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Latest News from CES 2010!

theferf — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:44:27 +0000

CES 2010

Well, it’s that time of year again folks… CES 2010! This is when all of the technology nerds from around the globe, including Nokia, Sony, Microsoft, Panasonic, Griffin Technology and more) descend upon Las Vegas and show off the latest and greatest technology. It is every nerds nirvana… the place to see the latest gadgets before anyone else on the planet gets to. The problem is, not all of us can afford the time off nor the admission to attend the event. Well, thats not a problem any longer. Check out any of the shows below and stay up to date with whats going on at the 2010 Computer Electronics Show!

Podcasts Covering CES 2010

PC World Podcast – Join the editors of PC World, America’s leading computing magazine, for an irreverent round table discussion of tech happenings. Each week, our editors duke it out with each other as they chat about the hottest new products, the most important new sites, and the latest technology trends that you care about.

The Cell Phone Junkies – The Cell Phone Junkie talks about cell phones, and cell phone providers. Each show features news, reviews and questions from listeners.

The 404 – from CNET – The 404 is where…well…you won’t find much of anything to help you stay connected to the latest news. You will, however, find three guys who are obsessed with tech talking about music, movies, games, and anything else in pop culture that uses technology.

Geek Brief TV – GeekBrief.com is a video podcast featuring the gadget loving hottie, Cali Lewis. The hottest gadget news is delivered to you in 3-5 minute shows 2-5 days a week.

Engadget – Gadget and Technology site Engadget’s podcast

This Week in Tech Live @CES – Get the latest info from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Hosted by Leo Laporte, Dr. Kiki, and all your friends from TWiT.

Tech5 – Born out of a demand for still more experts talking up technology. Designed to keep you on the right track.

Geek News Central – A tech show for the common man. A twice weekly show of, commentary, and news that cover mportant isssues that effect you. We find the news that is important so you don’t have to.

About CES

The International CES is produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the consumer technology industry. CEA represents more than 2,000 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products. All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy.

Featured 5 Podcasts – A Christmas Special!

theferf — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:54:21 +0000

This is the special Christmas edition of the Podcast Alley Featured 5! Check out the shows below to get your mix of holiday music (traditional and… not so traditional), Christmas stories, Christmas video from Europe and more!

1. PodSafe Christmas
Do you get tired of the same old Christmas music being played in continuous loop on your local radio station? Are you looking for something that gets you in the Christmas mood without becoming overwhelming by the time you actually GET to Christmas? Podsafe Christmas gets you into that Christmas spirit with a quick shot of Christmas music every day during the Christmas season. Each 15-20 minute episode brings you new original and public domain Christmas songs that you often won?t hear anywhere else.

2. Christmas Stocking Podcast
Celebrating the happiest time of year, all year long. Listen to the latest summertime episode!

3. Rick Steves’ European Christmas
Rick Steves’ European Christmas gives viewers a look at sacred, intimate family Christmas traditions. From England to Norway, Burgundy to Bavaria, Rome to the top of the Swiss Alps, locals brimming with holiday cheer celebrate Christmas in seven European countries, including a very memorable Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peters in Rome.

4. Christmas Through a Child’s Eyes
Gather 30 children between the ages of 5 and 10 in a classroom at Christmastime… and what do you get? Some really cute points of view about the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas Through A Child’s Eyes.

5. A Childs Christmas In Wales by Matthew Harris
Choral Cantata based on the much loved memoir by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (from A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas, 1956 by New Directions. Used by permission), composed by Matthew Harris and premiered in this performance by the Harmonium Choral Society of Morristown, NJ, USA, Dr. Anne Matlack, Director of Music.

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Featured 5 Podcasts for the Week of November 2nd

theferf — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:30:42 +0000

Another great collection for you this week featuring great shows from the Mevio Network. These are the featured 5 for the week of November 2, 2009.

1. The C-Realm Podcast
C stands for consciousness. Each week, host KMO interviews knowledgeable folks on topics related to entheogens and the Drug War, the notion of a technological singularity, and small-scale alternative agriculture.

2. The Chronic Rift Podcast
Clinically Proven to Do Nothing

3. The Liverpool Stories Podcast
We cover a wide variety of quality stories in a short documentary style covering music, personal stories, events around the city. New episodes are published 2 – 3 times a month.

4. The Nerd Stalker Podcast
Nerd Stalker covers all things tech with an emphasis on startups, research labs, conferences, meetups, and design houses.

5. Trip on a Deal Podcast
Trip on a Deal is a weekly show featuring unique vacation ideas and hard to beat travel deals across the web. Informative, fun and loaded with bargains, destinations and entertainment … all in just five minutes a week! Whew!

