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The Tech Night Owl LIVE Aug 6, 2009

Tech commentator and former industry analyst Joe Wilcox explores the ins and outs of the infamous Ya-Bing (Microsoft/Yahoo) deal; receive a security update from noted guru Rich Mogull; Macworld’ Peter Cohen, the Game Room guy, discusses the departure of Google's CEO from Apple's Board and other hot topics.

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We explore Apple’s financials and the record sales and profits they reported for a non-holiday quarter. These results stand in clear contrast to Microsoft’s declining fortunes, where they suffered the first full-year drop in sales since 1986. Along for the ride are Jason Snell from Macworld and Stephen Baker from the NPD Group; Macworld’s Dan Frakes discusses his new HackinBook.

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Prolific author Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus; commentator Kirk McElhearn returns for an encore appearance, as he presents an update on his efforts to downsize his Mac hardware by switching from a Mac Pro to a Mac mini; Opera 10 software interface designer Jon Hicks.

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Special Correspondent David Biedny talks turkey about Microsoft’s downhill slide and some unheralded 3D software; author and publisher Adam Engst, of TidBITS, is on hand to tell you the things Apple didn’t reveal about the recent iPhoto 8.0.2 update.

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Macworld’s Peter Cohen speaks on the future of Macworld Expo and the significance of the iPhone 3.0 SDK; Paul Kent, Vice President and General Manager for Macworld Expo; security expert Kirk McElhearn on the rumors and reality of the Conficker worm.

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Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus talks about the new iPod shuffle, glossy displays and other matters; Macworld's Rob Griffiths explains why he hates glossy screens and won't tolerate one; Andrew Donnelly introduces Mikogo, a free screen sharing app for Mac and PC users.

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Consumer electronics sales and trends for the last quarter and for 2009 with industry with analyst Ross Rubin of the NPD Group; Timothy Dick, co-founder of VOIPo; Adam Engst, Editor/Publisher of TidBITS, comes on board to look at the state of the Apple Inc.

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TidBITS editor/publisher Adam Engst, columnist Kirk McElhearn and Macworld Editorial Director Jason Snell, present their views about the future of Apple with and without Steve Jobs at the helm; security guru Rich Mogull discusses potential cyber-security threats.

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News and views on the last Apple Macworld Expo keynote delivered by VP Philip Schiller. Hear commentators David Biedny, Daniel Eran Dilger, from Roughly Drafted Magazine, and columnist Kirk McElhearn; Adobe's Chad Siegel, Group Product Manager, Design Segment.

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The Night Owl presents news and views about the tech universe for 2008 and some fearless predictions for 2009. Featured guests include Ace Mac troubleshooter Ted Landau, Macworld Senior Editor Jim Dalrymple and Mac security expert Kirk McElhearn.

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"The David Biedny Zone" holds forth on Apple's CEO succession plans and cool, cheap stuff for recording music on your Mac; Parallels Desktop 4.0 described by product evangelist Rawee Kambhiranond; tech industry analyst Ross Rubin from the NPD Group.

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Frederick Johnson, product marketing manager for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, and Special Correspondent David Biedny; security researcher Rich Mogull; Ross Howe, from mStation and Mophie, discusses the "juice pack"; Brian Floe, who runs MyAppleSpace.com.

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Steve "Mr. Gadget" Kruschen regales us with a number of great finds in tech gear for the holidays; security aficionado Kirk McElhearn speaks more about Safari's new phishing protection; Macworld Senior Editor Peter Cohen tells you why he wants a Mac netbook.

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"The David Biedny Zone" presents an insightful look at the real history of personal computers starting with the original Apple II; Macworld Senior Editor Rob Griffiths rants about glossy screens and Mac OS X Leopard shortcomings; John Larish, author of "Silver to Silicon."

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Adam Engst, Editor/Publisher of TidBITS, delivers his fearless predictions about Apple's WWDC; Macworld's Jim Dalrymple on recording a rock album; Andy Marken discusses NTI Shadow; a backup app; Julian Miller, of Script Software, with an update of CopyPaste Pro.

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Macworld Senior Editor Rob Griffiths details his "FrankenMac" project to build a home-brewed Mac; "The David Biedny Zone" honors the tenth anniversary of the iMac; Lee Givens, Product Manager for AOL Desktop for the Mac, discusses their new Mac software.

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Wired's Leander Kahney discusses his new best-selling book entitled "Inside Steve's Brain." InfoWorld Executive Editor Galen Gruman on Macs in the enterprise; Macworld Lab Director Jim Galbraith; HostICan's Denis Motova explains "managed hosting."

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Discover Bias Peak with Bias Inc.'s Jason Davies; Macworld's Jim Dalrymple discusses recording a new album with his rock band on his Mac; David Biedny presents "I Go to See An Apple Genius"; Web applications Freeway and Freeway Pro with Ian Schray of Softpress.

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The Ultimate Mac Roundtable with Special Correspondent David Biedny, TidBITS Editor/Publisher Adam Engst, Rob Griffiths of Macworld and macosxhints.com, ace Mac troubleshooter and best-selling author Ted Landau and author/columnist Kirk McElhearn.

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The end of the high definition DVD war and other hot topics with Special Correspondent David Biedny; John Rizzo of MacWindows.com on problems with the recent Leopard 10.5.2 update; pithy comments from tech pundit Andy Ihnatko; Mariner Software's Michael Wray.

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