Gadgetory

welcome to the buzz reports I'm Brian Cooley in for Molly Wood first the gadget of the week is this tomorrow's PC or this these are a couple of the I poppers that came out of a pc design contest sponsored by Intel and Samsung just happened last week this model has a lamp cord you pull to turn it on that'll be a new one at the repair counter now we need buddy a new hard drive no string replacement please this one looks like an antique Eskridge wah you can almost see Marie Antoinette sitting there muttering mad as she tries to master Vista as with most design contest there's only a shred of usefulness in most of this but you know you're in a tough room when the stuff on display makes the iphone look practical you got to love a new site called by your friend a drink com what a buzz this week you go to the site you buy someone a drink they receive a drink code on their cell phone which they show to the bartender at any participating watering hole and voila the cocktail arrives up to that value only works in a few dozen bars in the New York area for now so what's the point well I'm glad you asked time for my top five reasons for a website that lets you buy someone a drink number five makes it easy for you to be a cheapskate you sent him a five dollar drink that's the cap if they order something actually good like a Louie the 13th you're not there to feel bad for not chipping in to pay for it number four helps you keep your distance from friends who order stuff like chocolate martinis number three eliminates having to drink with someone who's not real good at it we've all been there number two it's so much less work than joining them and hoisting that heavy glass over and over and number one it lets you pay up anonymously on that dumb bar bet you made that you would never own a zune in brown like mine hmm here's the latest chapter of our national descent into a socially inept non-verbal culture LG's national texting championship mall rats from across the country competed to text impossibly warranty messages the fastest and without errors in the end it was a text off between the East Coast and the West Coast champs the $25,000 winner 13 year old Morgan pose are from claysburg Pennsylvania but the real winner you and me cuz we get to savor the way bitchy reaction from the West Coast runner-up check it out either way I was in a bad situation if I beat a 13 year old she probably cries whoa let's put that hate on vibrate there Missy and the state of California now on its way to becoming the first one to ban light bulbs at least the incandescent type if this proposed ban flies it would criminalize incandescent bulbs between 25 watts and 150 watts by the year 2012 the idea is to force us all to use compact fluorescent bulbs which feature lower energy consumption longer life between replacements and that really nice tone of light I'm Brian Cooley this has been the buzz report thanks for watching