Featured 5 Podcasts for the Week of October 12th

theferf — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:12:37 +0000

Another great collection for you this week featuring shows about music, pediatric health, living naturally and much, much more. These are the featured 5 for the week of October 12, 2009!

1. Pediatrics for Parents
Learn the latest on childrens health and hear interviews with childrens health experts.

2. TechVi Show
Your source for timely, accurate, informative and entertaining interviews, TechVi talks to technology newsmakers and reporters to get to the bottom of today’s headlines.

3. Burrito Electrico TV
This is the weekly companion to the Burrito Electrico Audio Show where each week your host THE SnyderMan will bring you NEW and Classic Videos from several Genres of the Music World. Including Punk, Rock N Roll, Ska, HardCore, Street punk, Oi!, Power Pop, Horror punk, PsychoBilly and every thing in between.

4. 2Soon Radio
We believe no topic, person, crime, catastrophe or tragedy is above being mocked. As The Joker said, “This town needs an enema.” We are that enema.

5. Healthy Inner Beauty
In this show Marianne Bridgeman, Holistic Health Coach and Natural Food Chef, will help people understand what they are truly eating and doing to their bodies. Marianne packs in 15 minutes (or less) the health benefits of different foods plus helps educate people on the actual contents of packaged foods. For some inspiration, she includes a new affirmation each podcast along with a tip of the week.

Featured 5 Podcasts for the Week of September 21st

theferf — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:00:24 +0000

These podcasts could be the outline for one awesome day! First off, the DaddyCast will get you started honing in on your parenting tips. Follow that up with some exercise and move right into a productive afternoon with the Nasty Grind punk rock show! Relax into the evening activating your brain with computer tips and random news from BitnappingTV and the Average Joe Show. These are your featured 5 for September 21st – 27th, 2009!

1. The DaddyCast
Parenting from the hip. A podcast about being a dad, enjoying my kids, the trials and troubles that 2 sons cause and life within and around being a father. A daddycast for the community for dads and all parents to share advice and stories about raising a family.

2. Get Exercised with Dina Prioste
Certified yoga instructor and actress Dina Prioste demonstrates exercises each week that you can try at home or the office. She often takes breaks to each chocolate and drink tea & sometimes has the help of her friend McDucky. Once in a while she can’t even get into the pose fully, but she always has an exercise for you on Thursday.

3. Nasty Grind
Do it fast, get it quicker with Lord Muck on the Nasty Grind show. Primitive garage, punk, and wild-ass rock’n'roll, part of the amazing GaragePunk.com Podcast network!!

4. BitnappingTV
BitnappingTV is an almost daily show with brief tips and tricks on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. We bring you the stuff that makes you day to day computer life easier.

5. Average Joe Show
Join Corey and Ward as they get together every week and discuss anything that interests them from the news.

Featured 5 Podcasts for the Week of September 7th

theferf — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:22:06 +0000

Here are this weeks featured 5 podcasts… a very random assortment this week, but that is what podcasting is all about, right? Find shows in this collection featuring beauty pageants, politics, nerds and more for the week of September 7th – th, 2009.

1. PageantCast
Commentary, Interviews and News related to Beauty Pageants in the U.S.A. We discuss the ever changing face of pageants in this country and give exposure to the wonderfully talented young women that participate in pageants.

2. GadgetHovel
GadgetHovel is for geeks. Real geeks, Star Trek loving, Zelda playing, buy an Android phone because it’s shiny geeks.

3. The Conservative Fun House
James Wright and Damon Rexroad are two conservative friends who come together weekly for an all out, zany assault on the hypocrisy and idiocy of the liberal left and the spineless waffling of the GOP.

4. The Desperate Hour
What your mildly retarded neighbor would play if he had a decent record collection.

5. Geek Entertainment TV
Geek Entertainment Television explores the world of geeks — from the robot cocktail builder to the crazy cat lady to the segway polo-playing granddaddy of the personal computer to sexbot makers of the future — we go wherever their passions take us!

Featured 5 Podcasts for the Week of August 31

theferf — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:13:24 +0000

Here is another collection of podcasts brought to you by Podcast Alley! In this featured 5 for the week of August 31 – September 6, 2009 we have another round of punk music, political talk and a few other interesting additions. Enjoy!

1. Kevin Trudeau Show
The Kevin Trudeau Show is 3 hours of honest, thought-provoking radio, designed to expose everything “they” don’t want you to know about.

2. Savage Kick
Kopper’s hardboiled show features rough & tumble rock’n'roll of the wild and untamed garage and punk varieties that’ll hit ya like a slug to your noodle. It’s part of the amazing GaragePunk Podcast network. Grab the giggle juice and prepare to get punked.

3. Vertigo Radio Live
In the year 2008, it took on the helm as an alternative news show, reporting on anything that mainstream media was not covering. Drawing from various online sources, Devin Vertigo and his plethora of co-hosts tackle alternative news from technology and bio-enhancements to the supernatural and UFOs.

