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Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. TED is an amazing conference where world renowned scientists, designers, and entertainers have 18 minutes to speak about their passion. You can't help be inspired by their desire to make the world a better place for everyone. There are so many great talks on the TED.com site - and they're all free! Go to TED.com and get ready to be inspired. The full talks I mentioned in today's episode can be found below. Benjamin Zander: Classical music with shining eyes J.J. Abrams: The mystery box Ze Frank: What's so funny about the Web? Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. I can't do a regular WebbAlert today, so instead, I thought I'd show you some of the great things I've found as I've traveled around the web. Today we're looking at wonderful transportation. BMW was the hit of the Society of Automobile Engineers Show for introducing a prototype that barely emits any carbon monoxide at all. In fact, when you drive it, you're cleaning the air! XP Vehicles is working on a balloon car that runs on batteries or fuel cells. Don't worry about it popping - it's made of the same material NASA uses for space landers. Are you ready for the MicroFueler personal ethanol production system? In goes sugar and yeast, and out comes fuel grade ethanol. Forget cars! Check out these concept bikes! Learn about catenaries! Don't forget! I'm looking for your opinion on what drives you up the wall about technology. What's your pet peeve? Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. TED is an amazing conference where world renowned scientists, designers, and entertainers have 18 minutes to speak about their passion. You can't help be inspired by their desire to make the world a better place for everyone. There are so many great talks on the TED.com site - and they're all free! Go to TED.com and get ready to be inspired. The full talks I mentioned in today's episode can be found below. Jeff Han: Unveiling the genius of multi-touch interface design Arthur Benjamin: Lightning calculation and other "Mathemagic" Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? Don't forget! I'm looking for your opinion on what drives you up the wall about technology. What's your pet peeve? Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. I've got a round up of the Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo press conferences for you - some of the highlights include: Microsoft pairing up with Netflix to bring movies to XBL and taking the Final Fantasy franchise away from Sony. Nintendo introduced more games for the Wii and DS, and you get to use the Wiimote as a lightsaber! Sony's got movies on the PS3 too - and there's a cheaper 80 gig model now as well. The trailer for Resitance 2 is pretty great too. Radiohead has turned to Google to promote the video for their new song "House of Cards." No lights or cameras went into this one. Its all 3-D images. It's open source so remix it if you want. ...or maybe you'd rather curl up with an e-book. Amazon has 2 new kindles on the way. Don't forget! I'm looking for your opinion on what drives you up the wall about technology. What's your pet peeve? Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Apple did a brisk business despite all the bad press. Over one million iPhones were sold this weekend. Last year it took them over 70 days to sell that many. Over 10 million applications were downloaded from the app store too. But some developers think that some of their creations are crashing because 2.0 firmware isn't a solid foundation. Other developers are angry because companies are cheating by putting a space or an asterisk in front of their app names to push them to the top of iTunes. iPhones are everywhere but what about a G-Phone. Not so fast - there's no such thing - just the Android platform. But Google's got some unhappy developers too... they want to know where their SDK update is. Meanwhile, maybe that swastika was a hack on the Google trends page - or maybe it was a traditional Buddhist and Hindu symbol - but the latest message on there seems loud and clear. Ebay may have been defeated in France, but here they are victorious. They won their case against Tiffany & Co. The court says it's not up to Ebay to police counterfeit goods. How about a robot that can set the table and then clean it up? Doesn't that sound nice? It can even teach other robots how to do it too! Did you see that in the sky? What? THAT! Oh, it's not a UFO. It's Art. Don't forget! I'm looking for your opinion on what drives you up the wall about technology. What's your pet peeve? Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. The launch of iPhone 3G was one of the "clumsiest product launches ever." People were excited about it all over the world - but it turned out to be the iPocalypse. Lines came to a standstill and phones new and old turned into bricks. I bet the competition is pleased. On Friday night, new BFF's Microsoft and Carl Icahn made yet another proposal to Yahoo. Their plan was basically to dump Jerry Yang and the Board and break up the company. Yahoo's board met on Saturday and - surprise, surprise - turned down this fabulous offer. Kara Swisher at Boomtown was first to report that the U.K.'s Guardian Media Group has snapped up the giant tech news blog Paid Content dot org for something in the thirty million dollar range. Read Write Web thinks it's a good sign. YouTube tried to kill the phenomenon known as RickRolling - but it appears that their April Fool's Day prank only made the meme stronger. Check this out, it's amazing! Homer's email address was hacked! If you're a hard core Simpsons fan and have him as an AIM buddy - don't click on anything that address sends you. Smart parking hits San Francisco. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Happy iPhone 3G day. Did you get yours yet, or are you just hoping that now the hoopla will all die down? The Apple App store launched and over 25% of the software is free. .Mac users are now .Me users -- but "Exchange for the Rest of Us" had kind of a wonky start during the transition And make sure that the area you live in is actually COVERED by AT&T's 3G network before you stand in line for the 3G wonder. There are 10 entire states that have no 3G access. People in the US and the UK are pirating DVDs. For the most part they're DVD's they've bought legally and are for personal use. But there are always some people who pirated material instead of buying a legitimate copy of the film or TV program. And over in Britain, they prefer to copy television shows. Probably because they're usually several season behind us Yanks. Some major news sources ran a picture to accompany an Iranian Missile Launch that turned out to be photo-shopped. Do any of these names mean anything to you? Witchie-poo? Dr. Shrinkton? Marshall, Will & Holly? Sigmund The Sea Monster? Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. The 3G iPhone comes out tomorrow - and the reviews are in. The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and The New York Times are all weighing in on what they think of Apple's latest offering. Canada kind of won their battle against Rogers - They've added a "promotional" plan - through August 31st, Canadians can sign up for 6G of data for an extra 30 bucks a month. But wait! They wanted UNLIMITED data! Apple says not to worry about the fact that iPhones can only be activated in the store and not at home - the wait time will only be 10 to 15 minutes. Great. If you're first or second. Not so great if you're tenth, or behind the person who's an Apple n00b. YouTube sure is popular, but it's not really great at making money! So they're going to run pre-roll and post-roll advertising on certain videos even though they know users won't be happy about that. A study by Nielsen says that people spend more time watching television on their sets than they do watching television online. But at least this year they measured how many people were watching online! Last year it wasn't even a question. If you dig virtual worlds but don't dig paying for Second Life, you might try Google's Lively. It's free and you can put your room on your website or social networking page. Google's got some rooms to get you started on your journey. Don't forget! I'm looking for your opinion on what drives you up the wall about technology. What's your pet peeve? Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Canadians are angry about the plans offered by Rogers Wireless for the new 3G iPhone. And now Apple is distancing themselves from them. They were just rumors earlier this week, but now it's confirmed - Apple won't sell the iPhone in their retail stores in Canada. It's a kind of protest against Rogers drumming up all that bad publicity. And they're only sending a few units to the Rogers stores that WILL be selling them, so get there early, Canada! The proposed merger of satellite radio duo Sirius and XM may have hit a snag. A group of State Attorneys General are pushing to have the FCC vote against the deal. And if it goes through, they want them to set aside twenty percent of the frequencies for another company to lease - which would open the door to a more competitive satellite market. It's slow going but considering the companies were given their original licenses under the condition that they would never merge, it's amazing it's gotten this far. Fanboy is an official word! Hey spellcheck! Stop underlining that in red! It's in the Merriam Webster Dictionary along with "Webinar," "Malware," and "Netroots." Google Maps has a beta for walking directions. No more roundabout routes on one-way streets for the hoofers of the world! Ars Technica has five ways for you to keep your PC cool this summer and keep your electricity bills down too. Don't forget! I'm looking for your opinion on what drives you up the wall about technology. What's your pet peeve? Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Microsoft is now openly backing Carl Icahn's efforts to eliminate the entire board. Microsoft says they'll consider buying Yahoo again with an all new board of directors. Yahoo wants them to just go ahead and make an offer now. Kara Swisher says we should be focusing on what their 2Q report will say on July 22nd instead of all the drama. NBC will use their web and mobile coverage of the Olympic games as a "billion dollar research lab." They'll be analyzing all of the traffic on their website to measure user behavior, and as a way to get data for use in future negotiations with online advertisers. Hey! You can play Scrabble on Facebook now! No, not Scrabulous -- Scrabble. As officially sanctioned by EA and Hasbro. I have a feeling Scrabulous players aren't going to make the switch. The Tesla Roadster is all electric and completely sold out. But you didn't want to wait 30 hours to charge up your car anyway, did you? How about a new Toyota Prius? The next model will feature solar power. No, not a solar powered engine. That's too expensive. Just part of the air conditioning. It's symbolic... of something. Maybe you'd like to find out more about GM's Volt? The Volt uses electricity first, and gas as a back-up. But can GM ship it within two years, as promised? It would help boost their numbers if they could pull it off. Don't forget! I'm looking for your opinion on what drives you up the wall about technology. What's your pet peeve? Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Microsoft's code name "Albany" has it's official name now - it's Equipt. For $70 a year it will keep three PCs updated with the latest software plus access to the full MS Office Suite. It seems to be a response to Google Documents. Blockbuster changed their minds about Circuit City - they're not going to buy them after all. Their stock went up, Circuit City's went down. Microsoft may buy Yahoo. We've heard this all before, and some people say it isn't true. But it was enough to push Yahoo stock up about 6%. The 3G iPhone won't be sold online - only in brick and mortar stores. And you'll have to activate it there to get that $199 price. As for your old one - you can turn it into a touch if you deactivate the phone. Or give it to a friend. Woah - when you compare it to other services - texting is expensive! One Blogger did the math. Chinese bloggers are using software to write backwards so that it's harder for internet censors to flag them as controversial. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Adobe has created a way to let search engines peer into Flash files and present them as results. Luxury goods maker LVMH won a suit against E-Bay for not policing counterfeit items on their site. Will other makers follow? Wait, HOW much is the iPhone going to cost me - before the calling plan? Maybe a lot of people will make the jump from T-Mobile, since they just breached their contracts. Oh Noes! Google Calendar is the latest victim of Phishermen! Let's brush up on some common sense rules. Baggage companies are working to create a laptop bag that is "Checkpoint friendly." Japan has cigarette machines with age-verification systems - they scan your face for signs of age. But you can fool them with a magazine picture. Whoops. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Seth MacFarlane, the creator of "Family Guy" will be introducing "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" in partnership with Google - they'll distribute it using Ad Sense. Only TWO out of 18 of the major electronics companies scored above a 5 out of 10 on the Greenpeace report card. They have tougher criteria this year - and now they're checking to see how they impact climate change too. Read the whole report here. Princeton students will be able to download some of their textbooks into a Kindle reader starting this year. Rhapsody will be giving folks like Amazon and Walmart a run for their money with their new DRM free MP3 store! Canadians are getting a raw deal on the rate plan for iPhones NASA introduces Hyperwall 2! Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. News flash - Martian dirt is made of ... dirt! This is actually pretty exciting though, because it means we may be able to grow earthly plants there someday. Twitter is growing fast ... but are reliability issues going to turn it into the Friendster of micro-blogging? Friendfeed is catching on fast, and people are impressed with its many new features. Lots of Microsoft's customers are ignoring its unloved Vista OS. But who'd'a thought that Intel would be among them? The rumor is all but confirmed. Totally bizarre - the founder of the aptly-named Psuedo.com (which burnt through over $25 million in investor capital) is saying it was a "fake company" - or more accurately, a piece of "conceptual art." With Klimt's, Pollock's, and Picasso's fetching north of a hundred million bucks, maybe investors got a great deal. But the guy's taking no chances - having made his announcement from the safety of a remote Ethiopian town. Oh - and he's kind of blaming the New York Times. Microsoft is apparently paying something north of a $100 million for PowerSet. I was not wowed when I tested the service out in my May 13th episode. But it's a lot cheaper than Yahoo. Google is getting into the game of shifting media from your computer & the Internet to your TV. This is crowded turf, with Microsoft and Apple amongst those staking claims. But is it the start of a frontal assault on the living room? Keeping cops and crooks honest - it's the Pistol Cam! Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. The May numbers are in, and the PS3 outsells the 360! Soccer camp not for you? Try video game camp. You have a better chance of winning in video games if you pick the red team. You wouldn't use the Spore Creature Creator to make something naughty, would you? Sick kids need a little Dr. Mario. The Grand Theft Auto "Hot Coffee Mod" legal action has been settled, but the real winners are the lawyers. You're not suprised, are you? In case you were wondering, I wanted an ancient Roman 20-sided die for my birthday. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Now you can surf while you fly! On the first American Airlines flight - the wi-fi was free- but when the program launches - it's gonna cost ya... Sprint will give you some pocket cash - all you have to do is make a commercial for the new Samsung Instinct Phone and upload it to YouTube. Why advertise TO young folks when they can do the advertising for you? Avril Lavigne fans are using a refresher website to bump their girl to the top slot in YouTube - which is against policy. How long before they take it down? ICANN may loosen up restrictions on domain names. Someday there could be a WebbAlert.MorganWebb -- except I don't have the 50k you might need to register the domain. I can dream. Bill Gates is retiring - he gets frustrated with Microsoft products too! Read his blow by blow attempts to download Moviemaker here. Gizmodo takes us down into the secret vault of Legos. It's amazing. