The Vergecast 055 - November 15th, 2012

Patel, Miller, and Miller: three righteous brosephs with a lot on their minds. First up: two executives with questionable social graces step down in the past month — first Apple's Scott Forestall and now Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky. Does this mark the end of an era for jerks? And if so, who's next on the chopping block? The Verge's Microsoft guru Tom Warren stops by to share his thoughts on the resignation of Sinofsky and what it means to the future of the company.

Next: The War for TV continues (will it ever end?). We take calls to hear what kinds of setups listeners have in their living rooms and what it would take to cut the cord (if they haven't already). Also, learn how Nilay became the hero of his college dorm.

For an audio only version, comments, and links to subscriptions, visit the show post on The Verge: http://vrge.co/ZYdziA

00:02:25 - Microsoft's executive shakeup: Windows head Steven Sinofsky departs, the full story
00:09:35 - eet Julie Larson-Green, the woman who will lead Windows
00:36:15 - Why Apple and HTC settled their patent litigation
00:41:30 - War for TV: inside the fight for the living room
01:33:00 - On The Verge returns Tuesday, November 20th!

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[akapigster]

The Vergecast is about Tech Culture. I like it. 

[conioos]

Patel, Miller, and Miller - sounds like a top tier law firm

[Fritha71]

I'm the ultimate cable chord cutter. I watch YouTube. That and more recently (thank god!) Netflix and occasional dips into the internet version of our national TV broadcasting in Finland has been all I've needed for years now. If TV went all internet and the content was there in a great format for a decent price, count me in perhaps. But really, internet is all I need.

[canangel75]

the thing is if you wanna watch movies or series on line you can....certain sites are free, work better and get the series as it airs. problem. they are not legal

[Adam Curtis]

The wrong plugs, fantastic Paul. I wish the whole world used the same form of power transmission... Would make everyone's lives easier.

[Thomas Perez]

1:01:24 well said, Niles.

[akapigster]

I think it's what makes The Vergecast more interesting. If you think that's bad, you have no idea what goes on behind corporate doors like Apple. Which we all know how that went when Steve Jobs was still here.

[Christopher Gjøvåg]

this was a lot better than Josh interrupting everyone ALL the time.. :D

[falmatrix2r]

damn, that's a hard pill to swallow >_>

[Nikolas Skoufis]

Ha, try 1mb down / 256kb up in Australia. Things will improve when they finish rolling out our fibre network in 5 YEARS TIME :(

[falmatrix2r]

it's funny how some people get upset having ONLY 20mb down / 5mb up

Over here we're happy having 10mb down / 800kb up