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The TWiT Netcast Network, which is the operating trade name
of TWiT LLC, is a podcast
(although TWiT uses the term netcast) network run by technology
broadcaster
and author
Leo Laporte
. The network began operation in April 2005 with the launch of This Week in Tech. Security Now
was the second podcast on the network, debuting in August of that year. Currently the network hosts nineteen podcasts and several live streaming shows covering various topics including the internet
, computer security
, Microsoft
, Apple
, food
and current technology news.
TWiT founder and owner Leo Laporte
, in an October 2009 speech, stated that it grosses revenues of $1.5 million per year, while costs are around $350,000. Later on October 24, 2009, Leo said during the TWiG (This Week in Google) show that revenues for the year would be closer to $2.5 million. Originally, the network started solely from his own funding as well as setting up a contribution system similar to the public radio model (but not tax-deductible). As the network has grown, a market for advertising in podcasts also developed, and most of the current shows carry advertising. On December 12, 2009, a message on the network's website stated that Leo was going to modify the company's funding: advertising would be used to run the company, and any contributions would go solely for his salary. However, this caused such a sudden increase in donations that he has unofficially stated he would limit how much he takes as income, and save the rest in a fund for future projects, such as a new studio.
TWiT gets its name from its first and flagship podcast, the popular This Week in Tech
and the logo design originated from a traditional logic gate symbol of an "AND gate
" turned on its side.
talking about technology. Within days, the recording had been downloaded by thousands of people all over the world, and TWiT was born. Today, the network has grown to nineteen shows, and now has millions of viewers from all over the world. They currently employ 17 people, with full and part time jobs. Their revenues currently exceed 2.5 million dollars per year.
Tom Merritt
has joined the staff of TWiT LLC as of June 1, 2010. He currently broadcasts a 30–40 minute show, Tech News Today, Monday through Friday.
On July 24, 2011, the network moved from their former facility, the "TWiT Cottage", two blocks north, which had been in use since 2006, to a larger building known as the "TWiT Brick House", with the new studio facilities costing $1.2 million.
for their respective podcasts, occasionally appearing via telephone when the Skype network has been down. Guests may also appear live in the studio if they are in the area. Production is handled by Leo himself using a NewTek
Tricaster Broadcast streaming to flash video sites BitGravity, Ustream.tv and Justin.tv
for the main TWiT Live page. Viewers can interact with the show through either Ustream and Justin.tv's chat rooms or through an IRC chat room. There is an approximate time delay of 5 seconds on the live stream.
TWiT Live has been used to air live coverage of large tech events. Leo produced live coverage of the 2009 Apple WWDC complete with a live pirate video stream from the auditorium floor. The current record for coverage on TWiT Live is the "24 Hours of the iPhone" event in July 2008, tracking the launch of the iPhone 3G
around the globe as it went on sale in every timezone at 8am local. Leo stayed on air for the full 24 hours with only a few quick breaks. Calls were taken from people in line around the world, TWiT regulars, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
. Leo gave away 10 iPhone 3Gs during the broadcast complete with free audiobooks from Audible.com
.
In January 2010, Leo Laporte
and the TWiT team covered Consumer Electronics Show
live from their stage in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center
. They covered 2 parties, Digital Experience Press Event and ShowStoppers Press Event live though an in-house built wireless broadcasting rig using a tablet computer which connected a camera and 2 mics together and was streamed though EVDO and 3G cards. The broadcasting rig was made by TWiT's former Vice President of Engineering, Colleen Kelly. The trip to Consumer Electronics Show
was sponsored by Ford Sync
, Audible.com
. Audio and Video podcasts were made and published on iTunes
and on the TWiT website. It was the first time in a 6 year gap that Leo Laporte visited Consumer Electronics Show after the take over of TechTV. Laporte also announced that he was hopefully going to be back at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2011 which he did.
In May 2010, Leo Announced that TWiT would do more live coverage of major events and breaking news. Since then, they have covered events such as Google I/O
, WWDC, E3
, Maker Faire
, Dragon Con
, South By Southwest
, Macworld Expo, and the Consumer Electronics Show
. They have also covered breaking news such as Eric Schmidt stepping down as CEO of Google
, Hewlett Packard's acquisition of Palm, Inc, and various press conferences and keynotes from companies such as Google, Apple
, Microsoft
, and Facebook
.
Leo Laporte
has reported on The Weekly Daily Giz Wiz and Security Now! to have gotten an invitation to France, from President Sarkozy, to attend a G-8 summit on the Internet as well as such topics as security, use of the internet, and how to protect yourself. This further shows the reach of Leo Laporte
and TWiT.tv
PC Perspective Podcast: A show with the staff of PC Perspective talking about hardware reviews, news and prizes. Airs Wednesdays at 7pm PT (USA) on TWiT Live, and is released in audio form at PC Perspective.
This Week in Science
: Kirsten Sanford
's Weekly Radio show on KDVS
90.3 FM.
The official move took place at 2 PM PDT on July 24, 2011. Dubbed, the TWiT Brick House, the name was conceived during a Daily Giz Wiz episode with Dick DeBartolo. This name derives from the fundraising bricks sold to defray part of the cost of building the new studio. The event garnered plenty of attention, and was live streamed via LiveU over 3G. CEO of TWiT, Lisa Kentzell took care of most of the arrangements. The 10000 square feet (929 m²) studio itself is only two blocks away from the original studio, the TWiT cottage at 140 Keller Street, Petaluma, California. The Brick House studio was designed by Roger C. Ambrose, and the building itself is the former home of BiAS Sound, as well as serving as a drug store, and was originally built as a furniture factory.
has also started to provide bandwidth for select shows. Advertisers during TWiT shows include Citrix, Audible.com
, Drobo
, Ford, Mailroute
, Squarespace
, Carbonite
, Tucows
's Hover
, Sling Media
, Stamps.com
, and ESET
(as of June 1, 2010 on Tech News Today). Past sponsors of the TWiT network include, Dell, Visa, Google, and Astaro.
Jumping Monkeys: Jumping Monkeys was a netcast that focused on parenting
in the digital age with Megan Morrone
and Leo. Each episode featured an interview with someone from the world of technology who is also a parent. The hosts discussed interesting web sites from the three categories "spend, save, give" and read listener feedback. The show was 'on hiatus' for a number of months until Morrone confirmed on her blog that she would not return to the show.
Inside the Net
: Inside the Net was a weekly netcast with Amber MacArthur
covering new and interesting aspects of the Internet. It has been superseded by net@nite (now The Social Hour) in the fall of 2006.
The Laporte Report: A feed of appearances by Laporte on other radio shows, such as Bill Handel
on KFI
and John Donabie on CFRB.
iLifeZone: iLifeZone focuses on the Apple iLife
suite and other Mac similar applications. The podcast moved to the podcast network Podango before ceasing production.
TWiT Fit: A Fitness show in which personal trainer, Al Scardino showed geeks some fitness techniques which can be used behind the desk. Aired Thursday at 1pm PT (USA) on TWiT Live, but has been discontinued.
This WEEK in FUN: Hosted by Sarah Lane
and Martin Sargent
, TWiF discusses funny news stories from the world of technology, as well as within mainstream media. Currently the podcast is available in audio form, but there are plans to release it as a video podcast. Host Sarah Lane
announced on her blog that it would be going on hiatus for an indefinite amount of time.
