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-         Twitter went down

• What is a DOS –
• Block the door
• Nielson report teens don’t tweet.
  • 16% under 25
  • 20% are 55+
  • 3^rd party apps

-         Apple updates

• iPhone 3.0.1
• Windows Leopard
  • 18 updates for pictures
  • AirPort, Bluetooth, Safari 4 (Mac OS X 10.5)
  • iCal 3.x, MobileMe iDisk
  • Snow Leopard on Sale $29 for one machine, $49 for 5-user pack

-         No Twitter, but Google Voice

• Marines not allowed to use Twitter, MySpace, Facebook…
• Allowed to use on personal devices
• Security threat
  • I agree
  • Megaphone
• ESPN just announced they will do the same
• Google opens up Voice to US Soldiers
  • How this is different
  • Like a Care Package
  • Connection via computer

-         Defcon brings the bad

• Kevin Mitnik and Dan Kammersky websites compromised
• USB Conficker
• Wireless sniffed – password on Wall of Shame
• 2 ATMs – put
• Good items coming out
  • Hacker Badge security
  • Learn about new issues

-         The Shack

• If you see a faded sign
• Selling Radio Tubes in 1921
• Bought by Tandy in 1962
  • Introduced the Trash-80 – TRS 80
  • Aug 3^rd 1977
• Loosing
• April 2009, Radioshack began the “The Perfect Store Initiative”. In which stores are required to meet weekly layout and cleaning deadlines
• Q2 profits were up 18% from
• Will Q3 be better now that everyone is talking about them?

You might remember the products. You might remember the hype. Then, you are tooling down highway 41 years later and all of a sudden you think to yourself – “Hey, whatever happened to…”

Failed ideas. Maybe it was a great idea, but wasn’t made right, or design errors brought it down. Maybe it was just a bad product. Well, let’s take a stroll down memory lane and see if we cannot repeat these errors again.

Oh yeah, why 16? Well because we could.

The Computer Watch: Whether it was the Ruputer, the MSN Direct ‘Smart’ Watches, the Timex Data Link Watch or another gadget watch – BTW – I remember having a “Transformers watch”. It was awesome!

Still, the Dick Tracey style communication watches, the “Computer on a wrist”, never really hit it off. I even remember a watch that gave you directions. You would put in the paper tape and turn a little dial to indicate where you are and where you are going.

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Busy Week
Thanks for coming to the site. We had another great week – busy week. It was a lot of fun and really productive.

Post – HPTF

Of course, we went to Vegas the week before to cover the HP Technology Forum Expo. Andy McCaskey, Kara Karsten and myself were working hard with interviews, product reviews and more. This week was planning to get some of the videos out to you. So far, we’ve posted the HP POD video on Friday and have a lot more coming soon.

Summer of Podcasts – Podcast Carnivale

This is what really took up the majority of the week. The last month I have been working hard in getting prizes together. Now it’s time to put a contest together. That is where the Summer of Podcasts comes in. Each week, Podcasters will be giving out codewords during their shows. We will be giving away a USB wireless VGA from IOGEAR (See the video below), a WebAround Web privacy screen and a lot more. The best part is a lot of prizes are from the Podcasters themselves. Caffination is giving some Coffee, Bageltech News gave a NYC canvas print, Bwana.org is giving Team Fortress 2 for PC and a T-Shirt, SDRNews is giving a MagicJack, Techpodcasts (Geek News Central) is giving an iPod Touch: there is a lot more.

Wednesday, July 1st is when the contest starts. Check out the site before hand to which shows are giving codewords for the week.

Bands

It’s summertime, so the band ramps up in it’s playing. It’s all well and good – I enjoy taking the trips and playing the gigs. This last weekend I played 3 shows and it wasn’t even Sunday. This afternoon is one more show. Next week is just about the same.

Interview

This last week, I was interviewed on the Isthmus – a local tabloid – style paper in the Madison area. The interview will be out next week, when that happens, I will post it.

PC/Mac Smackdown

Had lunch with Cal last Wednesday. He said – “Hey, why don’t you come on the show”. I said “Sure, why not?”. Therefore, I was on the PC / Mac Smackdown with Cal Davis and Rachel Baker.

Windows 7

Pre-Orders of Windows 7 means a significant discount. I have Windows 7 RC on my Dell D600 and really like how it works. What is even more interesting – Windows 7 works a lot better on that machine than when I put on Ubuntu 9.04. Ubuntu would lag when I was working – and I mean REALLY Lag. I would litterally select something, count to 5, then watch it execute.

I am really impressed with this OS, so I am excited this is coming out.

MJ, FF and EM AND BM

It was a sad week for a lot of people. Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson took the Trifecta this week as all three passed. Ed McMahon was the sidekick of Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show, Farrah Fawcett was the poster girl of the 70’s and of course, Michael Jackson was the King of Pop. While I was never a big MJ fan, I do appreciate his music and also how he let Weird Al Yankovic to make fun of his music.

I remember when I first heard “Eat it” 0n the radio. While I never listened to “Bad”, I did have the “Even Worse” album which featured “Fat”.

