Cranky Geeks was a technology

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-related Internet show produced by Ziff Davis Media centered on discussion of technology topics of the week. It was hosted by industry pundit John C. Dvorak

John C. Dvorak

John C. Dvorak is an American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing. His writing extends back to the 1980s, when he was a mainstay of a variety of magazines. Dvorak is also the Vice-President of Mevio and well known for his work for Tech TV...

. Each week three guest panelists, usually selected from a pool of technology journalists and entrepreneurs, joined Dvorak..

The show, formerly produced by TechTV

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's Annaliza Savage, premiered to viewers of DL.TV on March 15, 2006 and has since received its own website. The show is similar to Dvorak's previous show, Silicon Spin

Silicon Spin

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The show was streamed

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 live weekly on Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. PT from the Ziff Davis

Ziff Davis

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 office in San Francisco, California

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. In addition, it was offered for download in multiple formats on a weekly basis, including as a video or audio podcast on iTunes

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Show guests included Martin Sargent

Martin Sargent

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, Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman

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, Adam Curry

Adam Curry

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, Chris DiBona

Chris DiBona

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, Om Malik

Om Malik

Om Perkash Malik is an Indian-American web and technology writer. He is the founder of Giga Omni Media, Inc. and executive editor for technology blog GigaOM. He is also a host on a former Revision3 weekly web-business centric podcast, The GigaOm Show.- Personal life and education :Malik was born...

, Larry Lessig, Leo Laporte

Leo Laporte

Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry....

, Veronica Belmont

Veronica Belmont

Veronica Ann Belmont is the co-host of the Revision3 show Tekzilla alongside Patrick Norton, and the former host of the monthly PlayStation 3-based video on demand program Qore. Formerly she was the host for the Mahalo Daily podcast and a producer and associate editor for CNET Networks, Inc...

, John Markoff

John Markoff

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, Natalie Del Conte, Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble

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, Jimmy Wales

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, Alex Albrecht

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, Molly Wood

Molly Wood

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 and Kevin Rose

Kevin Rose

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. Dvorak has humorously mentioned his intention to invite Danica Patrick

Danica Patrick

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, the IndyCar

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 driver endorsing Go Daddy

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, one of the show's sponsors, whose commercial airs in every episode.

In May 2010, the show's "Co-Crank," permanent guest/sidekick Sebastian Rupley

Sebastian Rupley

Sebastian Rupley is a technology journalist and commentator. He lives in San Francisco, California with his wife.- Career :Rupley was the Editor-in-Chief of the GigaOM network....

, who appeared on the show from its inception, announced he was leaving the show.

On his nightly Tech5 podcast episode for September 15, 2010, host John C. Dvorak announced that they had produced that day's Cranky Geeks show (September 15, 2010) and also the final-ever Cranky Geeks show to be released the following Wednesday, September 22, 2010.