Turtlebeach, famous for their audio products, has a new line of headphones designed for use with tablets and smartphones, and geared specifically towards mobile gaming. They had the whole lineup on display recently at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and Scott Ertz of F5 Live and The Tech Podcast Network got a tour.

The M3, for instance, is super portable because it is so flexible and foldable.  It will retail for $39.95.  The M5 is slightly larger, but has the same sleek design and will cost the user $49.95.  There is also a pair of full-size gaming headphones, the X32 and X42,both of which are compatible with the Xbox 360 and are now dual-band, unlike their predecessors.  Both will operate in the 2.4 and 5 GHz range.  There is also a new X300 and X400 line.  You can check them all out in the video below and also visit Turtlebeach for more information.

Interview by Scott Ertz of F5 Live.

AikenLabs Immersive Motion Accessory System is a body-worn motion controller that takes real world actions and puts them into video games. Andy checks out some moves with Ethan from AikenLabs.

The Immersive Motion Accessory System comprises small black boxes worn on bands that connect wirelessly to a master controller which in turn, is connected to PC or game console via USB. Each box has an accelerometer, a magnometer and  gyroscope to accurately track motion. No optical sensor or camera is needed.

Once the boxes are in place on the player’s head, arms, legs or plastic sword, actions such as hitting, pushing or kicking in the real-world get translated into similar actions in the game. Cleverly, the system converts the gestures into standard game controllers actions such as button presses or joystick moves. Consequently the system can be used with nearly any game console straightaway; there’s no need to wait for developer support.

Interview by Andy Smith of Geocaching World.

Going to be implementing some Studio upgrades in the next couple of weeks should be fun. I go after a couple of my state legislatures pretty hard tonight on two idiotic bills that they introduced. Also hope I was not to punchy on the last show notes. I am feeling much better by the way and although the voice is not a 100% I feel a 100% better.

Subscribe Today: Audio | Video | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune
Download the Show File

Follow me on Google+
Follow @geeknews on Twitter
Geek News Central Facebook Page
Purchase GNC gear from the Ohana Store!
Show Hotline 24/7 1-619-342-7365 or e-mail geeknews@gmail.com

Special Links:
Visit TPN.TV

Show Links:
Two Hawaii Legislatures have lost their minds!
Investigating Google New Privacy Policy?
North Korea + Cell Phone = War Criminal!
FBI wants to index Social Sites!
Google Privacy Policy and Business / Gov’t!
Google the Drug Dealer.
Samsung Profits.
Apple TV 1.4 Million more units sold.
Netflix + 800 Devices = Wow
Happy B-Day Firefox.
Spectrum Wars.
Symantech Warning.
Traffic Spike on File Lockers.
1 In Jail – 2 on Bail.
FBI Sued?
Twitter Censors!
Mackie iPad Mixer.
Super Wi-Fi!
Google Earth Update!
TechMeme.com Update
Data Storage at Google!
P2P Victory!
Space Water.
Progress Departs ISS.
Our Home!
Mozy Offers New Services.
My kind of Charger.
Press Freedom Ranking.
Railroad Crossing Controls Safe.
Xbox 720 Rumors.
Polish ACTA Protest.
Xbox Gold Discount.
UK Signs ACTA.
Cool Table

Many thanks to the Ohana that stepped up to the plate this weekend and donated towards our fundraising for our support folks at CES 2012. Trying out a new recording computer here in Austin looking for feedback on the Audio quality.

Subscribe Today: Audio | Video | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune
Download the Show File

Follow me on Google+
Follow @geeknews on Twitter
Geek News Central Facebook Page
Purchase GNC gear from the Ohana Store!
Show Hotline 24/7 1-619-342-7365 or e-mail geeknews@gmail.com

Listener Links:
Online soap opera cleans up with stimulus broadband cash?

