TWIT Episode 7 Outline
June 5, 2005
With Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, Kevin Rose,Dan Huard, Yoshi
Contacting the TWIT SHOW
Skype handle: thisweekintech
(206) 339-TWIT through K7 (Seattle)
Intro.
Robert’s 1080P High Definition
ITEM #1 Patrick Going for Darwin Award
Patrick blows his power supply
http://badcaps.net – badcapacitors in mother boards
ITEM #2 Leo’s Tablet PC
Leo hooked on the 1024 X 768 Tablet PC [Pentium M]
T Series from IBM
TWIT’s experience with lap tops
ITEM #3 $15 DSL for 1 year?
One of Leo’s sponsors
What ever happened to Verio? Bought by a Japanese company
Cable Modem vs. DSL
ITEM #4 SYSTM BREAKS A NUKES A SERVER
Prolexic, anti DDOSservice, cache content to assist with bandwidthissues
60,000 downloads on bittorrents (approx. 6 Terabytes of datadownloaded)
800+ People in IRC
Kevinrose.com goes to Typepad
Who (from TechTV) is still at G4?
ITEM #5 Trailer for Batman Begins
Kick ass models of the car for Batman
Highly anticipated movie
ITEM #6 Hacker Blackmail
Encrypt companies’ files and force them to pay $200 to dodecrypt
Phishing and Spam
Viagra blinding people
Bill Gates invested in Cialis
ITEM #7 Bittorrents
Systm will continue on Bittorrents
Azureus kicksass
Trackers make it easier for the MPAA to find the Bittorent
2600’s legal battles overDCSS links
IPhantomfull anonymity by filtering all traffic (works like a proxy)
ITEM #8 YOSHI on SFX
Will run Special FX
TWIT action figures? What’s up, Jinx?
Yoshi with Kung Fu grip
ITEM #9 LONGHORN ANNOUNCEMENTS
Taken out file system and other features
No more “my” (i.e. My Computer, My Network)
Will release in 2007
Robert Heron on ROLLER COASTER TYCOON
ITEM #10 PENTIUM D (dual core)
Pentium D moving to desktop
AMDX2 Dual core 64 (chip is great on the benchmark tests)
End of the line for Intel?
Veritech
Lenovo (ChineseGovernment) take over of IBM Personal Computer Division
ITEM #11 MPAA trying to catch pirates
10 surveillance camera on the streets of L.A. to catch DVDpirates
Hi jacking surveillance cameras? What would the FCC say?
Review of Star Wars Episode III
ITEM #12 Canada Call for Help
Kevin Rose presented his surveillance camera spy device
Contacting the TWIT SHOW
Skype handle: thisweekintech
(206) 339-TWIT through K7 (Seattle)
Leo@Thisweekintech.com
Dan@Thisweekintech.com
Yoshi@Thisweekintech.com
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