Show #29 - 05.13.2007
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News
- Yahoo Killing Photos, Asks Users to Move to Flickr
- All photos on Yahoo Photos not moved somewhere else by the Fall will be deleted
- Flickr advantages (Derek, fill this out)
- Last.FM Launches Video Aims to be MTV For Web 2.0
- Initially Independent Label Videos
- Partnerships with Warner Bros. & EMI
- Wubi - Install Ubuntu through WIndows
- New Google Analytics
- Audio Menus for iPod
- Some Sites to Help you With Linux
- Koby has gone completely Linux in his House and as a result, he has been utilizing many resources to get some of the latest & greatest Linux software installed.
- If you installed Ubuntu try
- Ubuntu Guide
- Great Step-by-Step instructions on install some "needed" software that is not included by default
- Also great walk throughs on installing some of the most requested software
- Ubuntu Forums
- A lot of stuff in the Ubuntu Forums ends up on Ubuntu Guide. Also a great community that is eager to help those who want to learn more about linux
- Linux Questions
- Non-Platform Specific
- Great Source that's been through several "must have" distros
- Gentoo Forums
- Targeted towards Gentoo distribution
- Great resource because it involves a lot of command line stuff
- They strive to help out other Linux users regardless of distro choice
- HP HD-DVD & Blu-ray / Hybrid Hard Drives
Penny Pinchers
- Buy Reburbished, Save Some Money
- Everyone wants an Mp3 player or the latest laptop. Nobody wants to pay large amount for them
- Creative has reburbished Zen Mirco (5GB & 6GB players) for as little as $61
- Apple has iPods, from shuffles to Video iPods for great prices
- Shuffle - $49
- Nano - low as $99
- iPod Video - $199
- Dell, Apple, and HP all have Outlet/Refurb sections on their web stores where they offer computers, laptops, and accessories at discounted prices.
Security & Privacy
- This week was Microsoft's patch Tuesday. 14 Critical Patches released, make sure you perform Windows Updates on your computer.
- Critical patches fix bugs in Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, and even the DNS server.
- If are running Microsoft's DNS server (Available in Windows 2000 and 2003 Server families), it is important that you update.
- Google Launches Google Reader for Wii
- Great way to access your RSS feeds from your Wii
- Wii is working on becoming a nice WebTV device.
- Final Fantasy coming out for the PSP
- Little is known at this point (no release date)
- Website has small flash animation and some cover art
- This is a big step for the PSP, getting an actual FF game rather than just an UMD movie
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