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May 27th, 2007
TWiT 99: Happy Towel Day
Hosts: Leo Laporte ,
Patrick Norton , and
John C. Dvorak
Borrowing Wi-Fi is a crime, Dell arrives at Wal-Mart, and Norton crashes Chinese PCs....
A Symantec update has quarantined 2 critical files in the Chinese version of Windows which has bricked some machines.
Male partial nudity is the cause of a delay in the impending Halo 2 PC launch.
A Michigan man has been arrested for using a cafe's free WiFi from his car.
Sony has developed a 2.5" razor-thin bendable display.
If you're driving a 2007 Infiniti G35 or Nissan Altima, do not place your cell phone near the electronic keys. Incoming or outgoing calls will erase them.
Nokia and Qualcomm are in a patent spat .
Facebook now allows you to add applications to your profile. They have an API . Mark Zuckerberg has even made mention about a Facebook social OS.
It is Towel Day in tribute to the late author Douglas Adams .
It has been 30 years since the release of the first Star Wars movie.
Check out Dvorak's review of an IBM PS-2 computer from 1987.
LucasFilm is providing 250 clips on the Star Wars website, and people will be able to mash them up.
Finland is allowing DVD copying because the CSS copy protection has been deemed by them as ineffective .
You're all invited to the TWiT 100 show/Jaiku party.
On episode 168 of DL.TV, Patrick and gang played around with a $99 Linux computer .
The RIAA says that the radio needs to pay royalty fees.
Dell is planning on selling its PCs at Wal-Mart .
Several politicians want to begin taxing Internet sales.
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs will share the stage at the D: All Things Digital conference.
Dvorak thinks that Bill Gates is using too much makeup .
There is a Zune Amnesty Bin in the Microsoft offices.
Rumors are flying that Google may be purchasing Feedburner.
Dvorak has been named as Vice President of Podshow.
Thanks to AOL Radio for the bandwidth for this show.
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