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Mike Thinks News , Blasting through the absurdity at the speed of the internet On todays show I take a look at these stories: The calling card rip-off Control your teens driving Its in bad taste sure but illegal? Churros beat our I sell fish What is an acceptable review quote in an add? Mike Guest Hosts on Geek News Central this week Member of the Blubrry community Sponsor: Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast voicemail HotLine (347)284-6453 thats (347)Bug-Mike Copyright 2008 Mike Thinks News. all rights reserved. This feed may be distributed freely in its UNALTERED STATE. For information on other uses for this feed or its contents please call (347)284-6453 or email Legal@newcastlive.com Please contact legal@www.combathanger.com so we can take legal action immediately. Plugin by Taragana

(click HERE to see the posting that prompted my to write this) It seems like a very very long time ago that I donated $50 towards the purchase of an OLPC. You probably never heard that I made this donation, because it was just that, a donation not a ploy for publicity, link love or anything other than money for a good cause. I only make the announcement here now because I am feeling a few steps past ticked off. you see, the people over at OLPC have, from all I can tell, have failed to act in good faith , and have apparently snubbed one of the most trusted and upstanding citizens in the new media space, Todd Cochran, and in the process, hosed over the many dozens of people who donated like myself. Full disclosure here, Todd Cochran is the CEO of Raw Voice , and its subsidiary companies Blubrry.com, and TechPodcast.com, and I do have an affiliation with Blubrry.com I can only imagine his frustration and embarrassment at being put in a position where he accepted donations for a charitable cause, and now must explain why, through no fault of his own the donations did not produce the promised result. Those of you who listen to my show on a regular basis know that I do enjoy going off on a rant every now and again, which is why I am writing this post free of hyperbole and wild accusations, this is a very serious issue. As a member of the Podcasting community, as a member of Blubrry, and as a member of the Geek News Central Ohana, I am very disappointed with the OLPC groups handling of this entire situation. I post this here in the hopes of helping other avoid a similar disappointment. Mike James Copyright 2008 News Cast Live, formerly Mike Thinks News. all rights reserved. This feed may be distributed freely in its UNALTERED STATE. For information on other uses for this feed or its contents please call (347)284-6453 or email Legal@newcastlive.com Please contact legal@www.combathanger.com so we can take legal action immediately. Plugin by Taragana

A first of a kind keyboard where each key can have its own image loaded into it. The keyboard is very unique where you can have the keyboard can be programmed to do anything you want it to. The keyboard retails for $500.00 it was defnitley the most unique keyboard I have ever seen and the functions that could be programmed where quite amazing. The price may be high but it can be re-programmed to be much more than a keyboard.If you want more information on Maximus Optimus and info on future special offers please visit www.rawvoiceoffers.com and enter promo code "Optimus" or visit www.artlebedev.com

TeleAtlas is driving all across the country creating 3d maps that when employed on your GPS device is going to give you a completly new navigational experience. Having experienced 3d GPS mapping in Las Vegas it was amazing to not only see the street layouts but also to be able to see the buildings in their true forms via the GPS device.If you want more information on TeleAtlas and info on future special offers please visit www.rawvoiceoffers.com and enter promo code "TeleAtlas" or visit www.teleatlas.com

If you are a PC user you will want to look at Sony Vegas as a viable video editing package. Their Plantinum offering is very compelling and within a price range that makes sense for many looking for a professional video editing package.If you want more information on sony Vegas and info on future special offers please visit www.rawvoiceoffers.com and enter promo code "SONY" or visit www.sony.com

Andy McCaskey spent some time with the folks from Filemaker.com and talked about a new Mac product the have called Bento. According to their website "Bento brings your important information together in one place to help you get organized. So you can manage your contacts, coordinate events, track projects, prioritize tasks, and more - faster and easier than ever before."I have been running a version of this program since the show and am really impressed in the way it has allowed me to really stay organized. Check out Bento at www.filemaker.com

Disclaimer: I have one of these devices that I am testing at this time. Vudu is one of the most unique products I have had exposure to in a long time. Vudu allows you to rent movies like you would on Pay Per View. Vudu also allows you to actually buy the movie and store on its internal hard drive. This box delivers 1000's of videos new and old. The releases of videos are on a very similar time table as standard pay per view. Since this interview the vudu box price has been reduced to $295.00 which is a much better price than the old price. If you want more information on Vudu and info on future special offers please visit www.rawvoiceoffers.com and enter promo code "VUDU" or visit www.vudu.com