Roz Rows The Pacific: Interviews with rower Roz Savage
's voyage as the first woman to row solo across the Pacific Ocean
. It ended after she landed in Madang
, Papua New Guinea
, finishing her voyage.
Maxwell's House: An in-depth discussion with the former Lab with Leo Laporte
segment host Ray Maxwell about how science applies to technology, with common subjects including aviation, color science, photography and how current and former technologies work. On June 24, 2010 it was announced that Maxwell's House 78 would be the final episode and had been canceled due to lack of advertising.
Current Geek Weekly: A show with TechTV alumnus Tom Merritt, former executive editor of CNET, and Scott Johnson
at Frog Pants Studios, LLC, the show joined the TWiT Live network as a weekly show in addition to thrice-weekly short format show. The show discusses 5-6 geeky and nerdy topics of the week from video games, science and math. Airs Friday at 6pm PT on TWiT Live, and is released in audio form at currentgeek.com. It ended on January 14, 2011 as Scott and Tom decided to focus more on the Daily episodes instead, later morphing into segments on The Morning Stream.
Munchcast: A food focused netcast hosted by San Francisco radio personality Cammy Blackstone and Leo Laporte. Returned from hiatus because it won the 2009 People's Choice Podcast Award Food and Drink category. It is currently on hiatus due to scheduling issues.
The Gillmor Gang: The Gillmor Gang was more focused on technology reviews. TWiT ceased carrying the show when Mike Arrington, during the June 6, 2009 show, accused Leo of compromised journalistic integrity for receiving a Palm Pre
5 day review unit.
. They were co-listed on both TWiT.tv and the PixelCorps.tv websites, now only available on the PixelCorps website.
Inside the Black Box: Visual effects focused. Now hosted by Pixel Corps
.
The VFX Show: Visual effects tips and tricks. Now hosted by Pixel Corps
.
This Week in Media: A show focused on analyzing media and the change to New Media
. Now hosted by Pixel Corps
.
MacBreak
: Mac focused video show. Filmed in 540p. The podcast is now hosted by Pixel Corps. This is the brother of MacBreak Weekly on the TWiT
network.
Trade name
A trade name, also known as a trading name or a business name, is the name which a business trades under for commercial purposes, although its registered, legal name, used for contracts and other formal situations, may be another....
of TWiT LLC, is a podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
(although TWiT uses the term netcast) network run by technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
broadcaster
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
Leo Laporte
Leo Laporte
Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry....
. The network began operation in April 2005 with the launch of This Week in Tech. Security Now
Security Now
Security Now! is a weekly podcast hosted by Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson. The first episode was released on 19 August 2005.Released each Thursday, Security Now! consists of a discussion between Gibson and Laporte of issues of computer security and, conversely, insecurity...
was the second podcast on the network, debuting in August of that year. Currently the network hosts nineteen podcasts and several live streaming shows covering various topics including the internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, computer security
Computer security
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...
, Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, Apple
Apple Computer
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad...
, food
Food
Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals...
and current technology news.
TWiT founder and owner Leo Laporte
Leo Laporte
Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry....
, in an October 2009 speech, stated that it grosses revenues of $1.5 million per year, while costs are around $350,000. Later on October 24, 2009, Leo said during the TWiG (This Week in Google) show that revenues for the year would be closer to $2.5 million. Originally, the network started solely from his own funding as well as setting up a contribution system similar to the public radio model (but not tax-deductible). As the network has grown, a market for advertising in podcasts also developed, and most of the current shows carry advertising. On December 12, 2009, a message on the network's website stated that Leo was going to modify the company's funding: advertising would be used to run the company, and any contributions would go solely for his salary. However, this caused such a sudden increase in donations that he has unofficially stated he would limit how much he takes as income, and save the rest in a fund for future projects, such as a new studio.
TWiT gets its name from its first and flagship podcast, the popular This Week in Tech
This Week in Tech
This Week in Tech–casually referred to as TWiT, and formerly known as Revenge of the Screen Savers–is the weekly flagship podcast of the TWiT.tv network...
and the logo design originated from a traditional logic gate symbol of an "AND gate
AND gate
The AND gate is a basic digital logic gate that implements logical conjunction - it behaves according to the truth table to the right. A HIGH output results only if both the inputs to the AND gate are HIGH . If neither or only one input to the AND gate is HIGH, a LOW output results...
" turned on its side.
History
The TWiT network was started by Leo Laporte in April 2005 after he posted a recording to his website, Leoville.com, of him and other friends from TechTVTechTV
TechTV was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. In 2004, it merged with the G4 gaming channel which ultimately dissolved TechTV programming...
talking about technology. Within days, the recording had been downloaded by thousands of people all over the world, and TWiT was born. Today, the network has grown to nineteen shows, and now has millions of viewers from all over the world. They currently employ 17 people, with full and part time jobs. Their revenues currently exceed 2.5 million dollars per year.
Tom Merritt
Tom Merritt
Thomas Andrew "Tom" Merritt is a technology journalist and broadcaster who hosts a daily show on Leo Laporte's TWiT.tv Netcast Network Tech News Today...
has joined the staff of TWiT LLC as of June 1, 2010. He currently broadcasts a 30–40 minute show, Tech News Today, Monday through Friday.
On July 24, 2011, the network moved from their former facility, the "TWiT Cottage", two blocks north, which had been in use since 2006, to a larger building known as the "TWiT Brick House", with the new studio facilities costing $1.2 million.
TWiT Live
Starting on April 30, 2008 Leo Laporte began broadcasting live video from his studio in Petaluma, CA at live.TWiT.tv . The format at times is free flowing, however it mostly serves as a live video feed of TWiT Network podcast creation. Guests usually appear via SkypeSkype
Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chat over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system...
for their respective podcasts, occasionally appearing via telephone when the Skype network has been down. Guests may also appear live in the studio if they are in the area. Production is handled by Leo himself using a NewTek
NewTek
NewTek, Inc. is a San Antonio, Texas-based hardware and software company that produces live and post-production video tools and visual imaging software for personal computers...
Tricaster Broadcast streaming to flash video sites BitGravity, Ustream.tv and Justin.tv
Justin.tv
Justin.tv is a website created by Justin Kan, Emmett Shear, Michael Seibel and Kyle Vogt in 2007 that allows anyone to broadcast video online. Justin.tv user accounts are called "channels", and users are encouraged to broadcast a wide variety of user-generated live video content, called...
for the main TWiT Live page. Viewers can interact with the show through either Ustream and Justin.tv's chat rooms or through an IRC chat room. There is an approximate time delay of 5 seconds on the live stream.
TWiT Live has been used to air live coverage of large tech events. Leo produced live coverage of the 2009 Apple WWDC complete with a live pirate video stream from the auditorium floor. The current record for coverage on TWiT Live is the "24 Hours of the iPhone" event in July 2008, tracking the launch of the iPhone 3G
IPhone 3G
The iPhone 3G is the second generation of iPhone designed and marketed by Apple Inc.. It was the successor to the original iPhone, and is succeeded by the iPhone 3GS. Introduced on June 9, 2008 at the WWDC 2008 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco...
around the globe as it went on sale in every timezone at 8am local. Leo stayed on air for the full 24 hours with only a few quick breaks. Calls were taken from people in line around the world, TWiT regulars, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak
Stephen Gary "Woz" Wozniak is an American computer engineer and programmer who founded Apple Computer, Co. with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne...
