NEWS ANCHOR

John Raul Joven II

John Raul produced and founded Tech Conclave in March 2009. He is a geek from Davao City, Philippines, with working experience as web developer and Information Technology (IT) professional in the web hosting and web marketing industry. He casts his life online through his personal blog that can be reached at: http://www.johnraul.com and currently hosted by Top Hosting Center. He also co-hosts Brad with Tech Webcast, a tech-related podcast.

• Current Rig:  Compaq Presario CQ40-340TU laptop, Windows Vista Home Premium SP 2,
  2.0 GHz Intel Pentium Dual-Core processor with 1MB L2 Cache,  3 GB DDR2 RAM at 667 MHz, 250 GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Disk Drive, Intel MHD 4500 shared graphics, dual screen, 384 kbps mobile Internet connection speed 

TECH CORRESPONDENTS AND GEEKS

While Tech Conclave is presented by John Raul Joven II, the tech show would not be possible without the free and voluntary segment contributions of tech correspondents and geeks from all over the world. They deserve lots of credits in taking part of the program. If you want to be a tech correspondent from your own country, please contact us.

Tom Maxwell

Tom lives near York, United Kingdom, and owns an Apple MacBook Pro laptop. He studies filming and multimedia and created his own YouTube video channel where he uploads video reviews about the computers and gadgets that he owns.

• Current Rig: Apple MacBook Pro laptop, OS 10.5 Leopard,
  2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo,  2 GB DDR3 RAM at 1066 MHz, 250 GB 5400 RPM Hard Disk Drive,
  NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 256MB, Illuminated keyboard, 15.4 inch LED Screen, 8 Mbps Internet connection speed

Richard Crake

Richard or "Ric" lives in the auld grey market town of Cumbria, United Kingdom, and an Apple products devotee. He currently owns many Apple products from iPhone 3G to MacBook systems. He creates short films using his eccentric videography skills. In his YouTube channel "themacbookone," he also made videos covering reviews about Apple computers and gadgets.

• Current Rig: Apple iMac system, Apple MacBook,
  2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 320GB HDD 256mb ATI 2600 Pro Graphics, 20 inch display and 6mb cache

Gerardo Velasco

Gerardo is a full time geek residing in Alhambra, California, United States, and participating with users online and covering many issues and topics in the security area of computers. He owns VolkDefense.com, a computer security website.

• Current Rig: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 laptop, Windows Vista Home Premium SP 1,
  1.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 2MB L2 Cache,  2 GB DDR2 RAM at 667 MHz, 250 GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Disk Drive, Intel X3100 shared graphics, 1280 x 800 15.4 inch screen, built-in 4 speakers and 1 subwoofer, 1.2 Mbps Internet connection speed

Beau Sinclair

Beau is a geek from Bright, Victoria, Australia. His forte lies with computer networking, server administration and management on various operating systems. He runs and participates online radio programs. His blog is http://www.beausinclair.info.

• Current Rig: Custom built desktop system, Windows XP Home Edition SP 3 / Windows 7 Ultimate beta, 2.10 GHz AMD Phenom X3 8450, 2.5 GB DDR2 RAM, 120 GB Hard Disk Drive, Nvidia GeForce 7050PV 256MB, 1.5 Mbps Internet connection speed

Brad

Brad is from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He hosts Tech Webcast, a podcast program where Tech Conclave’s topics can be discussed and debated with more freedom. He is also involved with online radio program where he plays as disc jockey (DJ) every Thursday night., 10pm to 12am

• Current Rig: Custom built desktop system, Windows XP Home Edition SP 3,
  2.6 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ with 512 KB L2 Cache, 2 GB DDR2 RAM, 150 GB Hard Disk Drive, NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB, dual LCD screen, 20 Mbps ADSL Internet connection speed

Demitri Aleksejev 

Born in Estonia (formerly Russia), Demitri grew up with his family in Chester, England, United Kingdom. He has strong passion towards computers, technology and video.

• Current Rig:  Acer Aspire 5633 laptop, Windows Vista Home Premium SP 2,
  1.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2MB L2 Cache,  2 GB DDR2 RAM at 667 MHz, 120 GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Disk Drive, 15.4 inch screen, 6mbps Internet connection speed 

Dylan Combs

Dylan Combs is an Internet geek from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He does live video streaming online exhibiting his daily life as a computer enthusiast on uStream and his blog at http://dylan.combs.tv. With strong passion towards technology reflected by his knowledge and computer skills that made him very productive, Dylan proves to be a multifaceted geek that can dynamically work on almost anything tech-related.

• Current Rig:  Gateway Desktop, Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP 2,
  2.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo,  8 GB DDR2 RAM, 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drives, dual screens, Apple wired keyboard, and Logitech MX Revolution Mouse

Jonatan Escobar

Jonatan lives in Sarasota, Florida, USA. He was born in Argentina and moved to the US with his family at the age of eleven. He has passion with everything that have to do with technology. On his free time he listens to music or plays with Adobe Photoshop.

• Current Rig: Custom built desktop system, Windows 7 Release Candidate, 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3800+ with 2 GB DDR RAM, 300 GB Hard Disk Drive, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB, dual LCD screen, one of 17" and the main with 20", 3.79 Mbps Comcast Internet connection speed

Jordan Haleakala

Jordan resides in Alhambra, California, USA. His heritage can be traced back in Hawaii. He has strong affinity towards computer and video games and he keeps himself informed with the latest in the gaming world, as well as the rest of tech industry in general.

Sean Jonze

Sean is now a college student taking Information Technology course at Deeside College in Wales. Sean is inclined towards technology and filming. He was originally from Liverpool, England, but relocated in Chester, England, United Kingdom.

Joseph Anthony Mayor

Joseph Anthony Mayor finished IT in a computer university. He is currently working as a graphics designer for a Japanese tiles company in his hometown, Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.

Shane McEntee

Shane studies Information Technology in his home city, Dublin, Ireland. He does videos on YouTube and likes to blog the latest technology news and buzzes.