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72 Home Tech Podcast: Oracle v Google, Bing and Facebook, IE Only on Windows 8, NEST, Vudu and Microsoft v Apple Sales Numbers

jcollison — Sat, 12 May 2012 04:12:11 +0000

Jim and Christian are joined this week by special guest Gordon Schmidt for show 72 of The Home Tech Podcast. We tried using the very new Google+ Hangout feature called … Read the rest

71 Home Tech Podcast: New SSD Drives, New Cloud Storage Options, Big Microsoft Changes, Samsung Galaxy S III

jcollison — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:53:22 +0000

Jim and Andrew are joined this week by Gary Johnson (filling in for Christian) and Special Guest Chris Lux for show 71 of The Home Tech Podcast. We chat … Read the rest

70 The Home Tech Podcast: CrashPlan, eBay, HTPC, Rainmeter, RaspberryPi, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Galaxy Note, Windows 8

Andrew — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:12:35 +0000

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined this by Gary Johnson for show 70 of The Home Tech Podcast. We talk CrashPlan, eBay, HTPC, Rainmeter, RaspberryPi, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Galaxy … Read the rest

69 The Home Tech Podcast: Commodore 64, Dropbox, Facebook, Home OS, Lead Recycling, Timex Sinclair 1000

Andrew — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:20:45 +0000

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The guys are joined by Bryan Auer and … Read the rest

68 The Home Tech Podcast: Sound Issues, Dropbox, Amazon Prime, Garmin 410 Deal, New Honda Key, Ultrabook Deal, RetailMeNot.com, Lightroom 4

jcollison — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:11:12 +0000

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Jim was joined again this week by jpeg2raw… Read the rest

67 The Home Tech Podcast: Hotel Wireless, Best Buy, Snapon Tools and Monitor Stands

jcollison — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:16:27 +0000

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66 The Home Tech Podcast: Stitcher, Skype, Windows 8 retina display, New iPad Heater

jcollison — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:12:17 +0000

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Jim was joined this week by John Zajdler … Read the rest

#65 The Home Tech Podcast: iPads, Fujitsu Primergy TX100 S2, Microsoft’s MetroTablet Strategy, Windows 8 CP, New Xbox, Sched.org

jcollison — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:49:16 +0000

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The show moves from Thursday to Friday … Read the rest

#64 The Home Tech Podcast: Jim is on the Run Again!

jcollison — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:57:21 +0000

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Andrew is out on holiday. Show notes still … Read the rest

#63 The Home Tech Podcast: Its All About Windows 8

Andrew — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:35:00 +0000

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#62 The Home Tech Podcast: For the Photographers, Kayakers and Video Fans!

Andrew — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:25:56 +0000

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After a couple of weeks … Read the rest

#61 The Home Tech Podcast: SSD Drives, Windows 8, The Microsoft Store, Facebook IPO

jcollison — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:10:09 +0000

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#60 The Home Tech Podcast: Monitor Troubles, Video Cards, HP XW8600 Workstation, Cheap Memory

jcollison — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:55:17 +0000

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#59 The Home Tech Podcast: SSD Upgrades, Google Hangouts vs Skype, Yahoo! and the Internet Blackout of 2012

Andrew — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:32:12 +0000

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#58 The Home Tech Podcast: CES 2012, Exercise Technology, Lightroom 4 Beta, Internet Addiction Disorder and the End of the Digital SLR

Andrew — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:49:32 +0000

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With everyone back on decent Internet connections, Jim, Andrew … Read the rest

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

jcollison — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:30:46 +0000

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The gang was back this week and Jim was … Read the rest

#56 The Home Tech Podcast: Amazon Fire, HP Proliant Microserver, Free iPod?

jcollison — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:48:17 +0000

Jim (who audio was coming from his camera mic for the entire show and not the Yeti!) was joined this week by John Zajdler from The HomeServerShow.com, Mike … Read the rest

#55 The Home Tech Podcast: Facebook Wins, Yeti Blue Mics, Roku 2 XS, WD Live,

jcollison — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:41:53 +0000

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#54 The Home Tech Podcast: HP MicroServer, WHS 2011, Low Power CPUs, Samsung Galaxy S II, Tom Tom, Issuu.com and Viber

Andrew — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:46:25 +0000

Jim and Andrew are joined this week by Gary Johnson for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

The guys start off the show with an update on … Read the rest

#53 The Home Tech Podcast:Virtual Private Servers, Toyota Tundra, HP MicroServers, and the Power of Social Media

Andrew — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:01:49 +0000

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined this week by Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

The show starts off, with Christian telling … Read the rest

#52 The Home Tech Podcast: GPS Watches, the iPod Nano recall, Online Collaboration, OpenVPN and Microsoft Surface for the Masses!

