this WEEK in TECH
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November 5th, 2006
TWiT 75: TWiTs at Sea
Hosts: Leo Laporte,
Steve Stecklow,
Randal Schwartz,
Naomi Pearce, and
Andy Ihnatko.
Special Guest Appearances: Cap'n Neil Bauman of
Geek Cruises, and the real captain of the
ms Veendam, Albert J. Schoonderbeek
- There have been several stock option scandals where stocks are being backdated.
- The FCC has ruled that Boston Logan Airport must allow Continental airlines to offer free WiFi at their gates.
- Google's WiFi service in San Francisco shall top out at 300kbps.
- If you find a wireless network called "Free Public WiFi", it's just a flaw in Windows XP that has been virally spreading.
- The second generation iPod Shuffle is now shipping.
- Steve Wozniak stated that he carries $20,000 at all times.
- Watch Steven Colbert's interview with Steve Wozniak.
- Apple released a document where they mentioned a "touch-screen" iPod.
- Google has purchased Jotspot.
- Google has launched a mobile application for Gmail.
- Google has begun sharing ad revenue with videographers.
- MySpace is going to begin using audio fingerprinting to prevent copyrighted material from being uploaded to the site.
- Microsoft has clarified their Vista license agreement.
- Here's a video on how easily a voting machine can be hacked.
Thanks to AOL Radio for the bandwidth for this show.
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