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If you need a guitar to work on new songs without disturbing anyone or need a game controller for your Rock Band or Guitar hero, then You Rock Guitar is for you. It’s a fully functional guitar that works for musicians and game aficionados. You can even record yourself using different instruments with audio sampling.

Jeffrey Powers talks with JR on this new product. Jeff plays a couple licks and shows off his monster skills – well, maybe not monster skills, but skills nontheless.

The You Rock Guitar is a fully functional guitar – with many different samples built in. You can choose multiple guitars sounds, or if you need to write for another instrument, choose what you need and strum away. With the USB and MIDI ports, you can bring in and take out to the computer. With the audio imputs, you can connect an iPod or MP3 player and jam to a song.

What was pretty impressive is the You Rock Guitar is also a game controller. And it doesn’t matter the game system. You plug in a Gameflex cartridge and you can play Rock Band or Guitar Hero on your XBOX 360, PS3 or Wii. New guitar game comes out – you get the new cartridge. Fully functional for all your rockin needs.

Another great addition to the You Rock Guitar is the SDK for it. Become the next big game programmer or music composer with the You Rock Guitar. Develop a system that will teach everyone how to play guitar with an interactive system.

The You Rock Guitar was also featured on our live show at the NBC Universal Stage. Check it out.

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1995 – Compuserve blocks access to over 200 sites that have explicit content. They do it to avoid issue with the German Government. The sites will be blocked until Feb 13, 1996 when all but 5 sites are restored.

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Other Historical Events in Technology

• IBM 1420 Bank Transit System is released
• Windows 7 Beta 1
• Nintendo Wii runs Linux

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1998 – during the last couple years of the 20th century, the race was on to fix an oversight in multiple computer systems. The problem was dubbed “Y2K” or the Millennium bug. Bottom line was that all computers worked on a 2 digit year system instead of 4. Because of this, once the clock rolled, computers would think it’s 1900 instead of 2000 and bigger issues would happen.

For instance, if you were born in 1968, then you would be -68 years old in a computer calculating your birth date. If you had a bill due of $1,000 since 1998, then you might find yourself with a reverse interest, in turn causing financial institutions to go into turmoil.

In 1998, President Bill Clintion made a statement that the Social Security payment system was officially Y2K compliant.

By the way: Most people resolved the problem by not programming in a 4 digit year, but by shifting the thinking of the 2 digit year. Therefore, in 2012 (which some shifted to), they will have these issues all over again.

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Other Technology History Facts

• Merry Christmas
• Nintendo Wii with Linux installed
• Compuserve blocks 200 sexually explicit sites
• Netscape announces the AOL browser will be discontinued

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Still having some issues, but this week we had an additional issue – the home connection decided to become problematic. I could download, but couldn’t upload files. Therefore, I went to a bar to finish the upload. Yes, I did.

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• Intel and AMD reconcile
  • $1.25 billion
  • 5 yr cross – licensing pact
  • Get business done!
• Fox P2
  • Human genes are 2 off than chimps
  • Talking chimps?
  • Leipzig, Germany – Mice – Squeak different
  • U of California – similar – chimps – brainwaves
• Google Free Wifi
  • Jan 15
  • 47 airports –Boingo Wireless
  • Virgin Flights
• Mona Lisa – Wired
  • Slight Dahli
  • Motherboard parts
  • Asus employees
• The Clowns attack Best Buy
  • Kotaku
  • Ringling Bros. Game
  • Wii Nintendo DS
  • Bon Jovi CD

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This week we talk about Blogworld and the switch of networks.

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• Windows 7
  • Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala
• Droid
  • Motorola – Google
  • Focus on beating Razr sales first
  • Verizon needs to keep mouth shut
• Netflix on PS3 and soon Wii
  • Blockbuster needs to be concerned
• Roku
  • Leo Laporte
  • Completely different content
• Net Neutrality
  • Everybody equal
  • Devils advocate

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I – S.U.N. (Straight Up News)
Netflix Winners
3G Microtel
Depp leaves Pirates
22nm Intel chips by 2011
Cureton next NASA CIO
Push for iPhone GMail
Enable MMS on iPhone
Dell and Perot Health
-Facebook retiring beacon
-Facebook and Neilson
Space Foosball
Paypal Developer Challenge
MySpace Twitter
Bug Labs Wifi Base
eBay for Teachers
Can’t decide between Google or Bing?

