Podcast #17 – Content from PC World, Wired, InfoWorld, PC Magazine, MaximumPC

February 2, 2005

I have posted Tech Rag Tear Outs’ podcast #17 for manual download from here: TechRagTearOuts_017_050202.mp3 (5572.0K).

Here are the show notes:

(00:00-02:54): Introduction; Music by Billy Watson; Official beer of this podcast Australia’s Fosters
(02:55-13:54): Primary Content
- PC World (Feb05):
  - TV Tuners – Best Buy Awards to: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 (PCI) and ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0 (USB)
  - 2BrightSparks’ SyncBack (file copy tool for Windows)
- Wired (Dec04):
  - JVC Everio GZ-MC100 ($1200) microdirve camera; 720 x 480 resolution at 30-fps to MPEG-2
- Infoworld (12.06.04):
  - Kevin McKean on Network Appliance CEO Dan Warmenhoven
  - Jon Udell on Semantic Web (mentions products from Semagix and Digital Harbor)
- PC Magazine (14Dec04):
  - AMD’s Personal Internet Communicator (PIC)
  - Sonex Acoustic Room Treatments
- Maximum PC (Dec04)
  - 23-inch widescreen LCDs:
    Sony SDM-P234 (9 out of 10) and HP f2304 (9 our of 10 + Kiss Ass award)
  - DisplayMate utility for testing monitors
- Advertisement: Wiebetch.com has 1-U rack mounted enclosure with two hot-swap FireWire 800 drives (1.6-TBs total).
(13:55-15:51): Closing Info; Call 206-337-1533 with your comments; Music at end by DJ Amber