Show Links:
Xbox Update Today.
Windows Phone 7 Delayed in China.
International CarrierIQ Conspiracy.
$100.00 Android Tablet.
Verizon LTE Expanding.
Gowalla goes to Facebok.
Cox TV – TV App.
Cyber Week Spending.
Xbox Voice Gestures.
Angry Birds Gifts.
Sleep Detection.
Toys for Kids?
Voyager Update.
Siri Hack Chinese Honeypot.
Clearwire LTE Roll-Out.
US Cellular wants LTE iPhone.
Kindle Fire big App Sales.
Firefox in Financial Danger?
Google Kingdom.
Rim gets Wacked Again.
Google Calculator get major Upgrade.
.xxx opens tomorrow.
Samsung vs Apple court doc revelations.
Teen Sexting.
Earth 2.
Swiss Gov’t on File Sharing.
Apple looses round with Court.
Amazon on States Sales Tax.
China and Solar Panel.‘
T-Mobile and Carrier IQ!
Sen Frankin goes after Carriers.
Patricia Dunn RIP.
Google – Mozilla in talks.
TV Broke.
RIAA + Righthaven = More Idiocy.
USPS is a wreck.

Credits:
Jack Ellis – Executive Producer
Mike Baine – Associate Producer

Maybe it was the weird spelling, the fact it was too close to Qwikstar (the Amway rebrand) or the twitter is owned by the Pot Smoking Elmo. Nonetheless, Netflix announced today they will not be seperating the company into two. Netflix DVD rental will still be $8 (with an additional $8 for streaming).

How Netflix Screwed themselves in the last 3 Months.

In July, Netflix came to the realization their service was not priced efficiently for the company to make a profit. Therefore, they announced by Sept 1st, they would be changing price plans.

The service separated the streaming from the DVD rental. For $8, you could get one DVD at a time. Add another $8 and you could get Netflix streaming. It was a move that happened too fast, so people lashed back.

Last month, Netflix’ CEO Reed Hastings outlined plans to separate the DVD by mail business and give it’s own name – Qwikster. People started speculating Netflix was planning to sell the DVD mail side and focus more on streaming. Within 14 days, Netflix saw a major decline of customers (Some calling the idea “Qwikstupid”) .

Netflix stock dropped almost $100 a share from Septembers’ announcement, and over $200 a share from July. Netflix lost millions of dollars in the last 90 days with these changes. Needless to say, this is not a great business plan.

What Netflix Needs to Do to Recoup this Large Deficit.

First of all, it would be a VERY GOOD idea to offer at least 1 free month to current customers (although 3 months would be better). After all, these are the people that stuck through it all. Next – cut the service price for DVD rental and streaming. Meet in the middle – $12 a month for 1 DVD at a time and streaming.

Reed Hastings also needs to put together a very big public apology. I don’t think it’s time for him to pass the CEO reigns just yet, but maybe Netflix needs to shake up the board a bit. This was a horrible idea that was ultimately agreed upon by the directors.

Will You Go Back to Netflix?

This is the biggest question. After all these bad decisions, would you choose to go back to Netflix? They do have the most coverage in streaming options, being on most Over the top TV solutions and game consoles. Still, loosing 1/3 of their operating share makes you wonder if they can ever get back to the $300 / share peak they enjoyed back in July.

I personally use the Netflix streaming service – I abandoned DVD rentals simply because they sat on the coffee table for weeks at a time. With new additions in AMC’s Walking Dead and Discovery’s Mythbusters to streaming, I have a month’s worth of shows to watch. Tron Legacy also showed up this month, which gives me more of what I really crave – top movies that are only a year old.

Today’s show was held in a Google Hangout and we had one of the best discussions ever on the Satuday Morning Tech show. Enjoy the show and please send me feedback on the format @ geeknews@gmail.com

Subscribe: Audio | HD | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune
Download the Mobile Version Video Show File

Follow @geeknews on Twitter
Google+ Circle Me!
My Facebook Profile
Podcast Facebook Page
My YouTube Channel
Visit the Ohana Store for GNC Gear!

