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Episode 67 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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In this episode, Tony talks about Veggie Samurai on the iPad, the Crackdown 2 demo, and the Red Dead Redemption Guide on the iPad. Lou talks about some World of Warcraft stuff. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~21:15), Tony talks a little about True Blood, and Lou talks about the Doctor Who Specials, Supernatural, Modern Family, Chopped, Top Chef and Persons Unknown. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~47:00), Tony saw Toy Story 2 and Second Skin. Lou saw Knight and Day. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:07:50) the news this week includes:

• Hitachi has unveiled their LifeStudio external hard drives, in both mobile and desktop varieties. They come with software that automatically organizes your content based on type & date. The interface is very nice looking and uses 3D navigation. Social integration is also a part of the package, so that it’s easy to upload your content to various social sites.
• Remember that Apple-lover dating site we mentioned called Cupidtino? They have over 22,000 idiots, er, members
• Steve Jobs sent an e-mail to a user who complained about the lack of Blu-ray on Apple products, saying “Bluray is looking more and more like one of the high end audio formats that appeared as the successor to the CD – like it will be beaten by internet downloadable formats”
• Apple are a bunch of liars.
• A line of candy called Benedetto Chocolates has the most concentrated source of protein in the world. There’s more protein per gram than any other protein bar, drink or meat. Supposedly, they taste just like great chocolate. Go to benedettofoods.com to get yours now.

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.

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Last week, Apple outed itself as a bunch of liars when they released an open letter to iPhone 4 owners stating, in effect, that holding the phone wrong wasn’t causing the signal to go down, but that the signal was always reported incorrectly. Oops.

The open letter was, in my opinion, a MASSIVE blunder by Apple. Here’s why…

Apple has basically admitted to two huge lies with their open letter. First is the lie about the “holding the phone wrong” thing. Apple has simply screwed up. I don’t know if nobody there ever tried to hold the phone “wrong” or if they simply wrote it off as more bad reception issues, but let’s face it, they screwed up.

Worse, though, is that Apple’s explanation that by “holding the phone wrong”, you’re actually getting the correct signal strength reading as opposed to the b.s. one they’ve been giving us all along is, in itself, yet another lie.

For that to be true, there would need to be a sensor in the phone to determine how you’re holding the phone AND something in the software that would basically say “If the user is holding the phone this way, display the correct signal strength instead of the fake +2 strength we usually report”.

Do you really think that both of those elements are in the iPhone 4 and that, somehow, Apple “missed” the fact that somebody had written in a routine to check how the phone was being held and change how the signal strength was displayed? Of course not.

This is just one more example of Apple feeding lie after lie to its customers in order to attempt to absolve themselves of responsibility for bad decision-making at the highest level. And in this case, poor quality control and testing, too.

Episode 66 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. The segment is still entitled “Fred”. Please give us a better name for this segment!

In this episode, Tony talks about Dante’s Inferno. Lou talks a bit more about Mass Effect 2 as well as some World of Warcraft stuff. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~30:45), Tony talks about The Green Room with Paul Provenza and True Blood, and Lou talks about the season 2 finale of Supernatural, as well as Doctor Who: Waters of Mars. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~44:40), Tony saw The Road and Michael Jackson’s This is It. Lou saw A-Team. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:09:45) the news this week includes:

• A project called Desertec is underway to build a massive solar field in the Sahara
• Tesla will use the Tesla Roadster’s platform to underpin at least four other models
• The first iPhone 4 reviews are in!
• iOS4 is supposedly causing pre-iPhone 4 models to run extremely slowly
• The price of Barnes & Nobles’ Nook ebook reader has been dropped, and they’ve introduced a $150 Wi-Fi only version. Amazon has since dropped the price of the Kindle to $190
• TRON Legacy toys & collectibles should start hitting stores soon
• July 9, 2010 has been designated Collector Car Appreciation Day by the Senate
• Apple’s refreshed Mac Mini has HDMI and easily-accessible RAM
• Motorola’s Droid Incredible stores JPG images of sites you visit on the web via the phone’s browser. You have been warned
• Toshiba has revealed it’s Libretto W100 dual-touchscreen, Windows 7 tablet computer
• Houston police might soon be using unmanned aerial drones. For what, we’re not sure yet
• Northrup Grumman will begin building the LEMV surveillance ship for the U.S. Army. Basically, it’s a big-ass blimp
• LEGO will release a 2,500+ piece set of the Imperial Shuttle from Return of the Jedi in September, for about $260

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.

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Episode 63 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. The segment is still entitled “Fred”. Please give us a better name for this segment!

