Episode 111 – 4th Annual What's On Our Christmas List

Posted by : Mike Posted on : 24-11-2009

Category : Mind of Men Episodes, Season 4

Tags: amazon, apple, healthcare, kindle, microsoft, politics, security, shopping, twitter, xbox

In this show we cover our weekly round-up of interesting news, tech news, general stuff, and politics and then it’s once again time for our main segment where the guys let everyone know what they’re asking for from Santa this year.

Listen now:

Thanksgiving is this week and besides loading up on our fair share of turkey and the fixin’s, we remind our listeners to keep an eye out for Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals by planning ahead.
Link: It’s worth keeping TechBargains.com Bookmarked
Link: Watch the Apple Store for its one day Black Friday Sale
Link: The original Black Friday Ad Site

Interesting News:

Travelling this week? Well a story Jim found pretty much confirms that the airlines just charge you more this time of year because they can.
Link: Airlines add surcharges to “peak travel days”
The movie 2012 has done pretty well in the box office. If you are buying into the end of the world jabber about 3 years from now, check out NASA’s expert looking to calm your concerns.
Link: NASA maintains website deveoted to debunking 2012 claims

Tech News:

A recent study indicates that the Holiday Season is primetime for hackers so beware this year as you go online with all your latest gadgets
Link: Christmas is the best time for Hackers to Attack
Have you updated your XBox yet? Now you can tweet and Facebook right from inside the console (but don’t forget your Gold Membership)
Link: Microsoft adds new features to Xbox 360
If you were thinking about picking up a Pystar Mac clone for Christmas, think again. Apple wins big in court.
Link: Apple wins suit against Mac-Cloner company Pystar

Tech Stuff:

Amazon looks to find even more ways to deliver product to consumers – this time Kindle software is available for free for your PC and the Mac is not far behind.
Link: Kindle for the PC

Politics:

One of this week’s biggest stories in politics hovered around the upcoming plans to try 9/11 suspects in New York City…
Link: U.S. Attorney General to try 911 suspects in New York
…and President Obama gave American’s a bit of insight into how he would determine their fate.
Link: Obama sees execution for Mohammed
Just as Mike and Jim were getting ready to record, the Senate was (barely) able to pass a vote that will allow the healthcare debate to start on the floor.
Link: Senate votes to send Healthcare bill to the floor for debate

Main Segment:

In our main segment this week, it’s that time once again. Mike and Jim bring you their annual look at what’s made it to their Chrismas List this year! And new to this year’s segment the guys bring you an extra list – the 10 dumbest Christmas gifts!

Jim’s List