http://odeo.com/channels/3997-Buzz-Out-Loud-MP3 TomMerritt no Buzz Out Loud features Tom Merritt, producer Jason Howell, and a rotating roundtable of CNET's top tech experts reviewing the day's tech news. Each episode, five times a week, the crew analyzes, interprets, and argues about what all this technology means and what it's doing to us. Fans can join in the show by calling, e-mailing, or commenting on the blog. Buzz Out Loud features Tom Merritt, producer Jason Howell, and a rotating roundtable of CNET's top tech experts reviewing the day's tech news. Each episode, five times a week, the crew analyzes, interprets, and argues about what all this technology means and what it's doing to us. Fans can join in the show by calling, e-mailing, or commenting on the blog. Buzz Out Loud from CNET gives you a unique take on what's happening in tech news this week. en-us 40 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:17:00 -0800 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:17:00 -0800 Technology http://odeo.com/episodes/25543208-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1126-Microsoft-plucks-Plurk Among the news of new URL shorteners and Australian Internet filters comes one of the darkest moments in microblogging: Microsoft has pulled down its new Twitter-like site in China because it turns out it wasn't Twitter-like at all. It was, in fact, more like Plurk. In fact, it looked like maybe Microsoft stole Plurk's code. We also get morally outraged at good business plans. Or stupid people. Or something. Just watch. Or listen. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080895',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1126 URL shorteners suddenly hot commodity http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10415148-248.html Google, Facebook get into game, Bit.ly launches pro version http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/12/14/facebook-test... Among the news of new URL shorteners and Australian Internet filters comes one of the darkest moments in microblogging: Microsoft has pulled down its new Twitter-like site in China because it turns out it wasn't Twitter-like at all. It was, in fact, more like Plurk. In fact, it looked like maybe Microsoft stole Plurk's code. We also get morally outraged at good business plans. Or stupid people. Or something. Just watch. Or listen. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080895',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1126 URL shorteners suddenly hot commodity http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10415148-248.html Google, Facebook get into game, Bit.ly launches pro version http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/12/14/facebook-testing-new-url-shortener-fb-me/ http://blog.bit.ly/post/284009728/announcing-bit-ly-pro Steven Covey moves two key e-titles from Simon & Schuster to Amazon Kindle http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/technology/companies/15amazon.html Australia takes concrete step toward mandatory ISP filtering http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Mandatory-ISP-filter-due-mid-2011/0,130061791,339300060,00.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8413377.stm Chrome Mac, Linux betas push browser into No. 3 spot http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142286/Chrome_Mac_Linux_betas_push_browser_into_No._3_spot S.F. moves toward new cell phone labeling law http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/12/15/MNHJ1B49KH.DTL Broadband stimulus unlikely to have desired effect? http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/broadband-stimulus-unlikely-to-have-desired-effect.ars Twitter lets multiple users tweet to the same account http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-tests-letting-multiple-users-tweet-to-the-same-account-2009-12 Paramount to start online service to sell movie clips http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/business/media/15film.html Will broadcast radio have the last laugh thanks to “tech fatigue”? http://www.bridgeratings.com/press.12.07.09.CompMediaUse.html Best of 2009 clips show This year’s Best of 2009 episode is going to be entirely listener-submitted. To be a part of this listener-created experience just clip out your favorite moments from any episode published in 2009. Export your clip as an MP3 of at least 128kbp. E-mail the clip to buzz@cnet.com. Subject: Best of 2009 – Episode ####. Deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Please hurry! And with enough people pitching in two-to-three clips, we should end up with an awesome clips show. Listener co-host show Want to talk with us on this year’s listener co-host show? These interviews will be recorded Monday, December 21 from 3-4 p.m. PT. E-mail buzz@cnet.com, subject “Listener Co-host”, and include your name, contact number where you can be reached for the interview (landline preferred), and we will compile the list and select four people for the show. VOICE MAIL Richard has more wireless communication ideas Colin the movie director on sales figures E-MAIL Hi Guys, I'd just like to chime in on the discussion that you had about Apple buying Lala late last week on buzz. I think a great model to look at where the digital locker has succeeded is with Valve's Steam and how it manages pc video games. It's such a great service I think Apple really should take a page from their book. On Steam, I can have my entire gaming collection ready to download at anytime on any number of PCs. Content there is generally cheaper than buying in the store and a large part of the revenue can go directly back to the game designer bypassing the publisher. Many small studios have made successful content just by selling and marketing on Steam. Thanks! Mike from Boulder ********** Hey Buzz Nation! Just thought y’all may like to see Microsoft’s latest hijinks. Seems what’s good for the goose is always good for the gander. I do quantify this as I am a large open source/FOSS guy, but this just really irritates me after all the litigation and ridiculous business practices Microsoft has for pirating, they go ahead and pirate an ENTIRE online resource. Seems they pretty much stole all the code for their new Asian social networking site straight from Plurk. Would love y’all to give some wide spread audience to this fact. http://blog.plurk.com/2009/12/14/microsoft-rips-plurk/ Thanks! ~Chris in NC Among the news of new URL shorteners and Australian Internet filters comes one of the darkest moments in microblogging: Microsoft has pulled down its new Twitter-like site in China because it turns out it wasn't Twitter-like at all. It was, in fact, more like Plurk. In fact, it looked like maybe Microsoft stole Plurk's code. We also get morally outraged at good business plans. Or stupid people. Or something. Just watch. Or listen. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080895',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1126 URL shorteners suddenly hot commodity http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10415148-248.html Google, Facebook get into game, Bit.ly launches pro version http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/12/14/facebook-testing-new-url-shortener-fb-me/ http://blog.bit.ly/post/284009728/announcing-bit-ly-pro Steven Covey moves two key e-titles from Simon & Schuster to Amazon Kindle http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/technology/companies/15amazon.html Australia takes concrete step toward mandatory ISP filtering http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Mandatory-ISP-filter-due-mid-2011/0,130061791,339300060,00.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8413377.stm Chrome Mac, Linux betas push browser into No. 3 spot http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142286/Chrome_Mac_Linux_betas_push_browser_into_No._3_spot S.F. moves toward new cell phone labeling law http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/12/15/MNHJ1B49KH.DTL Broadband stimulus unlikely to have desired effect? http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/broadband-stimulus-unlikely-to-have-desired-effect.ars Twitter lets multiple users tweet to the same account http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-tests-letting-multiple-users-tweet-to-the-same-account-2009-12 Paramount to start online service to sell movie clips http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/business/media/15film.html Will broadcast radio have the last laugh thanks to “tech fatigue”? http://www.bridgeratings.com/press.12.07.09.CompMediaUse.html Best of 2009 clips show This year’s Best of 2009 episode is going to be entirely listener-submitted. To be a part of this listener-created experience just clip out your favorite moments from any episode published in 2009. Export your clip as an MP3 of at least 128kbp. E-mail the clip to buzz@cnet.com. Subject: Best of 2009 – Episode ####. Deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Please hurry! And with enough people pitching in two-to-three clips, we should end up with an awesome clips show. Listener co-host show Want to talk with us on this year’s listener co-host show? These interviews will be recorded Monday, December 21 from 3-4 p.m. PT. E-mail buzz@cnet.com, subject “Listener Co-host”, and include your name, contact number where you can be reached for the interview (landline preferred), and we will compile the list and select four people for the show. VOICE MAIL Richard has more wireless communication ideas Colin the movie director on sales figures E-MAIL Hi Guys, I'd just like to chime in on the discussion that you had about Apple buying Lala late last week on buzz. I think a great model to look at where the digital locker has succeeded is with Valve's Steam and how it manages pc video games. It's such a great service I think Apple really should take a page from their book. On Steam, I can have my entire gaming collection ready to download at anytime on any number of PCs. Content there is generally cheaper than buying in the store and a large part of the revenue can go directly back to the game designer bypassing the publisher. Many small studios have made successful content just by selling and marketing on Steam. Thanks! Mike from Boulder ********** Hey Buzz Nation! Just thought y’all may like to see Microsoft’s latest hijinks. Seems what’s good for the goose is always good for the gander. I do quantify this as I am a large open source/FOSS guy, but this just really irritates me after all the litigation and ridiculous business practices Microsoft has for pirating, they go ahead and pirate an ENTIRE online resource. Seems they pretty much stole all the code for their new Asian social networking site straight from Plurk. Would love y’all to give some wide spread audience to this fact. http://blog.plurk.com/2009/12/14/microsoft-rips-plurk/ Thanks! ~Chris in NC tag:odeo.com,2009-12-15,25543208 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:17:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25538266-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1125-Exclusive-report-on-the-Google-Nexus-One Some enterprising hackers have rooted the Barnes & Noble Nook, giving them unrestricted access to the underlying Android operating system. Black and white tablet FTW! We also get the exclusive from Jason Howell about the new Google phone known as the Nexus One. And those crazy Scandinavians get to try out LTE first. Good on ya, Nordic peeps! loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080894',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1125 Google phone looks ’supersharp’ http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10414406-251.html https://twitter.com/raygun01/status/6592751553 Google Phone/Nexus One pictures http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/google-phone-makes-first-twitter-appearance/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240... Some enterprising hackers have rooted the Barnes & Noble Nook, giving them unrestricted access to the underlying Android operating system. Black and white tablet FTW! We also get the exclusive from Jason Howell about the new Google phone known as the Nexus One. And those crazy Scandinavians get to try out LTE first. Good on ya, Nordic peeps! loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080894',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1125 Google phone looks ’supersharp’ http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10414406-251.html https://twitter.com/raygun01/status/6592751553 Google Phone/Nexus One pictures http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/google-phone-makes-first-twitter-appearance/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703757404574592530591075444.html Is it the HTC Passion? http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/htc-passion-runs-android-on-3-5-inch-oled-and-snapdragon-in-veri/ 4G network comes to Scandinavia http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8412035.stm http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10414665-94.html Hollywood aets $10 billion box office record http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/13/2254218/Hollywood-Sets-10-Billion-Box-Office-Record 2009 holiday sales online: $19.9 billion and counting http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10414653-2.html Privacy changes for Facebook boss http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8411616.stm Microsoft invents price-gouging the least influential http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/12/1942207/Microsoft-Invents-Price-Gouging-the-Least-Influential Nook can do “everything an Android phone can do” http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/barnes-and-noble-nook-torn-down-and-rooted-but-still-respected/ Man turns Christmas lights into Guitar Hero game http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10414561-71.html Judges can’t “friend” lawyers in Florida http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/11/1846208/Judges-Cant-Friend-Lawyers-in-Florida Best of 2009 clips show This year’s Best of 2009 episode is going to be entirely listener submitted. To be a part of this listener-created experience, just clip out your favorite moments from any episode published in 2009. Export your clip as an MP3 of at least 128kbp. E-mail the clip to buzz@cnet.com. Subject: Best of 2009 – Episode ####. Deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Please hurry! And with enough people pitching in two to three clips, we should end up with an awesome clips show. Listener co-host show Want to talk with us on this year’s listener co-host show? These interviews will be recorded Monday, December 21 from 3-4p.m. PT. E-mail buzz@cnet.com, subject “Listener Co-host”, and