Cranky Geeks

Today's Guests: Sebastian Rupley, Co-Crank, Editorial Director, PCMagCast.com Rob Enderle, President, Enderle Group Roger Chang, Producer, Revision3 The Topics: Google/Yahoo Ad Deal Gets the KiboshRegulatory scrutiny has prompted Google to abandon its advertising deal with Yahoo, the search engine giant announced Wednesday.Yahoo said in a statement that is "disappointed" that Google elected to kill the deal. Opera Not Coming to the iPhoneApple won't let Opera release its Mini browser for the iPhone, says the Opera boss. Jon von Tetzchner made the comments to the New York Times last week. Apple holds a monopoly on the distribution of iPhone applications, and can do what it likes in its self-appointed gatekeeper role. Apple has already used the terms and conditions to ban a tethering modem application Netshare, and a podcasting application, Podcaster. Is Holographic Storage Finally For Real?Holographic storage developer InPhase has put its first drive ship date back to late 2009. Meanwhile GE thinks it has a CD/DVD-compatible holographic technology that can be made into a commercial product. InPhase is developing a Tapestry holographic drive which uses a $180, CD-size disc with data stored as holograms within the depths of a recording medium. Is this technology ever going to be for real? Microsoft's Malware NumbersMalware and unwanted software made strides in the first half of 2008, according to the latest security intelligence report from Microsoft, which tallied a 43 percent increase in the number of programs exorcised by the the company's malicious software removal tool. In the first six months of this year, there were some 62 million disinfections on 23.8 million machines, according to the report. Google Patches Android Security FlawGoogle has begun distributing a patch to its Android mobile phone operating system, an early test for how nimbly the company can respond and how well the infrastructure works to distribute and install updates. The patch fixes a highly publicized security problem with Android's Web browser. Will Google keep Android secure?