January 2008 Archives

First show of 2008 back in the saddle and ready to head to Vegas. Lots to cover tonight and I appreciate your iTunes Reviews of the show!

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The 2008 CES coverage starts next week you will want to check here at least daily for new coverage. I will be live blogging many of the events and we may even live stream some CES Coverage.

Listener Links
Pocket Projector
WiFi Virus
1981 PC Hacked!
Generation Lost
Webware Hits and Misses
Peru OLPC

Show Notes:
TSA Facecrimes
Tree's not breathing as much CO2?
Bypass Disabled IE
20 Best iPhone Apps
Linux Switch Tips
IPv6 Coming
Bizarre Google Maps
Cool Space Image
Facebook OWNS your Data
Banned for Life for taking Picture
Dell LCD Crystal Monitor
DRM and HD Monitors out of Control
Powramid Kreative Power
Belkin RockStar
N95 and YouTube
New DUI Tool
Om Malik Best Wishes
Podcasters and FOIA
Survive CES 2008
Become a Celebrity
Scoble and Facebook Data
Plaxo Blows It
Youngest Exoplanet
Deep Impact Flies By Earth
NASA gets their Money

The Geek News Central back Channel will be a series of videos Andy McCaskey and I will be putting out that are essentially behind the scenes look of what it takes to cover CES. These are not meant to be high quality. They are being recorded on a Flip Video camera.

The content should be a lot of fun because we are going to record it and put it up as we can. The back channel videos will be intermixed with the professional videos and Interviews that we will be producing.

As we are heading out the door to go to the first big event. I want to leave you with a little chat Andy and I had this morning at breakfast. Standby for the regular content as we are saddled up and ready to go.

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Pinnacle Systems had a very impressive new product at CES Unveiled. The demonstrated their new "Video Transfer" product dubbed Press and Go.

Press and Go is a very good term for this device and it is brilliantly simple to use. You can plug and Analog Video feed into it and encode real time into a Apple iPod, Sony PSP, USB Memory stick.

They were playing a "Home DVD" ;) and encoded it real time into the Sony PSP, iPod, Memory Stick. While not the first product to do this Neuros has a device that will do similar thing the price point on this will definitely compete with Neuros.

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We all have trouble with Power Strips. A number of innovative power strips have been rolled out in the past couple of years. But the folks over at Kreative Power Strips have come up with a new innovative way to handle the variety of power needs we have today.

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I am a big fan of Novatel USB EV-DO cards and was chomping at the bit to get a look at the new one that they have out.

The new card is the U727 and what makes this USB EV-DO stick special is that not only does it have a antenna port that they are known for but you also no longer need to run through a splitter to run the USB device on two USB connections which an older model required.

The next thing that makes this device nice is a port for 4gb memory card so the U727 can double as a memory device. For those on Sprint it also has a built in GPS which will allow you to use the card with mapping programs.

Retails for $79.99 with a two year contract on either Sprint or Verizon. I personally like the slime design and new antenna configuration.

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What if I told you that you could remove all virus protection from your computer. Disable any firewalls and replace all of that technology with a USB stick that would re-route your internet connection through the Gatekeeper Pico card and provide you the same level of protection.

Yoggie Security has a new device that they claim does just that. Their thought is you can remove all of the spyware, virus and firewall protection software and have a faster computer by protecting your computer with their USB www.yoggie.com

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Spot is a product you are going to want to keep your eyes on. This device allows you to communicate from anywhere in the world. Imagine you are in the Sahara and you want to leave a message to family and friends that you are ok.

Imagine that you are crossing the ocean alone and want someone to track you. Well Spot satellite Messenger allows your position to be updated every 10 minutes and if you get in trouble Global 911 is available.

The folks at FindMeSpot.com have contracted with a global rescue company that will come get you need help or give local authorities your location.

This device is what I consider a must for those that have para-gliders or any other sportsman or outdoor person that wants to be found, send a message, be rescued you name it. The price is so cheap no family that goes on a camping trip where cell coverage is not available needs one.

The unit cost 149.95 and a yearly fee of $99.95 check their company out at findmespot.com

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Geek News Central Podcast has been named by Podcast.com in their "Top 10 Podcasts of the Year" Award for 2007. Geek News Central is one of only three podcast on the awards list, listed as an “independent podcast”. More Info Below

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I am very proud to accept this award, it is largely my listening audience that makes the show great, they are all part of my Ohana (Family). I have always strived to make the Geek News Central website, and podcast a great resource to go for information on Technology, Science and Podcasting. I work very hard to come up with informed opinions on topics I cover. My show is also a venue to get the word out on what we are doing at my company RawVoice. I have a team that works tirelessly to make sure that Podcast creators that we work with are treated fairly in the podcast business space.

I want to thank all of you for being such large supporters and thanks to the folks over at podcast.com for considering and awarding the show.

Here is the content you have been waiting for!

Andy from Slashdotreview.com and Todd from Geek News Central has searched the halls of CES today and have came with our top product picks, and our Pick of the Day.

