Amazon vs. sales tax, some IPTV ads cost more than equivalent TV, Windows 7 Pricing, Yahoo stockholders meeting, and more.

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Audible pick of the week: A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book I Unabridged, By George R. R. Martin, Narrated by Roy Dotrice. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:14:48

For show 200, some of the original TWiTs talk about a $1.9 million fine for 24 pirated songs, Morro, Steve Jobs, and more.

• Woman fined to tune of $1.9 million for illegal downloads
• Steve Jobs’ liver transplant: The second-day stories

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Audible pick of the week: iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business Abridged, By Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon, Narrated by Alan Sklar. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:32:40

Palm Pre, iPhone 3GS, AT&T protest, the end of analog TV, MySpace layoffs, gaming industry down, and more.

• Palm Pre
• Palm Pre vs iPhone
• Digital TV launch leaves some stranded
• MySpace prepares for "massive" layoffs: report
• Video Game Industry Sales Hit Two-Year Lows
• Facebook vanity URLs

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Audible pick of the week: The Road Abridged, By Terry Pratchett, Narrated by Tom Robinson. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:31:09

The Palm Pre, Apple’s WWDC 2009, voting on advertisements, Bing, E3, Google gets cozy with the White House, and more.

• FriendFeed for this episode
• Is Palm’s "Pre" An iPhone Killer? Market Share Battle Heats Up Between iPhone, Blackberry And Pre
• Palm Pre on Sprint
• WWDC 2009: What will Apple do?
• iPhone finally gets cut and paste
• Qik
• Nokia N97
• Nokia N97 Demo Video
• Mifi
• Fantasy features of an Apple tablet
• Imagining an Apple Netbook
• Amazon Kindle
• Kindle iPhone app
• Boiling Point (Paperback) by Tom Merritt (Author)
• This Week in Startups
• Digg Will Charge Less for Ads Its Users Like
• Facebook ad voting
• TiVo Tracking
• Memetrackers
• Bing’s Early Lead Over Yahoo Not End of Race
• Microsoft’s Bing playing fast and loose with fair use?
• Perfect 10, Inc. v. Google Inc.
• Updated: Why You Can’t Search The Word ’Sex’ On Bing
• Pirate Party
• Not Playing Ball
• Text of Complaint in La Russa TM Suit Against Twitter
• Jennifer Leggio
• How ’Beatles: Rock Band’ came together
• Project Natal
• Sony demos its own motion controller with Playstation Eye
• God of War III
• the Beatles Rock Band
• Scribblenauts
• Nintendo DS
• Rhythm Heaven Nintendo DSi Commercial Featuring Beyonce
• Are Google And The White House Getting Too Cozy?
• Inside the Obama White House
• Best Buy memo explains that Vista doesn’t work, details Windows 7 upgrade plans

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Audible pick of the week: The Road Unabridged, By Cormac McCarthy, Narrated by Tom Stechschulte. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:34:15

Newspaper collusion, real-time Web, Bing, Google Wave, transforming education, and more.

• Bar Camp San Diego
• Norbert Wiener and Cybernetics
• Collusion Course: Does today’s hush-hush meeting of newspaper executives violate antitrust law?
• Clay Shirky: Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkabler
• Geffen Made Offer to Buy Stake in New York Times
• Rahaf Harfoush
• FriendFeed
• Huff Post Hires ’Wash Post’ Editor to Head New Investigations Unit
• Bing, Microsoft’s new "decision engine"
• Google Wave
• Rafe Needleman: Microsoft Bing: Much better than expected
• WebKit
• Aussie devs make Wave with Google Web Toolkit
• Why We Are Cautious About Google’s Wave
• Vic Gundotra
• Kevin Marks of Google OpenSocial
• Unfollow Diddy
• Spymaster
• Spy Vs. Spy: The Spymaster Backlash Begins And Twitter Needs To Fix It

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Audible picks of the week: Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Unabridged, By Don Tapscott, Narrated by Anthony D. Williams, and
What Would Google Do? Unabridged, By Jeff Jarvis, Narrated by Jeff Jarvis. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:10:37

Armstrong tweet controversy, Vista memory, TV still king, OQO end, and more.

