{"id":6397,"date":"2009-12-06T23:59:15","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T04:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=6397"},"modified":"2016-09-20T17:35:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T21:35:35","slug":"tdi-podcast-138-leo-laporte-on-hot-tech-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/06\/tdi-podcast-138-leo-laporte-on-hot-tech-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI Podcast 138: Leo Laporte on Hot Tech Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Leo Laporte, TWiT discusses the sizzling technology of today and tomorrow. From the Kindle to the iPhone and back. We review and research the phones, operating systems, clouds and readers. Each company stock discussed is on the shop notes and charts to boot! Who better than Leo? Andrew starts with a review of the week in the world of finance and investing with a few surprises. And we reveal the stupidest technology idea ever&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><a href=\"#podcast\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LISTEN TO PODCAST NOW<\/span><\/a> | <span style=\"color: #000000;\">LISTEN<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">@<\/span> <a title=\"Zune Subscribe\" href=\"zune:\/\/subscribe\/?The%20Disciplined%20Investor=http:\/\/feeds.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/tdicasts\" target=\"_blank\">ZUNE<\/a> &#8211;<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> @<\/span> <a title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\">iTUNES<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>___<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sponsor:  Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>For this special offer, visit <a title=\"GoToMyPC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gotomypc.com\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\">www.gotomypc.com\/podcast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>___<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-257 alignright\" title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/itunes_subscribe-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Leo Laporte\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/leo-smile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"127\" \/><strong>Leo Laporte<\/strong> hosts a national radio technology talk show every Saturday and Sunday from 2-5p Eastern on the <a href=\"http:\/\/premrad.com\/\">Premiere Radio Networks<\/a> including XM Channel 158, He also appears regularly on many television and radio programs including Live with Regis and Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>He hosts and produces some of the most popular podcasts in the world including this WEEK in TECH, Security Now!, net@nite, The Daily Giz Wiz, Windows Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, and This Week in Google under the <a href=\"http:\/\/twit.tv\/\">TWiT<\/a> banner.<\/p>\n<p>In May, 2008, Leo launched a live streaming video version of TWiT called <a href=\"http:\/\/twitlive.tv\/\">TWiT Live<\/a> with 30 hours of original programming each week. 2.6 million people watched TWiT Live in its first month.<\/p>\n<p>Leo lives in Northern California with his wife, Jennifer, his two children, Abby and Henry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stocks Discussed in this episode:<\/strong> Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Palm (PALM), Intel (INTC), AMD (AMD), Amazon (AMZN), Rackspace (RAX), Google (GOOG), Dell (DELL), Garmin (GRMN), Best Buy (BBY), Nvidia (NVDA), Motorola (MOT), Zygna 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