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Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Steve Gibson, Alex Lindsay, and John C. Dvorak

TWiT 32 is now online.

Audio:

Main feed - courtesy those cool cats (and TWiTheads) at AOL Radio
BitTorrent - four flavors, no waiting

Topics:

• We're on Skype, but Dvorak's using the M-Audio FastTrackUSB and sounding fine
• We'll be using only Heil mics starting next episode
• Is your XBox 360 overheating? Not Dvorak's



• Microsoft is losing $126 per unit
• Here's a set of beautiful screenshots of the 360's "blades"
• Browser makers agree to a new super-certificate to stop phishing
• Want a certificate error? Click here (well until Google fixes it)
• Steve gets his from Verisign - unfortunately Thawte is now owned by Verisign
• Here comes the Firefox 1.5 marketing "onslaught"
• But what is Firefox's market share really? - a lot more than 10%
• Apple's iTunes Music Store is in the top 10 - but who is F.Y.E.? Number 5, that's who
• Does anybody really care about high fidelity music any more?
• Patrick is using Apple Lossless encoding, but FLAC is the open standard
• Send your angry emails to patrick@thisweekintech.com
• Does anybody care about HDTV? You bet!
• The Mission Audio people say kids today can't tell the difference between good audio and bad
• It's the end of the line for Kazaa
• Bram Cohen, creator of BitTorrent, does a deal with the MPAA to keep copyrighted material off BitTorrent.com
• Dvorak says the 300GB DVD is bogus - you'll never be able to afford it
• Alex says DVDs are history by the end of the decade - the future of content is online.
• Dvorak says the portable players are a dead end
• Tivo says it's going to let customers transfer video to the iPod and PSP
• And they've got a deal with Yahoo
• CBS is talking with Yahoo and Google about putting their video archives on the web
• NBC is planning on letting DirectTV offer My Name Is Earl and Battlestar Galactica as a download
• Ruth Parasol made $1.8 billion on PartyPoker.com
• According to Dvorak's IPTVDaily.com IPTV is big everywhere but in the US
• Dvorak has saved every copy of Silicon Spin. Any buyers?
• So long Jennifer Garner - Alias ends its run
• SD-6.com is gone, but not forgotten.
• Our TWiT store should go online later this week. Watch the site for details
• Amber MacArthur's new audio podcasts, Inside the Net, launches this week, too - our first show will feature Mozilla's Mike Shaver on Firefox 1.5
• We miss Internet Tonight. Dvorak says Leo carried The Screen Savers.
• Send your angry emails to dvorak@thisweekintech.com

Thanks to Mark Blasco of Podcastthemes.com for our opening theme, and the awe inspiring Ashley TWitt for our closer. TWiT logo designed by Dorothy Yamamoto.