Dec 4th 2005
This Week in Tech 33
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Leo Laporte
TWiT 33 is now fit for consumption.
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TWiT 33 is now fit for consumption. This week we're using all new Heil Sound mics so we're offering today's TWiT in Stereo Hi-Fidelity (it also helps with the talking all-at-once problem). We're also posting an Enhanced AAC version on BitTorrent, for those of you using iPods or iTunes.
- John Seigenthaler Sr. is incensed over the lies in his Wikipedia biography.
- Dvorak says they'll eventually be sued out of business - which is a shame.
- You don't see Leo writing letters to USA Today over his fake MySpace site
- Even Talking Head leader David Byrne has been targeted by RIAA
- But music piracy defendants are fighting back
- A Vegan podcast has been hijacked. Could it happen to us?
- Universal says it's illegal to email their employees
- Skype 2.0 does video
- Microsoft's free photo sharing program Max is a preview of the new Vista look
- When did Walt Mossberg go from being a journalist to a cheerleader? He sure loves the new Apple iMac
- But then so does Leo
- It's looking more and more like Apple will introduce its first Intel boxes in January
- Robert Heron says Windows Media Center Edition 2005 is excellent... and the
- Mac mini TiVo killer rumor is just vaporware
- And he hates HDMI cables!
- The Chinese-American founder of Apex is still under house arrest in China one year later
- Will Apple announce anything next week at DVExpo?
- Dvorak points out what we've all known for years: Patrick is incredibly photogenic
- Will RIM have to shut down Blackberry? We don't think so
- New Orleans citizens will get free WiFi
- The US Supreme Court may change patent law with the Ebay Buy-It-Now case
- Massachusetts may turn its back on open document formats
- COD2 server admins call for a strike December 16
- Mad dog NY DA Eliot Spitzer is ready to bite Sony
- China is proposing its own DVD format
- The US Air Force is inventing a phaser
- The Doctor is back. The open source community has revived Dr DivX.