This Week In Tech: Episode 5 Outline.
May 28, 2005
Get this podcast at http://www.leoville.tv/bt/
Featuring: Leo Laporte, Kevin Rose, Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, Yoshi Herrerra
Intro.
Drinking Caffeine
How many TWIT Torrents are being downloaded?
Contribute to the TWIT. Donation will go toward the new equipment for the next show
Roger Chang & David Prager with E3 Update on Episode 6.
Patrick Norton on Security Updates
Firefox – big updates
Itunes – has buffer overflow
Mozilla 1.4 – mozilla.org/security
Firefox has more exploits than I.E.? What do the TWITS use?
Xbox 360
20 Gig hard drive, 3 Powerpc processors + 500MHZ ATI processor
Xbox 360 coverage on Mtv
The TWIT comment on the future gaming systems
Contacting the TWIT SHOW
Skype handle: thisweekintech
(206) 339-TWIT through K7 (Seattle)
ITEM # 1 – QUESTION: Aaron, Maine Hardware Hacking Resources:
Kevin’s overclocked toothbrush
Aaron asks for TWITS recommendation on Resources
Yoshi gives advice
Google “how to soder”
And other resources will be posted on his blog
ITEM #2 - BATTLESTAR GALACTICA – BITorrent vs. Traditional Broadcasting
Early release of BSG online actually
increases fan base!
SourceForce Project – Broadcast
Machine (Beta)
Bittorrent to create a “Television
Station” with your computer
Participatoryculture.org
Motion Picture of
Association of America
(MPAA) Taking action against
Bitorrents
Robert Heron on projector technology and digital delivery systems (1080P)
Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
ITEM #3 – QUESTION Johnathan, NY –Who will the win in the DVD format wars? Will the Standard unify into one?
Remember to turn off your TV
before you ask questions, you
TWITS
Sony vs. Toshiba (HDDVD vs. Blu
Ray)
Multi format drives
ITEM #4 – Leo does best impression of BILL GATES Comments on IPOD
MP3 player battle (Sony vs. Nokia
vs. Apple)
Video IPOD??!!
Leo played volley ball with Steve
Job’s
Apple and Sony flirting
ITEM #5 – QUESTIONS [TWIT Soldier] Philip, AUS – What do I encode with?
Getting the right bit rates, right
resolution and quality
Nero Divx, XVid and others
Some one needs to hack the PSP
Quicktime Pro (recommended)
ITEM #6 – QUESTION [TWIT Soldier] Ashley, UK – What components do you recommend for building a PC for gaming and high res. Graphics editing?
Kevin’s picks
Yoshi’s picks
AMD Mobile
Robert Heron’s builds
Patrick gives advice on purchasing
video card for graphics editing
Magic Bullet plug-in and faster
rendering
Awaiting the Direct X upgrade
ITEM #7 – QUESTION [TWIT Soldier] Tristen, ILL – What kind of processor will the computers of the future use?
Intel’s optical chip proto-type
Leo on the Play Station 3’s Cell
Processor, Distributed Processing
and next generation processing
ITEM #8 — QUESTION [TWIT Soldier] Mike, Fl – What is everyone looking forward to at the E3?
Roger will give a report on E3 next
week
ITEM #9 — Release of the Systm – 23rd May Release date
ITEM #10 – QUESTION [TWIT Soldier] Is the PSP worth buying?
Portable gaming device that is
highly hackableRead feeds
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Contacting the TWIT SHOW
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Phone: (206) 339-TWIT through K7 (Seattle)
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