The Daily Geek #108 - Microsoft's Layoffs, Bye Bye COPA, Apple's COO's Words to Palm, President Obama, and more..

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Griffin talks about Microsoft laying off 5,000 people in the next 18months starting with 1,400 layoffs today. He then talks about the Supreme Court ignoring the COPA lawsuits and let's COPA die. Griffin talks about USTREAM's iPhone Application #6 most popular free application on Apple's App Store. He moves on to talk about Apple's COO, Tim Cook, talks about intellectual property and the fact that 4.4million iPhone sold in Q1 2009. He also talks about President Obama getting to keep his Blackberry thanks to super encryption software. Griffin ends the show with a MUST SEE LINK OF TODAY: Mac through the Years.

QUESTION OF THE DAY:
Are you excited for video streaming on your cellphone? do you care? why or why not?

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[complexgrafix]

absolutly! I love that idea. I have you tube and vTap on my phone. At first I thought I would never use it but I find my self watching something more and more. I'll b with friends and theyll be like oh did u see that video on youtube ill just say hold that thought and whip my phone out. i even stream movies when lying down. once you use it once you will love the idea! just need ustream on android

[sweetgeektv]

complexgrafix- I'm with you that it's so convenient to just whip out your phone and check stuff out within seconds. As far as USTREAMTV i'm sure they are working on an android version as we speak - or at least I hope so!

-Griffin / SweetGeekTV

[bishara3]

you remind me of one of those old time reporters

[sweetgeektv]

bishara3-

I am going to take that as a compliment - so - THANK YOU BISHARA3! Hope you stick around and enjoy the show daily.

-Griffin / SweetGeekTV

[andyandymax]

It's like Samson got his hair back! ;) It's a shame about COPA. About the Pres: that sure beats McCain's cluelessness about computers. We need someone who lives in this day and age! To answer today's question: I'm not excited about videostreaming on a cellphone, because I will probably never be able to afford it. Or when I can, something else bigger and better will already be out there.

[sweetgeektv]

andyandymax- hopefully the wireless carriers can find a cost-effective way for all of us to enjoy such technologies, but you may be right - it might be a long ways off - HOPE NOT though!

-Griffin / SweetGeekTV

[sweetgeektv]

right badamc! i can't wait for flash lite to hit the cellphones and then we can get streaming video a lot easier then!

-Griffin / SweetGeekTV

[badamc]

QUESTION OF THE DAY:

Are you excited for video streaming on your cellphone? do you care? why or why not?

yes but...the instinct browser is crap and opra mini doesnt have flash so i wont get it... :*(

[sweetgeektv]

hey rushringleader!

It can be choppy on the blackberry curve as well. I have a feeling this is mostly due to the high latency that vzw's bandwidth has. It maybe better to have it buffer a touch longer than usual before starting?

-Griffin / SweetGeekTV