tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:55:48 +0000http://www.techtalkback.com/noreply@blogger.com (Dave)Blogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-2883205508656552346Tue, 06 May 2008 01:40:00 +00002008-05-05T18:44:31.770-07:00 Fake Steve Jobs - Daniel Lyons @ Web2.0 Originally uploaded by gadget. It looks as if all of my stories covering the O'Reilly Web 2.0 conference have been posted to the PC Magazine world... Here's a recap:Marc Andreessen talks about what it was like in the early days of creating the browser at the University of Illinois then Netscape and what he is currently doing with the white label http://www.techtalkback.com/2008/05/fake-steve-jobs-daniel-lyons-web20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-1430563847720423849Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:22:00 +00002008-04-28T18:32:43.605-07:00 Web2.0 Day 1 Originally uploaded by gadget. Ok, so I'm a new tech guy in an old media (dead trees and analog broadcast) world. Until now, ya see. Last week was pivotal for me. A magazine that I normally write for in print emailed me right before the W2E event and asked me to blog on it. Coolio I think (but that means I need to leave the parties at a decent hour to edit) and I http://www.techtalkback.com/2008/04/2008-o-web20-stories-part-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-2872221529995835502Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:33:00 +00002008-03-24T11:33:33.385-07:00 Time Machine to Airport Extreme Originally uploaded by gadget. I an effort to consume less power, I am turning off my terabyte RAID server, and other full PC's but still want to maintain my automatic backups and remote file or server-like storage while I am on the road. The Airport Extreme became my router of choice a few months ago, with its ability to host 802.11n connections to my http://www.techtalkback.com/2008/03/time-machine-to-airport-extreme-router.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-4964826813167225351Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:04:00 +00002008-02-27T11:17:38.190-08:00gadgets web tv cranky geeks dvorak mathews I will be a guest crank today on Cranky Geeks with my old friend John Dvorak - the head crank, today Wednesday the 27th. We go live to the web at 12:30pm PST and replays can be found here: Cranky Geeks Episode 105 - February 27th, 2008 Watch all of the crankyness if you are eating your desk for lunch today. :)http://www.techtalkback.com/2008/02/geeking-out-with-cranky-geeks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-6291251204968556337Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:33:00 +00002008-01-06T15:35:32.684-08:002008 CES G4 TechTV Gadget Guy G4 Stage Originally uploaded by gadget It's the first week of January and you know what that means! That's right, all of the electronics that you received for Christmas are now rendered obsolete thanks to the new product announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show.This year I am working with the guys at G4 to bring you the latest in technology from the show floor. Tune in live http://www.techtalkback.com/2008/01/live-ces-2008-coverage-on-g4-tv-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-6652132219562580416Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:12:00 +00002007-12-19T16:17:12.463-08:00 Tommy and Rumble FM99.com Originally uploaded by gadget. If you are up early in the Midwest, or chillin' in the cold Northeast; browse-into fm99.com on December 20th, 2007. I'll be a guest on Tommy & Rumble - on 99 FM - Hampton Virginia's rock station. This is my second time talking to the guys (but don't ask me which one of the guys is the Rumble) about gadgets and finally last minutehttp://www.techtalkback.com/2007/12/last-minute-gift-ideas-for-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-6415290806147833681Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:31:00 +00002007-10-24T16:41:59.409-07:00online mobility pc magazine dave mathews web applications It's time again for the PC Magazine Productivity Online Expo, which opens Thursday, October 25th (9:30AM - 6:00 ET/6:30AM - 3:00PM PT) I'll be speaking on PC Magazine's online trade show, the Mobility Technology Online Expo. There will be a cast of other experts and characters speaking on how you can achieve excellence in the latest in mobile computing and connectivity. My topics are: http://www.techtalkback.com/2007/10/pc-magazine-productivity-expo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-6768992346028783387Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:15:00 +00002007-10-05T13:24:00.427-07:00 2008 Lexus IS F Originally uploaded by gadget. Neiman Marcus dropped their 2007 Fantasy Gifts catalog insert with over-the-top ideas for the holidays on us this week. My favorite vehicle is the $68k Lexus IS F with a 400 HP V8 under the hood and quad pipes sending a growling note out the back. You get this car, a concept gone production from Steve Millen, plus Skip Barber racing school with http://www.techtalkback.com/2007/10/neiman-marcus-gifts-2007-fantasy-gifts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-1504445673355598706Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:10:00 +00002007-10-03T10:17:57.673-07:00 Gavin doing photo sessions on Octavia. Heeeey! Originally uploaded by gadget. This August, I was tapped by a freelancer at Forbes for an interview of the best spots to date in San Francisco. Since I live in and love this great city, I was up for the challenge. However, by the time the story was posted it was changed to a brief with bachelor and bachelorette picks plus some rankings on http://www.techtalkback.com/2007/10/san-francisco-is-1-city-for-singles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-3966521914187743192Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:31:00 +00002007-09-26T19:42:01.897-07:00 On Thursday the 27th, early in the morning (8am) on the West coast I'll be speaking on PC Magazine's online trade show, the Mobility Technology Online Expo. There will be a cast of other experts and characters speaking on how you can achieve excellence in the latest in mobile computing and connectivity. Topics include:Portable computing devices, including Tablets, UMPCs, Notebooks and Handheld http://www.techtalkback.com/2007/09/go-mobile-already-with-mobility-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-5806807118774405392Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:22:00 +00002007-09-25T09:48:35.275-07:00 Demo fall Opener with Chris Shipley Originally uploaded by gadget. This week brings us the DEMO fall 2007 conference in San Diego. There are a hundreds of people comprised of VC's, PR folks and companies eager to display their technologies, and big companies who are eager to SEE new technologies - which must have never been released in order to launch at DEMO. So far its off to a great http://www.techtalkback.com/2007/09/demo-fall-2007-with-chris-shipley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-6592585674152923686Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:06:00 +00002007-09-07T17:14:51.462-07:00 Supura SPA-3000 Originally uploaded by gadget. The Late Summer 2007 Alt Vehicles issue #11 of Make Magazine has a story that you'll love if you were a former customer of SunRocket. This how-to shows you what you need to get a Washington State phone number and terminate it on the Sipura device here, or any unlocked VoIP adapter, or software. By doing so you can then receive all the callshttp://www.techtalkback.com/2007/09/free-voip-on-your-home-phone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-7492746525261128248Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:32:00 +00002007-09-05T17:35:35.876-07:00 Mercedes-Benz Search and Send Originally uploaded by gadget. These guys were SO close with this innovative service that reminds me of the "send to phone" browser plug-in for Firefox. Close, however but no cigar. Look, I love the redesigned C-Class. MBZ did a great job capturing the essence of the expensive S in this platform that even I could maybe afford (like my old 90's E-Class.) http://www.techtalkback.com/2007/09/mercedez-benz-search-and-send-is-very.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-4525270532542570783Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:27:00 +00002007-07-27T18:10:18.482-07:00Since I get called upon as a guest expert by the media in the consumer electronic space, I am going to make an effort to share the outlet details here so that you can tune into the net streams.... On Saturday, July 28th '07, I'll be making a second audible appearance on WCCO Radio's Esma Murphy show at 10:10 Central time. Last time we spoke about the iPhone where I weighed in on my opinion thathttp://www.techtalkback.com/2007/07/wcco-radio-saturday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-3780370767023671689Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:03:00 +00002007-04-25T00:15:44.329-07:00terrorcellulargunKytesecurityI decided to check out the new web video posting service, Kyte.com tonight. To do my premier test, I took an MPEG video that I had lying around and uploaded it to their service. It was pretty straightforward, and I was also able to add a viewer poll to the video. I wish that I could pop the poll up at the end, I don't like it covering the video, but the service is new, and I didn't tinker withhttp://www.techtalkback.com/2007/04/killer-cellphone-and-kyte.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-115398608009324735Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:36:00 +00002006-10-28T11:04:38.366-07:00 Cisco 7960 VoIP phone w/SIP Originally uploaded by gadget. When the Camelot Internet Phone and VocalTech software came out in 1995 I was hooked on Voice over Internet Protocol. Phil Zimmermann's PGPFone brought encryption to VoIP 10 years before Skype but none of these modem delivered technologies were ready for the Internet as it was then. Now with broadband multi-megabit pipes (or is http://www.techtalkback.com/2006/07/asterisk-home-or-trixbox-with-freepbx.