all tech radio show
 
 

Segment 1:

*  General Motors Co [GM.UL] and eBay Inc are launching a test program in California that will allow consumers to negotiate with dealers and buy new vehicles online, the companies said on Monday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/COMSRV/idUSN1045398320090810
* A US bank will this week launch a new service that allows you to deposit checks by taking photos of them with your iPhone.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/10/usaa_iphone_check_deposit/
* Apple iPhone users may soon have an official way to use Google Voice, as Google is working on a Web application for its calling service, according to an unconfirmed report on David Pogue's blog on The New York Times's Web site.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/telecom/voice/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=219100634

Segment 2:

*  A leaked memo and a carrier Web page seemed to pointing toward a new, 8GB version of the iPhone 3GS to replace the current $99 8GB iPhone 3G.
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/55392/mixed-signals-on-rumored-8gb-iphone-3gs/

*  The U.S. Air Force used social media sites like Twitter and YouTube to track the fallout from the whole “Air Force One Flyover PR Disaster.”
http://www.reelseo.com/air-force-twitter-youtube/12844/
* The first couple of weeks of September are going to be a banner time for music video games. On September 9 (09/09/09), the much-anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band will hit store shelves, just eight days after Guitar Hero 5 gets its chance to rock living rooms everywhere. 
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10305823-235.html

Segment 3:

* Some coffee shops in New York have decided to ban laptop use during peak business hours because many people are sipping coffee all day and not buying anything. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10305936-71.html


* Facebook has acquired FriendFeed, a Bay Area-based social-network feed aggregation start-up. "Facebook and FriendFeed share a common vision of giving people tools to share and connect with their friends," FriendFeed co-founder Bret Taylor said in a release.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10306560-36.html

Segment 4 :

Interview: Elizabeth Fournier, Toshiba’s boring vs. normal project 

Segment 5:

Email from listeners

Q- “After seeing Twitter suffer with a denial of service attack, I am wondering what I should do if someone tries to do the same to my network?”                      

 

Broadcast Sunday, August 16th, 2009