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What's going on?
- Whew. 2009 didn't trigger the apocalypse either. Zombie, nuclear or anything else.
- Mike is still playing too much Fallout 3
- Two Guys Tech hopes that The Evil Queen feels better
- Art and Mike may be on the CSTechCast on the 12th. We're at least going to visit. CSTechCast is another Podcast here in Colorado Springs. Here's the promo.
- Art is listening to more Scott Sigler.

This day in Computer History

January 8, 1889 - Herman Hollerith Receives a Patent for the Hollerith Tabulating Machine
January 8, 1940 - Bell Labs' Complex Computer makes the first run
January 10, 1938 - Donald Knuth is Born
January 12, 1997 - The Fictional HAL 9000 Computer Becomes Operational
January 13, 1874 - The U.S. Patent Office issues a patent for the Spalding Adding Machine.

News / Topics

- Mike's kids got Lego Batman for Christmas - It's pretty cool, you can play in two different stories, either as Batman and Robin, or as the villains.
- Contagious' sales figures - It's down to #11 in horror. It was #3 when I looked on release day.
- Speaking of Scott Sigler, we're going to the book signing on the 13th.
- Modem Init Strings - UAC isn't always so intuitive.
- Don't scare your hard drives
- Debunked PC Power Saving Myths
- MD5 SSL Certificate Authority Exploit
Used 200 Sony Playstations? - ComputerWorld
- The Windows Defender Post has been helping out some people.

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Back in November I posted a wallpaper from Fallout 3, and mentioned how I was going to have to wait a bit to get it. Well, evidently I’ve been a good boy, because Santa gave it to me for Christmas.

Steam Holiday Sale

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Steam is selling lots of great games at some pretty sweet discounts. So if Santa didn’t bring you what you wanted, then check out this sale.

One thing I really like about Steam is that you don’t need a CD for the games that you buy, and you can install from the internet.

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This wallpaper is titled “Marine”, and is available on the StarCraft 2 Wallpaper Page.

Even though I’ve been totally wrapped up with wiping the undead horde off of the earth (Left 4 Dead), I can still look to the stars for my next mission.

Looking for my thumb on Wallpaper Tuesday

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(Clicking on the picture above brings you to the forum post which has this wallpaper, and another, in various sizes) Thanks to Brotkruemel who posted this on the Left 4 Dead Forums Web site.

Surviving on Wallpaper Tuesday

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Yes, I’m going to stop posting about left 4 dead today. Well, eventually. :-)

Since the game is released today, I figured it’s only fitting to use one of their wallpapers for my desktop.

If you go to the Left 4 Dead Media page, you’ll see 4 wallpapers on the bottom right. The one I chose is titled “Survivors”.

Hope you guys enjoy it, and make sure to watch your back.

Well, it looks like I was right about the demo, mine says “pre-load complete” now, and when I double click on it, I receive the message that “a locked copy for Left 4 Dead has already been installed on your computer. Purchase it now and start playing immediately”. Oh well.

Left 4 Dead, 1st impressions

A new City for Your Desktops

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Sorry folks, it’s been a bit since I posted a picture for Wallpaper Tuesday and today I came to a point where I was just absolutely sick of pumpkins, so I had to change my wallpaper. I’ll get back on track with Wallpaper Tuesday next week.

Show 030: Rewriting history.
November 5th, 2008

Alternate titles:

  1. This isn't NT4!

I'm Mike, and I'm Art, and your listening to the Two Guys Tech Podcast. Each week we talk about various geek and tech topics.

Two Guys Tech is a proud member of Tech Podcast Network. You can find us, and lots of other great shows at www.techpodcasts.com. We'd also like to thank Mevio for hosting our files, they save us a ton of money.

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This week in Computer History
November 6th 1980 - Microsoft Signs Contract with IBM to Create Operating System
November 8th, 1923 - Integrated Circuit Co-Inventor Jack Kilby is Born in Jefferson City, MO.
November 10th 1983 - Microsoft Introduces Windows

News
- Trojan steals 500k bank info records
- Fallout 3 is out, and it sounds like it's really good!
- Mac users can watch instantly on Netflix now.
- Google may walk away from Yahoo! deal.

Promo
Sigler Book tour
Oh yea! Sigler is coming to Denver! Let me know if you're going, I know I am.

Topic
Azure and Windows 7

Azure - Windows Cloud
- Microsoft Unleashes the cloud - "Azure Cloud Brings Uncertaintity for the Admin"
Cloud computing isn't all azure skies
Ray Ozzie Has His Head in The Clouds

Windows 7
Windows 7 Preview - Part 2 - Part 3 -
Some enhancements
- New Taskbar
- JumpLists
- New notification rules
- Re-vamped explorer

Windows 7's best secret feature