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Feedback: Voicemail from Matt explaining the wonders of buying apps right on our mobile devices.
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Geek This Week:
Gozer:
Go to Toy’s R Us! Every game now until Xmas Eve is buy 1 get the second 1 half off! Again, if your name is Robert and you are my 15 year old cousin stop listening to the podcast! I picked up 2 copies of Left for Dead 2 for $90.
Playin Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer, up to 41. Doin alot of domination and demolition. Using tactical insertions like crazy especially in these game modes. Replaying through the story mode on Veteran and i am finding it to be not too difficult. Just be patient.
Beat New Super Mario Bros Wii. Awesome ending. Very old school with a nice twist. Offers you to play again with something new added.
Aaron:
CarbonCopyCloner with my Mac Mini.
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Tech and Gaming News:
New Super Mario Bros Wii hits big in Japan: bricks record, collects coin
by Alexander Sliwinski { 3 hours ago }
Old-school Mario is news again as New Super Mario Bros. Wii sold at Sonic-speed throughout its Japanese launch last week. Andriasang reports that the platformer sold 422,000 copies in its first day (December 3), with Famitsu following up that NSMB Wii moved 936,734 units by Sunday, December 6, its “first week” at retail, stomping the previous week-one sales record held by Super Smash Bros. Brawl (816k).
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/07/nsmb-wii-hits-big-in-japan-bricks-record-collects-coin/
AT&T’s new iPhone app conveys your disappointment in real time
By Joseph L. Flatley posted Dec 7th 2009 10:55AM
OK, so the bigwigs at AT&T and Verizon have learned to make nice (for the time being at least), but what’s a hapless iPhone user to do about dropped calls and other network problems? The AT&T Mark The Spot app offers long-suffering (or even the intermittently bedeviled) customers the ability to ping their carrier in real time, with location-specific feedback, should one experience a coverage crisis. To begin registering your gripes, hit the source link and download away!
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/atandts-new-iphone-app-conveys-your-disappointment-in-real-time/
The Viper Smart Start ( links your Iphone to your Viper Alarm system)
– arm/disarm
– remote car starter
– trunk release
– panic or car finder
If you already have a compatible Viper remote start system, you can add the VSM100 module to make your system SmartStart ready. $ 299
If you don’t have a compatible Viper remote start system, the VSS4000 has everything you need to make your vehicle SmartStart ready. $499
Boxee Box coming Q2 2010, D-Link revealed as hardware partner
By Ross Miller posted Dec 7th 2009 8:41PM
Like a good one-two punch, now that Boxee Beta has been unveiled, here comes a glimpse of the company’s first hardware unit, the Boxee Box. D-Link takes the honors of being the inaugural hardware partner and Astro the designer. The Box, more like a submerged cube, boasts HDMI, SD card slot, two USB 2.0 ports, WiFi, and ethernet for old school internet connectivity. Unfortunately, we don’t know at this point what’s powering it under the hood, but we’re hoping that NVIDIA collaboration on the beta software might suggest some Ion here. Target release sometime in the second quarter of 2010 for about $200.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/boxee-box-coming-q2-2010-d-link-revealed-as-hardware-partner/
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Test a Geek:
1) When were the first telepromters developed? A) The first teleprompters were developed in the 1950′s and got their name from the company that developed them; the TelePrompTer Company.
2) Both Safari and Chrome are built on what browser platform? A) Webkit.
3) Name all the Mario games in the main series of Mario Bros:
A) Donkey Kong • Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. • The Lost Levels • Super Mario Bros. 2 • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario Land •Super Mario World • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island • Super Mario 64 • Super Mario Sunshine •New Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Galaxy • New Super Mario Bros. Wii • Super Mario Galaxy 2
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How To: This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast
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Ask A Geek: This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast
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Open Source Software: This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast
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Hack: This segment will return on a future episode of The Geekcast
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The Geek’s View: Listener Matt has a review of the Motorola Droid.
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