include your name, contact number where you can be reached for the interview (landline preferred), and we will compile the list and select four people for the show. VOICEMAIL Richard in Santa Monica’s reaction to AT&T EMAIL Hey Buzz Crew, I was listening to episode 1121 when you discussed QR code scanning apps and how useful they really are but you missed out on some of the more interesting uses. They were used on posters for Tim Burton’s last film “9″ as a link to a webpage with special content which could only be accessed via the QR codes. This would be especially interesting (and provide a lot of nerd cred) for a new movie in a big franchise like Iron Man, Batman, or Harry Potter. Another useful feature of the bar code scanning apps is that some of them allow you to take a photo of the bar code of an item while you are in the store and it pulls up price comparisons; pretty useful! Just thought I’d let you guys know. Love the show, Josh Da Silva ********** Hey Buzz crew, I was listening to BOL 1123, and while you were discussing developments in brain to computer speech synthesis, Mike, my Doberman, came up to me and started making those almost human whining noises that dogs sometimes make. Suddenly I realized another potential application for this technology: talking pets! Animals just don’t have the physiology for human-style speech, but suppose this barrier were removed, what would our dogs and cats have to say to us? Wouldn’t this be awesome? Chris Johnson Arlington, Massachusetts Some enterprising hackers have rooted the Barnes & Noble Nook, giving them unrestricted access to the underlying Android operating system. Black and white tablet FTW! We also get the exclusive from Jason Howell about the new Google phone known as the Nexus One. And those crazy Scandinavians get to try out LTE first. Good on ya, Nordic peeps! loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080894',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1125 Google phone looks ’supersharp’ http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10414406-251.html https://twitter.com/raygun01/status/6592751553 Google Phone/Nexus One pictures http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/google-phone-makes-first-twitter-appearance/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703757404574592530591075444.html Is it the HTC Passion? http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/htc-passion-runs-android-on-3-5-inch-oled-and-snapdragon-in-veri/ 4G network comes to Scandinavia http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8412035.stm http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10414665-94.html Hollywood aets $10 billion box office record http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/13/2254218/Hollywood-Sets-10-Billion-Box-Office-Record 2009 holiday sales online: $19.9 billion and counting http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10414653-2.html Privacy changes for Facebook boss http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8411616.stm Microsoft invents price-gouging the least influential http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/12/1942207/Microsoft-Invents-Price-Gouging-the-Least-Influential Nook can do “everything an Android phone can do” http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/barnes-and-noble-nook-torn-down-and-rooted-but-still-respected/ Man turns Christmas lights into Guitar Hero game http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10414561-71.html Judges can’t “friend” lawyers in Florida http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/11/1846208/Judges-Cant-Friend-Lawyers-in-Florida Best of 2009 clips show This year’s Best of 2009 episode is going to be entirely listener submitted. To be a part of this listener-created experience, just clip out your favorite moments from any episode published in 2009. Export your clip as an MP3 of at least 128kbp. E-mail the clip to buzz@cnet.com. Subject: Best of 2009 – Episode ####. Deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Please hurry! And with enough people pitching in two to three clips, we should end up with an awesome clips show. Listener co-host show Want to talk with us on this year’s listener co-host show? These interviews will be recorded Monday, December 21 from 3-4p.m. PT. E-mail buzz@cnet.com, subject “Listener Co-host”, and include your name, contact number where you can be reached for the interview (landline preferred), and we will compile the list and select four people for the show. VOICEMAIL Richard in Santa Monica’s reaction to AT&T EMAIL Hey Buzz Crew, I was listening to episode 1121 when you discussed QR code scanning apps and how useful they really are but you missed out on some of the more interesting uses. They were used on posters for Tim Burton’s last film “9″ as a link to a webpage with special content which could only be accessed via the QR codes. This would be especially interesting (and provide a lot of nerd cred) for a new movie in a big franchise like Iron Man, Batman, or Harry Potter. Another useful feature of the bar code scanning apps is that some of them allow you to take a photo of the bar code of an item while you are in the store and it pulls up price comparisons; pretty useful! Just thought I’d let you guys know. Love the show, Josh Da Silva ********** Hey Buzz crew, I was listening to BOL 1123, and while you were discussing developments in brain to computer speech synthesis, Mike, my Doberman, came up to me and started making those almost human whining noises that dogs sometimes make. Suddenly I realized another potential application for this technology: talking pets! Animals just don’t have the physiology for human-style speech, but suppose this barrier were removed, what would our dogs and cats have to say to us? Wouldn’t this be awesome? Chris Johnson Arlington, Massachusetts tag:odeo.com,2009-12-14,25538266 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:07:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25524767-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1124-Alexandria-the-greatest-hard-drive-crash So, Apple bought Lala, and Ars Technica thinks it has a source who knows what Apple's going to do with it-- it's going to make a Web site that sells music and stores it in the cloud. Kind of like what Lala already is, but it's going to be all iTunes-ified. And that has Rafe worrying about cloud failure again. We also kvetch about Facebook, a Mozilla employee complains about Google, and the "New Moon" videotaper is set free. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080588',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1124 Now, Facebook lets users hide friends from people who are not logged in http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/12/10/now-facebook-lets-users-hide-friends-from-people-who-are-not-logged-in/ http://blog.facebook.com/b... So, Apple bought Lala, and Ars Technica thinks it has a source who knows what Apple's going to do with it-- it's going to make a Web site that sells music and stores it in the cloud. Kind of like what Lala already is, but it's going to be all iTunes-ified. And that has Rafe worrying about cloud failure again. We also kvetch about Facebook, a Mozilla employee complains about Google, and the "New Moon" videotaper is set free. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080588',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1124 Now, Facebook lets users hide friends from people who are not logged in http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/12/10/now-facebook-lets-users-hide-friends-from-people-who-are-not-logged-in/ http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=197943902130 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10413835-36.html Mozilla worker touts Bing over Google, citing privacy http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10413473-56.html http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=28387 FTC: Kids can find adult content in virtual worlds http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10413742-235.html Charges dropped in ‘New Moon’ taping http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/12/twilight-saga-new-moon-videotape.html Apple to fold Lala into iTunes, transform into Web service http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/apple-to-fold-lala-into-itunes-transform-into-web-service.ars Video game sales drop, but still strong http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10413599-52.html More drivers using mobile phones since penalty change http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8407142.stm USPTO asking for ideas to enhance patent quality http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/10/2031211/USPTO-Asking-For-Ideas-To-Enhance-Patent-Quality TechCrunch files suit over JooJoo http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10413762-92.html Data nerds hack NASA (in a good way) http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/nasa-hackathon/ Best of 2009 clips show This year’s Best of 2009 episode is going to be entirely listener-submitted. So be a part of this listener created experience: Clip out your favorite moments from any episode published in 2009. Export your clip as an MP3 of at least 128kbp. E-mail the clip to buzz@cnet.com. Subject: Best of 2009 – Episode ####. Deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Please hurry! And with enough people pitching in 2-3 clips, we should end up with an awesome clips show. Listener co-host show Want to talk with us on this year’s listener co-host show? These interviews will be recorded Monday, December 21 from 3-4 p.m. PT. E-mail buzz@cnet.com, subject “Listener Co-host”, and include your name, contact number where you can be reached for the interview (landline preferred), and we will compile the list and select four people for the show. VOICE MAIL Dwight the key grip on Tom’s 3 DVDs E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, this is Jeremy the theater manager. I’m writing in to tell you about my chain’s monthly newsletter. One of the constant topics in the letter is recording–how to spot it, what to do about it, so on. Almost every month it’s followed with a picture of a manager and a bow-tie clad teenager holding a five hundred dollar check. I’m not sure how I could sleep at night sending someone to prison and ruining their life for five bills over some crappy camera screener. I really don’t think the punishment fits the crime. Personally I tell all my employees that if they see someone taping, they should sit next to them and ask for the camera. That way, nobody goes to jail, there’s one less unwatchable screener on the torrent sites, and, hey, free camera. Everybody wins! Love the show. P.S. The MPAA site given in the newsletter is fightfilmtheft.org . ************ Hi Buzz crew, Your discussion of real-time writing on Google Wave got me thinking about a great new revenue possibility for established authors. Imagine if someone like Stephen King were to announce he’s writing his next novel on Google Wave. How many fans and writers would pay $30 for a 1-year membership to access that wave anytime? They could access the wave and watch King write his novel in real time. It’s not only great for King’s fans, but could also be a graduate-level course in writing for serious students. David in Missouri So, Apple bought Lala, and Ars Technica thinks it has a source who knows what Apple's going to do with it-- it's going to make a Web site that sells music and stores it in the cloud. Kind of like what Lala already is, but it's going to be all iTunes-ified. And that has Rafe worrying about cloud failure again. We also kvetch about Facebook, a Mozilla employee complains about Google, and the "New Moon" videotaper is set free. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080588',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1124 Now, Facebook lets users hide friends from people who are not logged in http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/12/10/now-facebook-lets-users-hide-friends-from-people-who-are-not-logged-in/ http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=197943902130 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10413835-36.html Mozilla worker touts Bing over Google, citing privacy http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10413473-56.html http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=28387 FTC: Kids can find adult content in virtual worlds http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10413742-235.html Charges dropped in ‘New Moon’ taping http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/12/twilight-saga-new-moon-videotape.html Apple to fold Lala into iTunes, transform into Web service http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/apple-to-fold-lala-into-itunes-transform-into-web-service.ars Video game sales drop, but still strong http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10413599-52.html More drivers using mobile phones since penalty change http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8407142.stm USPTO asking for ideas to enhance patent quality http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/10/2031211/USPTO-Asking-For-Ideas-To-Enhance-Patent-Quality TechCrunch files suit over JooJoo http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10413762-92.html Data nerds hack NASA (in a good way) http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/nasa-hackathon/ Best of 2009 clips show This year’s Best of 2009 episode is going to be entirely listener-submitted. So be a part of this listener created experience: Clip out your favorite moments from any episode published in 2009. Export your clip as an MP3 of at least 128kbp. E-mail the clip to buzz@cnet.com. Subject: Best of 2009 – Episode ####. Deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Please hurry! And with enough people pitching in 2-3 clips, we should end up with an awesome clips show. Listener co-host show Want to talk with us on this year’s listener co-host show? These interviews will be recorded Monday, December 21 from 3-4 p.m. PT. E-mail buzz@cnet.com, subject “Listener Co-host”, and include your name, contact number where you can be reached for the interview (landline preferred), and we will compile the list and select four people for the show. VOICE MAIL Dwight the key grip on Tom’s 3 DVDs E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, this is Jeremy the theater manager. I’m writing in to tell you about my chain’s monthly newsletter. One of the constant topics in the letter is recording–how to spot it, what to do about it, so on. Almost every month it’s followed with a picture of a manager and a bow-tie clad teenager holding a five hundred dollar check. I’m not sure