Shows of 2004

The geeks cover a little tech-news including the latests updates on Sprit the Mars Rover, after that they take calls.

Relational database management systems. Storing and searching virtual mountains of information? Join the Geeks in a discussion on data management systems and which solutions work best.

Chris Dunphy from Palm Source joins the geeks for an update on what is new in the hand held industry. Learn about the latest hand helds with the Geeks on GeekSpeak.

Daniel Goodwin, former employee of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, joins the geek for a discussion on nuclear power. Learn how electricity is made in a nuclear reactor. Remember, radiation is not a four letter word.

Photoshop is a favorite for home users and design professionals. Scott Kelby, author, Editor-in-Chief of Photoshop User magazine, MacDesign magazine, Nikon Capture User magazine and President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals joins the Geeks for an intimate look at Adobe Photoshop. Hear about the new features in Photoshop CS from Match Color command to Integrated digital camera raw file format support and much more.

Peter Chester and Robert Cross of the band Deepfried join the Geeks for a talk and presentation of digital music. The Geeks also answer your phone calls.

NVIDIA's nForce technology is taking the computer industry by storm. First created for the Microsoft Xbox, it has breathed new life into the computer gaming community and inspired smaller, more fashionable computers. Scott Baker, Senior Product Manager for NVIDIA, joins the Geeks for a tour of the NVIDIA nForce Media and Communications Processor.

If email turned physical, The Geeks would be buried. Join us as we answer a pile of email and take your calls.

Do you have a question? Feel free to email The Geeks and tell us what's on your mind.

Video games get better, faster and more portable with every release. Learn all about Santa Cruz's very own game developer, TKO Software Inc. with CEO Jacob Hawley.

Gary Herman, President and Senior Security Engineer for Jabico Enterprise, LLC, joins the Geeks in a discussion about safe Email Clients and settings for email clients to make them even safer.

Viruses, worms and hackers abound. On the Internet you need your own Home LAN Security. Yorgos from Stratos Systems and Adam Baker from We've Got It Wired join the Geeks for a discussion about home networks: what you need to know and what you need to get.

Computer Virus protection is a necessity in our current computer world. Kraig Lane of Symantec, the makers of Norton Antivirus, joins the Geeks to explore how virus scanners work, their limitations and the importance of definition updates. Learn how to keep your computer's immune system strong with the Geeks.

SPAM: How it works and how to get rid of it. Bob Cagle and Dean Pfutzenreuter from Open Field Software join the Geeks to explore spammer techniques and the development of software tools to combat them.

With identity theft on the rise, it becomes even more important to keep your personal information private when using the Internet. Join the Geeks as they dissect many of the tricks of the scamming trade and learn to treat email and the web with a critical eye.

The California Virtual Campus created and managed by the comunity collage chancler's office is an online community collage. Our guest Marti Atkinson is president and instructional designer of nLight a consulting firm concentration on education.

The ease of Digital Photography is only matched by it's potential complexity. Ken Milburn, author of "Digital Photography - Expert Techniques" joins the geeks to share some tips and tricks on getting the best from your digital photography work flow.

Being an expert at digital photography can take years, but taking good pictures doesn't have to. Derrick Story, author of Digital Photography Hacks from O'Reilly, joins the geeks with 100 tips that will help you take better photographs.

The geeks do a spot of news and then take your calls.

Flash mobs, similar to the happenings of the 60's, are groups of people that converge on a location, do something, and then disperse. In April professors at the University of San Fransisco with their students organized a flash mob to build a supercomputer. Greg Benson, co-founder of FlashMobComputing.org, joins the Geeks for a discussion about the first ever Flash Mob Supercomputer.

Joe Jordan, planetary and atmospheric modeler for the SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), joins the geeks to discuss his work modeling the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, where the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft will arrive in July 2004. This seven-year journey to Saturn will place the Cassini spacecraft into a four-year orbit around the planet to measure its magnetosphere and will analyze the composition of Saturn's famous rings and its atmosphere. In December 2004, Cassini will eject the Huygens probe that will descend into Saturn's mysterious moon of Titan. If Huygen's survives the impact of the landing upon the frozen moon, it will be the furthest human-made object ever to land on a celestial body. (Cassini-Huygens image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Steven Schuchart Jr., analyst with Current Analysis and Contributing Editor for Network Computing Magazine, recently wrote an article called State of the Art: Long-Term Storage Strategy for Network Computing. In it, he discusses the limits of current storage solutions, the inevitability of hardware and software obsolescence and the evitable data migration that bad backup decisions create. Just how can individuals, companies and enterprises ensure future access to critical archived data and what technologies are available today to make the entire process painless? Join Steven and the geeks to discuss home storage and backup solutions this Friday on GeekSpeak.