. Leo gave away 10 iPhone 3Gs during the broadcast complete with free audiobooks from Audible.com
Audible.com
Audible.com is an Internet provider of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming.Audible sells digital audiobooks, radio and TV programs, and audio versions of magazines and newspapers....
.
In January 2010, Leo Laporte
Leo Laporte
Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry....
and the TWiT team covered Consumer Electronics Show
Consumer Electronics Show
The International Consumer Electronics Show is a major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new...
live from their stage in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas Convention Center
The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority in Las Vegas, Nevada....
. They covered 2 parties, Digital Experience Press Event and ShowStoppers Press Event live though an in-house built wireless broadcasting rig using a tablet computer which connected a camera and 2 mics together and was streamed though EVDO and 3G cards. The broadcasting rig was made by TWiT's former Vice President of Engineering, Colleen Kelly. The trip to Consumer Electronics Show
Consumer Electronics Show
The International Consumer Electronics Show is a major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new...
was sponsored by Ford Sync
Ford Sync
Ford SYNC is a factory-installed, integrated in-vehicle communications and entertainment system that allows users to make hands-free telephone calls and control music and other functions using voice commands...
, Audible.com
Audible.com
Audible.com is an Internet provider of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming.Audible sells digital audiobooks, radio and TV programs, and audio versions of magazines and newspapers....
. Audio and Video podcasts were made and published on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
and on the TWiT website. It was the first time in a 6 year gap that Leo Laporte visited Consumer Electronics Show after the take over of TechTV. Laporte also announced that he was hopefully going to be back at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2011 which he did.
In May 2010, Leo Announced that TWiT would do more live coverage of major events and breaking news. Since then, they have covered events such as Google I/O
Google I/O
Google I/O is an annual two-day developer-focused conference held by Google in San Francisco, California. Google I/O features highly technical, in-depth sessions focused on building web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Chrome, Chrome OS,...
, WWDC, E3
E3
The Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly known as E3, is an annual trade fair for the computer and video games industry presented by the Entertainment Software Association...
, Maker Faire
Maker Faire
Maker Faire is an event created by Make magazine to "celebrate arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself mindset".-Past events:The first was held April 22 – 23, 2006, at the San Mateo Fairgrounds...
, Dragon Con
Dragon Con
Dragon*Con is a North America multigenre convention, founded in 1987, which takes place once each year in Atlanta, Georgia...
, South By Southwest
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
, Macworld Expo, and the Consumer Electronics Show
Consumer Electronics Show
The International Consumer Electronics Show is a major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new...
. They have also covered breaking news such as Eric Schmidt stepping down as CEO of Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
, Hewlett Packard's acquisition of Palm, Inc, and various press conferences and keynotes from companies such as Google, Apple
Apple
The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...
, Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, and Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
.
Leo Laporte
Leo Laporte
Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry....
has reported on The Weekly Daily Giz Wiz and Security Now! to have gotten an invitation to France, from President Sarkozy, to attend a G-8 summit on the Internet as well as such topics as security, use of the internet, and how to protect yourself. This further shows the reach of Leo Laporte
Leo Laporte
Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry....
and TWiT.tv
Current Netcasts
| Show | Description | Genre | Hosts | Schedule | Launch Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This Week in Tech This Week in Tech This Week in Tech–casually referred to as TWiT, and formerly known as Revenge of the Screen Savers–is the weekly flagship podcast of the TWiT.tv network... |
The flagship netcast of the TWiT network and its namesake, it features roundtable discussions and debates surrounding the latest technology news. It is casually referred to as TWiT, thus spawning the name of the network built around it. The podcast was originally known as Revenge of The Screen Savers The Screen Savers The Screen Savers was a live American TV show on TechTV. The show launched concurrently with the channel ZDTV on May 11, 1998. The Screen Savers originally centered around computers, new technologies, and their adaptations in the world... in reference to the original panel's former show, The Screen Savers, which aired on TechTV TechTV TechTV was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. In 2004, it merged with the G4 gaming channel which ultimately dissolved TechTV programming... . After the first episode was posted Laporte received a cease and desist order from Comcast Comcast Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the... , owners of the intellectual property rights from TechTV, arguing it too closely resembled the defunct show's name. At one point it was offered in the most formats of any podcast on the network. These included a standard 64kps MP3 MP3 MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression... , low-bandwidth 16kps MP3, Advanced Audio Coding Advanced Audio Coding Advanced Audio Coding is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates.... (AAC), and Ogg Vorbis versions. However, Leo Laporte announced the ending of the Ogg Vorbis version in August 2009 and finally the AAC and low bandwidth versions in early November 2009. The reasoning was the time and energy it took to encode all the versions of TWiT wasn't justified by the number of people choosing to listen to the show in those alternative formats. Bandwidth for the 64kps MP3 is provided by AOL Radio AOL Radio AOL Radio powered by Slacker, , is an online radio service available only in the United States.- Roots :... , this hosting is free in return for a mention of AOL Radio. The other versions, like most shows on the TWiT Network, were hosted by CacheFly CacheFly CacheFly is a content delivery network provider based in Chicago, IL. CacheFly was the first company to offer CDN service that rely solely on TCP Anycast for routing, rather than DNS based global load balancing. Cachefly is notable for catering specifically to smaller companies, rather than large... . The show is usually posted every Monday morning at 1am Eastern to minimize the impact on the hosting company's servers. This Week in Tech is the recipient of the 2005, 2008, and 2010 People's Choice Podcast Awards Podcast Awards The People's Choice Podcast Awards, better known as the Podcast Awards, are an annual set of awards given to the best podcasts as voted by the people... Technology category. |
Roundtable, Technology News |
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Apr 17, 2005 |
| Tech News Today | Every weekday, Tom Merritt Tom Merritt Thomas Andrew "Tom" Merritt is a technology journalist and broadcaster who hosts a daily show on Leo Laporte's TWiT.tv Netcast Network Tech News Today... former host of Buzz Out Loud Buzz Out Loud Buzz Out Loud, "CNET's podcast of indeterminate length," or BOL, as it is affectionately titled by its fans, is a weekly podcast about technology produced by CNET. The show is hosted by Molly Wood, Brian Tong, and producer Stephen Beacham and various rotating guest hosts. Veronica Belmont... (CNET CNET CNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition... ) along with co-hosts Becky Worley Becky Worley Becky Worley is an American journalist and broadcaster. She is the tech contributor for Good Morning America on ABC, host and blogger for a web show on Yahoo! Tech.-Personal life:... (Tech TV, Good Morning America Good Morning America Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now... ) Sarah Lane Sarah Lane Sarah Christina Lane is an American television and Internet personality. She is most notably known for her appearances on TechTV's The Screen Savers, G4's Attack of the Show!, and Revision3's popSiren... (Tech TV, Revision3), Kirsten Sanford Kirsten Sanford Kirsten "Kiki" Sanford was previously an American research scientist in neurophysiology at the University of California, Davis and is a specialist in learning and memory. She holds a B.S. in Conservation Biology and a Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology from U.C. Davis.... (This Week in Science This Week in Science This Week in Science is a science radio talk show broadcasting from KDVS 90.3FM on the UC Davis campus. Each week, TWIS founder/host Kirsten Sanford and co-host Justin Jackson review current research in technology... ), Darren Kitchen Darren Kitchen Darren Dale Kitchen is the host and creator of the American internet television network Revision3's syndicated show Hak5. He is most notable for his contributions to the hacking community either co-creating or popularizing security auditing devices, such as the WiFi Pineapple, USB Switchblade, and... (Hak5, Revision3), Iyaz Akhtar Iyaz Akhtar Iyaz Akhtar is an internet personality. While he is a graduate of the New York University School of Law , he is better known for hosting podcasts such as TWiT.tv's Tech News Today with Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Jason Howell. Iyaz also appears on This Old Nerd, and Finite Comedy.-External... (This Old Nerd), and producer Jason Howell (CNET, from the producer of Buzz Out Loud) will breakdown the latest in tech news just in time for the drive home on the east coast. Airs Monday through Friday at 2:30pm PT, 5:30pm ET on TWiT Live, with the show available for download in audio form the same day by 5:30pm PT. |
Technology News |
Tom Merritt Thomas Andrew "Tom" Merritt is a technology journalist and broadcaster who hosts a daily show on Leo Laporte's TWiT.tv Netcast Network Tech News Today... Sarah Lane Sarah Christina Lane is an American television and Internet personality. She is most notably known for her appearances on TechTV's The Screen Savers, G4's Attack of the Show!, and Revision3's popSiren... Iyaz Akhtar Iyaz Akhtar is an internet personality. While he is a graduate of the New York University School of Law , he is better known for hosting podcasts such as TWiT.tv's Tech News Today with Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Jason Howell. Iyaz also appears on This Old Nerd, and Finite Comedy.-External... |
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Jun 1, 2010 |
| Security Now Security Now Security Now! is a weekly podcast hosted by Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson. The first episode was released on 19 August 2005.Released each Thursday, Security Now! consists of a discussion between Gibson and Laporte of issues of computer security and, conversely, insecurity... |
Released each Thursday, Security Now! consists of a discussion between Steve Gibson and Laporte about issues of computer security Computer security Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to... and, conversely, insecurity Computer insecurity Computer insecurity refers to the concept that a computer system is always vulnerable to attack, and that this fact creates a constant battle between those looking to improve security, and those looking to circumvent security.-Security and systems design:... . It was the second show to premiere on the TWiT Network, launching in summer 2005. To date, it has not missed a single weekly episode since it began. Every second episode consists of listener questions and feedback. Quick mini-shows have been known to be posted if a breaking or important news story concerning security develop during the week. |
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Leo Laporte Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry.... Steve Gibson Steve Gibson is a computer enthusiast, software engineer and security researcher who studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Gibson currently lives in Laguna Hills, California... |
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Aug 18, 2005 |
| The Social Hour | The first of the TWiT shows to be broadcast live (via TalkShoe TalkShoe TalkShoe is a Web 2.0 Internet radio/podcasting site that uses a Java chat client in conjunction with a conference call bridge to allow users to host or participate in live on-line talk radio shows called "community calls" or simply a "call" for short. A call can be syndicated and downloaded after... ), The Social Hour is hosted by Sarah Lane Sarah Lane Sarah Christina Lane is an American television and Internet personality. She is most notably known for her appearances on TechTV's The Screen Savers, G4's Attack of the Show!, and Revision3's popSiren... (who took over from Leo Laporte in March 2010) and Amber MacArthur Amber MacArthur Amber Dawn MacArthur is a Canadian television and netcasting personality. MacArthur is currently the co-host of BNN's App Central.... , and focuses primarily on the world social media. It was previously known as both Inside The Net (through Fall 2006) as well as net@night (through Spring 2011). |
Social Media |
Sarah Lane Sarah Christina Lane is an American television and Internet personality. She is most notably known for her appearances on TechTV's The Screen Savers, G4's Attack of the Show!, and Revision3's popSiren... Amber MacArthur Amber Dawn MacArthur is a Canadian television and netcasting personality. MacArthur is currently the co-host of BNN's App Central.... |
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Mar 28, 2011 |
| Weekly Daily Giz Wiz (formerly Daily Giz Wiz Daily Giz Wiz Weekly Daily Giz Wiz is a daily Podcast featuring Dick DeBartolo and Leo Laporte and is part of the TWiT.tv Network. It is a short, daily discussion about one technology or gadget. A shorter version of The Weekly Daily Giz Wiz also appears on Laporte's syndicated radio show The Tech Guy... ) |
In this weekly (formerly daily) netcast, Laporte and Mad Magazine writer Dick DeBartolo Dick DeBartolo Dick DeBartolo is an American writer. He has most notably written for Mad. He is occasionally referred to as "Mads Maddest Writer," this being a twist on Don Martin's former status as "Mads Maddest Artist." DeBartolo served as the magazine's "Creative Consultant" from 1984 to 2009.Mad has long... discuss classic, strange and appealing gadget Gadget A gadget is a small technological object that has a particular function, but is often thought of as a novelty. Gadgets are invariably considered to be more unusually or cleverly designed than normal technological objects at the time of their invention... s. This program is also hosted by AOL Radio. |
Gadgets |
Leo Laporte Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry.... Dick DeBartolo Dick DeBartolo is an American writer. He has most notably written for Mad. He is occasionally referred to as "Mads Maddest Writer," this being a twist on Don Martin's former status as "Mads Maddest Artist." DeBartolo served as the magazine's "Creative Consultant" from 1984 to 2009.Mad has long... |
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Feb 20, 2006 |
| FLOSS Weekly FLOSS Weekly FLOSS Weekly is a free software / open source themed podcast from the TWiT Network. The show premiered on April 7, 2006, and features prominent guests from the free software/open source community. It was originally hosted by Leo Laporte; his cohost for the first seventeen episodes was Chris DiBona... |
Currently hosted by Randal L. Schwartz Randal L. Schwartz Randal L. Schwartz , also known as merlyn, is an American author, system administrator and programming consultant.-Career:... , with a different co-host each week. FLOSS Weekly features interviews with key figures from the free software community Free software community The free-software community is an informal term that refers to the users and developers of free software as well as supporters of the free-software movement. The movement is sometimes referred to as the open-source software community or a subset thereof... . |
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Apr 7, 2006 |
| Futures in Biotech | Futures in Biotech looks at emerging biotechnology Biotechnology Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose... and interviews prolific members of the field. It is hosted by Marc Pelletier. |
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Jun 14, 2006 |
| Windows Weekly | Paul Thurrott Paul Thurrott Paul Brian Thurrott is a technology reporter, published author, podcaster, and the news editor for Windows IT Pro magazine... and Laporte discuss Microsoft's Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... software and hardware, including the Xbox 360 Xbox 360 The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles... and Zune Zune Zune is a digital media brand owned by Microsoft which includes a line of portable media players, a digital media player software for Windows machines, a music subscription service known as a 'Zune Music Pass', music and video streaming for the Xbox 360 via the Zune Software, music, TV and movie... , in depth. Its first episode debuted in the Fall of 2006. It is one of the most popular podcasts on Twit. |
Microsoft & Windows |
Leo Laporte Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry.... Paul Thurrott Paul Brian Thurrott is a technology reporter, published author, podcaster, and the news editor for Windows IT Pro magazine... |
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Sep 28, 2006 |
| Leo Laporte The Tech Guy The Tech Guy The Tech Guy is a US-wide syndicated radio show, hosted by Leo Laporte formerly of TechTV and now TWiT.tv fame. The show, which was first exclusively broadcast on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles, California, was picked up for syndication by Premiere Radio Networks in February 2007... |
Leo Laporte's syndicated weekend technology call-in radio show distributed by Premiere Radio Networks Premiere Radio Networks Premiere Networks is an American radio network. It is the largest syndication company in the United States based on popularity of programming... . Only ads read by Laporte are kept, station commercial breaks are cut out. Currently distributed on two-day delay at the behest of affiliate stations. The Tech Guy began in its current form in 2004, thus predating the TWiT network. |
Call In |
Leo Laporte Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry.... |
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Jan 3, 2004 |
