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Any drive should work fine. B

I shot this footage from my apartment today. It's over 4 hours of video condensed into just over 2 minutes and 30 seconds. B

Yeah, we have never had any security issues in the past, I've done a fairly good job at keeping the site secure. Hopefully this was the first and last time we experience an exploit. Unfortunately though if you miss an update to a particular script/software it can be dangerous. I'm typically very good about making sure everything is up-to-date or at least on the latest secured release. The attackers injected code into the OpenX database (the one which serves the ads on the site) and that's where the problems arose. Again, everything is fine now and we've been deemed safe by Google. B

We were exploited yesterday which is why you were receiving warnings. Everything has since been resolved. If you did come to the site despite the warning I would recommend scanning your system just in case. Sorry about the inconvenience. B

Hey Brian, I'll try and take a look later today. The login info you sent me still works right? B

Is everything working currently? Permissions can be a tricky and usually vary depending on the setup/configuration. If everything is working, I would leave it unless you run into a permission issue down the road. B

I'm doing a live stream during the Apple event today! Feel free to koin me: http://www.besttechie.net/live-stream/ Jeff

I’m pleased to announce the BestTechie Newsletter. The technology focused newsletter will start off as a monthly email and will include a recap of the biggest news in technology for the month, provide expert analysis in various aspects of technology, offer special product promotions and discounts, and my hand picked recommended articles, videos, software, websites, etc. for the month. The newsletter will also feature a “Reader Recommended” section where subscribers recommend what gets featured. Full details here: http://www.besttechie.net/2010/08/04/subscribe-besttechie-newsletter/ B

Review here: http://www.besttechie.net/2010/08/03/bowers-wilkins-mm-1-review/ B

It comes up all the time on the web: pick a strong password! But what does that really mean? There are many misconceptions about passwords that can lead to trouble. Insecure passwords are very vulnerable and subject to attack. Before you can understand how to prevent these issues, you must first understand how passwords are used and stored. Full article here: http://www.besttechie.net/2010/07/22/strong-passwords/

A spiffy HTML-5 based mobile web portal may not seem like a big deal for many content providers. I would even go as far as to call such a portal a “standard” for popular web services. But for America Online, the jump into the mobile market is a significant one, showing not only a change in focus, but a change in approach as well. Full article here: http://www.besttechie.net/2010/07/24/aol-launches-html-5-mobile-site/

I picked up a pair of Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 speakers for my birthday the other day. While they are somewhat expensive retailing at $500, they are still on the lower end of the price scale for Bowers & Wilkins products. Watch the full unboxing video here: http://www.besttechie.net/2010/07/21/bowers-wilkins-mm-1-unboxing/ B

How much are you willing to spend per month? Have you looked at webair.com? B

Happy birthday buddy!!!

I really want to know what’s up with the sudden interest in Q&A type sites? Once upon, there was Yahoo Answers, a site run by Yahoo which let users ask questions and receive answers from other users. Which to me, always seemed like nothing more then an Internet forum, such as the one I run (for tech stuff). Then along came Mahalo Answers, which is essentially a more “modernized” Yahoo Answers, but still, nothing more than a Q&A site. However, more recently, more and more of these Q&A services are starting to appear. Full article: http://www.besttechie.net/2010/07/03/questions-

My iPhone 4 Review: http://www.besttechie.net/2010/06/27/iphone-4-review/ B

This person lined up with her boyfriend at 1:30PM on June 23rd (a day before the launch): Me leaving the store with my new iPhone 4: B

Have you looked at SpeedFan? B

(US Residents ONLY) I will be giving away either a new Mac Mini or a 64GB iPad (WiFi only) - it's up to the winner (US Residents ONLY)! This giveaway will occur once I reach 10,000 subscribers on YouTube. All you have to do is be a subscriber. I will be watching my account for fake subs like a HAWK. Please don't use fake subscriptions to boost the count! SHARE this video anywhere you can and let's get this giveaway going! YouTube channel to subscribe to: http://www.youtube.com/user/JeffBT B

Apparently Apple sold out too! The website now says shipping by July 2nd. B

Wrote about / did a video about my experience: http://www.besttechie.net/2010/06/15/iphone-4-huge-success/ B

I can't even get my iPhone 4 pre-ordered.... this is so painful. The worst it's ever been. B

I can't wait to order my iPhone 4 tomorrow! Anyone else going to be pre-ordering tomorrow? My plan is to "reserve" one and pick it up in store on the 24th. B