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At MacWorld, David Pogue presented his own version of a talk show, “Macworld Live!”

Featuring guest appearances from “Joy of Tech” co-creator Bruce Evans, GeekCulture creator artist Liza Schmalcel, Garage Technology Ventures managing director (and one-time Apple evangelist) Guy Kawasaki, and Artbeats Software CEO Phil Bates, as well as song parodies from Pogue himself.

The program is in two parts, both in MP3 format.

You can download part one (20.5MB) and part two (27MB) by clicking on the appropriate links.

The report is 40% of all cars sold today have a option for a iPod connection. Actually it is more, as most radio/CD’s today come with a connection on the back for a CD pack. There are iPod devices which will plug into this connection. CNN Money covers this side of MacWorld. .

Jobs & Co. spark something bordering on a lovefest among the press. But as the good times roll, are reporters asking the hard questions, according to BusinessWeek?

Apple’s stock price increased Tuesday, instead of the usual sell off.

IDG’s Macworld magazine today announced the winners of the “Macworld Best of Show Awards,” representing the “most exciting hardware and software products announced at Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.” Jim Dalrymple, editor online for Macworld, presented the awards on the show floor today.

Did not take two days. Why would you have a partner who has bent over backward to make the Intel Macs work, dance in a bunny suit? Intel benefits from the Apple partnership, they do not need Apple.

News.com reports that Intel is not happy with Apple’s ad.

“Trapped inside PCs–dull little boxes, dutifully performing dull little tasks,” Apple’s ad says. But that doesn’t describe Intel’s customers accurately, Conrad said, although Mac users might have employed choicer epithets to describe their PC-using (now kissing) cousins.

As is usual and welcomed, MacInTouch has Norr’s report on day one of the Expo

Silicon Valley Sleuth has pictures and comments about the Keynote address, which goes a little quicker than the real thing (QuickTime).

A QuickTime stream of the keynote is available.

14 million iPods sold, revenue was 5.7 billion, topping estimates and what Apple expected. Shares of Apple rose $4.25, or 5.6 percent, to $80.30 at 12:53 p.m. New York time, as covered by Bloomberg.

I rest my case (no pun intended)