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The Power Geeks #55
by DarthMolen on Jun.25, 2010, under Tech News
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(Live on UStream) We will be talking Internet Kill Switch, Internet Protocol Droids, E-Reader Price Wars, Digital Comics, and of course Megan Fox (oh yeah).(Click here to download edited show | unedited show)
Gold Sponsors:
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- 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
- SteamPunk meets Geekery on Etsy, or TechPunk (iKDR)
- USB Typewriter doc for iPad
- Very cool, old school not quite steampunkish but easily could be made into one item!!!
- Free Open Terminal app for MAC (JP)
- This is one of the tiniest most useful applications I have found in a long time. This is one of those things that should be a no brainer, but isn’t
- What does this do? in a nutshell it opens your current folder from finder in terminal
- don’t know/ don’t care.. then this isn’t for you… this is for the most geekiest among us. If it’s for you, hit the show notes and grab this free and awesome little app
- SGU contest from one of our listeners (JP)
- Chuck from Maryland is having a contest on Twitter every Friday Beginning Friday, 25 June 2010, 12PM ET, He will be sponsoring a contest for fellow Stargate Universe (SGU) fans via Twitter to win a free $10 Amazon.com Gift Certificate.
- This week’s contest:
- One of his favorite actors on Stargate Universe is Brian J. Smith who portrays 1LT Matthew Scott. Show producers and writers have so far not announced a middle name for his chracter.So, he is turning to his fellow fans. If you could suggest a middle name to SGU writers for 1LT Matthew Scott, what would it be?
- How to enter the contest:1. Follow him on Twitter www.twitter.com/cmpaugh2. Tweet your suggestion (replacing the name Bob with the name you have chosen) using the following format: 1LT Matthew Scott’s middle name should be Bob #1LTSCOTT #SGU @CMpaugh @brianjacobsmith3. One random winner will be selected from posts made between 12PM and 6PM ET on Firday, 25 June 2010 using the required format.4. Winner will have an Amazon.com electronic gift certificate code Direct Messaged to him/her on Twitter in the amount of $10 at 8PM ET of the same evening.5. Winner agrees to have his/her name Tweeted as the contest winner.
Please note: I am not in any way employed by MGM, the Stargate franchise, nor any other individual/corporation associated with Stargate Universe. This contest is for fun only and does not in any way imply that SGU will even consider using the winner’s suggestion.
Geek Speak
Get ready for a soapbox… (SM)
- will allow the president to order compliance from broadband providers, search engines, or software firms
- exact wording: “shall immediately comply with any emergency measure or action developed” by the Department of Homeland Security. Anyone failing to comply would be fined.
- Form a new portion of the Homeland Defense Department: 2 deputy directors, liaisons with DD, JD, CD, and NI
- power to monitor all portions of the Internet that are within the U.S. and other portions that might affect the US (which is everything)
- Here’s the big question: How will crippling every business in the USA (and the world) by disconnecting the Internet help against cyber terrorism
-Concerns: TechAmerica, probably the largest U.S. technology lobby group, said it was concerned about “unintended consequences that would result from the legislation’s regulatory approach” and “the potential for absolute power.” And the Center for Democracy and Technology publicly worried that the Lieberman bill’s emergency powers “include authority to shut down or limit Internet traffic on private systems.”
- Not first time. August 2 different bills were introduced with their own kill switches….
-Lieberman’s impetus for this whole bill:
“For all of its ‘user-friendly’ allure, the Internet can also be a dangerous place with electronic pipelines that run directly into everything from our personal bank accounts to key infrastructure to government and industrial secrets,” he said. “Our economic security, national security and public safety are now all at risk from new kinds of enemies–cyber-warriors, cyber-spies, cyber-terrorists and cyber-criminals.”
- One small assurance: cannot be used to conduct surveillance
Immortal sunglasses (JP)
- GReat concept – never miss an event by being preoccupied with taping it… skydiving, mountain biking, your kids ballgame. it records everywhere you look!
- with it’s built in 3MP video camera, 25 frames per second. 4GB of storage built in (3hrs of footage)and interchangeable lenses (unfortunately not waterproof though)
- Great concept, but in actuality???… can anyone see anything wrong with this??? It tapes everything you look at??!?!?!
- (Don’t steal my line here!) How many divorces will this fuel… Your honor exhibit A shows the defendants clearly wandering eye… repeatedly looking at breasts and asses of other kids mothers while at his childs sporting event….
