Geek News Daily Podcast

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

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

Here are the highlights for Geek News Daily Show #28 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

Here are the highlights for Geek News Daily Show #27 for March 12, 2008: Sceintists demo freaky new hacking target: pacemakers TiVo getting YouTube YouTube's new APIs open the site to external apps Judge to Viacom: No punitive damages in YouTube case Yahoo in discussions to join Google's OpenSocial 100,000 Apple iPhone SDKs downloaded so far iPhone Dev Team jailbreaks firmware 2.0...before it's out! Intel confirms 160GB solid-state drives to be unveiled soon

Here are the highlights for Geek News Daily show #26 for February 28, 2008: Researchers transmit optical data at 16.4 Tpbs over 1,500 miles Sprint finally offers $99 'Simply Everything' flate rate calling plan It took 16 months, but Google relaunches Jotsport Google Docs gets a visual overhaul, now more Office like LinkedIn revamps design, adds status updates Vista starts spotting activation cracks PayPal warns: Steer clear of Apple's Safari browser BBC broadcasting Rugby Six Nations match in 3D Cool Link of the Day: USB fan made out of a CD

Here are the highlights for the Geek News Daily podcast Show #25 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

Here are the highlights for show #24 for February 26, 2008: Bad flavor: ICANN, Network Solutions sued for domain tasting Mochila now lets you add BBC videos to your blog FCC head says action possible on web limits Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro get refreshed with faster CPUs, multi-touch Toshiba speeds 1.8" drives up to 5400rpm Kids don't like CDs: iTunes Store now #2 music retailer E-Tickets only starting June 1 Google Talk adds a Chatback widget

Here are the stories for show #23 of the Geek News Daily podcast. The news is from February 25, 2008: Insecure routing redirects YouTube to Pakistan Video game firm EA bids $2 billion for Take-Two Rumor: New MacBook Pro model to be announced tomorrow Bloglines suffers major outage MetaRAM quadruples DDR2 DIMM capacities, launches 8GB DIMMs LinkedIn goes mobile Adobe launches AIR Xbox to stop making HD DVD add-on

Here are the highlights for Geek News Daily #22 for February 11, 2008: Starbucks: AT&T bringing free Wi-Fi to Starbucks (finally!) Clear Channel to FCC: XM/Sirius is illegal, but let's deal Yahoo's official response is: Nohoo! More Cashoo! Microsoft buys Danger Wal-Mart gets dirt cheap on digital-to-analog TV converters Bluetooth to piggyback on Wi-Fi Netflix chooses Blu-ray format over HD-DVD Polarioid technology fades out

Here are the highlights for Geek News Daily #21 for February 7, 2008: Repairs under way; explanation elusive on cable failures IMB shrinks Cell to 45nm. Cheaper PS3s to follow OpenID welcomes Microsoft, Google, Verisign and IBM Google launches localized news service You've stalked your friends, now get a newsfeed from your family Microsoft buys Caligari to pimp Virtual Earth Consumers can scan bank deposits at home Cellphone flasher gets small fine, large public humiliation

Show highlights for episode #20 for February 5, 2008: Gartner: 80% of commercial apps to use open source by 2012 IFPI sues Baidu, Yahoo China over deep linking mp3s Wireless chip-on-a-band-aid to monitor patients from home Fring adds file-swapping to its mobile VoIP app Podcasts taking off(again): eMarketer Official: 16GB iPhone available and 32GB iPod touch --both $499 Fourth undersea cable cut near UAE, suspicions rise AOL acquires affiliate network to boost ad platform

Here are the highlights for show #19 from 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

Here are the headlines for 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

Here are the topics covered in Geek News Daily #17 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

Here are the headlines for 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

Here are the stories covered in 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

Here are the headlines for 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

The topics for the Geek News Daily podcast for Tuesday, January 22 2008 are: 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

Here are the highlights for Geek News Daily #12 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

Here are the topics discussed in 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