Check out the Day 1 Coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show coverage provided by the Tech Podcast Network at TechPodcasts.com

Companies Featured
SpeechGear
CallPod
WildCharge
BugLabs
SmartRestart
VieVu

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Andy and I wrap up day two coverage with our product reviews and our pick of the day. These companies are what we consider to be the best of what we have reviewed during day two of coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show

Steadicam
D-Link Secure Spot
D-Link Wifi Digital Frame
IO Gear FVM for DVI
Tune Up Media
xDock HD

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Day Three coverage comes to you from the Zune Section of the Microsoft booth. Big thanks to the Zune team for letting us film this in a section of their booth. Check out the podcast suport on the Zune.

MyDreamFlyer.com
Plantronic Virtual Phone Booth
Asoka Power Line PlugLink AV 9164
My Theater Acoustic Panels
i-sobot
Sanyo HD 1000 HDMI Camera

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Final data of coverage here at CES it has been Andy and my privilege to bring you this content. We have a huge number of Interviews, and Product overviews for you in the coming weeks. Out take reel to follow in coming days

Dash
HD Radio
Ortery Photosimile
MouseGPS
Parrot
LifeWare

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Back from Vegas back in the Saddle and ready to bring you the latest hot topics plus a full run down of everything that has been going on including some inside information.

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Ford Trademark
www.sciencedebate2008.com
Bill's Gallery
Portable EVDO Router
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Solar Charger
No Love for ASUS
Customer Reports on Companies
Radio QRM Podcast
RIAA Liners
Updated Battery Rules

Show Notes:
Solar Masterpiece
Ford Trademark
Apple Ultra Portable?
Google Maps and Weather Channel
Macbook Air?
RIAA opens Mouth Again
Netflix Video on Demand Unlimited Views
OLPC Dissected
USB 2.0 Universal HDD Adapter
Vista SP1 RC Refresh
Droboshare
FeedDemon and NetNewsWire FREE!
FeedDemon Crack ;)
Facebook to buy Plaxo? Why?
iTransmogrify
Journalist using Bloggers
WiMax Enabled ASUS EE PC
Google and iPhone
Bad Review Request DMCA Takedown
Hubble Repair Plans
Shuttle Launch Feb 7th

Feels great to be back in the swing of things lots of comments and voicemail feedback at the end of the show glad you enjoyed teh CES back channel regular videos to be pushed online soon.

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Show Notes:
AT&T Filter and Spy on Internet Traffic?
ICANN stop Domain Tasting!
What does Akamai have to do with Net Neutrality AT&T?
Microsoft Cracking Down on DVD Ripping?
J.C. Penny looses 650k users data
Gas Cloud to Collide!
First Mercury Flyby
Blogger.com Outage
Time Warner pay to download plan!!!!!!!
Violet Blue gets cold shoulder by Steve Jobs
Upgrade Google Analytics
Dell XPS Shock Hazard
Digg Internal Moderators Ruin Digg
Black Holes gone Wild
Seti did not call Home!
Macworld Blogger Lounge OLPC big HIt
Defendant Big Win against RIAA
Apple User Survey :)
Time Warner Idiots
Bionic Contact lenses
Miro Overhaul
Yahoo Open ID
Right or Left Side of Bed
Album DOA

We caught up with Jay Leboff and talked about NRG Dock Personal Solar Solutions. This is the first green solar product I have seen that is specifically targeted at re-charging your portable devices. The idea for the product was hatched after he was without power during a storm for several days and needed a way to recharge his cell phone and other portable devices.

This product line works with those in rental units or who own a home of their own very clean and slick this is probably one of the most innovative solar products I saw at the Consumer Electronics Show 2008

From their website "NRG Dock’s® photovoltaic cell charges its power station, storing energy for whenever you need it. NRG Dock’s® regulator ensures the proper voltage for powering and/or charging personal communication devices - including laptops."

Check out their site at www.nrgdock.com

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Intel has an exciting new processor chip that will be in all new Ultra Mobile PC's in the coming months. Bringing more power, lower heat and significantly reduced power consumption. While I got to touch one of the chips I was not able to keep it.

What this chip is going to do is cause Ultra Mobile PC to get smaller and provide more power to the end user. Next year when we go to CES we will have Menlo powered UMPC in our back packs streaming live.

Really exciting stuff coming from Intel and we will have a whole slew of vendors putting out UMPC with the new Intel Menlo processor.

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I was able to spend a few moments with INRIX at the Consumer Electronic Show, for those of you buying new generation GPS systems you are going to find that not only will those GPS systems help you find your way, they also may be feed with traffic navigation information that will help you route around the traffic.

INRIX is the company that is collecting traffic information today from a variety of sources and combining that into historical and up to date traffic information.

Please Visit Inrix.com

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Myxer is a pretty cool service. I had some exposure to the company prior to CES and in fact the Geek News Central Podcast Introduction is available as ringtone on the service.

MyxerTones is a great way to make and share ringtones and wallpapers you can get thousands of ringtones and wallpaper from their website and most are available at no charge. You can even make your own ringtone to share with your friends and family.

They are integrated such that you can deliver content from your webpage or myspace account.

Please Visit Myxer.com today

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For the past year I have had a Neat Receipts scanner that travels everywhere I go and I use for not only scanning documents while I am on the road but also to keep business cards collected and regular