Computer Guys :: July 2009 adventure

Dateline: July 7, 2009 Washington, D.C.

Computer Guys on WAMU 88.5 FM July 7, 2009

# 1 New social status symbol: a verified twitter account!
http://blog.twitter.com/2009/06/not-playing-ball.html
(TechTuesday wins award -- does this mean Kojo will need a
“verified”Twitter account?)

# 2 Where twits are king:
Rankings: http://twitterholic.com/
Shaq one million+ http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ
PTI 50,000 http://twitter.com/Ptishow

# 3 Twitter as foreign policy?
http://blog.twitter.com/2009/06/down-time-rescheduled.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSWBT01137420090616


# 4 The “Twitter” Tee shirt -- the perfect gift for Kojo Nnamdi!!
http://site.despair.com/socialmediatee/

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# 5 This just doesn’t seem reasonable. Justice: what is reasonable?
http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/music/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218100335


# 7 Bing? Not a cherry, not a singer . . . . a search engine OR . . . .

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/25/study-suggests-people-prefer-bings-design-to-googles-but-still-wont-switch/

One month bottom line – a slight bump
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10277113-2.html



#8 Microsoft’s new operating system via FOS ( friend of the show) Rob Pegoraro
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2009/06/microsoft_names_its_prices_for.html?hpid=sec-tech

#9 Now, that’s a hot product
http://www.pcworld.com/article/167675/bugs_and_fixes_iphones_that_are_too_hot_to_handle.html



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