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. The Symbian OS will compete with the likes of Google's Android platform for the hearts and phones of a variety of manufacturers. By owning it all, Nokia can control it. And by making it a foundation making its products open source, they can hopefully keep from spooking its competitors out of using it. Virgin Mobile launches their answer to the big guys' unlimited flat rate plans - it's only $79.99 and it's pre-paid - no contracts. They're trying to tap into that youth market. They've all got eighty bucks in their pockets right? Shhhh... be very very quiet. Microsoft and Yahoo are talking again. But nobody knows if it's search, or acquisition or maybe nothing at all. The London Underground farecard system was hacked - WHAT? By Dutch security researchers. Oh. Wait, WHAT? They were proving that cards like that - which are also used in secure locations - can be breached. Snakes...Why'd it have to be snakes? Why'd it have to be ROBOTIC snakes? Because they're cool. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. The Wall Street Journal says Google Android Phone won't ship till fourth quarter. It's not really news - Google's been saying for a while that they won't ship until the second half of the year - which still has the fourth quarter in it, doesn't it? There's interesting stuff about the carriers in this article though. The latest presidential debate is taking place on Twitter. It's great that the candidates are reaching out to the tech world - but 140 characters seems like it wll reduce rather than enhance the dialog. Network Solutions - remember them? I did a story on their nasty habit of domain tasting. Now they've changed their tune and say it's a terrible abuse. But they claim they've always been against it. I guess they just forgot. There are now over a billion computers being used in the world. And there'll be two billion in 6 years. What happens when we're finished with them? Young people in the UK are using Google Earth to find homes with swimming pools, then organizing flash mobs via social networks to take a dip. It's like the reverse of the kids in SoCal during the 70s looking for empty pools to skateboard in. The Scottish Parent Teacher Council think that Wikipedia is to blame for students failing classes. There's a lot of wrong information on their, and nobody's verifying it. Maybe kids need to learn not to trust everything they read on the web? Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Carl Icahn has moved from writing letters to writing blog entries. The NY Post says it's really him - but he's writing the entries long-hand on a yellow legal pad. Executives are fleeing Yahoo. Three more people are leaving - add that to the four that already left. One of them is Brad Garlinghouse - the athour of the famous "Peanut Butter Manifesto." Yahoo says it's normal attrition, but in the meantime, someone has created a handy instant Yahoo resignation letter for anyone else who wants to leave. Two men stole $750,000 after getting account numbers and PINs that were stolen when a Citibank server was hacked. Citibank denies their server was breached, but many customers are getting letters saying their PINs are being replaced. Was that a DDOS or just Tiger Woods? ISPs reported record traffic during the U.S. Open. Someone who had just started lifecasting did so just in time. The day after he set up his webcam, he left it on by accident - and caught his neighbor stealing from him! The Smithsonian is adding some photos from their collection to the Flickr Commons project. Flickr and the Library of Congress started it earlier this year. It's great to be able to see some of these pictures - and you can interact by tagging them or leave notes identifying things or people. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. It's the most wonderful time of the year! Well - ALMOST - next month is E3 and there are a ton of rumors: what your 360 profile may look like the Guitar Hero World Tour Pack Lips! Tuesday's DLC will push the Rock Band catalog to over 200 songs. They're crossing the line by making the entire seminal alt-rock album Doolittle by the Pixies available for purchase. Practice your best Black Francis! If man is five, If man is five... There are more details on the new Star Wars games for the Wii and the DS. Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels and Star Wars The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance are on the way. But Nintendo still have no plans to put out an external hard drive for the Wii, despite it's small storage space. And they discovered the hard way that more than just "geeks and otaku" are interested in more memory. