

Plus a history lesson from Scott, why Geoff still buys CDs, and more...
— 3:08 AM on October 11, 2010

The Tech Report Podcast Date: October 10, 2010
Time: 1:34:32

Hosted by Jordan Drake

Co-Hosts: Scott Wasson, Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior

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Show notes
With our elite panel of Scott, Geoff, and Cyril (plus audible cameos from Geoff's dog, Snookums), we cover a wide range of topics on this episode of the TR Podcast. After some listener questions from Twitter, we tackle Geoff's old-fashioned yet sensible affinity for buying music CDs, and Scott revels in finally playing the famed C-130 level of Modern Warfare. We then digress momentarily to note the loss of Intel's Greg Wagnon, a superb PR guy who helped Scott with Intel Xeon products for years.

Moving on to the reviews, Cyril breaks down the Asus N82Jv 14-inch notebook, another mobile computer with great graphics and disappointing battery life, and Geoff pits two Asus X58 motherboards against each other and identifies the winner (which received our TR Recommended badge). We go over a pair of Nvidia stories before wrapping things up with two gaming-related reviews: Geoff's take on the Cyborg Rat 7 adjustable gaming mouse, and Cyril's look at the first Corsair gaming headset.



Listener Twitter questions - (0:01:45):

From @diederikm "give us some projections on intels lightpeak"

From @codedivine "Recommendations for small lightweight build (particularly cases) for light gaming and productivity."

Tech discussion:

    Gigabyte's H55 Mini-ITX mobo squeezes into the Silverstone SG07 case (0:04:35)- Read more

    Yes, I still buy CDs (0:10:18)- Read more

    Scott finally pilots the C-130 (0:19:19)- Read more

    A sad loss to the tech community - RIP Greg Wagnon (0:26:35)- Read more

    Asus' N82Jv 14-inch notebook (0:29:08)- Read more

    New ThinkPad has 11.6-inch display, affordable price tag (0:39:44)- Read more

    Asus' Rampage III Gene and Sabertooth X58 motherboards (0:48:13)- Read more

    Nvidia-branded graphics cards pop up at Best Buy (1:01:04)- Read more

    Settlement site for Nvidia class-action suit appears (1:11:51)- Read more

    Cyborg's Rat 7 adjustable gaming mouse (1:16:09)- Read more

    Corsair's HS1 gaming headset (1:25:16)- Read more

That's all, folks! We'll see you on the next episode.TR

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