Topic: Screensavers

A retrospective on Pointcast, a popular 1990s screensaver that delivered news and stock prices, describes how the service frequently overwhelmed corporate network bandwidth. Despite a $450 million acquisition offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in 1997, the company's founders held out for more money before the product eventually failed.

Hillary Clinton has officially shifted her stance to support gay marriage as a constitutional right, a move the hosts view as purely political. The episode concludes with a mention of John C. Dvorak's appearance on a Twitch show for the 10th anniversary of the "Screensavers" reunion.