A fun show today, I was a little worried about getting it all in, but we did, and had a good time doing it. We had a lively discussion about the new features in OS X Lion, and Intel’s new Thunderbolt (formerly LightPeak) technology that Apple rolled out in the new Macbook Pros. Robots will eventually outrun us, or they will help us realize that, in fact, it isn’t lupis.

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Intel details Thunderbolt (Lightpeak), says Apple has full year head start

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/24/intel_details_thunderbolt_as_exclusive_to_apple_until_2012.html
http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/02/24/apple-has-significant-head-start-with-thunderbolt-but-not-exclusive/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20036033-76.html

Apple Release new MacBook Pro line
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/24/apple-launches-macbook-pros-with-thunderbolt-quad-core-cpus-amd-gpus/

Mac OS X Lion developer Preview is released
http://www.apple.com/macosx/lion/

Motorola Xoom rooted in two hours flat
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/25/motorola-xoom-rooted-in-two-hours-flat-sinister-transforming-ex/

Lenovo Flaunts ThinkPad with 30 hour battery life

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/french-search-company-lobs-new-antitrust-complaint-at-google.ars

Facebook Frackups

Facebook seeking encryption for apps, mobile
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20036172-245.html

Facebook app lets you stalk — er, monitor relationships
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/social.media/02/21/facebook.relationship.status/index.html

Kickers and Science

Researcher Create Computer That Fits On a Pen Tip
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/23/2354250/Researcher-Create-Computer-That-Fits-On-a-Pen-Tip

This should be the last show on our stream, next time we should be back to the WRCT stream, and on the air on WRCT 88.3. Today we talked about Erik’s new iPhone, a bunch of Apple stories, and the current status of mobile development. This was a really great show, and I hope you can join us live next time!

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Apple to expand iPhone screen size to 4-inches

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/14/apples_next_iphone_could_have_4_inch_screen_with_next_gen_a5_processor.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2011/02/iphone_5_rumors_indicate_a_4-i.html

Apple rumored to be evaluating 3 new iPhone prototypes, one with slideout keyboard
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/14/apple_rumored_to_be_evaluating_3_new_iphone_prototypes_o

Apple’s Subscription Rules Raise Possible Antitrust Issues
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704409004576146613997208194.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/219790/apples_new_subscription_model_pros_and_cons.html

Google to launch subscription service
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703373404576148142926860706.html

Full-duplex radio breakthrough can double Wi-Fi capacity
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/021611-duplex-radio-wifi.html?hpg1=bn

Nvidia pushing tablets to quad-core chip this year
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20032113-64.html

Mobil World Conference (Sorry to link to product pages)

http://reviews.cnet.com/mobile-world-congress/

Nokia to delay Windows phone beyond October
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/16/nokia-windows-phone-microsoft-delay

IBM’s Watson victorious in Jeopardy; Our new computer overlord?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/ibms-watson-victorious-in-jeopardy-our-new-computer-overlord/45002

Creators: Watson has no speed advantage as it crushes humans in Jeopardy
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2011/02/creators-watson-has-no-speed-advantage-as-it-crushes-humans-in-jeopardy.ars

Facebook Frackups!

HTC Facebook Phones: First Press Shots [Update x2]
http://pocketnow.com/android/htc-facebook-phones-first-press-shots
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/15/htc-salsa-and-chacha-bring-the-dedicated-facebook-button-to-andr/

First Facebook SIM Card Released
http://www.allfacebook.com/first-facebook-sim-card-released-2011-02

Kickers and Science:

First Kiss Is More Powerful Than First Sexual Encounter
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/valentines-day-romance-kiss-memorable-sexual-encounter/story?id=12887206

Solar Flares Could Disrupt Energy Grid and Telecommunications Network
http://www.energydigital.com/sectors/utilities-electric/solar-flares-could-disrupt-energy-grid-and-telecommunications-network
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2380425,00.asp

Pentagon’s Tiny New Spy Drone Mimics Hummingbird
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/pentagons-tiny-new-spy-drone-mimics-hummingbird/

We are still having a show tomorrow even though there is going to be a basketball preemption. You will not be able to listen to the show from the stream linked to on wrct.org, instead please go to this link to listen this week.

This is the last week that we will be on this stream, next weekend we will be back on the wrct stream.

Of course you will always be able to listen to the show, and download it for your viewing pleasure right here.

~MCB

Thanks for listening live if you were, and thanks for downloading if you weren’t. We had a long show to make it easy on Chris with basketball transitions. This was a pretty good show today, we had some personnel problems, as our brains went on tangents for things, and then we didn’t know where we had ended up. Finally Nokia may adopt another OS for their smartphones, some Google stories, and our first email response to a story, please keep them coming!

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Egypt Restores Internet Service
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703960804576119690514692446.html

Google’s Wael Ghonim is missing in Egypt; company asks public for help finding him
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/02/google-exec-missing-in-egypt

TSA to test privacy-enhancing software on whole body scanners
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9207679/TSA_to_test_privacy_enhancing_software_on_whole_body_scanners?taxonomyId=84

Wikileaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.switched.com/2011/02/02/wikileaks-nominated-nobel-peace-prize/

Verizon breaks first day sales record with iPhone 4 pre-orders — in only two hours
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/04/verizon-breaks-first-day-sales-record-with-iphone-4-pre-orders

AT&T to some iPhone users: stay with us and get a free microcell
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/02/att-to-some-iphone-users-stay-with-us-and-get-a-free-microcell.ars

Survey: 32% admit mooching neighbor’s Wi-Fi

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/02/wifi-users-guard-their-own-networks-happy-to-use-others.ars
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-02-04-wifimoochers04_ST_N.htm

Nokia Considering Windows Phone 7 Adoption: Rumors
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Nokia-Considering-Windows-Phone-7-Adoption-Rumors-669936/

200GB to 25GB: Canada gets first, bitter dose of metered Internet
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/01/canada-gets-first-bitter-dose-of-metered-internet-billing.ars

We are still having a show tomorrow even though there is going to be a basketball preemption. You will not be able to listen to the show from the stream linked to on wrct.org, instead please go to this link to listen this week.

I will put up a post like this before every show that will be preempted by a basketball game that is on our own stream. Of course you will always be able to listen to the show, and download it for your viewing pleasure right here.

~MCB