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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
May 11th
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 “On Air.” The show video is now available on YouTube at the Average Guy Podcast Channel. Give it a try.
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Christian’s Corner
Christian decided to cover enterprise matter this week. We talked Oracle v Google, Facebook helps out Bing, Microsoft returns to it’s excluding roots and of course a deal of the week.
71 Home Tech Podcast: New SSD Drives, New Cloud Storage Options, Big Microsoft Changes, Samsung Galaxy S III
May 7th
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 about New SSD Drives, the newest in Cloud Storage Options (Google Drive, SkyDrive, Dropbox) as well as some big Microsoft changes with their software.
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Mushkin Chronos 120GB SSD Install and Performance Specs
Mushkin Callisto 120GB SSD Install and Performance Specs
Maybe it is time you actually read that Google Drive Terms of Service
The Microsoft Touch Mouse Review
Nov 29th
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 have not been one to spend a great deal of money an any one peripheral but I am happy with the features and the efficiencies that are added to my every day tasks. At $79.99 I am expecting some great features and a smooth user experience.
Lets start with the packaging, I had mentioned on The Average Tech Guy Podcast that Microsoft crafted almost the same quality packaging as Apple does. If you have ever purchased an Apple product you know what I am saying. The box has a picture of the Touch Mouse backed by some pinned stripped variations of yellow, orange, red and is very clean in design. The front, which is held closed by a magnet, and top of the package lift up to reveal the mouse through a very nice heavy plastic, almost glass looking case.
#28 The Home Tech Podcast: Zune Pass, Virtualization, Open Source, RSS Readers, Device Convergence and Lowering Power Consumption
Jun 5th
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 get things rolling by talking about Jims’ experiences using the 14-day trial of Microsoft Zune Pass to prepare the DJ tracks for his sons’ wedding, and some of the challenges of being able to download the desired music after finding it.
The guys move on to talking about virtualization using the Oracle virtualization product Virtual Box, and Microsoft Hyper-V in their environments, as well as their product preferences. Jim and Christian use Virtual Box for testing, Gary uses Hyper-V to host the Johnson family Windows Home Server 2011 over their Windows 2008 R2 Server, and Andrew uses a combination of VMWare Workstation and Microsoft Virtual XP Mode.
#25 The Home Tech Podcast: i-Robot, Rainmeter, Youtu.be, MentionMap, Angry Birds Browser Edition, and Skype is now a Microsoft Company
May 13th
Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined by Bill Paulmenn for this weeks installment of the Home Tech Podcast.
For anyone who has been off the grid for the past week, the guys start off discussing what is possibly the most interesting acquisition of the year, being the recent Microsoft purchase of Skype for $8.5 billion US, and what this could mean for the future of Skype as we currently know it, use it, and most days, love it!
The guys talk about the way they currently use Skype, their opinions on the future of Skype, given the range of products that Microsoft could integrate Skype with or replace with Skype, and the possible future names following the merger into the Microsoft stable.
#22 The Home Tech Podcast: Facebook Security, Office 365, Sanitizing Hard Disks, Data Sync, and Streaming Media
Apr 22nd
With Christian on his music tour, and Andrew unwell, Jim is joined by Mike Howard and Rich O’Neil for this weeks installment of the Home Tech Podcast.
The guys kick off talking about Facebook changing their default security settings without notifying the user community. For those of you who had changed your Facebook security settings to use https by default, be sure to check your Facebook security settings to make sure that your settings are how 
you want them. To check, log into your Facebook account, go to Account Settings, Settings, (or click here) and expand the Account Security area, to make sure your Secure Browsing setting is how you like it.
How To Connect Windows 7 Media Center To an Xbox 360 and Stream Media
Feb 3rd
If you’re new to Windows 7 and own an Xbox 360, you might want the ability to watch the Media Center Content from Your Xbox. Here we take a look at how easy it is to set it up using Media Center Extenders.
The cool thing about Windows 7 Media Center is you can access your movies, music, and other digital media from it with your Xbox. Here we’ll walk you through the process of adding media to the Windows Media Center (WMC) Libraries then setting up your PC and Xbox to talk with each other so your Xbox 360 can access those Libraries.
The Home Server Show Podcast CES 2011
Jan 17th
We are back from CES and Las Vega with a few stories to tell! If it happened in Vegas, you will know about it! This Home Server Show podcast is a CES 2011 special with Dave, Jim and special guest star Chris Lux. We have recorded interviews with Drobo, Microsoft, and the CEO of Eye-Fi from Las Vegas.
Full show and show notes are at http://homeservershow.com/the-home-server-show-ces-2011-edition.html
Getting Started with Windows Live Writer
Dec 17th
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Recently we showed you how to setup Windows Live Essentials 2011. We also took a closer look at one of the apps – the Bing Bar, and today we will take a look at Windows Live Writer which is a valuable program for bloggers.
Installing Windows Live Writer
If you haven’t installed it already just download and kick off the Windows Live Essentials installer. Remember you don’t need to install everything in the suite and when the install kicks off, select Choose the programs you want to install.
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Now select the programs you want to install. In this example we’re just going to install Windows Live Writer (WLW).
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After installation is complete you’ll find Live Writer in the Start Menu.
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The Fitness Tech Podcast #5 Use Microsoft Kinect to Jump Start Your New Year’s Workout?
Dec 11th
Jim was able to spend a few minutes with Chris Lux, past podcaster from the Home Server Show to talk about his experience with the very new Microsoft Kinect.
Kinect brings games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways without using a controller. Imagine controlling movies and music with the wave of a hand or the sound of your voice. With Kinect, technology evaporates, letting the natural magic in all of us shine.
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