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September 27, 2011

Frame Rate 44: Fake And Old


Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt


Netflix merging with Amazon? Time Warner on cord cutting, Roku partners with Disney, and more.


Guest: Andy Beach


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Published on September 27, 2011 18:30

Hottest Gadgets for October! – Tom's Top 5

What are the most wanted gadgets for October? Apple? Windows? Samsung? Who will prevail!


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Published on September 27, 2011 04:00

September 23, 2011

Tech News Today 335: How Would A Wii Render A Grue?


Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell


Amazon tablet coming next week, Dish takes on Netflix, PC games to crush consoles, and more.


Guest: Darren Kitchen


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Running time: 37:45

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Published on September 23, 2011 19:43

Tech News Today 334: Neutrinos Killed My Grandma


Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell


HP CEO fire-and-hire, leave Facebook and lose your life, Amazon to buy Netflix? and more.


Guests: Ken Denmead and Dr. Kiki Sanford


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Published on September 23, 2011 19:43

September 22, 2011

Tech News Today 333: Cry Of The Monopolist


Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell


Why Google is not a monopoly, could HP CEO Leo lose his job, Windows might keep Linux off the desktop, and more.


Guest: Peter Ha


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Published on September 22, 2011 11:42

Triangulation 25: John "Capn Crunch" Draper, Part 2


Hosts: Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt


Computer programmer and former phone phreak, John "Capn Crunch" Draper, is this week's guest. This is the second interview, the first interview with John Draper can be found at twit.tv/tri13.


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Published on September 22, 2011 00:32

Written by Tom Merritt, drawn by Scott Johnson


Written by Tom Merritt, drawn by Scott Johnson

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Published on September 22, 2011 00:26

September 21, 2011

KOMO News: Google + goes public.

I did a Skype call with old TechTV colleague Matt Markovich who reports for KOMO TV in Seattle. He used some of the comments in his report on Google + opening up to the public.


You can watch the report at the KOMO website.

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Published on September 21, 2011 11:16

Tech News Today 332: Smells Like Tegra


Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell


Begun social networking wars have, G+ opens, Facebook fires back, NVidia says forget social networking, FIVE CORES!


Guest: Patrick Norton


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Running time: 39:32

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Published on September 21, 2011 03:42

September 20, 2011

Frame Rate 43: Boba, Shut The Fett Up


Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt


Netflix introduces Qwikster, James Cameron pushes 60fps, Nicholas Cage is a vampire, and more.


Guest: Eva Snyder


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Running time: 56:58

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Published on September 20, 2011 18:38