Wednesday, October 29, 2008

What is a Blu-ray? A DVD with a Twist!


As you might have noticed from the content of my blog, I tend to watch lots of movies. I'd give anything a try, but I won't promise I'll finish it if it's really bad.

I'm not going to the cinema as much as I'd like, although The House Bunny I got to see yesterday evening was quite the movie I needed. A good laugh before a good night's sleep, that's what The Bunny is. But it isn't an Oscar winner in my book. Had I waited for the DVD release, I might have fallen asleep at some point. And hence the question, is it better to wait for DVD movies which you could enjoy in the privacy of your own home? Or should you hurry to download all the new stuff once you know it's running in theaters? Woopsie! I meant of course, hurry to see the movie once they are out in cinemas? Downloads, as we all know it are illegal of course. So are drugs and five other things.

Getting back to DVDs then what would you choose? A DVD combo optical device or a Blu-ray disc? What is a Blu-ray exactly? A Blu-ray Disk, rarely referred to as a BD, is an optical storage medium. It is mostly used for HD video and data storage. It looks like a DVD but it's more than that. It's a DVD with a twist.

The name comes from the blue laser which used to read and write this type of disc. A BD can store 50GB of data which is six times the capacity of a two-layer DVD or twelve times the storage space of a single-layer DVD. That means you can now enjoy lots of HD movies which need lots of storage space (it's the HD codecs that require all that storage space, or that's what people say). And we all know what HD movies look and sound like. Crystal clear video running at high resolution will certainly impress you. The image quality of a HD show is worth the investment in a plasma HDTV and a Blu-ray player. Instead of going to the cinema, you'll have the cinema coming over to you.

What do you think? Will you get a Blu-ray inside your next laptop or notebook? In case you do, here's a movie I'd recommend to you. National Treasure 2: The Book of Secrets is an action/adventure movie starring Nicholas Cage, John Voight Helen Mirren, Harvey Keitel, Ed Harris and Justin Bartha. Just like in the first episode, Nicholas Cage is following clues accross history in order to uncover a great American secret and an even more secret treasure. This time the hints are well hidden in various official and harder to reach places. Think the White House and the President's secret book. I wonder who's going to get the next Book of Secrets. Is it Obama or McCain? Well anyway, if you get a BD with the HD version of National Treasure 2, give it a try! It's a great movie to watch on a cold autumn evening!



(This post is written for the PCNews contest.)

Monday, October 27, 2008

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Collector's Edition


One of my favorite games of all time is World of Warcraft. And it's not because I get to use magical powers, and it's not because there are lots of interactive characters involved which I get to blow away. It's because it reminds me of some of my closest friends. We used to play it quite a lot. We had a guild and all of that and we were ready to rumble! But those times are away and I hardly have time to check out a computer game anymore. Were I to go back, the guild is still there waiting for me!

Oh, wait a second I see you frown there. And it's not the game right? Or is it? Oh you don't know what it is! Well go ahead and ask me! Ok, really, ask me! ASK ME!

World of Warcraft is a Massive Multiplayer Online Role Play Game or MMORPG. For a monthly fee you get to play with your friends. (Can't help to wonder how much money did Blizzard make of this ingenious idea?) Chose the Alliance or the Horde and go chase the others on various maps and terrains. Complete quests, kill monsters and get better guns and gear. But the best of all, you will have a very interesting instant messenger interface! You get to talk with all your friends live, while shooting a bear in the ass. That's quite fun! The best Yahoo Messenger environement ever invented!

And we are just in time for the new expansion set! The Wrath of the Lich King will get you places, or so I hear. I am actually thinking about getting back in the game myself. If I preorder it now, I'll have a chance to get the Collector's Edition pack! It would be fun to get a nice souvenir like which will remind me of those old good times!

The Collector's Edition includes the official game manual “The art of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King", a “Behind the scenes” DVD, a new exclusive pet, “Frosty the baby frost wyrm”, the original soundtrack CD and a mouse pad with the new continent map, Northrend. And of course, the original game DVD is in that pack too. eMAG is the store to go in case you want to enter the competition!

The simple expansion set costs just around $60 so I am actually thinking about getting this one before November 12 to take advantage of all those extra things... in case I would win. And if I do win the Collector's Edition I'll save around $40, as the Collector's Edition costs around $100.

And for the connoisseurs, I was a Hunter for the Alliance. Long live the Alliance! Death to the Horde!