• Taciturn Armstrong sparks Twitter media boycott
• Twares: United Airlines Offers Special Fares to Twitter Users
• Jump Start Twitter cartoon
• Exclusive: Microsoft to remove 3 app limit from Windows 7 Starter
• Biz Stone on Twitter: No ads
• Licensed Memory in Windows Vista
• Despite rise in streaming, 99% of all video watched on a TV
• MID-life crisis: the end of OQO, and the end of an idea

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Audible picks of the week: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Unabridged, By Thomas S. Kuhn, Narrated by Dennis Holland. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:30:06

Wolfram Alpha, Pirate Bay DDo$, Crackho.com, Craigslist massages, Facebook boobies, and your car warranty has expired.

• Wolfram Alpha launches amid glitches
• Wolfram Alpha
• Acer Profit Falls as Shoppers Seek Cheaper Computers
• Dell unveils Della website to help women choose which totally cute laptop they prefer
• Apple Ships Latest, Possibly Biggest Update to Mac OS X Leopard
• Hackintosh netbook
• Crackho.com
• domain prank ruffles Sarah Palin’s feathers
• Pirate Bay Founder Devises DDo$ Attack
• We Demand the Press Stop Using Pirate to Describe Computer Nerds
• Not-so-shocking: Jammie Thomas, RIAA unable to settle
• Filename Security Risk
• Zune subscriptions
• Google outage this morning, company now says it’s fixed
• Random House shuts down Kindle text-to-speech for their titles
• Intel Could Face Civil Charges in Europe
• Sorry, Twitter, Prop. 8 has not been overturned
• Craigslist’s erotic ad concession ’half-baked’
• Danger Mouse’s Dark Soul (with photos)
• Jew Haters Welcome At Facebook, As Long As They Aren’t Lactating
• Alarm bells ring over ’sexting’
• FTC Sues to Halt Car-Warranty Phone Spam

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Audible picks of the week: Angels and Demons, Abridged, By Dan Brown, Narrated by Richard Poe. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 2:02:01

This episode takes your calls live on TalkShoe, covering Kindle DX, Star Trek, 3D Realms, FriendFeed, Nintendo, and more.

• Amazon unveils large-screen Kindle DX
• Duke Nukem Developer 3D Realms Shuts Down
• Nintendo’s annual profit rises 8.5 percent
• Star Trek
• A Fifth of U.S. Homes Have Cell Phones, No Landlines
• Twitter Not For Sale: Biz Stone

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Audible picks of the week: Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog, Abridged, By John Grogan, Narrated by John Grogan. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:48:30

Encarta checks out, Disney/ABC joins Hulu, Cablevision upcaps bandwidth, Apple chips, a post-PC world, and more.

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Audible picks of the week: The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time, Unabridged, By Robert Jordan, Narrated by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:29:47

Swine flu, Microsoft revenue drops, Apple poo-poos netbooks, The Pirate Bay, and more.

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Audible picks of the week: Earth Abides: The 60th Anniversary Edition and Blade Runner. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:38:11

Oprah tweets, Facebook lowers grades, Susan Boyle, new Sidekick, The Pirate Bay trial, and more.

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Audible pick of the week: Shadow Country: A New Rendering of the Watson Legend, Unabridged, By Peter Matthiessen, Narrated by Anthony Heald. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:33:54

Skype buyback, San Jose fiber cut, Twitter hacked, Steve Jobs, Yahoo/Microsoft, IBM/Sun, and more.

• Dell’s refurbished computers
• Skype creators want to buy Skype back from eBay
• Joost, Hulu, ChannelFlip and other online video sites.
• Spitfire Club pub dropped from Microsoft campus, 22 employees fired.
• Fiber optic cables cut in San Jose.
• Twitter hacked again.
• Steve Jobs expected to return in June.
• Yahoo and Microsoft’s possible search partnership?
• IBM-Sun at it again?
• Palm Pre coming out in May?
• Zune HD
• Girl overcharged for SMS
• Google cant get visas for their employees
• Best career to be in now? Journalism.
• Monster Cable suing again
• Tier pricing for bandwidth?

