ORIGINALLY AIRED: 1/7/2005
Leighton Meester, CES, Frank Jordan
Episode #5002
| Striking Back at the Java Empire: Shizzy’s Mailbag reveals its diabolical email prank against a gullible new Starbucks employee. Plus, a helpful caffeine addict with a lot of time on their hands has created a complete guide to every variation of drink offered by the conglomerate.
Casting About: Hollywood Reporter reports the latest casting news on director Bryan Singer’s Superman movie. A Scanner Darkly Scanned: Director Richard Linklater reveals some screen shots of his new movie based on the novel by Phillip K. Dick at aintitcool.com. |
| Future Plot Lines for 24 5. Jack watches all LOTR DVDs 4. Jack charges his new iPod 3. Jack takes roundtrip flight to Tokyo 2. Jack lets the President die 1. Jack thaws a Thanksgiving turkey |
| On Monday’s show, we'd like to start a giant EverQuest II Flash Mob -- which is essentially a bunch of avatars milling about in a particular area. Let's see how those Sony servers hold up!
Here are the details: Server: Unrest Server Bring your friends! |
| Sarah dared to journey with Michael Keaton into the realm of EVP as portrayed in White Noise. Here's what she had to say about the movie:
"White Noise illustrates how the dead attempt to make contact with their still living loved ones through electro-frequencies in radios and televisions. The result is called ‘EVP,’ or electronic voice phenomenon, and is actually a real practice. The problem as you can see is that not only do the good dead people try to contact you, but so do the evil ones. White Noise is scary in that truly creepy way The Grudge only wished it was. It's worth your money, so go on out this weekend and enjoy the show. For more info, visit www.whitenoisemovie.com |
| In Tech Topics…
Unleash the Xbox 2 Rumors! CNN/Money.com Chris Morris dissects the latest clues/rumors about Microsoft’s next-generation console. Spying the Spyware: Microsoft gets into the anti-spyware software game by purchasing Giant and rebranding its software as a free download, reports msn.com. Waaaaah: Thomas Slattery doesn’t like the fact that the iTunes music service offers songs only playable on the iPod. Time to sue! Meanwhile, Apple doesn't like the fact that websites report on their product plans without asking for permission first. Time to sue! |
| Gadget master/MAD Magazine's Maddest Writer Dick DeBartolo showed us the gizmos that caught his eye at CES:
Bluetooth Snowboard Helmet & Beanie from Motorola/Burton (tomshardware.com takes a look) P7 Pen Phone Camera by Haier -- $300-$400 DVD Junior by Samsung -- $130 Zen Micro Photo by Creative Vocal Smoke Detector by KidSmart -- $70 1GB USB Card Pro by Freecom -- $180 (gizmodo.com takes a look) iPod iBeam flashlight/laser by Griffin Technology -- $15-$20 |
| Although there were thousands of products, gadgets, and concepts to witness at this year’s CES, Kevin R. found his heart warmed by the following items:
Pocket Media Assistant PMA400 by Archos -- $800 PlaysForSure AVIC-N2 Real Time Traffic Navigation System by Pioneer -- $2,000 TeraStation storage by Buffalo Technologies -- $1000 |
FEATURES
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Kevin Rose's and Dick DeBartolo's CES Faves
The Screen Savers' Kevin Rose and Dick DeBartolo list their favorite devices from CES 2005. |
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