Episode 88 - Tossing Rocks at Cars

Sometimes you need to vent. Sometimes you need to rant. And sometimes you just need to bitch. We did all three on the show! Sure we talked about Carrier IQ, Facebook getting smacked by the FTC and GamePro shutting down but we also covered our pet peeves. You know, like idiots on the road. And in the stores. And pretty much everywhere. Grab something to drink (perhaps alcoholic) and get ready to let the hatred flow.

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Show Notes

New Releases

• This Week:
  • Movies - Shame, Sleeping Beauty
  • Blu-rays - 30 Min. or Less, Friends with Benefits, Our Idiot Brother, The Smurfs, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
  • Games - Fortune Street, Sonic Generations
• Next Week:
  • Movies - New Year’s Eve, The Sitter, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  • Blu-rays - Cowboys & Aliens, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, The Hangover Part 2, The Help
  • Games - The Adventures of Tintin, The Oregon Trail 40th Anniversary Edition

Fall / Winter Movie Game

• http://www.onemanasylum.com/fall-winter-movie-draft

News

• Movie - Bryan Singer may be directing / producing new Munster’s TV pilot
  • Originally talked about in 2010; Guillermo del Toro & Bryan Fuller were working on it
  • NBC asked Fuller to make it edgier, del Toro moved on
  • Singer currently in talks
  • http://www.slashfilm.com/bryan-singer-direct-produce-munsters-tv-pilot/
• Tech - Carrier IQ rootkit installed and running on almost all phones
  • Installed on most all phones; has access to typing, location services, etc.
  • Company says it does not record or report these items; but has access
  • All Android, Blackberry phones have it, iPhones do as well but pretty tame
  • Click the link below to learn how to remove it
  • http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/01/carrier-iq-how-to-find-it-and-how-to-deal-with-it/
• Web - Facebook hammered by FTC for privacy concerns
  • Facebook is working on a deal and promising to recommit to protecting users privacy
  • FTC claims Facebook has made privacy claims then broke them; changing privacy policies on the fly, sharing data with advertisers, etc.
  • Will make all future sharing policies opt in instead of opt out
  • http://searchcompliance.techtarget.com/news/2240111863/Zuckerberg-recommits-to-Facebook-privacy-policy-after-FTC-lashing
• Games - GamePro is shutting its doors
  • After 22 years, GamePro’s print and online sections are shutting down
  • Most employees are being laid off and content is being folded into PCWorld
  • http://www.gamespot.com/news/gamepro-shutting-down-6346883?tag=newstop%3Btitle%3B3

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