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201

June 28th, 2009

TWiT 201: HI LEO LAPORTE FOR THROATBEARDS

Amazon vs. sales tax, some IPTV ads cost more than equivalent TV, Windows 7 Pricing, Yahoo stockholders meeting, and more.

200

June 21st, 2009

TWiT 200: Salad Daze

For show 200, some of the original TWiTs talk about a $1.9 million fine for 24 pirated songs, Morro, Steve Jobs, and more.

199

June 14th, 2009

TWiT 199: I'm A Dinner Jacket

Palm Pre, iPhone 3GS, AT&T protest, the end of analog TV, MySpace layoffs, gaming industry down, and more.

198

June 7th, 2009

TWiT 198: Emission Accomplished

The Palm Pre, Apple's WWDC 2009, voting on advertisements, Bing, E3, Google gets cozy with the White House, and more.

197

May 31st, 2009

TWiT 197: Steal This Diploma

Newspaper collusion, real-time Web, Bing, Google Wave, transforming education, and more.

196

May 24th, 2009

TWiT 196: Flesh Colored Tape

Armstrong tweet controversy, Vista memory, TV still king, OQO end, and more.

195

May 17th, 2009

TWiT 195: A Series Of Tube Tops

Wolfram Alpha, Pirate Bay DDo$, Crackho.com, Craigslist massages, Facebook boobies, and your car warranty has expired.

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June 19th, 2005

The Late Lamented Episode 9 Is Here

Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, and Robert Heron

It's here. It's here. Main feed - courtesy AOL Radio BitTorrent - four flavors, no waiting I sincerely apologize for the lateness of this episode. Several unforseen technical issues, including a hard drive crash and an FTP failure, plus my monthly week in Canada taping Call for Help, delayed the editing. I'm also still learning how best to mix these tracks. It's getting easier every time as I learn my way around Adobe Audition.

I can't promise it won't happen again but I can promise we'll continue to record on schedule and I'll do my best to get it out as quickly as I can thereafter.

Unfortunately we're having serious issues with the web site right now, so you'll have to get your copy from one of the mirrors (bless you Dan & company - we really appreciate the help in this emergency) or Our Media.

In this Episode:

Topics:

  • Windows Updates - should they be daily or monthly?
  • Burning in Gaming Machines
  • To Update or Not to Update Drivers
  • OEM bloatware on Windows machines
  • Backing up to network drives
  • Patrick recommends Server Elements open source NAS
  • Leo says don't buy Iomega's BOSS
  • Using Gmail to backup your files
  • Is OS X for Intel on the warez sites?
  • The merits of live CDs like Knoppix
  • The FCC advances the move to digital broadcast TV to 2006
  • The TWiTs debate digital TV
  • The best way to get HD
  • Kevin admits to watching women's tennis
  • Robert says NASCAR in HD is the way to go
  • Leo says life sucks
  • AMD Quadcore chips are on the way
  • The limitations of multi-processor systems
  • The end of the processor clock speed race
  • Robert admits to building a Prescott-based system, it's fast... and hot: 75° C
  • Processors will get faster, but we're in a transition period
  • Sony hard drive add-on for PS/3 will come with Linux
  • ATI Crossfire vs. SLI
  • The benefits of nVidea's SLI dual card gaming
  • The 1080p format
  • Patrick and Leo ask Robert for TV buying advice
  • Robert likes the Sharp 45-inch Aquos, but plasma is better for video
  • Wait until the end of the year to buy
  • 37-inch LCDs with 1080p resolution for under $2000 should appear soon
  • Thanks to Textamerica for The TechTV-On This Date moblog
  • Patrick is sticking with CRT displays
  • Winbook's new HD LCD has some problems but it's very affordable
  • LCD TVs are poised to replace CRT and rear-projection at the low end
  • DVD Decrypter ceases and desists
  • Kevin prefers DVD Shrink and it's not dead yet
  • Was it because Decrypter broke Sony's copy protection?
  • Canada is about to go down the DMCA road
  • Cory Doctorow says WIPO's membership is the problem
  • Patrick defends copy protection but says theonline music store experience stinks
  • Kevin and Leo love JHymn for iTunes Music Store decryption
  • Kevin will print the Free Leo Bumper Stickers
  • Robert's off to play Battlefield 2
  • Kevin's newest SYSTM is out: learn how to build your own Myth DVR using KnoppMyth
  • HD3000 brings HDTV to Myth
  • Leo loves Knoppix MAME
  • Patrick plugs ExtremeIpod.com - enter the contest for free music
  • Drupal throttling and moving to a new server (any day now)
  • Patrick plays pitchman
  • We're working on non-Paypal options to contribute (maybe Google?)
  • Patrick's Box o' Crap is looking good, we'll announce winners soon. Honest.

Episode 10 will be out in the next 24 hours, which means there's going to be a traffic jam on the site. Please be patient, use BitTorrent if you can, and watch for a couple of big distribution deal announcements this week to ease your pain. It's getting better all the time.

 

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