| MacBreak Weekly | Mac Macintosh The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a... focused netcast. With Alex Lindsay Alex Lindsay For the Scottish footballer see Alex Lindsay Alex Ben Lindsay, founder of the Pixel Corps, has been involved in computer graphics and computer animation for nearly 20 years. Alex has extensive experience in digital production including print, real-time graphics, multimedia titles, forensic... from Pixelcorps.tv and Andy Ihnatko Andy Ihnatko Andy Ihnatko is a technology journalist for the Chicago Sun-Times, and tech author. He currently resides in Massachusetts. He frequently appears on Leo Laporte's podcasts, specifically MacBreak Weekly and TWiT... of the Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Sun-Times The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship paper of the Sun-Times Media Group.-History:The Chicago Sun-Times is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city... . It is a weekly netcast covering all things Apple. |
Apple and Mac |
Leo Laporte Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry.... Andy Ihnatko Andy Ihnatko is a technology journalist for the Chicago Sun-Times, and tech author. He currently resides in Massachusetts. He frequently appears on Leo Laporte's podcasts, specifically MacBreak Weekly and TWiT... Alex Lindsay For the Scottish footballer see Alex Lindsay Alex Ben Lindsay, founder of the Pixel Corps, has been involved in computer graphics and computer animation for nearly 20 years. Alex has extensive experience in digital production including print, real-time graphics, multimedia titles, forensic... |
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Aug 12, 2006 |
| This Week in Law This Week in Law This Week in Law is a podcast created as part of the This Week In Tech family of podcasts. The show is hosted by Denise Howell, with frequent co-host Evan Brown. Past guests include Cory Doctorow, Merlin Mann, Nina Paley, Ernie Svenson, John Palfrey and Colette Vogele. The show focuses mainly on... |
Law-focused netcast featuring Denise Howell, Cathy Kirkman, Ernie Svenson, and John Palfrey. TWiL debuted on TWiT's feed during a week TWiT was not produced in the Fall of 2006. | Technology Law |
Denise Howell Denise McKinney Howell is a lawyer, blogger, and netcast host living in Newport Beach, California. Her blog, Bag and Baggage, started in 2001, was one of the first law-related blogs... Evan Brown Evan Brown is an American soccer player who currently plays for USASA amateur team CASL Elite.-High School:... John Palfrey John Palfrey is a faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, vice dean for library and information resources, and the Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He led a reorganization of the Harvard Law School Library in 2009... |
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Oct 22, 2006 |
| Abby's Road | Hosted by Abby Laporte (Leo's daughter), Abby's Road is about teen issues and college. For teens, parents, educators and anyone else who's interested. | Teen Issues |
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| This Week in Google | Leo Laporte, Gina Trapani Gina Trapani Gina Marie Trapani is an American tech blogger, web developer, and writer.Trapani founded the Lifehacker blog in January 2005, and led it until January 2009. She co-hosts a netcast on the TWiT.tv network called with Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis. She also hosted twelve episodes of Work Smart, a... , Jeff Jarvis Jeff Jarvis Jeff Jarvis is an American journalist. Previously he was a television critic for TV Guide and People magazine, creator of Entertainment Weekly, Sunday editor and associate publisher of the New York Daily News, and a columnist on the San Francisco Examiner.-Career:Until recently Jarvis was... and their guests talk about the latest Google and cloud computing Cloud computing Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network .... news. Recorded live at 5p Eastern/2p Pacific/2200 UTC on Wednesdays and released later that evening as both an audio and video podcast. First Episode broadcast August 2, 2009. |
Google, Cloud Computing |
Leo Laporte Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry.... Gina Trapani Gina Marie Trapani is an American tech blogger, web developer, and writer.Trapani founded the Lifehacker blog in January 2005, and led it until January 2009. She co-hosts a netcast on the TWiT.tv network called with Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis. She also hosted twelve episodes of Work Smart, a... Jeff Jarvis Jeff Jarvis is an American journalist. Previously he was a television critic for TV Guide and People magazine, creator of Entertainment Weekly, Sunday editor and associate publisher of the New York Daily News, and a columnist on the San Francisco Examiner.-Career:Until recently Jarvis was... |
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Aug 1, 2009 |
| Dr. Kiki's Science Hour | A show with Kirsten Sanford Kirsten Sanford Kirsten "Kiki" Sanford was previously an American research scientist in neurophysiology at the University of California, Davis and is a specialist in learning and memory. She holds a B.S. in Conservation Biology and a Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology from U.C. Davis.... about assorted science topics. The initial episode was aired on April 30, 2009 on TWiT Live. Recorded live every Thursday at 3pm Pacific/2200 UTC and is released on Saturdays. |
Science |
Kirsten Sanford Kirsten "Kiki" Sanford was previously an American research scientist in neurophysiology at the University of California, Davis and is a specialist in learning and memory. She holds a B.S. in Conservation Biology and a Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology from U.C. Davis.... |
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Apr 30, 2009 |
| NSFW | Billed as 'TWiTs favorite mistake', NSFW hosted by Brian Brushwood Brian Brushwood Brian Brushwood is an American magician who performs nationwide. He is especially well known for his display of bizarre magic. He is known to perform fire-eating, escapes, breaking a cinder block over his head, sticking nails in his eyes and nose, sticking needles through his palm, reading minds,... of Scam School and Justin Robert Young Justin Robert Young Justin Robert Young is the editor-in-chief of iTricks.com, the foremost magic news site on the web, editor of WeirdThings.com, and is a podcaster for the TWiT.tv network, co-hosting the weekly show NSFW.-Early career:... of Weird Things, is an evolution of the BBLiveShow for the TWiT Live Network. Airs Tuesdays on TWiT Live and NSFWShow.com at 7pm PT and is also available in podcast form at TWiT.tv/nsfw. |
Internet and Gaming Culture |
Brian Brushwood Brian Brushwood is an American magician who performs nationwide. He is especially well known for his display of bizarre magic. He is known to perform fire-eating, escapes, breaking a cinder block over his head, sticking nails in his eyes and nose, sticking needles through his palm, reading minds,... Justin Robert Young Justin Robert Young is the editor-in-chief of iTricks.com, the foremost magic news site on the web, editor of WeirdThings.com, and is a podcaster for the TWiT.tv network, co-hosting the weekly show NSFW.-Early career:... |
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Nov 24, 2009 |
| East Meets West | East Meets West: A show with TechTV alumni Tom Merritt, former executive editor of CNET CNET CNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition... , and Roger Chang Roger Chang Roger Chang is a computer enthusiast and American television personality most notably known from his time as a segment producer and appearances on TechTV's Call for Help and The Screen Savers. He is currently a senior producer at Revision3.-Early life:Chang attended Thomas Downey High School in... , senior producer at Revision3, the show joined the TWiT Live network with show 172. The show discusses various topics such as TV, sports, technology, and politics. Live recording ended on TWit due to Tom's desire to not have the show be a weekly scheduled occurrence. The show remains in production, released as an audio podcast, with Merritt's end of the podcast usually recorded from the TWiT studio. |
Internet and Culture |
Tom Merritt Thomas Andrew "Tom" Merritt is a technology journalist and broadcaster who hosts a daily show on Leo Laporte's TWiT.tv Netcast Network Tech News Today... Roger Chang Roger Chang is a computer enthusiast and American television personality most notably known from his time as a segment producer and appearances on TechTV's Call for Help and The Screen Savers. He is currently a senior producer at Revision3.-Early life:Chang attended Thomas Downey High School in... |
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Nov 24, 2009 |
| This Week in Computer Hardware | A show with PC Perspective founder Ryan Shrout and Tekzilla Tekzilla Tekzilla is a biweekly video podcast on the Revision3 network. It is currently hosted by Patrick Norton, Veronica Belmont and Robert Heron with Garnett Lee and Roger Chang as frequent guest hosts... Co-host Patrick Norton Patrick Norton Patrick Norton is most commonly known as the former co-host and managing editor of The Screen Savers, an interactive television program on TechTV geared toward the technology enthusiast... about processors, hard drives, and other types of high-end, consumer hardware. At the end of the show, Ryan often asks a trivia question and gives away a prize to a randomly selected person who emails him the correct answer. Airs Thursday at 6pm PT (USA) on TWiT Live and is also available as a podcast. |
PC Hardware |