how I could sleep at night sending someone to prison and ruining their life for five bills over some crappy camera screener. I really don’t think the punishment fits the crime. Personally I tell all my employees that if they see someone taping, they should sit next to them and ask for the camera. That way, nobody goes to jail, there’s one less unwatchable screener on the torrent sites, and, hey, free camera. Everybody wins! Love the show. P.S. The MPAA site given in the newsletter is fightfilmtheft.org . ************ Hi Buzz crew, Your discussion of real-time writing on Google Wave got me thinking about a great new revenue possibility for established authors. Imagine if someone like Stephen King were to announce he’s writing his next novel on Google Wave. How many fans and writers would pay $30 for a 1-year membership to access that wave anytime? They could access the wave and watch King write his novel in real time. It’s not only great for King’s fans, but could also be a graduate-level course in writing for serious students. David in Missouri tag:odeo.com,2009-12-11,25524767 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:47:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25519855-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1123-Honey-what-s-this-charge-for-penetration-testing A new service uses the power of 400 virtualized computers in the cloud to test the security of your WPA WiFi password. They only charge $34. But Donald is afraid of how this penetration testing might show up on his credit card bill. But forget WiFi. WiGig is coming promising 7Gbps transfer speeds. Take that Ethernet cable! loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080587',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1123 WiGig alliance creates next-generation wireless networking standard http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/10/wigig-alliance-creates-next-generation-wireless-networking-standard/ http://gigaom.com/2009/12/10/coming-soon-to-your-hd-home-theater-7gbps/ Microsoft finally open sources Windows 7 tool http://arstechnica.com/mi... A new service uses the power of 400 virtualized computers in the cloud to test the security of your WPA WiFi password. They only charge $34. But Donald is afraid of how this penetration testing might show up on his credit card bill. But forget WiFi. WiGig is coming promising 7Gbps transfer speeds. Take that Ethernet cable! loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080587',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1123 WiGig alliance creates next-generation wireless networking standard http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/10/wigig-alliance-creates-next-generation-wireless-networking-standard/ http://gigaom.com/2009/12/10/coming-soon-to-your-hd-home-theater-7gbps/ Microsoft finally open sources Windows 7 tool http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/microsoft-finally-open-sources-windows-7-tool.ars Buy a DVD on Amazon; Start Watching the Movie in Minutes http://newteevee.com/2009/12/09/buy-a-dvd-on-amazon-start-watching-the-movie-in-minutes/ Nokia to close some of its most visible stores http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091210-705904.html Amazon says no plans to open brick and mortar stores http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/amazon/6750973/Amazon-denies-high-street-rumours.html Hitwise: Google Near 72% Of All US Searches http://searchengineland.com/hitwise-google-near-72-of-all-us-searches-31530 Bing ads over 75% more likely to be clicked than Google ads http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/bing-ads-over-75-more-likely-to-be-clicked-than-google-ads.ars Court indicates ripping CDs to MP3 may be fair use http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/09/1835205/Court-Says-Fair-Use-May-Hold-In-Some-RIAA-Cases Biometric Face Recognition At Your Local Mall http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/10/0224204/Biometric-Face-Recognition-At-Your-Local-Mall Harnessing the Cloud for Hacking http://www.technologyreview.com/web/24127/?a=f Wireless Brain-to-Computer Connection Synthesizes Speech http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/wireless-brain/ Failure of Russia’s latest nuclear missile prompts UFO frenzy http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6951635.ece Best of 2009 clips show This year’s Best of 2009 episode is going to be entirely listener submitted. So be a part of this listener created experience: Clip out your favorite moments from any episode published in 2009. Export your clip as an MP3 of at least 128kbp. Email the clip to buzz@cnet.com. Subject: Best of 2009 – Episode ####. Deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Please hurry! And with enough people pitching in 2-3 clips, we should end up with an awesome clips show. Listener co-host show Want to talk with us on this year’s listener co-host show? These interviews will be recorded Monday, December 21 from 3-4pm PT. Email buzz@cnet.com, subject “Listener Co-host”, and include your name, contact number where you can be reached for the interview (landline preferred), and we will compile the list and select four people for the show. VOICEMAIL Matt on trying to buy ebooks Derrick from Chicago knows someone who worked at the theater that threw the girl in jail. Tim on Facebook privacy EMAIL BOL crew, Just thought I’d let you know that Barnes & Noble is actually shipping the Nooks. I pre-ordered mine in the first couple of days they started taking orders, and mine arrived yesterday. In the finest tradition of “pictures or it didn’t happen” here are some pictures: I like it over all. The reviews saying it’s a little sluggish are pretty accurate when it comes to doing lots of navigation, but once you settle in to reading, I find the experience very similar to the Sony PRS-505 I had. One disappointment is that even with the wireless connections, the Nook won’t sync your place in a book between devices. I had started reading George R.R. Martin’s “A Game of Thrones” on my iPhone. Having read the book for Sword and Laser, I’m sure Tom will realize what a challenge it was to find the right chapter (Arya, Bran, Tyrion, Jon, Daenerys, Eddard, etc.) by hand. I’m hoping that Amazon didn’t get a patent for something as obvious as syncing locations between reading devices and that this will get fixed in a Nook update later. Love the show. Kyle Johnson Durham, NC ********** Hey guys, just wanted to add a comment about your discussion of EAs DLC in episode 1122. One problem with their DLC, at least in Dragon Age, is that once you use the DLC in-game and then save the game you will have to be connected to the internet for verification EACH time you want to play the game. Fine for people with always-on internet but not so great for those of us without or when you loose internet access and want to play. Love the show! Glenn from NH ********** In regards to the news of brazil being the world champion in spam I would like to point a few things: 1- we are one of the largest online populations of the world 2- the vast majority of those computers are running a pirated version of windows xp or 98, pirated office and programs for pirating music, (there’s no iTunes or Amazon music store) and very few run antivirus. 3-the most popular way to access the Internet is not to own a computer, but to access public terminals in LAN houses or government sponsored Internet centers. All “favelas” have one. If that doens’t ring a bell, let me put in another way: did you know brazil is the only country to have an official, nationwide, public holiday on November 20 called Zombie day (dia do zumbi). True, check wikipedia. Alexandre V A new service uses the power of 400 virtualized computers in the cloud to test the security of your WPA WiFi password. They only charge $34. But Donald is afraid of how this penetration testing might show up on his credit card bill. But forget WiFi. WiGig is coming promising 7Gbps transfer speeds. Take that Ethernet cable! loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080587',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1123 WiGig alliance creates next-generation wireless networking standard http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/10/wigig-alliance-creates-next-generation-wireless-networking-standard/ http://gigaom.com/2009/12/10/coming-soon-to-your-hd-home-theater-7gbps/ Microsoft finally open sources Windows 7 tool http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/microsoft-finally-open-sources-windows-7-tool.ars Buy a DVD on Amazon; Start Watching the Movie in Minutes http://newteevee.com/2009/12/09/buy-a-dvd-on-amazon-start-watching-the-movie-in-minutes/ Nokia to close some of its most visible stores http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091210-705904.html Amazon says no plans to open brick and mortar stores http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/amazon/6750973/Amazon-denies-high-street-rumours.html Hitwise: Google Near 72% Of All US Searches http://searchengineland.com/hitwise-google-near-72-of-all-us-searches-31530 Bing ads over 75% more likely to be clicked than Google ads http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/bing-ads-over-75-more-likely-to-be-clicked-than-google-ads.ars Court indicates ripping CDs to MP3 may be fair use http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/09/1835205/Court-Says-Fair-Use-May-Hold-In-Some-RIAA-Cases Biometric Face Recognition At Your Local Mall http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/10/0224204/Biometric-Face-Recognition-At-Your-Local-Mall Harnessing the Cloud for Hacking http://www.technologyreview.com/web/24127/?a=f Wireless Brain-to-Computer Connection Synthesizes Speech http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/wireless-brain/ Failure of Russia’s latest nuclear missile prompts UFO frenzy http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6951635.ece Best of 2009 clips show This year’s Best of 2009 episode is going to be entirely listener submitted. So be a part of this listener created experience: Clip out your favorite moments from any episode published in 2009. Export your clip as an MP3 of at least 128kbp. Email the clip to buzz@cnet.com. Subject: Best of 2009 – Episode ####. Deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Please hurry! And with enough people pitching in 2-3 clips, we should end up with an awesome clips show. Listener co-host show Want to talk with us on this year’s listener co-host show? These interviews will be recorded Monday, December 21 from 3-4pm PT. Email buzz@cnet.com, subject “Listener Co-host”, and include your name, contact number where you can be reached for the interview (landline preferred), and we will compile the list and select four people for the show. VOICEMAIL Matt on trying to buy ebooks Derrick from Chicago knows someone who worked at the theater that threw the girl in jail. Tim on Facebook privacy EMAIL BOL crew, Just thought I’d let you know that Barnes & Noble is actually shipping the Nooks. I pre-ordered mine in the first couple of days they started taking orders, and mine arrived yesterday. In the finest tradition of “pictures or it didn’t happen” here are some pictures: I like it over all. The reviews saying it’s a little sluggish are pretty accurate when it comes to doing lots of navigation, but once you settle in to reading, I find the experience very similar to the Sony PRS-505 I had. One disappointment is that even with the wireless connections, the Nook won’t sync your place in a book between devices. I had started reading George R.R. Martin’s “A Game of Thrones” on my iPhone. Having read the book for Sword and Laser, I’m sure Tom will realize what a challenge it was to find the right chapter (Arya, Bran, Tyrion, Jon, Daenerys, Eddard, etc.) by hand. I’m hoping that Amazon didn’t get a patent for something as obvious as syncing locations between reading devices and that this will get fixed in a Nook update later. Love the show. Kyle Johnson Durham, NC ********** Hey guys, just wanted to add a comment about your discussion of EAs DLC in episode 1122. One problem with their DLC, at least in Dragon Age, is that once you use the DLC in-game and then save the game you will have to be connected to the internet for verification EACH time you want to play the game. Fine for people with always-on internet but not so great for those of us without or when you loose internet access and want to play. Love the show! Glenn from NH ********** In regards to the news of brazil being the world champion in spam I would like to point a few things: 1- we are one of the largest online populations of the world 2- the vast majority of those computers are running a pirated version of windows xp or 98, pirated office and programs for pirating music, (there’s no iTunes or Amazon music store) and very few run antivirus. 3-the most popular way to access the Internet is not to own a computer, but to access public terminals in LAN houses or government sponsored Internet centers. All “favelas” have one. If that doens’t ring a bell, let me put in another way: did you know brazil is the only country to have an official, nationwide, public holiday on November 20 called Zombie day (dia do zumbi). True, check wikipedia. Alexandre V tag:odeo.com,2009-12-10,25519855 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:54:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25515225-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1122-AT-T-blames-the-children AT&T announced they're going to help San Francisco and New York with data coverage, but then blamed the children for all their bandwidth problems. We also take Facebook to task for their privacy handling. Nothing new there. And is the Apple Tablet coming in the spring? Will it be $1,000? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080582',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1122 Facebook details new privacy settings http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10411418-2.html … where the default setting is “everyone” http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091209/facebook-rolls-out-new-privacy-settings-encourages-users-to-abandon-privacy/ Apple tablet set for spring launch? http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/20... AT&T announced they're going to help San Francisco and New York with data coverage, but then blamed the children for all their bandwidth problems. We also take Facebook to task for their privacy handling. Nothing new there. And is the Apple Tablet coming in the spring? Will it be $1,000? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080582',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1122 Facebook details new privacy settings http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10411418-2.html … where the default setting is “everyone” http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091209/facebook-rolls-out-new-privacy-settings-encourages-users-to-abandon-privacy/ Apple tablet set for spring launch? http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/12/09/apple-tablet-set-for-spring-launch/ Two major publishers to hold back e-books http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704825504574584372263227740.html AT&T moves closer to usage-based fees for data http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142012/AT_T_moves_closer_to_usage_based_fees_for_data?taxonomyId=1 AT&T to New York and San Francisco: We're Working on It http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/12/09/att-to-new-york-and-san-francisco-were-working-on-it/ The iPhone finally gets live video streaming with Ustream Live Broadcaster http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/09/iphone-live-streaming-ustream/ http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2763580 The Droid has been rooted--now what? http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/droid-unlocked/ EA CEO: “I think of pirates as a marketplace” http://kotaku.com/5421466/ea-ceo-i-think-of-pirates-as-a-marketplace U.S. no longer leading the world in spam http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/08/2042253/US-No-Longer-Leading-the-World-In-Spam AOL Time Warner splits after near 10-year marriage http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8403302.stm Freaky Norwegian sky circles causing a ruckus http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3238877&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 http://www.vgtv.no/?id=27553 BOL HOLIDAY EPISODES Best Of 2009 – This year’s Best of 2009 episode is going to be entirely listener-submitted. So be a part of this listener created experience: Clip out your favorite moments from any episode published in 2009. Export your clip as an MP3 of at least 128kbp. Email the clip to buzz@cnet.com. Subject: “Best of 2009 – Episode ####”. Deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Please hurry! And with enough people pitching in 2-3 clips, we should end up with an awesome clips show. Listener co-host – Want to talk with us on this year’s listener co-host show? These interviews will be recorded Monday, December 21 from 3-4pm PT. Email buzz@cnet.com, subject “Listener Co-host”, and include your name, contact number where you can be reached for the interview (landline preferred), and we will compile the list and select four people for the show. VOICE MAIL James Carroll on the Amazon Shoppes in the High Street E-MAIL Hey BOL In episode 1120 you guys discussed the possibility of an Amazon retail store or pick-up delivery service, and was surprised you guys failed to mention that, if Amazon were to open a physical retail store, this would force them to charge tax on all products, whether it be in-store or online. Don’t keep your hopes up for this service, as paying taxes on amazon would downplay the service. Keep up the good work, Eric *********** Ok, so the Joojoo looks like an interesting piece of hardware. I’m not really excited about such a single-purpose device, but what if they put Chrome on it? I may be missing some details here, but isn’t Chrome almost custom written for a device like this? Maybe if Chrome got some really useful extensions once it was released, and the Joojoo can run it well, then the Joojoo could be a little more useful. Of course I love the show. Garret *********** Hey Buzzers, First off, let me say that I too thought that QR codes were a tad silly when I first blogged about the QR iPhone app. After learning about how they are used, though, I definitely gained some appreciation. Here are some examples you may find meaningful: - QR codes are widely used in Japan, slapped all over all kinds of items and attached to posters (big enough, you could snap them from a sizable distance?). - Added information about food products could be encoded. Maybe a program could scan in each item as you buy it and help you manage a diet. - Essentially any info that could be encoded in an RFID tag could also be put into QR. The upside? Most phones have a camera, few have an RF reader. In the few organic experiences I have had with this technology I have found it to be at least interesting, if not useful, and I would absolutely love to see shops start posting up little “Google Me” stickers in the windows. Especially places that are harder to nail down on manual searches. Love the show! Jimmy the Microbiologist *********** Buzz, I think it’s interesting that the NY Times and the Washington Post are going in the opposite direction as the WSJ to actually encourage Google to aggregate their content in a more presentable way for web browsers. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/08/AR2009120802319_pf.html Google, Washington Post and N.Y. Times create news tool AT&T announced they're going to help San Francisco and New York with data coverage, but then blamed the children for all their bandwidth problems. We also take Facebook to task for their privacy handling. Nothing new there. And is the Apple Tablet coming in the spring? Will it be $1,000? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080582',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1122 Facebook details new privacy settings http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10411418-2.html … where the default setting is “everyone” http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091209/facebook-rolls-out-new-privacy-settings-encourages-users-to-abandon-privacy/ Apple tablet set for spring launch? http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/12/09/apple-tablet-set-for-spring-launch/ Two major publishers to hold back e-books http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704825504574584372263227740.html AT&T moves closer to usage-based fees for data http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142012/AT_T_moves_closer_to_usage_based_fees_for_data?taxonomyId=1 AT&T to New York and San Francisco: We're Working on It http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/12/09/att-to-new-york-and-san-francisco-were-working-on-it/ The iPhone finally gets live video streaming with Ustream Live Broadcaster http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/09/iphone-live-streaming-ustream/ http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2763580 The Droid has been rooted--now what? http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/droid-unlocked/ EA CEO: “I think of pirates as a marketplace” http://kotaku.com/5421466/ea-ceo-i-think-of-pirates-as-a-marketplace U.S. no longer leading the world in spam http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/08/2042253/US-No-Longer-Leading-the-World-In-Spam AOL Time Warner splits after near 10-year marriage http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8403302.stm Freaky Norwegian sky circles causing a ruckus http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3238877&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 http://www.vgtv.no/?id=27553 BOL HOLIDAY EPISODES Best Of 2009 – This year’s Best of 2009 episode is going to be entirely listener-submitted. So be a part of this listener created experience: Clip out your favorite moments from any episode published in 2009. Export your clip as an MP3 of at least 128kbp. Email the clip to buzz@cnet.com. Subject: “Best of 2009 – Episode ####”. Deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Please hurry! And with enough people pitching in 2-3 clips, we should end up with an awesome clips show. Listener co-host – Want to talk with us on this year’s listener co-host show? These interviews will be recorded Monday, December 21 from 3-4pm PT. Email buzz@cnet.com, subject “Listener Co-host”, and include your name, contact number where you can be reached for the interview (landline preferred), and we will compile the list and select four people for the show. VOICE MAIL James Carroll on the Amazon Shoppes in the High Street E-MAIL Hey BOL In episode 1120 you guys discussed the possibility of an Amazon retail store or pick-up delivery service, and was surprised you guys failed to mention that, if Amazon were to open a physical retail store, this would force them to charge tax on all products, whether it be in-store or online. Don’t keep your hopes up for this service, as paying taxes on amazon would downplay the service. Keep up the good work, Eric *********** Ok, so the Joojoo looks like an interesting piece of hardware. I’m not really excited about such a single-purpose device, but what if they put Chrome on it? I may be missing some details here, but isn’t Chrome almost custom written for a device like this? Maybe if Chrome got some really useful extensions once it was released, and the Joojoo can run it well, then the Joojoo could be a little more useful. Of course I love the show. Garret *********** Hey Buzzers, First off, let me say that I too thought that QR codes were a tad silly when I first blogged about the QR iPhone app. After learning about how they are used, though, I definitely gained some appreciation. Here are some examples you may find meaningful: - QR codes are widely used in Japan, slapped all over all kinds of items and attached to posters (big enough, you could snap them from a sizable distance?). - Added information about food products could be encoded. Maybe a program could scan in each item as you buy it and help you manage a diet. - Essentially any info that could be encoded in an RFID tag could also be put into QR. The upside? Most phones have a camera, few have an RF reader. In the few organic experiences I have had with this technology I have found it to be at least interesting, if not useful, and I would absolutely love to see shops start posting up little “Google Me” stickers in the windows. Especially places that are harder to nail down on manual searches. Love the show! Jimmy the Microbiologist *********** Buzz, I think it’s interesting that the NY Times and the Washington Post are going in the opposite direction as the WSJ to actually encourage Google to aggregate their content in a more presentable way for web browsers. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/08/AR2009120802319_pf.html Google, Washington Post and N.Y. Times create news tool tag:odeo.com,2009-12-09,25515225 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:53:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25509974-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1121-There-s-no-widget-for-kindness Yahoo has a new program to spread kindness. But Cooley hates it. Why? There's no app for that. We also discover the true meaning of holiday hate when Tom and Brian fight over the rights of the customer when shopping. And we review the JooJoo and Boxee. And Natali lets on that she hates Brooklyn. At least when Brooklyn has no food. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080581',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1121 Boxee Beta is cleaner, better, still closed http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10410159-250.html And Boxee Box will launch next year for $200 http://www.gearlog.com/2009/12/200_boxee_box_based_on_d-link.php Hands on with JooJoo http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10410960-250.html Google introduces real-time... Yahoo has a new program to spread kindness. But Cooley hates it. Why? There's no app for that. We also discover the true meaning of holiday hate when Tom and Brian fight over the rights of the customer when shopping. And we review the JooJoo and Boxee. And Natali lets on that she hates Brooklyn. At least when Brooklyn has no food. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080581',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1121 Boxee Beta is cleaner, better, still closed http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10410159-250.html And Boxee Box will launch next year for $200 http://www.gearlog.com/2009/12/200_boxee_box_based_on_d-link.php Hands on with JooJoo http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10410960-250.html Google introduces real-time search http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/12/google-introduces-real-time-search-google-goggles/ Google introduces Favorite Place info using QR Codes http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/google-goggles-brings-visual-search-to-android-favorite-places/ http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/explore-whole-new-way-to-window-shop.html Google Chrome for Mac finally in beta http://www.google.com/chrome …and extensions arrive https://chrome.google.com/extensions CRIA faces $6 Billion lawsuit http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/1917245/CRIA-Faces-60-Billion-Lawsuit http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/artists-lawsuit-major-record-labels-are-the-real-pirates.ars Vevo set to launch tonight http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/business/media/08vevo.html Microsoft EnticeCube is like a Google Search of regular people http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10410340-56.html Sony Reader store gets name change and goes to all ePub format http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/ New digital publishing venture boasts access to 144 million-plus audience; squires talks http://paidcontent.org/article/419-new-digital-publishing-venture-boasts-access-to-144-million-plus-audien/ Yahoo’s random acts of kindness set http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=428759 Branson unveils next step toward space flights http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-10410601-239.html Voice mail Thomas in Columbus why he doesn’t buy online from Best Buy Mark from Philly online ordering frustration E-mail Hola Buzzito’s In episode 1120 you guys discussed the use of a physical Amazon store as a pick up facility. I would definitely use this service as I am a college student and my textbooks are often cheaper on Amazon.com however book lists often come out too late for me to wait for shipping. The presence of a pick up facility would save me some money and I’m sure drive down the cost of books at my school’s bookstore (run by the big bad Barnes and Noble, seriously where’s my Nook). Love the show keep up the good work j.carter ********** Best Of 2009 submissions! This year’s Best of 2009 episode is going to be entirely listener submitted. So be a part of this listener created experience: Clip out your favorite moments from any episode published in 2009. Export your clip as an MP3 of at least 128kbp. Email the clip to buzz@cnet.com. Subject: Best of 2009 – Episode ####. Deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Please hurry! And with enough people pitching in 2-3 clips, we should end up with an awesome clips show. Yahoo has a new program to spread kindness. But Cooley hates it. Why? There's no app for that. We also discover the true meaning of holiday hate when Tom and Brian fight over the rights of the customer when shopping. And we review the JooJoo and Boxee. And Natali lets on that she hates Brooklyn. At least when Brooklyn has no food. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080581',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1121 Boxee Beta is cleaner, better, still closed http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10410159-250.html And Boxee Box will launch next year for $200 http://www.gearlog.com/2009/12/200_boxee_box_based_on_d-link.php Hands on with JooJoo http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10410960-250.html Google introduces real-time search http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/12/google-introduces-real-time-search-google-goggles/ Google introduces Favorite Place info using QR Codes http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/google-goggles-brings-visual-search-to-android-favorite-places/ http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/explore-whole-new-way-to-window-shop.html Google Chrome for Mac finally in beta http://www.google.com/chrome …and extensions arrive https://chrome.google.com/extensions CRIA faces $6 Billion lawsuit http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/1917245/CRIA-Faces-60-Billion-Lawsuit http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/artists-lawsuit-major-record-labels-are-the-real-pirates.ars Vevo set to launch tonight http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/business/media/08vevo.html Microsoft EnticeCube is like a Google Search of regular people http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10410340-56.html Sony Reader store gets name change and goes to all ePub format http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/ New digital publishing venture boasts access to 144 million-plus audience; squires talks http://paidcontent.org/article/419-new-digital-publishing-venture-boasts-access-to-144-million-plus-audien/ Yahoo’s random acts of kindness set http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=428759 Branson unveils next step toward space flights http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-10410601-239.html Voice mail Thomas in Columbus why he doesn’t buy online from Best Buy Mark from Philly online ordering frustration E-mail Hola Buzzito’s In episode 1120 you guys discussed the use of a physical Amazon store as a pick up facility. I would definitely use this service as I am a college student and my textbooks are often cheaper on Amazon.com however book lists often come out too late for me to wait for shipping. The presence of a pick up facility would save me some money and I’m sure drive down the cost of books at my school’s bookstore (run by the big bad Barnes and Noble, seriously where’s my Nook). Love the show keep up the good work j.carter ********** Best Of 2009 submissions! This year’s Best of 2009 episode is going to be entirely listener submitted. So be a part of this listener created experience: Clip out your favorite moments from any episode published in 2009. Export your clip as an MP3 of at least 128kbp. Email the clip to buzz@cnet.com. Subject: Best of 2009 – Episode ####. Deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Please hurry! And with enough people pitching in 2-3 clips, we should end up with an awesome clips show. tag:odeo.com,2009-12-08,25509974 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:57:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25505061-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1120-Make-a-lot-of-nickels-Microsoft Microsoft cancels its family licensing program and Molly decides it needs a lesson in economics. Stop focusing on dimes, Microsoft! We also plea for some common sense in the case of the woman jailed for recording some of the new "Twilight" movie at a birthday party. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080361',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1120 Apple buys Lala service http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/apple-buys-music-streamer-lala-but-whats-it-getting.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10410206-261.html http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/07/apples_lala_purchase_could_bring_browser_access_to_itunes_content.html "New Moon" taping may put ... Microsoft cancels its family licensing program and Molly decides it needs a lesson in economics. Stop focusing on dimes, Microsoft! We also plea for some common sense in the case of the woman jailed for recording some of the new "Twilight" movie at a birthday party. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080361',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1120 Apple buys Lala service http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/apple-buys-music-streamer-lala-but-whats-it-getting.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10410206-261.html http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/07/apples_lala_purchase_could_bring_browser_access_to_itunes_content.html "New Moon" taping may put woman in prison http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/04/new.moon.arrest/ “So, Verizon, about those doubled early termination fees…” http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/so-verizon-about-those-doubled-early-termination-fees.ars New Senate bill targets unfair early termination fees http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/new-senate-bill-targets-unfair-early-termination-fees.ars Amazon in secret plan to open high street shops http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/retailing/article6945922.ece Zappos.com offers an actual world catalog http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/business/media/07zappos.html Microsoft kills Windows family pack discount just before the holidays http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+Kills+Windows+Family+Pack+Discount+Just+Before+the+Holidays/article17043.htm Intel: Initial Larrabee graphics chip canceled http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10409715-64.html http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/bizfeed/183810/larrabee_project_a_casualty_of_intels_legal_battles.html?tk=rss_news US agency’s balloon hunt tests Internet accuracy http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8397649.stm http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34303629/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/ MIT team wins DARPA network challenge http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/info-management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222000809 Hackers vs. phishers http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/1318225/Hackers-vs-Phishers VOICE MAIL Anonymous on why facebook.com shows up in search E-MAIL Buzz Crew: Thank you. I began listening to the Buzz Out Loud podcast after losing my job in March of this year. The topics and discussions, though not directly related to my career up to that point, were interesting and engaging. Over the following 7 months, I faithfully listened to the podcast. I realized early on in my search for new employment that the field of industry with which I was familiar would not offer any meaningful opportunites. Though my resume provided no technical experience basis for doing so, I expanded my search to include many high-tech companies unrelated to my area of expertise. During a recent interview with one of these companies, I found myself responding fluidly and confidently to technical questions that the experience on my resume indicated I should not necessarily have known the answers to. Introspection after that interview brought me to the conclusion that, by virtue of my daily dosages of Buzz, I had at my disposal a new set of knowledge tools with which to rebuild my stalled career. That interview, by the way, led to the position I currently enjoy with a great company. Thank you for the education. May the universe grant me some day the opportunity to repay you all for the parts you played in helping me get back on my professional feet. Gratefully, Jim in San Jose ********** I have to be say I don’t understand google’s problem with printer drivers. Linux has CUPS (the Common Unix Printing System) which has support for tons of printers. No drivers to install or anything. I believe it is based off of and/or the same as the printer set up in Mac OS X. I use linux almost exclusively (except for gaming) and setting up my network HP printer is amazingly easy. Why wouldn’t google use this open source tool? It’s like saying we are making a linux distro without access to the file system or you know custom skinning…. Oh wait they’re doing that too. Love the show Sam in Seattle ********** Hi, Buzz folks, Once upon a time, a very long time ago, in the midst of the Browser Wars between Microsoft and Netscape, the people of the planet Netscape offered a reward to online companies, like hosting and web design companies who provided a link to the Netscape browser downoad (which carried a service fee of a few dollars. It was Netscapes policy to pay thos referral commissions, no matter how small, even when the postage on the check exceeded the amount of the payment. See the attached. http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3041/netscape1.jpg Tim T. Microsoft cancels its family licensing program and Molly decides it needs a lesson in economics. Stop focusing on dimes, Microsoft! We also plea for some common sense in the case of the woman jailed for recording some of the new "Twilight" movie at a birthday party. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080361',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1120 Apple buys Lala service http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/apple-buys-music-streamer-lala-but-whats-it-getting.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10410206-261.html http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/07/apples_lala_purchase_could_bring_browser_access_to_itunes_content.html "New Moon" taping may put woman in prison http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/04/new.moon.arrest/ “So, Verizon, about those doubled early termination fees…” http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/so-verizon-about-those-doubled-early-termination-fees.ars New Senate bill targets unfair early termination fees http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/new-senate-bill-targets-unfair-early-termination-fees.ars Amazon in secret plan to open high street shops http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/retailing/article6945922.ece Zappos.com offers an actual world catalog http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/business/media/07zappos.html Microsoft kills Windows family pack discount just before the holidays http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+Kills+Windows+Family+Pack+Discount+Just+Before+the+Holidays/article17043.htm Intel: Initial Larrabee graphics chip canceled http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10409715-64.html http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/bizfeed/183810/larrabee_project_a_casualty_of_intels_legal_battles.html?tk=rss_news US agency’s balloon hunt tests Internet accuracy http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8397649.stm http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34303629/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/ MIT team wins DARPA network challenge http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/info-management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222000809 Hackers vs. phishers http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/1318225/Hackers-vs-Phishers VOICE MAIL Anonymous on why facebook.com shows up in search E-MAIL Buzz Crew: Thank you. I began listening to the Buzz Out Loud podcast after losing my job in March of this year. The topics and discussions, though not directly related to my career up to that point, were interesting and engaging. Over the following 7 months, I faithfully listened to the podcast. I realized early on in my search for new employment that the field of industry with which I was familiar would not offer any meaningful opportunites. Though my resume provided no technical experience basis for doing so, I expanded my search to include many high-tech companies unrelated to my area of expertise. During a recent interview with one of these companies, I found myself responding fluidly and confidently to technical questions that the experience on my resume indicated I should not necessarily have known the answers to. Introspection after that interview brought me to the conclusion that, by virtue of my daily dosages of Buzz, I had at my disposal a new set of knowledge tools with which to rebuild my stalled career. That interview, by the way, led to the position I currently enjoy with a great company. Thank you for the education. May the universe grant me some day the opportunity to repay you all for the parts you played in helping me get back on my professional feet. Gratefully, Jim in San Jose ********** I have to be say I don’t understand google’s problem with printer drivers. Linux has CUPS (the Common Unix Printing System) which has support for tons of printers. No drivers to install or anything. I believe it is based off of and/or the same as the printer set up in Mac OS X. I use linux almost exclusively (except for gaming) and setting up my network HP printer is amazingly easy. Why wouldn’t google use this open source tool? It’s like saying we are making a linux distro without access to the file system or you know custom skinning…. Oh wait they’re doing that too. Love the show Sam in Seattle ********** Hi, Buzz folks, Once upon a time, a very long time ago, in the midst of the Browser Wars between Microsoft and Netscape, the people of the planet Netscape offered a reward to online companies, like hosting and web design companies who provided a link to the Netscape browser downoad (which carried a service fee of a few dollars. It was Netscapes policy to pay thos referral commissions, no matter how small, even when the postage on the check exceeded the amount of the payment. See the attached. http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3041/netscape1.jpg Tim T. tag:odeo.com,2009-12-07,25505061 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:54:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25492562-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1119-Do-we-want-Google-knowing-every-site-we-visit Google is offering a public DNS service (DNS is the address book for Internet domains) that will resolve the domain names you type into a Web browser to servers you want to visit. But that could really give Google a complete picture of who you are. Do you want that? We also chat about the World Cup coming in 3D and the effects of BitLocker encryption being broken. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080239',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1119 Google Public DNS service not ideal for everyone http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/12/google-public-dns-service-not-ideal-for-everyone.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10408624-264.html Microsoft’s Bing goes down http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-104091... Google is offering a public DNS service (DNS is the address book for Internet domains) that will resolve the domain names you type into a Web browser to servers you want to visit. But that could really give Google a complete picture of who you are. Do you want that? We also chat about the World Cup coming in 3D and the effects of BitLocker encryption being broken. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080239',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1119 Google Public DNS service not ideal for everyone http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/12/google-public-dns-service-not-ideal-for-everyone.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10408624-264.html Microsoft’s Bing goes down http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10409175-56.html 2010 World Cup to be screened in 3D http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/2010-world-cup-to-be-screened-in-3d-655788 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8394191.stm UK judge orders Wikipedia to reveal user’s identity http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/2354215/UK-Judge-Orders-Wikipedia-To-Reveal-Users-Identity Facebook notifies members about Beacon settlement http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10409034-36.html Online ad industry: Advertising is ‘creepy’ http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=140840 First commercial tool to crack BitLocker arrives http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/first-commercial-tool-cracks-bitlocker.ars Mobile phones ‘have not increased brain cancers’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8393884.stm Man “beats” World of Warcraft http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/1456243/Man-Beats-emWorld-of-Warcraftem Up Pompeii, courtesy of Google Streetview http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/44935-up-pompeii-courtesy-of-google-streetview VOICE MAIL Max in Fresno about printers Kevin in San Antonio on Tablet name E-MAIL Hi Buzz Crew, Regarding the dust-up over Twitter vs. “traditional news,” I don’t understand the problem. If CNN or CBS report “TMZ says Michael Jackson is dead. We’re still confirming,” that’s a factual statement. And most people are smart enough to differentiate it from a settled news report 12 hours later. I don’t blame journalists for reporting rumor as rumor, if it’s clearly labeled. Tom often points out we’re in an “awkward phase” for online media and advertising. We’re also in an awkward phase for online journalism, as reporters and readers learn to recognize that different kinds of news call for different kinds of reporting. Twitter and the Web allow readers to see the story-gathering process, and sometimes that means following dead ends. Despite those dead ends, I say it’s a good thing, not a bad one, for the public to see the process happen. David (a former reporter) in Missouri ********** Hey gang, With all this talk about Google attempting to make a standard print driver, and your discussion yesterday (show 1118) about the up-hill battle this attempt will be due to proprietary printer hardware and the greed behind it, I was reminded of the open source 3D printer efforts. As an engineer and maker I love the idea of these 3D printers and hope to make one (or more) sometime soon myself, but I think there’s currently a greater need right now for open source 2D printing. (Mmmmm…standardized, interchangeable parts…) How about it? Bill ********** In episode 1117 (sorry this email’s a bit late, but then so was the podcast), you mentioned Google wanting to eliminate printer drivers, and there seemed to be a consensus that the printer manufactures wouldn’t want to go along with a standard. The thing is, there already is a common printer driver standard used by digital cameras – PictBridge (with it’s Picture Transfer Protocol). Seeing as several printer manufacturers already support this standard in at least some of their printers, maybe Google will be building on that. love the show Scot in London Google is offering a public DNS service (DNS is the address book for Internet domains) that will resolve the domain names you type into a Web browser to servers you want to visit. But that could really give Google a complete picture of who you are. Do you want that? We also chat about the World Cup coming in 3D and the effects of BitLocker encryption being broken. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080239',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1119 Google Public DNS service not ideal for everyone http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/12/google-public-dns-service-not-ideal-for-everyone.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10408624-264.html Microsoft’s Bing goes down http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10409175-56.html 2010 World Cup to be screened in 3D http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/2010-world-cup-to-be-screened-in-3d-655788 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8394191.stm UK judge orders Wikipedia to reveal user’s identity http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/2354215/UK-Judge-Orders-Wikipedia-To-Reveal-Users-Identity Facebook notifies members about Beacon settlement http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10409034-36.html Online ad industry: Advertising is ‘creepy’ http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=140840 First commercial tool to crack BitLocker arrives http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/first-commercial-tool-cracks-bitlocker.ars Mobile phones ‘have not increased brain cancers’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8393884.stm Man “beats” World of Warcraft http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/1456243/Man-Beats-emWorld-of-Warcraftem Up Pompeii, courtesy of Google Streetview http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/44935-up-pompeii-courtesy-of-google-streetview VOICE MAIL Max in Fresno about printers Kevin in San Antonio on Tablet name E-MAIL Hi Buzz Crew, Regarding the dust-up over Twitter vs. “traditional news,” I don’t understand the problem. If CNN or CBS report “TMZ says Michael Jackson is dead. We’re still confirming,” that’s a factual statement. And most people are smart enough to differentiate it from a settled news report 12 hours later. I don’t blame journalists for reporting rumor as rumor, if it’s clearly labeled. Tom often points out we’re in an “awkward phase” for online media and advertising. We’re also in an awkward phase for online journalism, as reporters and readers learn to recognize that different kinds of news call for different kinds of reporting. Twitter and the Web allow readers to see the story-gathering process, and sometimes that means following dead ends. Despite those dead ends, I say it’s a good thing, not a bad one, for the public to see the process happen. David (a former reporter) in Missouri ********** Hey gang, With all this talk about Google attempting to make a standard print driver, and your discussion yesterday (show 1118) about the up-hill battle this attempt will be due to proprietary printer hardware and the greed behind it, I was reminded of the open source 3D printer efforts. As an engineer and maker I love the idea of these 3D printers and hope to make one (or more) sometime soon myself, but I think there’s currently a greater need right now for open source 2D printing. (Mmmmm…standardized, interchangeable parts…) How about it? Bill ********** In episode 1117 (sorry this email’s a bit late, but then so was the podcast), you mentioned Google wanting to eliminate printer drivers, and there seemed to be a consensus that the printer manufactures wouldn’t want to go along with a standard. The thing is, there already is a common printer driver standard used by digital cameras – PictBridge (with it’s Picture Transfer Protocol). Seeing as several printer manufacturers already support this standard in at least some of their printers, maybe Google will be building on that. love the show Scot in London tag:odeo.com,2009-12-04,25492562 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:48:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25492354-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1119-Do-we-want-Google-knowing-every-site-we-go-to Google is opening a DNS service that will provide the service of resolving those domain names you type in, into the website servers you want to visit. But that could really give Google a complete picture of who you are. Do you want that? We also chat about the World Cup coming in 3D and the results of BitLocker encryption being broken. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080239',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1119 Google Public DNS service not ideal for everyone http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/12/google-public-dns-service-not-ideal-for-everyone.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10408624-264.html Microsoft’s Bing goes down http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10409175-56.html 2010 World Cup to ... Google is opening a DNS service that will provide the service of resolving those domain names you type in, into the website servers you want to visit. But that could really give Google a complete picture of who you are. Do you want that? We also chat about the World Cup coming in 3D and the results of BitLocker encryption being broken. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080239',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1119 Google Public DNS service not ideal for everyone http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/12/google-public-dns-service-not-ideal-for-everyone.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10408624-264.html Microsoft’s Bing goes down http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10409175-56.html 2010 World Cup to be screened in 3D http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/2010-world-cup-to-be-screened-in-3d-655788 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8394191.stm UK Judge Orders Wikipedia To Reveal User’s Identity http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/2354215/UK-Judge-Orders-Wikipedia-To-Reveal-Users-Identity Facebook notifies members about Beacon settlement http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10409034-36.html Online Ad Industry: Advertising Is ‘Creepy’ http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=140840 First commercial tool to crack BitLocker arrives http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/first-commercial-tool-cracks-bitlocker.ars Mobile phones ‘have not increased brain cancers’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8393884.stm Man “Beats” World of Warcraft http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/1456243/Man-Beats-emWorld-of-Warcraftem Up Pompeii, courtesy of Google Streetview http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/44935-up-pompeii-courtesy-of-google-streetview VOICEMAIL Max in Fresno about printers Kevin in San Antonio on Tablet name EMAIL Hi Buzz Crew, Regarding the dust-up over Twitter vs. “traditional news,” I don’t understand the problem. If CNN or CBS report “TMZ says Michael Jackson is dead. We’re still confirming,” that’s a factual statement. And most people are smart enough to differentiate it from a settled news report 12 hours later. I don’t blame journalists for reporting rumor as rumor, if it’s clearly labeled. Tom often points out we’re in an “awkward phase” for online media and advertising. We’re also in an awkward phase for online journalism, as reporters and readers learn to recognize that different kinds of news call for different kinds of reporting. Twitter and the Web allow readers to see the story-gathering process, and sometimes that means following dead ends. Despite those dead ends, I say it’s a good thing, not a bad one, for the public to see the process happen. David (a former reporter) in Missouri ********** Hey gang, With all this talk about Google attempting to make a standard print driver, and your discussion yesterday (show 1118) about the up-hill battle this attempt will be due to proprietary printer hardware and the greed behind it, I was reminded of the open source 3D printer efforts. As an engineer and maker I love the idea of these 3D printers and hope to make one (or more) sometime soon myself, but I think there’s currently a greater need right now for open source 2D printing. (Mmmmm…standardized, interchangeable parts…) How about it? Bill ********** In episode 1117 (sorry this email’s a bit late, but then so was the podcast), you mentioned Google wanting to eliminate printer drivers, and there seemed to be a consensus that the printer manufactures wouldn’t want to go along with a standard. The thing is, there already is a common printer driver standard used by digital cameras – PictBridge (with it’s Picture Transfer Protocol). Seeing as several printer manufacturers already support this standard in at least some of their printers, maybe Google will be building on that. love the show Scot in London Google is opening a DNS service that will provide the service of resolving those domain names you type in, into the website servers you want to visit. But that could really give Google a complete picture of who you are. Do you want that? We also chat about the World Cup coming in 3D and the results of BitLocker encryption being broken. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080239',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1119 Google Public DNS service not ideal for everyone http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/12/google-public-dns-service-not-ideal-for-everyone.