http://ourmedia.org/user/14371 Recently published media items from Ourmedia.org en http://ourmedia.org/node/68036 We've outgrown Noonan's already. We're prospecting for another location - probably in San Francisco proper. Stay tuned for information. The show will begin one hour earlier next Sunday: 3p.Hosts: Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, John C. Dvorak, Robert Heron, Roger Chang, David PragerSpecial Guests: Amber MacArthur, Jenn Cutter, Alex LindsayTopics: * Thanks for the Kangaroo Jerky with Flavor Enhancer 621 * Microsoft is reorganizing - Dvorak says it's a prelude to breakup * Tivo is planning to require a one-year committment * Dvorak prefers MythTV - expecially with MythKnoppix * Steve Jobs says the record companies are greedy, and that their proposed price hikes will encourage piracy * Isn't the future the Yahoo! $5 a month deal? even if it's spoofable with MuvAudio * The Common Malware Enumeration Initiative is a plan to come up with unified names for viruses * A very complete example exploit for taking advantage of the most recent Firefox hole has been posted on the net. Make sure to update to Firefox 1.0.7 * We still say Firefox is better than Internet Explorer * It's a free browser. So how does Opera make money? * Off the Google searches, of course * We like the Google start page * A new virus discovered Wednesday infects Symbian cell phones then, in a * first, attempts to copy itself to the user's PC * Google is offering free Wi-Fi in San Francisco - and anyone can use the Google VPN server * Our favorite online TV shows: Amber MacArthur's Command-N and Jenn Cutter's OpenAlpha.tv * A virtual plague swept through World of Warcraft - causing most players lower than level 50 to die immediately * John has a fix for blog content spam he says works great. Just prevent bot posting - require all comments to come from your site's forms. Watch dvorak.org/blog for details * Want to post without registering? Heron uses BugMeNot * Jay asks: You can still see Leo and Kate's first ultimate gaming machine on Google video * Dvorak says you'll never need more than 100TB of main memory * Al asks about our favorite RSS feeds * Dvorak gets his news from folks who email him * Digg is adding RSS to its search feeds * Kevin reads We make money, not art, Engadget, Gizmodo Boing Boing, Metafilter * Amber likes waxylinks, TechCrunch, RUK.ca, and FURL * I subscribe to Amber's Furl RSS feed, 43folders (based on David Allen's Getting Things Done), Lifehacker; * The key is a Moleskine notebook - the ultimate geek fetish object * A Modesto wishes a Happy Birthday to Chronic and asks what's the best way to record Skype calls? Hotrecorder. Kevin recommends Powergramo. * Our listener loves AnimationMentor.com - you get to work with instructors from Pixar and ILM * Alex Lindsay concurs * Dvorak predicts 20% market share for MacIntel - maybe more * And don't buy an Apple Mighty MouseThanks to Chris Haynes from Corporate Casuals for the TWiT toppers.Next week: a new location and Cory Doctorow from Boing Boing and EFF joins us. He's in town to celebrate EFF's 15 anniversary next Sunday.Running time: 1:05:13 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:03:01 -0700 Leo Laporte http://ourmedia.org/node/61813 Live from Noonan's Bar and Grill in Larkspur Landing, California. A tip of the TWiT topper to Brendan Moylan, Curtis Post, and the Noonan's staff for their hospitality. We'll be back next Sunday at 4p. My apologies to those who came and had a hard time seeing and hearing. Next time we'll have more room and a PA system. And there are lots of pocket protectors left! We video taped again this week thanks to Alex Lindsay and the Pixel Corps. Kevin will have the video on Revision3 in the next couple of days. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Kevin Rose, Alex Lindsay, David Prager, Robert Heron, and Doug Kaye of IT Conversations fame. Topics: Running time: 1:19:23 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:18:32 -0700 Leo Laporte http://ourmedia.org/node/54422 Live from the Apple Store in downtown San Francisco. Thanks to our hosts, Apple Computer, and to all the folks who showed up and made us feel welcome.Hosts: Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, Robert Heron, David Prager, and John C. Dvorak.Special Guests: Roger McGuinn of the Byrds, Arlo Rose of Konfabulator, Alex Lindsay from the Pixel Corps, Applescript product manager Sal Soghoian.Topics: * Creative accuses Apple's iPod of patent violation. * What's the big Apple announcement Wednesday? Looks like an itunes phone, but is there more? * Creative ships the Neeon MP3 player with a Windows worm. * Is Creative #2 in the MP3 player market? They want 40% of the market by the end of 2005, but they're losing money right now. * Google boycott of cnet reaches week six. * Free Linspire at least till Sept. 6th. That might be more interesting news if there weren't already better free versions like