Patrick Norton Patrick Norton is most commonly known as the former co-host and managing editor of The Screen Savers, an interactive television program on TechTV geared toward the technology enthusiast... |
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May 7, 2009 |
| Home Theater Geeks | Each week Scott Wilkinson, editor of UltimateAVmag.com and HomeTheaterMag.com, along with one industry guest explores the technologies behind the perfect home theater experience. Airs Mondays at 2:15pm PT, 2115 UTC on TWiT Live and is also available as a podcast. | Home Theater |
Scott Wilkinson Scott Wilkinson is an actor, who has played in such films as A Crime Of Passion and A Secret Life and Harry's War. and Wish Upon A Star- External links :... |
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Dec 14, 2009 |
| iPad Today | Debuted July 8, 2010, Leo Laporte and Sarah Lane discuss the iPad and its apps. | iPad |
Leo Laporte Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry.... Sarah Lane Sarah Christina Lane is an American television and Internet personality. She is most notably known for her appearances on TechTV's The Screen Savers, G4's Attack of the Show!, and Revision3's popSiren... |
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Jul 8, 2010 |
| Green Tech Today | Debuted August 4, 2010, Sarah Lane and Kirsten Sanford discuss green and environmentally friendly technology. Unlike other TWiT shows, this podcast is filmed outside the TWiT cottage and uses pre-recorded segments. | Green Tech |
Kirsten Sanford Kirsten "Kiki" Sanford was previously an American research scientist in neurophysiology at the University of California, Davis and is a specialist in learning and memory. She holds a B.S. in Conservation Biology and a Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology from U.C. Davis.... Sarah Lane Sarah Christina Lane is an American television and Internet personality. She is most notably known for her appearances on TechTV's The Screen Savers, G4's Attack of the Show!, and Revision3's popSiren... Becky Worley Becky Worley is an American journalist and broadcaster. She is the tech contributor for Good Morning America on ABC, host and blogger for a web show on Yahoo! Tech.-Personal life:... |
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Jul 19, 2010 |
| FrameRate | Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt discuss the week in entertainment, mainly focusing on television and movies. | Movies, Television |
Brian Brushwood Brian Brushwood is an American magician who performs nationwide. He is especially well known for his display of bizarre magic. He is known to perform fire-eating, escapes, breaking a cinder block over his head, sticking nails in his eyes and nose, sticking needles through his palm, reading minds,... Tom Merritt Thomas Andrew "Tom" Merritt is a technology journalist and broadcaster who hosts a daily show on Leo Laporte's TWiT.tv Netcast Network Tech News Today... |
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Nov 10, 2010 |
| FourCast | A show with TechTV alumnus Tom Merritt, former executive editor of CNET, and Scott Johnson Scott Johnson (cartoonist) Scott Blaine Johnson is a cartoonist, illustrator, designer and podcaster. He lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah with his wife Kim, daughters Taylor and Carter, and son Nick. In 2008, Johnson launched , an illustration and audio production company. Johnson is the creator of the popular... at Frog Pants Studios, LLC, Tom and Scott bring in two guests each week to discuss the future. |
Predictions |
Tom Merritt Thomas Andrew "Tom" Merritt is a technology journalist and broadcaster who hosts a daily show on Leo Laporte's TWiT.tv Netcast Network Tech News Today... Scott Johnson Scott Johnson may refer to:In music:* Scott Johnson , American composer* Scott Johnson , instructor for the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps* Scott Johnson , guitarist for Gin BlossomsIn sports:... |
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Aug 30, 2010 |
| Tech TalkBack | Erik Lanigan takes viewer calls on the week in technology. Not appearing on the TWiT website, archives are available on Youtube YouTube YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos.... . |
Call In |
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| Triangulation | Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt interview someone each week. | Interview |
Leo Laporte Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry.... Tom Merritt Thomas Andrew "Tom" Merritt is a technology journalist and broadcaster who hosts a daily show on Leo Laporte's TWiT.tv Netcast Network Tech News Today... |
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Jan 20, 2011 |
| TWiT Photo | A podcast about photography, hosted by Leo Laporte and Catherine Hall Catherine Hall Catherine Hall is a feminist historian from Great Britain. Since 2009 she has been Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History at University College London... (formerly Lisa Bettany). |
Photography |
Leo Laporte Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry.... Catherine Hall Catherine Hall is a feminist historian from Great Britain. Since 2009 she has been Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History at University College London... |
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Jun 14, 2011 |
| All About Android | Jason Howell, Eileen Rivera, and Ron Richards discuss the latest and greatest on Google Android. | Android OS & Hardware |
Ron Richards Ron Richards is a former Australian rules footballer, who played in the Victorian Football League, .Recruited, like his brother Lou, from Collingwood Technical School, Ron Richards enjoyed a productive VFL career with Collingwood.... |
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Mar 28, 2011 |
| This Week in Radio Tech | Hosted by Kirk Harnack and regular guests Chris Tobin of CBS Radio CBS Radio CBS Radio, Inc., formerly known as Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States, third behind main rival Clear Channel Communications and Cumulus Media. CBS Radio owns around 130 radio stations across the country... , Chris Tarr of Entercom, and Tom Ray of Buckley Broadcasting Buckley Broadcasting Buckley Radio owns and operates twenty radio stations in seven markets. In addition, the WOR Radio Network is operated as an independent syndicated programming provider with affiliates in over 400 markets.-New York:*WOR - New York, NY... , the show discusses the world of radio technology and airs on TWiT Live Wednesdays at 5pm PT. |
Radio Technology |
Tom Ray Thomas Archer Ray was an American animator.-Career:Ray was born in Williams, Arizona. He began work at Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1937. Over the first two decades of his career, he was a junior animator who received no screen credit until Destination Earth in 1956. In 1958, he became a master... |
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Feb 17, 2010 |
| Ham Nation | Bob Heil Bob Heil Bob Heil is an American sound and radio engineer most well-known for creating the template for modern rock sound systems. He founded the company Heil Sound in 1966, which went on to create unique touring sound systems for bands such as The Grateful Dead and The Who... and rotating cast of guests talk the latest in Amateur Radio. |
Ham Radio |
Bob Heil Bob Heil is an American sound and radio engineer most well-known for creating the template for modern rock sound systems. He founded the company Heil Sound in 1966, which went on to create unique touring sound systems for bands such as The Grateful Dead and The Who... (K9EID) |
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May 24, 2011 |
| Game On | Veronica Belmont Veronica Belmont Veronica Ann Belmont is the co-host of the Revision3 show Tekzilla alongside Patrick Norton, and the former host of the monthly PlayStation 3-based video on demand program Qore. Formerly she was the host for the Mahalo Daily podcast and a producer and associate editor for CNET Networks, Inc... and Brian Brushwood Brian Brushwood Brian Brushwood is an American magician who performs nationwide. He is especially well known for his display of bizarre magic. He is known to perform fire-eating, escapes, breaking a cinder block over his head, sticking nails in his eyes and nose, sticking needles through his palm, reading minds,... discuss Video Games, with a LAN party hosted thereafter. Currently in the preliminary phases, the show is expected to go official in the near future with a new title and new hosts. |
Gaming |
Brian Brushwood Brian Brushwood is an American magician who performs nationwide. He is especially well known for his display of bizarre magic. He is known to perform fire-eating, escapes, breaking a cinder block over his head, sticking nails in his eyes and nose, sticking needles through his palm, reading minds,... Veronica Belmont Veronica Ann Belmont is the co-host of the Revision3 show Tekzilla alongside Patrick Norton, and the former host of the monthly PlayStation 3-based video on demand program Qore. Formerly she was the host for the Mahalo Daily podcast and a producer and associate editor for CNET Networks, Inc... |
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TWiT Live shows
Currently two regularly recorded shows air on TWiT Live, all externally produced shows that are released on their respective websites.PC Perspective Podcast: A show with the staff of PC Perspective talking about hardware reviews, news and prizes. Airs Wednesdays at 7pm PT (USA) on TWiT Live, and is released in audio form at PC Perspective.
