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episode 194 (1x194)

Air date: Sep 06, 2007

STUFF • Robert's out at CEDIA checking out all the latest HDTV displays and developments. So we asked Veronica Belmont from Mahalo to fill in as co-host for the show. • The big tech news this week was of course Apple's revamp of its iPod line. The biggest head turner, though, had to be the release of the iPod touch. • DL.TV viewer Jim gave us a heads up on a hidden flight simulator function within Google Earth. According to Jim a simple Ctrl+Alt+A (In OS X it's Command+Option+A), while you're in the program, is all you need to start it up. You can choose from either a F-16 or SR22. Instructions are available if you're having problems getting off the ground. • Veronica shared some great OS X Terminal hacks she found at Mac OS X Tips. The tips are great ways to tweak the UI so you get the most out of OS X. • Open up a terminal window in OS X and type the commands in italics. Stick Widgets on your desktop. defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES Transparent items in Dock. defaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -bool YES Turn a screensaver into a wallpaper /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background • More 3 Games in 3 Minutes. Garnett Lee, Managing Editor for 1UP.com takes Darren's place to talk about Lair, Medal of Honor: Airborne and Warhawk. Which do you think is the better of the 3? • Extreme Tech's Loyd Case continues his "Build a PC" series with selecting motherboard, CPU and CPU cooling components. • Silas had a question about building his own laptop. He wanted to know if doing so was possible and if so what kind of savings could one expect? The short answer is yes and the savings you would receive would be moderate. Although you cannot build a laptop in the same sense as a desktop with a different case, power supply, mobo, monitor, and video, you can build up from a barebones laptop chassis. In some respects it's more akin to ass