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TekThing 8: The New Moto E 4G LTE, DACs and Headphones That Don't Cost a Fortune, And New Tricks for an Old Android Phone!

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Today's topics:
Net Neutrality Vote on 2/26/15: https://www.battleforthenet.com/

New Motorola Moto E!
Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) 4G LTE: http://www.motorola.com/us/moto-e-2nd-gen/Moto-E-2nd-Gen/moto-e-2nd-gen.html
Motorola Moto E (1st Gen): http://www.motorola.com/us/consumers/shop-all-mobile-phones/Moto-E-pdp/moto-e.html

Repurpose an old android phone or tablet:
Kathleen emailed: Got any ideas for ways I can re-purpose an old Android tablet (original 7 inch Galaxy Tab) and phone (Galaxy S2)?
Thanks for all the tech goodness!
1. Use it as a security camera. (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam)
2. Use your tablet in the kitchen.
3. Use your phone to control home media with IR functionality.

Great inexpensive options for great audio quality:
Sonyís MDR-7506 Headphones: http://amzn.to/1al9oaV
Grado SR-60e Headphones: http://amzn.to/1LEBSIj
High Resolution Technologies: http://www.highresolutiontechnologies.com/
dSp on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1698830754/dsp-making-your-headphones-sound-better

Ergonomic tablet or phone viewing on an airplane:
Laurel writes: One more on the travel theme-what are some creative solutions for getting a phone (iPhone 5/6+, android...etc) to fasten to the back on airline seat for more ergo viewing?
Skyview Travel Tray Mount: http://store.griffintechnology.com/skyview-travel-tray-mount
DIY Tablet Airplane Seat Mount: http://www.instructables.com/id/Tablet-airplane-seat-mount/
DIY Phone Mount for Airplane Seat: http://www.instructables.com/id/Phone-Mount-on-Plane-Seat/

HP Stream 11 alternative:
Hello Patrick,
In TekThing 6 you mentioned you were interested in the hp stream 11.
I was also fascinated by the wave of cheap windows 8.1 laptops that hit recently that are similar to all the great chromebooks that hit last year.
You might want to take a look at the acer e11 instead which has basically the same guts (cpu), form factor, etc but is MUCH more upgradeable: ram, and standard 2.5" hdd so you can put in an ssd if you want. It's the same price of $199 but make sure you get the one at target (not amazon) for the fully upgradable 2.5" drive bay. So I upgraded mine to 8gb of ram and a 240gb SSD and it's not a half bad little windows machine.
Here is my in depth review if you are at all interested: http://blog.arogan.com/2014/12/acer-aspire-e11-es1-111m-c7de_71.html
Anyways, glad to see both of you still on the air. I've been a loyal fan since the tech tv screen savers days
ARogan

Do something analog!
Shannon's favorite anime convention in Chicago - ACEN: http://www.acen.org/

TekThing 8: The New Moto E 4G LTE, DACs and Headphones That Don't Cost a Fortune, And New Tricks for an Old Android Phone!

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Today's topics:
Net Neutrality Vote on 2/26/15: https://www.battleforthenet.com/

New Motorola Moto E!
Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) 4G LTE: http://www.motorola.com/us/moto-e-2nd-gen/Moto-E-2nd-Gen/moto-e-2nd-gen.html
Motorola Moto E (1st Gen): http://www.motorola.com/us/consumers/shop-all-mobile-phones/Moto-E-pdp/moto-e.html

Repurpose an old android phone or tablet:
Kathleen emailed: Got any ideas for ways I can re-purpose an old Android tablet (original 7 inch Galaxy Tab) and phone (Galaxy S2)?
Thanks for all the tech goodness!
1. Use it as a security camera. (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam)
2. Use your tablet in the kitchen.
3. Use your phone to control home media with IR functionality.

