DL.TV

episode 101 (1x101)

: 05, 2006

STUFF • 9-12dBi of WiFi boost for pennies? Look for the EZ-12 instructions on FreeAntennas.com If you can be trusted with scissors and a glue stick, you can make this. • Test Drive Unlimited Quite the driving game... at first. • Really. No HDMI for the Xbox 360. We've got the word from Microsoft. • Dell sent Chris' battery replacement. Can he keep the "defective" battery and use the new one as a spare? What's the chances of HIS laptop battery exploding? • Neil asks, "Will you put out a DVD set?" • Sorenson Squeeze giving you fits, David? We're not surprised. All the 'low cost' sub-$600 prosumer video compression tools have issues. • DL.TV and Gearlog.com party it's October 14th, 5PM at the DigitalLife Event, Javits Center, New York City Beverages will be served, and you can meet up with the Gearlog folks along with Roger, Robert and Patrick from DL.TV. • BTW, if you email us, we can get you free tickets to DigitalLife! Put 'free DigitalLife tickets' in the subject line! NEWS • No More Contracts for AT&T DSL Cheap broadband with no commitment. Cool. • Google Launches Code Search • More DRM Free Music: Amie.ST The tunes start out free... if they get popular, the cost goes up. Huh. • Wibree: It's a Bluetooth Competitor It's all about power consumption. • Transporter, Step One 18 inches of 'beam me up' gadget goodness. MORE STUFF • We had a hefty respone from the DL.TV Crew when we asked how you email huge files. We'll go over your responses on next Tuesday's show. • We've got an interview coming up with folks from Mozilla (the Firefox folks). Email us with questions you'd like us to ask them!. • Wanna help support DL.TV? Sign up for dl.tv's free 50 song emusic trial. No DRM!