4. ByteStyle
News, politics, technology & food tips for free living. Shelly Roche is a regular guest on Freedom Watch w/ Judge Nap, Peter Schiff & Ron Paul. She founded Plenticulture, + is CTO for BreakTheMatrix, a liberty-oriented media site.

5. Everything Blah
So what is Everything Blah you ask…well it is just what the title states. Everything…It is 5 guys that sit around and talking about anything from Tech news to how many spec’s are on a ceiling tile.

Featured 5 Podcasts for the Week of August 24th

theferf — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:17:44 +0000

Another exciting collection of podcasts brought to you by Podcast Alley! In this featured 5 for the week of August 24 – 30, 2009 we have shows that cover yoga, music, sci-fi, pets and b-movies. Enjoy!

1. YogaDownload.com – 20 Minute Yoga Sessions
YogaDownload.com brings you 20 minute online yoga sessions to help you relax, become more centered and bring balance to your body, mind and soul. Take 20 minutes for yourself today and watch your day instantly improve.

2.Cult of UHF
Free BMovies hosted by the Reverend oldschool UHF style!

3. DogCast Radio
DogCast Radio is a Podcast and Internet Radio station BY dog lovers, FOR dog Lovers. News, reviews, interviews and more.

4.The Grey Corridor
The Grey Corridor is the video blog of Woods Ulmann, a FICTIONAL character who documents his experiences with aliens and alien abduction.

5. The House of Wild Delights
A twisted retarded podcast full of wild, savage rock’n'roll hosted by The Screamin’ Soul Preacher from the GaragePunk Podcast Network.

Featured 5 Podcasts for the Week of August 10-16

theferf — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:48:40 +0000

Alright folks, here it is! The featured 5 podcasts for the second week of August 2009. Another collection of random shows covering punk music, general nerd-ery, home cooking and more. Enjoy this collection, and if you have recommendations for the PCA Featured 5, leave them in the comments or send them to info at podcastalley.com!

1. The Mal Thursday Show
Direct from Austin, Texas, Mal Thursday spins the greatest garage rock nuggets from the ’60s to today. Theme shows include the three-part “Ballad of Mal Thursday,” and the two-part “All Kindsa Girls” and “Riot on Sunset Strip Revisited.”

2. TheResident
The Resident is dedicated to bucking the mainstream media, one issue at a time. Produced since 2000 as a way to express her extreme annoyance with the mainstream media and society in general. Call it therapy, if you will.

3. Cooking With Kat SD
Going to homes and kitchens of people across the country and learning to cook their family favorites. This is REAL People and REAL Cooking. They are dedicated to showcasing the best in home cooking and family recipes.

4. TheSocialGeeks
Join TheSocialGeeks as we discuss, analyze and poke fun at the changing world of social networking. In round table and site review format we cover what works, what fails and what is needed in the future.

5. iCorey’s Tech Hijack
Taking 3-4 random tech stories and/or rumors and discussing them, with opinions, in 10 minutes or less. Quick, simple and to the point Podcast released one to two times a week.

Tech, Music & Woodworking – Featured Podcasts for Manly Men

theferf — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:55:34 +0000

Men rejoice! Another installment of the Featured 5 from Podcast Alley is upon us, and this one is for the manly man. With shows covering tech, urban music news and woodworking… these are sure hits for the real men out there (and for a few ladies I know, too). Checkout the hand-picked selection below and maybe you will find something new to love.

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1. Urban Music News
If you are in to hip hop or rap music, or you are just intrigued by the urban culture, you are going to want to tune into the Urban Music News video podcast. Your host, Greg Nice, dishes out the most up to date news about Hip Hop, Soul and Reggae cultures.

2. Bootcamp, A Report on Computers and Technology
Bootcamp, a 90 second report broadcast on Bloomberg Radio, contains a wide assortment of reviews and interviews. Technology correspondent Fred Fishkin talks about the latest trends, the people behind the products and some of the off-beat things you can find online…like his own TechTales!

3. Too Smart Guys
How to videos and reviews on the latest mods for the PSP, iPhone, Xbox 360, PS3 and Apple TV presented by two regular guys who live in a rural town in the middle of Wyoming USA. The show is vastly user-created taking tutorials and suggestions from the audience and fans.

4. The Wood Whisperer
This video podcast offers a refreshing look at an age-old craft. Marc delivers solid woodworking advice with a sense of humor. The show is funny, unapologetic, and smart. Its woodworking with a twist!!

5. The T4 Show
This is a technology podcast for those seeking cutting-edge data presented in a down-to-earth manner. Get product reviews as well as tips and tricks, new product unboxing and much more!