Blog Archives

TWiT 248: Drowning In Connectivity

by Jon Cole in Tech730 days ago

Everyone on TWiT this week has a bit of a history in the podcasting space, so things kick off with an interesting conversation about Leo and Patrick’s history at TechTV as well as the nature of the podcasting medium as a whole. After that tangent, the guys talk about the newfound “oomph” of a lot of Android phones like the HTC EVO 4G and the HTC Incredible that truly give the iPhone a run for its money. Patrick got to check out the EVO specifically, being impressed by both the hardware and some of Sprint’s offerings in...

TWiT 247: Made In America

by Jon Cole in Tech739 days ago

As always, This Week in Tech manages to hit on a lot of huge issues, but somehow avoids talking about Apple for most of this week’s show! Starting things off, the guys talk about the aggrevating steps that the FCC is taking to appease the MPAA. They’ve recently ruled that the MPAA and associated movie studios have the right to disable analog video output for films broadcast through set-top boxes, in a move to offer pre-release access to movies on the track to sell on DVD. Facebook has been in the news a lot lately for their controversial...

TWiT 246: Two And A Half Journalists

by Jon Cole in Tech744 days ago

Things start off in a fairly predictable manner, hitting on the iPhone 4th gen scandal news that precipitated earlier in the week. However, that issue is clearly not the biggest story, as Leo pointedly wants to “get it out of the way” at the beginning. HP’s acquisition of Palm is the biggest shift in technology, marking the possibility of yet another major player into the mobile space. Due to HP’s pedigree, however, there’s much speculation as to their tablet strategies wielding WebOS (especially in light of the...

MacBreak Weekly 192: RAID!

by Jonathan Downin in Tech751 days ago

The Gizmodo/iPhone 4 leak story continues. Leo brout on This Week in Law‘s Denise Howell to talk about the latest development in this story, the raid of Jason Chen’s house. She provides some informed commentary about the legal implications of Gizmodo’s actions. Jon and Andy, while clearly on Apple’s side on this issue, offer some solid points as well. There is some other bits of news this week, including Israel unbanning the iPad and Steve Jobs potential appearance at the All Things D conference. There is a big discussion...

MacBreak Weekly 191: Lost

by Jonathan Downin in Tech759 days ago

There is one huge story this week, and you can be sure that Leo and gang are going to give it due time. The leaked iPhone/Gizmodo debacle can be approached from many different angles. The guys start with impressions of the new handset itself and then move onto the way in which Gizmodo has handled the story. Merlin has a lot of strong feelings on the matter and is very eloquent here while tearing into Gawker Media, parent company of Gizmodo. While a good chunk of the show is taken up by the iPhone leak story, the guys do find time to hit some of...

MacBreak Weekly 190: Who’s Your Daddy? Not Apple

by Jonathan Downin in Tech765 days ago

It has been a big week for Apple. After months of waiting the MacBook Pros have finally been updated. The guys go over the newly released i5 and i7 equipped notebook specs, and the big standouts are the touted 9 and 10 hours battery life claims. It is pretty clear that Apple is taking battery life very seriously, even at the expense of performance to some extent. Opera mini has been accepted to the iPhone app store, and the group feels like this is almost a watershed moment that hints at Apple’s ever-evolving approach to the app ecosystem. Apple...

TWiT 243: Eat A Hot Bowl Of Nintendo Wiis

by Jon Cole in Tech767 days ago

In this week’s “Leo loves the iPad” segment, TWiT’s new cast of characters get to throw their two cents on whether or not they love Apple’s latest device, coming out decidedly more unimpressed as a whole. Veronica got a chance to use Ryan Block’s iPad, remarking that it’s a bit inconvenient to not have multiple user profiles for an “appliance” device like this one. Brian Brushwood adds that the lack of camera and extra $30 monthly fee for 3G service is enough to have him hold off, despite...

MacBreak Weekly 189: iPad Mania

by Jonathan Downin in Tech772 days ago

Leo didn’t name this one iPad Mania for nothing. The guys have had their iPads for a few days now and the honeymoon is far from over. Everyone is eager to share their experiences with Apple’s latest portable and they are almost unanimously positive. The battery life has been among the biggest pleasant surprises. That is not to that there are any quibbles that the group has though. Leo has everyone share their ideas about what could be better. This leads into a discussion about Apple’s Thursday event where they will talk about iPhone...

