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episode 176 (1x176)

Air date: Jun 21, 2007

Portable speakers suck, right? We listen to Saitek's A-100 and A-200 and come away impressed with the oomph behind these battery powered portable speakers. TechnoLustBunnyDeux, our Nabaztag/Tag is connected to the network. Joy. Send us a message thru the rabbit at this page (the name of our lapin is TechnoLustBunnyDeux)... we're working to get a netcam and mic pointed at the little guy. The Viewer Pic of The Week comes from Kevin Lewis, who's decorated his home with monkeys much like the one that lives on our set. XP Tip: Remove Extra Components from Windows XP (And for the dude that wrote in, Brooks is using a Dell, not a Mac Book Pro!) Make Your New Ubuntu Linux Install Better: Automatix2 is a nifty graphical interface for installing applications and codecs onto Ubuntu, Mepis and Debian 4. Thanks to Bruce, Andrew and Phil for writing in about this. Chad built his own notebook PC by installing a processor, graphics chip, RAM, HD and wireless card into a barebones system for. (Total cost for the 2.14 GHz Core 2 Duo system? $2200.) He says "the trick is finding the barebones retailers" and to start by checking out the offerings at rjtech.com, avadirect.com and directron.com. Chad adds "the downside to all this - zero warranty options other than for the individual components. Connect your PS3 to a computer monitor with a DVI input? It should work just fine, Scott. An alternative Open DNS Internet? You're looking for OpenDNS, Stephen. Some folks find it helps speed up their net access, some don't. It does a pretty good job directing you to the right page when you type in a URL, and it can protect you from phishing sites (and adult sites) if you set it up that way. It's safe to experiment with. Want to learn how to do something? Digital photography, video editing, Windows XP tips... a product you're curious about? Email us at dl.tv@ziffdavis.com