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Linked-In has some fresh cash now that investors bought 5% of the company for $53MM - that implies a total valuation of $1B. It's one of the highest valuations for a networking site. Om Malik was initially shocked at that number, but after he did the math and compared it with Xing - a similar company - he found that Linked-In's valuation is not out of line with the value public markets are putting on Xing. Videos are about to get longer on YouTube. Wait, is that a good thing? It's only for content partners, and you can only upload a gig. YouTube is courting independent film makers trying to get them to put their films on the site. Two computer scientists have created a program that simulates what the human brain does when it looks at a photo - we use clues in the picture to determine where it was taken. They used mass amounts of pictures on Flickr, since many of them are geo-tagged, and the computer is pretty accurate. To read their entire paper - click here. The MPAA is still trying to get the FCC to allow them to block recordings of films on DVRs - but NATO (the National Association of Theatre Owners, not the North American Trade Organization) isn't backing them up this time. The BBC has the earliest known recording of computer generated music. Listen to "Baby" play "God Save The King" back in 1951. And check out the great video introducing baby to the public. Can hackers change the way your coffee machine makes your coffee? Depends on what brand of coffee machine you buy. Sometimes expensive isn't better. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. There's a mess in the press. The AP starts a brawl with bloggers - they actually want people to pay for fair use. The Spam King is dead! Long live MySpace! Sorry kids, that beautiful new iPhone may cost more than you thought - unless you meet these eligibility requirements. What's better than a Roomba? If you said a Roomba that can squish under doorways and support the military-industrial complex at the same time, you win a prize! Yes, I went to Berkeley. The Mars Lander may have found ice. Please be ice...please be ice...that would be SO COOL!!! Turns out, about half the music on a young Brit's iPod is stolen. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Bloggers are ANGRY at the Associated Press. After the AP demanded that a website remove several posts that quoted their articles, there's been a lot of discussion over the definition of "Fair Use." TechCrunch is urging other blogs to ignore all AP stories until they clarify their policies. There's no saving XP now. No matter how people feel about Vista, they're stuck with it - until Windows 7 comes out, at least... Ina Fried will tell you how to survive. United may be charging $15 for every bag you check, but at least you'll be able to connect your iPod and iPhone with the in-flight entertainment system on transatlantic flights. Funny or Die is barely a year old but HBO is ready to put it on television. They've bought a small stake in the company and want 10 half hours of programming from the site founders. Sony Corp. is testing out a marketing tool for a straight to DVD release - they'll string out pieces of "Angel Of Death" on the web in 8 minute bites over 10 weeks before they package it as a whole. A team of European astronomers have discovered 3 "super-earths" surrounding star HD 40307. They found them using HARPS - High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. MySpace has been renovating their site over the past 6 months and you'll begin seeing the rollout today. There's new navigation tools, profile editor and search capability - as well as some changes to the MySpace TV player. Look for a brand new streamlined homepage on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Facebook has tied MySpace with 115MM monthly users worldwide. MySpace is still twice as popular here in the U.S. though, and right now, that's where the ad revenues are. U.K. and European users aren't worth as much... Tomorrow is download day! Mozilla wants to make Firefox 3 the most downloaded piece of first-day software - and put it in the Guinness Book of World Records. Right now the current record holder is... okay, well there isn't one. You can pledge to download it at their website. Firefox 3 is more than parties and world records - tech bloggers are saying that it's better than IE and Safari. For now. It's over. Really? Yes. Microsoft wanted to buy Yahoo's search assets for a billion dollars, but that's not going to happen now... ...because Yahoo cut a deal with Google. Google will now sell and display ads on Yahoo searches which could bring Yahoo 800 million dollars additional revenue. Yahoo can walk away from the deal but they have to pay a 250 million dollar termination fee. Microsoft is crying monopoly, and the NY Times is calling for the head of Jerry Yang. Poor Pluto. Once our 9th planet, then demoted two years ago to a "dwarf planet." Now it's being called a "plutoid" too. But many astronomers take issue with all of these classifications. Things are going to be HEATED at the International Astronomical Union's general assembly in 2009. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. The new iPhone has games too! My, my, what can't it do? When employees get downsized, most of them steal pens and toilet paper. If you happen to work at LucasArts however, you take secrets. Sandra Day O'Connor has tossed her gavel into the video gaming arena. Ourcourts.org is civics lesson wrapped up in an interactive game that has students proceeding over matters of civil law. Scientists help a disabled man walk...in Second Life. Gamers sue EA for shoveling out the same crap year after year. OK technically they're getting sued for collusion and anti-competitive practices. Sunday is Father's Day: You didn't forget, did you? I have some gift ideas that are great for dad! Get Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the armchair commando in your life. No More Heroes is a great game for Dads - but is for grown-ups only. LEGO: Star Wars is good fun for the whole family! Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Aaaand they're still at it. Carl Icahn and Yahoo are lobbing bombs at each other. Yahoo's severance plan has gone nuclear - and the proxy battle could trigger it. Icahn says that Yahoo executives could be personally liable for it all. Merlin has 12,000 labels under their umbrella now to negotiate for. That makes them as big as the smallest of the big four - EMI. It should help them when they sit down at the bargaining table with MySpace Music and Last.fm. The B.B.C. is endeavoring to put their entire archive online for public access. Considering that's 81 years of radio and television we're talking about, it's a monumental task. Google's co-founder Sergey Brin put a $5 million dollar downpayment on a private space flight to the International Space Station. Did you know there were robot-fish? Well if you did, why didn't you tell me?! And now they've made them even BETTER! They're on their way to mimicking REAL fish, and the latest incarnation can swim in schools. They'll be used to help track oil spills and see what whales are doing. Aren't researchers worried bigger fish will eat them? You know it's the future when we're trying to get advice on how to acclimate our real pets to our robot pets. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. That new iPhone with lovely 3G is much cheaper, sure - but if you're a first time iPhone customer, you'll pay $120 a year extra for the same unlimited data plan that original iPhone customers get. And if you're a business customer? $300 more. Wait, suddenly it's not so cheap. The MPAA wants the FCC to let them block certain movies from being recorded on DVRs. And if they won't let them do that, they want to be able to make the picture quality less than stellar. They say it will help combat piracy. Or, you know, make people really mad... ...Like Metallica did! They alienated many of their fans with their Napster shenanigans back in 2000 - and people are still angry. Now they're demanding bloggers and music reporters take down early reviews of their album. But see, they INVITED them to come and listen to it in the first place. Now you can get your daily Fix of the Daily Show With Jon Stewart along with the Colbert Report over on Hulu. Yay! YouTube announced that professional content creators can sell their own advertising - but some of the requirements are pretty steep. A supercomputer at the Los Alamos Government Weapons Lab just broke a world record by computing more than a petaflop. It's aptly named "Roadrunner." Meep! Meep! Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. It's here. It's 3G. ..and it's beautiful... okay, it actually looks the same - but it's fast! Every iPhone owner will be able to update with 2.0 software - and bye bye .mac - it's now mobile me. They're even working with Microsoft Active Exchange. Plus there are some cool applications in the iPhone App store. For the whole keynote, click here. Lawmakers are looking to make cyberbullying a criminal act. They want kids to be protected as they surf the web, so they're updating stalking laws to include cyberstalking or harassment. Virgin Media is working with the BPI and sending out letters to customers "educating" them on piracy. There's also a stern warning that they'll be cut off from their internet or prosecuted if they illegally download music. Are the footsteps of pedestrian traffic in high traveled areas our next source of energy? Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Carl Icahn and Yahoo are sending letters again. Yahoo responded to Icahn's letter and said that the severance plans were not "poison pills" and told him to come up with a plan instead of just complaining. His suggestion is to publically offer to sell themselves to Microsoft for $34.375 a share, and forget about the severance plans. Yahoo says: No. Google is letting Gmail users test out some new settings in their Google labs. If you're a Gmail user, check the upper right hand corner and you'll see an icon for "labs" where you can find out more. A lost camera beams pictures of the thieves back to the owner!! There are all kinds of things you can use to protect your electronic devices against theft. Trent Reznor gives away the music of the bands that are opening up for Nine Inch Nails on their latest tour. It'll serve to support them, and make tickets more valuable. The lead cop in the investigation into the Warner Brothers/Pirate Bay case was working for Warner Brothers at the same time. Can you say "Conflict of Interest?" A 45 million dollar Mag-Lev train will be built from Disneyland to Las Vegas. That's great, if you're a tourist or live in Anaheim. Let's all just stay home and look at Disney World on Google Earth - it's in 3D now, so it feels like you're there... Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Steam wants to expand to Steam Cloud - which will hold your saves and settings along with your purchases. Sony recently announced Qore - episodic content available for download on the PlayStation3 that promises to bring Sony fans demos, videos, and behind-the-scenes interviews all for a monthly fee. Ninja Gaiden II comes out, and the game's creator Itagaki quits, sues, and kills the stock price. Call of Duty 4 sells 10 million copies. Hitler isn't allowed to play Mario Kart. Kids create games to foster social awareness. EA picks up Rupture for a rumored $30 million. Television executives couldn't possibly mess up a complicated technical project like an MMORPG, right? Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!