Show #113

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News

• Windows 7 Beta Now Public
• very much like vista except apparently faster
• new taskbar icons
  
• Security alerts can be dialed back
• no more side bar for gadgets, everything on desktop
• quick view for desktop
• quick snap
• all-in-one media viewer
  
• 2 TerraByte SD Cards????
  
• ITunes DRM-Free Music not Share Safe
• email address embedded into ITunes Plus file
  
• Must pay 30 cents if you want to unlock your old DRM music
• LP's making a comeback, double sales in 2008
  
  • Is there really a quantifiable difference between CD and LP???
  • Regardless, people are still digging the Vinyl
  • Not your parent's LP, The gauge is twice as thick for modern records
  Obama asks Congress to delay TV Blackout
  

CES Stuff

• 3D, 3D, and more 3D
• Gaming: NVidia
  
• TV: Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony
  
• Cherple
• Also announced at CES
• Computer-to-Mobile 2-way Free Texting
  

Talk Point

• Walk Down Memory Lane: Game Patents since 1969
  
• Let's talk about the ones we remember

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

• Rockband Releases SD Card for Wii
  
• DLC for Rock Band 2 needs a place to reside
• Retail = $13
• You don't have to buy branded card for DLC to work, any SD card at or below 2 GB
• 2 GB cards go for around $10 or so on the open market
• 1UP Yours and 1UP Show Officially Dead
• FFXIII Site officially open
  

Intarweb Goldmine

• Threaten Suicide, Go to Jail
• Watch Cell Phone 4 Real
  
• Parking Tickets by Text Message
  
• French Pilot Program
• Will text you warnings that your meter is low on money
• Sends message to police after 20 minutes alerting them that you are AFK