Show #100

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News

• http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081002-skype-security-flub-leads-to-discovery-of-chinese-monitoring.html
• iTunes Threatens Closure if Royalties Increase
• Music Industry Backs down from threat
• 2.5 BEEELLION songs per quarter through ITunes
• Sony getting in the DL game - 66 cents a song
• DADA.NET - DRM-Free .MP3
• Whats the catch? It's a 15 song - $10 / month plan (minimum)
  
• Microsoft Cloud OS
• Apple and At&t closer to getting served with anti-trust lawsuit
  

Tech Picks

• Nintendo DSi -- breakdown
• 2 screens slightly bigger (3.25 diagonal in place of 3, same res)
  
• 2 camera's (Internal .3 mp, external 3 mp)
  
• SD Card slot
• Music player - AAC not MP3
• Slimmer, flash memory, gba slot gone
  
• Google Mail's "Googles" prevents drunk e-mailing
• Solar Powered Flashlight
• buy one - give one to charity
• minimum 5 hours light
• solar-recharged
  

Power Tip

• Check if your Gmail is Hacked with Activity Monitor
• Zune 3.0 New Features
• Channels
• Games
• Marketplace Direct
  

Gamer's Corner (Conferences, New Developments, Game Reviews)

• October Game Releases (Damn the wallet, full speed ahead!)
  
• Little Big Planet Release Date (Oct. 21)
  
• Fable II Release (Oct. 21)
  
• DeadSpace (Oct. 14)
• Rockband 2 (Oct. 20)
• Farcry 2 (Oct. 21)
• Spiderman: Web of Shadows (Oct. 21)
• Bioshock PS3 (Oct. 21)
• Guitar Hero: World Tour (Oct. 26)
• Red Alert 3 (Oct 28)
• Fallout 3 Release Date (10/28/2008)

Intarweb Gold Mine

• Murder Linked to Advance Wars Forums
  • Ran by BBC, sketchy details at moment
  • 20 yr old Man running forums for the game "Advance Wars" was found stabbed to death
  • Forum member suspected for slaying
  • Punchline: "Be careful who you cuss out in-game, because they might know where you live"
    
• Stormtrooper Hoodie
• Clever Bus Stop Advertisments (Please Review and we can go over the interesting ones)