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Geek News Daily #35 for September 3, 2008

Posted on September 3, 2008 by pcnerd37

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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

Geek News Daily #34 for September 2, 2008

Posted on September 2, 2008 by pcnerd37

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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

Geek News Daily #33 for August 29, 2008

Posted on August 29, 2008 by pcnerd37

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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

Geek News Daily #32 for August 28, 2008

Posted on August 28, 2008 by pcnerd37

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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

Geek News Daily #31 for August 27, 2008

Posted on August 27, 2008 by pcnerd37

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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

Geek News Daily #29 for August 21, 2008

Posted on August 21, 2008 by pcnerd37

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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

Geek News Daily #28 for August 20, 2008

Posted on August 20, 2008 by pcnerd37

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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

Geek News Daily #25 for February 27, 2008

Posted on February 27, 2008 by pcnerd37

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Here are the show highlights for episode #25 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for February 27, 2008:

• EU to Microsoft: Not open enough. Imposes $1.4 Billion fine
• Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 bundle announced
• Study: FPS deaths provide sweet relief to victims
• Pakistan lifts YouTube ban
• Microsoft glitch cuts access to e-mail, messenger
• MoFuse instantly converts sites for the iPhone
• Microsoft picks up Israeli ad-targeting software startup YaData for a reported $20-30 million
• Apple event for the iPhone SDK: March 6th

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #25

Geek News Daily #14 for January 23, 2008

Posted on January 23, 2008 by pcnerd37

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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

Geek News Daily #8 for January 14, 2008

Posted on January 14, 2008 by pcnerd37

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Here are the show highlights for episode #8 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for January 14, 2008:

• Google beefs up iPhone interface
• New Apple Mac Pro with eight cores
• U.S. courts to consider legality of laptop inspections
• EU launches new Microsoft anti-trust probe
• “iPod Tax” smacked down in Canada
• EFF tries to squash labels “making available” claims
• Mininova turns 3
• Google boots IncrediMail; stock price plummets

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #8