Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree recommends 5 tips for installing Windows 7. Story links: Five Reasons Windows XP Has About a Year to Live, Windows 7 Packaging, Explore the possibilities of Dell and Windows 7, Windows 7 Icons, Dropbox, Dropbox, 8 ways to make use of dropio, Mozy, Free Backups with Mozy, Windows Server 2008, Flash Drives, HP 250GB Pocket Media Drive, Drobo, HP 250GB Pocket, Recommended Fix for Adobe Photoshop CS4, Sound Blaster, Creative Sound Blaster Extigy review, Microsoft Store, Windows 7 Upgrade Time Tops Out at 20 Hours.

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

Rocketbooms Humanwire correspondent Dr. Manjiri Prabhu reports on the difficult lives of left-handers and the association that promotes awareness in Pune, India.

Story links: Jupiter, Water, Desktop Black Hole, Bad Memories Written with Lasers, Moby-Dick to be rewritten with emoticons, Emoji Dick, 2010 Olympic Medals to be made from old circuit boards, Turning Flyer Boxes into Planters, When skyscrapers signal a downturn, Twitter credit card iPhone app is a Squirrel, Leaving Iraq ends US mission veiled in ambivalence, Afghanistan, Rick continues as ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 5 hurricane well off Mexico’s Pacific coast, Europa, Conditions are Right for Life on Europa, Asteroid Impact, NASA: world will not end in 2012, Hallow-meme Costume Builder, Scientists Make Desktop Black Hole, Black Holes, Neutron Stars, White Dwars, Space and Time, Fruit flies’ memories reprogrammed with lasers

Story links: Balloon Boy, Playing Dead, Shepard Fairey Lied, TSA Agents Took My Son, Response to “TSA Agents Took My Son”, Nasa: world will not end in 2012, Institute for Human Continuity

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree explains how to optimize your Netbook. Story links: PC900 Comparison, MB1, Digital Pen Electronic Ink, News-Geek, Shocked Senior Man, Old Woman Using Laptop, Old Women with Laptop, Nerd 1, Parents Using Computer, Kids.

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

Streetlamp, Frozen Female Body, Glass Harmonica, Lightning Rod, Kids Sharing, Evaporation, Oil and Water, Bifocals, Glass Music Glass Harp, Heat Conduction, Tokyo Summerland, Air Conditioners, Refrigerator, Charge Conservation, EZ Reacher, Transformers, Robot Arm, Sneeze, Hand Fins, Lead Poisoning, Daylight Savings Time, Fire Truck, Franklin in his study, Franklin Discovers Electricity, Glassarmonica, Ben Franklin, 13 Colonies Map, Franklin Stove, Franklin Gulfstream, Wave Theory of Light , Postmaster General, Odometer, William Strickland Hospital, College Charter, First Library, Franklin in Firefighter’s Helmet, Franklin Chair Stepladder, Constitution, Join or Die, Franklin the Printer, Contagious, Franklin Clock Design, Spare me my Life, Star Wars

Digital artist Borna Sammak displays his video art at a Best Buy in New York City.

Story links: Bear-4 HD Camera Flight, 1337arts Icarus Project TimeLapse Video (Max Altitude: 93,000 ft), Broadway Apple Store Flyover, Broadway store will feature unique roof design, high five new york city, Amplichoir, Carl Sagan - ‘A Glorious Dawn’ ft Stephen Hawking, Barack Obama’s amazingly consistent smile, HostingYourParty, Has Microsoft Completely Lost It?