Great inexpensive options for great audio quality:
Sonyís MDR-7506 Headphones: http://amzn.to/1al9oaV
Grado SR-60e Headphones: http://amzn.to/1LEBSIj
High Resolution Technologies: http://www.highresolutiontechnologies.com/
dSp on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1698830754/dsp-making-your-headphones-sound-better

Ergonomic tablet or phone viewing on an airplane:
Laurel writes: One more on the travel theme-what are some creative solutions for getting a phone (iPhone 5/6+, android...etc) to fasten to the back on airline seat for more ergo viewing?
Skyview Travel Tray Mount: http://store.griffintechnology.com/skyview-travel-tray-mount
DIY Tablet Airplane Seat Mount: http://www.instructables.com/id/Tablet-airplane-seat-mount/
DIY Phone Mount for Airplane Seat: http://www.instructables.com/id/Phone-Mount-on-Plane-Seat/

HP Stream 11 alternative:
Hello Patrick,
In TekThing 6 you mentioned you were interested in the hp stream 11.
I was also fascinated by the wave of cheap windows 8.1 laptops that hit recently that are similar to all the great chromebooks that hit last year.
You might want to take a look at the acer e11 instead which has basically the same guts (cpu), form factor, etc but is MUCH more upgradeable: ram, and standard 2.5" hdd so you can put in an ssd if you want. It's the same price of $199 but make sure you get the one at target (not amazon) for the fully upgradable 2.5" drive bay. So I upgraded mine to 8gb of ram and a 240gb SSD and it's not a half bad little windows machine.
Here is my in depth review if you are at all interested: http://blog.arogan.com/2014/12/acer-aspire-e11-es1-111m-c7de_71.html
Anyways, glad to see both of you still on the air. I've been a loyal fan since the tech tv screen savers days
ARogan

Do something analog!
Shannon's favorite anime convention in Chicago - ACEN: http://www.acen.org/

TekThing 7: Raspberry Pi 2 Hands On, Best Mics for Streaming Video Games, Power Converting and More!

The Raspberry Pi 2 is here! Which mic is best for your game stream? Power converting overseas, and cheap backups. All that and more, on TekThing!

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Raspberry Pi Intro: http://www.raspberrypi.org/help/what-is-a-raspberry-pi/

Raspberry Pi 2: http://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-2-model-b/

Emulators: http://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/#emulation-on-raspberry-pi-2

Windows 10: http://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2015/02/02/windows-10-coming-to-raspberry-pi-2/

Windows Developer Program: http://dev.windows.com/en-us/featured/Windows-Developer-Program-for-IoT

Sample Applications: http://ms-iot.github.io/content/SampleApps.htm

Windows on Devices: https://www.windowsondevices.com/

Xenon Strobe Pi 2 Death: http://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/#xenon-death-flash-a-free-physics-lesson

Rapid Fire Round!

ioSafe 1515+: https://iosafe.com/1515-nas-backup-archive-dr-appliance

Carbon Copy Cloner: https://bombich.com/

SuperDuper: http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html

Macruim Reflect: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

Acronis True Image: http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/pc-backup/

Clonezilla: http://clonezilla.org/

CrashPlan: http://www.code42.com/crashplan/

Streaming Microphones

Razer Seiren: http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-audio/razer-seiren

Blue Yeti Blackout: http://www.bluemic.com/yeti/

Heil PR40: http://www.heilsound.com/pro/microphones/pr-40

Samson C01U: http://www.samsontech.com/samson/products/microphones/usb-microphones/c01u/

Hello Patrick and Shannon.  Long time fan, love the new show.  

My family will be moving to England for a few years and I need some help.  I have some electronics that will only run on 110 so I need a quality power converter.  Any suggestions?  Also, will running an electronics off of a converter continuously cause problems?  Is there a UPS that inputs at 220 but outputs at 110?  I was thinking of daisy chaining the electronics to a UPS to a converter.  Is this an overkill?

Thanks,

Drew S from Newport News, VA

OREI 3 in 1 UK Travel Adapter Plug with USB and Surge Protection: http://amzn.to/19y4SFN

VCT VP18 UK to USA Plug Adapter: http://amzn.to/17rUDkt

Seven Star F200 Travel Converter: http://amzn.to/1A72waH

BESTEK® Portable 6A Max 4-Port USB Charger Universal Travel Adapter & Power Converter: http://amzn.to/1Lemjsg

EZOPower International Travel Charger Power Voltage Converter: http://amzn.to/17rVa5Z

Goldsource STU-N Series 5000W: http://amzn.to/1E73zsS

Do something analog!

