• Apple stopped multitouch on Android
• Twitter to possibly start charging companies for extra features
• Teens spend 31 hours a week online
• McCartney says labels are stopping the Beatles from coming to iTunes
• Sirius XM looks to be going bankrupt
• 40% of tv stations will abandon analog broadcasts next week
• Add your location to your signature in Gmail
• Authors Guild claims the Kindle 2 text-to-speach is illegal
• Study finds terrible conditions at Microsoft, Dell ODM factory
• New iPhone App DRM claims to thawrt pirates…for now
• Microsoft gives Vista approval for the ION platform
• Dianne Feinstein hopes to kill net neutrality in stimulus bill
• Driver using laptop kills a family of 6

Cool Link of the Day:  Astroid PC case mod

Bargain of the Day:  Corsair Flash Voyager 8GB USB drive for $8.99 AR

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #47

Podcast Feed:

• Verizon jumps on the femtocell bandwagon
• Watch the Presidential Inauguration online
• Inauguration to bring cell networks to their knees
• Don’t commit a felony and then google the crime
• Blackberry app store accepting applications
• TechCrunch shows off internet tablet prototype
• Study:  Filesharing has positive economic effects
• Microsoft SkyBox to be the Mobile Me of Windows Mobile
• Judge: 17,000 downloads does not equal 17,000 lost sales
• 37% of P2P users say they would ignore disconnection threats

Cool Link of the Day:  Stealth bomber shaped motorcycle

Bargain of the Day:  13 Months of Xbox Live for $30

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #45

Podcast Feed:

• Restaurateur tracks down bill dodgers on Facebook
• Gmail comes to Google Desktop
• Google Earth used in Indian terrorist attacks
• gOS “Cloud” instant-on OS comes to Gigabyte touchscreen netbook
• Mac hits record 8.87% internet share, Windows drops below 90%
• Firefox passes 20% market share while IE drops below 70%
• Pownce bought by Six Apart, to be shut down in 2 weeks
• People buy used computers to salvage Windows XP
• Boeing airborne laser weapon fires for the first time
• Nokia won’t buy Yahoo!
• Apple tells users they need antivirus software
• Xbox 360 outsells PS3 3:1 on Black Friday

Cool Link of the Day:  USB floppy disk concept

Bargain of the Day: Garmin Nuvi 270 for $129.99

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #42

• Microsoft and Yahoo in talks for $20 billion deal
• Despite reports, the Apple App Store has not reached 10,000 apps
• Netflix challenges hackers to come up with a better recommendation engine for $1 million
• Blockbuster’s OnDemand service coming to Blu-ray players
• Super secret London tunnel for sale
• Refurbished Kindles show up for $360
• Study:  Internet searches boost the brain
• Windows 7 to allow graphics acceleration from the CPU
• Vista SP2 set for an April launch to manufactures?
• Idiots call Wrath of the Lich King fastest selling game of all time

Cool Link of the Day:  Backyard observatory rivals Hubble’s images

Bargain of the Day:  Ebay selling a 2009 Corvette and more for a starting bid of $1 and FREE shipping!

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #41

• Tennessee anti-p2p law to cost colleges over $13 million
• Netflix now streams movies to the Xbox 360
• Sony blocking Xbox 360 Netflix movie streaming
• Sony PSP-3000 hacked
• Malicious computer software to peak on Monday
• Microsoft dropping prices on flash based Zunes
• Judge throws out Psystar’s anti-trust case against Apple
• NASA successfully tests interplanetary Internet
• Apple OSX Snow Leopard to be available in Q1 2009?
• PC Magazine is shutting down
• Brits would rather have Internet than cars

Cool Link of the Day:  Yankee Stadium in Legos

Bargain of the Day:  Woot Off!

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #40

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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