Hosts:
Dan Peters
David Ford
Excerpt:
On this week’s episode of Geekologist Deep Dish Radio, Dan and Dave talk about Internet radio. The show starts out with a discussion about the recent pricing changes at SiriusXM ($2.99 a month extra for XM Radio Online and a $2 increase per month for additional radios with a family plan) and what it means for customers. And as promised, here is the article confirming the increases that Dan could not find during the show: Sirius XM Rate Increase For March 11th CONFIRMED. Dan and Dave then discuss other popular Internet radio options, both free and subscription-based, that listeners can enjoy.
Hosts:
Dan Peters
David Ford
Grady Joslin
Excerpt:
On this week’s episode of Geekologist Deep Dish Radio, Dan, Dave, and Grady are talking data. The show starts out with a discussion about what kind of data is created in both the home and business environments, and what it is used for. The team then discuss the value of data in various business scenarios, such as product and customer data for retail shops, financial data for banks and credit card companies, and medical data in the health care industry. After a brief rant about software data collection and computer security, the discussion continues with the differences between structured and unstructured data, as well as a sneak peek of future episodes relating to data storage optimization and data availability.
Hosts:
Dan Peters
David Ford
Grady Joslin
John Rush
Keaton Taylor
Excerpt:
On this week’s episode of Geekologist Deep Dish Radio, Dan, Dave, Grady, John, and Keaton talk backups. After a brief introduction of what exactly a backup is and some common ways people can back up their data (CD/DVD/USB Flash Drive), the crew share their personal backup strategies that they use everyday to back up their important data. The conversation then steers towards online backup systems, such as Windows Live SkyDrive, Carbonite, and iDrive. Finally, Dan talks a bit Symantec Backup Exec used for backup on the enterprise level and the team shares personal stories on how having backups saved them from losing important data.
Hosts:
Chris C
Dan Peters
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On this week’s episode of Geekologist Deep Dish Radio, Dan and Chris begin the journey into the depths of the IT industry. After a brief introduction of the everyday working lives of Dan and Chris (and a slight disagreement over who is actually the host of the show), the duo talk briefly about servers in general and some of the common uses for them in the workplace. This leads into a discussion of virtual machines, including what they are used for (in the business and home environments) and various VM software packages on the market. Finally, Dan and Chris answer questions from the chat involving VMWare layers and Mac OS X Server.