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Host: Leo Laporte Nick Bostrom, PhD, is a philosopher at St. Cross College, University of Oxford, and is known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, the reversal test, and consequentialism. He's an author of over 200 publications, including Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, and Anthropic Bias. Guest: Nick Bostrom 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/wiki/Triangulation_177. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:00:57

Lead Anchor: Mike Elgan and Co-Anchor: Lindsey Turrentine Another big state sponsored malware program is discovered and it's even more sophisticated than Stuxnet, Samsung is making big changes, Some EU politicians want to split Google in two, and why is Google censoring maps in Hollywood? Guests: Larry Seltzer, Sam Schechner, Jeremy C. Owens, Lisa Fleisher, and Alissa Walker 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: 37:53

On today's show, Will Oremus, Senior Technology writer at Slate, talks about why Yahoo and Mozilla struck a deal over search for Mozilla’s Firefox browser – and why Yahoo is returning to search after so many years of stocks and sports. Plus, Eva Galperin, global policy analyst with the electronic frontier foundation, joins us to talk about a new tool that helps activists and journalists protect themselves from government malware. Last up, we explore Estonia’s announcement that they will allow foreigners to apply for a special e-residency program, giving them access to world-leading digital services from all over the world.

2008 - After a long court battle with the Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) group, a judge rules that Novell is the owner of UNIX and UNIXWare copyrights. In 2003 – just after SCO changed their name from Caldera - had made a claim that the SCO IP was incorporated into Linux and that they should get a cut from each copy sold. Novell states that they own the code to UNIX and therefore this claim was not valid. Battles still goon to this day, with SCO group dwindled down to a shell (no pun intended). Part of the rulings on...

The Tech Guy for Sunday 23 November 2014 - Show 1138 Host: Leo Laporte. Congress will not be revising the Patriot Act, streaming video through a VPN, importing video directly to an iPad, the difference between the i5 and i7 processors, 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.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Sam Lessin, Tim Stevens, and Kevin Marks Uber investigates one of it's executives for privacy violations, Google is experimenting with removing ads for a price, LA Auto Show shows off new third-party Android Auto apps and fuel cell vehicles, Apple-backed Rockstar ends patent war on Android, Aereo files for bankruptcy, CastAR ships, Jolla's crowdfunded tablet raises more than $1M in two days, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twit. For additional show notes, visit twit.tv/twit/485. Bandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 2:04:20

1889 - Congratulations to the first commercial jukebox which was installed in San Francisco, CA. It was called the “Nickel-in-the-Slot”, and played wax cylinder records. Within 6 months it would earn $1,000. The word “Juke” – by the way – means ‘disorderly house’ – therefore this is a disorderly box of music.Put another  nickel in – in the Nickelodean – All I want is having you – and Music, music, music. This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for November 23 Dr. Who first airs on the BBC in 1963 Nintendo releases the Gameboy color Security hole in Gmail discovered

The Tech Guy for Saturday 22 November 2014 - Show 1137 Host: Leo Laporte. Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet and Dick DeBartolo The Nexus 6 smartphone, high resolution music with the Pono Player, finding an office calendar solution, and 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.

Going Linux #262 · Computer America #79 Larry's second last appearance as the regular Linux correspondent on Computer America. Topic: The computer operating system doesn't matter anymore... so you should use Linux! Call me 'cheap' or just 'frugal' but I don't like spending money without a good reason. As long as you have an Internet connection and a browser, why do you need a specific computer? You don't need an expensive computer. Even a modest one with a good Internet connection can run cloud applications quickly -- because most, if not all, of the processing takes place on the Internet. Episode 261 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #262 · Computer America #79 00:15 Introduction 03:56 Announcement 06:33 Topic: The computer operating system doesn't matter anymore... so you should use Linux! 52:45 Frank: Feedback in five parts 61:51 Learning Python 64:21 Software recommendations 68:43 About the show 72:53 Thanks 75:02 Jack: Good work on 261, Bill 76:53 Charles: Does the Galago Pro stand up to everyday use 89:12 Ken: Linux pre-installed 92:40 Michael: Setting up Ubuntu and Orca 94:56 Jack: ssh and Internet connections 100:55 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 102:11 End

Google is testing an ad-blocker service, Amazon may be inserting ads into streaming video, and Comcast lets you track the cable guy.

We're back in the studio today! Join us for a very special episode complete with a full tour and the start of our Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Xbox One bundle!

1994 – The Sega Saturn is released featuring 2 28.6 MHz processors running 32 bit. It had 2 video display processors, QSound surround and 2 MB of memory, with 1.5MB of video memory. It went for 44,800 Yen, or $450. 2005 – Microsoft launches the XBOX 360. It contained a IBM PowerPC with 3 cores at 3.2 GHz a core. It contained a 500 MHz ATI card and 512 MB of RAM. There were several versions starting at $249 and going up to $399. The limited Halo 3 version had a specially crafted case. This Day in Tech History podcast...

Hosts: Denise Howell. Uber's recent troubles, Net Neutrality and Ayn Rand, copyrights... in spaaaaaaace! And more! Guests: Venkat Balasubramani and Melissa Sachs 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: 1:40:01

Host: Sarah Lane The FCC Chairman expects to get sued over Net Neutrality, why the European Parliment wants to break up Google, Amazon might book your next online travel, a new free ad-supported streaming video service from Amazon, Uber's bad PR forces changes at Lyft, Aereo calls it quits. new Chrombooks come with free 1TB of GoogleDrive, Square will accept Apple Pay soon, and the President still uses a BlackBerry. Guest: Chris Davies Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tn2. For detailed show notes, visit twit.tv/tn2/221. Bandwidth for Tech News 2Night is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 15:20

It's been a bit of a big week as Android 5.0 Lollipop updates start hitting devices of those who might not have hopped on board first thing. And that's caused a bit of a problem for some folks. We'll discuss what's going on, and what you can do about it. Plus, our Galaxy Note Edge review, the latest Android Wear watches, and we answer your questions live on air! This week's sponsor Lynda.com/androidcentral: Try more than 100,000 professional courses free for seven days!