(This post is written for the PCNews contest.)

Saturday, October 25, 2008

The MSI Wind Is the Prettiest Netbook of Them All

It was pretty clear to me today when I decided to talk with you about yet another Intel Atom powered notebook that I would choose the an MSI Wind netbook. Why you ask? Pretty simple I answer. An MSI Wind netbook is the prettiest of them all. By all I mean all those netbooks I told you about more than a week ago; and by prettiest I mean features-wise. Come to think of it, looks matter too!

What do you think? Did you have any time to compare any two notebooks? That's a pretty nice experience so I won't ruin it for you by doing it step by step. What I will tell you is that the U100 or the U90 are just a little better to me than any of Asus' new Eees.

What I chose today is the MSI Wind U100-266NL. It has quite an ugly name! Nothing pretty about that. What's pretty is under the hood. We have an Intel Atom 1.6GHz, 1GB of RAM, an 120GB HDD and the genuine Windows XP Home edition. Why is it so pretty? It has a 10.4 inch screen which will better suit my eyes. After all size does matter right? Pretty much!

The MSI Wind U100 is available from a pretty store I like to call my favorite online store in the area. It loads on time, it's freshly updated and has accurate information. Maybe that's why I feel pretty good about writing good stuff about a netbook.

The price for it? Well it's from $500 to $600 depending on the OS. Pretty much for half a notebook, but the MSI Wind U100 deserves it.

What did you think while you were sitting pretty checking out the Wind? Too much prettyness inside this post? That's pretty much what I thought you were going to say.

And you know what else is pretty? The MSI Wind U100!

(This post is written for the PCNews contest.)

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

How to Wash Your USB Stick

Ever wanted how to wash your USB stick? Well simply leave it in your pants. Put them in the washing machine. Select your appropriate washing cycle. Add detergent and the other thing and let it wash for an hour or so.

If you choose to dry the pants you get extra points.

Was that difficult? Everyone should try this at home. Please feel free to tell me if it worked for you. I am talking about the USB stick. Did it work afterwards? Mine was bold enough to survive almost two washing cycles. Now it's not working anymore, no matter what I've tried to do. In all fairness I have to say the first time it had the lid on!

It's a 4GB Corsair Flash Voyager which I really need like really right now! And it's not working! It must be all that water... Upgrade here I come!

Protector of the Weak, Bit Defender of the Innocent, Total Security 2009



Well you'd think I covered it all in the title wouldn't you. I mean sure, it's another gadgety post, but then again, gadgets are part of our daily lives. And whether or not we like it, gadgets are vulnerable to attacks.

There was a long time in my early computer years in which I wasn't using any antivirus. Back then I used to play games mostly and didn't exactly care about the safety of my personal files. It's like sex really. First you start it all off without being that much into security measures. After a while you realize you do need that condom. Well protecting your computer is very much like safe sex, only without the orgasms.

In my recent years, I have used McAfee, Kaspersky, Rav, Nod 32 and Bit Defender. Probably I've tested even more antivirus programs back when it was fun to test stuff. Right now I am using McAfee for a change. It's like an ex-girlfriend; you'd get back for another ride! Besides that I am considering Bit Defender too, and especially the Total Security 2009 package.

Total Security 2009 will not get you total security. It's like saying the condom is the safest contraceptive measure. Unless it breaks and then it isn't that safe anymore. Total Security 2009 might be as close to perfection as any similar program. It will protect you against viruses, worms and trojans sent by your friends. Phishing, spamming, identity control, malware and spyware; you name it and Bit Defender will take care of it for you.

What I hate is the complicated install. Too many settings and configuration tweaks. I mean I want protection fast, I don't want to tick, read, select, apply and then next. The condom is a simple product right? Imagine your erection if you had to follow complicated steps in order to get protected. Am I right or what? And talk about the basic view and the advanced view. You need quite a lot of time to familiarize yourself with the software if this is your first time using Bit Defender, or any antivirus for that matter.

Another similar to sex element is the Parental Control feature. Without all that nonsense about the birds and the bees, the parental thing will appeal to you after that first condom breaks irremediably. Well not exactly after that but in the next 5 to 10 years.

I happen to like two more features of this Defender of the innocents. The laptop mode is one of them. I use a laptop and I will never turn back to a desktop. Whenever I am using my battery juice, Bit Defender will know about that. It will be smart enough to shut the hell up and let me work without asking for anything. Virtually silent it will postpone stuff for later when the power cord is plugged in.