Andrew — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:36:27 +0000

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined this week by Bill Paulmenn for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

Bill has also caught the “new microphone disease”, and … Read the rest

#51 The Home Tech Podcast: The Future of WebOS, Ringtone Revenue, Multiple Skype Accounts, Chrome gets the Metro UI, Microsoft Touch Mouse, and Google does a Barrel Roll

Andrew — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:37:30 +0000

Jim and Andrew are joined this week by John Zajdler and Gordon Schmidt for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

The guys start off the show discussing … Read the rest

#50 The Home Tech Podcast: Google’s Driverless Fleet, Open VPN and HD Home Run PRIME

Andrew — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:23:47 +0000

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined by Chris Lux at The Average Guy for this week’s installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

Jim tells us about the Google Driverless … Read the rest

#49 The Home Tech Podcast: Drobo, Recycling, the Internet, No More Landline, HD Home Run Prime

Andrew — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:41:59 +0000

Jim and Andrew are joined by Gary Johnson at The Average Guy for this week’s installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

After the introductions, and weather reports from around the … Read the rest

#48 The Home Tech Podcast: A Challenger to Macbook Air, World Wide Launch of The Full Fo-Shay and Skype Consumed

jcollison — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:15:00 +0000

Jim and Andrew and Christian are joined by Rich O’Neil from Rich’s Random Podcast Generator here at The Average Guy for this week’s installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

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#47 The Home Tech Podcast: Skype, iPhone vs Android, Drobo Server, Android ROM’s and Photo Imaging Software

Andrew — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:55:00 +0000

Jim and Andrew and Christian are joined by Mike Howard from Jpeg2RAW for this week’s installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

The guys start off with some Skype chat, relating … Read the rest

The Home Tech Podcast: Drobo Special from San Jose, CA

jcollison — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:11:00 +0000

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Jim is with Mario Blandini from Drobo and a visit to their international headquarters in San Jose for … Read the rest

#46 The Home Tech Podcast: Disk Defragmenting, In-flight Internet Access, Steve Jobs and Weather Stations

Andrew — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:02:05 +0000

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#45 The Home Tech Podcast: The New Kindle, Amazon Prime, Ford Mustang Customizer, HD HomeRun PRIME, Home Storage, and ISP Modems

Andrew — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:52:07 +0000

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Jim and Andrew and Gary Johnson are joined by Gordon Schmidt and John Hughes for this week’s installment … Read the rest

No Home Tech Podcast for September 22nd

jcollison — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:25:14 +0000

There is a conflict in my schedule and the rest of the week is jammed, so we are cancelling the podcast for the week. Enjoy some family time!

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#44 The Home Tech Podcast: Headsets, Keyboards, Mouse Without Borders, TouchPad, Windows 8

Andrew — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:00:00 +0000

Jim and Andrew and Christian are joined by Gary Johnson for this week’s installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

After some chat about the benefit of purchasing a decent quality … Read the rest

#43 The Home Tech Podcast: ISP Cloud Storage, Nike MAG, Google Plus Widgets, Input Director, E3 Spark Plugs, Metro Start Pages, and a stroll along Nostalgia Street

Andrew — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:46:00 +0000

Jim and Andrew and Christian are joined by Rich O’Neil for this week’s installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

The show starts off with Andrew giving an update of the … Read the rest

#42 The Home Tech Podcast: Spam Prevention, Desktop Protection, Mailing List Solutions, Storage Expansion, and Digital Photography

Andrew — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:54:00 +0000

Jim and Andrew and Christian are joined by Mike Howard for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

After the introductions, Jim reminds us all of the importance of … Read the rest

#41 The Home Tech Podcast: HP and Apple in the news, Cloud Services, and Hybrid Memory Cube Technologies

Andrew — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:44:00 +0000

Jim and Andrew are joined by Rich O’Neil and John Zajdler for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

Don’t be confused at first that the show is an … Read the rest

#40 The Home Tech Podcast: The end of WebOS as we know it, the cost of AT&T text messaging, and NASA Science and Tech

Andrew — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:43:39 +0000

Jim, Andrew and Christian, are joined by Chris Lux for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

With the thunderstorms rolling through Jim’s city threatening to stop the recording, … Read the rest

The Home Tech Podcast is on the Move!

