Tease: Did Google responds to controversial results, what wave needs to win, and why Leo thinks it's ok for Google to own the world.
- Leo Laporte
http://mediafly.com/Browse... you should be able to download from there but it looks like they've only got the audio versions right now. they will eventually get the video versions (over the next week?) so you could subscribe there... or as leo said subscribe/download from the twit.tv website when the video goes live there (which will be soon also)
- Chris Heath
Super cool, how long does it take before the video is up on mediafly? Anyway that a version could be released within minutes after the live show?
- Charbax
doubt it charbax, they do some post editing to cut in the intros and the cold opens etc
- Chris Heath
It'd be cool also if mediafly could somehow let people stream on-demand not only in real-time but as a DVR, so people can watch it from the start if they tune in a half hour late
- Charbax
yeah that would be cool... they will have the live stream at least... that leo has said is in the works
- Chris Heath
Wish I had a better method to get TWiT videos on my TivoHD! Leo, you worked something out with Roku - talk to TiVo, please!
- David Gallo
It was a great show Leo. Cashmore is a keeper.
- Thom Kennon
Item 1: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Let's be serious, this is the only thing happening this week Never has a game so thoroughly lived up to the hype However: There is some controversy around the single player campaign Related: Microsoft bans up to 1 million players from Xbox Live for cheating
- Leo Laporte
Item 2: Windows 7 on a netbook It's fine. But it's still a netbook
- Leo Laporte
Item 3: Windows Mobile 6.5 It does not suck as much as you've been led to believe In fact, it's better than the iPhone in a few areas It's not nearly as good most of the time. Let's not get crazy
- Leo Laporte
Unpolished compared to the iPhone? How many years did it take them to add Copy/Paste to Android?
- Steve Mesik
You can't count iPhone apps by numbers, because half of them are nothing more than $4.99 "flashlights" that simply turn the screen white.
- Steve Mesik
You heard that the FB app developer stepped down because of apple?
- Holger Eilhard
from iPhone
HI good show listing from georgia on a suny day in november :)
- daveccorey
“My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple’s policies.” – Joe Hewitt
- Peter Costello
Audible pick of the week: Under the Dome by Stephen King "On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the...
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- Leo Laporte
Tip of the week: Get the latest Zune HD games First, download a minor Zune HD firmware update (v4.3) Then get access to 5 new games and one other app Some of the games are 3D Nothing major, but a nice bonus for Zune HD users
- Leo Laporte
He was just on with Michael Krasny yesterday... I wonder if he's in town...
- Ken Sheppardson
Y'all notice the notices at the bottom of the Droid commercials that say "Droid is a licensed trademark of Lucasfilm... used under license..."
- Ken Sheppardson
I think you should change the name of the show too ... "Report For Duty!" This title is more fitting with the topic discussed. LOL
- David Sanders
Windows Mobile WM6.* Phone owners can WATCH Leo's live.twit.tv Video Stream with Free SkyFire App http://www.skyfire.com !!!! I found it at the Windows Mobile Marketplace app store. It works GREAT on my AT&T Tilt (the older one)!
- Peter Costello
Tease: The new office is here the new office is here, Bing's got big deals for Black Friday, and why Chrome OS could mean trouble for Microsoft.
- Leo Laporte
Item 1: More Office 2010 Info Office versions for consumers including Office Starter Click-2-Run brings desktop virtualization home' Office To Go - install Office to a USB key http://www.microsoft.com/office...
- Leo Laporte
I love my starfire WM 6.1 App! Now I can actually watch the live video of this show on my cell phone! (Even at work!)
- Peter Costello
Item 2: Windows Home Server PP3 is here Primarily about Windows 7 support: Libraries integration, Backup and Recovery, Windows Search, netbook support, Windows Media Center
- Leo Laporte
Yikes. I never would have known about the taping if not for FF. Calendar still says tomorrow :-/
- Ken Sheppardson
Which calendar? The Google calendar is correct.
- Leo Laporte
I think there are 2 Google calendars. I went to the wiki and connected to the one listed in there. The "newer" one does get updated.
