Show # 32 - Walt Goes GaGa for Lady GaGa

Posted Sat, 01/09/2010 - 15:27 by Dan
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Show Outline


Its the Fabled Apple Tablet

  • Leaks from Apple suggest they will be announcing a tablet computer to be released in March

  • Not to be outdone, Microsoft will announce their tablet that they designed on a napkin at Starbucks once they heard about Apple's tablet before Apple's announcement

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Crazy Nexus Action!

  • Will the Nexus One be changing the world of smartphones?

  • Is Google changing the market, or playing along with the status quo?

Search Neutrality needed on top of Net Neutrality?

  • Op-ed writer thinks Google and other strong search engines are giving biased search results that benefit themselves

  • Should FCC adopt "search neutrality" rule?

And on the 8th day Bill Gates Created Godmode

  • Naming a folder Godmode with a certain text string afterword creates "Godmode"!

  • A single place to do everything you could ever imagine

CES Gadgets

  • CES begins soon, we take a look at some of the gadgets to be showcased

  • Lots of cool, interesting and weird stuff

Pyrenean ibex brought back from extinction

  • Using cloning, scientists have attemped to bring back this mountain goat from extinction

Bono makes a Bonor

  • Writes an op-ed piece hurling blame at ISPs for not cracking down on file sharing

  • Is he the next Lars Ulrich?

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Show Notes


Holy Craplet!  Its an Apple Tablet!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10424337-260.html?tag=pop

  • The long rumored Apple Tablet is rumored to become real very soon.

  • Apple is rumored to announce the realness of the tablet at the end of January.

  • Rumors have it that the rumored tablet, rumored to be announced in January, will be released in March.

  • I heard it from a friend, who heard it from their cousin that the rumored Apple tablet will be shiny, have the letter "i" in front of whatever they end up calling it, and be way overpriced.

  • This tidbit was heard through the grapevine: "I am so excited to buy one, I'm going to start waiting in line now.  I'll be ok though, cause I'll have my iPod Touch for entertainment and my iPhone to make calls to order Jimmy Johns"  -Every trendy person

http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/will-ballmer-unveil-tablet-computer-apple-378

  • Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will announce a multimedia tablet computer on Wednesday to be made by Hewlett-Packard, before the rumored announcement about the rumored Apple tablet.

  • Ballmer will show the device, which is not yet named but will combine multitouch and e-reader functions, the report said. HP will make the device and it could be available mid-year, it said.


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Nexus Chat

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10425935-265.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

  • "Google's ultimate goal is to create a business plan where top-notch Android phones are created by companies like Motorola and HTC and then sold through a virtual mall of sorts where carriers like T-Mobile and Verizon have to compete for your business."

  • "Rubin said during a question-and-answer session following Tuesday's event that Google has to be in the game before it can start shaking up the market."

http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/why-google-has-blown-it-nexus-one-268?page=0,1

  • Google has blown it with the Nexus One!

  • "Instead of developing a trimode "world phone" that runs on CDMA networks and both types of GSM networks -- something that already exists and thus needed no new development -- Google is following the standard device-makers' approach of building a separate unit for each carrier, which prevents device portability."

  • "Google's spokesmen danced around the portability issue in their Nexus One press briefing, just saying they hoped to increase customer choice over time."


I am the Gatekeeper, are you the Keymaster?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/opinion/28raff.html?_r=2

  • Opinion piece from the New York Times, there should be search neutrality as well as net neutrality

  • “search neutrality”: the principle that search engines should have no editorial policies other than that their results be comprehensive, impartial and based solely on relevance.

  • "Because of its domination of the global search market and ability to penalize competitors while placing its own services at the top of its search results, Google has a virtually unassailable competitive advantage."

  • "Without search neutrality rules to constrain Google’s competitive advantage, we may be heading toward a bleakly uniform world of Google Everything — Google Travel, Google Finance, Google Insurance, Google Real Estate, Google Telecoms and, of course, Google Books."

Discussion

  • Does this guy have a point, or is he just bitter about his company getting listed far down in Google's search results?

  • Is it unfair that Google puts its own services at the top of search results, or is that to be expected since they offer those services?

  • Google does proclaim to be unbiased in its search results, why then do they "punish" websites as this writer claims?

  • Does "net neutrality" need to go beyond the role of ISPs play in the Internet?