Xbox TV partners

I watch over a lot in the Over the Top Television space. Internet TV, IPTV, whatever you want to call it, it’s a great way to get watchable content without having a full cable lineup.

Last week, Steve Ballmer announced their TV initiative over XBox Live. Over 40 providers have signed up for this venture, including Comcast, HBO, BBC, Rodgers on Demand (Canada), Televisa (Mexico), and other countries including Germany and Italy (20 in all). Best part, if you already have an XBox 360, you have the hardware to do this.

“Today’s announcement is a major step toward realizing our vision to bring you all the entertainment you want, shared with the people you care about, made easy,” said Don Mattrick, president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “Combining the world’s leading TV and entertainment providers with the power of Kinect for Xbox 360 and the intelligence of Bing voice search will make TV and entertainment more personal, social and effortless.” – Press Release

Add to conventional TV line-up the on-line video providers like Crackle, YouTube, Zune and more. Then there is audio content from Last.fm and iHeartRadio. Finally, Social networks like Twitter and Facebook to round off the service.

The Game System that Became More

Whereas companies like Roku that integrated smaller games like Angry Birds, XBox won’t have that problem. It’s a game system over a TV content distributor. You can play Gears of War, Tweet about it, then watch a video on how to play Gears of War (or another show).

Unified Dashboard in XBox Live

With the unified dashboard (looking similar to the Zune software), you can browse your shows, play the games, work your social networks and more. You will connect to the Comcast Xfinity service to get all that service has to offer.

Getting Rid of the Remote with Kinect

This might be the best part about the XBox TV. By using voice controls and your Kinect, you can gesture to a channel, play, pause and move on. It might get harry if you have more than one person wanting to watch different shows. Still, could you imagine a world without a remote control?

It won’t all be free, though.

Right now, to get HBO Go, you need to have a cable subscription with HBO. I don’t expect that to change anytime soon – especially with channels like HuluPlus. Of course, that is just like many of the OTT systems out there. Pay for a subscription and get the content.

Once again, there could be conflict if you have multiple family members where one wants to play a game and the other wants to watch a movie. So this might not replace a cable box or DVR just yet.

The Xbox Live TV service is expected to come out before the holiday season. The announcement comes before then so you can plan purchasing an XBox 360 or Kinect system for your loved ones to connect up quick. While the OTT solution is more pricey than a Roku or Apple TV, it does do more than just watch video, view pictures or listen to music. It also has some great game titles. It also has a new way to browse through your content.

I want to thank all of our Sponsors this month for helping me keep the lights on, it is greatly appreciated and of course all of you that purchased product from GoDaddy or did a GotoMeeting trial.. I have an action packed show for you with lots of tech news and information. It comes fast and furious, so strap in. If you had trouble downloading the last show please send me an email with your ISP and the area you live in.

Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune
Download the Show File

Follow me on Google+
Follow @geeknews on Twitter
Geek News Central Facebook Page
Purchase GNC gear from the Ohana Store!
Show Hotline 24/7 1-619-342-7365 or e-mail geeknews@gmail.com

Listener Links:
COPPA
Zuckerberg on COPPA
Nissan Contest!
Skype Phone Adapters.
Facebook Editorial – Chicago Tribune.

Show Links:
I want this chair.
Your History on Facebook.
Facebook FTC Probe?
Automated Website Sharing with Facebook.
Spotify goes into damage control mode.
The Kindles.
Kindle Fire and Amazon Video.
Kindle Fire Comparisons.
Xbox Dashboard Refresh.
Xbox gets TV.
a la carte TV Pipe Dream!
Input 1 Battle.
President to sign ACTA without Congress?
NYPD Concerns.
Phone Companies and what they keep about You!
Righthaven Bloody Nose.
SpaceX Green Concept.
Mars Moisture.
Chinese Space Lab?
Man to Walk on Asteroid?
Mercury Re-Written.
Out With Laptop in with Mobile Phone?
Online Reviews Cheap and Fake.
ISP Ads in UK Tighter Restrictions.
Samsung Pays Microsoft for Android!
Windows Phone App Spam.
HP CEO $1.00 Salary.
Twitter Ad Revenue Projections.
Zune Pass ReVamped.
Repairs in D.C.
Chrome to be #2?
Business card Designs.
P2P Site Owner Outed by Payment Processor.
OnLive UK Fail.
RIP iPod, iPod Shuffle?
Bing Airport Maps.
Adobe Flash EOL?
Craigslist Search Engine.
Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
Android Tips.
Delicious Review.
Flickr Android App Review.
Skype 2.5
T-Mobile to help Samsung.
iPhone5 HSPA?
Psystar Who?
India Caps Text.
New Car Alcohol Detector.

