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Microsoft and Yahoo, 3G iPhone, the Memristor and Eeeeeeee

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Three weeks worth of news means plenty of topics to discuss, so today's show runs a little long

 

On the Digital Trends Website:

·         New website launched! It's Beta-tastic!

·         Send me your feedback

·         Mother's Day Gift Guide

 
Big news stories:

·         The memristor. This will revolutionize electronics.

·         Microsoft says "KBITHNX" to Yahoo! All sorts of fallout and tidbits emerge afterwards

·         GTA IV - The game that is no longer a game. Someone got shivved.

·         3G iPhone rumors abound. Looks very promising.

Related: The Garmin NuviPhone, and HTC Diamond

How to get free WiFi for anyone at Starbucks.

·         Ubuntu 8.04 out - couldn't get it to install myself

 

The RIAA - Sucking wind, and hating the world

·         Increase in violation notices before graduation. Bastards.

·         Court rejects the "Making available" idea

·         Racketeering charges dropped

·         BusinessWeek drops a steamy one on the RIAA

·         Online storage is illegal

·         Getting some pushback. Lots.

·         Feed the homeless? Nah, sue em!

 
Music related

·         Radiohead pulls their "Name your own price" publicity stunt

·         NIN releases free, high quality album

 

Apple (For some reason, I started with the Apple news today)

·         New iMac speed bumps leave us scratching our heads.

·         Buy movies on iTunes

·         Safari's sneaky update means being a jerk works

·         Psystar lives! IT LIVES!

 

EeePC related news 9For some reason there was plenty - enough to warrant its own topic)

·         New model (900) preorders, shipping Monday

·         Asus ships wrong batteries

·         Roundup of all the mini-laptops

·         Eee becoming its own brand, possibly

·         1st Windows machine with multitouch

 
Business

·         Adobe interface designer heads to Redmond

·         The format war is over, and no one's buyin'

·         US DoJ banned from Wikipedia

·         Adobe opens Flash

·         MS USB drive for the feds

·         Dell to keep on keepin' on with XP after June 30.

·         Blockbuster-Circuit City sample store is a world of fail

·         Panasonic taking over the plasma production for Pioneer sets

·         Microsoft's Mesh

·         Helio getting Gmail Push

·         MS DRM dead

·         Netflix charging more for Blu-Ray

·         Office 2007 fails OOXML with 122,000 errors

·         Skype unlimited international call plans before Ebay sells it

·         Solar power startup simplifies the process

 
Gear

·         Fujitsu monitor with 0 Watt usage when off

·         Dell XPS 730 and 730H2C ship, along with neat mini PC

·         Sharp LCD with wireless HDI

·         Netgear 6-bay ReadyNAS out

·         Wacom's new digitizer tech emerging

·         Xbox Wiimote coming?

·         AMD 12 core chips?

·         SATA interface for 3 CF cards

·         Intel quad core price cut

·         New speedy hard drive king

 
Random

·         Marilyn Manson absinth

·         RC Car with wireless camera and head mounted display

·         Same, with a plane