TWiT 285

TWiT Episode 285

This Week In Tech 285: My Donkey Knows More Than You

Panel

• Leo Laporte (@leolaporte)
  • Leoville.com
• Tom Merritt (@tommerritt)
  • TomMerritt.com
• Simon Dingle (@simondingle)
  • Simon.co.za
• Mathew Ingram (@mathewi)
  • GigaOM.com

Topics

• Silicon Valley Executive Shake-up
  • Page As CEO. Is That What Google Really Needs?
  • Why The Timing Of Apple’s Q1 Earnings Call Shows Jobs’ Illness Was Not Sudden
• Apple's App Store hits 10 billion downloads (update: we have a winner)
• HP Board Reshuffles In Wake Of Hurd Dismissal
• Motorola Xoom launching February 17th at Best Buy
• FCC, Justice approve Comcast and NBC joint venture
• Comcast Is Trying To Whack Netflix: Sen. Al Franken
• [http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/19/nintendo-3ds-us-launch-detailed-coming-to-the-us-in-march-27-fo/
• Verizon posts iPhone ad thanking patient users: 'It begins'
• Kurzweil: Why IBM's Jeopardy Victory Matters
• WikiLeaks to Release Secret Swiss Bank Account Info

Notable Quotes

• "Notable remark or comment."
  • -- Panelist @ MP3 time code

Significant Products

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Sponsors

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Picks

The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I by Stephen King (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by George Guidall

The Dreaming Void: Void Trilogy, Book 1 by Peter F. Hamilton (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by John Lee

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Production Information

• Edited by: Eileen
• Notes:

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