Simulscribe is a very cool service that transcribes takes your voicemail and transcribes it into a text email message. Simulscribe is a subscription service. I like the idea in this as you will be able to get the contectual content of your voicemail in a text messaqe to your email inbox.If you want more information on Simulscribe and future special offers please visit www.rawvoiceoffers.com and enter promo code "SIMULSCRIBE" or visit www.simulscribe.com

When you think of Energizer you think about batteries but you really do not think about home lighting. The folks at Energize have come with some great lighting products for the home that have eye appeal and will solve a lot of problems people have with lighting. This new line of lighting products called "Light on Demand" are going to allow people to hang lights in places they would not do so otherwise. With long lasting rechargeable batteries this is the perfect solution that eliminates the hassle of having to hide or run wiring. As simple as hang the light and turn it on is the advantage of these new products by energizer. Long Life Time, Uses LED lights and they are very efficient lights that will run 12 hours on a charge. Best thing as easy to hang as a picture. They are going to be sold at Target and Target.com available Feb 3rd. If you want more information on the new Energizer Home Lights and future special offers please visit www.rawvoiceoffers.com and enter promo code "ENERGIZER" or visit www.energizer.com

When you think of Energizer you think about batteries but you really do not think about home lighting. The folks at Energize have come with some great lighting products for the home that have eye appeal and will solve a lot of problems people have with lighting. This new line of lighting products called "Light on Demand" are going to allow people to hang lights in places they would not do so otherwise. With long lasting rechargeable batteries this is the perfect solution that eliminates the hassle of having to hide or run wiring. As simple as hang the light and turn it on is the advantage of these new products by energizer. Long Life Time, Uses LED lights and they are very efficient lights that will run 12 hours on a charge. Best thing as easy to hang as a picture. They are going to be sold at Target and Target.com available Feb 3rd. If you want more information on the new Energizer Home Lights and future special offers please visit www.rawvoiceoffers.com and enter promo code "ENERGIZER" or visit www.energizer.com Download Video

World's Largest Picture Frame from the folks at SmartParts at SmartPartsProducts.com at the Consumer Electronics Show For more info on this product visit their website or

I have been watching the OQO for over a year now and their Ultra Mobile PC's are some of the best out their in the market today. So when I got a chance to interview them at the Consumer Electronics Show I could not pass the booth by. What I like the most about this Ultra Mobile PC is the ability to get additional third party batteries for it that extend batter life on the unit. It has built in EVDO for either Sprint or Verizon making it the perfect device for streaming from anyplace with a decent EVDO connection. I want one of these devices pretty bad. To get more information about the OQO visit www.rawvoiceoffers.com and enter the keyword OQO or visit their website at www.oqo.com

One of the coolest products I found that is perfect for the traveling military person, someone on the go or even for someone looking to get rid of their monthly phone bill was being demonstrated by a company called MagicJack. I was able to get a MagicJack and plug it into my USB port on my Computer and I was making free phone calls in about 5 minutes. The software is loaded on the device and it installs virtually automatically. I was able to pick out a area code exchange of my choice and was dialing out and having people dial in. Sound quality was very good. Whats cool about the MagicJack is that plugs into your PC USB port then you plug a regular phone into it and your good to go. Pick up the phone and you have a dial tone. Very inexpensive product. Visit www.magicjack.com

Myxer is a pretty cool service. I had some exposure to the company prior to CES and in fact the Geek News Central Podcast Introduction is available as ringtone on the service. MyxerTones is a great way to make and share ringtones and wallpapers you can get thousands of ringtones and wallpaper from their website and most are available at no charge. You can even make your own ringtone to share with your friends and family. They are integrated such that you can deliver content from your webpage or myspace account. Please Visit Myxer.com today

I was able to spend a few moments with INRIX at the Consumer Electronic Show, for those of you buying new generation GPS systems you are going to find that not only will those GPS systems help you find your way, they also may be feed with traffic navigation information that will help you route around the traffic. INRIX is the company that is collecting traffic information today from a variety of sources and combining that into historical and up to date traffic information. Please Visit Inrix.com

Intel has an exciting new processor chip that will be in all new Ultra Mobile PC's in the coming months. Bringing more power, lower heat and significantly reduced power consumption. While I got to touch one of the chips I was not able to keep it. What this chip is going to do is cause Ultra Mobile PC to get smaller and provide more power to the end user. Next year when we go to CES we will have Menlo powered UMPC in our back packs streaming live. Really exciting stuff coming from Intel and we will have a whole slew of vendors putting out UMPC with this Intel Menlo processor.