Credits: Jack Ellis – Executive Producer

No hiccups during tonight’s show, this one went off without a hitch. Plenty of tech content tonight and of course I have to talk about the big mess over at netflix. What an absolute mess they have made over these past couple of months and it is not going to get any better.

Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune
Download the Show File

Follow me on Google+
Follow @geeknews on Twitter
Geek News Central Facebook Page
Purchase GNC gear from the Ohana Store!
Show Hotline 24/7 1-619-342-7365 or e-mail geeknews@gmail.com

 
Listener Links:
Angry Netflix Customers.
*** Fly over Planet Earth.

Show Links:
Amazon Tablet to give Netflix Trouble?
My Apple TV Prediction.
Laser Beam IED Hunter.
VideoBloggers making Millions?
Ravencraft on Ropes.
Mac Security Risk.
XBox TV.
Netflix says they are Sorry?
Netflix Split Opinion.
10 Things about Netflix DVD Business.
$99.00 Verizon 4G Phone.
AT&T LTE Smoking Fast but no good due to Caps!
AT&T tries to Kiss up to DOJ.
Read, Listen, Watched & Wanted.
Identified to Identify You!
Apple Stock Record Close.
TruConnect Mifi Plan.
Google Wallet.
Farming Fish.
Slapping Treatment.
Flying Man.
Get Rich?
James Webb Space Telescope Saved?
Economics of Mass Lawsuit Filings.
Pirate Bay Founder MIA.
Microsoft Promo Video (Weird One).
Sony Tablet (want one).
PowerWheel Bike?
Tascam iXZ
Apple Styling.
Trendr Tracking Big Media.
DeskTube?
Windows 8 Speed test.
PrintShare Review.
iTwin Mac PC acts Like cloud.
Chrome 14 is here?
Gamers Solve AIDS Issue.
Int Amazon App Store.
Samsung Versu Apple iPhone5 in Korea.
SSL Borken?
100 Laid off in HP Web OS Division.
What is the Pirate Party?

Credits: Jack Ellis – Executive Producer

The BBC is highlighting a campaign to warn gamers of the risk of deep vein thrombosis caused by long gaming sessions in a sitting position. Chris Staniford died earlier in May from a blood clot which formed in his leg before moving to his lungs. Chris was a keen gamer and would play his Xbox 360 for up to 12 hours at a time.

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can happen when people stay still for long periods, typically sitting, and there have been several cases involving long-haul flights. It’s easy to see that certain games and consoles can lead to prolonged sitting and presumably the motion-controlled games are suitable antidote.

Chris was 20 when he died and DVT is easily avoided by short breaks and exercise, so it makes sense to highlight the risks to the millions of gamers out there. Microsoft also has a website, Play Smart, Play Safe that provides guidance to parents and gamers on a range of issues that can affect players.

Apple owned the news cycle today and I spend some times on the announcements. Failure to prep on my part has me pushing the giveaway one more show. Huge amount of tech news today due to all the conferences so I have an action packed show for you.