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10408624-264.html Microsoft’s Bing goes down http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10409175-56.html 2010 World Cup to be screened in 3D http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/2010-world-cup-to-be-screened-in-3d-655788 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8394191.stm UK Judge Orders Wikipedia To Reveal User’s Identity http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/2354215/UK-Judge-Orders-Wikipedia-To-Reveal-Users-Identity Facebook notifies members about Beacon settlement http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10409034-36.html Online Ad Industry: Advertising Is ‘Creepy’ http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=140840 First commercial tool to crack BitLocker arrives http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/first-commercial-tool-cracks-bitlocker.ars Mobile phones ‘have not increased brain cancers’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8393884.stm Man “Beats” World of Warcraft http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/1456243/Man-Beats-emWorld-of-Warcraftem Up Pompeii, courtesy of Google Streetview http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/44935-up-pompeii-courtesy-of-google-streetview VOICEMAIL Max in Fresno about printers Kevin in San Antonio on Tablet name EMAIL Hi Buzz Crew, Regarding the dust-up over Twitter vs. “traditional news,” I don’t understand the problem. If CNN or CBS report “TMZ says Michael Jackson is dead. We’re still confirming,” that’s a factual statement. And most people are smart enough to differentiate it from a settled news report 12 hours later. I don’t blame journalists for reporting rumor as rumor, if it’s clearly labeled. Tom often points out we’re in an “awkward phase” for online media and advertising. We’re also in an awkward phase for online journalism, as reporters and readers learn to recognize that different kinds of news call for different kinds of reporting. Twitter and the Web allow readers to see the story-gathering process, and sometimes that means following dead ends. Despite those dead ends, I say it’s a good thing, not a bad one, for the public to see the process happen. David (a former reporter) in Missouri ********** Hey gang, With all this talk about Google attempting to make a standard print driver, and your discussion yesterday (show 1118) about the up-hill battle this attempt will be due to proprietary printer hardware and the greed behind it, I was reminded of the open source 3D printer efforts. As an engineer and maker I love the idea of these 3D printers and hope to make one (or more) sometime soon myself, but I think there’s currently a greater need right now for open source 2D printing. (Mmmmm…standardized, interchangeable parts…) How about it? Bill ********** In episode 1117 (sorry this email’s a bit late, but then so was the podcast), you mentioned Google wanting to eliminate printer drivers, and there seemed to be a consensus that the printer manufactures wouldn’t want to go along with a standard. The thing is, there already is a common printer driver standard used by digital cameras – PictBridge (with it’s Picture Transfer Protocol). Seeing as several printer manufacturers already support this standard in at least some of their printers, maybe Google will be building on that. love the show Scot in London tag:odeo.com,2009-12-04,25492354 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:48:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25486378-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1118-The-mean-streets-of-Dell Turns out Dell says it never deleted complaints from its forums about throttled processors, and it is working hard to fix the issues with updated BIOS. Donald suggests that the folks who claimed they were deleted by Dell probably lost a lot of street cred. We also speculate on the meaning of the Comcast acquisition of NBC Universal. Will "Heroes" become more Comcastic? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080238',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1118 Comcast gets NBC from G.E. in deal that reshapes TV http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/media/04nbc.html http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/how-the-fcc-might-stop-the-comcastnbc-merger.ars Google and Twitter hook up on nine million sites http://ma... Turns out Dell says it never deleted complaints from its forums about throttled processors, and it is working hard to fix the issues with updated BIOS. Donald suggests that the folks who claimed they were deleted by Dell probably lost a lot of street cred. We also speculate on the meaning of the Comcast acquisition of NBC Universal. Will "Heroes" become more Comcastic? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080238',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1118 Comcast gets NBC from G.E. in deal that reshapes TV http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/media/04nbc.html http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/how-the-fcc-might-stop-the-comcastnbc-merger.ars Google and Twitter hook up on nine million sites http://mashable.com/2009/12/02/google-friend-connect-twitter/ Microsoft launches Streetside Maps on Bing http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222000449 Intel shows off 48-core chip http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8392392.stm http://news.cnet.com/2300-1001_3-10001951.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/intel-crams-48-cores-onto-stamp-sized-processor-wants-to-do-wha/ Intel sees rush to Netbook app store http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10407840-64.html FCC preparing transition to VoIP telephone network http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/1318218/FCC-Preparing-Transition-To-VoIP-Telephone-Network http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/fcc-plans-for-death-of-circuit-switched-phone-networks.ars Texting and Twitter make kids BETTER writers, not worse http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8392653.stm Dell on laptops and throttling http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2009/12/02/dell-on-laptops-and-throttling.aspx FCC approves radar that sees through walls http://www.commlawblog.com/2009/12/articles/unlicensed-operations-and-emer/fcc-lets-radar-company-see-through-walls/index.html http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/0247228/FCC-Lets-Radar-Company-See-Through-Walls Man controls cybernetic hand with thoughts http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10408139-1.html VOICE MAIL Shalin on journalism iYaz on Psystar E-MAIL According to this article , Verizon’s map of AT&T coverage is not actually correct; The real map is -smaller-! Seems verizon’s actually showing a bigger map than AT&T actually cover because it included their 3rd party towers, that AT&T don’t own, just pay to use as and when they need it. So what, you might well ask; phone still works there – funny, but not that big a deal. Well it appears (See same article) AT&T may decide to cut off your service if you use too much data in those areas, as these third party towers cost them more. So the map of coverage is realy a map of ‘mostly coverage, unless you’re in specific, unmentioned areas where the coverage is limited. Makes me feel happy to be in the UK where the iPhone is available via O2, Orange and soon (6 months I think) Vodafone will also offer it. Who hot elves? (it’s an anagram ) - Hennell ********** Hey Buzz crew – I was reading about Talkback – the open source text-to-speech screen reader designed for the droid. As I’m sure you’re aware the iPhone 3G S has voiceover capabilities hence making it mostly accessible to visually impaired/blind users but I can’t find a damn thing on Talkback! With all the talk of Droid becoming a stronghold (?) in the smart phone market and Jason’s undying love of his own bot I wondered if anyone had gotten better news than this link on its accessibility features. Also as a side note I had to respond to the Kindle talk recently regarding it taking over the world and being accessible by design. Note that even though it may provide some text-to-speech capabilities most books (and publishers) have disabled this feature out of fear of audiobooks loosing sales *and* the menus and toolbars do not have speech output making them inaccessible to navigate for those with print/visual disabilities. Love you though, love the show! JB ********** Hey Buzz crew, I was listening to episode #1117 and your discussion about non-standard printer drivers and I think the reason why they are universally terrible is that HP, Canon etc. want to be able to sell you more ink cartridges. Normally when the proprietary software says the ink has run out, there is still actually plenty of ink left. They just want to be able to continue to sell as many ink cartridges as possible. I think this is why Microsoft never was able to get them to adopt a universal standard and Google is going to have a very difficult time trying to do the same. Love the show, Pete in San Jose loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080357',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'none'}); Turns out Dell says it never deleted complaints from its forums about throttled processors, and it is working hard to fix the issues with updated BIOS. Donald suggests that the folks who claimed they were deleted by Dell probably lost a lot of street cred. We also speculate on the meaning of the Comcast acquisition of NBC Universal. Will "Heroes" become more Comcastic? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080238',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1118 Comcast gets NBC from G.E. in deal that reshapes TV http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/media/04nbc.html http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/how-the-fcc-might-stop-the-comcastnbc-merger.ars Google and Twitter hook up on nine million sites http://mashable.com/2009/12/02/google-friend-connect-twitter/ Microsoft launches Streetside Maps on Bing http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222000449 Intel shows off 48-core chip http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8392392.stm http://news.cnet.com/2300-1001_3-10001951.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/intel-crams-48-cores-onto-stamp-sized-processor-wants-to-do-wha/ Intel sees rush to Netbook app store http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10407840-64.html FCC preparing transition to VoIP telephone network http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/1318218/FCC-Preparing-Transition-To-VoIP-Telephone-Network http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/fcc-plans-for-death-of-circuit-switched-phone-networks.ars Texting and Twitter make kids BETTER writers, not worse http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8392653.stm Dell on laptops and throttling http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2009/12/02/dell-on-laptops-and-throttling.aspx FCC approves radar that sees through walls http://www.commlawblog.com/2009/12/articles/unlicensed-operations-and-emer/fcc-lets-radar-company-see-through-walls/index.html http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/0247228/FCC-Lets-Radar-Company-See-Through-Walls Man controls cybernetic hand with thoughts http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10408139-1.html VOICE MAIL Shalin on journalism iYaz on Psystar E-MAIL According to this article , Verizon’s map of AT&T coverage is not actually correct; The real map is -smaller-! Seems verizon’s actually showing a bigger map than AT&T actually cover because it included their 3rd party towers, that AT&T don’t own, just pay to use as and when they need it. So what, you might well ask; phone still works there – funny, but not that big a deal. Well it appears (See same article) AT&T may decide to cut off your service if you use too much data in those areas, as these third party towers cost them more. So the map of coverage is realy a map of ‘mostly coverage, unless you’re in specific, unmentioned areas where the coverage is limited. Makes me feel happy to be in the UK where the iPhone is available via O2, Orange and soon (6 months I think) Vodafone will also offer it. Who hot elves? (it’s an anagram ) - Hennell ********** Hey Buzz crew – I was reading about Talkback – the open source text-to-speech screen reader designed for the droid. As I’m sure you’re aware the iPhone 3G S has voiceover capabilities hence making it mostly accessible to visually impaired/blind users but I can’t find a damn thing on Talkback! With all the talk of Droid becoming a stronghold (?) in the smart phone market and Jason’s undying love of his own bot I wondered if anyone had gotten better news than this link on its accessibility features. Also as a side note I had to respond to the Kindle talk recently regarding it taking over the world and being accessible by design. Note that even though it may provide some text-to-speech capabilities most books (and publishers) have disabled this feature out of fear of audiobooks loosing sales *and* the menus and toolbars do not have speech output making them inaccessible to navigate for those with print/visual disabilities. Love you though, love the show! JB ********** Hey Buzz crew, I was listening to episode #1117 and your discussion about non-standard printer drivers and I think the reason why they are universally terrible is that HP, Canon etc. want to be able to sell you more ink cartridges. Normally when the proprietary software says the ink has run out, there is still actually plenty of ink left. They just want to be able to continue to sell as many ink cartridges as possible. I think this is why Microsoft never was able to get them to adopt a universal standard and Google is going to have a very difficult time trying to do the same. Love the show, Pete in San Jose loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080357',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'none'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-12-03,25486378 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:15:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25486380-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1117-There-will-be-Facebook-groups Facebook's changing its privacy policy, and Molly and Rafe predict there will be groups. I don't think anyone cares about regional groups, but hey, I could be wrong. We also talk about why Steve Jobs personally approved an app that currently doesn't work. And Richard comes up with a brilliant idea for the future of news. