TWiT Episode 0017 August 8, 2005

Title: TWiT Episode 0017 August 8, 2005

Description: 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

Format: 64Kbps MP3

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