Brian, Jeff, and Dan record in front of a live audience, and talk about Google, Haiti, and several other things vaguely related to Tech.

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Should be broadcasting from: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mint-condition-studios-live

• Haiti:
  • Text Message Donations To Haiti Cross $10 Million; Companies Commit Immediate Funds
  • Americans Pledge Millions, but Cash Flow Takes Weeks
    • Text Message Donations For Haiti May Be Delayed Up To 3 Months
  • Cash is great, but not all that useful because infrastructure stinks - where did I see that article?
    • Haiti Donations Ineffective?
  • Tech Lends a Hand in Haiti
  • Zynga, possibly the most evil gaming company in the world (see TechCrunch's "Scamville" series), had ALREADY given $1m to Haiti. Sort of
    • Sweet Seeds: Zynga Has Raised Over $1 Million For School Children In Haiti
• Apple Tablet: (Probably better for 1/25 since the announcement is 1/27, but here's some preliminary bookmarks/thoughts)
  • Official Invitation: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/01/18/apple-sends-out-jan-27-event-invites/
  • C&D Letter about Valleywag's solicitation: Apple Indirectly Confirms Tablet?
  • What's our best guess will it be?
  • And will we use it? At what price point?
  • Confirmed for the 27th
  • Next week's Apple event to be iLife / iPhone OS 4.0 / tablet trifecta?
  • WSJ: Apple and HarperCollins negotiating e-book deal for tablet
  • It's on: Apple holding January 27th event to show off its 'latest creation'
• Google/China misconceptions: Clearing Up Confusion on Google and China
• Dvorak thinks it might not be so simple
• Unrelated??? Baidu CTO Yinan Li Quits, Days After COO’s Departure
• Only The Paranoid Are Scared Of TV Everywhere
• Airnergy Charger Generates Electricity From WiFi Signals
• Everything You Need to Know About Windows Mobile 7
• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars now available on iPhone and iPod touch
• Verizon unveils new FiOS bundles with symmetrical 35Mbps pipes, heftier ETFs
• President Obama Finally Tweets — For Haiti — In Third Person
• Oxford University Bans Students Using Spotify

Picks

• Brian
  • CamTwist
• Dan
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Jeff S
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade