Retailers Fined for Digital TV Offenses

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best Buy Co., Sears Holdings Corp. (which operates Sears and Kmart retail stores), Circuit City Stores Inc., Target Corp., Fry’s Electronics Inc. and CompUSA Inc. fined for failing to properly label that analog-only televisions will need to be retrofitted after the switch to digital TV next year…

The Webby Awards

They honor excellence on the internet.

There are four entry types: Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and Mobile.

There are two honors in every category: The Webby Award, and The People’s Voice Award. Until May 1, they are accepting votes for The People’s Voice division…some catagories and nominees:

BEST PRACTICES
http://www.digg.com
http://www.facebook.com
http://www.flickr.com
http://nytimes.com
http://www.yelp.com

COMMUNITY
http://www.bookglutton.com
http://www.COLOURlovers.com
http://www.delicious.com
http://www.flickr.com
http://www.stumbleupon.com

GAMES-RELATED
http://www.gamasutra.com
http://blog.wired.com/games/
http://www.gamezebo.com
http://www.rockband.com
http://www.escapistmagazine.com

HEALTH
http://www.dlife.com
http://www.healthline.com
http://www.trydrugs.net
http://www.visualdxhealth.com
http://www.webmd.com

NEWS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
http://www.cnn.com
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/
http://nytimes.com
http://www.Wired.com

SOCIAL NETWORKING
http://bebo.com
http://www.ChangeEverything.ca
http://www.facebook.com
http://www.flock.com
http://www.ning.com

WEIRD
http://www.badgiftemporium.com
http://www.cuteoverload.com
http://icanhascheezburger.com
http://www.StitchyMcYarnpants.com
http://passiveaggressivenotes.com

YOUTH
http://www.channelone.com
http://www.clubpenguin.com
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com
http://www.nick.com
http://www.scholastic.com

New products we’re checking out!

We received some new products just in time for tonights Ustream.TV broadcast! We’ll give you a look at the XploreTech Rugged PC Tablet. Awesome and great size screen with Biometrics on the unit for security. This is the most rugged PC we’ve ever looked at.

Also,

Plustek sent us over the OpticFilm 7300 Slide and Negative Scanner. A new way to scan, space saving and great results.

Tonight, 6pm Pacific on Ustream.tv/channel/techtalkradio

New Interviews

We have a couple of new interviews that didn’t make it to air due to time. Bill Pollock – Founder of No Starch Press on how the company is posting a couple of its book titles up onto Torrents for greater distribution. Also, Geoff Baum of Adobe shares some info on the beta test for Adobe Photoshop Express. Check the front page with listening links to the streaming audio or downloads.

Andy