This Week in Science
This Week in Science
This Week in Science is a science radio talk show broadcasting from KDVS 90.3FM on the UC Davis campus. Each week, TWIS founder/host Kirsten Sanford and co-host Justin Jackson review current research in technology...
: Kirsten Sanford
Kirsten Sanford
Kirsten "Kiki" Sanford was previously an American research scientist in neurophysiology at the University of California, Davis and is a specialist in learning and memory. She holds a B.S. in Conservation Biology and a Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology from U.C. Davis....
's Weekly Radio show on KDVS
KDVS
KDVS is an American student and community radio station based in Davis, California. Featuring a freeform programming format, the station is owned by Regents of the University of California...
90.3 FM.
The TWiT Studio
The TWiT cottage was the original studio where all of the TWiT shows were recorded and produced. The TWiT cottage was located at 8 Keller Street, Petaluma, California. The TWiT cottage accepted visitors from around 11AM until 4PM Pacific time, except for Mondays and Fridays, when they are closed to visitors.The official move took place at 2 PM PDT on July 24, 2011. Dubbed, the TWiT Brick House, the name was conceived during a Daily Giz Wiz episode with Dick DeBartolo. This name derives from the fundraising bricks sold to defray part of the cost of building the new studio. The event garnered plenty of attention, and was live streamed via LiveU over 3G. CEO of TWiT, Lisa Kentzell took care of most of the arrangements. The 10000 square feet (929 m²) studio itself is only two blocks away from the original studio, the TWiT cottage at 140 Keller Street, Petaluma, California. The Brick House studio was designed by Roger C. Ambrose, and the building itself is the former home of BiAS Sound, as well as serving as a drug store, and was originally built as a furniture factory.
TWiT advertisers
Currently there are eight advertisers on the TWiT network. These include AOL Music and Spinner.com, which provide bandwidth for the network's audio podcast downloads. Cachefly currently provides bandwidth for the delivery of the network's video podcast downloads. WinampWinamp
Winamp is a media player for Windows-based PCs and Android devices, written by Nullsoft, now a subsidiary of AOL. It is proprietary freeware/shareware, multi-format, extensible with plug-ins and skins, and is noted for its graphical sound visualization, playlist, and media library features.Winamp...
has also started to provide bandwidth for select shows. Advertisers during TWiT shows include Citrix, Audible.com
Audible.com
Audible.com is an Internet provider of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming.Audible sells digital audiobooks, radio and TV programs, and audio versions of magazines and newspapers....
, Drobo
Drobo
Drobo is a family of external storage devices for computers. They are made in a variety of types including DAS, SAN, and NAS appliances made by Drobo, Inc. Drobo devices can house up to four, five, eight, or twelve 3.5" Serial ATA hard disk drives and connect with a computer or network via USB 2.0,...
, Ford, Mailroute
Mailroute
MailRoute Inc. is an email security provider applying advanced methods for ‘washing’ email for viruses and spam. The service works by taking over the role as a middleman in the DNS MX record between the open Internet and the email server...
, Squarespace
Squarespace
Squarespace is a web publishing company that sells a software publishing platform and file server service to individuals and businesses, providing them the tools and assistance to create and maintain well-designed websites...
, Carbonite
Carbonite (online backup)
Carbonite is an online backup service, available to Windows and Mac users, that backs up documents, e-mails, music, photos, and settings. It is named after carbonite, the fictional substance used to freeze Han Solo in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The generic purple color used on the...
, Tucows
Tucows
Tucows was formed in Flint, Michigan, USA in 1993. It incorporated in Pennsylvania and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
's Hover
Hover (Domain Registration Service)
Hover is an Internet domain name registration service. Hover is a division of Tucows Incorporated, the third largest ICANN-accredited domain registrar in the world, only behind GoDaddy and eNom. Tucows is the largest publicly traded registrar and a technology company serving thousands of businesses...
, Sling Media
Sling Media
Sling Media Inc. specializes in audio and video placeshifting technology. The company is a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation and is based in San Mateo, California...
, Stamps.com
Stamps.com
Stamps.com is a Los Angeles, California-based company that provides Internet-based mailing and shipping services. Stamps.com is a public company and trades on the NYSE exchange under the symbol STMP.- History :On April 13, 1998, the U.S...
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Eset
ESET is an IT security company head-quartered in Bratislava, Slovakia that was founded in 1992 by the merger of two private companies. The company was awarded as the most successful Slovak company in 2008, 2009 and 2010...
(as of June 1, 2010 on Tech News Today). Past sponsors of the TWiT network include, Dell, Visa, Google, and Astaro.
Former TWiT Network netcasts
TummelVision: With Heather Gold, Deb Schultz & Kevin Marks. TummelVision promises to "explore the art of social engagement in culture, business and technology in the context of the social web, the internet and the networked age." The show's website is TummelVision.tv.Jumping Monkeys: Jumping Monkeys was a netcast that focused on parenting
Parenting
Parenting is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood...
in the digital age with Megan Morrone
Megan Morrone
Megan Morrone is an American writer and former television personality. She is best known for her role on the technology-related television show The Screen Savers on TechTV – a cable and satellite channel which has since been taken over by G4...
and Leo. Each episode featured an interview with someone from the world of technology who is also a parent. The hosts discussed interesting web sites from the three categories "spend, save, give" and read listener feedback. The show was 'on hiatus' for a number of months until Morrone confirmed on her blog that she would not return to the show.
Inside the Net
Inside the Net
Inside the Net was a weekly podcast , part of the TWiT.tv network, hosted by Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte. Inside the Net covered areas of the Internet considered to be new and useful. Inside the Net featured interviews with behind-the-scenes developers for the latest web sites and web...
: Inside the Net was a weekly netcast with Amber MacArthur
Amber MacArthur
Amber Dawn MacArthur is a Canadian television and netcasting personality. MacArthur is currently the co-host of BNN's App Central....
covering new and interesting aspects of the Internet. It has been superseded by net@nite (now The Social Hour) in the fall of 2006.
The Laporte Report: A feed of appearances by Laporte on other radio shows, such as Bill Handel
Bill Handel
William Wolf Handel is the director and founder of the Center for Surrogate Parenting and an AM radio personality in Los Angeles, California....
on KFI
KFI
KFI is an AM radio station in Los Angeles, California. It received its license to operate on March 31, 1922 and began operating on April 16, 1922 as one of the United States' first high-powered, "clear-channel" stations...
and John Donabie on CFRB.
iLifeZone: iLifeZone focuses on the Apple iLife
ILife
iLife is a suite of software applications developed by Apple for organizing, editing, and publishing photos, movies, and music. The suite comprises five applications: iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, and iWeb, all of which run on the Mac OS X operating system....
suite and other Mac similar applications. The podcast moved to the podcast network Podango before ceasing production.
TWiT Fit: A Fitness show in which personal trainer, Al Scardino showed geeks some fitness techniques which can be used behind the desk. Aired Thursday at 1pm PT (USA) on TWiT Live, but has been discontinued.
This WEEK in FUN: Hosted by Sarah Lane
Sarah Lane
Sarah Christina Lane is an American television and Internet personality. She is most notably known for her appearances on TechTV's The Screen Savers, G4's Attack of the Show!, and Revision3's popSiren...
and Martin Sargent
Martin Sargent
Martin Paul Sargent is an American television personality and was co-host of the This WEEK in FUN podcast with Sarah Lane...
, TWiF discusses funny news stories from the world of technology, as well as within mainstream media. Currently the podcast is available in audio form, but there are plans to release it as a video podcast. Host Sarah Lane
Sarah Lane
Sarah Christina Lane is an American television and Internet personality. She is most notably known for her appearances on TechTV's The Screen Savers, G4's Attack of the Show!, and Revision3's popSiren...
announced on her blog that it would be going on hiatus for an indefinite amount of time.
Roz Rows The Pacific: Interviews with rower Roz Savage
Roz Savage
Rosalind Savage is a British ocean rower and amateur runner, now pursuing a career as an environmental advocate, writer and motivational speaker.-Background:Savage was born in Cheshire...
's voyage as the first woman to row solo across the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
. It ended after she landed in Madang
Madang
Madang is the capital of Madang Province and is a town with a population of 27,420 on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. It was first settled by the Germans in the 19th century....
, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
, finishing her voyage.
Maxwell's House: An in-depth discussion with the former Lab with Leo Laporte
The Lab with Leo Laporte
The Lab with Leo Laporte was a technology-based television program hosted by Leo Laporte. Episode #1 debuted on April 23, 2007 on G4techTV Canada and HOW TO Channel Australia. The program was produced by Greedy Productions in Vancouver, BC. Production was overseen by the show's producer, Matt...
segment host Ray Maxwell about how science applies to technology, with common subjects including aviation, color science, photography and how current and former technologies work. On June 24, 2010 it was announced that Maxwell's House 78 would be the final episode and had been canceled due to lack of advertising.
Current Geek Weekly: A show with TechTV alumnus Tom Merritt, former executive editor of CNET, and Scott Johnson
Scott Johnson (cartoonist)
Scott Blaine Johnson is a cartoonist, illustrator, designer and podcaster. He lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah with his wife Kim, daughters Taylor and Carter, and son Nick. In 2008, Johnson launched , an illustration and audio production company. Johnson is the creator of the popular...
at Frog Pants Studios, LLC, the show joined the TWiT Live network as a weekly show in addition to thrice-weekly short format show. The show discusses 5-6 geeky and nerdy topics of the week from video games, science and math. Airs Friday at 6pm PT on TWiT Live, and is released in audio form at currentgeek.com. It ended on January 14, 2011 as Scott and Tom decided to focus more on the Daily episodes instead, later morphing into segments on The Morning Stream.
Munchcast: A food focused netcast hosted by San Francisco radio personality Cammy Blackstone and Leo Laporte. Returned from hiatus because it won the 2009 People's Choice Podcast Award Food and Drink category. It is currently on hiatus due to scheduling issues.
The Gillmor Gang: The Gillmor Gang was more focused on technology reviews. TWiT ceased carrying the show when Mike Arrington, during the June 6, 2009 show, accused Leo of compromised journalistic integrity for receiving a Palm Pre
Palm Pre
The Palm Pre is a multimedia smartphone designed and marketed by Palm with a multi-touch screen and a sliding keyboard. The smartphone was the first to use Palm's Linux based mobile operating system, webOS...
5 day review unit.
Pixel Corps Ventures
The following podcasts were joint promotional ventures with Pixel CorpsPixel Corps
Pixel Corps is a training and production group composed of development personnel in digital media. It was founded by Alex Lindsay. The guild offers training as well as a means of communication between aspiring media professionals. They have done extensive work with Leo Laporte in producing the...
. They were co-listed on both TWiT.tv and the PixelCorps.tv websites, now only available on the PixelCorps website.
Inside the Black Box: Visual effects focused. Now hosted by Pixel Corps
Pixel Corps
Pixel Corps is a training and production group composed of development personnel in digital media. It was founded by Alex Lindsay. The guild offers training as well as a means of communication between aspiring media professionals. They have done extensive work with Leo Laporte in producing the...
.
The VFX Show: Visual effects tips and tricks. Now hosted by Pixel Corps
Pixel Corps
Pixel Corps is a training and production group composed of development personnel in digital media. It was founded by Alex Lindsay. The guild offers training as well as a means of communication between aspiring media professionals. They have done extensive work with Leo Laporte in producing the...
.
This Week in Media: A show focused on analyzing media and the change to New Media
New media
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
. Now hosted by Pixel Corps
Pixel Corps
Pixel Corps is a training and production group composed of development personnel in digital media. It was founded by Alex Lindsay. The guild offers training as well as a means of communication between aspiring media professionals. They have done extensive work with Leo Laporte in producing the...
.
MacBreak
MacBreak
MacBreak is an internet TV show hosted by Leo Laporte, Kendra Arimoto, Alex Lindsay, Justine Ezarik and Emery Wells from the TWiT.tv network and the Pixel Corps. The podcast is dedicated to Apple's Mac computers and other Apple products such as the iPod....
: Mac focused video show. Filmed in 540p. The podcast is now hosted by Pixel Corps. This is the brother of MacBreak Weekly on the TWiT
Twit
Twit may refer to: A person of lesser intelligence, it is normally used in a humors way.*Idiot, a mentally deficient or self-defeating person*TWiT.tv, a podcast network**This Week in Tech , a podcast on the previously-listed network...
network.