TWiT 44: Hacked

Hosts: Leo Laporte , Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, Roger Chang, Molly Wood, Roman Loyola, Steve Wozniak

Topics:

• Was it the press or Apple that overhyped this week's announcements?
• Macs can connect with XBox 360 consoles using Connect360
• Want to judge a stereo - don't crank it up (and don't listen to TWiT on it)
• Was Woz misquoted? Read the original article, Steve's rebuttal, and the response with transcript and you be the judge
• Have you seen the Origami "ad" on YouTube? Is it a hoax?
• It's certainly more than the cryptic Origami Project site reveals
• Here's one way to get out of a cell phone contract
• Vista will come in six slick flavors - with online upgrades
• The Pope has a nano
• RIM settles with NTP and saves the Blackberry
• Cosby is going after Waxy Links
• And the FCC is going after the call spoofing sites
• Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon has introduced a Senate bill to prevent a two tiered Internet
• Is AOL's plan for email certification the end of free email or just a way to help legitimate mass emailers? Discuss.
• HDCP will leave around 3 million HDTV owners in the lurch when HiDef DVD players become available
• Dan Sokol says there's a $300 device that will by-pass HDCP, but the movie companies are fighting back
• The US Justice Department is investigating collusion in online music pricing

Thanks to the San Francisco Apple Store for hosting this episode!

Running time: 1:09