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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Network World's Twisted Pair

Jason Meserve and Keith Shaw's off-center look at the week in tech news and other crazy items.

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August 15, 2008

No fake fireworks or lip-synching in this episode

Keith and guest co-host Jonathan Summey talk about Olympic shenanigans, the MIT hackers who just want a free subway ride, and the pros and cons of being invisible. (41:25)

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August 01, 2008

We'll pay $20 for Jason to stay retired

Jason and Keith discuss whether anyone will ever understand data security, why 60 years in prison for the 'UFO hacker' is a good idea, and whether we'd shoot our DNA up into space. (51:05)

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July 25, 2008

Moving to that dee-luxe studio in the sky

Jason and Keith talk about the DNS attack code unleashed on the Internet, the Brocade-Foundry deal and celebrate the last recording from the Twisted Lair studio (27:51)

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July 18, 2008

One bad apple in IT, 1M good Apple iPhones

Jason and Keith talk about the San Francisco IT guy holding the city "hostage", how cybercrime is becoming like the Mafia, and of course our thoughts on the iPhone 3G now that we've touched one (sort of). (39:54)

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July 11, 2008

Our plan for world domination

Jason and Keith talk about how they can try to exploit the DNS flaw to get everyone to come to their Web site, and get ready for iPhone 3G madness. (43:09)

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June 27, 2008

Hyper for Hyper-V

Jason and Keith discuss Microsoft's virtualization efforts, whether broadband access is as important as hot water, and celebrate Second Life's fifth birthday. (35:32)

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June 20, 2008

Firefox frenzy and awesome anniversaries

Jason and Keith celebrate two years of Twisted-ness by talking about Firefox 3 fun, why unified communications are confusing, and whether gadget guys are arrogant. (47:44)

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June 13, 2008

Bejeweled runs wicked fast on a petaflop box

Jason and Keith discuss the second coming of the iPhone, IBM's new petaflop supercomputer, and whether data breaches should be revealed to the general public. (51:11)

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June 06, 2008

Lots of data, mostly useless

Jason and Keith talk aobut ISP bandwidth shaping plans, the most dangerous Web domains and the importance of a study trying to find out how much information is in the world. Plus: Keith loses more weight and we get our first female Movie Madness winner! (41:12)

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May 30, 2008

Want broadband? Head to Delaware

Jason and Keith discuss who has good broadband and who doesn't, the possibility of solar-powered iPods and the rise of Spam - the lunch meat. Plus: Keith loses weight with Wii Fit, and Movie Madness predictions! (37:56)

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May 23, 2008

Choosing exercise over Ubuntu

Jason and Keith discuss whether Vista is less vulnerable to malware than other systems, the Lifelock CEO getting his identity stolen, and whether they'd take a pay cut in order to land their dream job. Plus: Keith gets insulted by Wii Fit. (38:18)

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May 16, 2008

Microsoft / Yahoo heading for a shotgun wedding?

Jason and Keith discuss the Yahoo stockholder revolt, why girls aren't interested in IT, and mourn the end of the Philly Wi-Fi network.(38:36)

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May 09, 2008

Tech vendors are like high school

Jason and Keith talk about the Microsoft/Yahoo breakup, Sprint and Clearwire getting cozy (but Sprint possibly dumping Nextel), and Google whining about Verizon. Plus, the return of Movie Madness! (36:05)

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May 02, 2008

Wrapping up Interop 2008

In a special edition of Twisted Pair, Jason Meserve and Keith Shaw wrap up Interop 2008 from the show floor. (8:08)

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April 25, 2008

Botnet no match for Microsoft

Keith and Jason talk about the death of the Storm botnet, WiMAX fighting back, and whether they would ever vote for president by text message. (45:42)

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April 18, 2008

End Users Behaving Badly

Jason and Keith talk about ISPs meddling in traffic, whether Google "played" the 700MHz auction, and why end users continue to do bad things with company computers. (42:29)

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April 11, 2008

Employees love stale cake

Keith and Jason talk about the latest scary security news from RSA, the batch of acquisition news, and why employees love free gadgets and free food. (43:01)

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April 04, 2008

Sorting out the iPhone clones at CTIA

Keith and Jason talk about the birth of iPhone clone at CTIA, whether we would buy stuff with our cell phones, and other Vegas goings on here at the show. (43:52)

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March 28, 2008

Comcast's compromise and alien abductions

Keith and emergency co-host Neal Weinberg (filling in for an ill Jason) talk about the Motorola breakup, Comcast giving in on its BitTorrent traffic shaping, and take bets on who's going to win the Hacker Super Bowl (26:35).

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March 21, 2008

Blunders, bootup and bloopers

Jason and Keith discuss the latest retail data breach, Apple's mega-monster security updates, and why younger employees are an IT security threat. Plus, enjoy our first volume of Twisted Bloopers! (52:59)

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March 20, 2008

Twisted Bloopers, Volume 1

Sit back and enjoy the screw-ups of Keith, Jason and others from Network World podcasting as we present our first volume of audio bloopers from Twisted Pair, Panorama and Network World 360. (4:11).

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March 14, 2008

Wishy-washy fence sitters

Jason and Keith play both sides on the H1-B visa debate, talk about what projects IT could cut in an economic downturn, and try to find things other than cell phones that distract them while driving. (40:12)

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March 07, 2008

Everyone loves a good proxy fight

Jason and Keith talk about the $1 billion AT&T network investment, the continuing Yahoo/Microsoft saga, and whether they'd benefit from a four-day work week. (43:42)

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February 29, 2008

A Filet-o-Fish is worth 1,000 Facebook Friends

Keith and guest co-host Neal Weinberg discuss Windows Server 2008, why IT security skills are lacking at many IT shops, and whether they'd eat 12 McDonald's value meals in order to gain 100,000 Facebook friends (28:17).

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February 22, 2008

End of the line for Ethernet, HD-DVD and cherry pies

Keith and special co-host Jonathan Summey discuss whether 802.11n will truly replace wired Ethernet, the death of HD-DVD, and the McDonald's cherry pie conspiracy (39:42).

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