#57 The Home Tech Podcast: Travel Tech, McDonald’s Wifi, AudiBulbs, Crypteks, Robot Space Plane, Storage Spaces in Windows?

The gang was back this week and Jim was joined by Andrew, Christian and Bill Paulmenn. Jim’s wife Sarah also joined us at the end of the podcast. GIRL ALERT!

With all the guys in the house, it’s time to talk travel and travel technology. What kind of tech do you take with you when you are on the road for vacation or traveling for business? Jim travels with 2 Laptops (work and personal), Samsung Epic Touch 2 (Sprint) Phone and all the chargers necessary to keep things juiced. The guys talk able their stuff.

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Did you know that McDonalds now has Wifi?  http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/services/free_wifi.html

Window Storage Spaces is coming to Windows 8.

http://www.winbeta.org/news/windows-8-have-storage-spaces-safe-and-efficient-storage-pool

Andrew talks about AudioBulbs  http://giinii.com/products/audiobulb/

Andrew also talks about Crypteks USB Key.  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crypteks/crypteks-usbtm-encrypted-and-lockable-usb-solution

Christians Corner

MSI tech support has nice people, just not that password conscious…..
http://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-MSI-890FXA-GD70?pid=40248#pid40248
Play nice now, spying is only for James Bond:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/05/is-air-forces-x-37b-robot-space-plane-spying-on-china/?test=faces
These phones are getting powerful….
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/05/lg-spectrum-release-date-and-specs/
GOOGLE AUDIO SEARCH, SO COOL!
https://www.google.com/
Deal of the Week: If you are a student, you are a geek, this is great:
https://www.dreamspark.com/default.aspx

Bill talks about the DRAM inventory and why it is so Cheap right now.

http://news.techeye.net/chips/rocketing-inventory-levels-ring-in-new-year-for-dram-market#ixzz1idPzcL4R

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Great show! Just an FYI, as far as the “Deal of the Week” discussion about Microsoft DreamSpark, yes, my college age son confirmed his email ID (that ends in .edu) seems to be what got him enrolled.