November 21, 2009 by 2guystalktech
Many of us have old computers we need to get rid of. But before we give them away or recycle them, there are steps one should take to ensure that your old data is protected. We’ll go through a couple of things to do before disposing of your own hardware.
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Duane’s Pick: Untangle
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October 17, 2009 by 2guystalktech
Skype has been around for a long time and keeps growing in it’s user-base, but also in the features that they offer. What started out as a simply way to do “phone calls” through the Internet has turned into a tool that could replace your telephone service, do video chatting, and share your computer with one or multiple people for presentations.
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October 9, 2009 by 2guystalktech
One of our favorite backup programs is Cobian backup. This little free program gives users so much flexibility from which files are backed up, where the backup files will be placed, how you’ll be notified if it fails (or succeeds), it can encrypt your backed up data, place on an offsite location via FTP, and so much more. So listen to us gush about one of our favorite programs all time.
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September 20, 2009 by 2guystalktech
Last weeks story about cracking WPA Wifi got us thinking about wireless routers. We’re talking about how to set up your home wireless router, what to look for when buying a router, where you may want to place it in your home, and how you can secure your wieless router.
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Duane’s Pick: digsby
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September 5, 2009 by 2guystalktech
Now that Google Voice is starting allow more users into their beta program, Duane and Carter break down all the things you can Google Voice. Everything from setting custom voicemails, call screening, SMS and more is discussed including some of the very interesting things that Google transcribes from our voicemails.
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August 28, 2009 by 2guystalktech
Duane and Carter discuss whether Firefox has evolved as much as Safari or Internet Explorer. Are the extension still the main appeal for this browser? For most part we feel that Firefox was essential for the maturity of all web browsers as a whole with it’s introduction of tabbed browsing and some plugins like session saver, but now most of the browsers have many of the same features.
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Duane’s Pick: BullZip
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August 23, 2009 by 2guystalktech
Duane and Carter discuss Googles foray into web browsers. Chrome is an open source project by Google that has some great features, but how does it stack up against Apple’s Safari 4 and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8?
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Duane’s Pick: XMarks
Carter’s Pick: SynergyKM
Music: Pale Hollow
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August 15, 2009 by 2guystalktech
Duane and Carter talk about the four major things to think about when buying a laptop (screen-size, processor, memory, and hard drive space) and give a couple of laptop buys that they think are worth your money.
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Duane’s Pick: Dial2Do
Carter’s Pick: LiveEdge
Music: Jakes Bitter
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August 7, 2009 by 2guystalktech
Music: Monophonic Mass- When You’re Here
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Music: Monophonic Mass- Failing
Main Discussion: Safari 4
Apple’s latest version of their web browser is out and available for Windows and Mac. Safari 4 has added plenty of eye candy like the Top Sites menu with a panoramic view of websites you’ve visited often and History search with Coverflow (similar to iTunes). There are also many tools for web developers/designers that are hidden in the preference pane as well.
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