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2011

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Ford Mustang, Boss 302 and Shelby GT500

If you believe that there's no substitute for horsepower, then you'll be rejoicing in 2012 as Ford updates the iconic Mustang muscle car line-up. The new Mustang  will be ready to go in spring but the real power will be later in the year with the return of the Boss 302 and the Shelby GT500, expected to be the most

Move Over Siri, Make Way For Iris

Android users feeling a bit left out after the release of the iPhone 4s and its Siri personal voice assistance technology, listen up. There's a new Android female voice assistant in town and her name is Iris. That's right, Iris is Siri spelled backwards. Like Siri, the Iris app for Android has a big blue button located at the bottom

GQ’s Watches for 2012

"Time is the fire in which we burn" wrote Delmore Schwartz in Calmly We Walk Through This April’s Day, but fortunately a good watch can make time's passing a bit more bearable. I'd love to be a watch connoisseur, or rather, I'd love to have the money to be a watch connoisseur. However, in the absence of the cash, all I can

Cox Leaving Wireless Business on March 30, 2012

A confidential document got leaked out stating the Cox cable has decided to get out of the wireless business. Within 24 hours, Cox officially stated this was true - on March 30th, 2012, Cox will end their wireless service. Back in 2008, Cox bought part of the 700 MHz spectrum to start Cox Wireless. Last year they launched the service,

Boxee Adding Digital Television Signal via Dongle

If you run your Boxee through a computer monitor rather than a flat screen TV, or just don't want to flip to the terrestrial line, well fret no more. Boxee has launched Live TV - a USB dongle that will connect to your cable or antenna so you can watch television straight from the box! The Live TV stick is an

iTunes Match: The First Day

Yesterday November 15 iTunes Match became available. I learned about it’s availability about 14:00. However when I tried to join it told me to try back later. Around 15:30 I was finally able to sign up and pay for the service, which is approximately $25.00 a year. After signing up, it asked me if I wanted to add my  library

GNC-2011-11-14 #721 CES Ramp Up!

Great to be back in Hawaii and in the Studio. The hard work begins over the next 6 weeks in getting ready for CES 2012. For the first time ever we are going to ask for additional listener / viewer support in helping us for CES 2012. We have produced 1000's of videos for you and the operation has grown

GoDaddy Hosting $1.99 Hosting Special

I have a simply amazing deal for you.. This special is good through the end of the year. GoDaddy Advanced 4GH hosting is hosted across multiple servers with proprietary Dynamic Traffic Management. No longer will you have to worry about some rogue website using up all a servers resources. You are assured high performance of your website at all times

WebOS App Catalog Revealed

Another week with no news from HP, another investigation by the WebOS Internals crew. This time they've directed their attention at HP's App Catalog for WebOS to reveal everything you ever wanted to know...and probably some stuff you didn't really care about. - There are 8399 unique apps. - There are 3514 apps that work on all WebOS devices. -

TCS #6 The Show is Finally Back

After weeks of no success, I finally found a replacement power supply for the Samsung Chrome Book. I have a link to the only one I know that is available in the show notes below. It is great to be back and I share with you some great tips. In a complete shocker I find out that you now can

Moving from Windows Media Center to Linux Media Center

When I first decided to put a computer in my home theater cabinet I wasn't sure how much we would really use it.  After all, I wasn't ready to give up DirecTV so I wasn't concerned with the DVR functionality because there is no DirecTV tuner available.  What I wanted was to have all of our photographs viewable on the

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