Like flying a prism kite! http://amzn.to/1ESlUrs

TekThing 7: Raspberry Pi 2 Hands On, Best Mics for Streaming Video Games, Power Converting and More!

The Raspberry Pi 2 is here! Which mic is best for your game stream? Power converting overseas, and cheap backups. All that and more, on TekThing!

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Raspberry Pi Intro: http://www.raspberrypi.org/help/what-is-a-raspberry-pi/

Raspberry Pi 2: http://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-2-model-b/

Emulators: http://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/#emulation-on-raspberry-pi-2

Windows 10: http://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2015/02/02/windows-10-coming-to-raspberry-pi-2/

Windows Developer Program: http://dev.windows.com/en-us/featured/Windows-Developer-Program-for-IoT

Sample Applications: http://ms-iot.github.io/content/SampleApps.htm

Windows on Devices: https://www.windowsondevices.com/

Xenon Strobe Pi 2 Death: http://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/#xenon-death-flash-a-free-physics-lesson

Rapid Fire Round!

ioSafe 1515+: https://iosafe.com/1515-nas-backup-archive-dr-appliance

Carbon Copy Cloner: https://bombich.com/

SuperDuper: http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html

Macruim Reflect: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

Acronis True Image: http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/pc-backup/

Clonezilla: http://clonezilla.org/

CrashPlan: http://www.code42.com/crashplan/

Streaming Microphones

Razer Seiren: http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-audio/razer-seiren

Blue Yeti Blackout: http://www.bluemic.com/yeti/

Heil PR40: http://www.heilsound.com/pro/microphones/pr-40

Samson C01U: http://www.samsontech.com/samson/products/microphones/usb-microphones/c01u/

Hello Patrick and Shannon.  Long time fan, love the new show.  

My family will be moving to England for a few years and I need some help.  I have some electronics that will only run on 110 so I need a quality power converter.  Any suggestions?  Also, will running an electronics off of a converter continuously cause problems?  Is there a UPS that inputs at 220 but outputs at 110?  I was thinking of daisy chaining the electronics to a UPS to a converter.  Is this an overkill?

Thanks,

Drew S from Newport News, VA

OREI 3 in 1 UK Travel Adapter Plug with USB and Surge Protection: http://amzn.to/19y4SFN

VCT VP18 UK to USA Plug Adapter: http://amzn.to/17rUDkt

Seven Star F200 Travel Converter: http://amzn.to/1A72waH

BESTEK® Portable 6A Max 4-Port USB Charger Universal Travel Adapter & Power Converter: http://amzn.to/1Lemjsg

EZOPower International Travel Charger Power Voltage Converter: http://amzn.to/17rVa5Z

Goldsource STU-N Series 5000W: http://amzn.to/1E73zsS

Do something analog!

Like flying a prism kite! http://amzn.to/1ESlUrs

TekThing 6: Best Bargain Routers, New GPUs Picks, and Top Lastpass Alternatives!

Kill switches are saving smartphones, our top bargain router picks, three alternatives to Lastpass Password Manager, and PCPer's Ryan Shrout joins to talk GPUs! All that and more this time on TekThing!

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Show Notes: Today's topics:

Smart phone kill switches: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/11/us-usa-smartphone-killswitch-idUSKBN0LF09520150211

Benjamin writes: Hey Patrick & Shannon,

I'm in the market for a new WIFI router but I haven't really kept up on the router market for the last couple years. I don't need AC, but I do need something that will work well in my wifi saturated apartment. Also it would be awesome to find something under $100, but I'm willing to pay more of there is a good reason to. What would you suggest to get the best bang for my buck?

Keep up the great work, really enjoying the new show!

Thanks,

Benjamin

TP-LINK TL-WR841N http://amzn.to/1CWrH1T

TP-LINK TL-WR940N http://amzn.to/1z8OWQh

NETGEAR N600 WNDR3400 http://amzn.to/1vleFmO

TP-LINK TL-WDR4300 http://amzn.to/1KKve4J

Rapid Fire Round!