Tech,Gaming, and Geek News
- K-Mart , Sears debuting streaming media service
- Following Best Buy and Wal-Mart’s lead an pre-loading a streaming client on all their tvs and blu-ray players
- Will be using the same back-end as Best-Buy “Roxio-Now”
- Claim over 5,000 “new” releases
- What does this really mean? (SM: The big chains see the eventual end of the line for physical media and are investing in alternate tech)
- Will be available for the holiday season
- Looked to me like Blockbuster bought out DVD Play as well. their machines have been re-branded (JP)
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Futurama Finally (iKDR)
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“Good News Everyone” the Futurama One-Hour Premiere: Thursday 10pm / 9c
- After a devastating spaceship crash, the Professor attempts to resuscitate the crew with his birth machine. Later, Leela and Zapp Brannigan find themselves stranded on an Eden-like planet …where I’m sure tons of innappropriateness will ensue!! -iKDR
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- Verizon hints at axing unlimited data plans (SM)
- Following the precedence of AT&T, looking to limit bandwidth for end users
- Their goal is 80% smartphone usage on their network (600 – 800 MB per month is avg per smartphone user)
- Upgrading to 4g but claim that the capacity isn’t limitless
- FCC clears Verizon to sell Licenses to AT&T
- Mostly in the middle US this will help beef up AT&T’s much beaten upon network
- FCC clears Verizon to sell Licenses to AT&T
- Command line for the Internet (JP)
- Anybody remember Lynx???
- Command line tool for YouTube, Blogger, and Picasa, and the Google Apps sites of Docs, Calendar, and Contacts.
- Goosh (Web based command line tool for google), Goose (command line search utility for google)
- Do you think there’s still room for tools such as this in the Web 2.0 days?
- (JP) useless to the average user, but to a power user for automation this is SuhhhhWeeet!
- C3PO 1 step closer to reality (SM)
- Many years running the unmanned vehicles competition
- Sony Aibo and QRIO, Now the Hitachi EMIEW 2
- What do they want him for? A PROTOCOL DROID!!! No lie!
- Can pick voices out of a crowded room, better navigation features over a cluttered floor
- Hitachi expects Emiew to be used in facilities like offices and hospitals in the future, performing duties like surveillance and guiding visitors
- Get the name: Excellent Mobility and Interactive Existence as Workmate
- A PROTOCOL DROID! (JP – shouldn’t it be shiny and gold?? and prissy?)
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From the same company that makes toothbrush sanitizers comes the gadget sanitizer that can “rinse” an iPhone with UV light and kill all those geek cooties.
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It works with more than iPhones, fitting most phones, MP3 players and even Bluetooth headsets, and will be on sale in October for $50
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- E-Reader Price War
- $199 / $149 for the Nook…
- This after a $189 reduction to the Kindle
- Border’s also has an e-reader, the Kobo, and it also got a price cut… kinda ($149 + $20 gift card + double points)
- All of these use basically the same eink screen
- Price pressure because of IPad???? (well Duh.. it has sold over 3Million units in the first
- Over 40? Old and Grey (SM)
- In a company with over 20,000 employees, less than 200 are over 40….
- How many older IT ppl do you know? Is IT a young persons game?
- (maybe bring up possible age discrimination lawsuit)
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- Ubisoft revealed that it is producing a new music and rhythm video game featuring Michael Jackson.
- Their deal with the Jackson estate will allow it to include a bunch of famous titles including “Beat It” and “Billie Jean.”
- The untitled game, which is scheduled to come out this year, will allow players to learn and copy some of Jackson’s most famous dance moves, as well as sing along as they already do in games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero: World Tour.
- learn to moonwalk and grab your crotch like a pro – iKDR
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- “Let me clarify this, because this is a very thin line I’m walking here [by] letting you say that I have comic book credibility or nerd credibility,” Fox explained to MTV News. “Because that world is an elitist world — the comic book world. And I don’t have the extensive rolodex that most of them have. I’m saying that aloud.”
- “I grew up loving mainstream comics like ‘X-Men,’ ‘Gen 13,’ ‘Witchblade’ and things like that,” she added. “I have some knowledge, but I’m not a hardcore nerd. Unfortunately, I would like to be, but I just don’t have the knowledge.”
- “Because I do make appearances at Comic-Con and I don’t want to get stoned there,” continued Fox. “So, I’m telling them the truth.”
Intarweb Goldmine
- If I had a dollar for every time a cop told me he chased a naked woman (JP)
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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – A woman was undergoing a mental evaluation Tuesday after police say she stole two vehicles, including a police cruiser, and led officers on a chase through two Salt Lake City suburbs — all while naked.
Police Capt. Tom McLachlan said doctors do not believe drugs or alcohol led to the woman’s erratic behavior, which also included running through sage brush.
The chase finally ended when she was subdued with a stun gun after climbing a chain-link fence.
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“Geeks Girls Exist” Panel on Thursday:
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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
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- 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!
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