Show Notes for March 23, 2011
If you missed our March 23rd show, you missed a fun-filled extravaganza with music from Project Pitchfork, Smash Mouth, 30 Seconds to Mars, and… yes… Rebecca Black. And we also talked about all this stuff:
- Microsoft shuts down spam giant and kills 39% of world’s spam http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/18/microsoft-and-feds-shuts-down-spam-behemoth-rustock-reduces-worldwide-spam/
- AT&T buying T-Mobile for $39 million http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/20/in-the-race-for-more-spectrum-att-is-acquiring-t-mobile-for-39-billion/
- Man fires on officers in a fit of burrito rage http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110321/ap_on_re_us/us_texas_burrito_rage
- Amish man accused of drag racing in buggy http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/16/plenty-of-horsepower-amish-man-accused-of-drag-racing-in-buggy/
- Obama’s big budget oops http://boortz.com/nealz_nuze/2011/03/a-23-trillion-oops.html
- Top 6 things Republicans (supposedly) consider more important than job creation http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/22/top-6-things-republicans-consider-more-important-than-job-creation/
- Michigan city begins licensing…fortunetellers?! http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/macomb_county/eastpointe-puts-new-fortune-telling-ordinance-into-effect
- Mac vs iPhone: what a difference a decade makes http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/final-frame/final-frame-what-a-difference-a-decade-can-make-142108
- If you say “protest” on a phone in China, it cuts off automatically http://www.businessinsider.com/china-censorship-2011-3
- Google gives $1 million to GA Tech to work on open Internet tools http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/22/google-gives-georgia-tech-1-million-to-build-a-benchmark-for-th/
- Apple sues Amazon over new “app store” http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/03/22/apple.amazon.app.fast/index.html
- Value your life? Don’t fly United… http://www.wsbtv.com/nationalnews/27269072/detail.html
- Chris Brown loses his temper… again http://www.accessatlanta.com/celebrities-tv/ap-source-chris-brown-881703.html
- Pole dancing for Jesus http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/22/pole-dancing-for-jesus/
- Woman fires gun after being refused a kiss http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/woman-92-fires-gun-after-kiss-refused/story-e6frf7jx-1226026460991
- Armed beauty queen fatally shoots home invader http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/22/armed-beauty-queen-fatally-shoots-intruder-florida-home-invasion/
- Theater chains don’t want to disclose popcorn nutrition info http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-popcorn-20110323,0,3759568.story
- Missing teen charged with murder of guardians http://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-teen-found-charged-murder/story?id=13203016
- And Shawn R thought he was obsessed with Chipotle http://www.the-guac-is-extra.com/
- Instead of bombing dictators, stop selling them bombs http://www.truth-out.org/instead-bombing-dictators-stop-selling-them-bombs68680
- DUI checkpoint apps are harmful to public safety, say senators http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/03/senators-dui-checkpoint-apps-are-harmful-to-public-safety.ars
- Motorola developing its own mobile OS? http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal-tech/tablets/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229400147