Story links: NASA probe slams into the moon, LCROSS: IMPACT, Blasted into space from a giant air gun, Internet Eyes: Video Surveillance as Video Game, 10 Most Brilliant Innovators of 2009: X2 Coaxial Rotor Helicopter, 10 Most Brilliant Innovators of 2009: I-TEC’s Flying Dune Buggy, 10 Most Brilliant Products of 2009: Techcrunch Crunchpad Tablet, The Sharp, NASA gave me blue balls, NASA moon bombing dud…, LCROSS impact video disappoints…, Copywriting, NEO_AMiGA, NASA moon shot disappoints public with fuzzy white flash, How did NASA manage to make a moon bombing boring, Surveillance Cameras, Surveillance Cameras II, UK spy cameras, Surveillance cameras becoming more common study, Surveillance Cameras III, Surveillance Cameras IV, Surveillance Cameras V, Instant Crime Stopper, Kevin Computer, Game show winners, Computer Hacker, Angry boy on computer, CCTV Footage Robbery, CCTV footage of a robbery in action, Surveillance footage of an armed bank robbery , Breakthrough Awards 2009, Kamen Dean, Homeless, Cablecar, SF Travel Financial District…, SF Painted Ladies, Fruit Loops, Cap ‘n Crunch, Crunch Berries, NASA moon bombing lame…, 10 Most Brilliant Innovators of 2009: Bacteria-Powered Battery

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies explains the who, what, when, and why of ‘Where The Hell is Matt‘. Story links: Destroy All Humans - ps2 - Mission 01 Destination Earth!, Where The Hell is Matt — Interview with Matt Harding, Where the Hell WAS Matt?, Where the Hell is Matt Maps, Where the Hell is Matt Archive, Where The Hell Is Dousch, Mark English - Where The Hell Is Predator?, Where The Hell is Matt’s Girlfriend?, Where the Hell is Matt? - Team Fortress 2 Style, Where the hell is Matt’s Habbo?, Where the Hell is Matt? on Jimmy Kimmel Live 8-6-08, Numa Numa Guy with Gecko, Somebody’s Watching Me, Where the Hell is Matt? (2008), Matt Confesses: Where the Hell is Matt? Video an ‘Elaborate Hoax’, Matt Reveals the Hoax is a Hoax at MacWorld. Meme backgrounds inthe opening from Meme Scenery. For more on this and other Internet Phenomena visit the MemeDB at knowyourmeme.com!

Vampires Move to Top of Costumes List, The Halloween Store on Amazon, Trick-or-treat bags may be lighter this year, Global Economic Crisis Halloween Costume Ideas, iPod Costume, iPod Dog Costume, Land Line Phone Costume

Rocketboom field correspondent Ella Morton heads down to the Manhattan Bridge Centennial Parade to learn more about the bridge’s rich history. story links: Catherine and Cherry, Manhattan Bridge Photo, Brooklyn Pic, Life Magazine “Manhattan Bridge Under Construction”, Life Magazine “Manhattan Bridge Construction”, Bridge Pic Det, Brownstoner, Manhattan Bridge, March of the Dizzy Loonies, First Avenue - Little Italy, Old Chinatown, Birds Eye View, Golden Gate Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Manhattan Bridge Piers

Rocketboom’s Humanwire correspondent Allison Cross reports on the massive flooding problems faced by the people of Kroo Bay, Sierra Leone.

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks about the advancement of home robots from 1982 to today. Story links: NYT: Planning Domesticated Robots, Android Amusement Corp, Boys and Robots Will Be Boys, Tomy Omnibot 5402 From 1984 in Action!, Omnibot 5402/TR5000 By Tomy, Talking Robie 2, Furby Commercial 2000-Ain’t No Furby Like Mine, Personal Robots CYE, Cye Pictures, First Generation Roomba Commercial, Shopsweeping, Floorwashing, Guttercleaning, Robomow, Paradise Robotics Lawnbott Evolution LB3210, Husqvarna AutoMower at work, RIBA, CMU, Personal Robotics in Pittsburgh, Autonomous Manipulation (IRP2008)