- Steve Hampton
I had a TWITlive calendar in my Google calendar that didn't seem to update well. It was named "TWIT live (2)". I connected to the one now listed in the wiki and it's called "TWITLive"
- Steve Hampton
Item 3: Windows Home Server PP3 is here Primarily about Windows 7 support: Libraries integration, Backup and Recovery, Windows Search, netbook support, Windows Media Center
- Leo Laporte
Item 4: Google Chrome OS Microsoft killer or sad joke? I think this is more dangerous to Microsoft/Apple than many realize
- Leo Laporte
It says the Microsoft 2010 beta is good until October 2010.
- Judy Jones
Hm. I'm sub'd to the calendar on live.twit.tv and this taping's still not there... Oh... the link(s?) at the bottom appear to go to the old calendar, e.g. the XML link.
- Ken Sheppardson
For "geeks" it really just seems like you're better off installing something like Ubuntu Netbook Remix and just using Chromium. For turn-key web appliances, sure... but if you're installing something on a netbook yourself? Meh.
- Ken Sheppardson
I would use a Chrome web-laptop with a long battery life while on the train everyday
- Sable
Oh crud, you're right. Some old code must have leaked in. I don't do the page but I can fix it.
- Leo Laporte
Mucking around trying to circumvent crippled WiFi setup procedures seems counterproductive. Just install Ubuntu.
- Ken Sheppardson
The advantage, to the user, is the completely locked down "snapshot" that is the default experience - we can do that today with Windows, Mac, linux, etc - but it's not easy
- Sable
Sure, that's an advantage for my mom. Is it really an advantage to anybody mucking with the beta at this point?
- Ken Sheppardson
Item 5: Kindle news Now with 85 percent more battery life and native PDF support Firmware update to existing Kindle 2 devices
- Leo Laporte
Ken, I'm a technerd myself and there is one "feature" that I miss from the past - the instant-on, always working as expected, palm pilot
- Sable
Chrome will now be that device - grab it for certain things and do my primary work on my other machines
- Sable
However, I don't think it's an MS killer. Who would go to chrome for their primary machine?
- Sable
Google is moving the battlefield to a place that MS is not dominat. The Cloud
- Peter Costello
I agree with you Paul. Google products have been very compelling over the years and I keep going to them - email, calendar, blackberry sync, voice, sites, etc.
- Sable
Yeah, for the instant-on "cloud client" (tm) tied to the hardware, I think it's a great solution, and it's a realization of what the Oracle and Sun folks have been imagining for a decade now. I just hope some of that instant on tech trickles back into Ubuntu for the rest of us.
- Ken Sheppardson
I prefer a car and a motorcycle - my Honda Element for workhorse/family stuff and my Harley Sportster for .. well, me
- Sable
There are still a ton of applications that can't run in the cloud per se, e.g. video editing. We need something like gigabit last mile connectivity before that'll work.
- Ken Sheppardson
Try only using your desktop over RDP (remote desktop) to see how many apps can't run in the cloud.
- Ken Sheppardson
Item 6: YouTube captioning and an epiphany about choosing the right tech i.e. Apple has captioning on movies, Zune does not
- Leo Laporte
Do you do sign language with him also? To help with communication overall?
- Sable
Tip of the week: Use AlternativeTo to find free replacements for popular apps http://alternativeto.net/ We've had this one on before, but I get a lot of email about it. Thanks to Dominic Guerra for the tip.
- Leo Laporte
Software pick of the week: Office 2010 Home and Business Beta w/Click-2-Run Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote http://us20.office2010beta.mic... And... Anyone know of good remote file access software? (Not remote control. Just PC to PC file copy that doesn't require a user logged on to the second PC, ideally.)
- Leo Laporte
I remember one of the box.net/dropbox style apps let you browse the entire remote machine file system... which one was that... shoot...
- Ken Sheppardson
Shoot. It's not box.net. I've got to quit making partial, half thought out, off the cuff comments. First the voice/data thing yesterday... heh...
- Ken Sheppardson
Yes. I am a geek, what can I say? A man who knows a lot about a little talks to few men. A man who tries to understand something about everything speaks to all. I liked this because it represents something I am listening to but don't understand. While I may not have something to contribute, I liked it so it will show up in My Discussions in case anyone else contributes something that helps my understanding.
