This week, Benjamin talked about the coming wi-fi speeds, which are pretty much guaranteed to blow you away. Currently, wi-fi routers work either in 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz, the latter being a newer development.  However, the Wi-Fi Alliance (http://www.wi-fi.org/) and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (http://wirelessgigabitalliance.org/) recently anounced that they will be working together to develop next-gen Wi-Fi which will ruin at 60 GHz.

In other news, Firefox 4 is on the way, and they say that speed is a very important factor. Additionally though, Firefox 4 will support multitouch systems. Basically, this update is all about performance. From Of course, when most users think of performance, they think of speed, and so does Mozilla. Expect Firefox 4 to run very quickly.

Additionally, Benjamin brought us some information on the iPad 3G. Yes, the iPad did just come out. Yes, they are already releasing the 3G version. Yes, they will market in any way possible to get outrageously more money. In fact, this 3G version starts at $629, no small jump from the $499 standard wi-fi iPad. Granted, when you’re paying this much for a jumbo-sized iPod touch, why not go all the way for a few more dollars?

Similarly, Apple is promising fixes for the wi-fi problems that some iPad users have been encountering. According to Apple, a “very small number of people” have experienced this problem, which causes weak or fluctuating signal strength in the iPad.

Benjamin also went through a list of “tops” for 2009 and expectations for 2010. These include the biggest cybercrime busts, the 5 “riskiest” celebrities, and some tips and guesses about this year.

Speaking of viruses and scams, Twitter fell victim to one this week, as a bug was released which allowed users to force other users to follow them. We don’t know yet if this also allows access to private information, but hopefully we won’t have to find out. Twitter says they are working on solving the problem.

In an interesting piece of news, it seems that the current generation makes bad jurors. There’s already a long list of people restrictions on jurors, and now this seems to be adding to the problems. The current generation is very visual, and used to reading things. From e-mail to video games to the internet, this generation receives most of their information visually. Of course, smart phones also cause a problem. It’s getting easier and easier to find information, and harder and harder to lock it down. This is an interesting thing to note, and important to keep an eye on. The judicial system will have to adapt to keep up with this.

Also, Benjamin talked piracy. We’re not talking Jack Sparrow or something. We’re talking Digital Pirates. Lots of things are available for free download online, and most of them are illegal. Things like music, movies, and programs are almost always illegal to download for free. (Sometimes an artist will run a temporary promo program for their album or something). These things hurt companies and artists a lot.

In a user tip, Benjamin discussed keyboards and computing, especially regarding ergonomics, and therefore health. There are a lot of important factors in choosing, placing, and using a keyboard. If you aren’t careful you may wind up in some serious pain.

When Benny came on this week, he talked about a very exciting new announcement in gaming. Though it is very difficult to plan out business plans for the next year or two, two companies have planned out their entire next decade. It seems Bungie (http://www.bungie.net/) and Blizzard (http://us.blizzard.com) are going to be working together for ten years on an entirely new series, or even “universe.” This should be quite exciting indeed.

This week Jordan asked about what USB size would be right for her, and David asked if it would be possible to crash the entire internet.