1. Keepass: http://keepass.info/

2. 1Password: https://agilebits.com/onepassword

3. Keeper: https://keepersecurity.com/

Ryan Shrout from http://www.pcper.com/ and TWiCH http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-computer-hardware

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-960-2GB-Review-GM206-199

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-Discloses-Full-Memory-Structure-and-Limitations-GTX-970

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-GTX-970-Memory-Issues-Tested-SLI

http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/Report-AMD-Godavari-CPU-Lineup-Leaked-New-APUs-and-Athlon-X4-Processors

http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/AMD-R9-300-Series-Possibly-Coming-Soon

Wireless Carriers Have To Unlock Your Phone:

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/02/starting-today-wireless-carriers-have-to-unlock-your-phone/

How to get TekThing on your Roku: http://www.rokuguide.com/private-channels/itunes-podcasts

Do something analog!

California Academy of Sciences: http://www.calacademy.org/

TekThing 6: Best Bargain Routers, New GPUs Picks, and Top Lastpass Alternatives!

Kill switches are saving smartphones, our top bargain router picks, three alternatives to Lastpass Password Manager, and PCPer's Ryan Shrout joins to talk GPUs! All that and more this time on TekThing!

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Show Notes: Today's topics:

Smart phone kill switches: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/11/us-usa-smartphone-killswitch-idUSKBN0LF09520150211

Benjamin writes: Hey Patrick & Shannon,

I'm in the market for a new WIFI router but I haven't really kept up on the router market for the last couple years. I don't need AC, but I do need something that will work well in my wifi saturated apartment. Also it would be awesome to find something under $100, but I'm willing to pay more of there is a good reason to. What would you suggest to get the best bang for my buck?

Keep up the great work, really enjoying the new show!

Thanks,

Benjamin

TP-LINK TL-WR841N http://amzn.to/1CWrH1T

TP-LINK TL-WR940N http://amzn.to/1z8OWQh

NETGEAR N600 WNDR3400 http://amzn.to/1vleFmO

TP-LINK TL-WDR4300 http://amzn.to/1KKve4J

Rapid Fire Round!

1. Keepass: http://keepass.info/

2. 1Password: https://agilebits.com/onepassword

3. Keeper: https://keepersecurity.com/

Ryan Shrout from http://www.pcper.com/ and TWiCH http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-computer-hardware

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-960-2GB-Review-GM206-199

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-Discloses-Full-Memory-Structure-and-Limitations-GTX-970

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-GTX-970-Memory-Issues-Tested-SLI

http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/Report-AMD-Godavari-CPU-Lineup-Leaked-New-APUs-and-Athlon-X4-Processors

http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/AMD-R9-300-Series-Possibly-Coming-Soon

Wireless Carriers Have To Unlock Your Phone:

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/02/starting-today-wireless-carriers-have-to-unlock-your-phone/

How to get TekThing on your Roku: http://www.rokuguide.com/private-channels/itunes-podcasts

Do something analog!

California Academy of Sciences: http://www.calacademy.org/

TekThing 5: The Ultimate Computer Toolkits, Unlock Your Phone for Free, and the Best iOS Mail Apps

The perfect PC toolkit, 3 mail apps that make iOS better, help unlocking your phone, Raspberry Pi Model 2 and, wait, did Net Neutrality just get real? All that and more on TekThing!

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Today's topics:

FCC on Net Neutrality: http://www.wired.com/2015/02/fcc-chai...
EFF Writeup: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02...

Josh emailed ask@tekthing.com, "I was hoping you guys could help out with this. I am waiting to get a computer toolkit but I do not know if I should get a kit or make my own. Some help with this would be nice."
Options: https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/54...
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Pr...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product...

Rapid Fire Round!
1. Outlook: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id951937596
2. Gmail: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gmail...
3. Mailbox: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mailb...

Tom asks: Any tips on unlocking a phone without having to pay the $50 that some companies want?
For the four major carriers: 
1. https://www.verizonwireless.com/about...
2. https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC...
3. https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/#/
4. https://www.sprint.com/legal/unlockin...
FCC Info: 
https://www.fcc.gov/device-unlocking-faq

Raspberry Pi 2!
http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-...
http://dev.windows.com/en-us/featured...

