TWiT 214

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TWiT Episode 214

"Live from Caracas"Hosts: Leo Laporte Guests: John C. Dvorak, Kevin Rose, and Patrick Norton Recorded: September 27, 2009 Published: September 28, 2009 Duration: 1:39:59 FriendFeed conversation Transcript  • Article links Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 This Week In Tech 214: Live from Caracas 1.1 Panel 1.2 Topics 1.3 Notable Quotes 1.4 Significant Products 2 Sponsors 2.1 Audible 2.1.1 Picks 2.2 Squarespace 2.3 Carbonite 3 Production Information

[edit] This Week In Tech 214: Live from Caracas

[edit] Panel

• Leo Laporte (@leolaporte)
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• John C. Dvorak

• Patrick Norton

• Kevin Rose

[edit] Topics

• Google Logo Spelled Wrong To Celebrate 11th Anniversary
• Google Introduces Sidewiki
• Google Wave Team Inserts Chrome into IE
• Google CEO sees one small acquisition a month Will Google be able to map the social graph?
• The pitfalls of the wisdom of crowds
• Digg continues to roll out new features
• USB 3.0 Hardware to Appear This Year
• Intel's Light Peak: One PC cable to rule them all
• Getting the full benefit from an SSD upgrade
• French Parliament May Mandate Full Photoshop Disclosure
• Texas Police Take on Blog Commenters
• Fitbit bio-monitor about to come out. Other products in this space include Nike+
• Apple close to unveiling all-new MacBook line
• Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
• What would you speak about at TED?
• The challenge of anonymity on the internet
• Twitter Users Twice As Receptive To Advertising
• @digg_2000 approaches one million followers
• The nature of the Twitter Suggested User List
• Boosting ratings by providing quality content
• Why you should watch Fox News on the weekends
• iPhone MMS now live
• Google Requests Hold On Book Settlement Hearings To Retool The Agreement
• Get your new Windows 7 PC a few days early...maybe
• G4 taking down Screen Savers segments from YouTube. Are they getting ready to put TechTV clips on their own site?

[edit] Notable Quotes

• "If they [Google] were smart, they'd buy Twitter right now."
  • -- Kevin Rose @ 10min 44sec

• "People will be modified, they'll just have to tell you they're modified."
  • -- Leo Laporte @ 32min 56sec

• "...the internet's greatest strength is its greatest downfall when used irresponsibly." (Speaking about the lack of privacy on the internet)
  • -- Patrick Norton @ 1hr 7min 36sec

[edit] Significant Products

• Product / Service Name
  • Link URL
  • Description

[edit] Sponsors

[edit] Audible

• Audible URL

Leo Recommended Chris Anderson and by using the code twit2 you an get two free audio books

[edit] Picks

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ad time: 0:27-0:39 and 0:34:15-0:37:58

[edit] Squarespace

ad time: 0:54-1:07 and 43:02-46:29

[edit] Carbonite

ad time: 1:08-1:22 and 19:05-21:46

[edit] Production Information

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