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Episode 291a - A Podcast in Two Parts - 3/5/2015 24 Comments

This week, Will and Norm are joined by game developer Samantha Kalman to discuss GDC, virtual reality rumors, the news from Mobile World Congress, the Pebble Time Steel, the real purpose for Kickstarter, and a bit of behind the scenes on the Amazon Fire Phone. Audio listeners, be sure to stick around at the end for a post-GDC update from Will and Norm about GDC announcements and impressions of Valve and Sony's latest VR demos.

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Episode 290 - Positively Stephensonian - 2/26/2015 26 Comments

This week, Will and Norm are joined by <a href="http://www.tekthing.com/">TekThing's</a> Patrick Norton to discuss this week's news, including the FCC's broadband as a utility vote, more Smartfish aftermath, the Gemalto hack, China, why it's Pebble TIme, and Valve's not-so-top-secret-anymore VR tech.

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Episode 289 - Technical Difficulties - 2/19/2015 18 Comments

This week, Norm, Will, and Jeremy discuss the FAA's new rules for commercial multirotor flying, a strange Raspberry Pi 2 bug, Disneyland, SNL's 40th Anniversary Special, Jony Ive, and the NSA's tricky toolkit. Sorry about the technical difficulties early on, the video starts around the 40 minute mark.

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Episode 288 - The Opposite of On Fleek - 2/12/2015 43 Comments

This week, Will, Norm, Jeremy, and Gary discuss the Marvel Cinematic Universe joining the Spider-man universe, TVs that insert ads in your movies, and Tim Cook's Goldman Sach's talk. Plus: hands on impressions of Sling TV, Mario Kart 8, and board games for kids.

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Episode 287 - Gary's Back (Again) - 2/5/2015 166 Comments

This week, Will and Norm are joined by "classic" co-host Gary Whitta, who returns from a trip to London and a year working on an upcoming Star Wars film. Topics include the FCC's reclassification of broadband, the new Raspberry Pi 2, RadioShack's demise, the new Swatch smartch, and Gary's next movie. Enjoy!

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Episode 286 - Raw Dog - 1/29/2015 25 Comments

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy discuss timing for the Apple Watch, Homeworld's imminent re-release, blocking Wi-Fi hotspots, Comcast and corruption, and virtual reality movies. Enjoy!

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Episode 285 - Meet Windows 10 - 1/22/2015 32 Comments

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy discuss Microsoft's big Windows 10 announcements, Windows Holographic and augmented reality, the end of Google's Glass Explorer program, and Nvidia's new GeForce 960. Enjoy!

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Episode 284 - A New Cohost Appears - 1/15/2015 32 Comments

Will, Norm, and Jeremy are joined by Alexa to discuss CES, including their impressions of new VR demos from Oculus and Razer, flying quadcopterss in the desert, and the latest technology news. Enjoy!

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Episode #283 - Vegas Baby! - 1/8/2015 21 Comments

This Is Only a Test returns with tidings of a happy New Year, America's Favorite Home Videos, a trip to Las Vegas, and the guys' most anticipated items at CES. Enjoy!

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Episode 282 - A Very Sub-Nokia Podcast - 12/18/2014 31 Comments

This week, Will and Norm join Adam on tour in Los Angeles to talk about the long-term ramifications of the Sony hack, and talk about how the Behind the Myths tour has gone.

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Rainpocalypse 2014 - This Is Only a Test #281 - 12/11/2014 24 Comments

Will and Norm sit out the great San Francisco rain storm of 2014 by taking your Qs and turning them into As in another rainy day edition of This Is Only a Test. Enjoy!

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Episode 280 - The Podcast Awakens - 12/4/2014 36 Comments

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy explore the aftermath of Thanksgiving and Black Friday, discuss the Jurassic World and Star Wars VII trailers, converting The Wire to a widescreen aspect ratio, the Sony Pictures hack, and NASA's now-delayed Orion test launch. Enjoy!

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Episode 279 - Rainy Day Edition - 11/20/2014 23 Comments

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy discuss the Apple Watch SDK, the problem with sapphire screens, Uber's implosion, and hydrogen cars.

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Episode 278 - Comet Landing - 11/13/2014 17 Comments

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy discuss landing spaceships on comets, Disneyland, Amazon's speaker thing, Taylor Swift, net neutrality, and a whole lot more. Enjoy!

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Episode 277 - Listener's Choice - 11/6/2014 20 Comments

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy discuss topics selected by the audience, including Microsoft's fitness band, the 5K iMac, DoubleFine and iam8bit's Day of the Devs, the Internet Arcade, and a whole lot more! Enjoy!

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Episode 276 - Baller Time for Charity - 10/30/2014 51 Comments

Gary Whitta joins Will and Norm for his twice annual visit to the show. We discuss last weekend's Tested stage show, the third wave of Marvel movies, the Antares rocket explosion, 5k iMac reviews, and the re-release of X-Wing and TIE Fighter. All that, plus what we're testing and more. Enjoy!

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Episode 275 - And We're Back - 10/23/2014 26 Comments

This Is Only a Test returns after a brief hiatus with talk about Google's new phones, Apple's new iPads, the gang's questions with the 5K iMac, and a whole lot more. Enjoy.

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This Is Only a Programming Note 8 Comments

There's no new episode of This Is Only a Test this week, but we're excited to announce that there are three podcasts to enjoy on Tested instead. Subscribe to CreatureGeek, A Bunch of Dads, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

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Episode 274 - Windows X - 10/2/2014 34 Comments

Norm's off on location, so Will and Jeremy discuss the next version of Windows, Netflix's next batch of exclusive content, Paypal finally spinning off from Ebay, and Tesla unveiling the D. Enjoy!

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Episode 273 - Virtual Reality Reality - 9/25/2014 41 Comments

This week, Will, Norm, and Jeremy discuss the news from the Oculus Connect conference, first impressions of the iPhones 6 and 6 Plus, the new Kindles, Nvidia's new videocards, and more. Enjoy!

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