Category: Programming and Podcasts

Hot on the heels of episode 9, This Week In Tech Episode 10 is delivered as promised, and much to the delight of people like me who love to have the podcasts to listen to at work or on the go. Leo must have really burned the midnight oil this time to edit two TWITs in a row and release them like this, and boy is the TWIT website getting absolutely hammered. Good thing you have us, isn’t it?

This week’s topics include PSP tricks, Google taking on eBay, a serious security breach for MasterCard holders, and of course, answered calls! Check out the full topic list (if you can make it through to the site) here:
[ http://thisweekintech.com/10 ]

Anyway, download it right now-don’t bother with the torrents right now, they’re fast, but good luck getting through to the site to grab one of the mirrors; thats’ why we have it right here. Enjoy!

TWIT Episode 10 // June 20, 2005 – [ download ]

The long lamented Episode 9 of This Week In Tech (TWIT) is finally here! Through hard drive crashes, FTP server deaths, and all sorts of technical difficulties, Leo finally managed to finish editing and putting together the most recent episode of TWIT and bring it to us today; not to mention the fact that he promises that TWIT Episode 10 will be out in the next 24 hours! Yikes!

Well, I’m not complaining; this is something that the TWIT folks are doing for free and because they love it, and, like most things that people do for a loving community, when it’s not done perfectly or on time all the time people start to get angry about it (like when webcomic authors don’t update on time all the time-it’s really odd watching a community of people reading something for free that everyone does-and reads-because they just enjoy it get angry at someone for not giving them their free fix on time) and demand things like updates if it’s going to be late and whatnot. I mean, sure I miss it if it’s not on time, but I suppose my “just deal with it” level is higher than other peoples’. Regardless, I’m ranting, and that’s not what you’re here for, you’re here for the link, and here it is!

This week’s topics include Windows updates, the possible leakage of OS X for Intel systems, the end of DVD Decrypter, Knoppix and other Live CD Distros, and a ton more! Check out the entire topic list here:
[ http://thisweekintech.com/node/3857 ]

Download away, and enjoy! We’ll have Episode 10 up as soon as Leo releases it. Here you go:

TWIT Episode 9 // June 19, 2005 – [ download ]

Well well, what do we have here? Looks like a mid-week TWIT, starring Leo and Patrick! I think this one was spawned from the need to comment on the announcement that Apple is going with Intel processors for it’s Macintosh line of desktops and laptops, and sure enough that’s one of the foremost topics.

Leo says over at the TWIT website:
[ http://thisweekintech.com/node/3809 ]
that they recorded this next door to the site where the Apple World Wide Developer’s Conference was going on, and specifically so they could get some information on the developer reaction to the announcement, as well as discuss with the creators of iPodderX what they think of the new iTunes moving in on their territory by allowing users to manage podcasts from within iTunes; one of the more ignored announcements that came out of the WWDC keynote speech, completely overshadowed by the MacIntel announcement.

Well, go grab the torrent if you like, but if you don’t like, you can snag it right here:

TWIT Episode 8a // June 8, 2005 – [ download ]

Hot off the presses, TWIT Episode 8 is up and ready for download here at TechTV Forever!

I admit, I had my doubts that they’d manage to get this one up so quickly after the last one, but they came through with no problem, and now that Leo’s put it up, we’ve got it and you can get it. This week’s topics include the proposed .xxx top-level domain for adult websites, Apple’s groundbreaking announcement that it’ll be shifting it’s systems to Intel chips, WiMax, and more!

Go ahead, download it. You know you want to.

TWIT Episode 8 // June 5, 2005 – [ download ]

The delayed yet much anticipated and waited-for TWIT Episode 7 is finally here! Leo posted it just a few hours ago, so head on over and download it, or, if you’re reading this, go ahead and download it here! We know there’s been high demand for this week’s podcast and people have been anxiously waiting for it, so save Leo and the gang some bandwidth and download the mp3 directly from us! (Don’t forget to subscribe and donate to TWIT anyway though, and support their efforts!)

For detail on the topics covered in this week’s podcast, head over to the original posting here:
[ http://thisweekintech.com/node/3790 ]

Anyway, enough banter; download and sync with your mp3 player or just listen to it in all of it’s glory on your computer!

TWIT Episode 7 // June 4, 2005 – [ download ]

Patrick to the rescue! Patrick Norton has posted on the TWIT collaborative blog as to why the TWIT podcast for this week is running so late and what the story is; namely that Leo has been travelling and when your recorder and editor is on the go and away from home, you don’t have much in the way of backup, at least not yet. But it looks like they’re working on that! Read all the details here:

[ http://thisweekintech.com/node/3779 ]

Leo posted a followup shortly thereafter with a bit more information, the poor guy scrambling to edit the audio as quickly as possible. Personally I just suspected that they would go ahead and call it a week and release a new on on Sunday and apologize for missing a week just to get back on track, but it looks like they’re a little more devoted than I am a slacker! Leo has more info, too:

[ http://thisweekintech.com/node/3780 ]

But don’t you worry, as soon as it’s available, we’ll have it up here as well. Cheers!

As you may have noticed, the most recent TWIT isn’t up yet. Well, that’s because it hasn’t been released yet! So if you come here to get your TWIT fix for the week, just hold on tight-it’ll be up as soon as we can download it from Leo, and Leo says he was going to have it sometime yesterday, so that means we should be expecting it any moment now! So just hold on tight and you’ll have it soon!

I know, I know, waiting sucks, but it’ll be worth it. I’m looking forward to it myself. You can count on us having it up as soon as possible after it’s released!

You know the drill guys, this week’s TWIT is up and available for direct download in mp3 format. Grab it and enjoy!

TWIT Episode 6 // May 22, 2005 – [ download ]

Alright! This week’s episode of TWIT is up and ready to download in all of it’s high-quality mp3 glory. As usual, it’s behind the official release of the podcast, but hey-that’s what an archive is for, right?

Anyway, on with the download-enjoy!

TWIT Episode 5 // May 15, 2005 – [ download ]

Sorry it’s a bit late, but we’ve been pretty busy this week. Regardless, This Week In Tech episode 4 is up and available to download! Check it out:

If you haven’t been to the TWIT blog yet, you should! There’s a link in the sidebar, or you can just bookmark this here link:
[ http://www.twit.tv/ ]

Anyway, on to the podcast! Here it is, in full high quality mp3 glory!

TWIT Episode 4 // May 8, 2005 – [ download ]

If you haven’t noticed, the show is no longer called Revenge of The Screen Savers, it’s now TWIT, or This Week In Tech! So now the category will be called TWIT Archive, and the old entries and links to episode 1 and 2 will still function, so no worries!

Also, you might notice that Leo has gone bittorrent to download the shows! Well well well, that’s perfect for him and needing to conserve bandwidth, but we’ll keep offering the mp3s direct to you until the bandwidth around here gets all sucked up, which probably won’t be a while, so I think we’re okay. That being said, here’s Episode 3 (or Episode 1, depending on how you look at it):

ROTSS Episode 3 // TWIT Episode 1 // May 1, 2005 – [ download ]

Enjoy!

Welcome to the launch of a brand new section here at TechTV Forever! We decided to help out Leo Laporte and save him a little bandwidth by creating our own archive of the Return of The Screen Savers podcasts right here at TechTVForever.net!

So while we still have to download the podcast from him, you can be sure that we’ll have it posted here as soon as we get it from him when he releases it Sunday nights, ready and available in mp3 format so you can download it to your favorite mp3 player or just play it on your computer! That being said, let’s do away with the pleasantries and give you the first two episodes:

Episode 1 // April 17, 2005 – [ download ]

Episode 2 // April 24, 2005 – [ download ]

Enjoy, and don’t forget to tell your friends!