Subscribe Today: Audio | Video | iTunes | Zune
Download the Show File

Follow @geeknews on Twitter
Geek News Central Facebook Page
Purchase GNC gear from the Ohana Store!
Show Hotline 24/7 1-619-342-7365 or e-mail geeknews@gmail.com

Listener Links
iOS 5 Pre-Show

Show Notes:
iOS 5 Copied Android pretty good.
iOS 5 cool features.
OS X Lion 24.99
Apple cuts the cord.
iOS 5 Hands On.
Movie and TV MIA from Apple?
Some Questions on Apple Announcements.
ISP’s to complain about Cloud.
Mozilla Webian Shell.
Google Chrome OS to be challenged by Apple Cloud?
Bitcoin form of Money Laundering?
Google Told Bad Boy by Chinese !
Solar Bubbles.
Mars base Station?
Hackers find way into Gmail via Adobe.
Siemens hack to be shown.
AT&T gets some help from other companies?
Hackers play with Sony!
Tweet Marketing.
xBox Kinect Advances.
xBox at E3.
Tethering issue with Android phones from Verizon?
Shuttle to the launch Pad.
YouTube Killing P2P?
Android Mobile is smoking!
Sony PS3 Claims!
Playstation Vital.
Google Calendar Update.
Mother Nature kicking Butt.
25% of US Hackers on Fed payroll?
Antimatter the experiments continue.
RSA Says SecureID compromised.
LightDims.

Back with Microsoft for a more consumer oriented evening. This time it’s going to be Windows Media Centre, Home Server, Xbox, Kinect and more on the phones.

First up is Microsoft Home Server 2011 – every house should have one. As standard it’s a media server, dishing out photos, music and videos. Usual DLNA stuff.

Microsoft provides a remote site which in turn can connect to the home server across the Internet. Great if you travel and you need to get at your stuff.

But when you are at home, any PC can connect to the Home Server to configure. Normally the Windows Server works headlessly i.e. without a monitor, so this is how the Server is manager.

Great news – the Drive Extender feature is going to return in 2011 courtesy of a community plug-in which appears to be endorsed by Microsoft.

Not sure if this new news, but they’re saying here that a Nokia running Windows Phone 7 will be out before Christmas, perhaps in October.

A quick demo now using Sonos to play music.

Now it’s the turn of the Xbox and Kinect. He’s playing Kinect Sports. Everything’s been done waving his hand. Ok so it’s a game but the possibilities are there in say, sterile environments. No touch, no cross-infection.

They’re now showing off a Kinect controlling the cursor on a PC instead of a mouse. Flicking through a Powerpoint presentation with your hands rather than a controller.

A video of win&i is being shown – it’s a product from a German company which shows the Kinect interacting with various apps including Media Center and Google Earth.

Microsoft sees Kinect being built directly in TVs and monitors. Several OEMs already have plans (allegedly).

Windows Phone 7 integrates with Xbox Live, pulling in avatars, badges and messages.
The next generation of games will bring the phone together with the Xbox and Kinect. Imagine a game where one player is on the phone flicking footballs at a goal and the other player is on the Xbox and is the goalkeeper. He’s saving the footballs as seen by the Kinect. Tres cool.

That’s it for now! Goodnight.

Courtesy of the BBC, a very British comedic take on the latest technology….

I received an email today from a PR firm that set me off, I talk about it in the show. It is funny when a perfectly good email has three words in it that change the whole dynamic of the mailing, listen in when I talk about the “Top Tech Blogger” attending CES that really in no way deserves that title in any way shape or fashion and everyone that has a clue that got the email will know it. I also talk about how I got pwned, during the podcast awards and the banning of a podcast from participation for life.

The following Sponsors support GNC your support of them is appreciated!
GoDaddy services saves you money, check out my Promo Codes Today.

Sponsor: Get your 14 day Free Trial of Audible Gold to start Listening

Subscribe Today: Audio | Video | iTunes | Zune
Download the Show File

Follow @geeknews on Twitter
Geek News Central Facebook Page
Purchase GNC gear from the Ohana Store!
Show Hotline 24/7 1-619-342-7365 or e-mail geeknews@gmail.com

Listener Links
Shuttle Video
Fan Podcast!
UN and Internet Regulation.
Delicious to Evernote

Show Notes:
Did you watch the Eclipse.
NEC + Android + CES = Lets See.
Google TV Regroup.
Google TV Update.
Yelp iPad App Update.
Tivo Bans Netflix and Hulu.
Roku Sales Rocking!
Here comes Comcast in Set Top Box!
Adobe at a Billion.
iPad App Money Machine Nightmare.
Novatel LTE Modem
Google Body Browser.
LTE + Android @ CES!
Xerox Smart Document Table.
AT&T buys some RF Spectrum.
iBuildApp.com
DoNot Rent.com
Windows Live Writer 2011.
Overnight Free Shipping from Amazon Now!
Level 3 – Comcast Lied!
Saving Google TV!
Join me Jan 1st in cutting the cord!
Green USB Charger!
Powermat Wireless iPhone Charger!
Upgrade your Fridge
Protect that DSLR!
MPAA / RIAA go Large on Lobby Money!
.com Abandonment in P2P Space!
Green Google?
Tanking Test for Shuttle.
Soyuz docks at ISS!
Four books on Net Neturality.
Kinect getting a Upgrade?
Vancouver fights back on BW Caps!
Paypal Mission Control.
Insider Trader in Jail.
Patent that Test.
Wanna be a Snitch (Gag)
US Training International Judges with your Money?
Snow Mobile Jumping Radical!
Delicious for Sale.
Gifts for College Students.
Itunes/Apple TV and Google DNS not Good!
Gmail Calling Free extended.
Motorola CES Teaser Video.

I have a fantastic show for you tonight one that you will not want to miss. Lots going on in the Privacy front that you need to get up to speed. Big thank you to all of the Insiders you all are making a difference and it is appreciated. Will have a double insider for you this week. Have had a pretty fast adaption back to the new time zone, guess my body never caught up while I was at home.

The following Sponsors support GNC your support of them is appreciated!
GoDaddy services saves you money, check out my Promo Codes Today.
Visit gotomeeting.com, click the try it free button & use promo code: Podcast.
Infusionsoft, leader in marketing automation software for businesses see how they can help your Business..

Subscribe Today: Audio | Video | iTunes | Zune
Download the Show File

Check me out @geeknews on Twitter
Follow me on Facebook
Geek News Central Facebook Page
My YouTube Channel
Purchase GNC gear from the Ohana Store!
Live Streams Justin.tv / Ustream.TV
Show Hotline 24/7 1-619-342-7365 or e-mail geeknews@gmail.com

Listener Links:
Live.GeekNewsCentral.com
NYC 4G Speed!
Hearing Aid for Time Traveler.
Second Run
Qwest to Ease Network Congestion on wireless networks.

Show Links:
Stunning Time Lapse Video.
Saturn giving up some Secrets.
Watch for Venus.
Google Sues US Government.
Netflix available for Windows Phone 7.
Hadron Collider doomsday watch site.
Windows XP Business Adoption thru 2014.
Update to iPad coming Soon.
Sony Bluray Player and Google TV.
NYC gets 4G!
Gmail on Twitter.
Hate Facebook?
Cablevision pays off Fox.
Google TV and Karaoke?
Other P2P Sites dramatic Increase in Usage.
Facebook puts developers in Time Out Box.
Texting under the Covers.
Anti-Cyberbullying 101
Assume the Position (I did).
Xbox 1 Billion Viewer Hours per Month!
T-Mobile new Data Plans.
Roku kills Playon!
Robot to the Moon?
Twitter Ads in Stream.
Devs running from OpenOffice.
North Korea and battle against Technology.
Where you late for work in the UK?
FOIA becoming Political?
Blogger in Canada sued for Linking.
EFF Suing Government.
You cannot Patent Genes.
ACTA and Secondary Liability.
NYC 311 Calls Data Mining.
Geocities available for download.
2600 available on Kindle.
iPad helps disabled child.
Insta Table.

