiday season digital upswing in full effect.
At local Target store there is a (closed off) section for the PS3,
an accesory section for the Wii,
and BluRay and HD-DVD discs ($20-$30) including a few HD-DVD/DVD hybrid discs.

PS3 comes out Nov 07, but there are some videos out of test units.
The UI is almost identical to that of the PSP

Having never owned an Xbox and currently owning a PS2 and PSP I stil
feel partial to the Xbox 360 mainly due to cost.
I am not going to buy either any time soon, so time will tell what I end up buying.

So you bought some MSN music tracks from MS?
Well MS says, “Fuck you, buy a Zune”….

The gist is that MSN is no more and there is no way to remove the DRM
(**cough**cough**legally**cough).
So if you want the ‘snazzy’ new Zune, you will need to repurchase all your existing music.
This sort of situation is the MAIN reason DRM is not good for consumers.
What if CDs, tapes, or records were like this?
What does this mean for the future of digital media as it applies to history and cultural legacies?

Great idea for simplification of analog audio to PC connections

RIAA has trouble suing mom, so they decide to sue her kids

Matt’s pain in the ass issues with MCE OEM on a Gateway PC.
Try to backup install.. failed about 6 times.
Finally got a copy of MCE and reinstalled.
Months later product key shows as invalid.
Tried using product key from my PC, no luck.
Called MS, no luck.
Gave up, installed XP Pro.

With the reinstall, matt finally installed IE7 on XP.
Looks pretty good.
Tabs make sense.
Quick tabs is pretty nice.

And along the lines of playing media files in XP, matt swears by the K-Lite Codec Pack.
It includes a GIGANTIC package of selectable codecs for most any file out there.
It also has software players and even plays FLV files fullscreen without the need to convert to AVI, QT, or another format.
Highly recommended

MacBook Pros are not 39% (like apple states), but 10%

• Technodifier 024 (35MB 128k_mp3)

Next-gen console news
xBox 360

• For pay HD Movies and TV coming to your Xbox 360 via broadband.
• HD-DVD for Xbox360 debuts…And it works in XP!

PS3

• In Japan less than 1 PS3 game sold for each console.
• Is this because people bought it as a Bluray player/ media player box that can play their old PS2 games… or is it because people bought the things to resell it?
• Or maybe it is because there are very few games available at launch.
• Crazies waiting in lines…
• Dentist hires 60 temps to wait in line
  
• Jon Edwards looking for a PS3 and special priveleges too
• Fights, robbery and the such
• There are reported issues with some PS2 games crashing or being unplayable on the PS3
• xbox 360 had similar issues, but wasn’t $600
• The PS3 interface is basically an extension of the PSP interface.
• Check out a video of the interface.
• The photo viewing options look really cool.

Details of MS’s cash infusion into Novell (a la Apple)
And been playing HL2: Episode 1 on his PC.
I wonder how well/if it will run on his new Mac Book.

So is TiVo finally adding some download ability for video?

Variety: VHS is dead

10 prototype ‘1 laptop per child’ machines have been made.

Zune

• Engadget had an extensive review. Verdict: it sucks!
• But Beatles albums are avaiable in the Zune Marketplace!
• There is a little hope for the Zune.. as a hacked Linux device?

NBC offering free video podcast downloads of new programs via iTunes.

M-audio cheap ‘mixer’

Program that copies models in Second Life causing problems for the community.

Daily Motion: out Tubing Google in Europe?

Silly gadgets not made for kids.
Head mounted camera and PVR system that lets you record 8 hours of video without a recharge.

MPAA sues company for selling pre-loaded iPods
If they are actually charging $$ for the ripping aspect.. I understand the lawsuit.

iPhone: too little too late?

Podcasts on your cellie for free

• Podlinez.com
• fonpods.com
• You can even get our Podcast with a simple phone call via Podlinez
• normal long distance charges and other shit apply, but if you have a cellie this most likely doesn’t matter
• Technodifier: 415.376.7259
• Nodfast: 415.376.7257

Matt is trying a Treo 600 on Verizon with no data plan (as his secondary phone, to test it out)
Audio issue resolved by $15 app, Freedom.

• Technodifier 019 (15MB 128k_mp3)
• Technodifier 019 (8MB 64k_mp3)

More Diebold vote hacking, Tesla’s electric car, free software and 911
Diebold voting machine hacked in 4 minutes, so 12 days would be enough time for about anyone…

Old x-ray film used as replacement for vinyl

Tesla’s electric car?

Free Software

• Microsoft Max: MS’s take on iPhoto?
• Download the beta
• New version of Yahoo’s free PVR software, Yahoo! Go
• new Democracy Player release

Switching from cell to Wi-Fi, seamlessly
Is it time to switch to FeedBurner for podcast XML/RSS generation?

The hard drive is 50!

Vonage v-phone

Remebering Sept 11, digitally.

• 911 digital archive
• Platial

Second Life data compromised: Real data from the virtual world