- Johnny Worthington
I'm not sure what happened here, but I'm intrigued. :)
- Micah Wittman
My friend, who is an RN, takes 50K units Vitamin D (once weekly) b/c her blood work showed it was very low. She said that the chronic pain in her neck which she was taking meds for, has gone down tremendously.
- shelter watch
Vitamin D: evidently, people who live north of a certain line as far as the amount of sun per day they can get, are probably in need of Vitamin D.
- shelter watch
Yes, Olivia had a sync in her Ford - it was a cool moment.
- Sable
Question [ 1 ] - Drew in Virginia Beach, VA wonders about old code... Steve, I love the show (insert normal kudos, hooahs, etc...you and Leo are as great as SpinRite is awesome!) I'll refer you back to Episode 221, where you were saying that old code is better code, but if you recall, several episodes earlier you went into detail about how a voting machine, secure in its day, could now...
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- Leo Laporte
My mom had a pinto that caught on fire after an accident ... sheesh
- Sable
Question [ 2 ] - An Anonymous listener asks: Is old code really better than new code? Steve, Love the show, been listening since v1, SpinRite owner since blah, blah, blah, <insert more of the same praise here>. After 4+ years of listening, it is apparent you favor old code over new code because you think the problems are discovered, known, and perhaps even fixed. Being a software guy...
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- Leo Laporte
Question [ 3 ] - Brandon in Indianapolis wonders about "webs of trust"... Hey Steve and Leo! Back in episode 214 you guys highlighted the http://www.google.com/safebro... page It's very cool. However, why wouldn't someone just install web of trust? Its over at http://www.mywot.com/ Its an add-on for both Firefox and IE that will rank sites based upon reported malware...
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- Leo Laporte
Wow, people are selling Fitbit on ebay.com now. One has a buy it now for $350!!
- shelter watch
Question [ 4 ] - John Edwards from Edinburgh Scotland is in Password Hell... Dear Steve: On SN 222, you spoke of an overheard discussion at your local Starbucks (other coffee outlets are available) THE DISCUSSION WAS: a company's policy of making their employees change their password on a regular basis. You said that this policy makes sense, but it seemed the people in discussion...
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- Leo Laporte
Question [ 5 ] - Doug Smith in Albany, NY worries when “Human Rights” become “Inhuman Rights”... Hi Steve and Leo - It was a couple episodes ago, but I recall you and Leo discussing a move that is afoot in some places to establish internet access as a basic human right. My take on your comments was that you both were leaning in favor of that idea - basically pointing out that there is...
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- Leo Laporte
Question [ 6 ] - Daniel Brewer in Epsom, UK wants to mention another solution against brute force SSH attacks... Hi, I was interested in the conversation in Episode #220 on changing the SSH port. I just wanted to add my 2c and say that there are various programs for linux (at least) that help prevent a brute force attack on SSH. These will actively alter the firewall to block...
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- Leo Laporte
I much prefer to get e-mail here because if someone mails stuff to us, we have to drive 2.1 miles to the pavement b/c the postal service won't drive down a dirt road. Packages delivered to us via postal service have to be picked up at the post office in 'town' 10 miles each way!
- shelter watch
Question [ 7 ] - Joe Perleberg from Green Bay, WI has some insight on Fingerprints required for Checks... Steve and Leo, I was listening to the latest episode of SN and I have some more information regarding the taking of fingerprints when cashing checks. I live in Green Bay, WI and of the many banks I went to around town, nearly all required a fingerprint to cash a check for a...
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- Leo Laporte
Question [ 8 ] - Joe Dorward from Berkshire, England brings us the “Head Shaker of the Week” report... Steve, I just attempted to log out from my hotmail account … when they presented me with this error message : “Sign out failed! We could not sign you out because your browser seems to be blocking third party cookies. * Close all browser windows to sign out. * To prevent this error in the future, you must enable third party cookies by changing your browser settings.”
- Leo Laporte
Question [ 9 ] - Steve in Rochester, NY brings us the "Sad Biometric Stupidity Story of the Week"... Hey Steve & Leo ... I just finished listening to episode 222, with the story about a man who couldn't cash his wifes' check without giving his fingerprints. In early September, at a Bank of America in Tampa, the same thing happened. The really sad part is that the bank wouldn't make an...
