Jan 1st 2006
This Week in Tech 36
Stormy
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
TWiT 36 is on the air. Audio and video courtesy Pixel Corps and <a href="http://www.ktln.tv/ggp/">Golden Gate Studios</a>.
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- Leo is reading Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity is Near and finds it fascinating
- Will nanotech turn the earth into gray goo?
- Alex says we vastly underestimate the human brain
- Machines are bad news for Golgafrinchams
- Dvorak reveals his "give me your new card trick"
- Robert is expecting thin flat 1920x1080p TVs at CES this year
- The key to quality is the chip - Robert likes HQV powered by Teranex
- Intel is dropping Intel Inside and replacing Pentium with Core
- Will Apple use Intel branding?
- Bill Gates used to own a big stake in AMD
- Silicon laser is going to give Intel a technology lead
- The White House and NSA web sites both violate federal guidelines and use tracking cookies
- Maybe they should switch to Mint?
- Symantec has a security flaw in 63 of their products
- Robert uses Spyware Blaster, but no anti-virus
- The Windows metafile flaw is very serious and exploits are everywhere
- Will Apple run Windows in OS X seamlessly?
- And will that discourage porting Windows software to OS X?
- Leo whines about Apple's Soundtrack Pro - it's not ready for primetime (although Alex used it to edit this week's edition)
- Leo prefers Adobe Audition
- Google's Zeitgeist is cracked
- But Dvorak loves Yelp
- Social Networking at MacWorld with Jambo.
- Seagate buys Maxtor
- 2005 is one second longer than 2006 - and Steve Martin says it's a left-wing conspiracy
- Cinema ticket sales slide again in 2005
- Dvorak recommends Sunday Morning Shootout on AMC
- Andy Serkis is King Kong
- HD-DVD will be at CES
- It was a big year for online retail
- Massachusetts CIO resigns
- Sony settles a rootkit class action lawsuit
- Coldplay's laughable CD insert
- Dvorak correctly predicted the Apple Intel switch in March
- If you're going to be in San Francisco on Tuesday, January 10, sign up for tickets to our live show at 6:30p at the Zeum, next door to MacWorld Expo.
- Next week, CES coverage!