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This Week In Tech: Episode 6 Outline

May 30, 2005

With Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, David
Prager, Roger Chang, Yoshi

 
Contacting the
TWIT SHOW
www.ThisWeekinTech.com
Skype handle: thisweekintech
(206) 339-TWIT through K7 (Seattle)
Questions@thisweekintech.com
TWIT Blogs

Intro.

Kevin lost in Canada

 
ITEM #1 GOOGLE

Steve Baumer says “google is a one hit wonder”
Will Google filter their info for China like Yahoo?
Google Portal
Google maps + Craig’s list = badass
Google Suggest
Google Ride finder
Microsoft employees going to Google
Working at Google Labs
GoogleOS?

  ITEM #2 David
Prager on 3G

3G system on CDMA back bone
EDVO to do Webserver

 ITEM #3 YAHOO
Music

Unlimited downloads for $5/mos (sue THAT, RIAA)
Statutory File traders treated worse than child molesters in

     prison
Yahoo! Music vs. iTunes
Video iPod?
Wireless headphone, WMA iPod
Hilary Rosen  

 David Prager - Ratings up on Attack of the Show

ITEM #4 ROGER
CHANG on E3

Roger Chang’s adventures setting up the GameSpot booth at
   E3
Xbox 360 infomercial
Nintendo announced the Nintendo “Revolution”
Console hype
Xbox 360 (3 3.2GHz + 500MHz ATI) vs. PS3 (Cell Processor
3GHz)
Xbox release this fall
PSP Sales

 TWIT Console Picks
(Xbox 360 or PS3):

Robert Heron PS3
Yoshi Xbox
Roger Xbox (MicroSoft Media extender)
Patrick PS3
Leo Xbox

DVD Wars
Blu Ray in PS3
What will studios put their media content on?

 ITEM #5 QUESTION
Brendan, MD Will PS3 have iTunes (will it be a media Coverence device), will this be a
threat to Rental services such as Netflix and BlockBuster?

Would have to use storage. 
What storage will PS3
    use?
Microsoft’s Strangle hold on online Distribution

ITEM #6 QUESTION Carrey N.C.
Early online release of Revenge of the Sith and resulting success undercut the
MPAA position on online movies?

Star Wars 50mil in first Week!!
Discussion of fans and quality of DVDs

 ITEM #7 QUESTION Dorthy [TWIT icon designer] 10-20 year
vision of technology impacting everyday life (positive and negative)? 

Negative:
Patrick - Terminator
Roger - Mad Max
   Rich will get Richer and Poor will get Poorer

Positive:
Robert - Huge TV’s at great prices (Max Headroom?)
   Nano tech very bad or very good
Leo – Biotech will be bigger than

 ITEM #8 TWIT PLUGS

Yosh & Robert
        From the shadows
        Fromtheshadows.tv – real Jedis, wifi mod

Patrick Norton
        Extremetech.com
        Extremeipod.com
        [cut the TWIT cast to 8-track and vinyl]

Leo Laporte
        Leo World Tour in Athens,
Ohio [South East     
        Ohio Macromedia
User’s Group]

 Roger Chang
        Still on GameSpot

 ITEM #9 KEVIV ROSE’s
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

Leaving G4 to head up small production company and
    conquer
IPTV
Kevin’s start on the Screen Savers
Connection with Alex Albrecht
What happened the day they laid off Alex, Yosh and
     Robert?
Why was the Screen Savers name changed to Attack
     of the Show?
What do Leo & Kevin think about Attack of the 
      Show, Kevin Pereira and the G4 crew?
http://thebroken.org
http://systm.org

Leo and Kevin Rose covered in Bear grease

 ITEM #10 THE MAN
TRYING TO KEEP US DOWN!

All the TWITs have hands in the IPTV
Man never understood tech
Remember Napster

 ITEM #11 IT’S A
BOY! MINI YOSH

 

The future is here. 
Its just not evenly distributed yet.—William Gibson

 

 Contacting the
TWIT SHOW
Skype handle: thisweekintech
(206) 339-TWIT through K7 (Seattle)
Questions@thisweekintech.com
Leo@Thisweekintech.com
Kevin@Thisweekintech.com
Robert@Thisweekintech.com

 

           

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