Do Something Analog!
https://twitter.com/nchan/status/5623...
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Birds-21301
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Maersk-Lin...
http://www.youtube.com/c/tested

TekThing 5: The Ultimate Computer Toolkits, Unlock Your Phone for Free, and the Best iOS Mail Apps

The perfect PC toolkit, 3 mail apps that make iOS better, help unlocking your phone, Raspberry Pi Model 2 and, wait, did Net Neutrality just get real? All that and more on TekThing!

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Today's topics:

FCC on Net Neutrality: http://www.wired.com/2015/02/fcc-chai...
EFF Writeup: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02...

Josh emailed ask@tekthing.com, "I was hoping you guys could help out with this. I am waiting to get a computer toolkit but I do not know if I should get a kit or make my own. Some help with this would be nice."
Options: https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/54...
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Pr...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product...

Rapid Fire Round!
1. Outlook: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id951937596
2. Gmail: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gmail...
3. Mailbox: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mailb...

Tom asks: Any tips on unlocking a phone without having to pay the $50 that some companies want?
For the four major carriers: 
1. https://www.verizonwireless.com/about...
2. https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC...
3. https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/#/
4. https://www.sprint.com/legal/unlockin...
FCC Info: 
https://www.fcc.gov/device-unlocking-faq

Raspberry Pi 2!
http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-...
http://dev.windows.com/en-us/featured...

Do Something Analog!
https://twitter.com/nchan/status/5623...
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Birds-21301
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Maersk-Lin...
http://www.youtube.com/c/tested

TekThing 2: Kill Old Passwords! Super Bowl TVs, Free Storage vs. CrashPlan, Razer Cortex

Introducing TekThing with Patrick Norton and Shannon Morse!
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What happens to old passwords?? Does free OneCloud kill online backups?? Robert Heron talks quantum dots and Super Bowl TV picks, streaming games to your living room , and where’s the RSS FEED?!?!
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Today's topics:
Jeremy writes: I never missed an episode of Tekzilla and I'm excited to see everyone back with a new show! Now that OneDrive is rolling out unlimited cloud storage for Office 365 subscribers (and hopefully more services follow suit), are dedicated cloud backup solutions still viable? 
I currently subscribe to CrashPlan to maintain a local and cloud backup. This no longer seems necessary when I can store everything in OneDrive, sync a copy to my computer and backup the OneDrive folder to my NAS. This way I still have two backups of my data. 
Is it safe to drop my cloud backup subscription? Do dedicated cloud backup solutions offer any advantages over cloud storage solutions such as: encryption, data loss protection, and if the service is hacked will my data be safe?
Keep up the great work,
Jeremy S
http://blogs.office.com/2014/10/27/on...

Questions for Robert Heron from http://www.heronfidelity.com:
@thequestion007 with plasma going away what is the best tech for classic movies with 24 frames and natural blur? https://twitter.com/thequestion007/st...
@TriviallyTravis what’s your favorite OTA DVR viewing solution? WMC? Channel Master? Tivo?https://twitter.com/TriviallyTravis/s...

Rapid Fire Round:
Will TekThing be available via iTunes/ RSS/ Downcast / etc?
We will have the show available to download as soon as we hit our Patreon goal for RSS feeds. 
From @Oew55R on Twitter: Will you have a P.O. Box for people to mail donations to TekThing? Many people are skittish giving cc number online. I am.
We will set up a paypal donation button on our site at TekThing.com and you can also donate via this address: 15501 San Pablo Ave #G325, Richmond CA 94806
From Alan: I supported you on Patreon, but I wasn't sure how often you were planning to do episodes, so I capped my pledge monthly. How often do you plan to do episodes? Twice a week Not sure why I thought of that. Thanks for continuing the tech news, reviews, and advice. Your show is unique, thanks to the knowledge and enthusiasm of both of you guys.
We are planning to release an episode once per week.

Sean Writes: I use Lastpass. In the past I used Chrome to remember my passwords, so Lastpass has all of my ancient passwords. I used to use the same password in lots of places. I went looking for some of the sites that Lastpass says I have the same password for. A lot of them are gone. Is my data safe? Is there anything I can do aside from eliminating my old passwords from any other sites? What happens when a forum site dies?
Good luck on the new show I can't wait to see what happens.