*Update – Just as I published this, the Internet found out that Billy Mays – the Oxy Clean promoter (as well as Mighty Putty, Big City Sliders, Kaboom and a lot more) was found dead at his  home. He was 50. I guess it’s more than a Trifecta…

Studio

This week was a lot of work with the studio. Only problem – I can’t find my staple gun. I had it, then it dissapeared. I am not sure where it went. AUGH!

Still, the new studio is doing well. I am hoping to record the first video there by Mid-week. My bedroom is getting cluttered with PC stuff and that needs to head down to the Dungeon. The door to that room is the main reason why I call it the Dungeon.

Looking at Phones

I have to admit, I have been looking at the iPhone 3GS. The one thing I like is I have fatter fingers. I was able to use the screen a lot better than with the 3G. For instance, when I hit the “N”, on the 3G, I would always miss and hit the “M”. However, with the 3GS, I have not done anything different and seem to be hitting the “N” key and actually getting an “N”.

I still have some tests to go. I am also looking at the Palm Pre, but in order to do that, I would have to switch to Sprint, which I don’t know if I am ready to do. Android is a possibility, but I really don’t want the G1. I am waiting for the Lenovo version.

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That’s pretty much it this week. Keep watching the site for more info on the contest. Of course if you want to give a prize for the contest, let me know.

This week for TVazine, we go through a review that I thought was all but lost. A couple months ago, a hard drive crashed and with it – a few of the video reviews I did early on that were not published yet. However, I do back up systems, and found that this video was saved in a backup I did the month before.

It was a copy that I already edited down, so I couldn’t put it into 720 format, but I was able to do a little tweaking on it. I also am playing with some new title intros, so let me know if you like the new intro.

In the meantime, we review the Fretlight guitar – a special guitar that connects to the PC via USB, then lights up the fretboard to direct you on how to play certain songs. This guitar is great for learning and comes with software to help out.

We look at the guitar and where it stands as a musical instrument and a teaching tool.

Last week in this place. I ate a lot of Brats this last weekend. Goodbye to friend ‘Supergirl’. Show Prep on Google Docs. Still need an iPhone App developer.

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Lenovo S12 on ION
Kumo or Bing – Microsoft in a transition
The 10 TB Disc – All your music and movies on a DVD
Win 7 Netbook Strategy Rethought
iPhone Painting on cover of New Yorker
Hulu LIVE – Dave Matthews Concert is the first
Aneesh Chopra CTO – Senate approves
Apple Accepts Eucalyptus – a win for an iPhone App
Followup on Craigslist Lawsuit
Google U Libraries
Diamond Encrusted Nokia
- Palm Pre – $549

JOTW – I don’t know what I’ve been told… Vista is the Army’s Gold….

II
Twitter TV? – TV in 140 characters or less.
The Vista Army – What are they thinking?

QOTC – Will you or do you have a Netbook?

III
Will Netbooks Fail? – Will we find a Happy Medium?
Circuit City Return Policy – Be ready to give up Junior.

Extras:
Red Bull Diet – Good for you?
The New Soundwave – Transformers USB 4 port hub

Steampunk PC

Bud Adjustable Workstation

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Dell Mini 10v on Ubuntu, Android and XP

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Todd Cochrane interviews Matt this year at CES Unveiled. They talk about the following:

• SE-115 Single Driver Earphone $
• Shure USB Microphone X2U (Zero Latency Monitoring) $129.00
• Shure USB PG42 (Vocals) and PG27 (Instruments)

Also, Jeffrey plays with the PG27 and PG42 mics at CES itself on the Backchannel:
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Going to upgrade your computer? Don’t forget to update your Power Supply.

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Android Domination? – eWeek
Facebooks’ New Ad System – Wired
Microsoft’s First Test of Online – Offline Sync System – ZDNet
WSJ.com Hits 1 Million Subscribers – CNet

On the Geek: (www.geek.com)

• Windows Home Server Available
• Lenovo Will Discontinue IBM Name on Machines by Olympics
• Blackberry Software to Become Smaller and Cost Friendly
• USB Mobile Chargers
• TIME Votes iPhone Invention of the Year

PC’s loosing Relevance in Japan – Yahoo
Skype doesn’t work on Leopard? – eWeek
Mac OSX Trojan – macnn
PDF Spam back? – Network World
Apple Tablet PC – CNet
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Show #4 Notes – 10/24/07
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Whats New with Mac OS X Server
IPods and IPhones Help in Mac Sales?
Windows MINWIN
Wireless SD Card
Half CD, Half Vinyl
Comcast BlocksBit Torrent Traffic
Dot ComFever Part II
A New Napster
Make Office 2007 Look Like 2003
Law Firm Uses Copyright Claim to Deny Use of Source Code
SanDisk Lets you Take TV With You
WEP Hacked
The Incredible Shrinking Radio
Worlds Smallest Mini-Tornado
Singles on USB
Canada Taxes Music Downloads
Google 4 GB of gmail Storage
Worst Gadget Invented
The Tracking Jacket

Links To Note:

32 Things You Can Do with Beer
Apple in 2015
MakeYour Own Smartphone?

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