In this episode, Tony talks about HD Pinball (on the iPad). Lou talks about Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor for the iPhone. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~26:20), the guys talk about Lost before Tony moves on to American Idol. Lou gives some quickie thoughts on 24, V, Flash Forward, Fringe, Chuck, Stargate Universe and Top Chef Masters. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~53:25) Tony saw Iron Man 2 and Lou saw approximately zero movies. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:04:00) the news this week includes:

• Apple has “lost” another iPhone 4G, this one apparently purchased in the U.S. and then it wound up in Vietnam. According to some sites, the guy purchased it for $4k.
• GM posted its first profit in three years: For Q1 2010, the General posted net income of $865 million and, combined with lower operating costs and the sale of Saab, posted a profit for the first quarter of $1.2 billion.
• Dupont has figured out a way to print 50″ OLED screens in just 2 minutes.
• A $10 app called Wi-Fi sync for the iPhone that would let you sync wirelessly (without having to connect the cable) was rejected by Apple
• Home Depot has been ordered to pay $25 million to the guy who invented a safety device that Home Depot stole. The device protects employees’ fingers while cutting wood for customers. Inventor Michael Powell pitched the idea to Home Depot, who then stole the idea.
• Google has grounded its fleet of Street View cars after discovering that bits of data were accidentally sampled from open Wi-Fi networks. They’re having a 3rd party review the data (which was never viewed) and are awaiting an “ok” from authorities so that they can delete it.
• Hertz will begin renting the Nissan Leaf all-electric vehicle starting early next year.
• Google will debut the first version of its Chrome OS in a couple of weeks.
• Mazda terminated its dealer agreement with the dealership in Canada who sold a used Mazda6 to a woman with learning disabilities for $25k (Canadian dollars) over the sticker price of a new car.
• Workers at the Wintek factory in China that supplies touchscreens to Apple for the iPhone and iPod Touch, are suing the factory because 62 workers there have suffered from N-hexane poisoning.
• If you’ve ever wondered how seriously (or not) Facebook takes your privacy, consider some instant messages sent by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to an unnamed friend in which he offers to give the friend “any” information about Harvard students & faculty he has, and called his users dumbf***s for trusting him
• The Chinese government is putting together a plan to encourge (or even force) carmakers to merge before expanding operations.
• Disney will shut down its Star Tours rides on July 27th (in California) and September 8th (in Florida).
• Researchers have figured out how to hack car systems like OnStar
• A robot called I-Fairy officiated a wedding in Japan

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 62 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is sponsored by MenuMinder, Chicago’s best restaurant search site. MenuMinder lets you search for exactly what you’re in the mood to eat or drink. MenuMinder: Find Food for Your Mood

NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button.

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 that Tony doesn’t veto, which nobody has yet, although it’s been tried)

In this episode, Tony talks about Just Cause 2 as well as Plants vs. Zombies (on the iPad). Lou talks about starting a new WoW character on a different server. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~33:15), Tony talks about Glee a bit. Lou talks about 24, Idol, Community and a few other little things. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~50:45) Tony saw Date Night and Lou saw both Kick Ass and, on video, The Fourth Kind. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:10:50) the news this week includes:

• Anthony Orsini, principal of the Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, NJ, is urging parents to be responsible and get their kids off of social networking sites
• Rumor: Next iPhone will shoot 720p video; the beta of IPhone OS 4.0 also seems to allow you to use the iPhone / iTouch to transfer files to / from your computer
• The Beta of Google’s Chrome 5 web browser is 1/3 faster than Chrome 4
• If you want another low-cost car option rather than just the Tata Nano, your dream may come true: Chinese carmaker Geely has stated that their IG concept will come to market
• HP’s Slate may not be dead after all.
• Seagate’s GoFlex drives have an ExpressCard adapter and USB 2.0 cable for power, so that you can use a USB 3.0 drive (and their incredible speed) on a laptop without a USB 3.0 port
• A french guy made a video showing how Flash 10.1 trounces HTML 5 in terms of frame rate
• A new product called Iris 2 Iris has a Logitech webcam built in, works with all PCs and laptops, and works like a teleprompter to let you actually make eye contact with somebody you’re having a webcam conversation with
• Toshiba is working on the world’s lightest 13″ laptop, weighing in at about 2lbs with an SSD
• The HTC Evo 4G may be available on June 6th for $200 with a contract, which is pretty good considering it’ll be the fastest smartphone out there
• Russian Regional President Kirsan Illyumzhinov is under investigation because he claims to have been abducted by aliens
• If you need any further proof that Apple is now, as John Stewart said, “the man” and is run by a bunch of humorless J-holes, Ellen ran a spoof iPhone commercial on her show the other day, and was bullied by Apple to apologize for it
• Finally, the Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic sold for an undisclosed sum between $30 and $40 million. Often cited as the most beautiful car ever made, only 4 copies of the 57SC Atlantic were produced

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

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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Ever get the feeling that that fancy schmancy e-commerce site you’re on was copied / pasted from some other project? Sony might be feeling that right now. Go to http://www.sonystyle.com and do a search for something like a845, like I did when I was trying to find out information about the OLED-screened video Walkman. Yeah. Um. Pretty sure none of those search results has to do with my search. Or anything having to do with Sony for that matter.

Unless of course Sony now intends to be the Amazon of obscure college textbooks or something.

Looks like somebody recorded this last night at a theater. Also looks like this does in fact have the potential for greatness…