The Win Forums Podcast » Podcasts http://podcast.thewinforums.com The Win Forums Podcast is your place for the latest tech news, discussion, and more! Visit us at thewinforums.com. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:45:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Episode 15 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-15 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-15#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:58:01 +0000 William Hook http://podcast.thevistaforums.com/?p=19 In this week’s episode, Chris Marentette, Arian Xhezairi, Daniel Cooper, and William Hook, soldier through a painful Skype conference to bring you Bill Gates retirement, Apple love/hate and the iPhone 3G, Google’s snooping, a major flaw in the architecture of the internet, perhaps an entirely encrypted internet, huge hard drives soon, and much more. Enjoy!

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The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 15

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]]> http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-15/feed 5 Episode 14 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-14 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-14#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:34:40 +0000 William Hook http://podcast.thevistaforums.com/?p=18 In this week’s episode, Chris Marentette, Daniel Cooper, William Hook, and Will Stutler, absolutely must briefly discuss Vista SP1 again, and of course obligatorily cover the Windows Seven news storm, while we yet again manage to talk about web browsers as usual, with lols all around, for a UK Theme Parks gimmickry, Metallica being clueless, and William in ‘Neowingate.’

The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 14

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]]> http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-14/feed 2 Episode 13 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-13 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-13#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:50:01 +0000 William Hook http://podcast.thevistaforums.com/?p=17 In this week’s episode, Chris, Daniel, and Arian, discuss HD adoption, whether Vista spies for Microsoft, MS Works goes ad-supported, ISP manipulation of net traffic, the 3G Apple iPhone, the recent update to blogging software WordPress, online video hosting service added to Flickr, Microsoft makes changes to their support site, and PayPal gets flak for treatment of Safari.

The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 13

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]]> http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-13/feed 1 Episode 12 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-12 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-12#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:20:28 +0000 William Hook http://podcast.thevistaforums.com/?p=16 In this week’s episode, Chris, Daniel and William discuss the fallout of the Vista SP1 release, recent blunders by the sound card maker Creative Technologies, the latest web browsers in beta form, as well as Apple creating a stir with their Software Updater, Adobe’s “free” Photoshop Express, and of course APRIL FOOLS!!!

The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 12

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The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 11

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]]> http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-11/feed 0 Episode 10 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-10 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-10#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:29:31 +0000 William Hook http://podcast.thevistaforums.com/news/episode-10 On this week’s episode, Chris, Daniel, Lee and Will Stutler, discuss the fallout of Microsoft’s bid to buy Yahoo!, RIAA antics, Vista SP1 annoyances, strange Google statistics, Facebook woes, the apparent death of AOL, the high prices of internet access, IPv6, the new 45nm processor in the PS3, the TVF Sidebar Gadget also now a Mac OSX Widget, clock screensavers, and Daniel advocates piracy for good measure.

The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 10

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The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 9

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]]> http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-9/feed 1 Episode 8 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-8 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-8#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:37:16 +0000 William Hook http://podcast.thevistaforums.com/podcasts/episode-8 In this week’s episode, Chris, Mak, Mark, and Will Stutler discuss TVF Blogs and other forum news, Vista-haters, Windows 7, the year of Amazon.com, your favourite games, sexism among gamers, the latest Nvidia monster, and from CES the wraparound gaming displays as well as the Optimus Maximus keyboard. Enjoy!

The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 8

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]]> http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-8/feed 0 Episode 7 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-7 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-7#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:20:33 +0000 William Hook http://podcast.thevistaforums.com/podcasts/episode-7 In this week’s episode, Chris, Colin, Daniel, Lee and William discuss Microsofts second Tuesday of the month patches and security issues, Vista SP1 RC1, Windows XP SP3 RC, ‘Plays for Sure’ confusion, Office Live Workspace, Windows 7 rumors, DMCA-like laws coming to Canada, 95% of e-mail is spam, Radiohead music experiments, a bad move by an ISP, new hardware for Nvidia and ATI, the latest Firewire hits 3.2 Gbps, and Duke Nukem Forever. Enjoy!

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The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 7

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The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 6

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The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 5

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]]> http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-5/feed 0 Episode 4 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-4 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-4#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:00:29 +0000 William Hook http://podcast.thevistaforums.com/podcasts/episode-4 In this week’s episode, Chris, Mak, Arian, and Jay2Kay discuss the Windows Live and Home Server debuts, internet filtering by ISPs, a security vulnerability discovered using Windows random numbers, new Intel CPUs plus some other hardware news, and some eye candy for your desktop, followed by a special segment all about booting you PC. Enjoy.

