Screen Savers alumni return in weekly podcast

Those of you who watched ZDTV/TechTV in the old days (before the dark times, before the empire... er... G4) will remember The Screen Savers. This show focused on the latest in computers and technology and was hosted for most of its run by Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton, and later by Kevin Rose. It was a fun watch as they would always have some sort of cool hardware or software, or some sort of hack to discuss.

The show underwent a radical transformation when the network was bought out by videogame network G4, and most of the original cast has gone their seperate ways.

Recently, though, Leo, Patrick and Kevin have got back together with other former members of the cast and is doing a weekly podcast called This Week in Tech.

For those who aren't familiar with podcasting, its like a radio show that you can download and play on your iPod, PC or other personal mp3 player.

The show, called TWiT for short, usually runs about an hour long and discusses tech news of the week with a healthy dose of general tech chat. They answer listener questions as well, much like the old show.

Information on ways you can download and listen to their shows can be found on their podcast info page.

digg.com - tech news by and for the users

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Many of you who follow the goings-on in the tech community know that there are a number of sites that cover news relating to technology. Blogs like Slashdot, Gizmodo and Engadget link to newest in tech issues, and some, like Slashdot, have extensive forum communities surrounding them.

Most sites accept links from their readers, but are approved by the site's operators. Now there is digg, a new tech news site that allows readers to post comments and approve links for the front page via user voting. Where sites like Slashdot allow user moderation of comments, digg gives control of the entire process from link approval to moderation to the users. Usually the content is equal parts of wheat and chaff, but that's normal in a heavily user-driven community - frequently, though, you'll see a few gems posted that make this site worthwhile.

digg is the brainchild of Kevin Rose of thebroken and systm as well as former alumni of the late TechTV's The Screen Savers. digg is definately worth a look if you want something fresh and a little less processed than your average web fare.