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AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk

803 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings

Everything awesome in the world of technology, social media, and entertainment! Join us as we discuss the latest gadgets, web sites, and talk with people doing awesome things in tech! www.AwesomeCast.net

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Episode 104: AwesomeCast 104: White Enriched Wonderbook

June 05, 2012 23:00 - 48 minutes - 90.3 MB

We are back to basics as Rob de la Cretaz returns after his New Orleans trip to talk E3. We break down Xbox Smart Glass, WiiU's controller methods, and try to figure out how Sony's Wonderbook is good for anyone. All of this and more! Join us live Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. EST onlive.sorgatronmedia.com! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with news, th...

Episode 103: AwesomeCast 103: I Donâ??t Want to Live in a World Like That

May 29, 2012 23:00 - 48 minutes - 91.1 MB

We are joined by fellow insertcointobegin.com staffer Frank Chynoweth, AKA @Fuzzwad, as we talk about the news fit to pontificate, including Google finally pushing an update to the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, the first video from Google Glass prototypes, Googleâ??s new Chromebook and Chromebox, Facebook wants to dabble in phones, browsers, and home invasions, Russians want to go to the moonâ?¦baseâ?¦, Obama wants some online updates, Steve Ballmerâ??s sweet 80 inch Windows 8 tablet, and the guy who...

Episode 102: AwesomeCast 102: Find My Lokay

May 22, 2012 23:00 - 52 minutes - 60.8 MB

We are joined by our very own Burgher in Beantown, Jim Lokay this week. The show kicks off with a touching story about a man, and his iPad's journey throughout the Northeast. That heartwrenching story is followed-up by an e-mail from our Southern compatriot, AJ, as we do an East Coast comparison of cable service. In a related story, we touch upon news of Comcast raising their data caps in test markets. While we're on the topic of customer service and data usages, we segue into discussions of ...

Episode 101: AwesomeCast 101: Your Face is Glitchy

May 15, 2012 23:00 - 52 minutes - 49.1 MB

We have a Carman! John Carman joins us for this week's episode as we talk this week's things geek. We start off the show with a story about a man, a man who installed mini magnets into his wrist, mini magnets that will hold his iPod Nano! As if that story isn't awesome enough, we follow it up with another man's quest to make the voyage to the stars in the Starship Enterprise a reality! Yes, you read that right. There is a man who has designs to build the Starship Enterprise! As if the Enterpr...

Episode 100: AwesomeCast 100: Not About Food Network

May 09, 2012 00:30 - 1 hour - 37.1 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are joined by a couple of the longer running guests, Mike Pound and Cynthia Closkey. We touch on everything from Xbox 360 $99 subs, what could save Nintendo, the Google Maps Cube game, Discovery purchasing Revision3, Hulu's anti cord cutting measures, Kinect holograms, Google Hangout On Air launches, and much more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As...

Episode 99: AwesomeCast 99: SplotchyMango85

April 24, 2012 23:00 - 57 minutes - 27 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are revisiting the iTunes in app purchasing and kids matter with new lawsuits surfacing, the Internet Hall of Fame, James Cameron, and others, going to space to mine asteroids, and where the space program has gone, and Google Driveâ??s just launched and itâ??s already making some people mad. Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime i...

Episode 98: AwesomeCast 98: Tupac. Youâ??re my only hope.

April 17, 2012 23:30 - 59 minutes - 27.8 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg get feedback on the Windows Phone and Google Glass discussions from the week before, dive into a first look at what CISPA is about, talk about cord cutting and the culture shift happening along with it, Hulu Plusâ??s 2 Million subscribers, and more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with news, thoughts, or comments at Conta...

Episode 97: AwesomeCast 97: Robots Cure Cancer. And Lasers.

April 10, 2012 23:00 - 1 hour - 31.5 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are joined by Will Rutherford of Monster Haiku, Thoughtful Riot, and Wrestling Mayhem Show to talk about cancer robots, the $1 Billion Instagram purchase by Facebook, Robâ??s tip for departing Instagram, Lumina 900 flubbed launch, Marvelâ??s play at Augmented Reality and Digital first comics, Netflix and Pandora blocking at work, and much more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube...

