Gadgetory

I'm Brian Cooley in from Hollywood who's busy unlocking her iphone today with a hammer welcome to the buzz report first the gadget of the week it's the big dog what the hell is that thing it's a robotic quad repaired made by a company called Boston Dynamics funded by DARPA the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency the folks that did the internet look how it handles ice and cinder blocks and snow and cover your short hairs look how it jumps that thing is wrong gives me the willies let's move on well I bet you've seen the new Camaro that is on the way next februari one of the major buzz cars of the last year or so and part of that buzz surrounded its high output v6 and 400 horsepower v8 engines but this week we hear that GM may go one better well one less offering a four-cylinder because of the rising price of gas now the four they're considering is a supercharged 260 horsepower unit the one that's found in the hot version of the pontiac solstice and saturn sky but come on are you really gonna shell out north of mustang money for a chevy halo muscle car and get it with a faux i guess it would be kind of nice to have that extra room in the engine bay kind of like a second trunk maybe keep a smart car in there and the mcdonald's of coffee is now trying to become the face book of food starbucks is launching what the world doesn't need now another social network it's my Starbucks idea calm which they say will quote make starbucks the most deeply connected brand in the world what the hell does that mean well they expect people will share and discuss their thoughts about starbucks and what's happening in their local stores let me save you guys about a million dollars in site development fee here's what's happening in my and every Starbucks store a bunch of workers who don't really like being called baristas are pouring coffee and selling Danish that's it my thoughts and feelings refill the half-and-half thing and wipe the counters better I can't get motivated to maintain a Facebook page about what I do for a living why would I interact and get engaged about a hot drink now you know a technology went out ugly when even the stores that breathlessly hype it to you offer an apology in cash best by announcing this week they'll send a fifty dollar gift card to all customers who bought an HD DVD deck prior to februari 23rd that's amazing I mean they can't ignore how singed you are around the edges on this one and on top of that best buy will let you send your HD DVD deck to their trade in center where they'll assign a value and add that to the gift card cool now you're up to 51 dollars that's the buzz report I'm Brian Cooley thanks for watching you