Tuesday Tech Talk #33

Hello folks and welcome to another edition of Triple T. Let’s see what is happening this week.

Google Buzz

Google unveiled their social networking feature called Buzz. Basically it works from within Gmail and pulls your contacts as users to add...and there in lies the problem of security concerns which forced them to quickly back pedal on features. My early reaction to it is this, uh this looks like FriendFeed! I mean this is hardly a Facebook killer and no one is going to abandon Facebook for Buzz. Clearly this is a beta network and far from ready for prime time. But I do like how I get alerts from within Gmail. Let’s see if they can get the bugs worked out.

More notes about the iPad

Apple is said to be using FairPlay DRM on the eBooks for the iPad. Also it looks as if AT&T may carry the iPad WiFi+3G model in its stores. Also Unplggd has a story on cases for the iPad. Hat tip to Evan Agee for the link.

USB 3.0

The first USB 3.0 hub is hitting the market. More info about USB 3.0 can be found here. Yes the hub is backwards compatible to both USB 1.1 and 2.0.

iMac catches fire, still works

WOW! What a story here. The iMac was still functional after a fire.

The Sausage Stylus

Interesting article here, my friend Jeremy Holley mentioned this to me in passing when we were discussing stylus for an iPad.

DirecTV taking Dish to court

DirecTV is taking Dish Network to court accusing them of false advertising in the wake of their “man on the street” interview ad. This ought to be good!

This Week’s iPhone/iPod touch apps

NBC Olympics - If you are a follower of the Olympic games then you will like this app. Keeps you posted on the medal count and the schedule of events for the day.

Well that is going to do it for this weeks Triple T. See you all next week!