Episode 96: AwesomeCast 96: Tin Hats for the Common Man

April 03, 2012 23:00 - 52 minutes - 24.8 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are back again for this weekâ??s episode. We even get a sneak peek at Robâ??s work facilities, as heâ??s live from the undisclosed location of awesome! Prior to today, Instagram has been populated by IOS users â?? but today, the Android market is taking over. And, itâ??s driving Rob nuts! We find out that Sorg is picky about who he follows on Twitter. With the recent news about Ashton Kutcher being picked to portray Steve Jobs, we of course have to make a mention of it. ...

Episode 95: AwesomeCast 95: Turkey Baconopedia

March 27, 2012 23:00 - 1 hour - 31.3 MB

It's Ladies' Night on AwesomeCast! Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are joined by Chris Unger, Jen Houtz, and Missy Sorg for this week's episode. We start off the show with a brief discussion about the lack of ladies in tech. In our search for current lady tech stories, we stumble upon a notable article from a year ago touching upon women in tech. From there we move to the XBox Live update which opens TV content like HBO to the XBox community, and Comcast's streaming XBox video without counting against ...

Episode 94: AwesomeCast 94: Taking Plurk Back

March 20, 2012 23:00 - 1 hour - 80.9 MB

Rob is in the hizzouse! After a hiatus filled with all sorts of tech, Rob joins Sorg and Chachi for this week's episode. Our guest for tonight is John Chichilla. We start off the show with traveler tales from Rob as he recaps his visit to SXSW where he did some exhibit work for Pepsico! Chachi gets a little jealous and recaps his own tech travels for work this week too. Chilla shows off his new toy - an iPad 3. How many hot spots are too many hot spots? We have some speculations this week. Be...

Episode 93: AwesomeCast 93: Big Brother is Tweeting You

March 13, 2012 23:00 - 1 hour - 28.3 MB

Sorg and Chachi are back and joined in studio by Ben Paul of CommuniTeach to talk about the concept and how the site came to be. Bryan Snyder joins us once again as well as we discuss his thoughts on Windows 8 so far, whether Onlive Desktop is in trouble with Microsoft licenses, and just how complicated they can get, weather the latest iPad is worth it, and the status symbols they represent, whether T-Mobile's want for killing subsidies will matter, the addiction that is Draw Something, and m...

Episode 92: AwesomeCast 92: EA Purgatory

March 07, 2012 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MB

Sorg and Chachi are running this week's show, while Rob is away working on his various projects. Joining the guys this week is Mike Pound, a local techie and news hound. We continue with our iPad 3 speculations, and we transition from Apple to Windows 8! We're sure you want to tune in to hear Chachi's discoveries and revelations about Windows 8 (from his perspective as an IT professional, of course), but that's not all. We delve into the AT&T throttling issue, which hit home for Missy this we...

Episode 91: AwesomeCast 91: Let Me Show You My Phone Camera

February 29, 2012 00:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MB

Sorg and Rob are joined by Shawn Graham and Norm Huelsman as we talk about the iPad announcement coming up next week, revisit Pinterest with a particular comparison to Tumblr, talk about Norm's stolen phone and AT&T's response, how an AT&T customer (not Norm) fought AT&T and won, and more! As an added bonus, the guys (with some assistance from the newly titled intern, Missy) talk to Justin Mares from Roommatefit.com, a current Alpha Lab company, to discuss the E-Harmony-like roommate selectio...

Episode 90: AwesomeCast 90: 60% increase in RAWR...

February 22, 2012 00:00 - 47 minutes - 55.1 MB

Chachi, and Sorg are joined by the newly minted Jersey Boy, cartoonist and animator Mulango Akpo-Esambe as we tackle the tough topics. Tough topics like Korea putting time limits and curfews on gaming, thoughts on the Playstation Vita, the latest efforts by Comcast to combat Netflix, and what chance it has, Google's security issues, Mac OS X Mountain Lion, and more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube...