Another cool thing which I won't be able to try soon is the gaming mode. If I was to go back to World of Warcraft which is a MMORPG game or to Counter-Strike which is a multiplayer based game, Bit will know and it will let me play. Why won't I try it out you ask? Well because I am reverting back to McAfee for now. And I don't have any games that require an Internet Connection.

I could tell you more about Total Security 2009, but I am not a gadget newspaper nor a gadgets store! Yet! And probably I could take out all the sexual analogies but I'd have a harder time to explain it all. Did I just say sexual analogies? Twice? Now let's see if I get any hits for similar keywords!

Remember kids: Stay in school, mary-juana is baad and get an antivirus on! Bit Defender or not, it will keep you blogging/working/gaming! You choose!

(This post is written for the PCNews contest.)

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Not Another Asus Laptop



So I am taking part in this huge contest where I have to write some reviews about certain products and more. That's all right with me. I like rules and I go by the rules as long as the organizers can keep to certain rules themselves.

And every contestant gets judged after each stage. I've reached stage number 8 so far and today I am going to be really creative. I have to choose from an Asus Atom based netbook or an Asus Intel Core 2 Duo laptop. I have checked these laptops before and written my side of the story. I'd choose an Intel based regular Asus laptop over any Atom Eee at any time of day. That's how I feel now, that's how I felt yesterday and the day before!

And I would have done so today too if the site was going to load faster. I would have told you how an Intel computer is way a smarter choice than an Atom. No matter what store, the Intel is a better deal! But that's when I decided to think outside the box and tell you guys how annoying it would be to try loading a site that wouldn't load whatsoever! That's besides the fact that the current stage I am writing for could have been scheduled at a later date, and in such case it would have gotten a better response from all those people reading these articles. You know, just so I don't repeat an Atom or Intel Core 2 Duo story, which I've already completed for some earlier stages.

I mean it must be quite clear to anyone reading it that writing about the same products every other day will make readers step away from the second similar post. Let's say I talk about product X sold in store A. Sure I would generate some buzz if my product X is totally hot like an Atom Eee PC right? Or an Intel Core 2 Duo. I might even make some people buy the computers right? Right! But if tomorrow I would have to talk about the same X product sold in store B, people would see right through me. And they might loose the interest in that certain product, no matter how cool it is. Sales would drop then. Now imagine 200 people doing the same thing like me. Due to the rotation system, store A will get more attention than store B on certain days and vice-verse. And what will master Google have to say about this? Google tends to notice certain discrepancies in the force when people are linking in a certain way to certain sites.

Today's store B has a bad server. It looks neat, it has lots of products which won't load. Mozilla won't get them fast enough, and neither will IE. Which means I am taking my extra contest hour on waiting for a site to load products I have written about only last week. And boy, was I waiting to get the required links at least to show in the browser bar! It must be a bad day for store B but hey, I am playing by those damn rules!

Will I loose readers? Yes?
Will store B get less sales? Yes?
Will I get a bad grade for this article? Yes?
Although I played by the rules? Yes?
And is the Intel notebook way cooler than the Atom Eee notebook? Hell Yes?

(This post is written for the PCNews contest.)

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Choose a Laptop: Asus M51SE



I think I've already told you during my travels towards the millionth visitor that my Dell Inspiron 9300 died and went to heave right? Since then I was looking for a proper laptop. By proper I mean a budget laptop with some power inside. Sure the Macs could usually pull off cool tricks, but those tricks are expensive. So instead of getting a MacBook right now, I'd go for a PC that's more wallet friendly while being quite able to compete against any Apple configuration.

The only thing I want inside is a good Intel Core 2 Duo processor and some extra RAM to make Vista work. Without Vista, I wouldn't be able to launch posts for the most important personal blog I've ever written: this one! And since I've had my share of Dell experiences, good and bad, I would choose another Dell computer at any time. But today let's take a look at an Asus notebook. It might simply have what it takes to qualify for the open notebook position.

I've talked about the Dell Inspiron Studion 1535 earlier on so today I am looking at the Asus M51SE. It's quite the working station. I am sure I could blog from it very easiy. This Asus comes with the Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 (2.40GHz, 800MHz, 3MB cache) processor, which I really need. The 15.4 Widesscreen is certainly a downgrade from my previous 17 inch proudly-owned 9300 notebook, but I realized I don't need such a heavy laptop in my bag every day. And the bigger it would be, the heavier on my back!

