Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy 693 & 694

The Tech Guy Video for August 21 & 22, 2010 - Shows 693 & 694
Host: Leo Laporte
Backup strategies, configuring Ustream feeds, recovering dead hard drives, and your calls.
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How to backup data on your computer, mobile phone?

This week on the PLAN-B special of Tech Toyz CNBC-TV18 takes planning to a whole new level! On the show, you get Plan-B to your Plan-B!

The Facebook Phenomenon - Coast to Coast AM

Date: 08-25-10
Host: George Noory
Guests: David Kirkpatrick

Google Offers Gmail Phone Calls

Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Google Offers skype like Gmail Phone Calls(Source: Bloomberg)

Jailed Iranian sues Nokia Siemens

An Iranian journalist imprisoned since 2009 is suing telecommunications giant Nokia Siemens in the United States.

Isa Saharkhiz says the company sold surveillance equipment to the Iranian government , and that's what led to his capture.

Tom Ackerman reports.

Dual-core Atom netbooks - Tech News Today 59

Hosts:Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Erik Lanigan
Apple's nefarious jailbreak plans, dual-core Atom netbooks, and North Korea does NOT socially network.

Tech News Today : Oracle sues Google

Tech News Today 53: Ten Wookies On A Corner

Hosts:Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robert Heron, and Erik Lanigan
Oracle sues Google, no special deals for RIM, and why Wookies will gather on corners.
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Google Amps Voice Control

Tech Take: Google's new Android OS let's you use voice commands for just about anything

U.K. Bank Customers Attacked by Computer Virus

FBN's Ashley Webster on U.K. banking customers who had their online accounts emptied by a virus called Zeus.

Google May Create Facebook Competitor

Thompson Says Google May Create Facebook Competitor

May 6 (Bloomberg) -- Nicholas Thompson, a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talks with Mark Crumpton and Julie Hyman about Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt's plan to double the anticipated pace of acquisitions this year. Google, the search engine with almost two-thirds of the U.S. market, is making acquisitions every couple of weeks, more than the once-a-month pace Schmidt projected when Google began buying companies again last year after the recession. (Source: Bloomberg)

Cops love iPhone data trail

Source: SunTimes

Detective Josh Fazio of the Will County Sheriff's Department loves it when an iPhone turns up as evidence in a criminal case.

The sophisticated cell phone and mobile computer is becoming as popular with police as it is with consumers because it can provide investigators with so much information that can help in solving crimes.

"When someone tells me they have an iPhone in a case, I say, 'Yeah!' I can do tons with an iPhone," said Fazio, who works in the sheriff's department high-tech crimes unit.

The iPhones generally store more data than other high-end phones -- and investigators such as Fazio frequently can tap in to that information for evidence.

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Android Captivate With Amazing Screen, Battery Life

Contributror Gary Krakow takes a first look at AT&T's model from the new Samsung Galaxy S line of super Android smartphones and finds a beautiful 4-inch color screen and the best Android battery life to date.

iPhone - iPad Voice Recognition now!

Here is an easy-to-use voice recognition app that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your SMS, email or social networking updates on the iPhone™, iPad™ or iPod touch™. Dragon Dictation 2.0