[Download Show #1 as an MP3]
News
- Netflix Attempts to Better Reccomendations, Offers $1 Million
- "DVD Jon" Reverse Engineers Fairplay offers it for sale
Hardware
- Memory vs. Hard Disk
- Should I upgrade my PC?
- What do you do with it?
- What's your budget?
Software
Updates / Viruses / Bugs
- Microsoft's Most Recent Windows Update
- microsoft.com/updates
- Remote Code Execution - An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system.
- Hackers aren't interested in me
- You're right, but they have time, you don't
- What about just shutting off the computer?
- Well its on when you're using it and an attacker can attack without you seeing anything change on your screen, your computer can do many things at once
- That's simply not a sufficient solution, sure, you could stop using your computer for what you want, disconnect it from the Internet, and loose tons of functionality and it would be safe, but what would the point be. Someone could just steal the machine.
- Physical security
- Money management
- Complete account numbers
- Passwords
Gadgets / Accessories
- Microsoft Zune
- $249.99
- 3 inch screen, 30GB, WiFi (Zune to Zune)
- Own Music Store, Rumors are it will not work with "Play for Sure"
- $0.99/song or $14.99/month subscription based service
- Sandisk's Sansa
- e280 - 8GB - $249 MSRP - $205 Shipped Online
- e270 - 6GB - $219 MSRP
- e260 - 4GB - $179 MSRP
- e250 - 2GB - $139 MSRP
Saving Money ("Penny Pinchers")
- Newegg.com
- Newer software and hardware
- Great rebate programs once you've purchased from them
- Non-spam mailing list is worth joining if you are a tech lover
- Nextag
- Know the manufacturer's model number
- Try something like Buy.com or Amazon.com first
Security & Privacy
- Free Antivirus
- Spyware
- Windows Defender
- Free (Currently in Beta)
- Stays up to date automatically
- Continuous Protection
- Slightly lower level of protection the Ad-Aware
- Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal
Editorial ("Power Up")
- Your Personal Portable Music Library (Part 1)
- Rip Your Own vs. Ripping Services
- Ripping Your Own
- Complete control over the process
- You decide naming convention
- Time consuming (around 15 minutes a disc)
- Ripping Services
- You don't have to do it yourself
- Several options available
- Some send back DVDs others can send DVDs, CD-ROMs, or External Hard drives
- Have to send the CDs to them and wait for their return
- Possibly have to rename/organize the files
- Ripping Services Comparison (comparison's brought to you by iLounge in their iLounge iPod Book v2.2)
- RipDigital
- $156/100 CDs @ 224Kbps CBR
- Other bitrates @ no extra charge
- All Music Guide based ID3 tagging (Album art where found)
- Around 5 day turnaround
- Most expensive and Lowest iLounge Rating
- RipShark
- $125/100 CDs @ 192Kbps CBR (128 & 224 no extra cost)
- Album art in ID3 tags
- Around 2-3 Business Days
- iLounge Recommended
- Limited instructions and status updates
- Moondog Digital
- $100/100 CDs @224Kbps
- Mp3 or WMA ripping
- Pick any bitrate (price varies on Bitrate)
- Around 2-3 business days
- No Album Art
- Simple instructions and paper DVD envelopes
- File Types
- Mp3
- Ogg
- WMA
- AAC
- FLAC
- Ripping Applications
- iTunes
- Windows Media Player
- FreeRip
- Easy CD-DA Extractor
- Mention (future) blog post for more in depth
Building Your Digital Music Library (Part 2 of 2)
- Crankin' by David Alexander McDonald used under the Creative Commons License.
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