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

story links: Typhoon Ondoy, Markina River Raging By, Typhoon Ondoy September 26, 2009, MODIS Rapid Response System, Quake, tsunami near American Samoa kills at least 22, LA lifeguards clear beaches, Indonesians shaken and struggling after devastating earthquake, Officials: 3,000 People Trapped due to Indonesian Quake, Second earthquake hits stricken Sumatra, Mudslides Bury Villages in Rural Sumatra Valley, Rescuers head for Indonesia, UN waits for official food request, Obama offers support for Samoa, Indonesia, Help for Typhoon Ondoy Victims, Why is Ondoy popular right now?, Why is Indonesia popular right now?, Donate to help children in the Philippines, Help the Philippines Weather the Storm, Red Cross

Expedition 21/Space Flight Participant Soyuz Docking to International Space Station, NASA’s LCROSS CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, Human Population Calculator, List of countries by population, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Unfair Robot Fight, Original Winnie-the-Pooh Drawings, Kangaroo, New friend joins Winnie-the-Pooh

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies gets down. Geddan quartet, Nico Nico Douga, Volume chaos GoldenEye 007, Goldeneye 007 - Gets down, strange mario 64 shindou edition glitch otherwise known as cartridge tilting, Super Mario Clouds, Carnival Chaos Geddan GoldenEye, Carnival Chaos Geddan GoldenEye, Geddan, GET DOWN on top of Toilet?!, Nitori gets down, Kannagi Geddan, Death Note Get Down, Basic Geddan, Kimoto Geddan, crazy japanese poster, Anime Geddan, YouTube Search for Geddan, Kiko gets down in supermarket, TAILS Gets Down, Super Mario Gets Down, Mario gets down before Luigi, Sonic the Hedgehog Gets Down, WEEGEE Gets Down, Ronald McDonald, Joker Gets Down!, Kim Jung Il version, Mefuki Get Down, Get Down with Sushi!, KAITO, LLAMAS!, Compilation time!?!, Backstreetboys “GET DOWN”

Humanwire correspondent Valentina Canavesio reports on Luis Soriano Bohorquez who created the Biblioburro, or Library Donkey, in an effort to bring books and the gift of reading to the children in his community of La Gloria, Colombia.

Rocketboom’s Ella Morton meets up with Oxfam’s Human Countdown, President Obama, and the Yes Men during Climate Week NYC. Yes Men arrest footage provided by Brandon Jourdan.

story links: India’s mission to moon, India’s lunar mission finds evidence of water on the Moon, Moon Mineralogy Mapper…Reveal Water Molecules on Lunar Surface, Moon Water Found, Raises Questions About Origin Theory, Ice on Moon, No duh: Surgery success is not linked to phases of the moon, Mark Jenkins’ “Sleepers” Photos 1, 2, 3, Wooster Collective, 36 Skaters Make Downhill Neon Video Game w/ Freebords, Paperboy in real life, Fanged Frog and Other Bizarre Species Discovered, Fabulous furry pterosaur unearthed in China, Animals That Can Count Music: Podington Bear’s “Pythagorean Theorem”, Aaron Dunn’s “Sonata 1″

You can’t get away from the internet.

Molly is ringside for the Futura vs Verdana IKEA Smackdown. story links: The Font War: Ikea Fans Fume over Verdana, IKEA 2009 Catalog, IKEA 2010 Catalog, Twitter Rants 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, IKEA Petition, Stop IKEA going Verdana FB Group, Futura, Verdana, Paul Renner and Futura, Matthew Carter, Windows 95 Plus, MyFonts Futura, Eyes Wide Shut, Volkswagen Ad, The story of classic font Futura, Absolut Vodka Ad, Domino’s Pizza, Red Bull, Apollo 11 Plaque, Diacritical Mark, Precomposed Character, Glyph

Humanwire correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on the adaptation of the XO laptop in Kenya.

Report: 35 million-plus worldwide have dementia, NASA launches rocket, dozens report strange lights, Rocket launch prompts calls of strange lights in sky, Black Brant, Milan Happy Clouds by Stuart Semple, Is Condensed Water the Salvation for Developing Countries?, DewPointe by AWS, Scanning Dead Salmon in fMRI Machine Highlights Risk of Red Herrings (via Slashdot), The Mashmallow Test, Glitch: Designing Imperfection