Aug 8th 2005
This Week in Tech 17
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- FCC says Bells can close their networks to other ISPs
- "Sell outs!" cries Dvorak
- Are they or aren't they? Is Apple using TPM the technology formerly known as Palladium.
- Dvorak says it's a dead end - Apple should sell the OS separately anyway
- Will the Treo 670 run PocketPC not Palm?
- Steve is keeping six Tungstens in deep freeze in case Palm discontinues them
- In search of the perfect keyboard - the key is the Alps switch as found in the Avant Stellar and Matias Tactile Pro.
- Apple's $50 Mighty Mouse is hard to get, but probably not worth the trouble.
- What's dumber than the OQO?
- Paul Allen's OQO clone the Flipstart.
- What's Palm Founder Jeff Hawkins up to next? Voice recognition?
- Kathi from Germany asks how soon is Microsoft going to die?
- Michael from Las Vegas wants to get audio files working on SuSE Linux. Get the OSS drivers and use XMMS.
- We won the People's Choice Podcast Awards. We accept at the Podcast Expo, November 11 in Ontario, California. Thanks for your votes!
- Jay aka TwitCommander from Boston asks about the Pogo Radio Your Way
- Just buy a Radio Shark from Griffin
- Brian from Hoboken, NJ asks about Ruby on Rails. Odeo is in ROR.
- PHP is not dead yet. Look for a PHP net framework from Silver Orange
- Jay from San Francisco on how to safely create an open Wi-Fi access point for the Pragers of the world
- OpenWRT is one way but check your ISPs License agreement
- Brian in Pittsburg asks about x86 open source ports and Apple.
- David in Houston Texas is looking for a combo DV cam and digital still camera.
- Dvorak recommends the Samsung DuoCam
- Too bad about Foveon.
- Check out the new JVC Everio line - 5 megapixels and 3CCDs
- Amy from Australia asks about cracking Audible's DRM. Kevin says he has, but he can't remember how - good thing because Patrick is worried about getting sued. Jhymn won't work.
- Thanks to Andrew Leyden for the link to the map of podcasts.
- The Sony Libre is the only epaper solution on sale right now.
- Leo's been listening to David McCollough's 1776 on Audible...
- ...and reading Steven Baxter's Evolution and Coalescent.
- Dvorak loves the Firefly DVD - wait 'til Serenity!
- Steve Gibson compressed the entire set into 2GB using DiVX and the PocketPC Player
- The Toronto Meetup featuring Leo, Kevin, Amber, Andy and Alex Albrecht is August 11, 7:30pm at No Regrets in Libertyville.
- And we're going to start taping TWiT in front of a live audience at Noonan's Bar and Restaurant in Larksput Landing, California, starting September 18 at 4p.
- Mark Mark Mark hates the echo in Episode 15
- And that's one of the reasons we're going to a live taping
- Chris from Sherman Oaks asks what are the downsides to buying an iBook?
- They're not so good for gaming.
- Leo plays World of Warcraft on his Powerbook
- Robert is waiting for Age of Empires III
- Rick from Redmond, WA asks for wireless router brand recommendations
- No to Linksys (despite the new security button)
- We all agree that the Belkin Pre-N is the way to go
- Any Airgo based Pre-N should do you well, low latency, extreme distance, and 100Mbps throughput
- Belkin has an easy setup routine - the best Dvorak's ever seen
- Kevin likes the Netgear routers
- Michael is looking for a good cell phone
- Verizon hasn't enabled music on the LG 8100 yet.
- PIM cell phone hacking software
- Leo likes his Sidekick II
- Steve and John like the Motorola Razr
- Mike with the NYPD is looking for a program that does partial word searches in Word documents
- We like X1, but you might try Yahoo's Desktop Search - it's the same software.
- Dvorak was having problems with Blinx
- We hate Plaxo.
- Jefferson from Curacao (aka Ghetto Cash) wants to know if the Dell Ultrasharp can be used for TV and PC.
- Kevin loves the Dell LCDs and Kevin and John love MythTV for video recording.
- Robert is a Snapstream guy.