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  • Tallarico talks smack about TechTV and Morgan Webb.

    Tommy Tallarico, co-host of G4TechTV's “Judgment Day,” recently came to the defense of his parent channel, saying that the station is “on the way up,” and that its detractors should thank the channel, “for saving any bit of [TechTV] at all.” He also commented on XPlay's Morgan Webb, saying some see her as a “only eye candy.”

    First off, I like Tommy Tallarico and the show Judgment Day.  I think he's pretty entertaining… like a midget clown or something!

     I don't watch that show (or ANY other show on G4) on a regular basis.  They're not GEEK enough for me.  Their perversion of the Screen Savers ended any hope I had caring about G4.  Although, I hear that Call For Help will be coming back on the air.

    I do think that a lot of people have taken Tallarico's words out of context (at least the part about Morgan Webb's titty to gamer ratio).  He did say that some people were saying that, but maybe it was a tactful way to be tactless. 

    According to Leo Laporte, G4 is appearently doing quite well.  I can't find any stats on how their ratings are now compared to TechTV and the merger.

    What I do know is the Screen Savers, my favorite show on cable TV (Pre Battle Star Galactica), was shutdown.  I really didn't watch the other TechTV shows as religiously and I wouldn't doubt that Future Fighting Machines had low ratings. 

    I hope that some other show will be able to wet my GEEK apetite by talking about hacking and mods and other cool shit like that.  Until then I'm stuck with waiting for Systm, Broken and Shadows to tease me every three months with a 5 minute speed bump.

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  • TWIT:Macintost goes to Intel, Episode 8 Outline

    With
    Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton (Chairman of the board of SlamDance
    Industries), Robert Heron (PC Mag and famous lab rat), Kevin Rose,
    David Prager (rectal web server installer), Roger Chang (GameSpot),
    John C. Dvorack

     

    Recorded on June 5th 05.

    Contact the TWIT SHOW

    Skype handle: thisweekintech

    (206) 339-TWIT through K7 (Seattle)

    Questions@thisweekintech.com

    Download TWIT:

    Leo’s .Zip Twit cast at

    http://Leoville-downloads.com/twit

    BitTorrent site: http://Twit.tv/hi-b

     

    Intro.

    Getting the TWIT Cast

    Best to get it on BitTorrents

    Get Azereus (http://azureus.sourceforge.net/)

    (YOU WILL NOT GET SUED FOR DOWNLOADING TWIT Cast from BITTORRENTS)

     Deployed service men and women (behind Websense and all other types of filth) download Leo’s .Zip Twit cast at http://Leoville-downloads.com/twit

    High Quality BitTorrent site:http://Twit.tv/hi-b

    Big media companies will put out Twit for free. 

     

    ITEM #1 MACINTEL

    Macintosh going to Intel chip (according to the Wall Street Journal)

    Leo predicts the demise of Macintosh.  Steve Job is falling on his sword

    1)      All software has to be rewritten

    2)      Why x86?

    3)      Osborn effect.  Many Mac products will be obsolete

    John C. Dvorack says this trend will last 10 years.  Dvorack: It will be the one of the biggest benefits of Macintosh (offers other very interesting insight into the move)

    Patrick – Bigger Market goes to bigger MHZ Numbers.  Great if it makes a cheaper MAC but don’t believe its going to happen

    Kevin – Excited about the move.  Apple engineering is excellent.  Now he can game on a Mac.  Thumbs UP.

    Heron – First stage of Mac creating competition for Windows.  Thumbs down for hard ware

    Roger
    – With all the 3-d rendering and content creation tools Mac will be
    able to retain their fan base by keeping the look and feel of the Mac
    on an x86.  Thumbs up for Software Thumbs down for hardware

    Is this good for Microsoft?

     

    ITEM #2 WiMAX

    Patrick Norton talked with Intel– WiMax is still  mostly hype

     

    “WiMax is a microwave replacement for cable or DSL distribution of Broadband” at about 1Mb

     

    Fix WiMax test will start this summer 2005, roll out will begin late 2006, and finally mobile Wireless

     

    ITEM #3 ICANN has approved the XXX domain

    The redlight district of the Internet

    Really being done with .edu ..gov

    Will make it easier to filter

    Twit.XXX?

    MOBI – cell phone content specific (format)

     

    ITEM #4 Roger on New Games

    A bit slow during the summer

    Everyone waiting on the new 360 stuff

    Next generation of consoles usually causes a dip

     

    ITEM #5 More MacIntel

    Roger waiting for Final Cut Pro and compositing /video shaping software

     

     

     

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    (206) 339-TWIT through K7 (Seattle)

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    Dan@Thisweekintech.com
    Yoshi@Thisweekintech.com

    Kevin@Thisweekintech.com

    Robert@Thisweekintech.com

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    BitTorrent site: http://Twit.tv/hi-b

  • TWIT Episode 7 Outline

    TWIT Episode 5

     

     

    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)

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    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)

    Questions@thisweekintech.com

    Leo@Thisweekintech.com
    Dan@Thisweekintech.com
    Yoshi@Thisweekintech.com

    Kevin@Thisweekintech.com

    Robert@Thisweekintech.com

     

               

    An Air Port Security Scanner that can see through myclothes…

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • This Week In Tech: Episode 6 Outline

    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

     

               

    Is the KitKat Club a Canadian strip club?  Enquiring TWITS want to know.

     

  • This Week In Tech: Episode 5 Outline.

    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)

    Questions@thisweekintech.com

     

     

    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 

                 

    This Week in Tech is financed by donation from listeners like you.

      

    The best way to predict the future… invented yourself. – Leo Laporte

     

     

     

    Contacting the TWIT SHOW

    Skype handle: thisweekintech

    Phone: (206) 339-TWIT through K7 (Seattle)

    Questions@thisweekintech.com

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    Kevin@Thisweekintech.com

    Robert@Thisweekintech.com