Gadgetory

hey everyone I'm Molly would welcome to the buzzer report the show about the tech news that everyone is talking about this week it's no cell phones in cars and this time we mean it ipads in cockpits because why not and the drunkest airplane flight of all time but first it's the gadget of the week the gadget of the week is the kindle fire all over again the Kindle Fire is taking a beating this week over usability issues software bugs and lack of parental controls that will let any child or anyone really just come along and buy whatever they want with all the easy one click purchase capability and don't forget the hardware there are tons of complaints about the annoying power button on the bottom of the thing too it was even compared recently to the Edsel which seriously the Edsel quick tip actually if the power button on the bottom is bothering you just turn it upside down see the screen rotates you're welcome now sit the hell down and wait for your software update and then take the 300 bucks you saved by not buying an ipad go to hawaii sit on the beach and read a good book on your kindle fire with a mai tai see what I'm saying and now for the news this week the National Transportation Safety Board recommended a complete national ban on cell phone use by drivers in cars the ban would cover all 50 states it would include hands-free devices but you could use bluetooth systems that are already installed in cars and it would be accompanied by a huge awareness campaign that highlights the dangers of distracted driving and while I do believe that this is a complicated issue with far-reaching ramifications and there's no doubt in my mind that texting while driving in particular is an epidemic and dangerous problem i have to admit my response to this idea can be summed up in these two simple points1 you wish and two self-driving cars meanwhile as we're trying to get drivers to be less distracted the fa age to prove the use of iPads in airplane cockpits at all phases of flight during takeoff and landing the whole way to and from the places the whole thing each pilots iPad will replace about 35 pounds of paper and that will apparently save more than a million dollars worth of fuel every year american airlines will start rolling out the iPads and cockpits this week you however will still have to turn off your regular old low-power Kindle during takeoff and landing just don't get me started scientists say they are closing in on evidence of the elusive Higgs boson particle sometimes called the god particle researchers at the european organization for nuclear research say they are tantalizingly close to discovering the particle and they should be able to close the book on this puzzle sometime next year if the Higgs boson is found it could theoretically help explain why other particles have mass and it could lead to all kinds of other discoveries like super particles and dark matter really blow open the field of physics in fact and lead to flying cars and teleportation what no flying cars and teleportation seriously why are they doing this then in other unlikely events in the universe here's an update on the AT&T t-mobile merger a federal judge will allow 80 to temporarily withdraw its petition to buy t-mobile and delay an antitrust hearing that was scheduled for februari ATT now has until January 12th to either present a new plan for buying t-mobile somehow someway or decide to cut bait because they ain't fish in considering that the FCC multiple states every other wireless carrier in America and most consumers oppose the deal I am leaning toward cut bait but who knows safety new details emerge this week about what happened when two now former rim executives got so drunk on an airplane that the flight had to be diverted and they had to be dragged off the plane in handcuffs well it turns out these poor guys were drunk before they even got on the plane they were screaming at each other during the flight one lay down on the floor and kicked the ground they assaulted and yelled at flight attendants and they were so rabid with Ray about their lot in life that when they were put into plastic handcuffs they actually chewed through their restraints oh my god on the plus side though any out of work telecom executives job openings a trim and finally let's have a look at what's clogging the tubes my favorite animal video in recent times and that's saying a lot is this lizard deliberately playing a video game happy holidays everyone oh and don't miss the baby seal that sneaked into someone's house and then cuddled up on their couch because I mean you will feel better about life and that's the buzz report for this week everyone I'm Mollywood and thank you for watching power button bothering you turn it upside down the scree upside down the screen rotates turn it upside down just turn it upside down the screen rotates you're welcome I'll use the book that'll turn it upside down oh well that's because I went sideways yeah all right we'll just do it try it that way