Episode 89: AwesomeCast 89: Pinned

February 15, 2012 00:00 - 1 hour - 28.9 MB

Missy, Chachi, and Sorg are spending Valentine's Day with the AwesomeCast audience as talk about the news, as they convince the worthwhileness of Pinterest, whether Myspace's resurgance matters, Sorg beats someone's score on Angry Birds Facebook, Mattel's iPad play, Nebraska trying real hard to be techie, and dirty music ways... Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always,...

Episode 88: AwesomeCast 88: Monster Haiku

February 08, 2012 00:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are joined by Team Monster Haiku, Josh and Rachel Sager and Will Rutherford, to talk about the Monster Haiku project, an illustrated poem book with all proceeds going to the March of Dimes. We talk about the process, social media ramp up, and legal issues leading to the launch. We also talk with Josh about his experience working with iBooks Author thus far and the recent change to the EULA. We also talk about the Super Bowl ads effect on the geeks, including Godaddy's co...

Episode 87: AwesomeCast 87: Panhandling with Square

February 01, 2012 00:00 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MB

Rob and Sorg are joined again by Norm Huelsman of iTwixie.com, as well as new AwesomeCaster, Shawn Graham to talk about more of the MegaUpload fallout, how good life is for Apple, Square's uses by hobos, and much more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with news, thoughts, or comments at [email protected] or 724-25-A-CAST.

Episode 86: AwesomeCast 86: Unacknowledged By Chachi

January 25, 2012 00:00 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MB

Chachi, and Sorg are joined again by Bryan Snyder, fresh off a temporary unemployment, as we talk about the SOPA fall out, the MegaUpload raids, iBooks updates for education, just how big is Apple's cash pile, and more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with news, thoughts, or comments at [email protected] or 724-25-A-CAST.

Episode 85: AwesomeCast 85: Angry Nerds Unite!

January 18, 2012 00:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are joined again by Cynthia Closkey of Big Big Design to talk about all the craziness of SOPA on the eve of the big blackout of January 18 and tear apart the bill and what we can do about it. We also touch on the Google Personalized Search questions, Zappos getting hacked, the rise of viewers on Hulu Plus and BBC iPlayer, but the pause of Microsoft's TV service, and much more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and ...

Episode 84: AwesomeCast 84: Go Lay Down

January 11, 2012 00:00 - 1 hour - 31.4 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are absorbing all of the CES news along with fellow gadget enthusiasts AJ Kuftic and John Chichilla as we talk Microsoftâ??s positioning, Cloud computing, Myspace in your TVs, GoogleTV in the rest of your TVs, Onlive Desktop, Windows Metro, and much more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with news, thoughts, or comments at...

Episode 83: AwesomeCast 83: Overbearing Google+

January 04, 2012 00:00 - 59 minutes - 27.8 MB

Chachi, and Sorg are back in the new year, and joined by Bryan Snyder to talk all the tech news fit to talk about. We talk with Tom Rockwell, AKA Devo Spice, about his Kickstarter to put out a new iOS game, what Godaddy and SOPA mean to the average user, what some industrious hackerz are looking to do to get above the SOPA situation, whether Google+ is working out for everyone, Internet Explorer 6 is finally gone...or is it? and much more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure...

Episode 82: AwesomeCast 82: #LokayWHOA

December 21, 2011 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are all in studio and joined by Norm Huelsman of iTwixie, the recently relocated Jim Lokay, and Josh Sager. We start to drink and reminisce on the year, and what could be in store for 2012 in some surprisingly serious tech talk. Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with news, thoughts, or comments at [email protected] or...

Episode 81: AwesomeCast 81: Price Checked

December 14, 2011 00:00 - 1 hour - 29.3 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are tackling a slow news week and talking about the new Xbox update, Ultraviolet's troubles, what's missing to make you want to use small businesses, barcode scanners, Hulu face match, and more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with news, thoughts, or comments at [email protected] or 724-25-A-CAST.

