Category: Home Tech

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If This Then That, Security Issues and Cloud Storage – HT087

Jim and Andrew are joined this week by Gordon Schmidt for Show 87 of The Home Tech Podcast. The guys kick off the show talking about using Windows 8 with multiple monitors, replacing failed hardware components, and upgrading laptops to Windows 7 or Windows 8 from Windows Vista to improve the user experience. The guys… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Window XP, Web Browsers, Hiren’s Boot CD, Windows 8, Drobo Mini, Raspberry Pi Bonus Content- HT086

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined this week by John Stutsman for Show 86 of The Home Tech Podcast.   Make sure you watch the YouTube recording of the show for some special bonus content!  Christian talks about how he hooked up his USB monitor to his Raspberry Pi.  Only on YouTube. [3:20] We start with… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Social Engineering, Windows 8 Enterprise, Raspberry Pi and USB Monitors – HT085

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined this week by Nathaniel Lindley and Bryan Auer for Show 85 of The Home Tech Podcast. Nathaniel talks about how Mat Honan from Wired was hacked through social engineering security flaws in Apple and Amazons’ password reset mechanisms. MozyPro–secure online backup for businesses Join us for the show live… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Home Tech Podcast Special Edition: Raspberry Pi, In the Beginning

Jim is joined in this special by John Zajdler and Chris Barns of the Digital Media Zone and host of thEndUsr Podcast. Chris and John spend some time talking about their experience with the new Raspberry Pi in this hour long podcast. Listen Mobile:   Raspberry Pi Specs: Broadcom SOC 700 MHz ARM11 with a… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Blogging from Windows 8 using Windows Live Writer 2012

It appears that the word “live” didn’t get removed from all the old Windows Live Essentials 2011 Apps when they upgraded the suite to Windows Essentials 2012 (WE2012).  I just installed WE2012 on a newly minted Windows 8 Enterprise Laptop (I am a Microsoft TechNet subscriber and the RTM version is available there now) to test the user experience and discovered that like Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Messenger, the live brand has yet to be removed from Windows Live Writer (WLW).  Good, one less thing I have to change. Surface RT, now starting at $349 at Microsoft Store

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Home Tech Podcast: jpeg2RAW Photography for the Average Guy

  Jim and Christian are joined this week by Mike Howard, Tim Kemperle and Kathleen Bowie, all from http://jpeg2RAW.com for a special of The Home Tech Podcast.  The hosts of jpeg2RAW joined this week to talk photography for the Average Guy. The Drobo Giveaway concluded and the winner was: Amish Gangar.  Congratulations Amish. Listen Mobile:… Click for more / Podcast Player>