No LIVE Home Tech on May 9, 2013

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Jim has a busy schedule this week.  A recorded show will hit the feed, but no LIVE show on May 9, 2013.  We are back on May 16th at 8pmC/9E to finish up our discussion on laptops with Mike Howard and Eddie Ramirez.  Join us then! Join the Average Guy Facebook Group and you can win!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ We are at 145 members right now, when we hit 250, everyone in the group gets entered into a drawing for $100 gift card from Amazon for active members.  Tell your tech friends to join us there and they could win too!

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Markets Testing Limits and Does Money Buy Happiness? Guide Rock Weekly Market Commentary May-6 FT027

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Like athletes testing their limits, the Standard & Poor’s 500 and the Dow Jones Industrials Indices both hit new highs last week. The S&P closed the week above the 1,600 level for the first time, while the Dow climbed above the 15,000 mark on Friday before closing lower. Strong corporate earnings, gains in the housing… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Laptops, Desktop Replacement, Lenovo Yoga, Windows Blue, UltraBook, Surface RT, Haswell, Docking Stations, Multimonitor Support, BIOS-Mods, Cali Lewis and Drobo – HT115

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Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson, John Stutsman (@JohnStutsman), Kevin Schoonover (@schoondoggy1979) and Paul Braren (@tinkererguy) for Show 115.  This show is part two of three where we look at the good, the bad and the ugly of those devices we call laptops. Big congratulations to Christian who finished High School this… Click for more / Podcast Player>

How Would You Use $100 Amazon Bucks? Join and WIN

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Have you been out to and joined the Average Guy Facebook page yet?  If yes, then great and thanks.  If no, then you are missing a great group of tech guys!  And now you can join and WIN!  How good is that? Here’s the Story The current group as of May 3, 2013 is at 140 members. When the group grows to 250 members, everyone in the group gets entered into a drawing for $100 gift card from Amazon for active members. Not a member, join today! So how do can you help yourself win if you are already a

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AP Twitter Hacked and Markets Move, Who Owns all the Gold? – Guide Rock Weekly Market Commentary Apr-29 FT026

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If anyone doubted the power of Twitter, their skepticism was laid to rest this week. Early Tuesday afternoon, a tweet from the Associated Press reported President Obama had been injured by explosions in the White House. Stock, bond, and commodity markets fell sharply on the news and then rebounded when the Associated Press communicated that… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Laptops, the Samsung Series 3 and 5 Chromebook, Ebackpack, Moodle, Lenovo ThinkPad Helix, BYOD in School and the Future of Laptops – HT114

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Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Christian Johnson, Andrew Morris (@unrealshots) and guest Nathaniel Lindley (@thanlindley) for Show 114.  This show is part one of three where we look at the good, the bad and the ugly of those devices we call laptops. Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E at… Click for more / Podcast Player>