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- Leo Laporte
One problem with biometric data is that if it is stolen or otherwise compromised you can't just get a new finger, retina, DNA, et al, like you can with credit card numbers, PINs or passwords.
- Peter Costello
Prices are great at Fryes, but their return policy is a hassle. Motto: make sure whatever you buy, you don't want to try to return.
- shelter watch
1 of the greatest and most informative shows ever especially if you need to be on the cutting edge of technology and security.
- echostreamer
This is what I'm seeing when I click on the link: live.twit.com This page is parked free, courtesy of Computer Networking Gurus Inc. Ah, the link should be .tv.
- Todd Hoff
Apple wants to own all your screens.
- Andrew Smith
Another potential story: Apple probably about to deny Apple Care for Smokers, at least for machines that smell like Nikotin. Source: macnews.de (German Apple News Site)
- masa media - Martin
Adobe and Apple need to make up. Nobody wins the way it is now.
- Andrew Smith
Right. If that's a feature you care about, to the extent that it influences your decision, you want an iPhone and AT&T
- Ken Sheppardson
Unfortunately it's sort of moot if you can't actually use the phone 'cause of lack of coverage...
- Ken Sheppardson
iPhone does phone and data at the same time on Roger's in Canada
- Andrew Smith
If you're using data, I believe your calls just go to voicemail.
- Ken Sheppardson
Chat room is correcting me... they say it rings and if you pick up it cuts off the call.
- Ken Sheppardson
But if you can't get data service coverage .. that feature doesn't exist in your world anyway
- Peter Costello
I think it might be a matter of whether there's an actual connetion established, i.e. streaming video vs HTTP. In between HTTP requests, your phone would certainly ring
- Ken Sheppardson
Just checked. While streaming a YouTube video on my Pre, it'll ring. It suspends playback, and I see the call window pop up on half the screen. It even tries to roll over the connection to WiFi and keep streaming, but the playback pauses when the phon rings.
- Ken Sheppardson
Meanwhile, Gameloft said "the company has cut back on investment [on Android platform] mostly due to weaknesses of Android's application store." http://www.reuters.com/article...
- sunkenplanet
Isn't that a named protocol? Seems like my Bluetooth headset does that. Or am I wrong?
- Peter Costello
I'd propose that there were, in fact 100K Windows/Linux/OSX apps in the first 18mo, they just didn't all have to get registered in some central database.
- Ken Sheppardson
Somebody on FLOSS Weekly made the same point about some app the other day, i.e. the reason they only support Linux is to limit tech support burden. What app was that...
- Ken Sheppardson
... I think it was Ardour, the digital audio workstation software.
- Ken Sheppardson
Handbrake was update in 2008 not 2009. so that "update" is a year old -- opps. seems like I was getting an old page for some reason. i refreshed an now the new update shows up
- jccalhoun
Handbrake 0.9.3 was in '08. 0.9.4 = Monday, Nov 23, 2009
- sunkenplanet
MacBreak Weekly 163 was "Stroke The Mouse"
- Ken Sheppardson
Tease: Black Friday deals, are they real? And while Apple hates on cigarettes they still smoke the Droid.
- Leo Laporte
Leo: Alex's mic is in the way on that shot.
- sunkenplanet
$54.95 probably plus shipping for the sleepphones.com
- shelter watch
"So... how much do you think I could make on my Twitter account? ;-) Seriously I would never consider inserting ads into my Twitter stream. We had an extensive conversation about this this summer on Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/leolapo......"
- Leo Laporte
"I signed up for Ad.ly and they said my account was worth something like $2900 per week. I charge $80 CPMs on TWiT so my Tweets should be worth four times what ad.ly is suggesting. I set my ad rate to a low low $10,000 per week. We'll see if anyone bites! (Hey- if I can make $500,000 a year with a few ads in my tweet stream I'll have to reconsider my stance.)"
- Leo Laporte
Live now: MacBreak Weekly with Andy Ihnatko and Don McAllister. Guest: Paul Kent talking about Macworld Expo 2010. http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....
Apple could take that video and make a Mac ad out of it... with minimal editing.
