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episode 61 (1x61)

: 16, 2006

News: * Skype Offers Free Phone Calls! * Apple Introduces the New MacBook (So much for the iBook) * DARPA's Building A Man-cannon * Creative Sues Apple, seeks iPod import ban * US cities sue travel sites Demos: * Windows Media Player 11 (and MTV's new audio shop: Urge) * Real video without the RealPlayer: It's Real Alternative E3 2006 Wrapup: * The event of the year for folks that love video games! * John Davison, the chief kahuna of ZDM's Game Group talked us through the announcements at the show. * John's picks from the show floor? Mass Effect, Warhawk for the PS3 and Halo 3 * The editors from ExtremeTech, 1UP, EGM and the rest of the crew gave us their fave picks from the show floor * Wii, good??? Dan Hsu of Electronic Gaming Monthly got his hands on a on the next generation Nintendo console. * Did he like it? What about the 'Wiimote?' Field Trip: * A taste of the Maker Faire, an amazing full of DIY (do it yourself) folks. * Patrick joined Dan Huard and the crew from Systm to put together a video covering the fair. * Sponsored by Make Magazine, it was quite the gathering of folks that build things for fun. * Flamethrowers? Welding? Toyoa Prius hacking? Folks that embed RFID chips in their hands? * You can see all that and much more of the Maker Faire at Revision3 or Systm.org Viewer questions: * No love for the Aussies? (Yes, yes, it is a continent.) * Celeron D or Pentium 4 for gaming? * Can we help with DVD ripping?