Ep. 997: Texas Ranger Panda Video

Video description: Vic the Texas Rancher pilot wrote in but somehow in the twisted mind of Molly Wood his name became Texas Ranger Panda. And now she can't stop laughing at the cute Ranger Panda writing in about HD makeup. Which Natali thinks is a conspiracy. We also review the DTV transition and help you get a contract-free iPhone.

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The week in a minute: 11/18/05

A compilation of some of the past week's best videos, brought to you by the Download.com Video team. This week we have a baby panda, a bumbling president, and a good old fashioned back woods wedding.

1.) Junk Science: "Roads"

2.) Baby steps for panda cub

3.) "Walk the Line" trailer

4.) "The Libertine" teaser

5.) President Bush speaks about sovereignty

6.) "Phone Call to Tom Green"

7.) "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" trailer

8.) Woman, 37, marries 15-year-old

9.) Creative bank banditsr

10.) Shape Shifters: "Circuit City"

11.) Palm Pictures presents "The Directors Label "DVD series

12.) Borat promo for European MTV Video Awards

13.) Carnival in Rio with Arnold Schwarzenegger

14.) "Meditate and Destroy" trailer

15.) Budweiser commercial: "Grandmas"

16.) "Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes" trailer

17.) At the Drive-In: "One Armed Scissor"

Click here for the Week in a Minute archive.

2010 Mini Cooper S

It's so cute, so why does Molly Wood hate the 2010 Mini Cooper S?

Helibots to the rescue

Molly Wood stops by Carnegie Mellon University, where scientists are building helicopter robots that could eventually swarm autonomously into a disaster site, and then provide search and rescue responders with life-saving information. Also, they're cute little flying bots!

Ep. 1343: BOL loves a parade

On today's show, we rush you along so we can go watch the San Francisco Giants ticker-tape parade. But in actual tech news, Silicon Valley fails to take over California politics, Google's really sorry about the whole Buzz thing, but not in a "pay you" kind of way, and if you're a Rangers fan, we now have the technology to erase that painful memory from your brain. --Molly

Samsung Galaxy Beam Unboxing at Always On

Molly Wood checks out an Android phone with a twist: it's a phone and a pico projector! But is it a hit?

Ep. 974: Black holes are made of people

Well actually, people are made of black holes. But I couldn't do a soylent green reference if I wrote that. We also talk about Natali's Lady Things and the fact that we all wear makeup. Oh and Sony is broke. And Jammie Thomas is going back to court. So it's not all good news.

Loaded: Design and the Elastic Mind

Natali stops by the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York for a look at interesting tech that could be coming our way in the future.

Set up a Roku Digital Video Player

If you just got or are thinking about getting a Roku player, Molly Wood shows you how to get it up and running.

Best of CES 2011

CNET's Molly Wood, Brian Cooley, and Natali Morris host the annual Best of CES awards at CES 2011 in Las Vegas. They will unveil the best products in 12 categories, plus the People's Choice award winners and the Best of Show.

Virgin Mobile's PCD Chaser

Though it's inexpensive and contract-free, the PCD Chaser's irritatingly poor battery life, laggy performance, and mediocre call quality make it safe to skip.