This is a list of the best free downloadable tech shows currently available on the Internet. These shows are also referred to as vidcasts, VODcasts, videozines, and IPTV. This site is currently only for video content, and will not list tech podcasts. This list will be regularly updated with new shows and information. Send any comments or show suggestions to techshows@gmail.com. Keep track of new shows with this RSS feed ().

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3dGameMan.com provides video reviews of the latest products in the tech industry. There are three video reviews released each week (about ~145 video reviews per year). Video reviews are produced, edited and directed by Rodney Reynolds. The first review was produced on Feb. 3, 2000 and featured the ATI TV WONDER (PCI).

Click here to visit the 3dGameMan.com website.

Channel 9 is a Microsoft discussion forum used to promote conversations among Microsoft's customers targetted at Microsoft Windows users. Some speculate that they do this in the guise of the Cluetrain Manifesto. Channel 9 features interviews with Microsoft developers about their products, a forum to discuss the videos and other topics, and a wiki, which has been adopted by various Microsoft teams as a way to aggregate feedback and respond to issues.

Click here to visit the Channel 9 website.

Click Online is a television programme made by the BBC covering news and recent developments in the world of consumer technology. The program's main presenter is Stephen Cole. Kate Russell provides a selection of interesting links in the Webscape segment of the show.

Click here to visit the Click Online website.

commandN is a weekly web news video show that covers technology trends online and offline. The show started on a Toronto waterfront rock with a PowerBook, an iSight, and Quicktime Broadcaster (and Le Tigre's "Tell you now" as musical inspiration).

Hosted by Amber Mac and Mike Lazazzera. Click here to visit the commandN website.

Cranky Geeks is a technology-related Internet show produced by Ziff Davis Media centered on debating technology topics of the week. The debaters are usually other bloggers or tech journalists.

Hosted by John C. Dvorak. Click here to visit the Cranky Geeks website.

Diggnation is a podcast where Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht chat about the most dug stories of the week on the website www.digg.com. This is the video release of that popular podcast.

Click here to visit the Diggnation website.

Digital Life TV is hosted by industry expert Patrick Norton and offers up news of the day, new product reviews, technology help, and more.

Click here to visit the Digital Life TV website.

With nothing more than a computer, a connection, a camera and a dream, an individual has the power to utilize off-the-shelf technologies in ways never before thought possible in order to transform this dream into a reality. Not TV. Dot TV. This is From The Shadows.

Hosted by Tom Rowles and John Hering. Click here to visit the From The Shadows website.

Go Open is a South African-created TV series that aired in late 2004, and is dedicated to open-source software. Created for a mainstream audience, the show features a hyperkinetic presenter and interviews and showcases from both the South African and world open-source/free software scene. As the official Go Open website explains: "The program will showcase success stories, interviews with the top local and international pioneers, and the latest products and news from the open source world."

Hosted by John Vlismas. Click here to visit the Go Open website.

Hak.5 (Hack Point Five) is a variety tech show with experiments, hacks, mods, code, and laughs. Join the modders, gamers, hackers, and command-line junkies on the 5th of every month. Each episode is between 20 and 30 minutes.

Hosted by Darren and Wess. Click here to visit the Hak.5 website.

Infonomicon is nothing but some guys who have a passion for technology, and decided to start a show about it. The show includes a variety of interesting tech content.

Click here to visit the Infonomicon website.

macTV is a daily videocast which provides Apple and Mac related videos. Presented in stunning H.264 quality.

Click here to visit the macTV website.

MobuzzTV wants to improve on the current type of vlog in two ways. Firstly, in terms of content: it aims to produce more highly structured, informative daily clips. Secondly in terms of format: while MobuzzTV is accessible online, it is specifically formatted for use on a mobile phone.

Click here to visit the MobuzzTV website.

NerdTV is a new weekly online TV show from PBS.org technology columnist Robert X. Cringely. NerdTV is essentially Charlie Rose for geeks - a one-hour interview show with a single guest from the world of technology. Guests like Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy or Apple computer inventor Steve Wozniak are household names if your household is nerdy enough, but as historical figures and geniuses in their own right, they have plenty to say to ALL of us. NerdTV is distributed under a Creative Commons license so viewers can legally share the shows with their friends and even edit their own versions. If not THE future of television, NerdTV represents A future of television for niche audiences that have deep interest in certain topics.

Click here to visit the NerdTV website.

Rocketboom is a three minute daily video weblog. Agenda includes releasing each new clip at 8am est, Monday through Friday. Some topics involve New York City, the arts, technology, internet culture, commentary on internet culture, and so on. Rocketboom is currently one of the most popular videoblogs on the internet with more daily subscribers for original syndicated multimedia content than nearly any other site, including podcasts.

Hosted by Joanne Colan. Click here to visit the Rocketboom website.

ScreenCastsOnline contains downloadable and streaming screencasts to give you tips and hints in using many mac, pc and web based applications. A screencast is a Quicktime movie containing a screen capture and a spoken narration explaining what is happening on the screen.

Click here to visit the ScreenCastsOnline website.

StepONE is a biweekly IPTV show for both novice and expert users. They currently release on the 1st and the 15th of every month. An average release of StepONE consist of 4+ segments (Hacking, Modding, Linux, and Freeware Program Reviews). Most of their segments will be HOW-TOs of getting the most out of your personal computer.

Click here to visit the StepONE website.

Systm is a downloadable how-to technology show geared towards teaching the common geek various hot topics and projects. Each episode focuses on one subject and is between 10-15 minutes in length.

Hosted by Kevin Rose and Dan Huard. Click here to visit the Systm website.

thebroken is a downloadable computer hacking show geared toward anyone interested in learning more about computer security. Each episode focuses on several subjects and is between 20-30 minutes in length. If it's shady, underground... or borderline illegal, it's thebroken.

Hosted by Kevin Rose and Dan Huard. Click here to visit the thebroken website.

The Lab Rats is a vidcast that teaches you about advanced tips and tricks in technology you already own. Hosted by Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers. Produced by Matt Harris.

Click here to visit the The Lab Rats website.

The .NET Show keeps you up to date on the cutting-edge platform technologies from Microsoft that can make a difference in your Windows and Web applications. The .NET Show is designed to include a balanced blend of technology, education, and coding examples, as well as a little light-hearted entertainment. Each episode focuses on an individual technology and provides you the background you need—from high-level issues to ground-level coding—to take advantage of that technology.

Hosted by Robert Hess. Click here to visit the The .NET Show website.

The Packet Sniffers is an independently produced TV show based in Bloomington Indiana. It focuses on computers and technology, with a broad swath of anything remotely connected to those in between.

Click here to visit the The Packet Sniffers website.

This Week in Tech is a weekly podcast (now available as a vidcast) hosted by several former hosts and cast members of the TechTV television program The Screen Savers. Join Leo Laporte, Kevin Rose, Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, John C. Dvorak and many others in a roundtable discussion of the weeks big tech stories. Entertaining and informative.

Click here to visit the TWiT website.