Send in your stories to geeknews@gmail.com and be sure to provide a link to your websites!

Ok Headed for Home Saturday morning. We are having a meetup tonight at Dinosaur BBQ in downtown Rochester all welcome i’m buying dinner. I have had a lovely time here in up state NY and look forward to coming back. Was much more than I anticipated. Look forward to being home and back in the Studio for a while. Join me live from Honolulu on Monday evening.. Big thank you to all the new and contributing insiders.

Sponsor: You can save up to 75% or more on term life insurance with Matrix Direct.
Sponsor: Visit gotomeeting.com, click the try it free button & use promo code: Podcast.
[Save 15% on orders $20.00 or more at >GoDaddy.com!] use Code Geek5 Complete List of GoDaddy Promo Codes for huge Savings!

Follow @geeknews on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/geeknews
My Personal Facebook Profile
Geek News Central Podcast Facebook Page
Video of Show at www.youtube.com/user/geeknews
Be Geek News Central Insider!
Check out all of our Special Offers!
Check out the new Ohana Store
Show Comments please call 1-619-342-7365 or e-mail geeknews@gmail.com

Insider Links:
GNC Video Intro Submission Check it Out!

Show Links:
See Mom no Hands!
IP Shortage.
Limewire Round 2
Verizon Damage Control!
FCC Net Neturality rules = Lost Jobs?
Bebo = AOL Fail!
600k iPhones Ordered!
512 gb SSD Drive!
Verizon iPhone still on?
Upgrade iTunes!
Don’t move your Xbox.
YouTube Video Editing!
SpaceX to Launch Iridium Satellites.
Safari Extensions.
FCC Makes First Move on Net Neutrality.
Are you a Gov’t Employee? Read!
California GPS Tracking Utter Failure!
Insanity in Patent Protection!
AT&T Metered Bandwidth Testing Complete?
RIAA has fake Canadian Site.
Soyuz to ISS.
Belkin Conserve (Green).
Clearwire has new Devices.
Space Sail outbound.
Get free charger with Chevy Volt?
Sharpest Deep Space image from Earth.
No World Cup for You.
Silicon Valley is to Expensive.
Searching Twitter Lists.
WordPress 3.0.
Hotmail versus Gmail.
AT&T Locks down Android Phone.
Looking for Spring 4g Locations?

Send in your stories to geeknews@gmail.com and be sure to provide a link to your websites!

Really enjoying Rochester really pretty here. Had a heck of a time getting here as the storms on Saturday delayed my arrival.. I have a full week but looking forward to meeting up with Ohana on Friday for dinner.

Sponsor: You can save up to 75% or more on term life insurance with Matrix Direct.
Sponsor: Visit gotomeeting.com, click the try it free button & use promo code: Podcast.
[Save 15% on orders $20.00 or more at >GoDaddy.com!] use Code Geek5 Complete List of GoDaddy Promo Codes for huge Savings!

Follow @geeknews on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/geeknews
My Personal Facebook Profile
Geek News Central Podcast Facebook Page
Video of Show at www.youtube.com/user/geeknews
Be Geek News Central Insider!
Check out all of our Special Offers!
Check out the new Ohana Store
Show Comments please call 1-619-342-7365 or e-mail geeknews@gmail.com

Show Links:
Spacecraft from Asteroid returns to earth.
Space Debris growing problem.
Wanna buy the White House?
Whats your thoughts on the DTV!
Does NASA have a Mission?
iPhone 4 Pre-Ordering!
New xBox 360!
Video Kinect.
Facebook Videos and iPhone 4.
AT&T Were Sorry!
5 iPad Apps that will change your mind.
Apple Mobile Browser share drops.
Who is your Trip Advisor?
CitizenTube.
Starbucks free Wi-Fi on 7-1-10
New Server company shocks Industry!
Hacker did the right thing!
No Sentencing yet!
Twitter Outages.
Is At&T Lying?
More Water on Moon!
Do you know your Hand?
XP Updates Ending!

