The broken
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| Host(s) | Kevin Rose and Dan Huard |
| Website | http://revision3.com/thebroken |
| Genre | Video Podcast |
thebroken is an online video podcast/vidcast (or videocast), focusing on software cracking, computer intrusion, and other "questionable activities". It is hosted by Kevin Rose and Dan Huard, with Ramzi as a regular comical feature, and geared toward anyone interested in computer security. Each twenty to thirty-minute episode focused on several subjects. The hosts requested that the show be shared over peer-to-peer networks, such as Kazaa or BitTorrent, as a means of distribution.
According to its introduction, thebroken was "a little shady, a little underground, borderline illegal." It featured advice on breaking wireless encryption, cracking Windows passwords, and modding gaming consoles such as the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube. The show also demonstrated social engineering and various methods of piracy. The third episode featured an interview with Kevin Mitnick about his time spent in prison for computer crimes.
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. Also, on May 17, 2006, Dan Huard commented on digg that Revision3 was close to being finished with another episode of thebroken.
The opening theme song for thebroken is "Dinosaurs Will Die" by NOFX. 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]."[citation needed]
On September 27th, 2006 episode 4 of "thebroken" was released, as well as other new shows.
| Revision3 Network |
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| Revision3 Corporation |
| Revision3 podcasts |
| the broken | Ctrl+Alt+Chicken | Diggnation | Geekdrome | iFanboy | InDigital | Infected | Mysteries of Science | notmtv | PixelPerfect | Systm | The Totally Rad Show | Web Drifter |
| Revision3 show hosts |
| Alex Albrecht | Jeff Cannata | Hahn Choi | Jessica Corbin | Dan Huard | Bert Monroy | Kevin Rose | Martin Sargent | Heather Stewart | Dan Trachtenberg | Wil Wheaton |
| Former Revision3 hosts |
| Andrew Hawn | Jonathan London | Diane Mizota |
