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CNET Live - Episode 87

Ben Heckendorn, famous for modding game consoles into laptop form factors, joins us from deep in the heart of his garage in Wisconsin. Get a glimpse of what he's working on now.

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Things we crave:

Fast Finger Keyboard has keys in alphabetical order.

Cheap 802.11n access point turns your old router into an N router. First Look:

Air Mouse 1.5

Download of the week:

Cocktail

Onyx

Insider Secret:

Dual boot Windows 7 beta

Your calls:

Fabio from Brazil wanted to know a good basic setup for podcasting. I use an Alesis … Read more

Top 5 products you can't live without

On the latest episode of Top 5, I count down the top 5 gadgets I could not live without.

It's safe to say you may have a different opinion. So watch our video, formulate your own set, and post them in the comments to this blog post.

Think of it as desert island gadgets. As I note in the video, we'll assume you have electricity and Internet service on this swanky futuristic deserted island. And no software, just hardware. What five things would you choose for this presumably self-inflicted exile?

When we get enough responses, I'll tabulate … Read more

CNET Live - Episode 86

We investigate whether Tuesday's inauguration inspired the biggest traffic day ever on the Internet, and dive into the Windows 7 beta.

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Things we crave

We speak with Bill Woodcock from Packet Clearing House about whether Tuesday broke Internet traffic records. First Look

Windows 7 Beta

Download of the week

Magic Camera 4

Quick Tip

How to get Windows 7 beta

Your calls

If you're into QBasic and programming games, take a look at QBasic Station

Brian Tong compares the Canon HF S10 and the HF 20.

You can boot from a USB … Read more

CNET Live: Episode 85

Tom and Brian tackle Steve Jobs' departure from Mac, as well as your tech questions.

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Things we crave

Frozen video game steaks

ViewSonic LinkPC

First Look

New Toyota Prius

Download of the week

Download of the Week

Insider Secrets

Swap out your MacBook Pro's hard drive

Your video calls

Petter from Norway wanted to know how to get audio from one laptop to a computer with better sound. Brian suggested just plug in in the speakers to the laptop. Tom Suggested either using Audacity to record and playback the sound or tweaking the … Read more

CNET Live - Episode 84

Kind of all over the place, but it is, in fact, our last show until CES, January 8 and 9, live from Las Vegas. Visit ces.cnet.com for all the details.

Watch the show on CNET TV. Things We Crave

The new CNET store has shirts, mugs, iPods, and more.

Warcraft-themed restaurant

iPosture

First Look

Apple 24-inch LCD Cinema Display

Best of the Web

Grocrio

Insider Secrets

What to do with your old gadgets

Your video calls

Shane in Nevada Has a computer that continually drops off his wireless network. He's tried upgrading firmware and trying new wireless … Read more

10 Firefox keyboard shortcuts

The mouse is a lovely invention, but the keyboard is much faster. Your Internet connection is slow enough; you don't want to be slow using Firefox, too. So here are some Quick Tips for Firefox keyboard shortcuts.

The back button. The backspace key or Delete button on a Mac, sends you back one page.

Need to type in a URL? F6 highlights the address bar. No more fumbling around with the mouse.

Need to search for a word on a page? Control-F in Windows or Command-F in a Mac opens the Find function.

Maybe you want to copy all … Read more

Use a flash drive as memory in Windows XP

Got a slower, older Windows XP machine? Got a USB flash drive you're not using? Then you have extra memory to speed up that computer and extend it's life a bit. I'm Tom Merritt from CNET.com, and I'll show you how in this Insider Secret.

We've shown you how Windows Vista's ReadyBoost feature will let you use a USB drive like this as extra cache memory to make your computer faster. Well there's a way to do the same trick in Windows XP. Thanks to Shawn in Quebec for sending along the … Read more

Replace your Wii sensor bar... romantically.

The cool thing about the Wii is the motion sensing. It works because of the sensor bar that sits on top of the TV. But because it's on top, it may fall off and break. We can show you a lot of easy and cheap ways to replace it in this Insider Secret.

The sensor bar is plugged into the Wii, but that's just for power. It's lighting up infrared LEDs. Those are picked up by the Wiimote, and it triangulates off them to determine its position, and then the Wiimote sends that information back to the … Read more

CNET Live - Episode 83

Bedroom laptops and iPhone mods.

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Turn iPod Touch into an iPhone

Close-up lens for iPhone

First Look

Gateway MC7801u

Download of the Week

TweetDeck

Quick Tip

Create your own WiFi hotspot on a Mac

Your video calls

Brad from Wisconsin asked about small bargain camcorders. He's considering the Sasmsung SC-MX20 but he might also want to take a look at the Flip Video MinoHD.

Teresa in California akaA RogueTess needed some help picking a camcorder for her son. Brian Cooley gave her some general advice and then pointed her on … Read more

CNET Live - Episode 82

It's our international show with an Australian phone, U.K. laptops for life and bandwidth troubles solved for a South African.

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Things We Crave

Fujitsu LifeBook4Life program

Non-G1 Android phone to hit Australia in January

First Look

Vizio VP505XVT

Best of the Web

Vlingo

Quick Tip

Back up your DVDs to iTunes and your iPod

Your video calls

Charlie in South Africa sent a video about bandwidth metering. There are a lot of filtering programs out there meant for protecting children, but that can be used to password protect Internet access. For more … Read more