This Week in Tech 52

From game systems to next generation disc formats and bandwidth blues, politics, and viruses to Google, Yahoo, and the Red camera. This is TWiT 52!

• John's back from Brazil loaded with Cachaca but no absinthe
• Nintendo's Revolution is now Wii
• Xbox will have an HD-DVD
• Robert says Blu-Ray will ship May 23
• Warner Brothers will make a dual format disc with standard DVD on one side, and HD-DVD on the other
• Where are the dual-standard players? Dvorak says the licensing contracts force manufacturers to stick with one format
• Pioneer says dual format players are a "bad idea"
• Forbes says YouTube is spending $1 million/month on bandwidth
• The Bush administration will invoke security privilege to quash the EFF law suit against AT&T
• Political dirty tricks come to Wikipedia
• A Chinese businessman has bought a used fighter jet from Ebay
• New ransomware virus demands $10.99 or it will delete your files one by one
• Is Google profiting from your typos?
• Yahoo is being accused of helping China jail another dissident
• Steve Jobs says he doesn't want to run Disney
• The Oakley Red camera uses the mysterium chip - but no unobtainium
• But what happened to the Foveon?
• University of Colorado police post pictures of people smoking pot and ask their friends to identify them for $50