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Well, better late than never as they say. I'm pretty sure it had something to do with episode #0013 since we ran in to all sorts of problems and delays getting this out to you. We apologize and hope you enjoy the show!

• Intro from the Pubcrawlers
• Welcome back Major League Baseball
• Jeff's trip from hell
• School will suspend kids with MySpace accounts
• 16 year old Catholic school girl sends nude pictures of herself
• RIAA starts to back down in the face of legal threats
• Dell to start selling Linux desktops and laptops
• Google says they're in the right over Viacom
• Who should police YouTube content?
• Best Buy buys Speakeasy Broadband
• Guy's World of Warcraft girlfriend is a guy - oops!
• And the story gets weirder..
• Apple and EMI have press conference
• Deep frier over water
• A vibrator for your iPod??
• Geek Squad's troubleshooting manual leaked
• ICANN rejects the .xxx domain again
• Microsoft Vista will check for piracy periodically
• Vista fixes Ipod bug
• California was selling your identity for $6
• Tide may be turning for pornado teacher
• Yahoo! Mail goes unlimited
• John C. Dvorak says Apple should cut and run on the iPhone now
• Free file of the week - CCleaner
• Kudos to Alejandro De Aza for winning the gig with the Florida Marlins
• Thanks for listening and tell a friend!!

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Hey everyone,

I have finally made it back from my tradeshow in Orlando. What a nightmare. I'll share all the details with you in episode #13 but let's just say that I pretty much spent more time in airports getting from SFO to Orlando and back than I did at Orlando. It will without a doubt be one of my better Alt-This rants!

We're going to get to work on putting the show together and getting it recorded but saying it's already 5:30PM pacific time on Saturday and I haven't slept in something like 24+ hours the show should miss the normal Saturday launch. Sorry about that!

Hey everyone, here it is the much anticipated Episode #0012 which was recorded on 3/22. I apologize for the slight delay, it was a crazy few weeks with me spending time watching baseball in Florida. And, as if Florida didn't have enough problems with me spending two weeks there now it has to deal with Jeff for a week as he takes part in a trade show down in Orlando.

We're serious, if you're a tech chick and you're in Orlando this week please let us know, Jeff will buy you dinner and as much as you can drink! Please, help him max out his credit card!!

Again, sorry about the delay in getting you this episode, we sure hope you enjoy it!

Cheers,
Darren

• Intro from the Pubcrawlers
• Darren is back from Spring Training
• Daisuke Matsuzaka - believe the hype
• Viacom sues Google / YouTube for 1 Billion Dollars
• Jeff wonders "what the hell was Google thinking?"
• Adobe basically says screw you and pay up to Vista users
• Is it a money grab or is Adobe trying to target Microsoft?
• Crowdsourcing, the new buzzword on the web
• The Digg model works, Wikipedia on the other hand..
• Microsoft listed as the most secure OS
• When you're the big dog people will find holes in your software
• Google lets you customize a personal homepage
• Will Google come out with their own cell phone?
• Google to make search logs anonymous.. after time
• Universities start to stand up to the RIAA
• UK judge says selling customers cheaper CDs is illegal
• US Patent office says P2P threatens National Security
• Hackers promise a month of MySpace bugs
• Companies paying hackers to find exploits
• Kaspersky claims Vista is less secure than XP
• The FCC may drop in flight phone legalization plan
• Free file of the week - 7zip
• Baseball on-line - watch 6 games at once
• Are you a tech chick attending the Orlando trade show this week? Contact us!

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Hey everyone, I've made it back safe and sound from two weeks in the beautiful Florida sun. I watched a lot of baseball and had my fair share of good Amish food. I don't know much about the Amish way of life, but they seem to have superior knowledge on the secrets of baking the best pies in the world.

Episode #12 is in the can as they say, so I need to edit it up and get it posted sometime this evening. It was recorded on Thursday night, which was my travel day, so Jeff and I are both in rare form. Nothing like kicking back with some Tullamore Dew after traveling 1200 miles and talking a little tech!

Just wanted to let you know it's coming.. soon.. I promise!

-Darren

Hey everyone,

While Darren is out soaking up spring training baseball I'm here making sure everyone gets their Alt-This goodness for the week. Episode 11 was recorded literally minutes after episode 10 was finished. The whiskey was definitely flowing!

Next week we will be back to recording a new show each week. Enjoy episode 11!

Cheers,
Jeff

• Intro from the Pubcrawlers
• Countdown to confusion with Daylight Savings Time
• Airports testing new X-Ray machine
• ATI's R600 great graphics and massive power drain
• 100 oldest domain names on the Internet
• RIAA letters sent to college students
• Schools switching to Linux over Microsoft
• Check out OpenOffice.org
• Virgin set to launch really fast cable broadband speeds
• Naperville, Illinois faces off with AT&T
• Gamer busted for after hours wifi leeching
• Jeff talks about open wireless networks he is receiving in his home
• Comcast fights ownership limits
• The joys of companies breaking into new areas
• Darren talks about getting a year of calls on Skype for $15
• AppleTV delayed
• The BBC makes a deal with YouTube
• New global warming documentary disputes Al Gore's documentary
• How Jeff started drinking
• Free file of the week Comodo Backup

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Yes, you read that right. Viacom has filed a lawsuit against YouTube seeking 1 billion in damages. Viacom is claiming that YouTube has displayed more that 160,000 unauthorized video clips from it's various cable networks. 1 billion dollars is about 60% of YouTube's total worth.

Hello everyone, and greetings from sunny Florida. We bring you episode 10, that's right we have made it to double digits! Even though I'm relaxing and on vacation I'm posting this episode for you while Jeff no doubt it still sleeping in the land of California! We hope you enjoy this episode, I know we did!

Cheers,
Darren

• Intro from the Pubcrawlers
• Welcome to Episode #0010
• We have made it to double digits!
• The brute force Windows attack was a hoax
• But Vista has been cracked anyway
• Vista use up to a whopping 1%
• Vista and drivers issues
• Wired slams Digg
• Why the eBay system is flawed
• The RIAA attempts to kill Internet radio
• Man sues Microsoft for not keeping his pr0n hidden from FBI
• Teens heavy pr0n users
• Justice Department going after image uploaders
• Woman sues Yahoo for stealing her image article link
• Apple screws girl with gift cards
• Best Buy sued for internal fake website
• XM Radio keeps billing customer who paid in full
• Free file: Wallpaper Changer
• Thanks for listening, tell a friend!!

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• Intro from the Pubcrawlers
• Welcome to Episode #0009
• Is Jeff's "machine from hell" finally fixed?
• Jeff goes with Bookers bourbon and Darren goes with Powers Irish whiskey
• Darren says 3 LCD goodness is actually useful
• Update on the crappy desks
• EMI decides it will stick with DRM
• Woman gets charged for Vonage for 15 months without subscribing
• Jeff hates Blockbuster
• Blockbuster maybe buying Movielink for $50 million
• Want the "watch now" tab on your Netflix account? Click Here
• Jeff will be watching a lot of baseball on-line this season
• Smell-o-vision coming to a broadband connection near you?
• Comcast upstream Powerboost hits Chicago - Darren is happy
• BitTorrent opens up a DRM crippled store
• Congress tries to protect you Fair Use rights - RIAA balks
• College students take to Ruckus music service
• Firefox exploit exposed
• Should software companies tel you when they make security fixes?
• Symantec flags Yahoo! Mail as a virus
• CompUSA closing half of their stores
• Cameras that won't shoot until your eyes are open
• Vista activation cracked by brute force attack
• Apple bringing multi-touch touchscreen to you?
• Adobe to take Photoshop online in the next six months
• Jeff wonders if we're heading to a software lease model
• The cost of open source software
• The beer launching fridge - You gotta see it
• Firefox 3 to have some cool new features
• Free file of the week - System Information for Windows
• Jeff is surprised we now have Forums on the website
• Alt-This live from Dublin, Ireland? Help us make it happen!
• The not so amazing $3000 aluminum desk
• Darren believes that Al Gore is a big bloated hypocritical idiot
• Thanks for listening, tell a friend!!

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• Intro from the Pubcrawlers
• Welcome to Episode #0008
• Darren loves triple LCD goodness on his desk
• Darren kills off the bottle of Knappogue Castle and Jeff goes with Maker's Mark & Buffalo Trace
• Microsoft goes after Linux
• Microsoft hit with $1.52 billion fine for mp3 codec infringement
• MP3 is not an open source codec
• DRM is not really working out so well
• Downloading tv shows - iTunes vs pirated
• Lossless audio is the only way to go online
• Microsoft copying the Digg model overseas
• The cost of leaving your PC on 24/7
• Apple and Cisco come to secret terms over "iPhone"
• Russians invent a USB shot glass
• Episode #0007 was the drunken episode
• Skype asks the FCC to open up the cellular networks
• GE releases a Skype / POTS phone
• Google lays the smackdown on Microsoft
• Warez leader faces 10 years in jail
• Britney Spears melts down
• New inkless printer to show up in phones and cameras
• $6 device to punch holes in cds and dvds
• Multi-input touchscreen device
• Free program of the week Yahoo! Widgets
• The talk turns back to alcohol.. I know, big surprise!
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Sorry about the delay in pushing this, the late night and drunken edition of Alt-This, out to the masses. I was planning on doing it Wednesday but we ended up getting our new carpet installed on that day. I swear, I think it would have just been easier to move. Since two new desks had to be built here in the Chicagoland offices of Alt-This (the 2nd bedroom / home office in my house) the PCs were not back up and running until late yesterday. On the bright side Jeff and I did record another episode late last night (Thursday) and expect to have episode #0008 out to you tomorrow!

• Intro from the Pubcrawlers
• Welcome to Episode #0007
• Starting out doing shots and eating donuts
• The Alt-This name and the double middle fingers of love
• LG accuses Apple of ripping off the iPhone design
• Microsoft Vista has some holes
• Jeff's connection drops out and adds confusion to the mix
• Microsoft delivers more fixes this month than ever before
• Piracy concerns in Canada, Russia, China and Belize?
• Study says 70% of websites are hackable
• Viacom takes their ball from YouTube and offers their own videos
• Charter quietly downgrading customers
• Props to Kevin and Alex for showing us the way of mixing alcohol and tech
• Why whiskey is better than beer
• Free files of the show are Comodo Anti-Virus / Anti-Spam, POPFile and ServU FTP Server
• Thanks for listening, tell a friend!!

And, if you think you're hearing things on this episode of Alt-This because it sounds like we were coming to you live from a bar, you're not. It's a concept I wanted to try to see if we could take our whiskey drinking attitude one step further and try to bring you into our own virtual bar with us as we do the show. I'm sure it would be called O'Neill's Irish Pub if we had to name it, and there would always be plenty of Irish whiskey around for me and plenty of bourbon for Jeff. Heck, there'd even be some Guiness and Smithwick's on tap for all of you non whiskey drinkers! Let us know if you like it or not and we'll know if we should keep the virtual bar theme or not!

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