The meek shall inherit the GodMode

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10423985-56.html?tag=rtcol;pop

  • "GodMode" a hidden feature that lets users access all of Windows control panels from within a single folder.

  • "By creating a new folder in Windows 7 and renaming it with a certain text string at the end, users are able to have a single place to do everything from changing the look of the mouse pointer to making a new hard-drive partition."

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It's That Time of Year... Let's Talk CES!!!

  • Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to start soon

  • Four Dudes look at some of the gadgets to be showcased...


Coming soon to a Living Room near you: Skype in HD

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10424922-269.html?tag=scrollNav;headlineContainer

  • "Skype is embedding its service on a bevy of HDTVs, the company said Tuesday, adding that it is supporting high-definition video calls in the 720p HD format on PCs."


Full Color eReader

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10426862-269.html

  • Coming from Liquavista

  • Aims at the newspaper and magazine reading crowd

  • Could something like this be overshadowed by the upcoming iSlate (Rumored Apple Tablet)


Iomega Revamping Their Screenplay Products

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10427068-269.html

  • Cool way of delivering media from your PC or from an internet stream to your HD TV

  • Delivers 1080p or 720p quality

  • 1tb of storage for $130 bucks


Forget Earphones, TuneBug Vibrating Speaker is Here

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10426927-269.html

  • A device that attaches to a bikers helmet and uses vibration throughout the helmet to create sound

  • Good for areas where wearing headphones while riding is illegal

  • Crappy sound quality?  Unknown.

  • It's similar to bone conducting earphones


New Toshiba "Ultrapremium" CELL TV

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10426789-269.html

  • TVs based on the CELL processor first seen in the Playstation 3

  • Claims to be 10 times faster than an Intel Core 2 Duo processor

  • Can convert any 2D content to 3D

  • Built-in 1TB hard drive and 802.11n wireless, enabling it to serve media files like video, music, and pictures to other devices on a home network, as well as display and play them back itself.

  • Rips unprotected files from BD and DVD discs (like home videos) to the hard drive.


Data Keys Now Actual Keys

http://www.pcworld.com/article/185993/lacies_new_flash_drives_come_with_online_storage.html

  • "LaCie's new CooKey and WhizKey USB thumb drives offer storage capacities ranging from 4GB to 32GB, and up to 4GB of online storage via LaCie's Wuala service."

  • Look like keys and made out of metal

  • No caps to loose


Take Your Kindle in the Tub or to the Beach

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10425740-269.html

  • A waterproof Kindle case that floats and protects in all water up to 1 meter deep

  • Completely sealed, but you can still access the buttons on the Kindle

  • "Buoyancy chambers provide distributed flotation to keep Kindle afloat and upright for in-water reading."


Why Buy a Netbook When You Can Have a Keyboard?

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10423857-269.html

  • Asus has packed the guts from a Netbook Atom-based PC into a wireless keyboard, called the EeeKeyboard PC.

  • Connects wirelessly to a nearby display using technology Asus calls "Eee WiCast wireless HDMI"

  • Built-in 5-inch multi-touch secondary display on the unit used for launching applications, controlling media player software, or as a touch pad for your main display.

  • Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, either 16GB or 32GB of SSD hard-drive space, and Windows XP

  • Estimated $499 retail


Bring on the Wooly Mammoths and Saber-Toothed Tigers

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/4409958/Extinct-ibex-is-resurrected-by-cloning.html

  • "The Pyrenean ibex, a form of wild mountain goat, was officially declared extinct in 2000 when the last-known animal of its kind was found dead in northern Spain."

  • Using DNA taken from previously collected skin samples, scientists were able to replace the genetic material in eggs from domestic goats, to clone a female Pyrenean ibex.

  • "The newborn ibex kid died shortly after birth due to physical defects in its lungs. Other cloned animals, including sheep, have been born with similar lung defects.

Discussion

  • Is this a good way to bring back extinct species or is it "playing god"?

  • Are we bringing about another Jurassic Park?


Bono Speaks Out for the "Little Guy" (a.k.a. himself and his wallet)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10423544-261.html

  • In an Op-Ed piece Bono lashes out at ISPs and blames them for not reducing music piracy

  • Claims he is speaking for up-and-coming artists and not himself and U2

  • Why haven't any up-and-comers spoken out against file sharing?

  • Is Bono going to alienate fans speaking up like this?


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