Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Show Notes, Episode 10: Smart Phones at War

Mike talks about his recent vacation and visit to Assateague Island MD
http://www.assateagueisland.com/

Apple offers free case to users to Stem tide of faulty antenna complaints. Yet still denies any antenna problems saying all cell phones have this kind of a problem. Free bumpers for all who want one and refunds for those who have one already till Sep 30th.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66E52I20100716?type=domesticNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

Apple’s rivals call out Steve Jobs on the claim that all phones have the same antenna issues as the iPhone 4.  
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-phone-wars-20100720,0,7490518.story

Verizon thought they had more then enough Droid X’s to go around. But Thursday’s release of the phone quickly saw online and retail sales being sold out.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/201276/droid_x_proves_a_hit_sold_out.html?tk=hp_new

Facebook pushing privacy boundaries
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New Ultra Violet service beta service coming this fall
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/07/dece-moving-forward-with-beta-tests-but-still-sans-apple.ars

last week Senate Committee decides to cancel NASAs moon mission efforts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/science/space/16nasa.html

This week Congress approves 19 billion for NASA to fund private industry development of rockets for use in space travel.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/policy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225900096&subSection=News

Laser tracking space debris. Current system in use is the SPY-1 Radar.
http://news.discovery.com/space/laser-system-space-junk.html

Are you looking for a job. Do you think you could take charge of company worth an estimated $1.1 Billion? If so then you may be just the person Nokia needs to replace current CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo who has held the job since 2006. The move comes as Mr Kallasvou stuggles to find a foot hold for the company in the smart phone industry. Currently Nikia is the single larges producer of Cell Phones in the world making 108.5 million phones in the third quarter of last year.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703720504575377750449338786.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Mike talks about the new Anti-Aircraft Laser on the CWIS (Close-In Weapon System) platform. A 50 Kilowatt laser being used to take out Aircraft drowns and missiles. He also covers a bit about his time in the Navy and the current CWIS system that is in use.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10682693

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