Andy McCaskey from Slashdotreview Interviews the CEO of Juice Caster from JuiceCaster.com at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show and talks about the cell phone based social networking product that they have, that is integrated with at least 4 of the major carriers. It delivers some of the features of YouTube, MySpace and Facebook on a cell phone. One of the things they have done is try to make it useful to everyone. Juice Caster is about connecting your cell phone to MySpace, Friendster their online site is not what they consider a destination portal. Instead their is a widget that you can place on Facebook and MySpace that will let you push pictures to those profiles plus a whole lot more. Check out their site at www.juicecaster.com

Day Three coverage comes to you from the Zune Section of the Microsoft booth. Big thanks to the Zune team for letting us film this in a section of their booth. Check out the podcast suport on the Zune. MyDreamFlyer.com Plantronic Virtual Phone Booth Asoka Power Line PlugLink AV 9164 My Theater Acoustic Panels i-sobot Sanyo HD 1000 HDMI Camera Support our Sponsors! Special Promotion code 20% off on 1 Year Shared Hosting Plans use Godaddy Code Todd20 [Save 10% off on any order at GoDaddy.com!] Use Code Todd Save 15% on any order of $20 or more at GoDaddy.com! Use Code Geek5

Todd from Geek News Central and Andy McCaskey from Slashdotreview spend day two at the Consumer Electronics Show and come up with a great assortment of products and innovative technology.

If you are a motorcycle buff you will want to keep your eyes open for the Parrot SK4000 wireless headset. It apapts to any helmet and has great communications with an exposed mic.What makes this wireless headset different is that it is really smart it takes voice commands to dial your cell phone, change the radio station, play a different track on your media player. A very robsut system that even has handlebar controls that work with motorcycle drivers with gloves on.

If you are a serious home theather fan you will want to check out the ultimate Integrated Theather Console. This device has the richest feature set I have seen to date all in single console system. While not cheap the demonstrated unit at $25,000 the equivalant individual components that would be needed to complete this build out would be over $120,000.Check out their website at www.se2labs.com

Would you like to be able to get content that is on your mobile phone or pc diplayed on a high definition TV. How about simply viewing those pictures have taken with the mobile phone and actually being able to see them on a decent screen. You can do this wirelessly with their PC2TV and M2TV technology an innovative product from Quartics www.quartics.com

What if I told you that you could remove all virus protection from your computer. Disable any firewals and replace all of that technology with a USB stick that would re-route your internet connection through the Gatekeeper Pico card and provide you the same level of protection.Yoggie Security has a new device that they claim does just that. Their thought is you can remove all of the spyware, virus and firewall protection software and have a faster computer by protecting your computer with their USB www.yoggie.com

Imagine you hang a flat screen TV on the wall plug the power in and thats it. Coming to a retail store close to you soon is Wireless HDMI Flat Screens.The picture coming out of this TV was flawless. The wireless HDMI uses a transmitter that can be placed up to 30ft away and when sets are released next year with the receivers built into them you will not need to run HDMI cable to TV that is on a wall you do not want to have to tear down and rebuild to hide the hdmi wires.Very cool stuff Support our Sponsor GoDaddy.com Save 10% on all orders use code Tech3 $6.95 .com domain names use code Tech2 Save 20% on one year shared hosting accounts Todd20

All of us worry about loosing our data. Many of us back up that data on a regular basis. But how many people protect their data from fire or floods. What if your most important data like pictures and financial doucments could be kept safe from fire and floods without really thinking about it. Well a company that has been famous for home safe's for years has a new twist on their product line. Hard Drives are mounted in the safe and connected to your computer even with the safe door closed, your data can be protected from destruction of fire or flood yet accessed at anytime. Support our Sponsor GoDaddy.com Save 10% on all orders use code Tech3 $6.95 .com domain names use code Tech2 Save 20% on one year shared hosting accounts Todd20

We all have trouble with Power Strips. A number of innovative power strips have been rolled out in the past couple of years. But the folks over at Kreative Power Strips have come up with a new innovative way to handle the variety of power needs we have today.Visit their website at www.kreativepower.com

Pinnacle Systems had a very impressive new product at CES Unveiled. The demonstrated their new "Video Transfer" product dubbed Press and Go.Press and Go is a very good term for this device and it is brillantly simple to use. You can plug and Analog Video feed into it and encode real time into a Apple iPod, Sony PSP, USB Memory stick. They were playing a "Home DVD" ;) and encoded it real time into the Sony PSP, iPod, Memory Stick. While not the first product to do this Neuros has a device that will do similar thing the price point on this will defnitley compete with Neuros.