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
I played around with the 27in iMac at the Apple Store today actually. Beautiful machine. You have to see it to understand how big it is.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
I love the Magic Mouse. Tried it today. Hope it gets a windows driver :)
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Tease: this week on Macbreak Weekly: Dancing Microsoft store, a look at the new 27" imac, and Black Friday rumors.
- Leo Laporte
Leo: sorry I didn't post any stories today, just woke up. lol
- sunkenplanet
I am an international trade manager for a liquid nutrition and fertilizer company. How much does fertilizer run-off contribute to this?
- Johnny Worthington
Yet another ecological scourge may earn a place on the ever-lengthening list of problems associated with climate change: the formation of some types of so-called "dead zones"--marine expanses covering hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles that become too oxygen-starved during the summer to support most life forms. Armed with new analyses of Oregon's 2009 dead zone season, Jack...
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- Leo Laporte
Today we're talking with Oregon State University, Jack Barth... Physical oceanographer...High-resolution observation of jets and eddies over the continental shelf and slope and in an eastern boundary current region; modeling of wind- and buoyancy-forced coastal circulation.
- Leo Laporte
Fertilizer efficiency is a big issue, but sadly it's because of the high costs of raw materials rather than the ecological effects.
- Johnny Worthington
So dead zones are really the red flashing light saying 'Hey, something's not right'
- Johnny Worthington
Wow, that's a stumper of a question! :)
- Susan Beebe
Learn all that you can, be noble, true, humble, love much. Seek wisdom from your family and friends
- Susan Beebe
I would say: pls take a picture of me using your iPhone and post it to Posterous and capture that 12sec video of reincarnation process : )
- victed
from iPhone
I wouldn't need 140 characters: "in whatever you do, strive to do it as well as you possibly can." 64.
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
Never stop learning, enjoy the little things, cherish friends & family, try your best, keep an open mind, and indulge yourself occasionally.
- Nathan Chase
chase your passions, the rest follows. observe everything. work, love and play hard. change happens. live full and balanced. 3
- Charles Ying
Risk is not an option. And eat your vegetables.
- Micah Wittman
Study Thomas, he has more answers than anyone else you will read.
- Alex Scrivener
Number to a Swiss bank safe containing cash, guns and numerous passports. Yes, it is from a movie.
- Peng-Toh
.....so are we trying to guess the meaning of life here? essentially I think that's what this question boils down to. I only need two characters:
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
Let's git rid of 140 chars nonsense limid.
- Petr Buben
"Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men."
- Paul Buchheit
Paul, try telling April that next time she is frustrated with you; I'm sure it will help ;)
- Clare Dibble
Just told my son this tonight -- Leave the earth better than the way you found it.
- joe is...
"Its not that bad, stop sh*tting yourself, ;)"
- chaz2b
++Leo, that sounds like very useful advice. :)
- Ruchira S. Datta
In the end it really doesn't matter, enjoy it while it lasts, do what makes you happy, try not to sabotage the happiness of others.
- April Russo (app103)
Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s all small stuff.
- Laura Norvig
"Dear Reincarnated Self: my head is frozen with the Life Extension Foundation. To get cool advice pls unfreeze me at ur earliest convenience."
- Philipp Lenssen
"Dont be afraid to take chances or march to a different beat. In the end only the soul counts, don't sweat the small stuff. Listen, learn."
- Grant Bierman
"Please ask the next generation to increase maximum message length."
- Ray Cromwell
BTW, Commander Data was able to get away with sending only 2 *bits* of information into the future/past to break out of a 'groundhog day' scenario. The message: 3
- Ray Cromwell
There once was a site called Twitter. It was worth a billion dollars...
- Sean Kelly
Exercise every day, learn to program asap. I have discovered a truly marvellous proof that these are the right things to do which this twee
- j1m
"I've finally discovered the secret to a contented and effective life, which for you, begins now. This joy can be yours. Just claim it by t" <snipped by character limit>
- Kurtiss Hare
Search for the will of the creator. Prefer the heaven of love to the hell of power.Every moment is unique.Train empathy. Give. [ yeah, I kept in the character limit! Twitter is like life sometimes, only, hu, more limitted :-]
- Willi Schroll
L^2>∞ love of life is greater then time and space. Compassion destroys the destroyer peace above me below me around me down me radiate peace
- Robert Higgins
That's easy: Join friendfeed as soon as possible.