Send in your stories to geeknews@gmail.com and be sure to provide a link to your websites!

It’s iPhone Friday Podcast Awards start on Monday at PodcastAwards.com and we have a Round Table this coming weekend at TechPodcasts.com

Sponsors:
Sponsor: Save Money with all our GoDaddy Codes see our Promo Code Page
[Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. No credit card needed.]

Twitter Me http://www.twitter.com/geeknews
Comments to 619-342-7365 e-mail to geeknews@gmail.com

Round Table Info

Listener Links:
New Media Business
ISS from Ground
RIAA gets Sued
College Radio
Evil ISP

Show Notes:
Twitter Trival
Google Maps
WSJ
iLoser
SteveNote
Pownce
Earth Pop
Sun and our Galaxy
MPAA After Vid Sites
Marine
Supreme Court
Torrent Communities
Mars Rover
11 Xbox 360s’
Logitech Camera
Jaman Challenge
Feedster it’s back
TwitterGram
Facebook expectations
Delta Sucks
Genesis 2

Live from the homestead in southern Michigan, join Todd and his very special guest. Every listen to a podcast where the host has had 4 hours sleep in the past 48 hours well you get to on this show.

Sponsors:
Sponsor: Save Money with all our GoDaddy Codes see our Promo Code Page
[Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. No credit card needed.]

Twitter Me http://www.twitter.com/geeknews
Comments to 619-342-7365 e-mail to geeknews@gmail.com

Listener Links:
Mobile Podcast Survey
New York Times Reader
Engineers
Your Life on the Net
Life Online With Bob Parsons

Show Notes:
Powerful Flashlight
Xbox banning’s
Linux on Microsoft Claims
Google Fair Use Win
XM Radio Censors?
Hydrogen Fuel
25 Hour Days
52 Mac Tips
WordPress 2.2
RIAA IP Tactics
AACS Key Hacked Again
4 Billion Market Cap Loss on Rumor
Google Cross Language
Orbital Express
Shuttle to Pad
Progress arrives at ISS

Get your chance to win a copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking version 9.0 see bottom of show notes. Lots of content tonight and some great feedback and suggestions from listeners.

Sponsors:
Sponsor: Save Money with all our GoDaddy Codes see our Promo Code Page
[Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. No credit card needed.]

blubrry.com

Comments to 619-342-7365 e-mail to geeknews@gmail.com

Listener Links:
no-www.org
www.theopenfloor.com
www.staticshow.com
Mobiblu B153
www.autopatcher.com
Monitor Review
Cherie Cast
ONLINE TEENS ARE 2 SMRT 4U

Show Notes (Non Exclusive)
Break.com
Chinese Fakes
256GB
Podcast Production
Mels Universe (Appreciation Link)
WiFi Leach
Zune Cables
Videos Live, TV Dead
Dumb Criminal
scrapetorrent.com
One Spin
Wow
Xbox 360 Deal
101 Things
Digg Scam?
Linutop
DIY Gifts
Keyboard Gaming Xbox 360
CBS President
Business and Podcasting
Media Tools of the Week
TechCrunch Workflow
No More Censorship
FeedCycle
Open Source MP3 Player
ISS Golf Shot
AT&T – BellSouth
New Democracy Player
Altair 8800
StreetIQ.com

Having traveled all over the world I can say that I have been in plenty of stores that sell mod kits for game consoles. Not being a gamer I never really paid much attention but based on the amount of traffic these main street stores were doing I would say a lot of people on vacation come looking for mod chips.

What I did not realize is that gaming consoles were being modified here in the United States, guess I should not be that surprised as some people love playing games and do not have the $50.00 to pay for each game so instead shell out between $250.00 and $500.00 and have their consoles modified to play games that have been ripped hacked and loaded on large hard-drives.

It appears the feds took down one shop that was modifying Xbox consoles. The curious thing is that they defendants claimed that Xbox 360 mod chips would be available within two weeks of release if this claim is true that would be pretty amazing. [TechWeb]