Episode 80: AwesomeCast 80: Not Available on Compact Disc

December 07, 2011 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.5 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are joined by AJ Kuftic to talk Xbox updates, EA online codes expire, the death of the compact disc, the validity of the Amazon Kindle's success, and who needs in, Spotify's apps fall flat, Carrier IQ isn't that big of a deal, and much more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with news, thoughts, or comments at Contact@Aweso...

Episode 79: AwesomeCast 79: I'm No Turkey Scientist...

November 30, 2011 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.5 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are joined in studio by Josh Sager to talk about the "death" of Flash in his field, why Joe Lieberman is so sad, iTunes Match experiences, Google blocking pirates in some ways, Siri hacks, and much more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with news, thoughts, or comments at [email protected] or 724-25-A-CAST.

Episode 78: AwesomeCast 78: Errant Seed

November 23, 2011 00:00 - 1 hour - 74 MB

Chachi, and Sorg welcome back Cynthia Closkey, President of Big Big Design, to talk about her time at NeXT and brushes with Steve Jobs in the ongoing wake of the death and book of Jobs. We also pontificate on whether you have to be a dick to make it in business, Google Music, Occupy Flash, the Futures of Entertainment conference, Click a Cow, and more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku,...

Episode 77: AwesomeCast 77: Muppets for Government

November 16, 2011 00:00 - 56 minutes - 52.7 MB

Chachi, and Sorg are joined by Jardon Parker and Heru Adon of the Technothusiasts to tak the Awesome Tech News of the day. We talk iTunes Match, the smartphone gaming takeover, Chachi enters the Xbox 360 world, Nebraska, T-Mobile defectors, GoogleTV, the death of Flash and Silverlight, uses for Google Hangout, and more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can ...

Episode 75: AwesomeCast 75: The Get Your S*&t Together Coalition

November 01, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are joined by John Chamberlin of Yajagoff.com to tell us about the site and some of the charity they're doing over there. We ask ourselves what's next if the Mac Pros disappear, the Red Box price hikes, revisit the final fall of Zediva, Street View for parks bringing us to Wall-E, and we all agree with Justin Bieber (about stupid streaming laws), propose our new law writing service, and much more. Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTun...

Episode 74: AwesomeCast 74: You got your iOS 5 in my Ice Cream Sandwich

October 25, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 28.5 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are joined again by Norm Huelsman, Marketing Manager at Alphalab alumni iTwixie as we tackle feedback, take a look at our demo of Ubi Soft's upcoming Shoot Many Robots, decide on if we're going to watch the Steve Jobs book, whether Android's Ice Cream Sandwich update will matter, Netflix's latest subscriber woes, iOS 5 issues, and more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee,...

Episode 73: AwesomeCast 73: Take This Lollipop

October 18, 2011 23:00 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are joined by Brett Wiewiora of OnlyinPGH.com and Zach Rizza of Wrestling Mayhem Show to talk the new iPhone 4S, play with Siri, check out Take This Lollipop, and ponder the point it makes. We also show a video from New York Comic Con where we see a demo of Crave 3D at the Realusion booth where they're motion capturing with Microsoft Kinect units. Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouT...

Episode 72: AwesomeCast 72: Good Bye, Friend...

October 11, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 33.5 MB

Rob, Chachi, and Sorg are joined by AJ to talk about the bungling of Netflix, the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 promises, Facebook finally arriving on iPad, and we look at the effect of the passing of Uncle Steve... Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with news, thoughts, or comments at [email protected] or 724-25-A-CAST.

Episode 71: AwesomeCast 71: Itâ??s nice...but it does a weird thing...

October 04, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 71.2 MB

Without trusty co-host Rob, the ACasters experiment by bringing in chat roomers on Google Hangout. They help as we answer your email to tackle the Amazon Kindle vs iPad, the government making your streaming a crime, learning what "Let's Play" videos are, who's taking your 3D glasses away, TV on your Xbox, and some little thing called an iPhone 4S.

Episode 70: AwesomeCast 70: Grandpa Rob says...

