Tag: PODCASTS

If you named your dog Spike, dream of vacationing in Sunnydale, and never quite got over what happened to Jenny Calendar, then you'll love the gem of a podcast we've uncovered for you. Buffy Between the Lines is original fan fic written and produced by a group of volunteers who probably know more about Xander, Willow, and Buffy than Joss Whedon himself. Season One is, as they say, already in the ...

We spend a lot of time in front of our computers. But when we finally step away, you know what we like to do? Relax with a good book. No, just kidding! We download digital media from our computers and enjoy it on the go. With that in mind, today we're starting an occasional series bringing you reviews of some of our favorite audio and video podcasts. We're going to try to avoid the big names at ...

Podcast aggregator and search engine Odeo is beta testing a new web site, and from what we've seen so far, it's a vast improvement over Odeo's existing page. The first thing you'll notice (if you're invited to join the beta after signing up for an invite), is a new, cleaner look that makes it easier to find featured podcasts and browse by categories. But much more impressive is the new search ...

And we're back! After a brief hiatus (sorry about that!), the Squadcast returns, this time with tips on how to trick out your WordPress install to make it as "bloggerrific" as possible. Grant and Christina catch up with uber-WordPresser Alex King to talk about why so many bloggers swear by WordPress. The Squadcast's The Five takes a look at five of Download Squad's favorite WordPress plugins. ...

Too busy campaigning in South Carolina to read Download Squad this week? We understand. Running for President is tough. Don't worry though, we've got you covered. Tell one of your aides to hold all your calls and take a few to catch up on what's happening around your favorite Squad. Mozilla's 10th Birthday - We baked a cake! Ten years ago this week, Netscape announced that they'd open source the ...

Can you believe the Squadcast is now on episode 10? Well, we're excited anyway. This week Grant and Christina discuss the future of web search, specifically social search. Christina chats up Jason Calacanis from Mahalo to get the inside scoop on social search and its benefits over traditional methods. The Squadcast's "The Five" takes a look at five of Download Squad's favorite social search tools ...

digg_url = "http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/01/21/five-smart-sex-podcasts/";Like podcasting? Like sex? Like not being spoken to as if you're slightly more intelligent than a paramecium? If you answered "yes" to all three of those questions, here are some podcasts you might enjoy. (Warning to readers. This column both acknowledges the existence of sex, and explores the ways sex and sexuality ...

digg_url = "http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/01/17/miro-gets-refreshed-to-version-1-1-bit-torrent-dramatically-imp/"; The open source, cross-platform video platform, Miro, recently released version 1.1. The new update offers two main improvements. First, Miro has significantly improved BitTorrent performance by giving the user more control and settings for BitTorrent downloads. Miro's ...

Web video is hot and getting easier and easier to use. Grant and Christina talk to Vimeo's dalas verdugo about techniques to make web video look its best and garner attention. The Squadcast's "The Five" takes a look at Download Squad's five favorite applications/web services for editing, exporting and uploading web video. Download this episode (mp4) (iPod, iPhone, Nano, AppleTV, Quicktime, VLC) ...

This week's Squadcast features an interview with one of our own. Kristin Shoemaker joins Grant and Christina to talk about what it takes to switch to Linux and leave Windows behind, for good. Also, we take a look at our five favorite Linux applications for people who've recently switched. Direct replacements for a few of those must-have apps on Windows. More from Download Squad on switching ...

Looking for a good, free podcast aggregator/player for Windows? For a long time, Juice (formerly known as iPodder) was the reigning champ. But it's kind of a pain in the behind to get Juice working with Vista. So we're always looking for a better solution. You can use Miro to download audio podcasts as well as video, but that's sort of like using a tank to drive to the supermarket. Ziepod, on ...

In this episode: The Asus Eee PC : Portable Linux at four-hundred bucks Gmail + IMAP = love. Christina's first week with OS X Leopard Download the Squadcast Subscribe to the Squadcast/Download Squad podcasts Have topics you'd like to see us tackle in future episodes? Corrections? Email the Squadcast team, 'squadcast (at) downloadsquad.com'. ...

Yahoo! is closing down Yahoo! Podcasts on October 31. And the 2-year old site never even got to shed its beta tag. So tragic. The site is actually one of the better podcast directories on the web. Yahoo! has indexed a large number of podcasts, and the site is easy to navigate. There's even a handy player for streaming podcasts without downloading them. But while podcasting was all the rage a few ...

Remember FireAnt? Back in the day, it was known as a hot internet video aggregator. While the trend has shifted toward web video sites like YouTube, or aggregators like Truveo, FireAnt offers a standalone video player/aggregator that lest you download and watch videos without a web browser. You know, kind of like Miro. Actually, come to think of it, FireAnt and Miro's interfaces are remarkably ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Download_Squad_Interview_Free_Software_Foundation_s_Peter_Brown'; As we mentioned on Monday, the Free Software Foundation's Defective by Design campaign against DRM paid the U.K. a visit yesterday with protests outside the BBC's London and Manchester locations against the use of Microsoft DRM technology in their highly debated iPlayer software. The ...