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The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 4

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]]> http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-4/feed 0 Episode 3 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-3 http://podcast.thewinforums.com/podcasts/episode-3#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:30:32 +0000 William Hook http://podcast.thevistaforums.com/podcasts/episode-3 In this week’s episode, Chris (Drunkard) and Billy (Ultimate User) discuss a VMWare, Google vs Internet Explorer, why Web 2.0 has no privacy, Microsoft’s stake in Facebook, “Microsoft Listas”, yet more blunders by Microsoft, and some interesting info on the upcoming processors and graphics cards that will start appearing in the coming months.

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The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 2


BBC iPlayer
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

4oD – “With hundreds of hours of TV, films and music to download, you can watch what you want, when you want.”
- http://www.channel4.com/4od/index.html

Google Video – “Instantly share your video with the world.”
- http://video.google.com/

YouTube – “Broadcast yourself.”
- http://www.youtube.com/

Apple TV – “Apple TV puts your iTunes library — movies, TV shows, music, and podcasts — on your TV”
- http://www.apple.com/appletv/

TiVo – “…automatically finds and digitally records all of your favourite [Television] shows, every time they’re on.”
- http://www.tivo.com/

XBOX Live Marketplace – “…the first and only gaming console to provide HD and standard-definition TV shows and movies straight to your console’s hard drive.”
- http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/…

Joost – “You’re the channel director, the boss of TV land. Slice and dice to create your own channels. Watch what you want, when you want.”
- http://www.joost.com/

Miro – “…a free application that turns your computer into an internet TV video player.”
- http://www.getmiro.com/

Songbird – “Songbird is a desktop Web player, a digital jukebox and Web browser mash-up.”
- http://www.songbirdnest.com/

Intel Quad-Core CPU- “…the industry leader in multi-core technology.”
- http://www.intel.com/quad-core/

AMD Quad-Core CPU – “…designed for optimal virtualization, enhanced power efficiency, unrivaled investment protection, and outstanding performance.”
- http://multicore.amd.com/us-en/quadcore/

The New Freedom – “TV-Links.co.uk Raided, Owner Arrested”
- http://www.thenewfreedom.net/…

The Guardian – “Microsoft caves in to European commission”
- http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/…

The New York Times – “Microsoft Is Yielding in European Antitrust Fight”
- http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/technology/…

APCMag.com – “device driver updates causing Vista to deactivate”
- http://apcmag.com/vista_activation

MSDN – “XAudio2 Overviews” – …”a low-level, cross-platform audio API for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360.”
- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb694503.aspx

The Inquirer – “G92 gunning for 800 MHz+ clock”
- http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/…

TweakTown – “Upcoming 8800GT sighted”
- http://www.tweaktown.com/news/8286/index.html

ExtremeTech – “Microsoft Presents DirectX 10.1 Details at SIGGRAPH”
- http://www.extremetech.com/article2/…

X-bit Labs – “DirectX 10.1 Requires No New GPU.”
- http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/…

NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series
- http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce8.html

Hellgate London – “7 frames per second”
- http://www.hellgatelondon.com/

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In this episode, Chris (Drunkard), Daniel, and Mark (Professor P) discuss Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and XP SP3, as well as additional discussion on current stuff going on in the tech world including Amazon’s new DRM-free music service, Unreal Tournament 3, The Orange Box, Dreamweaver, Media Monkey, and more! Enjoy!

The Vista Forums Podcast Episode 1


Details emerge about the upcoming Windows Vista and Windows XP Service Packs.
- http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/vista_sp1.asp
- http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/xp_sp3.asp
- http://windowsvistablog.com/…service-pack-1-beta.aspx

Amazon.com now offering DRM-free music.
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNKYQK8C0X9Z7JZ

Radiohead releases album on the internet, name your own price!
- http://www.inrainbows.com/

Unreal Tournament 3 from Epic Games – Is the gameplay too ripe on this one?
- http://www.unrealtournament3.com/

The Orange Box from Valve Software available on Steam – Deal of the century?
- http://www.steampowered.com/
- http://orange.half-life2.com/

Dreamweaver from Adobe Systems Incorporated – Web Development.
- http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/

NOTEPAD++ – Multi Language Notepad
- http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Nvu – “Web Authoring System…to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver.”
- http://nvudev.com/index.php

KompoZer – “Nvu’s unofficial bug-fix release”
- http://www.kompozer.net/

XNeat Window Manager – Windows utility.
- http://www.xneat.com/

MediaMonkey – “Get Your Music Collection in Order!”
- http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=6

Miro – Online video and TV viewer.
- http://www.getmiro.com/

Winamp – “new Bento Skin that’s easier to use and more powerful than ever.”
- http://www.winamp.com/

Foobar – “full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats”.
- http://www.foobar2000.org/

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