September 27, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 31.8 MB

We are live from Podcamp Pittsburgh 6! Rob, Mike, and Chachi are surly tonight, and laying into Netflix and Quickster's separation, why Amazon's new Prime video announcement and Android tablet will not matter, updates to Google + and Facebook, Chachi's tech disappointment list, and more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with news, thoughts, or ...

Episode 69: AwesomeCast 69: Squishy When I Sit

September 18, 2011 18:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

We are live from Podcamp Pittsburgh 6! Rob, Mike, and Chachi recap their thoughts on the weekend's events of Social Media Unconferencing! We talk to Mike Pound AKA Uncle Crappy of the Beaver County Times about his thoughts and how his Trolls session went, the Doppleganger of @lonelysandwich AKA Matt from I Prefer Booze Hound, Carla Swank of Yahoo's Rivals.com, Norm Huelsman of Stromhuelsman Podcast and iTwixie.com, have our friends Beth Albert and Christopher Beech of ThickBikes help continue...

Episode 68: AwesomeCast 68: What's a Chiptune?

September 13, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 32.3 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, and Michael Sorg and Tony â??Chachiâ?? Walker have invited on a Baltimore Comic Con booth neighbor, DJ Cutman, developer of the finest in chiptune beats. We talk to him about his process, what is a chiptune, the whole video game music scene, reception, and much more! We also tackle some of the stories and discussions or the week including GameStop's prospective Android tablet, how is Nintendo really doing, a Flash game pushing iOS to the limits, Kevin Smith's new movie model...

Episode 67: AwesomeCast 67: Jim Carrey Tech Clairvoyant

September 06, 2011 23:00 - 56 minutes - 52.8 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, and Michael Sorg and Tony “Chachi” Walker are talking Awesome as they pontificate on the death of our Postal System, the potential of an Amazon Tablet runnng Android, the road bumps in the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, how you get your games, and how many times, weird iPhone 5 stories, and more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with ...

Episode 66: AwesomeCast 66: Steve Jobs Dedication Ceremony

August 30, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 30.3 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, and Michael Sorg and Tony â??Chachiâ?? Walker are joined by Baltimore Comic Con booth mate Mulango Akpo-Esambe of Mangtoons.com and TheCCSquared.com to talk about the Steve Jobs departure, iPhones for everyone, Google+ hates Mr. Rogeers, Gamestop getting into our boxes, and more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with news, tho...

Episode 65: AwesomeCast 65: Not Assembled with Duct Tape

August 23, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 32 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, and Michael Sorg and Tony â??Chachiâ?? Walker are joined by fellow Podcamp Pittsburgh organizer, and new employee at iTwixie.com, Norm Huelsman to talk tech about where the iPhone is going, comic books going digital after the Baltimore Comic Con, the downfall of HP's PC division and WebOS, Wordpress security, and much more! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.t...

Episode 64: AwesomeCast 64: Right to Bare Twitter

August 16, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 38.5 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, and Michael Sorg and Tony "Chachi" Walker are talking tech, including the Fox/ABC Hulu delays, whether video game consoles are dieing, Google buys Motorola Mobility, HTC's brand problem, and we wonder about the internet and our rights in the wake of the London riots and BART situations. Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audioformats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with new...

Episode 63: AwesomeCast 63: E-Corn

August 09, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, and Michael Sorg are joined by Tom Duska Graphic Artist from WICU 12 Erie, PA and Eamon Paton AKA "Wrestlefan" from the Wrestling Mayhem Show (who's visiting from Texas!) as we tackle Apple beating Exxon in the market, supply chains, and then more interesting topics such as Sony failing at Christmas, Comcast's low budget internet is great for Nebraska, AT&T says no again to MiWi, and much more!, Comcast's low budget internet is great for Nebraska, AT&T says no again to MiWi,...

Episode 62: AwesomeCast 62: Pulpit and a Platypus

August 02, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, and Michael Sorg are joined by Justin Kownacki creator of The Baristas, and Shaun Starke, also known as "Sam" from the same series, as we talk about how the show is going into it's return from hiatus. We also tackle the tech news at AT&T plans to start throttling it's users, Nintendo drops the 3DS price, Chachi eyes an overpriced Tetris cartridge, Zediva bites the dust, dogs glow in the dark, and we ponder the Platypus... Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure...

