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March 11th, 2007
TWiT 90: Idiocracy
Hosts: Leo Laporte ,
Merlin Mann ,
Andy Ihnatko ,
Wil Harris , and
John C. Dvorak
Microsoft's OneCare fails the av test, the Microsoft way, and Sony Home...
Read interviews with several programmers, including Bill Gates, from the 80s in Programmers at Work .
Microsoft's own Windows Onecare fails to protect Windows. It scored the lowest in a test by AV-Comparatives.
Clam AV is an open source antivirus software.
Frontpage is gone from the Office suite. However, it serves as a foundation for Sharepoint Designer 2007 and Expression Web Designer .
There won't be any patches on March's patch Tuesday.
Idiocracy is a fantastic movie about how the world's society became dumber and dumber throughout the future.
Samsung has begun shipping hybrid hard drives.
An IBM consultant has stated that Vista was meant to run on 4gb of RAM.
BBC has stricken a deal with YouTube, but it turns out that they'll simply only put promos on the site.
Apple has patented an iPod/iPhone lanyard.
Steve Jobs was spotted at his kid's soccer game wearing headphones that he was allegedly talking to. Was he using an iPhone?
Sony has announced the Playstation Home which is basically their competitor to Second Life.
There is a Second Life Liberation Army that attempted to "destroy" things in the virtual world.
Intel "accidentally" deleted court-ordered emails.
A startup is going to provide Second Life avatar ratings.
Feeling lazy constantly? A new class of FDA-approved stimulant drugs will keep you going and going...
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