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MacBreak Weekly 169: This Is What Happens Larry

Tue, Dec 1 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko Psystar's last gasp, crunchpad drama, and iTunes LP coming to iDVD and more. Show notes For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:47:34

MacBreak Weekly 168: Too Many Schemps

Tue, Nov 24 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko Black Friday deals, are they real? And while Apple hates on cigarettes they still smoke the Droid. Show notes For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:36:49

MacBreak Weekly 167: Skittles And Beer

Tue, Nov 17 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko This week on Macbreak Weekly: Dancing Microsoft store, a look at the new 27" iMac, Black Friday rumors, and more. Show notes For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:18:17

MacBreak Weekly 165: Nudity by Accident

Tue, Nov 3 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko Andy reviews the Droid, Apple rejects the iPhone, and Adobe gets snarky. Show notes For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:20:38

MacBreak Weekly 164: Pinch Pull And Tug

Tue, Oct 27 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko VMWare Fusion 3, Tablet Rumors, Apple tax, Windows 7, ZFS, and more. Show notes For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:26:33

MacBreak Weekly 163: Stroke The Mouse

Tue, Oct 20 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko The team covers Apple's release of new iMacs, Mac Minis, a new mouse, and more. Show notes For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:26:25

MacBreak Weekly 162: You've Been Sidekicked

Tue, Oct 13 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko Snow Leopard gets Sidekicked, Mossberg disses Apple, and inside the iPhone update Show notes For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:45:19

MacBreak Weekly 161: A Flash In The Pan

Tue, Oct 6 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay, and Veronica Belmont Flash-free iPhones, lighter thinner Macs, Psystar lives, Placebase maps, and more. Show notes For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:22:58

MacBreak Weekly 160: The Battle Of The Big Heads

Tue, Sep 29 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Merlin Mann, and Gina Trapani Apple tablet, UK iPhone non-exclusive, Garage Band celebs, Newton guy is back, and more. Show notes For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:19:17

MacBreak Weekly 159: House Party

Tue, Sep 22 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte,Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko Ads in apps, Windows 7 house party, OSX file functionality, iPhone battery life issues, luggage, and more. Show notes Audible pick of the week: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How The Sex-Drugs-Rock'N"Roll Generation Saved Hollywood, Unabridged, By Peter Biskind, Narrated by Dick Hill. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:45:16

MacBreak Weekly 158: They Don't Have That in the US

Tue, Sep 15 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte,Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Wil Harris Zune HD, iPod Nano camera, cameraless Touch, Apple TV price drop, dream acquisitions, and more. Show notes Audible pick of the week: The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British, Unabridged, By Sarah Lyall, Narrated by Cassandra Campbell. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:38:30

MacBreak Weekly 157: The New iPods Are Here

Wed, Sep 9 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, John Siracusa, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Dane Golden Live Apple coverage: Steve Jobs returns, iTunes 9, iPhone/iPod OS 3.1, Nano video, and more. Special Contributors: Ryan Block and Brad Stone Show notes Audible pick of the week: Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships, Unabridged, By David Levy, Narrated by James Adams. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running...

MacBreak Weekly 156: Snow Job

Tue, Sep 1 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Scott Kurtz Snow Leopard, iPhone app tops Microsoft contest, ZFS support, 9/09/09 Beatles rumors, and more. Wiki show notes for this episode Audible pick of the week: Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy by Peter S. Canellos, Abridged, Narrated by Skipp Sudduth. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:34:52

MacBreak Weekly 155: When You're Ready to Compromise, Call Me

Wed, Aug 26 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Merlin Mann Snow Leopard, new "Get a Mac" ads, MacBook refresh, Apple Tablet news, App approval process, and more. Picks of the week: Leo Laporte: Pear Note; integrates text notes with audio/video recording - Free Trial - $39.99 Alex Lindsay: Nutrition Menu; Nutrition information for iPhone - $2.99 and Hitchcock; Mobile storyboarding application for iPhone - $19.99 Andy Ihnatko: Verbatim TUFF-'N'-TINY USB flash drive; 2GB, 4GB & 8GB...

