January 29, 2005
Dr. Dave explains why Computer Talk had expanded beyond desktop computers as digital technology moved into telephones, television, photography, voice services and nearly every other part of life. Drawing on his consulting work, he contrasts sponsor-driven laboratory reports with the reality of older computers and describes an expensive accounting update that failed because its maker had stopped considering longtime customers. The brothers also examine Microsoft’s European media dispute and mapping mistakes, give their contemporary view of the Iraqi election, reconstruct the early history of portable MP3 players and react to a proposal to extend a telephone tax rooted in the Spanish-American War to Internet communications.
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