| thebroken | |
 Title for thebroken videocast
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| Hosting | Dan Huard Kevin Rose |
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| Language | English |
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| Updates | Occasional |
| Length | ~20-30 minutes |
| Video format | QuickTime, Flash, WMV, Xvid |
| Debut | July 21, 2003 |
| Genre | Video podcast |
| Provider | Revision3 |
| Website | revision3.com/thebroken |
thebroken is a video podcast produced by Revision3, focusing on software cracking, computer intrusion, and other "questionable activities". A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event Dan Huard (born May 23, 1979) is a Computer enthusiast and American Television personality who resides in San Francisco Robert Kevin Rose (born February 21, 1977 in California After dropping out he worked for the Department of Energy, at the Nevada Test Site, English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works – such as Blog entries news headlines audio and video – in a standardized QuickTime is a Multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc, capable of handling various formats of Digital video, Media clips sound text Adobe Flash (previously called Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash) is a set of Multimedia software created by Macromedia and currently Windows Media Video ( WMV) is a compressed Video file format for several proprietary Codecs developed by Microsoft. Xvid (formerly " XviD " is a Video codec library following the MPEG-4 standard Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Video podcast (sometimes shortened to vidcast or vodcast) is a term used for the online delivery of Video on demand Video clip content via Revision3 Corporation is a San Francisco based Internet television network that creates produces and distributes video shows on niche topics A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Video podcast (sometimes shortened to vidcast or vodcast) is a term used for the online delivery of Video on demand Video clip content via Revision3 Corporation is a San Francisco based Internet television network that creates produces and distributes video shows on niche topics Software cracking is the modification of Software to remove protection methods Copy prevention, trial/demo version serial number hardware key CD check In common usage hacker is generic term for a computer criminal often with a specific specialty in computer intrusion It was hosted by Kevin Rose and Dan Huard, with Ramzi as a regular comical feature, and geared toward anyone interested in computer security. Robert Kevin Rose (born February 21, 1977 in California After dropping out he worked for the Department of Energy, at the Nevada Test Site, Dan Huard (born May 23, 1979) is a Computer enthusiast and American Television personality who resides in San Francisco This article describes how security can be achieved through design and engineering The show debuted on July 21, 2003. Although the show has no regular timetable it produces occasional episodes, and although it has been a while since the last episode Kevin Rose recently stated in a Pownce post that the show would return. Pownce
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History
The show is the brainchild of the hosts, Kevin Rose and Dan Huard. Robert Kevin Rose (born February 21, 1977 in California After dropping out he worked for the Department of Energy, at the Nevada Test Site, Dan Huard (born May 23, 1979) is a Computer enthusiast and American Television personality who resides in San Francisco They came up with the idea while employed at TechTV and working on the television show The Screen Savers. TechTV ( May 11, 1998 &ndash May 28, 2004) was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San The Screen Savers (broadcast May 11, 1998 – March 18, 2005) was a live American TV show on TechTV In the first year, the show had over 2 million downloads according to Rose. The show and its success led to Rose and crew starting Revision3. [1]
Distribution
The hosts request that the show be shared over peer-to-peer networks, such as Kazaa or BitTorrent, as a means of distribution. See Shared resource for the conventional meaning of file sharing File sharing refers to the providing and receiving of digital files over a Kazaa Media Desktop (once capitalized as " KaZaA " but now usually written " Kazaa " is a Peer-to-peer File sharing application Revision3 had not yet been created and distribution of the show was a little more "grass roots" than the current set up for Revision3 shows.
Format
Each twenty to thirty-minute episode focused on several subjects. According to its introduction, thebroken was "a little shady, a little underground, borderline illegal. " It featured advice on breaking wireless encryption, cracking Windows passwords,[2] and modding gaming consoles such as the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube. Wired Equivalent Privacy ( WEP) is a deprecated Algorithm to secure IEEE 802 Password cracking is the process of recovering Passwords from data that has been stored in or transmitted by a Computer system. In computing a password is a Word or string of characters that is entered often along with a user name, in modern times usually into a computer system Modding is a Slang expression that is derived from the verb " modify " The Xbox is a sixth-generation Video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. The, often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo 's fourth home Video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. The show also demonstrated social engineering and various methods of piracy. Social engineering is the art of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information The Copyright infringement of Software (also known as software piracy) refers to several practices which involve the unauthorized copying of computer
The third episode featured an interview with Kevin Mitnick about his time spent in prison for computer crimes. Kevin David Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is a computer security consultant who was a controversial Computer hacker in the late 20th century Computer crime, Cybercrime, e-crime, hi-tech crime or electronic crime generally refers to criminal activity where a Computer [3]
The opening theme song for thebroken is "Dinosaurs Will Die" by NOFX. NOFX (pronounced "no ef-ex") is an American Punk rock band that was formed in Los Angeles California (now based in San Francisco Each episode of thebroken features a ceremonial opening of a 40 ounce bottle of malt liquor by the hosts. On a 2005 episode of G4TechTV Canada's Call For Help, Rose admitted to CFH host Leo Laporte that thebroken crew never actually acquired license rights to use the song, that they've "just been lucky enough to have never gotten caught [for using the music without permission]. G4techTV ( May 28, 2004 &ndash February 15, 2005) was a cable and satellite channel resulting from a "
When the series Systm was announced, many viewers assumed that Systm would be a replacement for thebroken. However, David Prager announced in the July 31, 2005 episode of This Week in Tech that new episodes of thebroken were being produced, along with another new series. THIS WEEK in TECH casually referred to as TWiT, and formerly known as Revenge of the Screen Savers is an award winning weekly [4] Also, on May 17, 2006, Dan Huard commented on Digg that Revision3 was close to being finished with another episode of thebroken. [5]
On September 27th, 2006, over a year and a half after the previous episode, episode 4 of thebroken was released. This was the fourth and final episode of the show. Kevin Rose later announced that the show was canceled. [6]
On Friday, March 21, 2008, Kevin Rose announced via a Pownce note that he would be filming an additional episode of "thebroken". Pownce [7]
Episode list
| URL | Date | Title |
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| Episode 1 | July 21, 2003 | Welcome to thebroken |
| Episode 2 | September 1, 2003 | Lockdown |
| Episode 3 | January 1, 2004 | Ep3 |
| Episode 4 | September 26, 2006 | Ep4 |
| Episode 5- TBD | TBD | Ep5 |
References
- ^ Kevin Rose: ‘kill your television’ and join me at Revision3 | Digital Markets | ZDNet.com
- ^ Tech Shows
- ^ Slashdot | Thebroken Videos
- ^ The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte
- ^ http://digg.com/technology/System_Episode_6_Released#c1738560
- ^ Net@Nite-Episode 5
- ^ Kevin's Pownce note detailing his plans for "thebroken"
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