The Geeks do some news and answer tech-calls.

The Geeks do some news and answer tech-calls. Host Lyle Troxell, recovering from walking pneumonia, shows off his deep sick voice.

The Geeks speak with Ken Botelho, owner and operator of Caffe Bene in Santa Cruz, about Coffee and high-speed Internet.

Our very own Geek Sean Cleveland went to the 2004 ComicCon and tells us all about it.

Good rural Internet access is hard to find. Most people in out-laying areas are too far from their telephone companies's central office to get DSL and satilite Internet access is expensive and problematic. Your local cable company might be your Internet providing savor. But it might not be that simple. The geeks talk Internet Cable and being firm with the "customer help line."

Preston Gralla, freelance journalist, columnist and author of Windows XP Hacks by O'Reilly, a book we will be discussing on this week's show, is a self-avowed Windows die-hard. His Weblogs are interesting, controversial, and above all, informational. A few of these include A Windows Die-Hard Confronts Linux, Why Windows Still Beats Linux and Why Firefox Beats Internet Explorer. In his his latest Weblog titled To SP2 or Not SP2, Preston discusses whether users should take the install the new Service Pack 2 update. Join the Geeks this week as they discuss Service Pack 2 with Preston Gralla and pick his brain for the most interesting Windows XP "hacks" -- the cool shortcuts, useful tools and undocumented tips that make life with Windows XP that much easier.

The Geeks anser calls and emails.

The geeks discuss methods for combating Spyware, Adware and Internet Scams. Just how susceptible are computers to data stealing applications that are delivered by malicious email and fraudulent websites? Learn how to keep your computer, personal information and identity safe on GeekSpeak.

The geeks talk with Geoff Caras onwner and operator of LavaRock, a Santa Cruz Internet Cafe located at 541 Seabright Avenue across from Linda's Seabreeze Cafe.

FM Radio is taking the giant step into the digital age. KUSP's Station Manager, Terry Green and Engineer, Brant Herrett - join the Geeks for an in-depth discussion on FM Digital conversion and KUSP's plans for Digital Radio]. The benefits and drawbacks of Digital Radio on GeekSpeak.

Adobe announce two new consumer and hobbyist products which the Geeks have taken a peek at. Two product managers from Adobe, the makers of Photoshop, will join the Geeks for a disscussion of new Adobe products for the home.

Update: Looks like we may be able to go live this morning. Tune in after 10 o'clock to find out!

Unfortunately it looks like we won't be on today. KUSP had a power outage and won't be back up by showtime. Thanks for listening and for your support. We'll see you all again next week.

Some GeekNews and taking calls from listenrs about technolgy and their computer problems... lots of butter needed.

Some GeekNews and taking calls from listenrs about technolgy and their computer problems. Top News: The xPrize claimed.

Durring this show we do some GeekNews and taking calls from listenrs with questions and comments about technolgy and computer problems.

Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry, Chaos theory... have you tuned out yet? Mathematics is a lot more fun then you might think. Ralph Abraham has been teaching math for decades and has a passion for Mathematics that is contagious.

Voting machines are being used in the presidential election on Tuesday, Nov. 2 all over the US, but is this new technology stable, and even more important, trustworthy? Steven M. Cherry, Senior Associate Editor for IEEE Spectrum Magazine, joins the geeks for an in-depth discussion about the technologies behind electronic voting.

DigiBarn is a computer history museum in Boulder Creek. They are promoting a November 7th Maze War 30 Year Retrospective "The First First Person Shooter" at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA

The geeks take your calls.

Marty Collins joins the geeks for a spotlight on movie making in Santa Cruz. Marty founded the Santa Cruz based Digital Media Factory which is housed in the old Wrigley's building which has bandwidth, space and a factory feel to produce digital content.

Spammer X, author of Inside the SPAM Cartel published by Syngress, talked with the Geeks about the deviousness of SPAM.

Gary Guseinov, CEO of eblocs.com, talks with geeks Miles Elam, Sean Cleveland and host Lyle Troxell about SpyWare, Adware and other technically offensive behaviors and, of course, how to protect your computer and identity.

The Geeks talk about geek-type gifts and take calls.

Chris Dunphy, our San Francisco correspondent, joins the Geeks for a discussion of handheld technology, a spot of geek news and to take calls.

Some GeekNews and taking calls from listenrs about technolgy and their computer problems.