- Jim Hearts FF
don't sweat it kid, you just got a do over...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
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- Edward Coffey
"Propose multiple solutions to every problem. Or choose your own life."
- Ivo Danihelka
Love always wins. Don't sweat happiness: find joy. (ponders how to translate the "becoming a man" speech from Secondhand Lions into 140 characters...)
- Ladybug Heather
Remember to save often...data and money. Live life like you have a reset button.
- Brian Merriman
It's not just you, they're all crazy. Make as many friends outside the family as you can. You'll want to leave home. Do it. Don't look back. (this is a seriously awesome topic!)
- Lo
Follow your heart. Don't worry about failure because apparently reincarnation is real. Snooches!
- Kevin Fox
Dont let others decide for you what is good and right for you. Not even this message.
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Learn your math. Especially Geometry. It will make your coding SO much more compelling!
- Joe Nickence
Well I won't list all 140 but 1 I will is: Do not live your life to live..Live it to die. In other words, prepare for death because all life is about is another chance to get it right so you can end Samsara.
- Merlyn Seeley
"In your past life, you never understood why people liked Twitter."
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Dear new self: whatever you do, don't make all the same mistakes with your life that I did with mine. For example, you should never ever try [MAXIMUM MESSAGE LENGTH REACHED]
- Steve is older than ever
You, are fine. To hell w' 'em if they think you're not pretty/funny/smart/rich enough.
- Summer
Find Stuart Diamond and take his negotiation course when you're 16. Love yourself so you can love others. Also, reincarnation exists, and you were a geek in your previous life.
- Daniel Dulitz
Don't wish for what you aren't. Life will be far more interesting than you could ever expect. Play with the cards you're dealt, and have fun
- Bette Cooper
Call me Stewie, bow now and pay later. Put another coal in the power plant so you can continue watching this homage and choke on the fumes. [140 and referenced Family Guy, ideology, commerce, ecology, choice, and lost will.]
- William 'Bill' McPhe
"Tom Cruise must be stopped. By any means necessary."
- Otto
Otto, you have room to add "--your mission, if you choose to accept it."
- Micah Wittman
Life is all about ass. You're either covering it, kicking it, kissing it, busting it, laughing it off, or trying to get a piece of it.
- Mona Nomura
Be kind to animals, nature, others & yourself. Do what you love. Love what you do. Never stop learning about the world around you.
- Bronson Harrington
Try to find the 140 characters you would pass along to your reincarnation.
- Eszter Susánszky
1. Google Dashboard launches http://www.informationweek.com/news... Google introduced Google Dashboard, a Web page that provides a summary of the information Google users have stored online and a set of links for modifying data storage settings.
- Leo Laporte
Audible Pick: The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything UNABRIDGED By Guy Kawasaki Narrated by Paul Boehmer
- Leo Laporte
Audible Pick: 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before ColumbusABRIDGED By Charles C. Mann Narrated by Peter Johnson http://www.audible.com/adbl...
- Leo Laporte
Leo, have you talked about the Dell Inspiron Zino HD before? I just noticed it and I was thinking about getting one for my home theatre or even as my Adobe Lightroom / photography machine. Does it have enough grunt?
- Johnny Worthington
Apple isn't open enough to expose the hooks for H.264 acceleration to Adobe In Flash Player 10.1, H.264 hardware acceleration is not supported under Linux and Mac OS. Linux currently lacks a developed standard API that supports H.264 hardware video decoding, and Mac OS X does not expose access to the required APIs. We will continue to evaluate adding the feature to Linux and Mac OS in future releases. Still significant CPU acceleration gains over 10.0.x
- Leo Laporte
Windows performance is significantly better YouTube 720p - 64% to 15% YouTube standard - 20% to 12% Hulu Desktop - 75% to 38%
- Leo Laporte
devastated and sickened. no world cup again! France's entry into the World Cup = highway robbery at the expense of Ireland and poor officiating. Boo.
