In this law-abiding episode of the hellyeah! show, we discuss Emory’s brush with local authorities, the myriad of gadget news bits that came out of CES this year, the OLPC XO 3.0 tablet, new .brand top-level domains, and an upcoming Apple education event.
Check out the show notes after the break…
Emory’s stuff
- My encounter with law enforcement regarding a one-way street
- Mail.app and MailTags
- Filesystem tagging problems and metadata sync
- Three bad drives! AH-AH-AH.
Alan’s stuff
- lock picks
- Justin Bieber unveils dancing robot
- there is so much wrong with this
- http://www.slashgear.com/justin-bieber-unveils-tosy-mrobo-dancing-robot-at-ces-2012-12209008/
CES overview
- internet-connected TVs
- Razer’s hand-held gaming PC
- thin/OLED TVs
- ultrabooks
- the iRobot AVA
- assistance robot that uses a tablet for a head
- http://www.torontosun.com/2012/01/12/thinner-smarter-faster
- http://gizmodo.com/5875243/fever-dream-of-a-guilt+ridden-gadget-reporter
OLPC XO 3.0 tablet
- 8-inch tablet unveiled at CES
- uses solar panel and kinetic hand crank to supply power
- one hour of solar charging = 2 hours of use
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethwoyke/2012/01/08/a-look-at-olpcs-xo-3-0-tablets-solar-and-kinetic-chargers/
.brand domain names coming soon
- ICANN will sell top-level domains starting at $185,000
- .apple or .nyc could be coming soon
- potentially reduces the apparent scarcity of premium web domains (e.g. “.com” domains)
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/12/us-internet-domains-idUSTRE80B14D20120112
Apple event happening on January 19
- education-related announcement
- likely to do with iBooks and textbooks
- Steve Jobs apparently wanted to reinvent textbooks
- http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/11/apple_announces_education_event_in_new_york_city_next_wednesday_jan_19.html