Episode 61: AwesomeCast 61: Recovery Mode

July 26, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, and Michael Sorg are joined by Sam Wilson returns to the show as we talk Electronic Arts trying to kill the disc, Guitar Hero's resurrection, how good is Mac OS X Lion, and Google Plus's gaggle of users.

Episode 60: AwesomeCast 60: The Dongle Problem

July 19, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, and Michael Sorg are joined by John Chichilla and talk Microsoft's strategy, the coming of Spotify, how is Google + doing, and has Apple bought a small country yet? Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and Blip.tv! As always, you can chime in with news, thoughts, or comments at [email protected] or 724-25-A-CAST.

Episode 59: AwesomeCast 59: Eat It Nebraska

July 12, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, and Michael Sorg are joined by Will Rutherford "DJLunchbox" of Thoughtful Riot and the Wrestling Mayhem Show, AJ Kuftic of Virtual Potholes, and a host of discussions about tablets changing your restaurant experience, further talk on whether cutting the cord makes sense with the new Netflix price hike, what bandwidth data caps mean to our future, tabletgeddon, and the ISP's 6 strikes rules might be a good thing for users? Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure...

Episode 58: AwesomeCast 58: Grandma's Editing Cat Videos

July 05, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, and Michael Sorg are joined Charles Kim, CEO of Geneva Mars, a recent spawn of Carnegie Mellon and grad of the Alphalab program, as we talk about his experience with the app store, developing an interactive story for kids, and the startup scene in Pittsburgh. We also talk about Capcom selling unreplayable games, Final Cut Pro X experience, Myspace gets bought (not by us) and Google+ is the future....? Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTun...

Episode 57: AwesomeCast 57: Baja Blast That Staff

June 28, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, and Michael Sorg are joined by AJ Kuftic again, who lets us know how that Android experiment is going...by showing us iOS5 Beta 2 live on the show! We also talk about the Supreme Court ruling on California video game laws, Google +, the Final Cut Pro X backlash, Sony's unfortunate timing in axing security employees, and just what does monkey genitals have to do with advertising? Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and au...

Episode 56: AwesomeCast 56: How Do I Turn Off Your Face

June 21, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, Tony "Chachi" Walker, and Michael Sorg are joined Captain Awesome Bryan Snyder in his first non-cameo role on the show! We talk about Facebook's HTML5 project thanks to AJ, is iPad and Apple TV a dark horse of gaming consoles? The brave new world of ultra hacking, Dropbox messes up, Research in Motion isn't doing much better, the new Nexus 4G phone, and just how realistic is cord cutting as we debut the usefulness of Netflix, Roku, and what they mean versus just paying for t...

Episode 55: AwesomeCast 55: Balls of Steel vs Nerd Wangs

June 14, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 76.1 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, Tony "Chachi" Walker, and Michael Sorg are joined by Matt Sorg and his demo copy of Duke Nukem Forever to prove it's real as the world discovers their full versions today! We find out that most of the internet seems to hate it, we explore more thoughts on the Wii U one week later, and start worrying, learn where to buy drugs online, the latest data plan limit woes, why is the new HP TouchPad so cool and might be the iPad beater (hint, it's the Cloud), what dous cloud gaming ...

Episode 54: AwesomeCast 54: Wii + U+ Mii = They

June 07, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 73.2 MB

Rob de la Cretaz, Tony "Chachi" Walker, and Michael Sorg are joined by AJ Kuftic of AJ Eats and Virtual Potholes are a year in on the AwesomeCast...and talking about E3 again. and WWDC again. But there's plenty of new with Windows 8, iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion, iCloud, Wii U, and more from Microsoft Xbox and Sony Playstation from the keynote craziness! Join the AwesomeCast on Twitter, Facebook and be sure to follow us on iTunes in both video and audio formats, as well as YouTube, Boxee, Roku, and B...

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