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-114850200327757884Wed, 24 May 2006 20:17:00 +00002006-10-28T11:04:38.310-07:00 Multipot Personal Electric Charger Originally uploaded by gadget. It is ironic that our life of wireless and portable devices require us to have a complex and tangled charging experience. Standardized charging ports and inductive methods to recharge mobile devices have never materialized, despite even Google's attempt to bring light to the subject at hand at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show. http://www.techtalkback.com/2006/05/tangle-management.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-114668612942226101Wed, 03 May 2006 19:53:00 +00002006-10-28T11:04:38.254-07:00 Kodak V610 Originally uploaded by gadget. In the 1980's I had a dark room where I would enlarge and develop 35MM prints taken with my SLR camera. To this day I have boxes and boxes of negatives from shots around the world, taken over several decades. Unfortunately, I have no way to sort or search these effectively. When Kodak released their first, and archaic with no flash, Digital http://www.techtalkback.com/2006/05/camera-searching-for-signal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-114141642526354239Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:07:00 +00002006-10-28T11:04:38.196-07:00 Front Panel Express - rdd-10 Originally uploaded by gadget. When new technology comes into my gadget lab, the cases come off and the electronic guts come out of their factory designed metal or plastic containers. Once the circuitry is modified, they typically end up in "gadget boxes" or more often hot-glued into Tupperware containers. Now there is a way to get some class with your hackshttp://www.techtalkback.com/2006/03/add-class-to-your-hacks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-113959218852238942Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:23:00 +00002006-10-28T11:04:38.139-07:00 Valentines Day Candy Bikini Originally uploaded by gadget. Despite my trademarked nickname of "Gadget Guy", some of my favorite gifts are the un-technical unique products that do not require batteries. Two of them hark from the other side of our pond, in the UK. Now with St. Valentines day and other made-up holidays like Easter around the corner, not to mention my birthday, I wanted tohttp://www.techtalkback.com/2006/02/be-sweet-on-valentines-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-113684417687803023Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:02:00 +00002006-10-28T11:04:38.075-07:00 P1040526 Originally uploaded by gadget. I made my way back from the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and have a whole slew of photos and technology to show from my trip. Including the new XM tuner that migrates from your home and mobile devices just like a memory card. In fact this one is about the size of a stack of 8 SD cards! I will be blogging on these later as time http://www.techtalkback.com/2006/01/xms-stack-of-sd-sized-tuner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-113323839036889802Tue, 29 Nov 2005 04:26:00 +00002006-10-28T11:04:38.012-07:00 Virgin Mobile 2005 Campaign Originally uploaded by gadget. I love a smart advertising campaign. When a company goes nuts though, that's even better. Who else should go a little crazy, and not take life so seriously than Richard Branson, billionaire playboy. That statement was said only out of the extreme jealousy that I have for him. The return of the 2004 Virgin Mobile holiday http://www.techtalkback.com/2005/11/888-elf-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-113284542444341466Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:17:00 +00002006-10-28T11:04:37.948-07:00 Tetran Headphone Holder Originally uploaded by gadget. With all of the hype, buzz and "must have" around gadgets that plug into the wall for the holidays I like to show cool no-tech gadgets that are cheap and innovative. After a blog entry on my multimedia sister site http://www.telepixels.com stating that XBox 360 mania has gotten so out of control that eBay auctions are bringing from http://www.techtalkback.com/2005/11/non-powered-gadgets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-113195125267784873Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:54:00 +00002006-10-28T11:04:37.861-07:00 Just add water for instant Blob! Originally uploaded by gadget. The little Mr. Wizard in me loved to experiment with water in science class. It was amazing to me that it could be a liquid, a gas and a solid. But now in 2005, water can congeal, forming a jelly-like matter with the addition of 8 ounces of a product called Jellybath. Why congeal water you say? Because in a bath tub that you could http://www.techtalkback.com/2005/11/return-of-blob.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625715.post-113148017862816293Tue, 08 Nov 2005 20:02:00 +00002006-10-28T11:04:37.786-07:00 A Picture Share! Originally uploaded by gadget. Feedback sucks. Nobody wants to talk to someone who has a sqealing speaker box or who cuts out before every word spoken. Thankfully the Chatterbox does not suffer from this phenomenon. Plug this device into your USB port and it shows up as a typical sound card and microphone. Skype or your VoIP software will see this as a new input and http://www.techtalkback.com/2005/11/vosky-chatterbox.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)