TWIT Recap: Episode 44
This Week In Tech Episode review for episode 44. Don’t have time to listen to the whole TWiT then get the best bits right here!
Windows Vista is going to be released in 6 different versions, however it actually more like 4 as two of them are for very specific markets, one is for emerging markets (whatever that means) and the other is for enterprises I guess to replace Windows NT.
Apparently you will also be able to upgrade from one version to the next online. Does this mean that you install the entire operating system and then your license controls what gets turned on and off? Interesting idea, no doubt a hack will appear pretty quickly if that is the case to upgrade your cheappy home edition to the full blown network edition for free.
The Pope has an iPod? Did he pay full price? I can’t image he ducked out to his local Apple store and got his new MP3 player, I wonder what he got engraved on the back?
Wozniak get’s misquoted, big deal! Welcome to media! These things all the time in every industry, I think what’s interesting is that this medium (podcasting) has moved some of these people in the mainstream technology media and so they are becoming exposed to the standard media shenanigans that politicians, actors, musicians, and any other group in the spotlight has been submitted for forever.
Microsoft are playing a viral marketing game in an effort to push a new device code-named origami. My two cents… it’s a media player with a mobile operating system. I think it will have WiFi built in, lack storage space, have no communications (like a cell phone) and will play second fiddle to the already so popular iPod.
AOL Paid Email. Is this a plan to reduce spam or raise revenue for AOL. There are so many tools that do such a good job of preventing SPAM form hitting your inbox, people need to get smarter at managing email. Something to think about is that people who are sending mass email right now, and doing it well, are already paying a premium to use these services. This just raises the cost of what is already over priced. On the other side of the fence, it’s still cheaper than sending postal mail, and as long as you getting a return on your email marketing now then it might be a small hit on your ROI. I think it needs some simple rules, like you can’t use the service on demand (you need approval and it might take say a week to get access to the service) and the email communications need to be spiked so that the output is monitored, ensuring no actual paid SPAM is getting through.