I want to thank everybody who watched Holiday Help Desk (hours one and two) either live or on demand. A few times during the show, I mentioned that I'd put links to things on our blog, so here they are.
Here are the instructions for downloading and running Chrome OS off a USB drive.
Here is our list of Best iPod speakers.
And if you'd like to replace the firmware on your router with something more functional, here's DD-WRT.
Also, here are Jeff Bakalar's really good arguments for why you shouldn't buy an Xbox 360 Arcade.
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DTV: The transition from analog to digital
Eye-Fi rolls out Pro Wi-Fi for wireless transfers
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Keep up on Jailbreak news at the Dev-Team blog. Or try the Unnofficial QuickPWN Beta 3.0
Jasmine ranks the best noise-canceling earphones.
How to install Safari 4 on an older version of OS X.
The Invisual iPhone case aids the visually impaired. The new iPhone will also read items from the screen.
That's it for the half-hour version of CNET Live. Now it gets big. Monday June 15 launches a CNET Live, the daily version. Instead of a weekly half-hour show, CNET Live will become a portal for all our live CNET offerings. Buzz Out Loud, MP3 Insider, Dialed In, Gadgettes, The 404, and more will all be available from the new CNET Live pages. Expect us to take more calls in these shows and answer your questions every day instead of just on Thursdays. Get ready for a show every day almost every hour. CNET Live the half hour may be going away, but you're going to get a whole lot more in its place.
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Microsoft expands Xbox Live audio and video offerings
Charging gadget redefines power-walking
First Look
News
Download of the Week
Cheapskate
Replace your iPhone 3G battery for $6
Links we mentioned
MacRumours Buyer's Guide
OSX86 Project for running OS X on PCs.
Run Leopard (Mac OS 10.5) on a Dell Mini 9
CNET Live will be undergoing a metamorphosis after the June 11 show. Thursday June 18 is Buzz Out Loud's 1,000th episode, and the following week launches a much bigger CNET Live. Instead of a weekly half-hour show, CNET Live will become a portal for all our live CNET offerings. Buzz Out Loud, MP3 Insider, Dialed In, Gadgettes, The 404, and more will all be available from the new CNET Live pages. Expect us to take more calls in these shows and answer your questions every day instead of just on Thursdays. The bad news is that June 11 will be the last day of the CNET Live show. So be sure to watch that show, and then after June 18 get ready for a show every day almost every hour. CNET Live the half hour may be going away, but you're going to get a whole lot more in its place. So we will see you one last time next Thursday, 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific, 10 a.m. Hawaiian.
Things we Crave
Add more USB ports to your laptop with style
Nintendo Wii gets catering channel in Japan
First Looks
Best of the Web
FlightAware is being used to ferret out news stories Video question
Can I get a 3G data card that will work in USA and Brazil?
Check your carrier before you sign up to make sure they roam in Brazil. Even so, it's going to be expensive for a world plan. It might be better to just wait until you get to Brazil to get the card, or go with a prepaid card in the US for six months and then get a new card in Brazil.
Links we mentioned
To sync Windows Mobile phones to OS X try Missing Sync or SyncMate.
Belarc Advisor inventories your computer specs and software for free.
List of VoIP apps for iPod Touch.
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Free Trendnet updates TV-M7 wireless camera monitor application.
Alleged PS3 Slim spy photos get cease-and-desist treatment.
Cheapskate
Get an iPhone charging dock for $5.99 shipped
First Look
Links we mentioned
Ray in Georgia asked Brian Cooley if he still loved the Smart Car. Short answer? No. Andrew from England asked about iPhoto loading everytime he plugs his iPod Touch in and how to minimize subwoofer bass from going through the floor. You can turn off a preference in iPhoto to stop it loading.
Auralex SubDude for isolating bass sounds.
Jeremiah Grossman's Top Ten Hacking Techniques. This link includes the chart showing how the IFRAME clickjacking works.
Stream Pandora to your home stereo using Airport Express
The Airfoil software that lets you stream Web music to Airport express.
Reinstall Windows XP without the CD.
Tales sent this link for replacing Windows CDs on HP machines in Europe.
Official Microsoft policies on replacing lost Microsoft software.
Kodak EasyShare Picture Viewer
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Free GFI Backup application.
Sprint MFI battery-powered hotspot.
Cheapskate
First Look
How to
Make free calls with iPod Touch
Best of the Web
xkcd.com
UserFriendly.org
Wondermark
MyExtraLife.com
Links we mentioned
Convert DVD to avi with 5.1 audio
Firefox won't save my homepage
We flip for new camcorders, and show you how to make custom mix CDs.
