Summary: A skydiver jumps from space to the Earth. Tablet wars get interesting next week. Microsoft announces the XBOX Music service. And a $25 computer. All this plus the anniversary of a speed record in this week's Nerd History. Nerd News: FBI warns against mobile malware. You may be getting a rebate from Amazon for those eBooks you bought. Tablet wars get interesting next week. Apple’s iPad Mini event is October 23rd and Microsoft’s RT tablets launch on October 26th with Windows 8. Microsoft is also going after Pandora and Spotify with XBox Music. Did you hear that? Skydiver breaks the sound barrier in jump from edge of space. When computers are cheaper than LEGO, only good things can happen. A SuperComputer on the Moon for mission telecomm This Week in Nerd History: October 14, 1947 – Captain Chuck Yeager of the U.S. Air Force flies a Bell X-1 rocket-powered experimental aircraft, the Glamorous Glennis, faster than the speed of sound - over the high desert of Southern California - and becomes the first pilot and the first airplane to do so in level flight. October 14, 1968 – The first live telecast from a manned spacecraft, the Apollo 7, launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the U.S.A. Subscribe to the WFN podcast. It's 100% free and 200% fun!