TWiT 242: The Earth Moved

by Jon Cole in Games, Tech774 days ago

TWiT starts off with iPad talk, as you may have expected. Luckily, Leo managed to bring in a fairly diverse cast of characters with disparate opinions on the device, Jason Calacanis probably coming out most negatively right out of the gate asking why Steve Jobs wants to “cripple” his devices by not including simple features like a USB port or a webcam. Robert Scoble shoots back by pointing out the increased usability and complexity due to the more simple surface elements, making an apt comparison to fuel-injection systems vs carburetors...

MacBreak Weekly 187: A Stick Between Their Legs

by Jonathan Downin in Tech780 days ago

As Leo puts it, “It’s the last show without the iPad.” We are mere days away from the launch of Apple’s “magical and revolutionary” new computing device. New video walkthroughs of the device in action have been posted on Apple’s site and there are some new features shown. The group discusses what the iPad will mean for the future of publications with many of the big players jumping on the tablet bandwagon. Apps coming to iPad will be more expensive than their iPhone counterparts, but there aren’t any...

TWiT 240: The Texas Reach-Around

by Jon Cole in Tech786 days ago

Twitter’s birthday starts things off for this show, allowing Leo to plug @LisaTickledPink and give another mention to the associated iPad giveaway. Next up is Sprint’s deceptive marketing in their recent commercial, advertising their 4G services while showing an iPhone accessing 4G via their wi-fi mobile hotspot. Wrapping up the mobile talk, Leo talks a little bit about Palm’s recent drop in stock prices while John essentially holds a funeral for the company. The biggest mainstream tech news of the week is the story of a “hacker”...

TWiT 239: Meat Up

by Jon Cole in Tech794 days ago

Leo Laporte was in Austin, Texas this past weekend attending SXSWi (South By Southwest Interactive) and brings a guest-packed show from a live panel he had at the event. Since there are so many people on the show, several different panels were discussed as well as a ton of different news stories. Since SXSW is one of the biggest social media events of the year, it seems appropriate that social media topics dominate the first half of the show. Dana Boyd’s keynote raised a lot of eyebrows when she suggested that privacy isn’t necessarily...

TWiT 238: Lisa Hates Technology

by Jon Cole in Tech800 days ago

A regular TWiT cast is joined by Fox and Friends’ Clayton Morris, starting off with the news that the Apple iPad is facing a minor delay. In response, Microsoft has released some information on the formerly rumored Courier tablet. With Conan O’Brien’s latest move to elevate a random person to internet celebrity status simply through his Twitter friend list, Leo and Kevin up the ante with their own candidate, @LisaTickledPink (whom Kevin chose by looking up “I hate technology” in Twitter’s search function). At...

MacBreak Weekly 184: It’s A Little Meaty

by Jonathan Downin in Tech800 days ago

It’s back to the regular format after two weeks of non-tradition episodes. The news of Steam coming to Mac starts the news topics this week, but this is obviously not the group’s forte. They are somewhat aloof about what Steam really is and make a few mistakes on the details, but at least they realize the magnitude of the announcement. Steve Jobs’s appearance at the Oscars gets some discussion and then the group moves on to talk about the most recent MacHeist Bundle promotion. Issues surrounding how MacHeist can be detrimental to...

MacBreak Weekly 182: There’s An App For That

by Jonathan Downin in Tech814 days ago

It’s a special all software picks episode this week. Apparently Merlin has been wanting to do an episode like this for a long time and with little Apple news in the past week, Leo thought that this was a good time to do it. Merlin has long been a spokesperson on productivity, so he has a lot of great suggestions. Since this episode is very specific to personal productivity and the Mac, it is an easy one to skip if you usually tune in for topical and curent news commentary. There is a full list of recommended apps at the wiki for this week’s...

Search for:
CastMedium Podcast

Episode 092 - PTW ahoy!
Games, tech, and the usual, for the last time. Hello Podcast Thing Weekly.

Alternative content

New episodes every Thursday!
iTunes | Zune | rss
Recent Comments
Tweets

Blog Archives

CastMedium Podcast

Games, tech, and the usual, for the last time. Hello Podcast Thing Weekly.

New episodes every Thursday!

iTunes | Zune | rss

Recent Comments

Tweets