On today’s show, we’ve got Vienna Teng–singer, pianist, and former computer programmer. But before we get to her music, we have the PS3 Slim in the studio. Afterward, we talk to Vienna about her journey from software engineer at Cisco to touring musician.

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At the top of the show, we do a little unboxing of the new PlayStation 3 Slim. While Vienna and Justin may not care too much about the game console, Jeff and Wilson don’t particularly like its new finish. In almost all respects, however, it functions just like the original 80GB model that it replaces, plus it comes with a 120GB hard drive. (No Linux for those homebrew fans out there.)

The star of the show is Vienna, a singer, songwriter, and pianist from the San Francisco Bay Area who graduated from Stanford University. Vienna later took up a job at Cisco as a computer programmer and made the leap to musician during her time there. We end the first half of the show with a track from her first album “Waking Hour,” called “Gravity.” The song is about the ups and downs of her roommate’s relationship.

On the second half of the show, we listen to her song “Radio” from her current album “Inland Territory.” And we talk about how now one in four songs sold in the United States is through iTunes. Finally, we end the show with her song “Augustine.” You can find her music on iTunes, Amazon, MySpace, Last.fm, and her own Web site. (Editor’s note: Last.fm is a part of CBS Interactive, which also publishes CNET.)

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