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The PowerUser gang makes use of their new equipment this week and brings you the following topics: CES wrap up (what we saw, what was cool. It’s 1080p in case you were wondering). Mac news – tons of Mac news. Tune in to find out what, plus a special commentary. iPod…jeans?? More threats to Internet anonymity.
This week Brad and Kristin travel to Las Vegas for the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show. We recorded at the Microsoft booth and got to interview Jenny Lam and Chuck Cummins about what’s new with the User Interface in Vista. Plus we talk with Marcel and Steve of Neowin.net and find out what they saw at the show and what’s new for Neowin this year. Finally we talk with Jed Rose of Microsoft about the Windows communities and how Microsoft is trying to incorporate their feedback into their products.
In spite of the holidays the PowerUser.tv gang managed one last show of the year: our picks for the top tech stories of 2005. Check out what we thought were the most important stories and get Tom’s top ten games of the year.
Alleged child porn offender turns himself in, Google makes deal with AOL, New Vista preview, Digital TV switch looms, WindowBlinds 5 activation, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman educates the police, Tom’s Pick of the Week, PowerUser voice mail.
Biomedical Printer can print you a new liver, Senate panel approves more Net-policing powers, Goodbye Internet Anonymity? Alexa – rent space here, Wikipedia as good as Britannica, Vista theme capers, xBox 360 Kong game and copy protection cracks, Star Force copy protection news, Tom’s POTW, PowerUser voice mail.
'Podcast' is the word of the year Worm attack may be on January 5 EU domain name becomes available Google stealing intellectual property from the AFP? Software piracy is bad…still More Sony mess AOL IM virus talks back TV shows now on iTunes Cell phones for dogs Hit orbit with your frequent flyer miles xBox lawsuit…naturally
The future of Television The chemistry of love High definition DVDs and holographic DVDs The BlackBerry lawsuit PC vs. Console Games The ESRB gets an ‘F’ from NIMF Tom’s Game Pick of the Week WindowBlinds 5 released!
Topics covered: Cell phone songs overpriced, E-mail scammers jailed, No OSX on the $100 laptop, Internet TV and Mobile TV, Xbox 360!!
The team discusses who controls the Internet, iTunes prices, Google Base, hybrid cars, Xbox 360, Frappr, and the game pick of the week - Viewtiful Joe for the Nintendo DS.
In this show the team gives an update on the Sony rootkit fiasco and discusses history's worst software bugs, Microsoft 'stealing' the name 'Windows Defender', if a game can make you cry, if games can help cure ADD, "The Movies" the game and "Star Wars: BattleFront II" the game.
In this episode we discuss how the US government is planning on placing RFID chips in the passports of US citizens next year. Also the team shakes a communal fist at Sony for their rootkit installation tactics, points out that Mac has some updates for OS X and then Tom and Brad give an in-depth review of Civilization 4. Check it out here!
Episode 13: We only cover two stories this week – although very important stories – so we can focus on Tom Chick and all the lovely game news.
Kristin, Derek, Brad and Paul discuss attorney Jack Thompson, the new Windows Vista build, more news on Blu-Ray vs. HDDVD, the new PowerMacs and other news from the tech world.
Kristin and the gang discuss Cogent vs. Level 3, killing game designers, Best Buy selling used games, and tales from Neowin's home page.
Kristin and the gang talk about Autodesk buying Maya and hence owning both major 3D modeling programs. Tom picks his favorite of the week and do bloggers have privacy rights?