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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

#16 Rich’s Random Podcast Generator – Windows 8: Start Screen, Charms, Keyboard Shortcuts, Reset and Restore, File History, and the Splashtop app

Rich O'Neil — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:52:36 +0000

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Jim Collison is off today, visiting family in Kentucky. Mike Howard of jpeg2RAW joins Rich O’Neil as … 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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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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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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Financial Tech Podcast 12: Investing 101, Brightscope, Money Desktop

jcollison — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:08:24 +0000

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What’s the latest happenings for Guide Rock and GFCU?

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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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WHS Drobo Status Beta 2–An Update

jcollison — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:55:33 +0000

I have been working on reinstalling Windows Home Server 2011 back on my HP Microserver N40L after some issues with the first install. Part of the process was to install … 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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#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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TAG Tech Deal of the Week–Amped Wireless AP600EX

Andrew — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:37:51 +0000

This week’s Deal-of-the-Week is the Amped Wireless AP600EX Access Point.

This is most definitely NOT your run of the mill Wireless Access Point, with a range of … Read the rest

#14 Rich’s Random Podcast Generator – Hacking the HP Proliant MicroServer, VMWare ESXi, BIOS mods, Port Multiplier, VM’s

Rich O'Neil — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:09:00 +0000

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This week’s episode is all about hacking the HP Proliant MicroServer N40L. John Stutsman, John Zajdler, … Read the rest

#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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#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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#12 Rich’s Random Podcast Generator: Roku 2 XS, WD TV Live Streaming Media Player, Apple TV 2, Mushkin Enchanced Chronos

Rich O'Neil — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:56:01 +0000

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This week the guys help Jim buy his first SSD. They talk in depth about the characteristics … Read the rest

Mushkin Callisto 120GB SSD Install and Performance Specs

jcollison — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:30:43 +0000

So last weekend I put and Mushkin Enhanced Chronos (MKNSSDCR120GB) 120GB SSD ($150) in my personal PC here at home and saw some amazing results. I posted about … Read the rest

#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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Mushkin Chronos 120GB SSD Install and Performance Specs

jcollison — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:03:56 +0000

I recently purchased a Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR120GB 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) from Newegg. It can be found here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226236

I purchased it to … Read the rest

Did You Miss CES 2012 in Las Vegas this Year? No Worries, 45 Videos Has You Covered!

jcollison — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:38:47 +0000

Over the last two years I have made the trip out to CES to cover the show with my friends from the Home Server Show. This year I opted … 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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Financial Tech Podcast 11: Big Bonus and Kindle Fire

jcollison — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:49:15 +0000

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So you got a year-end bonus… now what?

End of the year boosts are … Read the rest

#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

#11 Rich’s Random Podcast Generator: Hybrid Drives, Drive Caching, Icy Dock Xpander, RocketHybrid 1220, Acronis True Image Home 2012

Rich O'Neil — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:13:00 +0000

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Today I’m joined by John Zajdler MS WHS MVP and Mike Faucher of BYOB. Jim Collison … 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

The Microsoft Touch Mouse Review

gwadetech — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:35:00 +0000

I have recently picked up the Microsoft Touch Mouse from a local retailer and am very surprised at the functionality that is packed into this peripheral. In the past I … Read the rest

BBQ Turkey and Bacon? Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together! No Tech Required!

jcollison — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:35:50 +0000

For the last 10 years or so, I have been trying to perfect the concept of the BBQ Turkey at Thanksgiving. Since I love to BBQ, and of course, I … Read the rest

#10 Rich’s Random Podcast Generator: RAID Benchmarks, WHS 2011, Ivy Bridge, Power Factor Correction, W7 Backup & Restore

Rich O'Neil — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:22:00 +0000

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Michael Martis of BYOB joins us for the first time along with regulars John Stutsman and … 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

A Home Tech Podcast Mention in the Wild!

jcollison — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:16:02 +0000

You have to love it when out of the blue you show up on a top list of anything! I was hoping for best looking, but the Home Tech podcast … Read the rest

HP TouchPad is Back! Well, Sort of Back?

jcollison — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:07:00 +0000

I made a big deal about the HP TouchPad just a couple months back and even dropped a few reviews here at the Average Guy (http://theaverageguy.tv/category/hometech/hp-touchpad/). But as … 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

Financial Tech Podcast 10: Values and Money

jcollison — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:41:50 +0000

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Where we spend our money is a reflection of our interests, values and priorities.

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Looking for a Drobo Deal? Look No Further!

jcollison — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:59:26 +0000

With as much as I have been talking about Drobo lately, I figured it was time to let you in on a deal. Whether it’s a Christmas gift or just … Read the rest

#9 Rich’s Random Podcast Generator: Belarc Revisited, Home Raid Perils, WHS File/Folder Restoration, Google+, Podcasting

Rich O'Neil — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:53:00 +0000

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Mike Howard of jpeg2RAW once again joins us in the Google+ Hangout. This week’s topic include multi-monitor … 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

Jim’s Search / WHS 2011 with Drobo S

jcollison — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:22:00 +0000

I am looking for a small form factor PC or case to pair with a Drobo S. The Drobo dimensions are 10.3" x 7.3" x 5.9" and of course you … 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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#8 Rich’s Random Podcast Generator: iOS 5 Update, Logmein Hamachi, Belarc, Ninite Updater, Secunia PSI, FingerPrint, Google+ Hangout Extras, Power vs. Efficiency

Rich O'Neil — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:48:00 +0000

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Jim and Rich are joined by John Zajdler, Mike Howard, Tim Black, Jay Moore, and newcomer Paul … Read the rest

#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

TAG Tech Deal of the Week–AMD AM3+ CPU

Andrew — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:42:21 +0000

This weeks Deal of the Week is the AMD AM3+ 8-core CPU’s from NewEgg.com

AMD are the first CPU manufacturer to bring an 8-core processor to market – check … Read the rest

#7 Rich’s Random Podcast Generator: VMWare Certified Professional, Super Router, VMWare, MS Marketing, Corporate Decisions of the Past, Cylons

Rich O'Neil — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:02:00 +0000

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Jay Moore, John Stutsman, and Mike Howard of jpeg2RAW fame join the show this week. Topics include … 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