Show #117

News

• M$ Confirms 6 separate Windows 7 SKU's
• M$ because the separate SKU's are a pureplay for money
• Why ruin your great marketing push by muddying the water with too many SKU's
• People just want clarity and knowledge that they chose the right thing
• Sirius-XM File for Bankruptcy
• The blogs are screaming that the end is near
• Filing for bankruptcy, 3.4 billion in debt
• Satellite airtime is waaay expensive
• reliant upon new car sales, economy tanking = less sales = less subscribers
• Insider Information: Sirius XM looking to restructure and cut costs but don't plan to go out of business
• Microsoft Ends Public Windows 7 Beta
• Public release now closed
• Microsoft mentions that they are near a "Release Candidate" but give no mention
• Still available if you're an MSDN or Technet subscriber
• Kindle 2 Released
• 3G wireless, Cloud Friendly (backups to cloud and syncing), Thinner than IPhone, 16 shades of grey, 2GB Storage, mini USB Charging, Longer battery life (2 weeks), Pleasant Text to Speech, 5-way button navigation instead of the old up-and-down wheel.

• Downside: $357, Proprietary system (.AZW), Doesn't support MobiPocket or PDF's, 1 Device Forever Amen... (blech). At least Zunes and IPods can play non-proprietary .mp3's
• Interesting Comparison vs. standard EBooks
• Chart for Comparison's Found Here
• Hacking: Reading Encrypted Mobibooks on Kindle Devices
• Competitors: Cybook (supports mobipocket ebooks: specs , $325), SONY PRS-505 (all formats, new books only from sony store which is nascent, no wireless, $299)
• FREE EBOOKS FOR KINDLE (maybe move this to next week on a how-to)
  

• Install Ubuntu on your PS3
• Make sure you have a usb keyboard and mouse handy
• Backup your PS3 to a USB drive (save games, user preferences, etc)
• Sync your Trophies with the server
• Go get a version of Ubuntu 8.10 and make sure you burn the alternate install disc to DVD
• Settings -> System Settings -> Install Other OS automatically installs a dual booter
• Plop the DVD into the cd tray and just follow most of the defaults
• Pair your Bluetooth keyboard and mouse with the system (keyboard will be problematic but MX1100 should happen automatically with the bluetooth utility)
  
• Grab Sixaxis Bluetooth Package.tar.gz and unzip it on your Ubuntu desktop.
• Double click to install the packages inside, first the "bluez-sixaxis-bin_powerpc.deb" package and then the one named "bluez-sixaxis_rc1.1_all.deb.
• Applications -> Accessories -> Sixaxis-gui to enable your sixaxis.
• Now you have fully working Ubuntu on your machine
• Remember that all X86 packages won't work because it's a cell processor but the SNESX emulator can (see our show notes for instructions on this)
  

• Get 1080p Movies working on the PS3
• RIAA Against Harvard Law

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

• KillZone 2 Reviews Are Really MetaReviews for the Viability of PS3
• Last 4 Paragraphs, go look at all the links, This seems to be a pattern lately and we can talk about it.
• Guns'N'Roses "Chinese Democracy" coming to Rock Band in Spring
• WoW Talk: Lunar Festival
• What is it (Reciprocal of Chinese New Year)
• Raid boss to kill
• Lots of coin collecting (75 total) and marching across the map to find the NPC's that have the coins (think giant scavenger hunt)

Intarweb Goldmine

• Wobble boobs and booties on your IPhone
• How Much Does a Death Star cost?
  
• Crappy Buses Powered by Crap...