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TWiT 251: Flop Sweat

by Jon Cole in Tech, Uncategorized710 days ago

For the first time in a while, This Week in Tech doesn’t cast a wide net on topics for this episode, rather focusing in on a couple of big picture stories in the tech industry.  With the WWDC Conference taking place this week and TWiT recording on the Sunday beforehand, much of what the guys talk about is somewhat inaccurate in the details yet illuminating in concept.  The iPhone 4 is clearly the biggest thing in the collective tech hivemind and the huge dump of related rumors leads Josh to talk a little bit about how Engadget approaches...

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This is Only a Test – Episode 14 – A Day Late and a Dollar Short – 6/3/2010

by Alex Martin in Tech714 days ago

Norm has Tested the Asus G73J gaming “notebook”. The monolithic laptop’s innards are technically impressive but he experienced very poor battery life. Will, sipping a taurine-laced beverage, recounts his experiences with coffee-making equipment this week. They’re less down on Microsoft’s Kin phones than some, but admit they’re not for them — they discuss whether the social-networking devices are for tweens or eight-year-olds. Tablets feature heavily in the news segment, with Asus announcing their Ee Pad...

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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...

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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...

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Mobcast 51: Ethics, Microtransactions, and Franchises Cut Short

by Alex Martin in Games753 days ago

Matt Chandronait makes his fifth Mobcast appearance, meaning he’s now tying with Raychul Moore for the favorite guest title. Regular hosts Shoe, Demian, and Brett join him for a quick hour-long podcast. The four start by answering a hypothetical question: which dead series would they like a new sequel for, and which living series would they erase from history for the privilege? They somehow manage to wish for Beyond Good & Evil and Splinter Cell sequels, both of which are still alive. But what would a Mobcast be without Shoe bringing...

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Mobcast Episode 46

by Jon Cole in Games786 days ago

This week’s Mobcast gets back to the show’s conceptual roots, hosted by Aaron Thomas and introducing three guys from all reaches of the industry.  The community topic for this week earns the attention of the crew and kicks things off, asking about their impressions of the “one console future”.  The question happens to tie into Shanker’s subsequent topic, debating the prominence and influence of 3D browser gaming.  As an indie developer with lots of focus on browser games, Shanker dominates the conversation, evangelizing...

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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...

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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...

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Mobcast Episode 34

by Jon Cole in Games878 days ago

This week’s Mobcast is a Gamespot reunion of sorts, bringing our host Aaron Thomas to the table along with 2K’s Greg Kasavin, Giant Bomb’s Brad Shoemaker, and soon-to-be-Stardock’s Jason Ocampo.  That’s right, towards the end of the show Jason confirms that he’ll be moving to Michigan to take the new job, we wish him plenty of luck. The first topic asks what impact social games will have on the gaming sphere, especially with companies like EA and Activision putting major stakes in the race.  Brad seems skeptical, because social networking...

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...

TWiT 222: 3 Dollah Coffee Pot

by Jon Cole in Tech906 days ago

This Week in Tech is down to a barebones cast, but that doesn’t mean there’s any shortage of news.  The first point of discussion is the class-action lawsuit against Facebook and Zynga, due to their delivery of deceptive, scammy advertisement.  Advertising is an oft discussed issue on TWiT, so it shouldn’t be surprising that nobody has anything nice to say about Zynga. Both Leo and Becky are positive about the California ban on power-consumptive televisions, but John isn’t sold.  Despite his typical antagonism, he manages to uncover some...

TWiT 212: Leave The Gun, Take The Calacanis

by Jonathan Downin in Tech977 days ago

Settle in for a lot of tech talk this week because this week’s episode clocks in at almost 2 hours.  Jason Calacanis is on this week starting out the discussion with the start-up competition TechCrunch50, which kicks-off later today.  The topic is talked about here, but the rumor is that we may hear something about the CrunchPad in mere hours. The Apple event is one of the main focuses here and everyone has an opinion.  No one can seem to get past the fact that a camera wasn’t put into the iPod Touch.  This leads into a discussion...

MacBreak Weekly 153: The Case Against Apple

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1010 days ago

TWiT favorite and Mahalo head-hancho, Jason Calacanis, wrote a scathing essay titled The Case Against Apple–in Five Parts wherein he airs his grievances with Apple’s recent actions.  He has some fair points, but Alex and Andy aren’t quite on the same page.  What everyone can agree on is that Apple could be a little more open to the benefit of everyone. Rumors, which seem to be the lifeblood of the Apple community, are flying about new features that may be coming to iTunes 9.  While Blu-ray support is among those, the guys focus...

TWiT 207: Grandpa’s Woody

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1012 days ago

Twitter, Facebook and a few other big social networking sites were hit by a flood of traffic which culminated in a direct denial of service attack.  The greatest impact was felt by Twitter, which just reiterated the fragile state of Twitter’s infrastructure.  Why is it that other huge platforms can handle this kind of situation, but Twitter was down for over a day? Facebook is now the 4th biggest site on the internet.  At 340 million unique visitors a month, it has beaten MySpace at its peak by almost 250 million.  The only companies in...

Diggnation | Episode 210 – Two Wizards, One Teenager and a Fox

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1045 days ago

Extra!  Extra!  Read all about it.  JK Rowling is a woman!  At least it was news to Kevin.  Also, he says he could write a “wizard book.” The story about the girl diagnosing herself is either really cool or extremely depressing.  Either way, good for her. This episode was obviously taped a few weeks ago since the news is Facebook vanity URLs and the story of Megan Fox missing a kid trying to give her a rose.  Hopefully you got your Facebook address by now or what you want is probably gone. JK Rowling gets sued, Teen diagnoses...

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