David J. Rysz Talks Tech

Wednesday
03Mar2010

iPhone / iTunes bug

DateWednesday, March 3, 2010 at 12:13PM

I rarely sync my iPhone to my computer. I prefer to download new podcasts over wifi. There seems to be a bug with multiple versions of the iPhone OS where during the download of several podcasts, something happens and you end up losing all of your music. The symptom is the iTunes application may crash and when ou restart you see "please wait updating iTunes library". After that message goes away you still have your podcasts but any songs you had are now missing. They still exist because they are taking up space still but the index seems to have gotten corrupted and as a result the music is inacessible. The only solution I have found is to sync with my computer to put all my music back on. I have seen in the Apple forums other people complaining of the same issue. Until Apple fixes this problem I am Going to download one podcast at a time and don't try and play any music or podcasts until the download completes.

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Tuesday
16Feb2010

Some great technology related podcasts

DateTuesday, February 16, 2010 at 6:33PM

I have a few podcasts I regularly listen to relating to the tech industry. Here are my favorite ways of catching up with the tech world:

  1. This Week In Tech - Leo Laporte and a motley assortment of guests discuss the weekly tech news.

  2. Buzz Out Loud - The amazing Tom Merritt and Molly Wood along with others discuss Tech news daily.
  3. Security Now - Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte talk computer security.
  4. Windows Weekly - Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott talk about Microsoft products and Paul's obsession with Modern Warfare 2.
  5. Cranky Geeks - John C. Dvorak and his crew of cranks give a different perspective on the weekly tech news.

I have a few others I listen to from time to time but these are the five I listen to the most.  Check them out on iTunes or visit their websites to have a listen I think you will enjoy them.

 

 

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Wednesday
10Feb2010

Google Buzz

DateWednesday, February 10, 2010 at 6:03PM

Google Buzz seems to have come out of nowhere. I hadn't heard any of the usual tech pundits who had any foreknowledge of this new feature. I had just blogged the other day that I thought Google Wave was a flop and maybe Google should take some of the Wave features and plug them into Gmail. Of course since I use Gmail for Domains I don't have access to Buzz features yet but Google has said it will be rolled out this year.  For now I have to use my old Gmail account to play with it. So far it seems very much like Twitter and Friend Feed. I need to explore more before I can say anything else.

Buzz ya later!

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Thursday
04Feb2010

Rysztory - Bulletin Board Systems

DateThursday, February 4, 2010 at 7:02PM

Ok I have been sitting on this post for quite some time. I promised in the last installment of the Rysztory of the Commodore 64 I would discuss modems and describe what a BBS was.

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Wednesday
11Nov2009

Google Wave

DateWednesday, November 11, 2009 at 5:05PM

I finally received my Google Wave invite and sent invites to some friends to test it out. Wave looks promising but it is so far from being ready it makes it difficult to really form a proper opinion. It crashes often and doesn't come with many gadgets yet. I am also unable to use my Gmail for domains account. You have to have a normal Gmail account. It is really annoying to have to use two different email accounts in the Google Universe.

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