TWiT starts things off with the recent news of revenue and profit from Microsoft and Apple. While Microsoft still managed to keep ahead of Apple’s total revenue (which hit an all-time high), the guys talk about the strange juxtaposition of Microsoft’s financial success and perceived lack of relevance in the market.
A big question in the law-related tech news world at the moment is FlipBoard and the legality of content scraping. There’s no question whether or not the way FlipBoard presents content is compelling, but the fact that it takes content from various sites via RSS without permission has set the space ablaze with copyright questions.
Wal-mart’s announcement that they’ll be putting RFID tags into men’s clothing has caused an uproar among the privacy super-conscious and TWiT weighs in briefly with their thoughts. Since the corporation promises to remove the tag once the item is bought, most of the guys think this is a non-issue, though they do use it as a springboard to talk about the future of RFID.
Windows 7 sales, RSS/scraping and the law, RFID in your pants, royal flickr, and more.
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