* A $3500 USB thumdrive?!? Robert is not impressed.
* DL.TV downloading slow? Help our network provider Limelight trace the problem by [[Limelight has a ton of data now, and asked us to pull the link. Thanks for all the responses!]] downloading TracePut.exe, and running it on your system. Wow... it was after 1AM when we posted that TracePut link. We get cc'd on every one. There are a lot of you up late!
* Computerworld reports that Google won't store search records in China.
* Senator Ron Wyden is our new hero& he's battling the telcos with the Internet Non-Discrimination Act of 2006. Patrick goes nuts.
* We gave Ray from Portland, OR some help with his SATA ports, and talked about some sick new hard drives that ExtremeTech.com has benchmarked.
* Would you like 10,000 RPM, and a clear glass window? Check out Western Digital's Raptor X 150GB . Perhaps 400 or 500 GB for quite a bit less cash? Check out ET's review of Seagate's Barracuda 7200.9 500GB and the Western Digital Caviar RE2 400GB. Heads up: the Seatgate sells for lots less than it did when the testing was done!
* The Drizzle (Auburn Hills, Mi) asks if Bluetooth headphones are worth listening thu? Our man at PCMag says these three headsets get 4 stars each& Logitech's, Wireless Headphones for MP3, Logitech's, Wireless Headphones for iPod, AirLogic's icombi AH10, but with a BIG caveat.
* The rotating sockets of 360electrical.com are all over the geek email threads this week& the rest of the world noticed em last summer, we think. No ship date yet..
* The PowerSquid may be the coolest power cord ever.
* Has anybody but us noticed that wall warts are a lot better designed these days?
* We drop a little taste of ZD's next show: CrankyGeeks, hosted by PCMag's John C. Dvorak.
* We also kick around on viewer questions about ALLOFMP3.com& and give you the inside scoop on tools you can carry on the plane: 7 inches in the magic number, and no knives!
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