Geek Bytes #1 – Here Is The News
Here we go! In this episode, Richard tells us about the new video releases, and other geek worthy news mentions around the net. Enjoy!
Episode 44.2 – Must See Movies, pt. 2 – Remember, it’s a musical…
Here it is, part 2 of our discussion on movies in our collections we think everyone should see.
No, you’re not getting the full list yet. I’ll post it on Monday 
Geek Bytes #000 – Apple’s iPad
Here we go, a sneak peek at a new feature: the Geek Bytes! This one’s all about the initial iPad news. Enjoy!
Episode 44.1 – Must See Movies
Hey look! A two-parter!
This week, the crew talks about the top 5 “Must See”: movies in their respective collections. Want a list? Well, you’ll just have to wait, now won’t you 
Part 2 will post in a couple of days.
Welcome a new Geek to the Life!
We just wrapped recording episode 44, and in it we have a new new geek who is leet with the movies. Welcome, Melissa, to our usual gang of geeks!
Episode 43: Is There A Plan B?
This week, the crew talks about their geek plans for 2010.
Links:
- Project 365
- The Twin Cities Develpoer’s Guild
- Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
- The Adventures of Indiana Jim
Episode 42: Win, Lose or Draw 2009
Here it is, our annual look at what we think are the winners and losers of 2009, along with a brief nod to the late Douglas Adams.
See you all next year!
Possibly the coolest PC design I’ve seen in years
Seriously…the round keys on the keyboard evoke the feel of the old manual typewriters. I’m sure the specs will suck, which is too bad…because I really want this!
Via Engadget.
Episode 41: Fern Gully Troopers
Sony Reader goes ePub December 11
Barnes and Noble Nook units starting to ship
Apple buys Lala
Dell creates new division for mobile phones and portable devices
Google Chrome beta for Mac and Linux released
Virgin Galactic unveiled SpaceShipTwo, plans commercial space flights for the uber-wealthy in 2011 (Waiting for regulatory approvals and building spaceport in New Mexico.)
FCC admits CableCard failed. Why? Since 2004, only 14 3rd party devices available, and generally are a pain to setup.
Apple does it again: new MacPro has 2TB hard drive option for $350, get ‘em from NewEgg for < $200
Verizon raised early termination fees up to $350 in some bases, FCC now asking them about it and how customers are notified about ti
Comcast of Borg wants to buy NBC Universal in deal with GE, will own 51%. FCC, FTC, Justice Dept staff see another 2 years guaranteed jobs.
Handbrake updated, supposedly faster compression with smaller file
This episode, the crew talks about:
- Movie, video and game releases
- Sony Reader goes ePub December 11
- Barnes and Noble Nook units starting to ship
- Apple buys Lala
- Dell creates new division for mobile phones and portable devices
- Google Chrome beta for Mac and Linux released
- Virgin Galactic unveiled SpaceShipTwo, plans commercial space flights for the uber-wealthy in 2011 (Waiting for regulatory approvals and building spaceport in New Mexico.)
- FCC admits CableCard failed. Why? Since 2004, only 14 3rd party devices available, and generally are a pain to setup.
- Apple does it again: new MacPro has 2TB hard drive option for $350, get ‘em from NewEgg for < $200
- Verizon raised early termination fees up to $350 in some bases, FCC now asking them about it and how customers are notified about it
- Comcast of Borg wants to buy NBC Universal in deal with GE, will own 51%. FCC, FTC, Justice Dept staff see another 2 years guaranteed jobs.
- Handbrake updated, supposedly faster compression with smaller file
Promo played: Geek Radio Daily
Episode 40: *And* I Got the T-Shirt!
This week, the crew talks about:
- Video releases
- Game releases
- Rumor, WalMart selling Magnavox profile 1.1 BD player on Black Friday for $78, Sony & Samsung profile 2 models for $148
- But Roku delivers more smackdown: rolling out update adding new content channels Pandora, Facebook Photos, Revision3, Mediafly, TWiT, blip.tv, Flickr, FrameChannel, Motionbox and MobileTribe.
- Rogue Amoeba publically leaves iPhone App store over frustration with approval process (follows Justin Williams after Google Voice rejection). Devs went back to Mac development where speed bumps to sales don’t exist.
- Public betas for Office 2010, Project 2010, Visio 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 are now public and on MSDN/Technet.
- Woops! Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 (all versions) have a flaw in SMB File Sharing. Attack can cause target computer to lock up. No patch yet available.
- Woops! Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7 have a remote code execution vulnerability. IE 8 is not affected. Time to update if you haven’t already.
- Microsoft publically released SDK for Surface, $10,000 table not included
- Windows 8 rumored for release in 2012. 3 years, no duh. Perhaps they’ll make it this time.
- Square Trade annual laptop repair survey: Asus had fewest repairs in 2 and 3 years, followed by Toshiba and Sony. Apple came fourth. HP was dead last, just after Gateway/Acer. HP failure rate over 3 years: 25%. Netbooks more likely to fail by 20%. (link)
- More Drobo: Drobo S adds a fifth drive bay and can withstand 2 drive failures, adds eSATA support. $799 with no drives.
- Makes sense: Sergey Brin says Android and Chrome OS will likely converge over time. Don’t suppose you could…plan that or show a road map?
- AdMob claims that 75% of web traffic on web sites comes from iPhone and Android.
- Large Hadron Collider operations, “We have captured it! First circulating beam of 2009!”, and we’re still here to talk about it.
- Anniversary of Origin of the Species and Lucy.
- Opinion: Apple can’t have it both ways
- Geek Peeks:
- Richard: Left 4 Dead 2
- Mike: Mandelbulb (link)
Promo: The Leviathan Chronicles
