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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...

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...

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...

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...

TWiT 233: Apple ][ Forever

by Jon Cole in Tech836 days ago

TWiT unsurprisingly starts off with a bit of conversation about the iPad, with John and Leo taking their pessimist and optimist roles as per usual. The biggest debate over the usability of this hardware concerns the readability of eBooks on the LCD screen. Leo maintains that he appreciates the ability to skim through articles in newspapers and magazines, while John argues that the paper-like qualities of E Ink is still optimal. Next comes the debacle over Macmillan books on Amazon, which were temporarily pulled due to a conflict between publisher/retailer...

TWiT 232: Bread and Circuses

by Jon Cole in Tech844 days ago

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...

TWiT 231: Be Kind, Rewind

by Jon Cole in Tech849 days ago

One of the biggest pieces of news from the past week is Google’s assertion in China that could either break off all business between the two or give Google a lot more breathing room. The commonly held belief is that Google did such a thing for mostly ethical reasons, falling back on their mantra – “don’t be evil.” John has an interesting alternative take on the situation, noting that Google probably doesn’t want too much of their business tied into China’s overly-restrictive economic system. Continuing...

TWiT 230: Nerd Bling

by Jon Cole in Tech856 days ago

In the latest episode of This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte is joined at the Consumer Electronics Show by Tom Meritt and Molly Wood of CNet, Jay Adelson of Digg, and Dr. Kiki Sanford of This Week in Science. However, the first topic they cover is one that preempted the show itself, namely Google’s Nexus One smartphone. When all is said and done, the consensus seems to be that the Nexus One is about on par with the Motorola Droid, namely not compelling enough to feel buyer’s remorse. One of the biggest trends of CES was clearly 3D TV,...

TWiT 228: The TWiT Of The Decade

by Jon Cole in Tech871 days ago

For This Week in Tech’s final episode of the decade, Leo brings in both Kevin Rose and Robert Scoble to talk about the big tech trends that colored the last ten years. The format is particularly interesting because Leo solicited ideas from former guests of the show, introducing a wide variety of topics for discussion. Kim Landwehr called in to bring up the ever essential presence of Apple in both the portable music player market (the iPod) and the mobile market (the iPhone), which the crew agrees introduced a complete paradigm shift in how we...

TWiT 225: Schmidt Happens

by Jonathan Downin in Tech886 days ago

It’s a guest-heavy show with John C. Dvorak, Jason Calacanis, Brian Brushwood, Robert Heron, and Jason Howell all joining Leo this week. The topics start with the Google phone/Nexus One since Jason Howell actually got some hands-on time with the new device. It sounds like a sleek package, but it doesn’t offer too much over current Android phones. Facebook’s recent privacy policy change takes up most of the discussion time. Jason Calacanis wrote an article on the subject, and he is duly worked up about the issue, which he labels...

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