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TWiT.tv
TWiT.tv, which is the operating trade name of TWiT LLC, is a podcast network that broadcasts many technology news podcasts, founded by technology broadcaster and author Leo Laporte in 2005, and run by his wife and company CEO Lisa 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. The network hosts 28 podcasts (as of July, 2020) though the number had fallen in half to only 14 regularly scheduled shows by January 2021. Podcasts include ''The Tech Guy'', ''This Week in Tech'', ''This Week in Enterprise Tech'', ''Security Now'', ''FLOSS Weekly'', and ''MacBreak Weekly''. In addition to shows on technology news, TWiT also has podcasts like ''Hands-On Photography". TWiT founder and owner Leo Laporte, in an October 2009 speech, stated that it grossed revenues of $1.5 million per year, while costs were around $350,000. In November 2014, during an interv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Week In Tech
''This Week in Tech''–casually referred to as ''TWiT'', and briefly known as ''Revenge of the Screen Savers''–is the weekly flagship podcast and namesake of the TWiT.tv network. It is hosted by Leo Laporte and many other former TechTV employees and currently produced by Jason Howell. It features Round table (discussion), round-table discussions and debates surrounding current technology news and reviews, with a particular focus on consumer electronics and the Internet. TWiT is produced in the TWiT "eastside" studios in Petaluma, California, United States, since 2016, a few miles away from the former "brickhouse" studios where it had been produced for 5 years, and earlier TWiT "cottage", where it was produced for over 6 years. The podcast is streamed live on Sunday, Sundays at 2:15 P.M. PST. Format Leo Laporte typically begins an episode of ''TWiT'' by stating the show's number, title, sponsors and playing the theme tune, then introducing the week's panelists and guests. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futures In Biotech
TWiT.tv, which is the operating trade name of TWiT LLC, is a podcast network that broadcasts many technology news podcasts, founded by technology broadcaster and author Leo Laporte in 2005, and run by his wife and company CEO Lisa 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. The network hosts 28 podcasts (as of July, 2020) though the number had fallen in half to only 14 regularly scheduled shows by January 2021. Podcasts include ''The Tech Guy'', ''This Week in Tech'', ''This Week in Enterprise Tech'', ''Security Now'', ''FLOSS Weekly'', and ''MacBreak Weekly''. In addition to shows on technology news, TWiT also has podcasts like ''Hands-On Photography". TWiT founder and owner Leo Laporte, in an October 2009 speech, stated that it grossed revenues of $1.5 million per year, while costs were around $350,000. In November 2014, during an interv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tech Guy
''The Tech Guy'' was a widely syndicated US radio show hosted by Leo Laporte, formerly of TechTV and later with TWiT.tv. The show, which was first exclusively broadcast on KFI 640 AM in Los Angeles, was picked up for syndication by Premiere Networks (then Premiere Radio Networks) in February 2007. Laporte streamed video of his side of the show on TWiT Live, including caller audio. The show was available live on Saturdays and Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The show had over 160 affiliates in radio markets including Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Phoenix and Denver. It reportedly reached 500,000 people through its affiliates. That placed it second behind ''The Kim Komando Show'' (with 2.25 million weekly listeners) in the syndicated tech radio field. The show was a mixture of interviews and call-ins, as well as Laporte's own thoughts and opinions on current events in technology. Several regular guests would appear during the show via Zoom: AVSForum editor Scott Wilkins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FLOSS Weekly
FLOSS Weekly is a free and open-source software (FLOSS) themed netcast from the TWiT Network. The show premiered on April 7, 2006, and features interviews with 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 and subsequently Randal Schwartz. In May 2010, Schwartz took over from Laporte as lead host. May 2020 saw Doc Searls take over the host role in episode 578. Many influential people from the free and open-source community have appeared on the show, including Kent Beck, Ward Cunningham, Miguel de Icaza, Rasmus Lerdorf, Tim O'Reilly,"CNET reporting on Tim O'Reilly Interview" news.cent.com, Last verified 2010-01-22 |
Leo Laporte
Leo Laporte (; born November 29, 1956) is the host of ''The Tech Guy'' weekly radio show and a host on TWiT.tv, an Internet podcast network focusing on technology. He is also a former TechTV technology host (1998–2008) and a technology author. On November 19, 2022, actor, writer, musician, and comedian Steve Martin called in to Laporte's radio show to announce Leo's retirement from ''The Tech Guy'' radio show. Laporte's last new radio show will be December 18, 2022 with reruns for the remainder of the year. Rich DeMuro later appeared on the show to announce that he will be taking over in January with a weekly show, recorded on Saturdays, called "Rich On Tech." Background Laporte was born in New York City, the son of geologist Leo F. Laporte. He studied Chinese history at Yale University before dropping out in his junior year to pursue a career in radio broadcasting, where his early on-air names were Dave Allen and Dan Hayes. He began his association with computers with his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Merritt
Thomas Andrew Merritt (born June 28, 1970) is an American technology journalist, writer, and broadcaster best known as the host of several podcasts. He is a former co-host of ''Tech News Today'' on the TWiT.tv Network, and was previously an executive editor for CNET and developer and co-host of the daily podcast ''Buzz Out Loud''. He currently hosts ''Daily Tech News Show'', ''Cordkillers'' and ''Sword and Laser'', among other shows. Early life Merritt was born in Greenville, Illinois, to a food scientist father who worked on the Coffee-Mate project. Merritt received a BS in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and pursued graduate work in communications at the University of Texas at Austin. Career Merritt's career in radio began in 1986 as a DJ for WGEL, a country music station located in Greenville, Illinois. In 1993, he worked as an intern for National Public Radio's ''Morning Edition''. From 1999 to 2004, he worked for TechTV in San Francisco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Belmont
Veronica Ann Belmont (born July 21, 1982) is an American online media personality. She was formerly the co-host of the Revision3 show ''Tekzilla'' alongside Patrick Norton. Belmont was the co-host of the former TWiT.tv gaming show ''Game On!'' along with Brian Brushwood, and the former host of the monthly PlayStation 3-based video on demand program Qore. Additionally, she was the host for the Mahalo Daily podcast and a producer and associate editor for CNET Networks, Inc. where she produced, engineered, and co-hosted the podcast ''Buzz Out Loud''. Background Belmont's mother was a vice president at Coleco. Belmont went to school at Conard High School in West Hartford, Connecticut before attending Emerson College, in Boston, Massachusetts, to study audio production and new media studies. After graduation in 2004, she worked briefly in Boston and eventually secured an internship at CNET. She resides in San Francisco, California with her husband, former Engadget editor Ryan Block ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Gibson (computer Programmer)
Steven "Steve Tiberius" Gibson (born March 26, 1955) is an American software engineer, security researcher, and IT security proponent. In the early 1980s, he worked on light pen technology for use with Apple and Atari systems, and in 1985, founded Gibson Research Corporation, best known for its SpinRite software. Early life Gibson started working on computers as a teenager, and got his first computing job with Stanford University's artificial intelligence lab when he was 15 years old. He then studied electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. Career Gibson was hired as a programmer for California Pacific Computer Company in 1980, where he worked on copy protection for the company's products. He then founded Gibson Laboratories in Laguna Hills, California, in 1981, which developed a light pen for the Apple II, Atari, and other platforms before going out of business in 1983. In 1985, Gibson founded Gibson Research Corporation (GRC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick DeBartolo
Dick DeBartolo (born October 19, 1945) is an American writer, most famous for writing for ''Mad (magazine), Mad''. He is occasionally referred to as "''Mad'''s Maddest Writer," this being a twist on Don Martin (cartoonist), Don Martin's former status as "''Mad'''s Maddest Artist." DeBartolo served as the magazine's "Creative Consultant" from 1984 to 2009. He is also known for his work on ''Match Game'' in the 1960s and 1970s. Career ''Mad'' long spaced out DeBartolo's articles to ensure that at least one appeared in every issue. From 1966 to 2019, new DeBartolo material appeared in 459 consecutive issues, dating back to 1966. This is tied for the longest such streak with Sergio Aragonés (whose streak is active). DeBartolo has written well over 250 television or film parodies for the magazine, easily the most by any ''Mad'' writer. DeBartolo recounted his first-ever experience submitting material to ''Mad'' in 1961: :I wrote a sample script ("A TV Ad We Would Like to See") and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Security Now
''Security Now!'' is a weekly podcast hosted by Steve Gibson (computer programmer), Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte. It was the second show to premiere on the TWiT.tv, TWiT Network, launching in summer 2005. The first episode, “As the Worm Turns”, was released on August 19, 2005. ''Security Now!'' consists of a discussion between Gibson and Laporte on issues of computer security and, conversely, computer insecurity, insecurity. Covered topics have included security security vulnerability, vulnerabilities, Firewall (computing), firewalls, password security, spyware, rootkits, Wi-Fi, virtual private networks, and virtual machines. Podcast feed ''Security Now!'' is distributed via its main podcast RSS (file format), RSS feed and on the GRC ''Security Now!'' page. In addition to audio, text transcriptions are published, along with Gibson distributing a low-bandwidth 16 kbit/s version of the show on his own for those with low-bandwidth sources such as satellite internet or dial-up. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacBreak Weekly
''MacBreak'' was an internet television show hosted by Leo Laporte, Kendra Arimoto, Alex Lindsay, iJustine and Emery Wells from TWiT.tv and the Pixel Corps. The podcast was dedicated to Apple's Macintosh computers and other Apple products such as the iPod. ''MacBreak'' was the first podcast in 1080p high definition format, with the release of an episode on the TWiT web site in the format. According to Leo Laporte on This Week in Tech, MacBreak caused bandwidth problems for its service provider, Libsyn. ''MacBreak'' is a production of the TWiT.tv network in association with Pixel Corps. It is filmed in San Francisco, California on a greenscreen set at the San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking. Each episode, the live-action greenscreen footage is keyed and composited over a virtual 3D set by members of the Pixel Corps. This process is explained in the "Road to 1080p" episodes. Starting in April 2007 with the release of MacBreak #65, "''MacBreak Minutes''" hosted by Merlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Johnson (cartoonist)
Scott Blaine Johnson (born July 17, 1969) is an American cartoonist, illustrator, game designer, and podcaster. He lives in South Jordan, Utah, with his wife and three children. In 2008, Johnson launched Frog Pants Studios, LLC, an illustration and audio production company. Early life Scott Johnson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He grew up and went to high school in the suburb Sandy City, UT, Sandy City. He has also lived in Mississippi and Louisiana while on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Johnson met his wife Kim during his mission. Comics and illustration Johnson began publishing the webcomic ''ExtraLife'' in June 2001. The subject matter concentrates on many of Johnson's interests such as computers, technology, video games, and movies. In 2009, Johnson launched ''Experience Points'', a second webcomic that draws inspiration from World of Warcraft and other MMORPG computer games. The strip was one of several web comics publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
