T.R.I.P. Episode 8 - The Cake is a Lie

Recorded April 18, 2012. This episode is dedicated to Dick Clark who died today at the age of 82

The Apple II turns 35! Joe earns his idiot card. Windows Phone misses the mark. Stunning predictions... from 2007. and much, much more!

Tonight's News

• Redbox Might Be Able To Stop Misdirected Receipts
• Touchscreen ordering @ Chili's
• Fixing My Most Common Gmail Annoyance
• Forget that! Use PureText (Shut up, Kevin.You're an idiot.)
• Macs DO get viruses! 
• Gizmodo
• ArsTechnica
• Amazon’s “Fake Book” Problem
• Tupac hologram
• Washington Post
• Telegraph
• Dear Windows Phone: Get Your [stuff] Together
• Ikea TV
• Predictions from the past
• Original article
• The Stupidity Of Data Caps: No One Knows What A Megabyte Is
• Ebook pricing flaws

Technology Term of the Day: Mollyguard

New Company Names Suggested by the Corporate Restructuring Division at TRIP Tower

• MicroPanaSonyGoopleSamSprintInstaZon 
• MotoNorTwittVidiAcAfee
• 3ComLogiEAeBayCisTariDobeDaptecRIMSunRedHatRox
• SAPAT&THTCHPIBMLGQVC
• VerizBookIntelOraHoo!

Extra Links (stuff we didn't get to and bizarre references we made)

• The Cake is a Lie
• Follow up: iPad mini rumors continue!
• Follow up: Dreamworks Animation joins Walmart's disc to digital program
• A TSA Agent Has Been Stealing iPads from Passenger Luggage
• How a Blind Man Uses the iPhone
• Lego Titanic
• Copy protection means some DirecTV subs will need new gear to watch HBO
• Drop In! Top Schools From Berkeley to Yale Now Offer Free Online Courses
• The Sun Just Had a 79,000 Mile Explosion [way cool video]
• Police: Man strips naked at Oregon airport in TSA protest
• Malaysia Is the World Leader In Theater Comfort Technology [I would so love to watch a movie in this theater]

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