- Pam Gwenzi
Ryan comment was great about settlement of 1.25 Billion might help their quarter...
- Jim Turner
Problem with the settlement: The government agencies wont stop investigating Intel.
- Martin
Item 5: ASUS Windows Home Server TS Mini SOHO device Pic here: http://www.engadget.com/2009... Target audience: Small Office/Home Office users who need to store, share, back up, and synchronize data easily and securely Configuration: Intel Atom N280 based, runs on Microsoft Windows Home Server, free 500GB ASUS Web Storage,...
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- Leo Laporte
Gaming laptops are just stupid. Much better getting a CULV and a gaming desktop.
- Martin
Just get an Acer 1810TZ. Much better notebook. Core 2 Duo. 10 hours battery life.
- Martin
Item 6: ASUS and NVIDIA showcase new notebook with 3D Vision integration
- Leo Laporte
Item 7: ASUS EeePC 1201N Seashell Netbook sports NVIDIA ION chipset
- Leo Laporte
Item 1: Last week Microsoft patched an integer overflow vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Embedded OpenType Font Engine (T2Embed.dll) when processing a web page embedding a malformed EOT file. Microsoft expects widespread exploitation of this flaw soon. http://www.vupen.com/exploit...
- Leo Laporte
2012 was not that good... eye candy... no story
- Rick
Item 1: NEWS Canadian high school is first in the world to announce the supply of Sony Readers in place of printed textbooks http://www.newswire.ca/en... Embracing the benefits of electronic reading, students at Blyth Academy are today beginning the transition from using traditional printed textbooks to digital textbooks read on the Sony(R)...
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- Leo Laporte
Item 2: Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year: Unfriend http://mashable.com/2009... Other tech words considered: hashtag – a # [hash] sign added to a word or phrase that enables Twitter users to search for tweets (postings on the Twitter site) that contain similarly tagged items and view thematic sets intexticated – distracted because texting on a...
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- Leo Laporte
Nasa dispels 2012 predictions with website http://www.nasa.gov/topics... Question (Q): Are there any threats to the Earth in 2012? Many Internet websites say the world will end in December 2012. Answer (A): Nothing bad will happen to the Earth in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012.
- Leo Laporte
GUEST Ian Manheimer, CEO, Measy Inc Skype - TBD
- Leo Laporte
WEB APP http://snailmailr.com This is a fun but modest project that was started by a friend of mine: Enter Snailmailr. Keep in better contact with elderly relatives, send a special letter to a friend, write a landlord, or mail a resume and cover letter: a cheap, simple, faster way to do a common task
- Leo Laporte
Tease: Use the web to send snail mail, the Oxford English Dictionary word of the year, and NASA responds to 2012.
- Leo Laporte
I'd really like to see Leo Laporte do a talk-soup type show, that summarizes the best of all the TWiT network shows, doing clips, with banter in between by one of the producers who's putting it together. It could be called This Week At TWiT.
I generally don't like montage-type things like that, but it actually sounds kinda like an ingenious idea. I'd watch/listen to it, and I'm sure many, many, many others would too.
- Gus Cuddy
from BuddyFeed
I can't believe that this week of all weeks, not a damn one of you is willing to give Tina, who has given so much to you, her much deserved release! Shame! Blueballing the best of us......
- Matthew DeVries
I had a conversation just like this with my buddy Jason. The result was the following TWiTWiT podcast: http://bit.ly/75fBa [iTunes link] What do you think?
- Noah Wolfe
Need a geeky comedian to host this. I'd suggest MDV and Glen Campbell for this. Both of them are very funny and mildly geeky enough to pass it off.
- CW™
Anyone share this with Leo yet? Cause he always likes ideas about new shows. This would be easy to do to with a wrap up of shows that were done that week with a fresh face that wants to get into podcasts. Easy to do and fun. Did I mention easy to do?
- CW™
funny thing is, that this has been sitting in my inbox (inbox 1 if you will call it) since nov 4th... i'm glad we could finally get you some release Tina ;-P
- Chris Heath
oh and now i get to claim inbox zero!
- Chris Heath
Leo, if it's in the offing somewhere, you should grab the URL .tv for it. I bet it would quickly be the top search result when you type in that title!
- Matthew DeVries