MacBreak Weekly 154: Graceful Degradation

Tue, Aug 18 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko Apple attempts to suppress Jobs article, iTunes 69% of music sales, Tom Tom iPhone GPS, Quake Live, and more. Picks of the week: Alex Lindsay: Tom Tom, Turn-by-turn navigation for iPhone - $99.99 for US & Canada; Western Europe and Australia map versions also available Andy Ihnatko: Default Folder X- $34.95 Merlin Mann: Pocket God, game for iPhone $0.99 f Leo Laporte: Game for iPhone - $0.99 Wiki show notes for this episode Audible pick of...

MacBreak Weekly 153: The Case Against Apple

Tue, Aug 11 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko Calacanis' criticisms, social iTunes, antiglare MacBook Pro, Facebook/Friendfeed, and more. Jason Calacanis: The Case Against Apple in Five Parts Rumor: Social networking component to be added to iTunes 9? Apple adds antiglare display option to 15" MacBook Pro Facebook buys FriendFeed Picks of the week: Alex Lindsay: Harvest, Produce Selector for iPhone, $2.99 Andy Ihnatko: The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time, 3D Virtual World of the...

MacBreak Weekly 152: It's In Airplane Mode

Tue, Aug 4 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko Google CEO leaves Apple board, FCC investigates Apple and AT&T, Apple keyboard hack, and more. Wiki show notes for this episode Audible pick of the week: A Piano in the Pyrenees: The Ups and Downs of an Englishman in the French Mountains, Unabridged, By Tony Hawks. Narrated by Tony Hawks. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:48:44

MacBreak Weekly 151: Unresponsive When Sweaty

Tue, Jul 28 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko Apple tablet, Verizon, hackintoshing, Googe Voice app, iPhone OS, Project Cocktail, and more. Wiki show notes for this episode Audible pick of the week: A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages, Unabridged, By Kristin Chenoweth. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:35:24

MacBreak Weekly 150: Prove It

Tue, Jul 21 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Scott Bourne Quarterly earnings, tablet rumors, AT&T, Big Kindle is watching, Microsoft retail stores, and more. Apple will be announcing their quarterly earnings on July 21 (a few hours after the show is recorded) Tablet rumors heat up once again AT&T is a Big, Steaming Heap of Failure Foxconn employee commits suicide after iPhone prototype goes missing Amazon remotely deletes George Orwell books from Kindle devices to to copyright issue Did Apple call...

MacBreak Weekly 149: Bump My iPhone

Tue, Jul 14 Listen

Hosts: Scott Bourne, Wil Harris and Justine Ezarik Digital 45s, 1.5 billion apps, iPod Touch cameras, Eric Schmidt, Safari 4.0.2, and more. Apple has begun offering the "Digital 45" via the iTunes Music Store - A single and a "B" side from a particular artist at a reduced price. Apple announces 1.5 billion apps downloaded from App Store. Future iPod models are rumored to include a built-in camera. What does it take for the iPhone to become a true convergence device? Wil says it needs an...

MacBreak Weekly 148: Leo Says Boo

Tue, Jul 7 Listen

Hosts: Alex Lindsay and Scott Bourne AT&T iPhone sales, 13" MacBook Pro stock, App Store anniversary, Al Jazeera English iPhone app. AT&T had recording breaking single day sales for release of iPhone 3GS. iPhone 3GS continues to sell well, and the 13" MacBook Pro is reportedly out of stock at some Apple Store locations. HyperMac external battery/car charging solution for MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air. Apple celebrates the one year anniversary of the App Store Shared Memory Graphics...

MacBreak Weekly 147: I Lost My Handy

Tue, Jun 30 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Scott Bourne, and Don McAllister China blogging, iWeb, AT&T iPhone exclusivity, hot 3GS, Steve back at work, and more. Leo will be blogging during his trip to China Likewise, Don has set up a blog using Apple's iWeb Will pressure from the FCC force non-exclusivity of the iPhone in the United States? The consensus among the panelists seems to be that Verizon has the best coverage overall in the US Is the iPhone 3GS getting too hot, and are the...

