Join Host Steve, and co-hosts Roland Fiedler, as they talk about security and vulnerabilities of the week, here on Episode 35 of Friday Free For All!

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Here you can watch my review of the Lilliput UM-70 7″ USB Monitor. Also here is the direct link for the Snow Leopard Drivers. Enjoy!

Unboxing of the Lilliput UM-70 7″ USB Monitor, Courtesy of ThinkGeek

Windows 7

Well you are all probably wondering my thoughts on Microsoft’s latest release. Windows 7. Now we all have been wondering is this going to be the downfall of the empire, the final nail in Microsoft’s coffin? Or will this be a chance for Microsoft’s’ to redeem themselves. Well I stand here today to tell you, yes Microsoft has redeemed themselves. They have put out a snappy, yet elegant operating system.
As you all may know I pre-ordered Windows 7 Home Premium back when it became available in August and actually was contemplating canceling my order to fully support Apple. (I think I drank too much apple cool-aid) Never the less, I kept my pre-order shelled out 75 dollars (pre-order download plus an official Windows 7 disk being mailed) which all in all after what I paid for vista when it came out, wasn’t bad. At first glance on the first machine I installed it on, I was a bit hesitant. I did a complete format install and not an upgrade as they recommend. Who upgrades Windows? Anyways, low and behold, everything went smooth in installing Windows 7 64bit. All the drivers were found. All the hardware was excepted. Viola, I was back up and running and installing my software in about 30 minutes. That was all done on my Dell Optiplex 740 AMD 64X2 2 GB of Ram 2.3ghz processor. (continue reading…)