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November 15th, 2009

TWiT 221: Get Off Of My Planet

Modern Warfare 2 is the biggest media launch of all time but PC gamers are hopping mad, how come usability expert Jakob Nielsen's site looks so bad, and so long Geocities...

220

November 9th, 2009

TWiT 220: Buffet Neutrality

Why bandwidth shaping is like potato salad, how the Higgs Boson protects itself, and AT&T vs. Verizon...

219

November 1st, 2009

TWiT 219: Don't Make Natali Cry

Natali Del Conte shows off her Droid, Jason Calacanis says tech IPOs are just around the corner, and Patrick Norton fights for a free Internet.

218

October 26th, 2009

TWiT 218: Escape From Farmville

John C. Dvorak weighs the case for and against net neutrality, Dwight Silverman rates Windows 7 a winner, Leo kicks his Farmville addiction, and more.

217

October 19th, 2009

TWiT 217: The A.I. Spy Club

Twitter lists, Google ramps up, tech journalism ethics, Windows 7, TSA vs. mommy blogger, and more.

216

October 11th, 2009

TWiT 216: It's Pimpin' Time

Sidekick sideswiped, FCC/Google, Facebookers shut out, NASA bombs the moon, FTC regulates bloggers, and more.

215

October 4th, 2009

TWiT 215: Who Needs This Crap?

Comcast-NBC, podcasting money, Windows 7, Newegg IPO, 2 billion iPhone apps, and more.

this WEEK in TECH

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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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