jcollison — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:50:26 +0000

We are starting to make the change over the Podcast hosting from Podomatic to our hosted site. For those who have subscribe to the Home Tech Podcast via RSS or … Read the rest

#39 The Home Tech Podcast: The HP TouchPad and Home Automation

Andrew — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:03:00 +0000

Jim, Gordon, are joined by John Hughes from Code Core Technologies, and a late joining Andrew for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

After a brief chat … Read the rest

#38 The Home Tech Podcast: Subsonic in Detail, HTC Evo 3D Review and Some Hard Drive Chat

jcollison — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:57:38 +0000

It was a relatively quiet evening on the Home Tech Podcast! Gary Johnson joined Jim (Andrew and Christian were both out of town) to discuss in detail a few topics. … Read the rest

#37 The Home Tech Podcast: Rich’s Random Podcast Generator Beta

jcollison — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:39:30 +0000

Warning: Long Show Ahead!

One weekend, Rich O’Neil (and some of tech guys that hang around the Home Server Show Podcast) thought, “what would happen if we just recorded … Read the rest

#36 The Home Tech Podcast: Facebook Forums, A New RSS Feed, Netflix makes Changes, Spotify launches in the USA, Speed Tips and Cammster

jcollison — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:18:27 +0000

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined by Rich O’Neil for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

After exploring the concept of a show, “Random with Rich” discussing random … Read the rest

#35 The Home Tech Podcast: Digital Photography Advice, Google+ vs Facebook

jcollison — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:09:00 +0000

This week the guys talk some more about Google Plus, Digital Photography for the novice to amateur photographer, and tips and tricks for improving your images. Mikes podcast jpeg2RAW and … Read the rest

#34 The Home Tech Podcast: Google+, Microsoft Security Essential Success Story, IE10 Platform Preview

jcollison — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:13:07 +0000

So Jim thought it was show 33! Not so. Show #34 bring Jim, Christian and Bill together to discuss the ins and outs of Google+, a deal of the week … Read the rest

#33 The Home Tech Podcast: The “Couples Living with Technology” Therapy Session

Andrew — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:23:00 +0000

Jim and Andrew finally record the show they have been talking about for 4-5 months, a show with their wives; to be able to capture a glimpse into the flip … Read the rest

#32 The Home Tech Podcast: The Home Server Show Meetup

Andrew — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:13:27 +0000

Jim and Gordon record a live show at the Home Server Show Meetup in Wisconsin, and has a chat with some of regulars from the show, including Christian, Bill, Mike … Read the rest

#31 The Home Tech Podcast: Firefox and SkyDrive Updates, Cloud Security, Personal DNA Genotyping and Ancestral research with Ancestry.com

Andrew — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:02:42 +0000

Jim and Andrew are joined by Chris Lux and John Zajdler for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

The guys get rolling talking about Brian Burgess’ Information Week… Read the rest

#30 The Home Tech Podcast: Android Apps, Google Products, Phones, Getting Things Done, and Loyalty Card Apps

Andrew — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 03:41:44 +0000

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined by Gordon Schmidt for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

Christians’ latest tech news for the Home Server crowd is that the … Read the rest

#29 The Home Tech Podcast: BIOS-Mods, Music in the Cloud, Nemo Docs, HP TouchPad, Facial Recognition, Cell Phone Rescue and Hamster Powered Computing

Andrew — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:43:26 +0000

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined by Jason, one of the developers at BIOS-Mods.com, for this weeks’ installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

The guys fire off with Christian … Read the rest

#28 The Home Tech Podcast: Zune Pass, Virtualization, Open Source, RSS Readers, Device Convergence and Lowering Power Consumption

Andrew — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:30:53 +0000

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined by Gary Johnson (better known as Christians’ Dad” for this weeks installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

After a few audio hitches the guys … Read the rest

#27 The Home Tech Podcast: Solar Grid Feed, Google Street View, Google Wallet, and iPhone Applications for Musicians

Andrew — Sun, 29 May 2011 02:25:19 +0000

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined by Rich O’Neil for this weeks installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

The guys kick off discussing Christian’s latest project, getting SharePoint 2010 up … Read the rest

#26 The Home Tech Podcast: Document Scanning at Home, Facebook, WiseStamp Email Signatures, and iDevice Facial Recognition

Andrew — Sat, 21 May 2011 00:49:39 +0000

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined by Mike Howard and John Zajdler for this weeks installment of the Home Tech Podcast.

The guys kick off talking about Document Management for … Read the rest