— Gottfried the Intern
Last night, we brought you the sneak peak to our our new weekly feature (TWiT Time) which will include an in-depth look at the Web's most downloaded podcast, Leo Laporte's This Week In Tech. In case you don't have the time to listen every week, you can at the very least scope out the highlights. Memorable moments from this week's audio (aptly titled Bad Juju) include:
- Plugging Revision 3's Relaunch party to death. FYI: It's at Mighty tonight and an open invite. Tiki Bar TV video star Lala will be making a special appearance, possibly as Kevin Rose's gal pal, and more likely as the benefactor of unwanted advances from every male on premises, at the very least Leo Laporte.
- Leo Laporte is knighted "Podperson of the Year" and pokes fun at Adam Curry. He then begrudges his gift bag from the Pod Expo: A Marantz 670 Recorder ("Like I don't have enough of those") and Sony headphones. We feel for you man, really, we do. How much do those recorders retail for? Oh, only $700.
- Apple goes after Podcast Ready, a company that does a podcast client called MyPodder, claiming that no one on the universe is allowed to use the word "podcast ready." Apple Translation: If you use our "trademark"-ed name, you can't make any money and if you do, we want it ALL.
- Despite a huge promotional layout in October's Wired about Microsoft's new Web 2.0 mentality ("Can't we all just get along?" or at least be apart of Google's "ecosystem"?), they once again prove they are still just big bullies. So we can download DRM music using Window's Media Player 7 and back-up music, but not licenses. What happens if your hard drives crashes? Ah, you're shit out of luck. Then again, with the Zune media player's added copy protection of audio files, you're pretty much screwed anyways. "DRM [isn't] an infection." It's a symptom of the virus known as Microsoft.
- Valleywag gets a mention for an irreverent headline on net neutrality. Quelle shoque.
- Will Harris informs us that HP stock is taking a hit, not because of the pretexting scandal, but because of how the scandal is being covered. Isn't that just a convoluted way of sounding business savvy by reiterating the same sentiment? Or in plain-speak, isn't he just saying the same thing, but sounding smarter because of his British accent?
- Leo Laporte is pissed off by CNet's lack of coverage of Internet Explorer's VML exploit problem. "A horrendous Windows hole is not news? Is this an indicator that Microsoft is not news anymore," Laporte inquires. Harris negates this theory: "Otherwise you'd be writing a story everyday." Heh.
- Walmart puts on their site they will be selling MIcrosoft's Zune player for $284, but quickly takes it down. We just like repeating J Allard's arrr-worthy comment regarding his prized project: "We made sure it played mpg 4 cause it's a popular way people like to rip their dvds to."
- Will Harris doesn't want to spend $400 on a Sony PS3. He'll stick with his $280 XBox. Even with a $200 HD-DVD bundle, it's still cheaper. Heyyy, wait.
- Laporte quips, "You don't like Zelda?" He quickly gets eaten alive for his ignorance of the 90s Nintendo lineup.
TWiT 70: Bad Juju [TWiT.TV]
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