The M51SE also has a 1.3 megapixel built-in camera, 4GB of RAM, a 250GB SATA harddrive spinning at 5,400 rpm. There's either a 128MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 graphics card or a 256MB ATI HD3470 VRAM card (check screenshot below).

Nevertheless, it seems ready for the fight for supremacy in the notebook business. And it feels like it will come in handy for movie lovers, gamers, and serious home office guys. I have a little bit of all of that. Should I go claim my own right now? Well I am still pondering it Pinky, but tomorrow we might take over the world, when some of the specs are clarified.

The Asus M51SE I found costs around $1,400, but it packs a lot of punch. I'd consider adding some more RAM, just in case I might need it for Microsoft OS (that's way cooler than calling it simply Vista); too bad that it might not be possible to go over the default 4GB of DDR2 RAM memory. And maybe a pinch of extra battery life if I may! And since I am suggesting upgrades, consider adding WiFi N to it, as the specs aren't clear on the nature of the WiFi support in this Asus M51SE (check screenshot below).

Other than that I am willing to suspect this Asus M51SE is at least as good as my favorite Inspiron if not better. And let's not forget it packs that Intel Core 2 Duo, which is exactly what my blogging habits require. Now where was that shopping cart...



(This post is written for the PCNews contest.)

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

To Wireless or Not to Wireless?


So are you still hooked to a cable or you have other ways to go online? I hate cables and I definitely need some freedom for my laptop. I am used to working in various environments and since I need the all mighty Internet most of the time, I'd be always looking for a connection. Now I am going all 3G on this post since my current ISP is going berserk. I had to turn off the router and plug in that USB modem. And talk about bad reception! I have one bar out of the possible five. I wonder if I'll ever get this post out...

Wireless seems to me the best choice for spreading the Internet love. Until we're gonna go WiMAX here, wireless should do it. And I am talking of course about the faster, better, but seldom used 802.11n standard. Sure you'd need a wireless card that supports the N, but that can be easily taken care of! Buy one!

In case you are looking for a new router, check out Edimax' BR-6504N. It's not everything you've ever wanted in a router but for those $80 it will do its job. It has 4 LAN and 1 WAN ports. As for encryption for the most paranoid of you guys, there's 64/128-bit WEP encryption and WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK included. What's a WPA and whad does that do to you? That means you don't know what a WEP is too, right?

Wired Equivalent Privacy or WEP is an algorithm destined to secure IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. Wi-Fi Protected Access or WPA, together with Pre-shared key or PSK will bring even more security to your home wireless network. WAP fixes WEP issues and PSK will let you enter your own passwords to forbid unwanted access. All in all you have a secure network!

So it looks like the Edimax' BR-6504N is well worth the money. Besides the N standard you will get some decent security. What does N exactly mean? You didn't know that either? Well the N will get you transfer speeds from 54 Mbit/s to a maximum of 600 Mbit/s. That's a lot considering the N is still being developed and it will be finished sometime next year.

There's a nice 24 months warranty to go with the BR-6504N so in case you hate the thing, just take it back and get another one.

I am still on 3G, thinking about an N router. In case the post doesn't make it, I'll be very pissed later on, so imagine me kicking and screaming since I won't be able to blog my live reactions!

(This post is written for the PCNews contest.)

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Joke of the Day

A couple was watching TV one evening. All of a sudden the man says to his wife: "I bet you can't say something that would make me feel both happy and sad in the same time!" After a moment the wife answers: "Your dick is much bigger than any on your friends'!"

That's the joke that made my day today! Hope you have enjoyed it at least as much!

Intel Atom Processor Anyone?

I'm not sure I am ready for the Intel Atom processor yet. I am still dealing with Intel's Core 2 Duo processor which I would pretty much install on my bike if possible. But since I have already showed you the netbook I would never buy and the Dell I would probably choose, I said I'd have to look for another laptop which would sport an Atom processor without being a netbook which I'd hate. Tough luck folks. The only Atom I could find was installed into a 10 inch Asus N10J-HV010.

I guess Atoms will go into netbooks for a long while. Besides the Intel Atom N270 processor, this Asus has 2GB DDR2 RAM, a WXGA 10 inch screen, a 256MB Nvidia GeForce 9300M GS and a 250 SATA HDD. Oh boy, it seems we have a real laptop on our hands. Connect it to a 19 inch screen and you have a great working station. There's WiFi n too and a 1.3 megapixel built-in camera.