MacBreak Weekly 146: Sneaky Andy

Tue, Jun 23 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Scott Bourne Apple secrecy, iPhone 3GS and OS 3.0 update, Steve Jobs' surgery, BlackBerry switchers, and more. New York Times article about Apple's obsession with secrecy. Scott, Andy, and Leo are impressed with the camera capabilities of the iPhone 3GS. Alex goes crazy creating video accessory for the new iPhone Andy feels there are some areas that could use improvement in the iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update: Cut/Copy/Paste implementation, Spotlight, and...

MacBreak Weekly 145: The Bourne Rescue

Tue, Jun 16 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko iPhone 3G S, Mophie Juice Pack Air, express card ports, App Store politics, and more. Picks of the week: Leo Laporte: Google Quick Search Box - Free Alex Lindsay: Dock Gone - Free Trial; $14.95 Scott Bourne: Fluid Mask 3 - Free Trial; $149 Andy Ihnatko: aSmart HUD - $0.99 Audible picks of the week: Ulysses, Unabridged, By James Joyce, Narrated by Jim Norton with Marcella Riordan and Survival Phrases - Chinese, Part 1: Lessons 1-30, Abridged,...

MacBreak Weekly 144: WWDC Wrap Up

Tue, Jun 9 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko WWDC report, a new iPhone, AT&T, Palm Pre, App Store power, video, voice dialing, compass, and more. FriendFeed converstion for this episode Audible pick of the week: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!, Unabridged, By Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Narrated by Katherine Kellgren. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Wiki show notes for this episode Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by...

MacBreak Weekly 143: Green Thumbs

Tue, Jun 2 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Scott Bourne, Andy Ihnatko, and Jeri Ellsworth Apple Java vulnerability, Palm Pre with iTunes, Microsoft Bing, Zune HD vs. iPod, and more. Apple releases iTunes 8.2 and QuickTime 7.6.2 Macworld article about the current state of Mac security Apple has failed to patch a Java security vulnerability despite it being a known issue Macworld.com provides steps to protect your browser Palm says that the Pre will sync directly with iTunes Did the iTunes 8.2 update...

MacBreak Weekly 142: Oops, I Bought It

Tue, May 26 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Scott Bourne A Verizon iPhone, Apple's NC server farm, Psystar bankrupt, CES, and more. North Carolina working on legislation to provide tax break to Apple for new server farm Unauthorized Mac clone maker Psystar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection iLounge.com reports that the iPod Nano will be revised to include a different screen and built-in camera Eucalyptus e-book reader rejected, but ultimately approved for App Store due to...

MacBreak Weekly 141: Wi-Fi Bubble Boy

Tue, May 19 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Craig Syverson, Scott Bourne, and Andy Ihnatko Palm Pre, iPhone 3 rumors such as LG OLEDs, Microsoft laptop hunters, new Mac ads, and more. Palm Pre to be available on Sprint in US on June 6, 2009 Rumored specs and launch date (July 17, 2009) of next-gen iPhone LG rumored to be provider of OLED screen Microsoft "Laptop Hunter" ads effective, according to market research company BrandIndex Apple releases three new "Get a Mac" ads Additional Apple web ads: Banner ad from...

MacBreak Weekly 140: The $30,000 Question

Tue, May 12 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Don McAllister, Andy Ihnatko, and Alex Lindsay iPhone turn-by-turn and camera rumors, Zune Pass, Google-Apple boards, Snow Leopard APIs, and more. Audible picks of the week: Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution, Abridged, By Leonard Shlain, Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Wiki show notes for this episode Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:24:19

MacBreak Weekly 139: Deploy The Ponytail

Tue, May 5 Listen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay, and Scott Bourne Apple/Twitter rumors, new Kindle, BlackBerry v. iPhone, Consumer Reports, FTC investigation, and more. Audible picks of the week: Empress Orchid and Nose Down, Eyes Up: A Novel. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/macbreak. Wiki show notes for this episode Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:17:37

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