Tech News Today 40

Tech News Today Episode 40

Tech News Today 40: Becky's $20 Secret

Streak for $300, Starcraft II savings, an unlocked iPhone, and more.

Hosts

• Tom Merritt (@acedtect)
  • TomMerritt.com
• Becky Worley (@bworley)
  • BeckyWorley.com
• Erik Lanigan (@eriklanigan)

Topics

• Starcraft 2 released
  • Trailer
  • Buy StarCraft 2 at Kmart, get $20 credit

• Augen's $150 Android tablet hits Kmart circular, coming to stores later this week from Engadget

• New Apple releases
  • Mac Pro
  • iMac
  • Cinema Diplay
  • Magic Trackpad
  • Battery Charger

• Dell Streak retailing for $299 with contract, $549 without; Dell Aero gets launch deets as well from Engadget

• Students trust high Google search rankings too much from ArsTechnica

• Google nabs patent to monitor your cursor movements from TechEye

• Comcast fastest fish in shallow US broadband pond from ArsTechnica

• iPad Owners Are ‘Selfish Elites.’ Critics Are ‘Independent Geeks.’ from Wired

Lightning Round

• AT&T to issue fix for slow iPhone upload speeds from CNET
• Valve responds to MW2 Steam glitch with free copies of L4D2 from ArsTechnica
• Chevrolet Begins Taking Volt Orders; Retail Price Starts at $41,000 from Green Energy News
• Pour one out: T-Mobile G1 no longer for sale from Engadget
• Yahoo Japan Spurns Bing in Favor of Google Search from Yahoo news

Calendar

• Blackhat conference this week
• Apple begins selling iPhone unlocked in Canada $659
• iPhone cases started shipping Monday
• August 6 BlogHer conference

Feedback

• Voicemail from Seth about legal dvd backups
• Email from Steve with an update on info from yesterday's episode
• Email from Rich about the legality of hackintoshes
• Email from phil with an alternative to tab candy

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Production Information

• Edited by: Erik
• Notes:

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