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UberDorkCafe

• Will be THE place for Geeks to hang out
• What is UberDorkCafe? It is the brain child and DREAM of Natali, aka UberDorkGirlie from twitter, and it blends art + science = geek
• Place to hang, eat, have awesome kid parties (if thats your thing), or to get your gaming on
• Natali was nice enough to come on the show last week, and bear our presence. and tell us all about UberDorkCafe. We loved her voice so much that we brought her back this week to tell us what has gone on since last we talked
• Kickstarter site for UberDorkCafe, these places just don’t build themselves

Deals of the Week / New Releases

• 3TB hard drive now for sale, $250
  • ok, we’re talking about 3TB on one platter… just thought I would mention it

• Free Realms Free for the Weekend (@CustomPCMax)
  • Sure this is free in some areas but it is more of a freemium game than a f2p
  • Weekend to allow viewing of “paid” content including job classes and member items
  • SOE is the main purveyor of this MMO

• Steam Play it Safe Stay Inside Save Big SALE (JP)
  • sales every day from June 24th – July 4th
  • Different games on sale each 24 hours up to 75% off
  • Dragon Age, BioShock, Star Wars Galaxies (for $5)
  • The Valve Complete Pack (includes 22 games) for only $66.99 saving you $60.80 off normal price
  • Check back each day, but be sure to buy before July 4th!

Geek Speak

U.S. out of the space race

• Already the constellation program winding down, jobs being lost
• Does this mean that we are out of the space race?
• International agreement is hard to come by
• Has anyone seen the state of the U.N.?
• Intense commercialization = yet more of our tax dollars leaving the country…

Wonder Woman Gets A New Look (udg)

• Do we really need to fully remake classic heroines/heroes?
• Were they finally “listening to the female fans”?
• She needed to look like she was in “modern times.” With non functional gold spurs over spandex?
• (SM)The hottest hour of TV I’ve ever seen, “Bones” wore WW costume for the whole episode
• (SM) Don’t get me started, Seen the new Capt. America? (udg- I call that the “Polly Pocket Plastic” look)

Natali is going to be WW for halloween

Tech,Gaming, and Geek News

• white house backs wireless broadband plan (JP)
  • Effectively double the national wireless bandwidth
  • Mandates that 500 MHZ of new bandwidth for wireless be apportioned
  • Part to come from gov’t, part from the broadcasters
  • Old Analog signals took more bandwidth than the new digital
  • This coming on heels of NOT backing the FCC on their broadband play for network neutrality

• Android 2.2 released next week (SM)
  • Nexus one getting the update first
  • Better exchange support
  • Faster Performance
  • ability to be a wifi hotspot for other computers
  • 2.2 will support Flash 10.1 inherently

• Hack AT&T Voicemail With An Android (UDG)

• (udg) There are 2 caller ID spoofing apps for Android now
• (SM) Feel free to give a quick overview of what entails, basically to show how easy it is…
• AT&T knows about it. Their response basically “yeah we know, so put a password in.”

• Brits go Ga-Ga for Iphone 4 (SM)
  • 6 carriers offered….
  • One carrier = $45 a month, $149 for IPhone 4 (3) (Is This US dollars? I don’t think it has been converted.)
  • The point is, they’re going like hotcakes. U.S. = hokey

• IOS 4 Antenna problems (JP)
  
  • Some reporting that you need a case to get good reception
  • Lawsuit already filed in California (and Maryland and a couple other states)
  • Holding it from the bottom left seems to be a big reason
  • (Email) Jobs fix? Buy a case or don’t hold it “that” certain way
  • Iphone 4 Costs $188 to make (for the 16GB version and not to make, for the parts.)
    
    • Funny thing, this same thing existed with the other iPhones, and actually pretty much every other cell phone on the market… why is it such a big deal for this one? everyone is just looking for something to attack)

• AppleCare Product Description Leaks iWork for iPhone (UDG)

• (udg)Earlier “open in keynote” prompt leak
• Is Apple (quality control freaks) really getting that sloppy? (or is this free marketing??? hmmmm….coincidence? or special sauce? – jp)
• Already available for iPad
• Is it really an app you would use on your phone?

• Microsoft planning its own app store w/ Windows 8 (SM)

• Leak documents show that M$ is prepping for their own app store
• Wants in on the Apple cash bonanza
• Offerings for all platforms
• Everything hosted in the cloud
  • (JP) – is this too little too late? when you’re the last one ot the dinner table, how many scraps are left?

• Cisco Introduces Cius Tablet (UDG)

• (udg)”It’s a business tablet, not an iPad competitor”
• Name? Cisco + Us= “see us”
• Aimed at enterprise users, not consumers
• 7 inch touch screen tablet that runs the Android OS
• Works with 3G, 4G, WiFi and Bluetooth
• HD 720p video, weighs 1.15lbs, detachable 8 hour battery, Intel Atom 1.6-GHz processor
• Available 1st quarter 2011, “under $1,000″
• Focus seems to be mobile video conferencing unit

• Microsoft Kin is Dead, Long live the Kin (JP)
  • 6 weeks after the product launch, they fold the team
  • No European launch as planned this fall
  • Continue to work with Verizon to sell phones
  • Another phone spin-off bites the dust
    • Who is going to buy a phone that has absolutely no future, no team, no dev, no prospects? no shit?

• Bejeweled Vuvuzela sells for $20g
  • The annoying horn is now synonymous with the World Cup
  • White Gold and Diamond annoying horn is being sold to a Russian customer for $17k Euro
  • Works just as well as the cheap variety

• Strip Club Loses Welfare Cashing Privileges
  • Since 2007, various clubs across California have had cashing privileges
  • $12 grand of welfare cash has been dispensed at these locations
  • The Terminator has since terminated their privileges…
  • We all know the great food at these establishments were what that cash went for

• Chinese Companies Rent White Foreigners
  • Job Market might be bad here, but migrate to China, buy you a Suit and Tie, and you got a job
  • Face, we say in China, is more important than life itself,’ said Zhang Haihua, author of Think Like Chinese. ‘Because Western countries are so developed, people think they are more well off, so people think that if a company can hire foreigners, it must have a lot of money and have very important connections overseas. So when they really want to impress someone, they may roll out a foreigner.’ ‘
  • So Rent-A-Ferner in full effect in china
  • Don’t believe us, watch the CNN clip

Contact Info

• “Geeks Girls Exist” Panel on Thursday:
  • 5:30-6:30 Geek Girls Exist – Really? Kristin Rielly (Geek Girls Network – @geekgirls) leads a discussion about growing up geek, turning passions into careers, and who shot first. Representing the many awesome aspects of the geek culture, panelists Morgan Romine (The Frag Dolls), Bonnie Burton (The Star Wars Craft Book), Marian Call (Singer-Songwriter), Sarah Kuhn (One Con Glory), Jill Pantozzi (Has Boobs Reads Comics), Veronica Belmont (Qore), and Kiala Kazebee (GeekWeek) will school you on what it means to be a real geeky girl and even make you LOL IRL. Room 8
• Geek Tweet-Up on Friday:
  • Join the biggest Geek Tweet-Up event of all time on Friday, July 23rd from 8pm-11pm at Jolt ‘N Joes (Gaslamp location) in San Diego.Hosted by @geekgirls, @thenerdybird, and @geekgirldiva, this Tweet-Up is sure to be even bigger and better than NYC!

Sponsors

Wow4Cure.com

• Plans to play non-stop to level 40 and raise $10,000 for cancer
• Scheduled to take place Aug. 6th and they will continue playing if the donations keep coming
• Check out their website, we’ll talk more about them in the weeks to come