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Audible pick of the week: Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, Abridged, By Julie Powell, Narrated by, Julie Powell. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:48:35

Time Warner bandwidth cap, Netflix, Hulu, Wired.com layoffs, YouTube at work, digital distribution, and more.

• Time Warner bandwidth caps
• Netflix ships its two billionth disc
• Wired lays off a significant portion of their web content workforce. Also see BNET blog entry.
• YouTube and Facebook access makes employees more productive at work
• Microsoft kills off Encarta
• Digital distribution of interactive content with Valve’s Steam

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Audible pick of the week: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, Unabridged, By Dan Airely, Narrated by Simon Jones. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:25:16

UVA kills computer labs, RIAA, open cloud manifesto, new Microsoft ads, and more.

• Twitter
• The University of Virginia is getting rid of its computer labs
• Mark Cuban yelled at the ref on Twitter
• Earth Hour
• Apple sued
• ISP RIAA cease and desist, Piracy
• Configure variant
• iWoz
• New York Times: The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama thought the Chinese were intercepting their email
• Malware to control computers
• IBM might be buying Sun
• Open cloud
• Google AdSense kicking people off
• Web-based video production
• Japanese rape game banned
• Myspace girl arrested
• Hamster wired with nano wires creates power
• Becky plays the ukulele
• New Microsoft ad campaign
• Best Buy’s future
• WiMax
• Dell forgot to buy adamo.com before releasing the Adamo
• RIM app store
• Bottle water found contaminations
• Newspapers going non profit
• OnLive – the future of gaming?
• Medica tech revolution
• ShamWow guy punches a prostitute

Audible pick of the week: Shantaram, Unabridged, By Gregory David Roberts, Narrated by Humphrey Bower. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 2:08:06

SXSW, new Facebook, FourSquare, Flip/Cisco, iPhone cut and paste, and more.

... with brief visits by Kevin Pollak and LeVar Burton.

• South by Southwest
• Digg launching new TinyURL-like product
• Bit.ly
• Retweeting
• Zicam Twitter coupon
• LobbyCon, BaconCon, and the Baconator
• New Facebook layout: Kevin Rose’s Fan page
• Pownce
• Scoble: Why Facebook has never listened and why it definitely won’t start now
• FourSquare
• Dodgeball
• Seltzer sisters
• Facebook Connect
• Facebook 175 million
• Twitter 1300% growth
• Zuckerberg Bill Gates model
• Propeller
• Facebook 1 million petitioners
• Mighty Mouse
• Kevin Rose’ gets rumors right cut and paste
• 24 inch tv for Apple?
• Apple buying touchscreens? Kevin Rose says no.
• Kevin says new iPhone hardware coming up.
• Palm Pre
• G1
• Netbooks on Android platform?
• Will Steve Jobs come back to Apple? What would Apple be like without Steve Jobs? Hasn’t it started to change already?
• AT&T’s Unlocked iPhones to Start at $599
• Kevin did not block Leo on wefollow.com
• Gina says to microwave M&Ms on high for 30 seconds
• Cisco buys Flip Video maker for $590 million
• Freaks and Geeks’ Samm Levine on Twitter
• How Much Is A Suggested Slot On Twitter Worth? Jason Calacanis Offers $250,000
• Squarespace.com/twit
• Kevin Pollack on Twitter
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer goes out of print (online only).
• Kindle
• Ashton Kutcher Twitters and scoops paparazzi
• Christopher Walken on Twitter
• Wozniak beats out Belinda Carlile on Dancing With the Stars
• Battlestar Gallactica
• KevinPollaksChatShow.com
• Pragerpedia.net

Audible pick of the week: Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, Abridged, By David Brooks, Narrated by David Brooks. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:46:26

McCain Twitter, Prager has company, US CIO bust, Google Voice, iPod Shuffle, and more.

• ABC News to interview John McCain — on Twitter
• How Much Is A Suggested Slot On Twitter Worth? Jason Calacanis Offers $250,000
• Obama appointed CIO bust for bribery
• Pdiddy Gets Ellen Degeneres on Twitter
• Obama’s CIO temporarily steps down after FBI raids ex-employer
• Prager streams home invasion
• The tale of the random hobo - Prager’s story pt.1
• The tale of the random hobo - Prager’s story pt.2
• Google Voice
• SXSW Twitter visualizer
• Kevin Rose’s WeFollow.com
• iPod shuffle with more DRM
• Android app scans DVD barcodes and starts BT download
• Virgin Megastores closing doors
• Dvorak gets Windows 7 horribly wrong
• Microsoft’s future rides on Windows 7

Audible pick of the week:
Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity, Unabridged, By
David Bodanis, Narrated by Del Roy. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:42:52

Facebook/Twitter wars, Hulu/Boxee dustup, no Apples for Gates, Craigslist erotica, and more.

• Facebook’s Response To Twitter
• OMG! Shut up about Twitter already
• Twitter Hacked Again
• The Beatles on Rock Band
• Hulu and Boxee
• Google, Universal Music looking at music video partnership
• Bill Gates’ wife Melinda has a dirty little secret
• Frank to push to repeal U.S. online gambling ban
• Apple forbidden fruit in Gates household
• Craigslist sued over erotic ads
• Facebook | Wine Library TV excited about the new fan Page
• Radio Shack’s $99 netbook
• Phishing raises in unemployment
• Twittering during the trial

Audible pick of the week: The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., Unabridged, By Martin Luther King, Jr., Edited by Clayborne Carson, Narrated by Levar Burton. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:24:22

Future dire for newspapers, Amazon Kindle 2, Pull My Finger, Dell sales drop, Obama’s choppers, and more.

• Rocky Mountain News to close, publish final edition Friday
• Hearst seeks changes at Chronicle
• Drudge Report
• Huffington Post
• DwightSilverman.com
• Harry McCracken’s Technologizer
• Hearst to launch a wireless e-reader
• Amazon retreats on Kindle’s text-to-speech issue
• Hearst threatens to close historic ’San Francisco Chronicle’
• LuLu
• Blurb
• The 25 Most Influential Books of the Past 25 Years: The Alchemist
• Cory Doctorow
• Jonathan Coulton
• Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog
• Practice What You Preach: Nine Inch Nails Gives Away New Album
• Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch
• Adam Carolla Radio Show Canceled; Last Show Airs Friday
• Adam Corolla Podcast
• Think Secret ceases publishing to settle Apple suit
• Apple Says iPhone Jailbreaking is Illegal
• ’Pull My Finger’ iPhone Fart App Dispute Lingers
• Dell fights tech-spending slowdown with cost cuts Computer maker posts 4th-quarter sales drop of 16%, says it’s increasing goal for trims by $1 billion
• Data about Obama’s helicopter breached via P2P?
• Obama considers grounding new White House helicopter program
• Denise Howell on Twitter
• Dwight Silverman on Twitter
• John C. Dvorak on Twitter
• Leo Laporte on Twitter
• Alex Lindsay on Twitter
• Twitter’s ’suggested users’ get mammoth boost from new feature

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Audible picks of the week: All the President’s Men and The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate’s Deep Throat. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:34:10

New Zealand copyright blackout, the child porn ruse, DTV, Pirate Bay trial, and more.

• New Zealand copyright blackout.
• Using the idea of "keeping the Internet free of child pornography" as a ruse for censorship.
• The Digital TV conversion
• Watching TV online
• Pirate Bay trial

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Running time: 1:23:35

Charter and Sirius bankruptcies, Pioneer drops TVs, live crowdsourcing, Windows 7, and more.

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Audible pick of the week: Fool: A Novel, Unabridged, By Christopher Moore, Narrated by Euan Morton. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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Running time: 1:21:17