II
The Home star Extra
Net Neutrality and the FCC
The Skype Conundrum

QOTW – Would you agree with Net Neutrality even if it slows down your Internet connection?
YouTubin: RUSH fails Rock Band

III
Yahoo selling Zimbra
Yahoo’s 100M QC
Drug Bust Wii Bowl

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I – S.U.N. (Straight Up News)
Intel SSD Faster – Also Cheaper
Medical iPhonejuana- I find two shops in the morning…
1984 on Kindle – No more eBook burning
Twitter Changes Movies – Siskel and Ebert
Foxconn Suicide – Wow.
Digg Bar Problem – Digging a hole through the earth…
No Black Wii – At least in US
Goodbye China – Sites go down
Vegas Goes WiMAX – Might be great for CES Coverage
reboot.fcc.gov
Safer to Drive Drunk – then cell phone use

II
-Apple Q2 Results – $900 Million Diffference from last year
-Microsoft Q2 Results – Thursday
–Microsoft off Soapbox
-Yahoo Q2 Results – Good, but not great
–Yahoo Revamps – Too little too late?
-TI Q2 – This is what matters

QOTW – Are Universal Chargers a Good Idea?

III
Palm Pre Returned – Defects on 1st gen Phone
Nebook Revolution – AT&T revamp
Why I am not Happy with AT&T

Extras:
ChiaKeyboard
Lightsaber Flashlight
USB Hellicopter
Microsofts’ Weirdest Patent

YouTubin
Twittaround

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New iPhone – Week 3 Summer of Podcasts – Should the bitrate be 64 or 96? – Should the podcast contain music? – Show Transcript? – My Interview

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I – S.U.N. (Straight Up News)
Bullish Windows 7 - Testers Wanted
Older WinMo Can Use App Store – Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1
HBO, Cinemax on Comcast – TVoE is coming…
-CBS is Joining – Hulu Hurting?
Netbooks to Double – The Disposable Computer
AT&T Not the Fastest – Verizon 3G is Faster?
Girl Txt Into a Hole – Parents Sue
USPS Goes Open Source
Designated Driver App – Dude. AGAIN!?!
Skinbook?
Cat Purrs Exploit – Awww. A cute kitten
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II
Free Version of Office – Online at least.
Apple Tablet - Possibility looks Good
Twitter as a Job Qualification

QOTW – Are Universal Chargers a Good Idea?

III
Google Helps Clouds – They bought the Stairway
Sony Says No to Activision – $400 PS3 may mean no Guitar Hero 55.
Kids Stop Watching TV Start Wii – Is this really better?

Extras:
Cosby Jello Shots
New Use for Old Circuits
WebsiteCollage
Sync iPhone with 2 Computers

YouTubin
Win95 on iPhone

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Shorter show because still at the old Place. I’ll tell you why – TVazine videos doing well – Weekend in Grand Rapids – Summer of Geekazine Contest going on. Win an Epson Artisan 700.

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I – S.U.N. (Straight Up News)
Android II – T-Mobile announcement
Apple Sued – Actus has Electronic Tokens
Kindle buys E-INK
Google’s new Search Appliance
News from E3
-PSPgo
-Wii Pacemaker
- Everyone wants to be a Wii – Natal

JOTW – Three lead programmers of Google decide to jump ship and apply at Yahoo. They tell Yahoo they have the ability to recapture the #1 search engine spot for Yahoo. Yahoo calls one of the programmers in and after 20 minutes, he walks out of the office all distraught. The other programmer turn to him and ask “What did they say?”. The programmer turns to them and replies – “They said they already got one”.

II
Shoe Google – Google taking on e-books
Bing – Microsoft Hits a Home Run
-Why Bing will Fail – What is a Discover Engine?

CTC – Scarpar
QOTC – Do you like Bing?

III
Twitter Spam – We’ve only just begun.
Win Tickets to Playboy Mansion

Extras:
NeatDesk – Paper trail to go away?
OCZ SSD – Up to a Terrabyte in size
QWERTY Handlebar grip
Iomega E-Go – 1 gig in 15 seconds
CarGo

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Last year our group interviewed this company. There has been a big change since then. The best part is you can get a skin that will fit your laptop so all you have to do is throw your laptop on top to charge.

Andy McCaskey talks with the folks over at Wildcharge to see the newest innovation. You can even put a desk lamp on the plate so you can see. Wii, PS3 and other devices are available.

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