Orions Angel says: The Razer Forge TV can stream high end PC games. For example your Steam games to the living room. That's the big selling point. Way to not even mention that guys. You can't use the Amazon Fire TV to do that. I really wish these tech snobs would do more research before they put down a device.

@nerd 1701 tweets @patricknorton Check out this article on a high performance FreeNAS build. 
http://pivotallabs.com/high-performin...
https://twitter.com/nerd1701/status/5...

From the that’s pretty shiny department, @horwitz tweeted Probably the coolest neo-retro Apple product design I've ever seen. https://curved.de/news/curvedlabs-ein...
https://twitter.com/horwitz/status/55...

Do something analog!
http://www.milofoundation.org/

Full answers in the show!

TekThing 2: Kill Old Passwords! Super Bowl TVs, Free Storage vs. CrashPlan, Razer Cortex

Introducing TekThing with Patrick Norton and Shannon Morse!
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What happens to old passwords?? Does free OneCloud kill online backups?? Robert Heron talks quantum dots and Super Bowl TV picks, streaming games to your living room , and where’s the RSS FEED?!?!
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Today's topics:
Jeremy writes: I never missed an episode of Tekzilla and I'm excited to see everyone back with a new show! Now that OneDrive is rolling out unlimited cloud storage for Office 365 subscribers (and hopefully more services follow suit), are dedicated cloud backup solutions still viable? 
I currently subscribe to CrashPlan to maintain a local and cloud backup. This no longer seems necessary when I can store everything in OneDrive, sync a copy to my computer and backup the OneDrive folder to my NAS. This way I still have two backups of my data. 
Is it safe to drop my cloud backup subscription? Do dedicated cloud backup solutions offer any advantages over cloud storage solutions such as: encryption, data loss protection, and if the service is hacked will my data be safe?
Keep up the great work,
Jeremy S
http://blogs.office.com/2014/10/27/on...

Questions for Robert Heron from http://www.heronfidelity.com:
@thequestion007 with plasma going away what is the best tech for classic movies with 24 frames and natural blur? https://twitter.com/thequestion007/st...
@TriviallyTravis what’s your favorite OTA DVR viewing solution? WMC? Channel Master? Tivo?https://twitter.com/TriviallyTravis/s...

Rapid Fire Round:
Will TekThing be available via iTunes/ RSS/ Downcast / etc?
We will have the show available to download as soon as we hit our Patreon goal for RSS feeds. 
From @Oew55R on Twitter: Will you have a P.O. Box for people to mail donations to TekThing? Many people are skittish giving cc number online. I am.
We will set up a paypal donation button on our site at TekThing.com and you can also donate via this address: 15501 San Pablo Ave #G325, Richmond CA 94806
From Alan: I supported you on Patreon, but I wasn't sure how often you were planning to do episodes, so I capped my pledge monthly. How often do you plan to do episodes? Twice a week Not sure why I thought of that. Thanks for continuing the tech news, reviews, and advice. Your show is unique, thanks to the knowledge and enthusiasm of both of you guys.
We are planning to release an episode once per week.

Sean Writes: I use Lastpass. In the past I used Chrome to remember my passwords, so Lastpass has all of my ancient passwords. I used to use the same password in lots of places. I went looking for some of the sites that Lastpass says I have the same password for. A lot of them are gone. Is my data safe? Is there anything I can do aside from eliminating my old passwords from any other sites? What happens when a forum site dies?
Good luck on the new show I can't wait to see what happens.

Orions Angel says: The Razer Forge TV can stream high end PC games. For example your Steam games to the living room. That's the big selling point. Way to not even mention that guys. You can't use the Amazon Fire TV to do that. I really wish these tech snobs would do more research before they put down a device.

@nerd 1701 tweets @patricknorton Check out this article on a high performance FreeNAS build. 
http://pivotallabs.com/high-performin...
https://twitter.com/nerd1701/status/5...

From the that’s pretty shiny department, @horwitz tweeted Probably the coolest neo-retro Apple product design I've ever seen. https://curved.de/news/curvedlabs-ein...
https://twitter.com/horwitz/status/55...

Do something analog!
http://www.milofoundation.org/

Full answers in the show!