Tag: Poweruser.tv

The PowerUser gang is back for one more regularly scheduled episode. This week they discuss how robots could demand legal rights (they poo-poo the idea, as is to be expected), they review the Windows Vista...

· Dec 26, 2006 · Hot! with 34 comments

This week the gang discusses a teen who created a fusion device in his basement, the Mac OS X flaw, a self-replicating worm found in Second Life, as well as Linden Labs take on copyright...

· Nov 29, 2006 · Hot! with 6 comments

This week Kristin and the boys tackle (and heckle) current affairs when reports come in from all over the U.S. of problems with voting machines. Also, got a bad reputation on the web? A new...

· Nov 14, 2006 · Hot! with 11 comments

In this episode, the gang talks about Google acquiring YouTube for $1.65 billion which leads them to reminisce about Internet Deals From Hell (the ones that didn't live up to the money). Microsoft claims that...

· Oct 16, 2006 with -1 comments

This week the team discusses the Zune and the MS Media Player and the possibility that MS is taking notes from SONY or the RIAA. In other news, the US extends ICANN oversight, Stardock releases...

· Sep 26, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

This week the gang talks about IBM once again building the Fastest Supercomputer Ever, Amazon.com unwraps its Unbox movie service, and Facebook takes a beating over privacy options. Speaking of privacy, the team also discusses...

· Sep 11, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

This week the gang discusses Pluto's demotion from planet status, Google's beta release of it's online word processor, and Microsoft inviting the Mozilla Developers to Redmond. The team also touches on IE7 RC1 briefly and...

· Aug 29, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

PowerUser.TV, the podcast for power users, has finally lived up to the TV version of its domain name (not by going to Tuvalu) by having a video version of the newest episode. ...

Brad Wardell · Aug 14, 2006 · Hot! with 1 comment

This week the gang discusses Congress putting the smackdown on a sleazy practice of online sex sites, we dream about taking a spacewalk and lament the price tag, and Symantec makes comments about Vista security...

· Jul 31, 2006 · Hot! with 2 comments

We got nothin'. Due to extensive technical difficulties the team was lucky to have a show at all. In any event the team's lack of ability to get to the Internet and various other time...

· Jul 26, 2006 with -1 comments

This week the team burns through some tech news, including (but not limited to) the EU slaps Microsoft with a ton of fines, the house votes to crack down on internet gambling and it turns...

· Jul 17, 2006 · Hot! with 2 comments

Microsoft is hit with a second lawsuit over their "Windows Genuine Advantage", meanwhile OS X is phoning home too. A new challenger to YouTube arrives on the scene and offers to pay people for their...

· Jul 10, 2006 with -1 comments

Lots of Microsoft news this week as they try to get their heads out of...the sand. A new lawsuit probably isn't helping matters much. The team discuss es Google "Checkout", a new way to buy...

· Jul 5, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

This week Brad makes his triumphant return from somewhere up north (and Kristin gets told exactly where! ) In news, the team discusses the French backing down against Apple on DRM, a 500 GHz (yes,...

· Jun 27, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

Kristin talks about her trip to San Francisco for a Windows Vista Marketing Day and discusses Vista Beta 2 features that were exhibited. Speaking of Microsoft, Bill Gates announces his departure from The Vole in...

· Jun 19, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

This week Google takes on the world + Dell (again), big giant laptops hit the market and no one has any idea who wants them, Norway demands iTunes that can play on any format and...

· Jun 12, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

This week the team discusses Dell's new 'luggable', a 20 pound laptop that transforms into a briefcase. Also Swedish police take down the bittorrent site Pirate Bay, Apple expands on their used computer equipment recycling...

· Jun 5, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

This week on the show team discusses how some schools are trying to make sure students keep their blogging habits "appropriate". They also talk about Microsoft's new Urge, and Vista Beta 2 being released. They...

· May 29, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

This week on the show Brad makes a triumphant return (i.e., he found his way out of the parking lot and back to our facility). The team updates us on Blue Security, discuss a robot...

· May 23, 2006 with -1 comments

With E3 going on this week, the team simply couldn't pass up the opportunity to revisit the "booth babes" issue and discuss their apparel (or the lack thereof). They also discovered that people in the...

