Comment from listener Chris S from Florida on last week’s show about the ability to have eBooks read aloud.

Nerd News:

• Apple Stores block jail-breaking web site.
• But a fix for this problem is ready. It’s just not out. Yet.
• RIM announces BlackBerry Curve 3G. Is its ability to run BlackBerry 6.0 really innovation?
• Twitter adds recommendations on who to follow.
• Now you can manage two Gmail accounts in the same browser.
• 20 moves to solve the Rubik’s cube, not 23 silly.

Feature Story:

• The world’s most famous theoretical physicist says it’s time to leave Earth, OR ELSE.

Nerd History:

• August 8, 1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
• August 12, 1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.
• August 8, 1988 – The lights are turned on at Wrigley Field for the first time, making it the last major league stadium to host night games. (The game, against the Philadelphia Phillies, is rained out after three-and-a-half innings.)

• Utah Attorney General Announces Execution on Twitter
• WordPress 3.0 update has 1200+ fixes
• Korean Minister of Culture shutting down 43,000 sites.
• Sports fans breaking records on Twitter. The social media site has been experiencing growing pains again.
• Data captured by Google Street View includes passwords and emails
• All kinds of order processing problems as iPhone 4 sells out on 1st day to preorder.
• Amazon slashes price of Kindle 2 after B&N does same for Nook.
• Surprise! new Mac Mini with HDMI.

Feature Story: iOS 4

• iOS4 is out. 378MB download. Went live at 1PM ET.
• What was the Monday rush to download it like?
• How does it behave on 3GS?
• New features that they didn’t advertise?
• Promised features
  • Multi-tasking (if app has been updated)
  • Global Inbox (threaded views, too)
  • Folders (12 apps max/folder)
  • Spell Check in Mail, Notes, other apps
  • Home screen wallpaper
  • Bluetooth keyboard support
• Sell your old phone
• iOS 4.0 Gold Master SDK publicly released
• Windows Live Messenger for iPhone? and Hotmail?

Nerd History

• June 20, 1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world’s first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• June 21, 1948 – The Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine, the world’s first stored-program computer, ran its first computer program.
• June 20, 1963 – The so-called “red telephone” is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• June 20, 2003 – The WikiMedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
• June 21, 2010 – The Summer Solstice is today. The longest day of the year!