Ben’s Tech Show #14

Written by Ben Straw

Topics: Podcast

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Intro

News

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Future Show Times
Sat Dec 20th – 7:00 pm est – Road trip Show
Tue Dec 23rd – 7:00 Pm est – Christmas Show
Tue Dec 24th – No Show
Sat Dec 27 – No Show
Thur Jan 1st – 3:00 pm est – New Year Show

McCain’s Blackberry
A Blackberry containing sensitive information belonging to the now-defunct presidential campaign of John McCain has made its way into the hands of a Fox 5 reporter, who was able to purchase the unwiped device for a mere $20.
The Blackberry, which was sold this week during a liquidation sale, contained some 50 phone numbers of people connected to the campaign and hundreds of emails that spanned from September until a few days following the November 4 election. This is a Big FAIL Whale to our US Government

Chrome No longer beta WHAT!!
in a few short months that the google browser has been out google has decided to put the chrome browser out of beta, but my feeling is that google hasnt done anything to the browser and it still insecure

Waste By Dell
Waste is A big problem in First world and it doesnt help when big box companys like DELL are shipping a License Key Certificate in a laptop shipping box instead of a letter envelope

Seagate to cut warrantys
Seagate my faverit hard drive manufacture is not cuting it warrantys on its bare drives from 5 to 3 years what a shame now I will have to buy my drives from best buy

Psystar New claims
Now I’m seriously buying into the idea that Psystar has BIG money secret supporters, because there is no way a small company could put up this hopeless battle against Apple for this long. Yet, the battle still goes on.

Movie Geek
New Watchmen trailer

Gadgets

Top 7 Geek Gifts for 2008

Sony BDP-S350 Blu-ray Disc Player—A Blu-ray player for under $250? Now that’s a great gift.
MSI R4850 T2D512 Graphics Card—Great performance, not to mention it runs about 34 degrees cooler than other Radeon 4850s.
Dead Space—This is by far one of the creepiest, and often most startling and downright horrifying games, ever created.
Palmsize Havoc Helicopter—A toy for all ages, this bird is guaranteed hours and hours of fun.
Zenith DTT901 Digital TV Tuner Converter Box—Of the many choices for converter boxes, this one is among the best.
Fallout 3—The classic hit Fallout is back with the third installment. What to expect: more action, more explosions, and more fun.
Electronic Drum Kit Shirt—Impress the ladies with a shirt that can play seven different drum sounds.