http://www.tech-talkers.com Let's Talk Tech... Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:35:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the second article in a series aimed at analyzing the motive behind the various bandwidth caps that have recently been enacted by numerous Internet Service Providers. In the preceding article, The Relative Cost of Internet Access, we looked at the differences in costs between various service tiers available from ... http://www.tech-talkers.com/2009/06/bandwidth-caps/ This article is the first in a series aimed at discussing the cost of Internet access around the world, as well as the implications of imposing ever stricter bandwidth caps on customers. Intuitively, one might assume that as technology advances and becomes more readily available that products and service should ... http://www.tech-talkers.com/2009/06/the-relative-cost-of-internet-access/ Barely a week into the new year, several stories broke suggesting that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration had run out of funding to provide any more coupons for the upcoming digital television transition. Responding to this news, the Obama administration began an immediate campaign to delay the transition, fearing ... http://www.tech-talkers.com/2009/02/dtv-transition-delayed-until-june-12/ Lossless codecs, like FLAC, are great when it comes to preserving all the quality present on the original media. Unfortunately though, they do take up quite a bit of space and most lossless codecs are far from popular in the mainstream. Therefore, it often becomes necessary to sacrifice some of ... http://www.tech-talkers.com/2009/01/converting-flac-to-320kbps-mp3-with-foobar/ Despite the troubled roll-out, the beta to Microsoft's next operating system, Windows 7, is finally available. But, unless you are either a die-hard Microsoft fan (possible, though unlikely), or a true geek, you're probably thinking to yourself, "So what?" Well, if that's your first reaction, then I really can't blame you. ... http://www.tech-talkers.com/2009/01/how-to-safely-test-drive-the-windows-7-beta/ Not thirty minutes ago, the UPS truck came to a screeching halt outside my apartment to deliver the package that I've been eagerly awaiting the entire week. Trying hard to contain my enthusiasm, I carefully opened the DVD-sized box that Amazon shipped it in, and there it was: Far Cry ... http://www.tech-talkers.com/2008/10/far-cry-2-and-the-annoyances-of-securom/ Anyone who's even remotely into first person shooters on the PC has probably heard of, or come across, the Battlefield series from Electronic Arts. The first one was release way back in September of 2002, and its captivating online multiplayer scheme enthralled thousands. So, it wasn't much of a surprise ... http://www.tech-talkers.com/2008/04/play-testing-the-battlefield-bad-company-beta/ If you've taken the time to read the last two posts, then surely you must be aware that the time has now come to finally install Ubuntu; and if not, then oh well, just look at the pictures or something. In my last two posts, I've attempted to explain the pains ... http://www.tech-talkers.com/2008/03/a-lil-guide-to-installing-ubuntu/ After I got my new laptop, it didn't take me all to long to determine that I wasn't all too fond of Vista. Instead of hastily ditching Vista and running right back into XP's familiar settings, I thought I'd try out Linux. Having heard myriad glowing reports of its ... http://www.tech-talkers.com/2008/02/partitioning-with-gparted/ If you've recently purchased a new laptop, chances are that it came with Windows Vista installed on it. Now, depending on how easily you can adapt, that might be a little bit of a problem. Even though Vista has been out for about a year now, many users are still ... http://www.tech-talkers.com/2007/12/how-to-install-xp-on-vista-laptops/