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Show Notes – 10/3/09 – Episode 39

Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by Jordan in Show Notes

Episode 39 – 10/3/09

Hosted by Jordan Drake and Jake Brown

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In This Episode:

Tech News:

• Transformers 3 official Source Gizmodo
  
• TDK creates 320gb disc Source Engadget
• Blu-ray improvements on the horizon Source Gizmodo
• More colleges offering gaming degrees Source Cnet
• Apple tablet rumor roundup Source MacRumors and Engadget

Tech review – Snow Leopard:

Jordan and Jake have both been using Snow Leopard for the past few weeks and share their thoughts on this $30 operating system upgrade from Apple. Jordan, with his relatively new MacBook Pro 17in saw improvements in hard drive capacity but not in overall system speed. Jake, with his much older Macbook noticed an overall boost in speed for loading applications, boot up, etc. Also to consider are a variety of small upgrades like Exchange support (something business users might find very useful) and interface changes. In the end, Jordan suggests that for recent systems, it’s not going to be a blow-away boost, but still well priced and worth considering – for those with older systems – Jake recommends upgrading soon.

Tech Review – GorillaTorch from Joby:

In our first ever tech flashlight review, Jordan takes a look at the GorillaTorch from Joby. Joby is know best for their flexible and extremely useful camera tripods, and in this product, takes their attach-to-anywhere-and-anything grip technology and replaces the camera with a flashlight. At $30 – it’s a great gift for the geek who has everything – get it at www.joby.com

Tech tip – Open RAR files:

Listener David writes in asking about opening RAR files – Jordan and Jake discuss what RAR files are – and suggest software options for both Windows and Mac.

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Tags: apple, blu-ray, gaming, snow leopard