Tech News Today 122
Episode 122 |
Recorded: November 19, 2010 Published: November 19, 2010 Duration: 37:54 |
Contents
Tech News Today 122: The Hat Of Nigeria
The great LimeWire hacker hunt, new plan for cheap Cox, virtual real estate hits big, and more.
Hosts
- Tom Merritt (@acedtect)
- Sarah Lane (@sarahlane)
- Jason Howell
Top Stories
Other Stories
- Google in talks to buy Groupon
- Nordstrom and Oprah Take Groupon Down
- vs. MobGob: Patent Battles Hit The Daily-Deal Business
- Security researcher: I keep getting detained by feds
- Another Hacker’s Laptop, Cellphones Searched at Border
- Amazon enables Kindle book gifting
- Cox Takes On AT&T as First U.S. Cable Carrier Starts Mobile-Phone Service
News Fuse
Kickers and Weird Science
Calendar
- AirTran, Delta and Virgin America to offer free Gogo Inflight Wi-Fi on every domestic flight brought to you by Google starting Saturday 11/20, that's tomorrow.
- Happy Birthday Windows. Turns 25 on Saturday November 20.
- Portal 2 news: shortest Valve delay ever! Now coming April 18 2011 (You must read their press release)
- Help pick the best moments of TWiT and TNT
"Tnt crew:
While not really Tech News, the TSA full body feel-up is getting a lot of press among the geek press. Here is a NY Times story with a different basis: politics and economics:
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/the-hidden-costs-of-extra-airport-security/
For me, this is the money quote:
""More stringent security procedures, in essence, function as a tax upon air travel, and produce a corresponding deadweight loss. Teleconferences are often a poor substitute for person-to-person interaction, and when people are reluctant to travel, some business deals don’t get done that otherwise would have.""
While I understand gotomeeting is a good service, and helps pay the bills, I've not found that teleconferencing can close a deal. For that, you need eyeball to eyeball and a firm handshake. After its closed, go-to-meeting can save a ton of money, time and aggriviation of the TSA tax
Pat"
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Production Information
- Edited by: Jason
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