DL.TV

episode 106 (1x106)

Air date: Oct 25, 2006

Today on DL.TV, Patrick was driving back from Colorado, so Jim Louderback joined Robert Heron on DL.TV. And as the "guest host", Jim got tagged with writing the shownotes, so here they are! NEWS • Firefox Launches and it's party time! PC Magazine covered the launch of version 2.0, and also the more than 400 parties that are happening worldwide to celebrate the event. This episode of DL.TV, in fact, was one of those parties. • Want to download Firefox 2.0? It was a bit congested earlier in the day, but you can find 2.0 setup here: • Apple Finally added the Core 2 Duo processor to its Macbook notebook lineup. That means a bit more heat, and a bit more speed to the portable lineup. • New Bittorrent support added to nine routers and NAS boxes. This is a key development,as you can serve and receive torrents without leaving your PC on. • In a stroke of twisted genius, a malware writer adds antivirus software to its Trojan, ensuring that any compromised machine its loaded on will be dedicated solely to its nefarious purposes. But what happens when two or more Trojans adopt the same technology? Stuff • Roger Chang came on and showed how you can add media center streaming capabilities to an older Xbox, breathing new life into the aging platform. The capabilities are very cool, and Roger showed an easy way, step by step, to make it happen. You can find out more at www.xbox-hq.com • It's also a great time to upgrade your system. ExtremeTech editor Loyd Case just wrote a great fall upgrade guide, and we brought him on in our own version of "Ask Martha" You can read all about Loyd's picks here. • Finally, we had time for just one question. Robert, Jim and associate producer Scott Asnault shared their favorite RSS readers. • I prefer Feed Demon,particularly because it lets you store feeds and read them offline : • Robert shows off Sage, a Firefox plugin that works with 2.0; • And Scott is particular to the new Google Reader which is drop dead ea