TWiT starts off in a fairly predicatable manner, namely with a little bit of talk about the Nexus One. Equally predictable is conversation about the upcoming Apple conference, though Jason Calacanis adds some insight by suggesting some television/movie-driven motivations that could be the logical conclusion of technologies like the Apple TV and Mac Mini.
Next up is an editorial from CNN’s Bruce Schneier stating that the U.S. government is to blame for forcing Google to create a back door into Gmail, effectively giving Chinese hackers a fast-track to user’s information. Jason isn’t totally convinced that the situation isn’t just Google’s attempt to subvert some blame away from them, while both Leo and Dwight Silverman agree that it’s hard to really tell what goes on behind closed doors concerning our privacy.
The show wraps up with the news that O’Reilly Publishing faced a 104% increase in sales of their tech-related eBooks after dropping DRM. Drawing an obvious line to the music industry, the whole TWiT crew agrees that DRM is a thing of the past.
Covered news and topics: Google Nexus One, Apple Tablet, ComScore, Chinese attack on Google, Yahoo also targeted by Chinese?, PayPal freezes Wikileaks assets, Italy attempts to censor YouTube, O’Reilly drops DRM
The most important thing Steve Jobs has ever done, did the US government enable the Chinese Google hack, and why Comscore should be no more…
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