This Week in Tech 61

Cripes! Cor blimey! It's the super TWiT 61!

• Lawsuits are flying over the Google founders' big private jet.
• The Emmys now have a broadband award for broadband news and documentary programming.
• Amanda Congdon of Rocketboom has been let go.
• AOL is considering offerint its services for free
• AMD admits that their sales have been going down
• Apple has dumped its last Mac with a CRT.
• Microsoft has announced that it will begin to support the OpenDoc format.
• Microsoft is supposedly creating an ipod-killer.
• A Toronto high-school has expelled the Linux lab.
• The U.S. Navy is attempting to patent a firewall.
• ABC is looking to disable the fast-forward button.
• Alienware has designed a rather strange-looking PC for Dell.
• You can now buy Call for Help (Canada) episodes on Google Video.
• Merrian-Webster is including "google" as a verb in the dictionary.
• By using the print-screen button, you can capture an entire HD-DVD or Blu-Ray movie.
• New lasers from Ricoh can read both next-gen formats.
• eBay is banning sellers from using Google Checkout.
• Friendster was rewarded a patent on social networking.
• Check out Leo's blog on Vox
• Stephen Hawking asked a question on Yahoo Answers.
• A teenager listening to an iPod was struck by lightning.
• The Department of Defense is now tracking college students' emails regarding public protests.
• Check out the picture of kilt day from The Screensavers.

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