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episode 253 (1x253)

Air date: Oct 09, 2008

• Scott Asnault joins Robert on set. • Scott and Robert discuss how Scott's last name is pronounced. • This week's tech pic is from Anand of Seattle, WA. Pics are of some serious cable management. • Scott found some Firefox hacks to really speed up Firefox 3. To read more about how to speed up Firefox 3, click HERE. Thank you to the people at TechRadar for these hacks. • And now to turn Firefox 3 into a Google Chrome Clone. For the Chrome Clone article, click HERE. Thank you LifeHacker.com • And now for the viewer questions: First is from Brian of Belvidere, IL: What would the best/most cost-effective option be for streaming from the Internet connection in one room to an HDTV in the other? One app you guys might want to check out is PlayOn. Today's second question is from Chris: What is the best storage medium for long term storage of data? USB Keys / Hard Drives, DVD's, Magnetic tapes, etc? Second, of those storage media, which would stand up best to heat or water that may occur even inside a fire safe in case of a house fire? For the safes that Robert mentioned in his answer, click HERE. Also, check out some of the testimonials of people that have purchased some of the safes. • Loyd will be on the show again real soon. Please remember to send you questions to our Sage of Tech. • To top things off, we have finally gone 16:9. What do you think? • Next Week: Jason Cross will be back on the show. Does a SSD drive produce faster load times in a PS3? See Ya Then.