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Hey listeners!

For those wondering what is going on, I didnt podcast last week because I was in San Francisco most of the week.  A show for last friday was prepped but never recorded.  I will likely record it today and go ahead and release it even though its almost a week old.

Since I am nearly a week behind, I am going to do something a bit different for this week.  I will do a show tomorrow (Friday) that will be more of a roundup of news from the entire week rather than just one day.  I will also be posting multiple cool links of the day to make up for the days that were missed.  I will also be trying to do a Global Geek News podcast by weeks end as well for those interested in checking that out.

Starting next week, thing will be back to normal.  I will also be introducing a new feature next week.  Not only will there be a cool link of the day, but a bargain of the day.  Every day, I will be posting a link to a bargain for a random tech product.  Everything from cheap hard drives to cheap GPS units, you will get a link to something cool that you might need but at a price that will save you money compared to getting it somewhere else.  This of course is also more incentive to visit the website and comment on the show

-Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray

Here are the show highlights for episode #36 of the Geek News Daily podcast for September 4, 2008.

• Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio TZ laptops for overheating
• PS3 firmware update to bring high-quality voice chat
• PSP-3000 actually has the same battery life as the current PSP
• 200,000 core supercomputer to be built
• Google Co-Founder expects Chrome like browser for Android
• BBC planning music download service
• Serious security flaw in Google Chrome
• Google changing Chrome’s EULA after controversy erupts
• Picasa 3.0 launches with facial recgonition
• Sony and PNY releasing Ghostbusters on a flash drive
• New iPod Nano and iPod Touch dimensions revealed?
• Windows 7 aiming for 15 second boot times?
• Samsung:  Blu-ray will be dead in 5 years

Cool Link of the Day: Photoflow

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #36

Here are the show highlights for episode #35 of the Geek News Daily podcast for September 3, 2008.

• DirectTV pulls head out of butt and announces a new DirectTV HD Tivo for next year
• Apple & AT&T sued for selling too many iPhone 3Gs
• AT&T experiences major data outage on East Coast
• Cellphone charger causes blaze in Delaware
• 7 Prisoners have surgery to remove cellphones stuck “up there”
• P2P traffic drops as streaming video grows in popularity
• GetClicky Analytics Service says Google Chrome accounts for nearly 2% of browser traffic.
• Appeals court smacks down judge for relying on Wikipedia
• Washington State court deals blow to one-sided EULAs
• Metallic silver Nintendo DS coming September 7

Cool Link of the Day: The Styrobot wants to rule your cups and packaging

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #35

Here are the show highlights for episode #34 of the Geek News Daily podcast for September 2, 2008.

• Walmart discontinues 80GB and 4GB Zunes?  120GB Zune priced?
• Apple event set for Sept 9 as rumored
• Warez ringleader gets probation after guilty plea
• Microsoft gets patent for page up / page down
• Study: 88% of IT Pros would steal passwords or data if fired
• Hulu premiering shows before television broadcast
• PSP getting a Wi-Fi store
• iPhone web share grows to 0.48%
• The first letter in your email could determine the amount of spam you get
• Google’s Chrome browser launches

Cool Link of the Day:  USB can-shaped humidifier

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #33

Here are the show highlights for episode #33 of the Geek News Daily podcast for August 29, 2008.

• PSP-3000 gets worse battery life, Sony tries to make up for it
• Kevin Mitnick tells all in upcoming book
• Comcast confirms 250GB data cap starting October 1
• No new Kindle this year
• Android Market will not require approval for applications
• YouTube adds closed captioning
• Mozilla extends deal with Google for 3 years
• Users causing iPhone reception problems
• Leaked Apple patent filing shows multitouch Mac tablet
• Pro gamers are doping too
• Xbox 360 goes Coin-op

Cool Link of the Day:  Mythbusters create 1,100 barrel paintball gun to paint the Mona Lisa instantly

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #33

Here are the show highlights for episode #32 of the Geek News Daily podcast for August 28, 2008.

• New algorithm boosts network efficiency
• Study: DRM a major barrier to e-textbook adoption
• IE8 Beta released to the public
• Microsoft’s Live Search Cashback idea fails to help its market share
• New numbers on European internet growth
• Diary.com - Scrapbooking For The Twitter Generation?
• U.K. Advertising Standards Authority pulls misleading iPhone ad
• Cisco improves WebEx with $215 million acquisition of e-mail company PostPath
• RIAA wins P2P case after defendant reformats hard drive

Cool Link of the Day:  Amazing things can be done in MS Paint

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #32

Here are the show highlights for episode #31 of the Geek News Daily podcast for August 27, 2008.

• Microsoft says a 120GB Zune is coming
• Opentape invites the RIAA to play whack-a-mole post-Muxtape
• The WB comes back to life as a Hulu competitor
• AT&T adds two international data plans for the iPhone, still expensive
• iPhone 3Gs outnumber 1st Gen iPhones
• iPhone Dev Team releases PwnageTool 2.0.3 to jailbreak 2.0.2 firmware
• Amazon’s Kindle gets $100 discount in Chase promotion
• Network notary system thwarts man-in-the-middle attacks
• Google Suggest finally makes its debut

Cool Links of the Day:  Wii Balance Board controls Roomba &  Treadmills used to play WoW

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #31

Here are the show highlights for episode #30 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for August 25, 2008:

• Apple to Pump Out 45 Million iPhones in the Next 12 Months
• Acer Drops Price of Aspire One
• Register to Vote on Your Xbox 360
• Firefox to Get Massive JavaScript Performance Boost in 3.1 Update
• OpenClip Killed by Apple
• Digg Introduces Digg Dialogg
• RideTheCity.com, Using Google Maps to Make Biking Safe
• EA Sport Boss Criticizes Plans to Sue File-Sharers

Cool Link of the Day: Wooden Animal USB Drives

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #30

Here are the show highlights for episode #29 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for August 21, 2008:

• Jott Leaves Beta, Continues to be Awesome
• RadioShack Flyer Indicates Xbox 360 Price Cuts on Elite, Arcade Systems
• Microsoft Buys Another $100m in Certificates from Novell
• Intel Announces Dual Core Atom, Chains it to 945C Chipset
• Apple Hit with Class Action Lawsuit Over iPhone 3G Flakiness
• Microsoft Enlists Seinfeld, Gates to Battle “Get A Mac” Ads
• Comcast to Throttle Heavy Users by up to 20 Minutes

Cool Link of the Day: Blackberry Bold vs. iPhone Web Browser Showdown

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #29

Here are the show highlights for episode #28 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for August 20, 2008:

• Sony Unveils 160GB PS3, Starts Shipping 80GB PS3
• Sony Announces PSP-3000
• Sony PS3’s VidZone Service Offers Free Music, Videos
• Playstation 3 Keypad Brings Thumb Typing to the PS3
• Palm Releases Treo Pro
• JustHackIt Launches
• Hulu Hits 100 Million Streams, 3.2 Million Uniques
• Copy and Paste for the iPhone
• 7,000 British Game Pirates Sued for $557 USD

Cool Link of the Day: A Man Sized Guitar Hero Portable

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #28