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Produced and hosted by Jon Gordon, Future Tense brings you the latest technology topics in daily five-minute capsules. From electronic privacy and digital democracy to spam and computer worms, Future Tense keeps you up to date on the rapidly changing world of technology.
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Here's a little slide show I prepared from outside the Apple Store in Roseville, MN this morning. It features an audio interview with Taylor Carrigan, a 16 year-old from Woodbury who was fourth in line for the new 3G iPhone.
Meanwhile, I'll be on MPR's All Things Considered with Tom Crann tonight, talking about the all the iPhone activation troubles that ensued. Meanwhile, Julio Ojeda-Zapata has a good roundup of today's "iApocalypse" as Gizmodo called it.
John Hill of Hugo, MN and Eric Swanson of White Bear Lake, MN arrived at the Apple Store in Roseville, MN at 2:00 am today. They camped outside the Rosedale Mall until 5 :00 when the doors opened up. As I write this, about 150 people fanatics are in the queue.
A tiny section of the long queue.
Today on Future Tense we present part two of our conversation with David Rice, author of Geekonomics: The Real Cost of Insecure Software. Watch this space for a transcript later. I know you want it, like, now, but I'm off to an an Apple store to watch the sheep to the slaughter. There's a new iPhone doncha know. Speaking of which, don't forget to send me some joyous photos of you with your new iPhone.
