Botnets After Your Phone
Google and IBM profits soar. Android phone has a remote kill switch. Meanwhile, the phone is already getting bad reviews. No video? Gmail went down for a day. Google fighting lawsuit in Germany. Copyright stuff going to get worse before it gets better. Steve Ballmer ran Yahoo stock and down. The Microsoft FAST group busted in Norway. Botnets coming at your cell phone soon. Iomega has 1TB NAS for $300.
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/129128/tech5-129128-10-16-2008.mp3]
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Apple Says NO to Blu-ray
McCain’s campaign videos constantly yanked from YouTube as someone sends in bogus DMCA take down notice. Obama putting himself into video games. Huge Spambot net shut down. Apple says no to Blu-Ray. Sharp, meanwhile, will have a Blu-ray recorder in a new TV. Garriott in space! Open Office 3 now native to Mac. Intel earning said to be both good and bad. Vodaphone wants tiered Internet.
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/129020/tech5-129020-10-15-2008.mp3]
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Windows 7 to be Called Windows 7
No aliens have landed. Apple shows new versions of MacBooks. Apple goes to the LED displays finally. Microsoft finally gives Windows 7 a name! LCD to be huge market by 2012. Doing Google searches may improve brain function. Yeah, right. Free wireless broadband takes a turn. Have patch releases sunk Microsoft stock? Researcher says yes. Google web accelerator not working. Samsung plans to re-enter the USA PC market. God, why?
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/128886/tech5-128886-10-14-2008.mp3]
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New Open Office Released
RIM may be acquired according to rumor. AMD says no action against it for anti-trust accusations. Oracle will continue buying spree. Cell phone celebrates its 25th anniversary. CBS throwing in with YouTube. T-Mobile ordering up 1.5 million G1 Android Google phone. Richard Garriott to go into outer space. Open Office 3.0 appears to be a big hit. Congress pushes RIAA Copyright Czar bill, Bush signs it.
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/128752/tech5-128752-10-13-2008.mp3]
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Apple Will Show New Notebook. $800?
Extinction watch continues. Tech stocks are down but IBM looks good. Apple will show a new Macbook. Palin hacker pleads innocence.. Google all over the news with new advertising schemes. Cripes! Google eye in the sky taking pics of everything from space. Yahoo investors seeking a savior? Yang seen in NYC.
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/128188/tech5-128188-10-09-2008.mp3]
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