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A Web page that contained a key to remove the digital-rights-manag ement used in HD DVDs has started to circulate widely on the Internet -- and, at Digg.com, caused an open revolt after moderators initially removed postings containing the code. Why the riot?
Join John Dvorak for an intimate tour of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Hit the party scene with him and watch him in his element!
Producer: Brooks Rowlett
Camera: John Ross
Editing: Brooks Rowlett, Veanne Cao
Claiming that only one of its thirty products is even profitable, Bill Gates scoffed at ideas that Google has grand plans for a free phone, free Internet service for everyone and other rumors from the Google faithful. What hath made Bill so cranky?
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Although he now claims his comments were taken out of context, an English judge recently made headlines in an Internet terrorism trial for saying he was unclear what a Web site is? Is this the right case for this chap to be presiding over? The cranks convene.
This video is not pirated! Thanks to Google. Their new video identification software allows pirated content to be matched by licensed content and then monetized for profit. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Google campus, a new social networking site is born...
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Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht of Diggnation invade CrankyGeeks this week and they're FURIOUS that E3 has downsized this year. Why? That means no more booth babes! Kevin thinks they should keep the babes and get rid of HDTVs. Is he genius...or is that the Corona talkin'?
TWiT's Leo Laporte and CNET's Harry Fuller heat up the crankometer discussing the new technology used in 3D filmmaking and Leo lets us in on a little known personal fact about stereovision...
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The boys of Diggnation drop by with their shiny new iPhones and share insider secrets with the Cranks on exactly what you need to do to get out of your cell phone contract in order to get that oh-so-desired "God Phone". Hint: Bitch and complain.
Justin from Justin.tv joins Head Crank John C. Dvorak and guests to discuss the intimate nature of lifecasting. He explains the intricate workings of dating, bowel movements, and exactly when too much information can be unleashed onto the Internet.
Original Air Date 04/18/07
TWiT's Leo Laporte and CNET's Harry Fuller crank it up with John and Sebastian over Google's new 411 service. Leo shows us how to do it in French, German, and even Hindi!
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Original Air Date 04/12/07
According to calculations from the investment community, Apple is making $831 for every iPhone due to its arrangement with AT&T. The cranks consider the ramifications.
John explains his beef with open source software while his panel of pundits defend it. Would the world be a better place if everything were open sourced? Find out!
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Dvorak goes fishing! Or is it phishing? International fisherman are fishing out old copper wires from Vietnam and reusing them as fishing lines. They only ran into problems when they realized that...Vietnam was using them for fiber-optic broadband. Oops.