Tech News Today 42

Tech News Today Episode 42

Tech News Today 42: FaceTime BootyTime

New Kindles, nefarious wallpaper, jackpot ATMs, and more.

Hosts

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

Topics

• Android wallpaper app that takes your data was downloaded by millions from MobileBeat

• Researcher demonstrates ATM "jackpotting" at Black Hat Conference from ArsTechnica

• Amazon rolls out smaller, lighter, WiFi-only Kindle for $139 from ArsTechnica

• How Low Will E-Reader Prices Go? from Wall Street Journal

• Stieg Larsson becomes first author to sell 1m ebooks on Amazon from The Guardian

• Steve Ballmer: Apple Has Sold More iPads Than I'd Like from Business Insider

• White House proposal would ease FBI access to records of Internet activity from Washington Post

• BlackBerry revamp to take on iPhone? from CNET

• Congress Rethinks Its Ban on Internet Gambling from NYTimes

• Adult industry sees iPorn potential in new phone from AP

• Google Reports Search Engine Blocked In Mainland China from HuffingtonPost

Lightning Round

• RIM Lands BlackPad.com, Tablet Rumors Heat Up from SlashGear
• Nintendo Posts First-Quarter Net Loss of $288.5 Million on Lower DS Sales from Bloomberg
• Playstation, TVs boost Sony to $294 million profit from Yahoo News
• Apple Probes Complaints About iOS4 on iPhone 3G from Wall Street Journal
• Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Ditches iPhone for Android from Redmond Pie
• Adding Temperature to Human-Computer Interaction from Technology Review
• Computer Evidence Ties Leaks to Soldier from Wall Street Journal

On The Calendar

• SysAdmin Appreciation Day tomorrow
• Bill Gerth takes over for Frank from ComcastCares

Feedback

• Voicemail from Jose about why the first link in search results is trustworthy
• Email from Alex about Google following Yahoo's path
• Email from Chris with a rant about Wiley bypassing publishers
• Email from Jim with a request for more volume

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Production Information

• Edited by: erik
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