The OCF Podcast, Episode 20: "Tech News and a Giveaway"

The OCF Podcast
Episode 20: "Tech News and a Giveaway"
7/30/08
Runtime: 0:46:32



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Show Notes:

On our 20th episode, we bring back the fantastic roundtable trio from episode 19 plus another astute tech panelist. Our panelists tackle the botched iPhone launch - the last of the Core 2 Duos - 5 reasons to love or hate microsoft - and the $30,000 hoverboard. Before the tech news madness Matt Ring and Jordan begin our podcast giveaway and announce our new podcast contributor’s panel.

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Episode 21 – Aug 13, 2008

Tech News Roundtable Links:

Dell updates their Ubuntu laptops:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/li...ns-rolling-out-ubuntu-8-04-adds-media-codecs

New flash technology increases drive lifespan:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/ha...promises-millions-of-writes-centuries-of-use

Zune Boy mad at Microsoft:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/mi...ne-boy-has-change-of-heart-will-cover-tattoo

Apple is hiring someone to purposely hack the iphone:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/25/apple-says-want-to-hack-iphones-for-a-living

Google’s Android and Nokia’s Symbian to merge:
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008...-and-symbian-to-merge-nokia-and-google-to-g/

Voodoo’s Envy 133 laptop - sexy:
http://www.computerworld.com/actio...leBasic&articleId=9103778&source=rss_topic79

Gateway closing up online shop:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2326492,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03079TX1K0000585
http://gizmodo.com/5029550/gateway-shutters-online-store-exits-direct-pc-sales-business-completely

Google counts 1 Trillion unique URLS:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/google_counts_over_1_trillion_unique_urls

Technology is turning you into a time wasting fiend…. You need help:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/google_counts_over_1_trillion_unique_urls

Faucet whale brings Jordan back to his childhood:
http://gizmodo.com/5029689/faucet-fountain-eliminates-paper-bathroom-cups-recreates-grade-school

Buy the hoverboard from Back to the Future for 30 grand:
http://gizmodo.com/5029595/back-to-the-future-hoverboard-auction-starts-at-30000

Dell issues fubar update to laptop users:
http://www.hothardware.com/News/Dell_Issues_NVIDIA_GPU_Update_To_Laptop_Owners/

Once Tricked into Using It, Users Like Vista:
http://www.hothardware.com/News/Once_Tricking_Into_Using_It_Users_Like_Vista/
http://www.hothardware.com/News/Microsofts_Fake_OS_Gets_a_Web_Site/

5 Reasons I love Microsoft:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2326446,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532

News Sources:
The Tech Report
Engadget
Ars Technica
Extreme Tech
PC Magazine
Gizmodo
Hot Hardware

Special thanks to:
Kevin Hustler
John
Zach
Jake

The OCF Podcast Staff:
Executive Producer: Matt Ring (mdcomp)
Producer and Host: Jordan Drake (jdrake90)
Assistant Producer: Ben Aldrich (Ben333)


The OCF Podcast Contributor Panel:
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Jordan Drake
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The OCF Podcast
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Great show guys! Love the info on the VooDoo Envy. I had not see that yet, and am pretty excited about them showing the Air how it should have been done.

Good stuff, guys.

I want that hover board... Im gonna go to the bank tomorrow and check for a loan...

This is the first OCF podcast I've ever listened to. The 'news freshness' is beyond dated for me. I read almost ten tech news sites several times per day. I was fairly entertained by the humor in the podcast, which is what kept me from switching it off. I see the same effect with the overclockers.com news posts. The contributions can seem shallow. I don't mean this as an attack, but praise it for what it is. Its a quality news source for a certain demographic.
"You think you can do better, nightelph? Yes, I can. Please recruit me.

Hey guys,
Zach here from the podcast - Just wanted to know what you guys think and how we can improve!

I apologize for the attitude in my above post. I definitely enjoyed the discussion.

No problem, nightelph. If you have any suggestions we are happy to hear them and do our best to include them. If you'd like to send some specific news stories that you'd like to hear about on the podcast, we'd be happy to look them over.

Thanks!

Matt

i just figured that i would add that i listened to my first podcast today. it was definitely nice to be able to just listen to some of the latest tech news instead of having to read it. very convenient for me here at work.

i personally like having the panel of people to discuss each news article. that is something you typically do not get when just reading. sure you can read comments, but i think a real discussion gets very good feedback.

keep up the good work

Hello again all!

I think the main intent of this podcast is not to give breaking news but rather to (attempt, cough) to have meaningful discussion of some topics.

We should, during tech roundtables, limit ourselves to the number of topics though. I'd prefer to have deeper conversations rather than grazing over many of them. Thoughts?

Keep up the good work Jordan, Matt and Ben!