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February 7th, 2010

TWiT 234: We're All Care Bears Now

Resignation haikus, Apple and Google in a cage match, and why there are no cheerleaders in England...

233

February 1st, 2010

TWiT 233: Apple ][ Forever

iPad thoughts, Jobs says Google is evil, and Amazon backs down...

232

January 24th, 2010

TWiT 232: Bread and Circuses

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...

231

January 17th, 2010

TWiT 231: Be Kind, Rewind

Google threatens China, Kodak sues Apple and RIM, and the Internet's most hated software...

230

January 11th, 2010

TWiT 230: Nerd Bling

Live from the CES floor, we talk about the Nexus One, 3D TVs, the Boxee Box, the Entourage Edge, Natal, and more.

229

January 3rd, 2010

TWiT 229: Pooh Butter and Scented Candles

The Google phone, the Apple tablet, and the future of tech...

228

December 27th, 2009

TWiT 228: The TWiT Of The Decade

We end the year, and decade, with a look at the most important stories of the 2000s.

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June 25th, 2006

TWiT 59: Roots

Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, Robert Heron, and John C. Dvorak Special Guest: Kevin Rose
  • Robert like the traffic features of Windows Live Local
  • The first Blu-Ray players are now shipping.
  • PC World says that Samsung is planning a dual-format player for later this year.
  • Primera is shipping the first Blu-Ray duplication system.
  • Ten reasons why high-definition DVD formats have already failed.
  • According to Radio Sweeden, the White House ordered the Pirate Bay closure.
  • Harvard says that it has still not received the $115 million he pledged
  • Warren Buffet is going to give away 85% of his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • There have been, this week alone, three Excel zero-day flaws. Here's the third.
  • Dan Rather may leave CBS for Mark Cuban's HDNet
  • The broadcast flag has snuck its way into a telecom bill by Senator Stevens.
  • The FCC approved taxes for VOiP.
  • You can make wireless USB devices, but can only sell them in the United States.
  • A coffee shop owner called 9-1-1 over a man who was using its free WiFi for months without buying a coffee. He was arrested, and then found to be a sex offender.
  • Australia is going to be giving every household free Internet filtering software.
  • Opera claims they got 6 million downloads of Opera 9 the first day of release.
  • XGL does for Linux what Quartz Extreme does for Mac OS X
  • The new TWiT website should be up in a few weeks alongside the Dell campaign.
  • Digg 3.0 is powerful and has several new features to keep track of your friends.
  • The new visualizing tools (Digg Spy on crack) will be released in July.
  • Digg will be adding more categories, not just technology.
  • 65% of Digg users use Firefox.
  • Kevin says that Netscape should have waited a bit longer for their new site in order to emulate Digg 3.0.
  • Digg 3.0 should be all ready by 6am PDT on Monday, June 26, 2006.
  • Kevin Rose was #23 in the "50 People Who Matter Now" list in Business 2.0 magazine.
  • Apple drops the price of Shake 4.1.
  • Netflix wants to move into the download business.
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