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Things we crave:
ContourHD: Extreme version of Flip MinoHD
KCE-400BT Bluetooth module breathes new life into Alpine car stereos
Download of the week
Spreadtweet
Cheapskate
Dell 22-inch 1080p desk monitor
Your calls
Here's how to fix the disappearing explorer.exe problem in Windows XP and another tactic for Windows Vista.
Got problems logging in to Kubuntu in VirtualBox? Try some of these ideas.
Our picks for the best noise-canceling headphones.
Software for a netbook needs to be slim and low on memory usage. Here are some useful netbook utilities. K-meleon and Chrome are nice slim browsers. Also look at portableapps.com. CNET Store
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Paul Kocher from Cryptography Research gives us the lowdown on botnets and just what we need to be afraid of.
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Trade HD DVDs for Blu-rays with Warner's Red2Blu program
Download of the week
Netstumbler and iStumbler
Cheapskate
Netgear N router for $25
Your video call
Mark in Albuquerque, N.M. wants to know why Windows update isn't working fro him in Parallels. A tough one to do without followup questions, but most likely he needs to have Parallels tools installed. If that's not it, a bridged connection instead of a NAT might help. If he's virtualising off a Bootcamp partition, try doing the updates in boot camp. If none of that helps, take a look at this forum thread on Macworld.com.
Your calls
For the caller with the DVD drive that disappeared when he plugged in an external hard drive, we suggested some troubleshooting steps. Look to see if the drive still shows in BIOS. If it doesn't, the drive is likely toast and it's all a coincidence. If it does show up there, then try booting off it, say with a live Linux CD like Ubuntu, just to make sure it works. If that works, try upgrading the drivers in Windows. More ideas can be found here.
For underwater digital cameras, Brian Tong pointed out, you can get waterproof enclosures for any camera. This is good enough for poolside and snorkeling. There are also some heavier duty cameras meant for underwater use. There's a good forum thread about this at CNET forums.
The MSI gaming series laptop is a decent gaming laptop, but if you only want light gaming, a cheaper Netbook and desktop combo might cost you the same or a little cheaper.
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Tom's in Malta looking for the Maltese Falcon (if he drinks enough, he'll see it.) Meanwhile, Cooley, BT, and Donald Bell carry on.
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New Zune HD renderings surface
Download of the week
Milestone XProtect Network Camera Surveillance software
The Cheapskate finds the Navigon 2100 GPS for less than $100 with lifetime live traffic
Fixing error 80070422 during Windows Update
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It's CNET Live's two-year anniversary and we celebrate by taking your calls. And with whiskey.
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New PSP to take on iPhone this Christmas?
GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle
Download of the week
New York auto show
Ford Transit Connect Family One
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Your video calls:
Teresa from Irvine (we call her RogueTess) asked about live-streaming video on an iPhone and how to record audio on the iPhone. Jailbroken iPhones can do a lot of live streaming. Qik has announced support for the iPhone. Its official app is not yet available in the iTunes store. Brian Tong recommends HT Professional recorder as a voice recorder for the iPhone. Express Scribe is transcription software for turning audio into text.
Your calls:
Solving Vista sleep problems usually involves updating drivers, often for more than one component. See this blog as an example of one story.
There are a few ways to take a portion of your screen and display just that part on another monitor. Windows users can use magnifier. Hardware solutions exist, like the $5,000 Folsom Image Pro HD which we use on CNET Live. More reasonably priced at around $300 is the TwinPact100. These hardware solutions take your video out and then allow you to zoom, pan, and resize the output. You could also try using CamTwist to send video to another computer.
The iPod Touch 2G supports headphones with a mic, just like the iPhone does, but the original iPod Touch does not. For the original iPod Touch, Brian Tong recommends Macally iVoice III. Brian Cooley pointed out you could use something like the Alesis ProTrack, too.
If you have your computer hooked up to your TV, is there a way to get keyboard and mouse functionality in a one-handed device? It's possible to mod the Wii remote to be an input device for a PC, although our caller said he tried that and couldn't make it work. Logitech makes a keyboard mouse wireless combo unit, but it's not one-handed. Then there's the AirMouse that allows you to use gestures to control the pointer on a computer. There are a lot of onscreen keyboard apps out there, though. Look in places that deal in software for tablet PCs. One open-source version that seems fairly popular is the Java Virtual Keyboard.
If you want to share screens between a Mac and PC, try LogMeIn or Yugma.
Ypops provides Pop access to Yahoo Mail. Getmail can retrieve mail for one or more accounts.
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