Debian, Gentoo, etc. * Roger McGuinn brought us the Samson C01U USB Mic - it's just $80 and perfect for podcasting (or recording). * Roger's owns his own record company now... which means he actually makes money instead of the record companies. * Apple kills the Mac mini test drive in one day. Why? * Textamerica is offering a way for cell phone users in the wake of Katrina to tell loved ones they're ok. * We were mesmerized by the Katrina blog from Output Crystal. * Katrina: how is WiMAX going to work if there's no electricity? * The Associated Press is offering Internet access to a satellite image that covers most of New Orleans, detailed enough that viewers can zoom in to check on particular neighborhoods and streets. * Scott from Reseller Rattings is offering matching donations to Katrina to the Red Cross up to $10,000 * Arlo Rose from Konfabulator joins us. It's now free from Yahoo! * Alex Lindsay from DV Garage and the Pixel Corps announced MacBreak the new IPTV show he's doing with Leo. * Who isn't? Kevin has systm (taping today's show, by the way). * And Patrick's doing a weekly IPTV show for Ziff-Davis. Episode 4 goes out LIVE 9PM EST September 6th... available for download in WMV that night, in other formats Wednesday. (Woohoo!) * Patrick holds up the $3 telephone VOiP headset Leo likes so much... * McGuinn plays the HD-7 - a seven string Martin he designed. Acoustic Guitar magazine is giving one away. * Listener Questions: * What's our biz model? * How do we create RSS feeds? Kevin's doing his in house... Feedburner does a good job of turning blogs into podcasts. Leo uses (and loves) Feeder. Jon of the Jon Hammond show uses .Mac and Rapid Weaver. * Why did Yahoo! go w/ $1.99 to host domains? It costs at least $4.00 to do the work w/ InterNIC... We think it's a loss leader to get you to buy other Yahoo! webhosting products. * Where is the PowerPC going after Apple? John says it's dead. * Gentoo Developer Chris notes crazy patents like the Tarzan yell and swing. * Ashley... thanks for the Doin' The TWiT theme!!! * Live next week at Noonan's in Larkspur Landing, CA.Running time: 1:35:04 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:28:25 -0700 Leo Laporte http://ourmedia.org/node/16043 http://feeds.feedburner.com/twit Patrick Norton, Leo Laporte, August Trometer, and Ray Slakinski at the Thirsty Bear Brew Pub discuss Apple's move to Intel from a developer's perspective, the new iTunes podcast client, and the provenance of fish cheeks. (Running Time 36:02) Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:39:15 -0700 this Week in Tech http://ourmedia.org/node/15327 Hard on the heels of a lovely Episode 7, here's Episode 8. I wanted to get this out before Steve Jobs WWDC speech on Monday, just in case we're all wrong. Please excuse the sound quality, but to expedite delivery I used the plain Skype track, not our high quality tracks (that takes a lot more editing and mixing).Hosts:Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, Robert Heron, David Prager, Roger Chang, and John C. DvorakTopics:We discuss Apple moving to Intel, WiMax, .XXX, and more.Running time: 48:05 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:48:56 -0800 this Week in Tech http://ourmedia.org/node/15020 Featuring:Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, Robert Heron, Yoshi DeHerrera, and Dan Huard Topics: Using our new high fidelity recording technique, Sharp Aquos 45" 1080p LCD TV, Patrick Shoots for a Darwin Award, Bad Caps? http://badcaps.net, Leo buys a tablet PC (HP tc4200) and he likes it, Robert says he prefers the IBM T40, We talk about ideal screen resolutions, DSL price wars, DSL versus Cable modem, Kevin talk about the madness of the systm launch, 800 people in IRC (Running Time 59:06) Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:22:00 -0800 this Week in Tech http://ourmedia.org/node/12725 Leo Laporte. Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, David Prager, Roger Chang with a CES Report, and Kevin Rose from Canada. On this week's episode we talk about My Google, Yahoo's $5 subscription, and predict Apple's response, Xbox vs. PS/3 vs Nintendo. WiMax, 3G networks. Star Wars big weekend. A pessimistic vision of the future. Yoshi makes another big announcement. Kevin makes a really big announcement. Then we all go home. (Running Time 67:54) Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:09:32 -0700 this Week in Tech http://ourmedia.org/node/49063 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, Robert Heron, David Prager, and Steve Gibson Topics: * New LCD displays with LED backlights * Old-style LCDs take half an hour to reach optimal color, CRTs can take hours * LED pocket projectors * TWiT pocket protectors * Intel strives for VIIV * Shorter pipelines, lower power consumption, but will it be fast? * Multi-threading does not benefit games * L2 cache is key * Felony charges are dropped for the Kutztown 13 * VoIP providers get an extension on 911 * Otis hacking * Life hacking with lifehacker.com and 43Folders.com * Google talk is no big whoop – but it does sound good for voice * Voice stuff is by Global IP Sound – not Google * Jabber support is a good thing, though * Getting studio quality over the Internet cloud * Early drinking experiences * NY AG Eliot Spitzer wins judgement against AOL for making it hard to cancel * Bank account drainers * Tivo makes its first quarterly profit * Leo’s looking for BitTorrent-based media center * We’re Family Guy fans but what’s the deal with the podcast * The not-so-mighty mouse * Real geeks covet the Logitech G5 Laser Mouse * Pinewood Derby hacking * Patrick reviews the Vista Beta * Finally decent security in Windows * But automatic P2P connections don’t seem like a good idea * Zeroconf, on the other hand, works * Steve’s 2 TTL security hack * A Microsoft worker brings a virus to Redmond. Measles. * Halo – the movie * The best and worst geek movies of all timeRunning time: 1:19:00 Next week: Live from the Apple Store in San Francisco. We start setting up at 3p. Podcast at 4p. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:00:11 -0700 this Week in Tech http://ourmedia.org/node/42553 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, John C. Dvorak, Steve Gibson, Robert Heron, David Prager, Roger ChangGuests: Bob Young, former CEO of Red Hat, founder of Lulu.com, Mike Lazazzera, Call for HelpTopics: * Dvorak and Gibson nearly come to blows over HTML mail * Dvorak says he "gets no spam" thanks to Computer Tyme Web Hosting * OS X on the PC - it's been hacked but Leo won't take the disc * Apple tries to patent the iPod interface, but Microsft gets there first * Former Red Hat CEO Bob Young talks about his new print on demand service Lulu.com - authors get 80% royalties * Mike Lazazzera hacks the iTunes Podcast rankings - watch his podcast (with Amber MacArthur) at CommandN.TV * What really happened to Diggnation * Listen for "Security Now!" a new podcast coming Thursday with Steve and Leo * And Dvorak and Leo coming soon, too. * Watch for details about our live show at the Apple Store SFThanks to AOL Radio for the bandwidth, Mark Blasco for the opening theme, Ashley Twitt for the amazing closing theme. TWiT logo courtesy Dorothy Yamamoto.Running time: 1:14:37 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:09:37 -0700 this Week in Tech http://ourmedia.org/node/49064 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, Steve Gibson, Roger Chang, and John C. Dvorak * Fighting blog spam with Typekey on Movable Type and captcha on Blogger * Hunter S. Thompson’s funeral – they blow up his ashes * Dvorak reminisces * Is Microsoft at fault for the Zotob virus? * Monad is removed from Vista * PCMag’s video review of the Vista Beta is next week * Would 12,000 people riot for a $50 four-year-old Dell? * Watch the video * John explained it all last week in Marketwatch * Steve and I plan to try using Lulu to offer CDs of the Security Now podcast * Mom was right: looking at porn (or violence) makes you blind * Linus is trademarking Linux * Dvorak reminisces about GNU founder Richard Stallman * We owe him for free software and the GPL - thank you Richard, I promise never to make you sing again * Google sells another $4 billion in shares * Dvorak loves Jim Cramer’s Mad Money * Who’s going to unseat Google? Teoma? Clusty? All the Web? * What do they spend the money on? Google’s free Wi-Fi network? IM? * Why is Yahoo spending a billion on a Chinese venture? * Steve says Google engineers say Yahoo works better * Part of Google’s success is aesthitic – we love the clean white page * Kevin likes the new MSN Home Page – using Ajax * Dvorak.org/home.htm is Dvorak’s home page * Now that we’ve reached widespread broadband access who needs text only pages * The FCC ’s broadband definition is bogus * Where is the fast DSL the telcos promised us? * Is Cisco holding out on us with 100 mbit DSL ? * Norton’s patching bad copper with a visegrip * Verizon’s FIOS is all for show * Come to our first live show at the SF Apple Store, 9/4 at 4p – come for the TWiT pocket protector * Kevin wants something cooler. Like a coin purse. * We extend an invitation to Martin Sargent * Shilo from Zanesville, OH is looking for free music for his podcast. * Try opsound.org. Creativecommons.org. * Jeffrey from the Netherlands asks about the future of user interfaces * Dvorak says it’s like the automobile, now that we know how to use computers they’re not going to change * Leo says Jef Raskin’s Archy is very cool * How about voice recognition? It’s not going to happen says Dvorak * Scansoft owns Dragon Dictate and ViaVoice. * Kevin from ivroots.com asks about IPTV * Dvorak’s got a newsletter about it IPTV Daily.com * Patrick is doing a weekly IPTV show with Ziff-Davis * IPTV is already in place around the world in countries that don’t have cable * Sweden’s got it * MythTV and Akimbo are attempting to make IPTV more friendly * Dvorak