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Episode 57 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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At the beginning of the show, the guys start out by reading some listener mail in a segment still entitled “Fred” (until somebody suggests a better idea, which nobody has yet, unfortunately for Tony)

In this episode, Tony talks about The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom demo as well as the new Borderlands DLC, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx and wanting to be done with Heavy Rain. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~25:55), the guys talk American Idol, Lost and Undercover Boss. Lou also talks for a bit about Chuck and 24. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~59:40) Lou didn’t see anything this week and Tony talks about his Oscars picks. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:20:25) the news this week includes:

• TiVo’s big announcement? The TiVo Premiere, with HD menus, video on demand through Netflix and Amazon, and cross-platform searching
• The Geneva Motor Show featured a bunch of cool new and concept cars
• Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon have teamed up to work on a skin-based input device called Skinput. Naturally.
• Glasses-free 3D TV may be commercially viable within 5 years
• NASA radar equipment has found about 600 million metric tons of water ice on the moon’s north pole
• Microsoft’s Project Pink cell phone is a reality and will be released on Verizon, but it’s NOT Windows Phone 7, so its OS is a bit of a mystery
• LG’s first Windows Phone 7 device will be called the Panther
• Western Digital has a new lower-cost line of SSDs called SiliconEdge Blue, as well as new versions of their My Passport Studio portable external hard drives with e-paper displays showing drive name & capacity even when the drive’s not plugged in or on
• Car and Driver magazine put a speed testing rig in the Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster at Cedar Point and clocked it going to 120mph in 2.8 seconds
• Paraben has a USB driver that’ll find porn images on your computer, even if you deleted them
• Logitech has released new Harmony remotes including the 600 ($79), 650 ($99) and 700 ($149) with screen, color screen and color screen with rechargeable batteries, respectively
• Blockbuster is reinstating late fees. Because they’re idiots.
• Apple is suing HTC over 20 alleged iPhone patent infringements
• Watch OK Go!’s masterpiece video for This Too Shall Pass

As always, the end of the episode is when Tony & Lou reveal their votes for this week’s Best & Worst entertainment moments.

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it!

…for their song This Too Shall Pass. Dig it:

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Episode 56 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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At the beginning of the show, the guys start out by reading some listener mail in a segment currently entitled “Fred” (until somebody suggests a better idea)

In this episode, Tony and Lou both talk about Bioshock 2, and Tony talks about Bayonetta and Heavy Rain. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~34:50), the guys talk American Idol and Lost. Lou also talks for a bit about Human Target. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~59:10) Lou didn’t see anything this week, but Tony talks about A Serious Man. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:15:25) the news this week includes:

• A month after Google’s Chrome 4 web browser was released, there are already over 2,000 extensions available for it
• Sprint’s WiMax service will be available to 120 million people by the end of the year
• Microsoft will soon have three new BlueTrack mice under $30, to be released in March & April
• Apple has yanked a ton of sexually-themed content from the App Store
• A guy named Mike Dobson made a robot out of LEGO Mindstorms (and some software running on a PC) that can solve any Rubik’s cube in about 11 seconds
• The latest iPad / iPhone SK mentions front-facing camera, a camera flash, zoom and video conferencing
• MSI has a new all-in-one PC with full 3D capabilities; it’ll be sold later this year with a 24″ LED display and will include shutter glasses
• NASA plans to send remote-controlled robots to the moon sometime within the next 3 years
• Windows Phone 7 Series could be on an LG phone as early as September
• The synthesizer used to create the Doctor Who theme song is up for auction on eBay
• Louie Sulcer, a 71-year-old from Woodstock, Georgia, was the lucky guy who downloaded the 10 billionth song from iTunes

As always, the end of the episode is when Tony & Lou reveal their votes for this week’s Best & Worst entertainment moments.

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it!

I love LEGO. But I’m nowhere near smart enough to build something this amazingly cool. A Rubik’s Cube-solving LEGO Mindstorms robot that can solve any random cube in about 20 turns or, in the case of the example here, about 10.75 seconds. Brilliant.

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Episode 55 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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In this episode, Tony and Lou both talk about Bioshock 2 as well as Plants vs. Zombies on the iPhone. Lou talks a bit more about both Mass Effect 2 and WoW. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~26:20), Tony talks Lost, which Lou missed, but he talkes about American Idol and the Olympics (a little). Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~49:35) Tony talks about An Education and Lou saw The Proposal, Layer Cake and half of RocknRolla. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment the news this week includes:

• Microsoft has unveiled Windows Phone 7 Series
• HP is plainly challenging the iPad with the HP Slate
• Scientists may have accidentally discovered a female viagra, called Flibanserin
• FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has put into effect the 100 Squared initiative to get 100mb broadband to 100 million homes asap
• Sony’s Dash runs Chumby apps, Sony widgets and will feature Netflix streaming, all for $199 when it launches in April
• Barbie’s 126th career is: Computer Engineer
• Buffalo’s got a 4-port USB 3.0 hub out for $90
• The TruePower U-Socket is like a regular power outlet except it’s got two USB jacks in addition to the normal electrical plugs. $20 once available.
• Naval architect Berkeley March has unveiled Project 1000, a 656-foot super yacht with a two story movie theater, night club, helipad and more, for $1 billion
• The next TiVo will likely have full HD menus, improved search and TiVo Premiere (whatever that is)
• The UK government has declassified another 7 years of UFO files, from 1994 – 2000 here
• AT&T will get Motorola’s Backflip running Android on March 7th
• Electrolux has unveiled a concept kitchen appliance with a fully touch-enabled, moldable surface
• Samsung is about to reach 20% market penetration on TVs…a level no single manufacturer has had in over 60 years

As always, the end of the episode is when Tony & Lou reveal their votes for this week’s Best & Worst entertainment moments.

