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The Power Geeks #65

by DarthMolen on Sep.01, 2010, under The Latest Shows

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We are LIVE on Ustream!!! This week we talk InterventionCon, Apple Media Press Conference, Commodore 64 rising from the ashes and MUCH MORE!!!

Items of Interest

  • Historic Nasa Pictures come to Flickr “Commons” (SM)
    • Nasa posts free pictures on Flickr Commons of some of the most historic moments in its history
    • a GREAT trip down memory lane for any space nuts out there
    • Goddard, JFK, Von Braun, LBJ, John Glenn, Lots of rockets and xp planes
      • (JP – What an awesome collection of pics… Geeks and space geeks alike should dig this!)

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  • first Piece revealed and accompanying t-shirt @hefnatron
  • Ellen campaign???
    • Both are available in the Android Market for Android devices running 1.5 or later
    • Lite is a free version (ad supported) with slightly limited functionality
    • Full version is only $1.99 USD  (On Sale till Midnight Monday Central for only $0.99 for Labor Day Sale!)
    • Go Buy it! or try it, then buy it!

Deals of the Week / New Releases

    • Originally aired 1960-62, hosted by Boris Karloff
    • Guests included Shatner, Richard Chamberlain and other soon to be stars
    • Many of the program’s writers, including such icons of the genre as Robert Bloch (“Psycho”) and Richard Matheson (“I Am Legend”)
  • Pinball FX2 comes to XBLA (SM)
    • Pinball? In this day and age? Original Pinball FX was one of the most bought and downloaded games on XBLA
    • FX2 is a “platform” meaning, you get the engine for free, you can import all your original FX boards and then the new boards come as content that u can purchase
    • New Achievements for old tables, Multiplayer support over XBLA, Leaderboards
    • (sm) Pinball tip of the week – Every Chuckie’s i’ve been to has 1 pinball machine for 1 token plays, boot the kids off it and camp the sucker

Geek Speak

  • Apple Event (JP)
  • iTunes 10 (available for download starting today)
    • New logo, few interface tweaks
    • Most of the new release’s focus is on Ping, a social network for music. “It’s like Facebook and Twitter meets iTunes,” Jobs said
    • iOS 4.1 announced, available next week
  • High Dynamic Range photos: The phone will take three photos in rapid succession — one at what the phone thinks is the normal image, one underexposed and the third overexposed. The image is then combined to create the high dynamic image. Mel Martin demonstrated the power of this type of program in July.
  • Bug fixes including those relating to the proximity sensor, Bluetooth and the iPhone 3G.
  • High-definition video upload over Wi-Fi.
  • TV show rentals and purchase
  • Game Center debut

New iPod Nano
It’s hip to be square. the newly introduced iPod nano finally dispenses with the wheel because now the control surface is the iPod touch. The new model is so small that like the newly announced iPod shuffle, it has a clip that allows it to be worn and has a 24-hour battery life.

What isn’t there: the video camera that was included in the last release of the nano a year ago.

Other features include:

  • VoiceOver
  • FM radio
  • Nike+ and pedometer

It comes in six colors, two more than the shuffle. It will cost $149 for 8GB and $179 for 16GB.
New Shuffle
The new iPod shuffle is smaller than the 2nd generation device and brings back buttons!
The new shuffle has a click wheel
It will hold 15 hours of music, is available in 4 colors and sells for US$49.
4th Gen iPod Touch
FaceTime. It isn’t just for iPhone any more.
Apple has just introduced a new generation of iPod touch with an new chip (the same A4 that powers the iPad and the iPhone 4), a better display (the iPhone 4′s double-resolution Retina display), and a built-in, front-facing camera that introduces FaceTime video conferencing capabilities.
a hefty refresh for an already great device,
lots of new features that really expand the way you can use the device.
newest iPod touch units bring nearly all of the iPhone magic to a Wi-Fi only platform.

Preorders start today, and they’ll be shipping within a week
Prices start at $229 for the 8GB version.

Tech,Gaming, and Geek News

  • Intel a Busy bee (SM)
    • First, the purchase of Mcafee for $7.68 billion
    • Now, Infineon’s wireless unit for $1+ billion
    • Who is Infineon? make certain Iphone / IPad parts
    • Even intel sees writing on wall and is scrambling to be relevant
    • Have agreed to pay the US govt $55 million to settle charges that it paid kickbacks to tech partners for recommending their products to federal agencies
    • This final agreement, announced Mon, by the Dept of Justice follows a tentative settlement earlier in the month where HP agreed “in principal” to resolve the case.
    • “Contractors must deal fairly with the government when doing business with federal agencies,” Tony West, assistant attorney general for the civil division of the Department of Justice, said in the statement. “As this case demonstrates, we will take action against those who seek to taint the government procurement process with illegal kickbacks.”
    • The case stretches back to 2004 when two whistleblowers–Norman Rille, then a senior manager with Accenture, and Neal Roberts, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers–filed a civil complaint alleging that HP had doled out kickbacks. The suit, which also included Sun Microsystems and Accenture, was launched under provisions of the False Claims Act (PDF) in which private citizens can file actions regarding fraud on behalf of the U.S. and share in any money recovered.
    • In 2007, the DOJ joined the investigation and charged that the defendants used affiliate relationships “to enrich themselves through a kickback scheme.”
    • The settlement also resolves charges that a 2002 contract between HP and the GSA was falsely priced because HP failed to provide complete information during negotiations with the government.
    • HP’s response to the whole thing? “HP denies engaging in any illegal conduct in connection with these matters. We believe it is in the best interest of our stakeholders to resolve the matter and move beyond this issue.”
  • Commodore 64 Rises from the Ashes (JP)
    • Commodore USA announced right to make branded computers 6 mos ago
    • Then promptly went back under that radar as a deal couldn’t be hammered out
    • Now popped back up with full blown computer hidden in a authentic commodore 64 shell, right down to the huge keys!
    • PC64, 4GB DDR3, SATA 1TB HDD, HDMI, Blu-Ray or DVD
    • Want more modern? Go w/ the Phoenix or Amigo
    • All OS’es (including Amiga emulation)
      • (JP – I want one!!!)
    • Snoop Dogg and Symantec’s Norton want you to show off your lyrical skills on the subject of cybercrime and enter the “Hack is Wack” cybercrime rap contest.
    • Contest ends Sept 30th. Upload your 2 min video at www.HackIsWack.com
    • Snoop is going make the initial call for entries through his Facebook account, Twitter and YouTube page
    • What’s the winner get?  RT airfare for 2 to Los Angeles along with two days and two nights hotel stay to meet with Snoop’s management and learn more about his business. You’ll also get two tickets to a Snoop Dogg concert and a new laptop pimped out with Norton Internet Security 2011.
    • The winner, to be announced on Oct. 20, 2010, will be selected based on overall creativity, rapping and performing skills, and delivery of a compelling anti-cybercrime message.
    • On Twitter? Use hashtag #SnoopNorton to look for and mark tweets about the contest.
      • (why does this Reel Big Fish song keep running through my head??? Sell out, with me tonight… sell out… JP)
  • PS3 3D Movie Support Pushed to October (SM)
    • Yeah, is that bated breath I hear?
    • Was scheduled for this month,
    • Put away your copy of Rainy with a side of meatballs, you have to wait til oct.
    • Will get pushed in a firmware upgrade
    • If you’ve held off buying Borderlands in the event they’d release a GotY Edt., you’re risk seems to have paid off.
    • Posting on Twitter, developer Gearbox Software has confirmed such a collection by tweeting “Borderlands Game of the Year Edition announced! Game + all FOUR DLCs and bonus map for 360, PS3, and PC. Available in October!”
    • As well as coming pre-patched with all the usual fixes that follow a game’s release, there’s the following four download content packs included:
  • The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned
  • Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot
  • The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
  • Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution
    • The only real unknown is what the bonus maps will be, but with an October release, there won’t be long to wait to find out.

Intarweb Goldmine

  • Press your ashes into Vinyl, put yourself on reverse… (UDG)
    • headstones are so last century
    • UK Company is offering to bake your ashes into a vinyl record
    • Record will have your own voice, favorite tunes, or last will and testament
    • They also offer R.I.V. custom artwork for the center, 24 mins of content
    • Yours for only 2,000 pounds
  • Woman Dr. Dies of asphysition in boyfriends chimney (JP)
    • Straight from the land of WTF
    • The doctor, involved in an “on-again, off-again” relationship, apparently tried to force her way into the home by sliding down the chimney, police said Tuesday. Her decomposing body was found there three days later.
    • While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit “to avoid a confrontation,” authorities said.
    • Who says Dr’s are some of the smartest people on the planet??  not me!
  • Proof that Golf is bad Joo Joo (SM)
    • I have PROOF that golfing can be bad for your health
    • guy in California swinging at a ball in the rough struck a rock
    • Sparks then set 25 acres ablaze
    • needed 150 firefighters to put out the blaze
    • I’d say that’s definitely a mulligan
    • His game was on FIYAH! Literally

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