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Episode #1574
Go Retro With Your Xbox
Play all your old arcade games on your Xbox by using MAME.
TSS Builds a Bot
Find out if you should buy a kit for bot buildin' or if you'd be better off scavenging for spare parts.
Your hosts for the show are Patrick Norton and Kevin Rose.
TSS Robot Week
Robots, destruction, and mayhem meet "The Screen Savers." Find out what else is in store for this week.
Today's news
Human-like robot heads
Roboticist David Hanson showcases K-bot, an eerily accurate robotic head that mimics human facial expressions. Trust us, it's much more realistic than that crappy robot head in Duran Duran's 'Wild Boys' video.
Frag fellow fans and staff members in the only live, televised LAN party in the world. Our LAN party is held every Thursday, but you must register to participate.Join our LAN party!
Sarah's tip: Laptop-shopping tips
There are a ton of questions you need to ask when purchasing a bargain laptop computer. Fortunately, LabRat Hahn Choi has several tips for laptop shopping.
Leo's Linux tip: Single-user mode
Lost your root password? No worries. Leo shows you how to reset all your passwords by booting into single-user mode.
Patrick's robot race memories
Cool pictures from the DARPA Grand Challenge.
Dan's tip: iTunes dead air
Some music CDs have secret music tracks at the end of a CD. CD players see the songs as extremely long tracks of mostly dead air, sometimes as long as 30 minutes. Here's how to cut the dead air out.
Tune in tomorrow
Answers to live calls
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Leo's Tip: Linux Single-User Mode
Reset your long-lost root password by booting into single-user mode. Leo shows you how. |
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Robot-Building Kits
Yoshi's got the kits. All week, he'll be building the 'bots. Care to join in? |
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Prying Into Files, Shattered CDs, Wi-Fi Interference, IPod Mini
Your questions and our answers from the March 29 show. |