2 Guys Talk Tech Eps. 16- Firefox 3.5

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 [...]

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2 Guys Talk Tech Eps. 14- Laptop Buying Guide

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. News Headlines Story #1: Microsoft says Internet Explorer 6 can’t die…yet Story #2: Facebook buys FriendFeed Story #3: More [...]

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2 Guys Talk Tech Eps. 9- Free Software Blowout

We want to start off by saying thanks to a couple of people who have helped to promote our show specifically Mike at miketechshow.com and the people who run the IT Tip of the Day Twitter account. Music: Small Town Sleepers- Car Crash News Headlines Story #1: Google Wave Story #2: Microsoft unveils new search [...]

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2 Guys Talk Tech Eps. 8- Photoshop Alternatives

Music: Sonny Combs and The Kitty Kat Rodeo- Let You Go News Headlines Story #1: Microsoft gives a sneak peek of a new search engine at the D7 Conference Story #2: Amazon.com says ‘Ship us your drives!’ Story #3: No smiling at the DMV Music: Sonny Combs and The Kitty Kat Rodeo- Thin Disguise Main [...]

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2 Guys Talk Tech Eps. 7- Cloud Computing (with Friend of the Show, Steve)

Music: The Hit & Mrs.- I always thought of this way News Headlines Story #1: New Search Engine Wolfram Alpha Launches Story #2: Napster trying to make a comeback…again Story #3: A Cat with over 500,000 followers on Twitter Music: The Hit & Mrs.- Disguise Main Discussion (Cloud Computing) We talked about a couple of [...]

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2 Guys Talk Tech Eps. 6- Windows 7 Preview

Music: We’ve Lost Kasparov-The Celebrity Pilots News Headlines Story #1: Google adds Advance Search options Story #2: One in Five Households is wireless only Story #3: Google employs goats Music: Lemons for Lemonade- The Celebrity Pilots Main Discussion (Windows 7 Preview) We briefly went over our thoughts on Windows Vista (in Duane’s words “BOOOOOOOO”) and [...]

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2 Guys Talk Tech Eps. 5- Blogs and Micro Blogs

Music: Josh Woodward- Do Right, Listed M.I.A- Someone News Headlines Story #1: Spammers trying to cash in on swine flu frenzy Story #2: GE Breakthrough can put 100 DVD’s on a single disc Story #3: Facebooking while out sick gets employee fired Music: Listed M.I.A- Chasing Penny Main Discussion (Blogs and Micro Blogs) The word “blog” has been [...]

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2 Guys Talk Tech Eps. 4- Smart Phones

Music from the Podsafe Music Network Intro Music: Angry Red Planet- Rise of the Machines Interlude: Josh Woodward- Goodbye to Spring News Headlines Story #1: Security Firm F-Secure recommends not using Adobe Acrobat Reader Story #2: Blu Ray players to drop to $99 by the end of the year? Story #3: Record Attempt to send two hundred thousand text [...]

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2 Guys Talk Tech Eps. 3- Google Labs

News Headlines Story #1: Only 3% of newspaper reading done online Story #2: Interesting uses for Twitter by a bakery and an office chair Main Discussion (Google Labs/Gmail Labs) Google is always thinking of ways to expand our usage of the web.  Many of these ideas can be seen and tested out by anyone in Google Labs.  And [...]

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2 Guys Talk Tech Eps. 2- Malware Prevention

News Headlines Story #1: Microsoft patch rate surged in second half of 2008 Story #2: Blockbuster may be headed for the great strip mall in the sky Story #3: Angry Mob turns back Google Street View car Main Discussion (Malware Prevention) Last week we talked a little bit about the Conficker virus that was making [...]

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