offers to sell TWiT to Infinity Radio for $5 million * Andy in Phoenix asks whether John gets spam. Andy, John gets NO spam. * Lucky Phil in Sydney needs a BitTorrent client that doesn’t set off alarms with his ISP . Any suggestions? * Kariand Les of the The Signal podcast love the Firefly theme song. We still hate it. * Randall from Charlestown, WV says his federal job won’t allow USB devices. Is there an MP3 player that doesn’t use USB ? Hmmm. * Leo promises to annnounce the winners in our name contest next Sunday. Finally. * Dvorak wants to give away his old cables at the live shows. * All geeks have a cable drawer. * Puffy wonders about Internet security suits. We say build your own from free software like: AVG Anti-virus or Antivir, Microsoft’s anti-spyware, Spybot, and Adaware.Running time: 1:15:16 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:45:31 -0700 this Week in Tech http://ourmedia.org/node/39685 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin "TV Makes You Smarter" Rose, Roger Chang, Robert Heron, Steve Gibson, and John C. DvorakTopics: * 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.A tip of the hat to AOL Radio for the massive pipes.Running Time: 1:13:56 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:32:31 -0700 this Week in Tech http://ourmedia.org/node/36813 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, David Prager, Steve Gibson, and John C. DvorakTopics: * Patrick's been at Defcon 13, the hacker convention in Las Vegas. * Looks like Team PAD set a record for an unamplified WiFi link: 125 miles! Read all about it on Wi-Fi Toys. * Steve's been playing with OpenWRT * Is a Pringles cantenna an illegal device? The Sacramento High-Tech Crimes Task Force seems to think so. * Someone better tell Cantenna.com * Patrick says Yuban cans work better anyway. * Hermosa Beach provides free wireless access, but the Feds are trying to make that kind of thing illegal. * Dvorak is looking for a safecracker - he's got some "gems" he needs to access. * We cover the saga of Michael Lynn and the Cisco IOS exploit lecture at Black Hat. * Steve explains that the exploit is pretty difficult anyway. * Patch your routers anyway, folks. * We're waiting for Yoshi to tell us whether to install the Sony PSP 2.0 firmware. * Buh bye Zodiac. * Patrick reviews Beta 1 of Windows Vista. You can't store anything on the C: drive. That makes it more secure. * And Leo says that's exactly why it won't ship that way: it will break too many programs. * PC Mag has good coverage. * We encourage the TWiT army to mobilize to fight the Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act [PDF Version] and support S. 1294, the Community Broadband Act of 2005. * HP drops the iPod. Who's going to break Apple's monopoly on the protable music player? * Apple has the best design (thanks Jonathan Ives) and the best UI. * Prager likes the mobiBLU DAH-1500! ...24mm square, 18 grams, 1GB MP3 player... has a display, too. * Prager, Patrick, and Leo agree, Etymotics makes the best earbuds! * Dvorak says don't max out the volume on your earbuds... we don't want you to damage your hearing. * Headwize and Headroom both have great writeups on how to protect your hearing while you're using headphones. * The problem with the space shuttle is that all the engineers who understand how to glue the pieces on are retired. * Our sources say the iTunes Top 100 Podcast list is based on the number of new subscribers in the previous 24 hours. And we've heard that Apple is caching the top 200 podcasts. * But what happened to Violet Blue's podcast? Did Apple supress it because it was so explicit? * Dvorak bemoans the success of Ebert and Roper but Leo says Skepticality deserves its success. * Check out the Podscope.com podcast audio search. It works pretty well if you stick to dictionary words. (A tip of the hat to Doug Kaye of the incredible IT Conversations - the world's best tech podcasts - for that tip.) * The Wall St. Journal even has a podcast. * We offer Walt Mosberg $25 to join us on TWiT. * Who is the most powerful tech journalist in the world? Dvorak says no one cares. * The boys at Flexilis read an RFID tag at 69 feet! Check Patrick's article in Extreme RFID. * Dvorak says just buy a lead wallet. * Systm episode 3 is out now! And a new thebroken is in the works along with another show. * We're close to a venue for our live shows - check out Cafe Amsterdam in Fairfax. We're also talking with the Marin Brewing Company. Check out the web sites and cast your vote for your favorite.Patrick thanks the Kinkos at 395 Hughes Ctr Dr, in Las Vegas for having a reliable broadband connection for today's podcast. Kinkos has been saving Patrick since he used their printers for college papers... and to make emergency business cards before ces... an always ready source of a fax machine... and for being open 24/7/365!!!Running time: 1:09 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:06:05 -0800 this Week in Tech