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Does YouTube Promote Violence?

Today I’m going to split from the normal topics and discussion on the show to discuss a matter that is spreading through the press and blogs. There was a cheerleader that was assaulted by a group of 8 high school students after being lured to a house. She was knocked unconscious and then repeatedly beaten […]

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A Positive Vista Article. Gasp.

Over the past year and five months, I have seen virtually every kind of negative review possible for Windows Vista. I’ve heard it compared to Windows ME, BOB, and other failed projects. As the pundits continue to refer to Vista as an obvious disaster, I take a look at my laptop and wonder what all […]

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The Frugal Review: Philips SPC 1300NC Webcam

Web cams aren’t usually known for their astonishing clarity, great frame rates, or their high definition images. They tend to be muddy, sub-par imaging devices used to transmit a reasonably low-bandwidth intensive image to the net. When you find a web cam that boasts 90 frames per second, two megapixel video and six megapixel still […]

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Sirius Hearts XM

The DOJ announced that after investigating the joining of Sirius and XM, they would take no action to stop the merger.
Official statement:
“After a careful and thorough review of the proposed transaction, the Division concluded that the evidence does not demonstrate that the proposed merger of XM and Sirius is likely […]

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Using Twitter to Promote Yourself

If you’ve been anywhere around a social network over the past year, you’ve likely heard of Twitter. Twitter has started working its way into the backbone of many social networks as an integrated tool. Bloggers use Twitter to promote their latest post, community leaders use it to make announcements to their members, news organizations post […]

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5 Ways to Improve Your Audio Podcast

1: Reduce echo and background noise by lowering the volume of your microphone and amplifying it later while editing. This can greatly improve the overall track and comes with an interesting side effect of making for a deeper more radio-like vocal presence. If you are using a hyper-sensitive microphone, background noises can often drown out […]

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My Mahalo Added to Mahalo Search

Today we’re talking about Mahalo. Mahalo is a human-powered search site headed up by Jason Calacanis that is designed to reduce spam and increase user experience. They do this by having a member of Mahalo view every site that the search engine picks up for specific keywords for integrity, topic eligibility, and whether or not […]

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Best Buy Offers Gift Cards to HD DVD Owners

If you purchased an HD DVD player from Best Buy prior to February 23, 2008, you can pick up a complimentary $50.00 gift card for each player you purchased from them.
From Best Buy Website:
An Important Message from
Best Buy for HD DVD Player Owners
For months, there has been much debate surrounding the two competing high-definition video […]

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The Frugal Hulu

Hulu has been released into the wild this week, and the buzz is certainly making its rounds. I have been using Hulu as part of my almost-daily activity since October, and must say that they have certainly improved by leaps and bounds over the past few weeks before launch. So what is Hulu?
Hulu is a […]

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The Frugal Musician - Using Virtual Environments for Self Promotion

This is a topic that I feel very close to, since I depend on my work as a disk jockey as I would a second job. My work is done using a program called SAM Broadcaster to send streaming audio to a large server that then streams my broadcast to listeners all over the world. […]