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it!

Sure, none of us has used it yet, but the same was true when Apple first demo’d the iPhone. But based on what we’re seeing here, Microsoft has gone way past everybody else, including Apple, to dream up and deliver something truly new and wonderful.

And if the above isn’t enough, there’s a longer hands-on video from MSDN’s Channel 9 here: (UPDATE: Which wasn’t working, so here’s the link)

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Episode 54 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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In this episode, Tony talks about Borderlands as well as Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Lou talks a bit more about both Mass Effect 2 and WoW. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~21:30), the guys talk Idol and Lost. Lou didn’t see Modern Family or The Office, but he did see Chuck, 24 and the Heroes season finale. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~51:20) Tony talks about The Blind Side and Funny People. Lou saw Edge of Darkness and talks about that for a bit. Some movie news is after that.

In the Mash-Up segment the news this week includes:

• The Chicago Auto Show has started
• Motorola is splitting into two divisions (cell phones & wireless networking)
• Toyota is fixing the faulty gas pedals at a rate of 50k per day
• Sony has announced two new Blu-ray players, the BDP-S470 and BDP-S570 for $200 and $250 respectively
• Google will soon begin testing gigabit internet to up to half a million people
• iTunes pricing for standard-def TV shows will drop to 99 cents when the iPad launches in March
• Microsoft is looking into making a version of Office for the iPad
• The Fiat 500 will go on sale in the U.S. by year’s end
• A Radio Shack store in Manhattan exploded after a “manhole explosion” sparked a transformer fire
• Quisda’s QCM-330 cell phone has a 4″, 1280×1024 resolution
• Audi has unveiled the A1, with no word yet on U.S. availability
• TiVo is about to announce “something big” (yes, we reported this as news)
• Apple will give a $10k iTunes gift card to the person who downloads the 10 billionth song
• Canon has announced the EOS T2i aka EOS 550D, which even shoots 1080p video
• A Microsoft employee posted a blog entry about how Windows 8 will be unlike what people are used to from Windows
• Rumor: Hulu may reformat videos (aka not use Flash video) for when the iPad launches

As always, the end of the episode is when Tony & Lou reveal their votes for this week’s Best & Worst entertainment moments.

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it!

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Episode 53 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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In this episode, Tony talks about Borderlands as well as Sword & Poker on the iPhone. Lou talks about WoW a little bit, and starting Mass Effect 2. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~21:00), Tony didn’t really watch any TV (huh?!) and Lou talks about Idol and complains about not being able to talk about Lost because Tony didn’t watch it yet. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~41:35) Tony talks about Inglourious Basterds and, um, Lou didn’t see anything. Some movie news is after that.

In the Mash-Up segment the news this week includes:

• The U.S. Transportation Secretary has advised people to stop driving Toyota cars affected by the gas pedal recall
• Hasselblad’s H4D40: a 40 megapixel DSLR for $20k
• The latest OS update for the Nexus One includes multi-touch for photos, maps & the web
• Rumor: The 27″ iMac problems are serious enough to have halted production
• President Obama wants NASA to scrap plans to put a man on the moon by 2020 (boo)
• Microsoft’s new $60 SideWinder X4 keyboard that lets you press up to 26 keys at a time and have them register correctly
• Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory successfully fired 192 lasers to the 1 megajoule level for the first time – the first step toward controlled nuclear fusion
• Honda has developed a solar hydrogen-making machine for peoples’ garages
• Gateway’s new FX6831-01 and FX6831-03 gaming computers, for $1,300 and $1,700
• IE8 now has a bit over 25% of the browser market (used to be IE7 was the leader)
• The next iPhone is referred to in the SDK by codename N89
• The Hubble has detected an “x-shaped” object moving through space at 11,000 mph and scientists have no idea what it is
• DARPA has approved Boston Dynamics’ contract: The BigDog will see some action!

As always, the end of the episode is when Tony & Lou reveal their votes for this week’s Best & Worst entertainment moments.

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it!

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Episode 52 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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In this episode, Tony talks about Borderlands. Lou talks about WoW a little bit, and the huge disappointment that was the Star Trek Online Beta. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV, the guys talk about American Idol and Lou talks about Chuck and 24, with a couple of random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies Tony talks about The Book of Eli and It’s Complicated. Lou didn’t see anything. Poor Lou. Some movie news is after that.

In the Mash-Up segment the news this week includes:

• Apple’s iPad has been revealed
• Spin Master made a lifesize light cycle from TRON Legacy that somebody should send to Lou
• The Mars Spirit Rover is likely stuck where it is…for ALL ETERNITY!
• A Wisconsin prison has upheld its ban on Dungeons & Dragons
• The Big Trak is making a comeback, thanks to a company called Zeon
• The U.S. military’s YAL-1 airborne laser platform conducted its first successful missile engagement test
• A Dell technician was accused of being a peeping Tom when he remotely activated Diane Annunziato’s webcam during a support session…without her permission

As always, the end of the episode is when Tony & Lou reveal their votes for this week’s Best & Worst entertainment moments.

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it!

The New release for Apple is the new iPad, it features everything that the ipod touch does just in a 9 x7 inch design.  Some new features for the iPad is iBook which on the main screen shows you a book shelf of all the books you have downloaded onto your phone and ready to read. It has a LED backlight screen for the best quality picture, some accessories that are available is a keyboard doc that lets you type instead of using the touch screen. It is a sleek design and will be what you wait in line for, not only for the chance to be the first to get your hands on it but also for the surprisingly low base price of $499 now this includes 16GB Wi-Fi, while other prices include Wi-Fi plus the 3G network and an increase of memory all the way up to $829. For all the Tech specs and videos and pictures click here.