· May 15, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

Apple goes mano y mano with both France and the RIAA and comes out on top. Also there are rumors that Windows Vista will be delayed again, but what does that really mean for consumers?...

· May 8, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

This week Wii discuss how nanoelectronics and water can be used to create memory storage devices (what will they think of next?), Firefox fanboi's are out to "get" IE, and House Democrats have lost the...

· May 1, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

This week the team discusses the Navajo Nation getting online, and actors and broadcasters take another look at old contracts that don't cover new media distribution. In the realm of hardware news Brad gives us...

· Apr 24, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

This week the team discusses the Webby Award nominations (10th anniversary!), people who use child avatars in "Second Life", and free Internet TV - is there anything for the networks to worry about? Also several...

· Apr 17, 2006 with -1 comments

This week the team discusses MySpace (pre- & post-mortem), recovery from malware, and a software update patent. They also discuss dual boot Macs (oh yeah baby) and open source DRM. In...

· Apr 10, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

Did you know that lying in bed for days on end can give you some of the same effects that Astronauts experience? It's true. Also true: the European Union is already looking to Microsoft's Vista...

· Apr 3, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

Vista has been delayed! The team discusses what a disaster this could be for Microsoft, as well as Bill Gates speaking on the delays in IE7. Firefox is taking up the slack with their 2.0...

· Mar 27, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

Rumors that Dell may acquire Alienware appear to be unfounded, and rumors that a new invention lets you type with just your brainwaves has us in awe. The team also discusses online bullying, searching for...

· Mar 20, 2006 with -1 comments

This week the team discusses the Oscars that they care about, the new Origami from Microsoft, and are completely outraged at a patent that has been granted for AJAX (oh yeah, we said it!). Also...

· Mar 13, 2006 with -1 comments

This week the team introduces Joel Hulsey of QuarterToThree.com who gives PowerUser.tv a trial run and brings us his segment "What Game is Kicking Joel's Butt This Week", but first we discuss Apple's announcement about...

· Mar 7, 2006 with -1 comments

In the news this week: Blog readership is apparently down, but Brad thinks there is a correlation between big news events like the 2004 election and blogging popularity. Also the RIAA is at it again....

Daniel Fleshbourne · Feb 20, 2006 with -1 comments

Tech news: This week Kristin, Derek and Brad bring you news of IE7, we are in awe of Cingular's bold move, we applaud Apple for yet another good idea, and we describe ways to get...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Feb 7, 2006 with -1 comments

This week on the show Kristin, Derek and Brad discuss Google becoming part of the Great Firewall of China by caving to the Chinese government's censorship demands, E3 bans scantily-clad booth babes, the legalities (and...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jan 31, 2006 with -1 comments

This week we enjoy a story about how an alleged child porn offender was tricked into turning himself in. Also Google closes a one billion dollar deal with AOL, Brad gives us the lowdown on...

· Dec 27, 2005 with -1 comments

This week the gang at PowerUser.tv discuss a biomedical breakthrough that allows doctors to print human organs, more privacy and anonymity slipping away on the Net thanks to the US Senate and chipmakers,...

· Dec 19, 2005 with -1 comments

This week the gang at PowerUser.tv discuss the "podcast" being inducted as this year's Word of the Year, the potential Sober worm attack to happen on January 5th, .EU domain names finally available (albeit in...

· Dec 12, 2005 with -1 comments

This week the gang at PowerUser.tv discuss the future of television and thewatchers of television; building a better couch potato. Also thechemistry of love, high definition DVDs and holographic discs, andthe recent patent...

· Dec 6, 2005 with -1 comments

This week the gang at PowerUser.tv poo-poo overpriced cell phone music, celebrate the jailing of e-mail scammers (3 down, 50 million more to go), discuss why OS X will not be on the new $100...

· Nov 28, 2005 with -1 comments

In this episode Kristin and the gang at PowerUser.tv discuss: The "US Control of the Internet" - a follow-up iTunes raising prices Google Base service Hybrid cars – worth...

· Nov 21, 2005 with -1 comments

In this episode Kristin and the gang at PowerUser.tv: Give an update on the status of the Sony rootkit fiasco Discuss history's worst software bugs Converse about Microsoft stealing...

· Nov 14, 2005 with -1 comments