Greetings, everyone! I’m Rick Savoia, host of The Force Field, a podcast about the business of tech.

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In this episode I will introduce myself and give you some inside information about the computer repair business you need to know as a well informed consumer.

Topics of discussion:

I will tell you a little about my experiences starting small tech businesses that were too far ahead of their time.

We will find out how and why I created The Force Field podcast and portal.

Most importantly, we will talk about the field service technician who shows up at your door to fix your PC, who he really works for, how much money he really makes when he shows up to service your computer, whether or not he is even qualified to perform the work and your rights to such disclosure as a consumer.

If you want to know more about starting and managing a computer or IT service business, give The Force Field podcast a listen. Questions, comments or feedback? Visit us at http://www.theforcefield.net, visit our forums or email comments(at)theforcefield.net.

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Hey everyone. Jeffrey Powers from Geekazine here. Check out my newest podcast – Day in Tech History

This week I have put together this show in a different way. It is recorded 100% from the iPhone. Some of it was with the headset, some without and one part was even from my podcast rig recorded to the iPhone.

The idea is simple: If you say you don’t have time to do a podcast, then I am showing you otherwise. Toward the end I put up a challenge to everyone that has been saying they wanted to do a podcast.

Some items you can get to help record shows

Monster iSoniTalk
Logitech LIC-iREC03P (Which for some reason is not on Logitech site)
Quicktime

Hey Everybody!  I’m Amos “Nguy” Ngai, host of The GamerWok Hour, and editor in chief at GamerWok.com.  I will be hosting TPN Weekly Episode 6 for your listening pleasure!  For this episode, I’ll be showcasing for you a taste of what you can expect each and every week from the crew at GamerWok.  We feature all things related to the “Geek Lifestyle”, whether it be games, technology, electronics, hacking, modding, even geek wear, GamerWok has you covered.

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Show Notes:

• Building a PC equivalent to a PS3
• Assumptions:
  • PC has to run out of the box so OS is a must
  • This will be connected to a TV/LCD which means HDMI video/audio is a must
  • PC has to run games as fast/good as a PS3 if not better
  • PC must play BD movies flawlessly
  • Performance will be judged based on PS3 game resolution chart by Quaz found here at Beyond3D
  • Frames per second isn’t recorded in PS3 benchmarks but we will assume that PC games has to run between 35-45 FPS to look as good as PS3
  • We will be using Canadian price of $499.99 for the PS3 and not the US price of $499.99
  • All parts will be purchased from one store to save on shipping and simplicity
• Full Build: http://bit.ly/PS3PC
• Final Price at time of recording: $556 CDN
• PC/PS3 pros and cons
• Bottom line: It’s possible with a bit of leg work to get the price down
• You can shave the cost of OS down by getting the Windows 7 RC that’s free from Microsoft until March 2010