January 2008

Here are the show highlights for episode #19 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for January 31, 2008:

• Apple TV (take 2) update delayed
• Apple’s MacBook Air is officially shipping
• Amazon strengthens its digital hand with $300 million purchase of Audible
• PirateBay hit with legal action
• Firefox share up over 20% in Europe
• Garmin announces the Nuvifone
• Acer gobbles up 75% of Packard Bell
• Internet outage hits two continents
• Widgetbox secures #8 million in Series B funding

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #19

Here are the show highlights for episode #18 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for January 30, 2008:

• 40Mbps DSL? Rim Semi claims high speeds at long distances
• eBay changes fee structure to drive growth
• BlogTV signs strategic deal with ICQ
• Format War II: HDMI wins the other format war, sorry DVI
• Cisco unveils new switch
• Spambots can now fool CAPTCHA tests
• RIAA wants to increase filesharing damages to $1.5 million an album
• Dell closes all 140 US mall kiosks

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #18

Here are the show highlights for episode #17 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for January 29, 2008:

• Cobalt blue Nintendo DS arriving next month
• LG Rumor phones get firmware update
• P2P users blast Comcast in FCC proceeding
• TechCrunch endorses Barack Obama and John McCain
• Germans may soon have zero access to online file sharing
• Digg nearly tripples registered users in a year
• European court decides filesharers should stay anonymous
• Ustream.TV chosen to live stream the Republican National Convention

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #17

Here are the show highlights for episode #16 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for January 28, 2008:

• Researchers announce ‘100%’ accuracy in facial recgonition
• Antipiracy investigators un afoul in Swiss law in P2P sweep
• eBay acquires Fraud Sciences for $169 million
• Major labels deny signing deals with Qtrax, downloading music via P2P still illegal
• The LEGO brick turns 50
• UK education group: Keep the Wii out of PE class
• Windows 7 isnt headed for 2009, says Microsoft. More like 2011
• XPFS mouse and keyboard adapter now available for the PS3
• Diggnation to be shown on Virgin America flights

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #16

Here are the show highlights for episode #15 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for January 24, 2008:

• Soutwest Airlines testing satellite broadband internet access
• American Airlines to join mile-high WiFi club
• Goodbye, 30-second song clips. Last.fm offers limited full-track streaming and moves towards subscriptions
• FTC defents Ethernet, forces patent troll back under bridge
• Facebook IM client Social.im now available for Mac
• ICANN issues plea for liberty
• Uh oh: Microsoft says Vista is more secure than XP, OSX and Linux
• Yahoo may offer DRM-free music for free
• Virgin Galactic unveils spaceships that will take passangers up in space

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #15

Here are the show highlights for episode #14 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for January 23, 2008:

• Internet Explorer 8 to have 3 rendering engines
• W3C releases the first draft of HTML 5
• Microsoft rolls out Zune 2.3 software update
• Apple records record $1.58B profit
• KDE going cross-platform with Windows and Mac OS X support
• iPhone’s 1.1.3 update is ready for SDK applications
• Sony delays Skype PSP and microphone launch indefinitely
• Blu-ray players grab 93% of market after Warner went Blu

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #14

Here are the show highlights for episode #13 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for January 22, 2008:

• Mac OS X 10.5.2 update now said to be packing nearly 100 fixes
• The Sierra Club proposes video game and TV tax
• Travel organizer Tripit goes social
• Ebay’s Meg Whitman steps down after decade as CEO
• Eyeball-implanted camera patent may bring electronic vision one day
• HBO joins movie download derby
• Intel offers first dual-core Celeron processor
• IP addresses could become “personal information” in Europe

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #13

Here are the show highlights for episode #12 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for January 18, 2008:

• New Blu-Ray 2.0 spec makes PS3 the most future-proof player
• Bloggers suffer major outage, not happy
• FCC to test new “white space” wireless broadband devices
• Anti-spammer fined $60K for DNS lookup ‘hack’
• Myspace Russia launches; Myspace Turkey coming
• Yahoo asks employees to turn in computers
• US approves standards to keep electric grid hacker-free
• $70,000 industrial robot modded to fire flameballs

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #12

Here are the show highlights for episode #11 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for January 17, 2008:

• Exonerated RIAA defendant scores double victory in court
• Storm Worm: A Valentines gift that keeps on giving
• Yahoo Implements OpenID
• Loopt launches mobile location based application platform
• Confirmed: Watch iTunes rentals forever!
• Vulnerability turns MS Excel into open door for hackers
• YouTube taunt results in weapons arrest
• YouTube marketshare increases but the market stays widespread

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #11

Here are the show highlights for episode #10 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for January 16, 2008:

• Microsoft seeks patent on office “spy” software
• Amazon’s free shipping costing €1,000 per day in France
• Sun to acquire mySQL
• Spore is coming to Mac in 2008
• Dreamhost overbills customers $7.5 Million; Uses Homer Simpson to deliver apology
• Panasonic EVOLTA: “The longest lasting AA battery in the world”
• Microsoft takes 10 years to close support ticket

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #10