Tech News Today 40
Episode 40 |
Recorded: July 27th, 2010 Published: July 27th, 2010 Duration: 37:11 |
Contents
Tech News Today 40: Becky's $20 Secret
Streak for $300, Starcraft II savings, an unlocked iPhone, and more.
Hosts
- Tom Merritt (@acedtect)
- Becky Worley (@bworley)
- Erik Lanigan (@eriklanigan)
Topics
- Starcraft 2 released
- New Apple releases
- 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
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
Sponsors
Carbonite
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- Carb #3
- ad times: 00:34-00:45 and 15:13 and 17:08
Production Information
- Edited by: Erik
- Notes:
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