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Michael and Michael enjoy a great set of listener tags from – Heidigoseek, dbartek, andypiper, tweetweek, sweettt, uncommonman, and toastymel. The show includes helpful Google tools, Treats for your Tweets, fun new iPhone Games, and a whole bunch of Soul Sucking Video Games. We also visit the demise of Google’s virtual world Lively, and end up with some deep thoughts around Women and IT. So don’t forget to tag your favorite sites this week with “dogear-nation”.

Searching for love (in all the wrong places)
Let Me Google That for You –> (Heidigoseek) 
Peer to Patent –> (dbartek)
Twiturly –> (andypiperuk)

Wattsamatta you
Papa John Facebook –> (tweetweek) 
Bojangles on Twitter

Social networkin’
Online time is good for teens –> (andypiperuk)
Tweet Week
Most memorable new product launch –> (tweetweek)
Jellycar
ZiiBii

Obligatory 3D Internet
Obama’s net neutrality (but is he chaotic good?)
Lively shutdown
Google earth (ancient rome)
Soul Sucking Video Games –> (matt simpson)
2KSports NBA 2K9 
MS Flight Simulator
Virtual World timeline 

Mac-a-rooni
Gascubby
Gloves w/removable fingertips –> (andypiperuk)
iPhone update: Categorzies –> (andypiperuk)

Women and IT
What has driven women out of IT degrees –> (hedigoseek)
Women against fantasy sports –> (toastymel) 
Smallball

Final thoughts
Michael R — Monty Python channel
Michael M — Rack-a-node (uncommonman)

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Michael Rowe gives his whoas from CES, while coughing up a storm in a Las Vegas hotel room, after starting the week off running into fellow New Media Celebraty from the UK – LJ Rich. Michael Martine and Matt Simpson continue the fun discussing the new Tata and the upcoming NRF show in NY.

opening fun
search your symptom –> http://www.medgle.com/

ces fun
emotiv + IBM –> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=mobile_and_wireless&articleId=9056579&taxonomyId=15
Philips Eco TV –> http://www.groovygreen.com/groove/?p=2413
Frag Dolls –> http://www.fragdolls.com/index.php/about
Jawbone collects other headsets at CES –> http://flickr.com/photos/10795032@N00/sets/72157603686546341/
wowwee robot — http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/01/07/ces_2008_wowwee_rovio_robot_sp.html
first possible spotting of android phone — http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/01/ces_spotted_fir.html
gamasutra — http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16851
Laura Jane Rich — http://www.ljrich.com/
Maholo Daily — http://daily.mahalo.com/

automotive fun
Tata Nano car — http://www.livemint.com/2008/01/11001158/Tata-small-car-throws-a-big-pu.html
Tata http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/news/article3168463.ece

3D Internet fun
new IBM 3D I presence– http://www.ibm.com/virtualworlds/
NRF — VTeen — http://www-03.ibm.com/industries/retail/doc/content/landing/3250549101.html
3D Virtual Redbooks library — http://www.ibm.com/support/documentation/us/en/

random fun
Bill Sweeney — public domain movie database — http://pdmdb.org/

Final thoughts
Peepfest 2008 — http://marketstreetbooks.com/events/peepfest.html

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