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Cranky Geeks – USB 3 Coming

rod — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:34:32 +0000

Today’s Guests: Sebastian Rupley, Co-Crank, Editorial Director, PCMagCast.com Patrick Norton, Managing Editor, Revision3 Annaliza Savage, Multimedia Editor, WIred
The Topics: USB 3.0 Coming SoonImagine uploading an HD movie to your laptop in just over a minute. That’s the promise of USB 3.0, due out later this year. Last week, Intel released the larger part of the specification for USB 3.0. That’s 90 percent of what’s needed to build silicon that will work with the USB 3.0 protocol Is USB 3.0 going to make a difference? Psychologists Give Thumbs Up to GamesA trio of psychology reports examining the benefits of videogames have unanimously concluded that some titles can have positive effects on their players. The research, released this week, found that people of all ages and from all walks can benefit from certain types of videogames, such as brain training and educational games. 3G iPhone Plagued By Dropped CallsIf you’re having problems with dropped calls on your new 3G Apple iPhone, you’re not alone. 3G iPhone owners are complaining about connection failures – sometimes repeatedly – during calls. The problem typically occurs when the device attempts to move from 3G to another network, says USA Today. The culprit may be the chipset. What’s the Value of Online Comments?The problem with online discussion threads is that any useful comments get buried beneath an avalanche of garbage, I wrote in a recent column. Here’s how it works: The first few comments on a discussion thread will seem useful, but then the horde comes. As the thread grows longer and longer, it decays into an unread mess. Dell Can’t Trademark Cloud ComputingDell has lost its bid to trademark the widely-used term “cloud computing”. The computer giant had filed an application to trademark the phrase with the US Patent and Trademark Office in March 2007. US trademark wonks have declared cloud computing a “generic” term because it’s “incapable of functioning as a source-identifier for applicant’s services’.”

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CrankyGeeks Episode 147

rod — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:46:10 +0000

Today’s Guests:
Sebastian Rupley, Co-Crank, Editorial Director, PCMagCast.com
Garnett Lee, Executive Editor, 1UP.com
David Spark, Host, The Spark Minute

The Topics:

Corrupted Youth

The Josephson Institute’s Center for Youth Ethics released a survey saying that American youth are becoming completely unethical in all possible ways. Fully 40 percent thought that you cannot succeed in the U.S.A. without lying, cheating, or stealing. A lot of stealing goes on on the Internet. I say that kids should be allowed to take information from the Net, but include proper citations..

Cybe-Bullying Can’t Stop Net Anonymity

Lori Drew was recently convicted of computer fraud in a cyber-bullying case. The Missouri mother used Myspace to make a fake persona for a teenage boy, leading a teenage girl to believe that persona, and ultimately engaging in cruel behavior that led to the girl’s suicide. “The reality is that many, many people lie about their identities online,” says PCMag editor-in-chief Lance Ulanoff. This will not change, and whether Drew committed “computer fraud” is questionable..

The Netbook Hype Machine
“I get a big kick out of the way everyone is falling all over themselves to anoint “netbooks” as the next big thing,” says Lance Ulanoff in another recent column. Ulanoff agrees that the economic downturn is good news for these $350 stripped down portable computers, but thinks their success is largely coming from marketing. Is a slightly more expensive laptop a better choice?

Sex v. Internet
According to a study commissioned and released by Intel, close to half of the women questioned by Harris Interactive said they’d be willing to give up sex for two weeks rather than give up their Internet access. Only 30 percent of the men surveyed were willing to do the same. For women 35 to 44 years old, the figure jumped to 52 percent. Are these numbers believable?

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