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Host: Leo Laporte Doc Searls and David Weinberger are authors of "The Cluetrain Manifesto," which aims to examine the impact of the Internet on both consumers and organizations, and have updated the manifesto with "New Clues." Guests: David "Doc" Searls and David Weinberger Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tri. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes at wiki.twit.tv. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:24:24

Lead Anchor: Mike Elgan and Co-Anchor: Kevin Tofel Ready to ditch cellular and use only WiFi on your phone? One company thinks you are. WikiLeaks is mad at Google for not leaking something, a popular Twitter client isn't accepting new users, and more... Guest: Phil Goldstein Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tnt. Submit and vote on story coverage at technewstoday.reddit.com. Check out the full show notes for today's episode. We invite you to read, add to, and amend the wiki entry for this episode at wiki.twit.tv. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 27:53

Airing on Monday, January 26, 2015: Microsoft Corp. kicks off the busiest week in the earnings season - 143 of S&P 500 companies report their quarterly earnings this week - when it releases its Q2 earnings for 2015 today. James McQuivey, VP & Principal Analyst at Forrester, tells us what to expect from the announcement. Next up is Slate's senior tech reporter, Will Oremus, to discuss reports that Snapchat is tying up with major news organizations to publish content. It's also been hiring reporters and bloggers to create original videos and text. We also talk  with Ryan Calo, Assistant Law Professor at the University of Washington and an affiliate scholar at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, about socially-responsible artificial intelligence. If you want to know what that means, you'll have to tune in.   

 2006 – Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was a game that changed perception of the industry. The grit and cruelty of the GTA franchise has not only brought controversy, its also brought the fans. One bit of controversy was the “Hot Coffee” minigame within GTA. Hot Coffee was a euphemism for sex. In the minigame, the main character and the girlfriend initiated in coitus, which got a lot of parents upset. The Hot Coffee minigame was disabled by Take-Two, but people found ways around the block. This minigame prompted a re-rating to Adult, ultimately getting pulled from many game shelves. Wikazine...

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Christina Warren, Steve Kovach, and Harry McCracken Windows 10 everywhere, App Neutrality, HoloLens, space net, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twit. For additional show notes, visit twit.tv/twit/494. Bandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:53:17

The Tech Guy for Sunday 25 January 2015 - Show 1156 Host: Leo Laporte. Elon Musk wants to spend $10 billion to put the internet in space, how to make your router work better, find out how much data individual apps on the iPhone are using, how to calibrate your HDTV at home, and more of your calls. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/ttg. For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com. Bandwidth for the Tech Guy podcast is provided by Cachefly.

The Tech Guy for Saturday 24 January 2015 - Show 1155 Host: Leo Laporte. Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet and Dick DeBartolo Microsoft announces Windows 10, buying a TV for the Superbowl, updating Java on Windows XP, and more of your calls. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/ttg. For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com. Bandwidth for the Tech Guy podcast is provided by Cachefly.

 1881 –  Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison establish the Oriental Telephone Company of New York and the Angle-Indian Telephone Company Ltd. These companies were licensed to sell telephones in other countries such as Greese, Turkey, India, Japan, China and more. Countries recieving phones would have 3-digit numbers, which changed to 4, 5, then finally 7. It is unclear when the Oriental Bell Telephone company dissolved, but some of the phone lines they installed are still functional to this day, as according to this article by Indiatimes.com 1915 – 34 years after the company established, the first transcontinental call would be made....

 1948 – At IBM world headquarters, IBM dedicated the Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (SSEC). The machine – otherwise known as Poppa – was the first computer to combine electronic computation with stored instruction. The 13,500 vacuum tube computer contained 21,000 relays. The 1,800 square foot computer room had a large glass window so the public could see the building of Poppa. IBM created a raised floor for this computer so cables could run underneath and would not be tripped on. This was all in promotion to compete with the ENIAC computer. The first calculations were of the positions of the Moon...

Anchor: Megan Morrone What Box's IPO means for the cloud storage business, Uber suspends drivers for registering cars as commercial vehicles, Apple to allow China to perform security audits, Google's Project Zero drops zero-day OSX vulnerabilities, Obama administration reverses on release of customer data, Microsoft releases Windows 10 preview, Pinterest wants more men, Bitcoin's new heroes, and SkyMall files for bankruptcy. Guest: Jordan Novet Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tn2. For detailed show notes, visit twit.tv/tn2/260. Bandwidth for Tech News 2Night is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 16:58

Hosts: Denise Howell, Sarah Pearson International cyber law, Net Neutrality and Title II reclassification, game changing Creative Commons projects and more! Guests: Duncan Hollis, Lauren Wilson Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twil. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Public list of discussion points TWiL on Friendfeed TWiL on Facebook Attorneys may submit a self-study form to their local CLE board seeking MCLE credit approval. Please check the rules and requirements for your specific jurisdiction before submitting any forms. Special thanks to Nigel Clutterbuck for the TWiL theme music. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:33:31

Welcome back to the Greatest Android Podcast in the World! Coming up today we'll have the latest on these supposed HTC One M9 leaks, the Google MVNO rumor that refuses to die, a little site-specific inside baseball, and we answer your questions live on air!

The Apple Watch battery may not be as magical as some hope, T-Mobile will look past customers' bad credit scores, and more electric car charging stations are coming.

Jeff and Iyaz challenge the ideas and proof-of-concepts shown at Microsoft's Windows 10 press event. They also cover DeflateGate, pharmaceutical TV ads and the films of 2014 -- all while Jeff slowly loses his voice.

Lead Anchor: Mike Elgan The Apple watch battery probably won't last a day as advertised, a journalist has been sentenced to over five years in prison for sharing a link, the Winklevi are back in the news and creating the NASDAQ of Bitcoin, and more... Guests: Mark Gurman and Iain Thomson Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tnt. Submit and vote on story coverage at technewstoday.reddit.com. Check out the full show notes for today's episode. We invite you to read, add to, and amend the wiki entry for this episode at wiki.twit.tv. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 20:24