Tom Merritt's Blog, page 1247
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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Running time: 1:05:37
Hottest Gadgets for October! – Tom's Top 5
What are the most wanted gadgets for October? Apple? Windows? Samsung? Who will prevail!
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
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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Running time: 43:47
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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Running time: 43:44
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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Running time: 49:50
Written by Tom Merritt, drawn by Scott Johnson
Written by Tom Merritt, drawn by Scott Johnson
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.
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
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