Unfortunately it has a laptop price too, as this baby can go up to $900, without the extra monitor. Hmmm... would you get it?

(This post is written for the PCNews contest.)

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

A Dell Studio for My Studio

The "weapon" of my choosing. Gaming, multimedia and blogging! It can all be done on a Dell PC. I've been interested in getting a Mac for quite a while now. A laptop of course since I need my mobility. I still haven't bought one. In case you were not aware of it yet, Apple is going to release a new line of laptops next Tuesday, on October 14th. Would a Mac get me closer to my 1 million visitors? Who knows really? In the mean time I'll have to rely on a PC to get me there!

A Dell has gotten me through most of these posts here. A Dell Inspiron 9300 and later on a Dell Inspiron 1520, after the first one died in my arms on a cold day this March. I don't know what drew me to Dell in the first place, but if I were to chose one again, I'd go for a Dell laptop. And it wouldn't be an XPS system. No sir! And it wouldn't be one of the latest Latitudes laptops, despite their 19-hour battery. It would be the next Dell Inspiron.

Not exactly the last Inspiron either since the last Dell creation is the Dell Inspiron Mini 9. And I would never ever buy a netbook.

The next Inspiron is the Studio 1535. It looks totally different than what I was used to. It comes in various colors like the 1520. It has a new hinge system which I suspect that was "invented" for better cooling. Hopefully that hot air will get out faster. Previous Inspirons used to overheat from time to time, so the new hinge seems like the perfect addition. The whole laptop is just a little slimmer but it's not symmetrical in size.

What's inside you ask? Well what are you interested in? Is it the Core 2 Duo processor? Or is it the 4GB of RAM? Do you want the 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon graphics card? Or the 320GB hard drive? You must be in it for the slot load optical drive? Or is it the WiFi 802.11n that would make you get it?

Microsoft Vista comes usually pre-installed. But you'll get the Studio 1535 from some retailers with Linux or Free DOS installed.

Such a system could cost anywhere from $1,000 to $1,500 depending on what features you ask for. You might get it cheaper if you go straight to the manufacturer. But as we all know, besides the online store, Dell doesn't have actual stores to go to and you're more likely to find its products at various resellers.

Would I get a Studio 1535? Certainly! Unless Apple decides to offer free Macs next week!:)

(This post is written for the PCNews contest.)

Sunday, October 5, 2008

I Would Never Buy... a Netbook


Ever since Asus launched their first tiny Eee PC, everyone who's anyone in the PC business decided it would be funny to make their own. And there are so many netbooks available out there and some of them are real best sellers. And let me name just a few manufacturers that have the netbooks ready: Dell, HP, Vaio, Toshiba, Acer, MSI, Asus, Samsung, Fujitsu, Commodore, Lenovo, Packard Bell. And don't think I am simply rounding up some names in a phrase there. But if I was to give you more details about each model then you'd have to wait for a sequel post.

I would never buy a netbook whatsoever. Too small the screen, two small the keyboard. Not enough hard drive space.

Sure it's highly portable. Add a 3G mobile broadband dongle to it and you'll have fast internet access almost anywhere. And it's fairly cheap but if you'd add a couple of hundred dollars you would end up with a 15-inch notebook would have everything the netbook is missing.

Nevertheless there are lots of netbook buyers. Let's take the Acer AspireOne for example. Here's what's inside that cute chassis:

  • Intel Celeron Atom N270 1600
  • 512MB DDR2 533 RAM
  • Tip display WXGA
  • 8.9 Inch LCD: Acer CrystalBrite high-brightness TFT LCD with LED-backlight
  • Intel GMA 950 video card - shared up to 224MB
  • 8MB SSD
  • 5-in-1 (SD, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD) card reader
  • Ethernet LAN 10/100 Mbps
  • Wireless LAN (802.11b/g)
  • Webcam Acer Crystal Eye 0.3 megapixel
  • 24 W 2200 mAh battery: 3 hours worktime
  • Linux OS


The AspireOne is a good computer. Connect to a monitor, add a keyboard and an external hard drive and you just got yourself a new desktop PC. Unfortunately you will have to pay a lot more on the "peripherals" above than on the Acer itself. It's somewhere around $430 including tax, depending on the OS and the amount of RAM you would choose.

