Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Om Malik, and Kirk Harnack

The Apple-Google-ATT conspiracy, the US CIO babbles, and TWiT goes digital…

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MacBreak Weekly 155: When You’re Ready to Compromise, Call Me

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Merlin Mann

Snow Leopard, new “Get a Mac” ads, MacBook refresh, Apple Tablet news, App approval process, and more.

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Security Now 211: Hacking Electronic Voting Machines

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

How researchers hacked the most secure electronic voting machines.

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Windows Weekly 120: Bing Is My Back-End

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Windows 7, Yahoo competition, Xbox 360 prices, Word, Nokia, Snow Leopard, and more.

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This Week In Google 5: Ice Cream In The Clouds

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Gina Trapani, Doug Kaye, and Mary Hodder

Snow Leopard, mobile apps as content, Chrome/Android, Facebook privacy settings, and more.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Pete Cashmore, and Jason Hiner.

Apple charges a premium, Palm and Apple argue, Microsoft and Yahoo rumors, MySpace is fading, and more.

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MacBreak Weekly 151: Unresponsive When Sweaty

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko

Apple tablet, Verizon, hackintoshing, Googe Voice app, iPhone OS, Project Cocktail, and more.

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Security Now 207: Listener Feedback 71

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Steve answers questions on AES-256, iPhone security, TrueCrypt, Firefox privacy, and more.

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Windows Weekly 117: OMG!

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Microsoft and Yahoo get cozy, Microsoft relents to EU/Opera pressure, Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 and more.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, and Brian Brushwood

Amazon vs. sales tax, some IPTV ads cost more than equivalent TV, Windows 7 Pricing, Yahoo stockholders meeting, and more.

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MacBreak Weekly 147: I Lost My Handy

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Scott Bourne, and Don McAllister

China blogging, iWeb, AT&T iPhone exclusivity, hot 3GS, Steve back at work, and more.

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Security Now 203: Boyer and Moore

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Steve tells of the Bob Boyer and J Strother Moore algorithm for finding a substring in a buffer.

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Windows Weekly 114: Rob Greenlee

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Rob Greenlee from Microsoft chats with Paul and Leo about podcasting.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Wil Harris, and Neha Tiwari

Skype buyback, San Jose fiber cut, Twitter hacked, Steve Jobs, Yahoo/Microsoft, IBM/Sun, and more.

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MacBreak Weekly 136: EULA Schmeula

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Scott Bourne, and Andy Ihnatko

New iMacs, monitors, upgrading schemes, Palm Pre, iPhone 3, Android, and more.

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Security Now 192: Listener Feedback 64

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

This mailbag episode discusses new Firefox plugins, Conficker, buffer overflow, and more.

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Windows Weekly 103: A New Kind of Death

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Office 2010, Windows 7 Build 7106, PC Marketshare, Internet Explorer 8, and the Xbox 360 E-74 errors.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Patrick Norton, and Tom Merritt

Steve Job’s health, recession tech, Yahoo’s Carol Bartz, Microsoft Songsmith, and more.

Microsoft Songsmith

Shownotes wiki

Links to all our stories are at http://delicious.com/twit/179.

Audible picks of the week: Outliers: The Story of Success and The Disciplined Investor: Essential Strategies for Success.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Andrew Horowitz, and Sarah Lane

Yahoo deconstructed, Tesla’s bailout-worthiness, Google cuts thousands, BlackBerry Storm, Black Friday deals, and more.

Links to all our stories are at http://delicious.com/twit/171.

Audible pick of the week: The Disciplined Investor: Essential Strategies for Success, Unabridged, By Andrew Horowitz, Narrated by Andrew Horowitz.

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Hosts: Paul Thurrott with Leo Laporte

OneCare dead, Xbox update, Zune, Yahoo/Microsoft, IE8, and more.

• Microsoft Kills OneCare, Plans Free “Morro”
• Xbox New Experience; new games Left 4 Dead and Far Cry 2
• New Zune prices on flash devices, accessories
• Zune 3.1 with a few new features
• Rent to Own: Zune Pass subscribers now get 10 free tracks per month
• Internet Explorer 8 Beta 3 is on the way
• Windows Mobile: IE 6 only on new devices
• Yahoo/Microsoft
• Holiday recommendations:
  • If you have an iPod: Universal Dock ($49) + AV cable ($49)
  • If you have a Zune: Home AV Pack (dock, remote, cables – $59)
  • Otherwise… WD TV HD Media Player ($129 + USB hard drive, memory key)

Tip of the week: Students: Get Microsoft products cheap with Microsoft DreamSpark
Plus – Microsoft IT Academy Student Pass: Free e-learning courses

Software of the week: Zune 3.1 – Excellent even if you don’t have a device

Audible pick of the week: Just After Sunset, Unabridged, By Stephen King, Narrated by Stephen King and others. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/windows.

Check out Paul’s blog at http://www.internet-nexus.com and the SuperSite for Windows http://winsupersite.com for more information.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Sarah Lane, Martin Sargent, Steve Bass, and Bwana McCall.

G1 reboot, Google/Yahoo, McCain/Obama servers attacked, I’m a PC booth, and more.

Links to all our stories are at http://del.icio.us/twit/168.

Audible pick of the week: The books of Michael Crichton. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Hosts: Paul Thurrott with Leo Laporte

WinHEC, Windows 7, Google/Yahoo, Xbox 360, Gears of War, Virtual PC, and more.

• WinHEC 2008: Continuing the Windows 7 news explosion
• Google/Yahoo! deal falls apart: Microsoft to the rescue?
• Lets Talk Xbox 360
• Friday: Gears of War 2
• Next week: Call of Duty 5 World at War
• Paul’s Zune 120 Gears of War 2 Special Edition Give-away. Play GOW2 with me this weekend and win a Zune (US, Canada only)

Tip of the week: Virtualization on the desktop.

Don’t forget that Virtual PC and Virtual Server are still free. VMWare Workstation 6.5 just shipped, too.

Plus: The first Windows 7 tip!

Software of the week: Secunia PSI

Audible pick of the week: Timeline, Unabridged, By Michael Crichton, Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/windows.

Check out Paul’s blog at http://www.internet-nexus.com and the SuperSite for Windows http://winsupersite.com for more information.

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Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

iPhone 3G’s MobileMe, 2.0 and App Store, Live Mesh, Xbox 360, Yahoo, and more.

Topics:

• Everything Must Go is gone
• Rocky starts for MobileMe, iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0 software
• iPhone 3G: One Million Served?
• Advice: MobileMe not for Windows users.
• iPhone Software 2.0: The real deal.
• App Store: Good stuff.
• Live Mesh goes public
• Xbox 360′s new direction
• More Yahoo craziness
• Twitter vs. email vs. instant messaging debate

Software of the week:

• 360 Desktop
• Paint .NET

Audible book of the week: The Ghost: A Novel By Robert Harris, Narrated by Roger Rees. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/windows.

Check out Paul’s blog at http://www.internet-nexus.com and the SuperSite for Windows http://winsupersite.com for more information.

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