Now replace the Acer brand with any other manufacturer. The specs are almost the same. Trust me on this one, as I have been checking them out a while ago when I thought a netbook was a really good idea. What about you? Are you a notebook or a netbook person?

(This post is written for the PCNews contest.)

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Wednesday's Movies - Movies, Movies, Movies

My name is Chris and I have a problem. I am a moviecoholic and I am not ashamed to admit it. The last movie I watched was Batman: The Dark Knight and I am not ashamed to admit I watched it four times. Other then that I want through dozens of movies on TV which I have already seen. And I don't do TV. I have to get me some movies soon, and I am talking about all sorts of movies. Good, bad, chick flicks, horrors, you name it. If it's new, I'll watch it. I've been dry for too long.

In other words I am back at the office. My million readers isn't there yet but my writing habits are. Today we're going to take a look at some fast movies. By fast I mean I won't have to wait like forever for them.

Body of Lies

Ridley Scott, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crow, William Monahan. When you see these names you'd assume this is a must see. I know you know the first three. The last one is the writer behind the movie The Departed. It seems a lethal combination. I'd say it's a great screenplay here, a great director and two actors which I don't have to present. The only thing I don't really dig here is the war. Are we making the war look good? Do we need heroes? Do we need oil?
But since it's all new, I'm going to go right ahead and watch it in a few days. It arrive on October 10.

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

I knew this was bound to happen. Madagascar has a sequel. Same animals, same voices, same continent. Same problems? November 7 is the day this one lands. I assume I'll have some laughs over it but I really doubt it will be as fun as the first one.

Soul Men

It is with great sadness that I recommend this movie to you. Isaac Hayes, 65, whom you might know from South Park as Chef and Bernie Mac, 50, whom you should know from lots of movies died this year a day apart. May their soul rest in peace wherever it might wander. This is their last movie. Samuel L. Jackson is in it as well. It's supposed to be a comedy about music which will hit the big screen November 14.

Movies, Movies, Movies! The show must go on! Until next week then!

TV Shows We Grow To Love

The older I get the more I tend to watch less TV. Sure I always can find the time for a movie or a new TV series but I always watch them on my laptop. However there are those shows we grow to love and look for whenever near a TV set.

Such a show is Cronica Carcotasilor with Serban Huidu and Mihai Gainusa which you may be already familiar it. Didn't understand a thing yet? What about Stricia la Notizia with Ezio Greggio and Enzo Iacchetti. Does that ring a bell? Well in case you neither speak Romanian or Italian, I have an English version called The Daily Show with Ron Stewart. Did you get the idea yet?

Why do I like those TV shows? They aren't exactly similar. The first two have the same general idea why the last one has a different concep. But they are all making fun of our daily lives. Not exactly our daily lives but the lives of significant personalities. Whether it's politics. show business or general news, the anchors and the teams behind them manage to make me laugh. No matter the country, I found similar people with similar problems inspiring the news

Cronica Carcotasilor airs every Wednesday at 19:30PM (12:30PM EST) on Prima TV while Stricia la Notizia airs from Monday to Saturday from 20:30PM (13:30PM EST) on Canale 5. You'll be in for fun comments, funny videos, gags and TV blurps analyzed and thoroughly discussed. The Show makes fun of lots of celebrities including our "favorite" politicians. Any mistake they make will be laughed at properly. You can count on that! And it's the anchors and their wit that make everything happen. Oh and since we need nudity in modern shows, make sure you focus some of that attention on those girls dancing during news breaks. From time to time they do change the girls so you won't get completely bored.

The Daily Show with Ron Stewart airs from Monday to Thursday from 11:00PM EST on Comedy Central. You should already know Ron Stewart since he did host the Oscars. The show's purpose is to make fun of American politicians and it focuses on this year's elections. There are lots of gags, fake news mixed with real news and, unfortunately, absolutely no nudity. Ron Stewart certainly makes for anything else missing and I might not even watch the show if it wasn't for him sitting at that desk.

If I was to choose to watch only one, I'd adapt to the region I'm in. Luckily all shows are fully or partially available online to watch but with some good satellite you could watch them live daily. I'll choose the Internet versions since they are almost commercial-free and I can watch them whenever I choose to. Do you watch any of them?


(This post is written for the PCNews contest. Stick around to see me win it!)