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080237',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1117 Google alters news indexing to accommodate pay walls http://www.pcworld.com/article/183526/google_alters_news_indexing_to_accommodate_pay_walls.html http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSGEE5B11Y120091202 AT&T customer satisfaction tanks http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/120209-att-cu... Facebook's changing its privacy policy, and Molly and Rafe predict there will be groups. I don't think anyone cares about regional groups, but hey, I could be wrong. We also talk about why Steve Jobs personally approved an app that currently doesn't work. And Richard comes up with a brilliant idea for the future of news. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080237',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1117 Google alters news indexing to accommodate pay walls http://www.pcworld.com/article/183526/google_alters_news_indexing_to_accommodate_pay_walls.html http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSGEE5B11Y120091202 AT&T customer satisfaction tanks http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/120209-att-customer-satisfaction.html?hpg1=bn AT&T gives up on Verizon ad lawsuit http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10407717-266.html New Facebook privacy controls just weeks away http://www.pcworld.com/article/183505/ http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=190423927130 Sprint fed customer GPS data to cops over 8 million times http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/12/sprint-fed-customer-gps-data-to-leos-over-8-million-times.ars http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2009/12/8-million-reasons-for-real-surveillance.html http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/gps-data TomTom aggregates anonymous driver speeds; compiles list of most congested cities http://richdemuro.com/tomtom-aggregrates-anonomous-driver-speeds-co Google wants to eliminate drivers http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10407264-1.html Web giants unite against Digital Britain copyright bill http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8390623.stm Steve Jobs intervenes, approves Knocking streaming-video app http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/steve-jobs-intervenes-approves-knocking-streaming-video-app.ars After Apple agreement, Psystar officially halts sales of clone Macs http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/02/after_apple_agreement_psystar_officially_halts_sales_of_clone_macs.html Black screen of death not a Microsoft issue after all http://www.prevx.com/blog/141/Windows-Black-Screen-Root-Cause.html Dane, who ripped his DVDs, demands to be arrested under DRM law http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/01/dane-who-ripped-his.html VOICE MAIL Richard from California has an idea for CNN E-MAIL Google phone a certainty?I think they are right… But noting the way many people think. HTC made the last google developer phone and in doing so got access to the source code for 1.0 very early. This almost forced a partnership on the G1. Simmilarly google is essentially forced to work with a particular manufacture every launch in ever generation ( i.e. Droid 2.0). I would argue that in an attempt to not be “evil” that the phone they launch is a developer version that will allow them to more tightly control a symultainous launch. Thier current version is a bit dated. Making thier own consumer phone bypassing both hardware partners AND wireless carriers is risky and potentially evil. Specifically given that they have advertised this project as an open project. Wallace R. Fanning loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080300',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'none'}); Facebook's changing its privacy policy, and Molly and Rafe predict there will be groups. I don't think anyone cares about regional groups, but hey, I could be wrong. We also talk about why Steve Jobs personally approved an app that currently doesn't work. And Richard comes up with a brilliant idea for the future of news. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080237',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1117 Google alters news indexing to accommodate pay walls http://www.pcworld.com/article/183526/google_alters_news_indexing_to_accommodate_pay_walls.html http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSGEE5B11Y120091202 AT&T customer satisfaction tanks http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/120209-att-customer-satisfaction.html?hpg1=bn AT&T gives up on Verizon ad lawsuit http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10407717-266.html New Facebook privacy controls just weeks away http://www.pcworld.com/article/183505/ http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=190423927130 Sprint fed customer GPS data to cops over 8 million times http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/12/sprint-fed-customer-gps-data-to-leos-over-8-million-times.ars http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2009/12/8-million-reasons-for-real-surveillance.html http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/gps-data TomTom aggregates anonymous driver speeds; compiles list of most congested cities http://richdemuro.com/tomtom-aggregrates-anonomous-driver-speeds-co Google wants to eliminate drivers http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10407264-1.html Web giants unite against Digital Britain copyright bill http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8390623.stm Steve Jobs intervenes, approves Knocking streaming-video app http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/steve-jobs-intervenes-approves-knocking-streaming-video-app.ars After Apple agreement, Psystar officially halts sales of clone Macs http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/02/after_apple_agreement_psystar_officially_halts_sales_of_clone_macs.html Black screen of death not a Microsoft issue after all http://www.prevx.com/blog/141/Windows-Black-Screen-Root-Cause.html Dane, who ripped his DVDs, demands to be arrested under DRM law http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/01/dane-who-ripped-his.html VOICE MAIL Richard from California has an idea for CNN E-MAIL Google phone a certainty?I think they are right… But noting the way many people think. HTC made the last google developer phone and in doing so got access to the source code for 1.0 very early. This almost forced a partnership on the G1. Simmilarly google is essentially forced to work with a particular manufacture every launch in ever generation ( i.e. Droid 2.0). I would argue that in an attempt to not be “evil” that the phone they launch is a developer version that will allow them to more tightly control a symultainous launch. Thier current version is a bit dated. Making thier own consumer phone bypassing both hardware partners AND wireless carriers is risky and potentially evil. Specifically given that they have advertised this project as an open project. Wallace R. Fanning loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080300',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'none'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-12-02,25486380 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:14:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25458467-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1116-Humanity-annoys-Natali Yahoo and Google have released their top search terms of the year and--no surprise--it's full of pop culture icons and references, which makes Natali mad. Also making people mad is the new Microsoft black screen of death, which Microsoft still doesn't see. Also, YouTube wants back into the TV business, but this time the aim to do it legally and charge you. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080236',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1116 Yahoo and Google year in review – this depresses me every year http://yearinreview.yahoo.com/ http://digital.venturebeat.com/2009/11/30/yahoos-2009-searches-topped-by-michael-jackson-and-twilight-not-twitter/ http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/20091201_zeitgeist.ht... Yahoo and Google have released their top search terms of the year and--no surprise--it's full of pop culture icons and references, which makes Natali mad. Also making people mad is the new Microsoft black screen of death, which Microsoft still doesn't see. Also, YouTube wants back into the TV business, but this time the aim to do it legally and charge you. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080236',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1116 Yahoo and Google year in review – this depresses me every year http://yearinreview.yahoo.com/ http://digital.venturebeat.com/2009/11/30/yahoos-2009-searches-topped-by-michael-jackson-and-twilight-not-twitter/ http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/20091201_zeitgeist.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/zeitgeist-2009-collective-consciousness.html Microsoft investigating ‘black screen of death’ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10406369-56.html What’s powering Web apps: Google waving goodbye to Gears, hello to HTML5 [Updated] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/11/google-gears.html Is YouTube ready for prime time? Google wants to stream TV, for a fee http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091201/is-youtube-ready-for-prime-time-google-wants-to-stream-tv-for-a-fee/ Massive performance problem in Dell laptops http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/dell-facing-massive-e6400-and-e6500-overheating-and-underclockin/ Apple and Psystar reach partial agreement http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/01/psystar_apple_enter_partial_settlement_to_cease_clone_mac_sales.html Current ACTA drafts ban DRM interoperability laws http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/current-acta-drafts-bans-drm-interoperability-laws.ars Apple iPhone may go to T-Mobile next http://www.thestreet.com/story/10634548/1/apple-iphone-may-go-to-t-mobile-next.html Motorola Cliq sales fall short of goals thanks to issues, lack of interest http://www.inquisitr.com/50187/motorola-cliq-sales-fall-short-of-goals-amid-issues-lack-of-interest/ Self-healing paint coming to cell phones http://www.core77.com/blog/materials/japanese_market_to_get_self-healing_paint_for_cell_phones_15359.asp VOICE MAIL Alex in Austria on CNN vs Twitter Joe on BNO being taken over Jason the IT guy on the Bing program E-MAIL Hey, Buzz Crew. I’m guessing you’ll find out about this on your own, but just in case, here’s a link to the results of Android Developer Challenge 2. http://code.google.com/android/adc/gallery_winners.html Looks like there’s some great stuff here…can’t wait to try some of them out! -Dave ********** Hey Buzz Crew, To add to what BT said yesterday, self-limitation of piracy does not only happen in the news/entertainment industry. In the world of magicians, intellectual property works a little differently. It is hard to protect one’s work because once the method leaks out (copied DVDs, manuscripts), it loses most of its commercial value. Recently the web has facilitated piracy of magic at an enormous rate. Fortunately, the magic community is fairly closely knit, so if one were to pirate the work of another, he or she would essentially be ripping off someone they could easily meet in person. Further, magicians are extremely good about sharing their knowledge with one another, often for FREE. Of course (as you often say), there will ALWAYS be those who pirate, but the unique nature of our community protects our material to some degree. Love the show, Jimmy the Microbiologist (and Magician) Yahoo and Google have released their top search terms of the year and--no surprise--it's full of pop culture icons and references, which makes Natali mad. Also making people mad is the new Microsoft black screen of death, which Microsoft still doesn't see. Also, YouTube wants back into the TV business, but this time the aim to do it legally and charge you. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080236',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1116 Yahoo and Google year in review – this depresses me every year http://yearinreview.yahoo.com/ http://digital.venturebeat.com/2009/11/30/yahoos-2009-searches-topped-by-michael-jackson-and-twilight-not-twitter/ http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/20091201_zeitgeist.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/zeitgeist-2009-collective-consciousness.html Microsoft investigating ‘black screen of death’ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10406369-56.html What’s powering Web apps: Google waving goodbye to Gears, hello to HTML5 [Updated] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/11/google-gears.html Is YouTube ready for prime time? Google wants to stream TV, for a fee http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091201/is-youtube-ready-for-prime-time-google-wants-to-stream-tv-for-a-fee/ Massive performance problem in Dell laptops http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/dell-facing-massive-e6400-and-e6500-overheating-and-underclockin/ Apple and Psystar reach partial agreement http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/01/psystar_apple_enter_partial_settlement_to_cease_clone_mac_sales.html Current ACTA drafts ban DRM interoperability laws http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/current-acta-drafts-bans-drm-interoperability-laws.ars Apple iPhone may go to T-Mobile next http://www.thestreet.com/story/10634548/1/apple-iphone-may-go-to-t-mobile-next.html Motorola Cliq sales fall short of goals thanks to issues, lack of interest http://www.inquisitr.com/50187/motorola-cliq-sales-fall-short-of-goals-amid-issues-lack-of-interest/ Self-healing paint coming to cell phones http://www.core77.com/blog/materials/japanese_market_to_get_self-healing_paint_for_cell_phones_15359.asp VOICE MAIL Alex in Austria on CNN vs Twitter Joe on BNO being taken over Jason the IT guy on the Bing program E-MAIL Hey, Buzz Crew. I’m guessing you’ll find out about this on your own, but just in case, here’s a link to the results of Android Developer Challenge 2. http://code.google.com/android/adc/gallery_winners.html Looks like there’s some great stuff here…can’t wait to try some of them out! -Dave ********** Hey Buzz Crew, To add to what BT said yesterday, self-limitation of piracy does not only happen in the news/entertainment industry. In the world of magicians, intellectual property works a little differently. It is hard to protect one’s work because once the method leaks out (copied DVDs, manuscripts), it loses most of its commercial value. Recently the web has facilitated piracy of magic at an enormous rate. Fortunately, the magic community is fairly closely knit, so if one were to pirate the work of another, he or she would essentially be ripping off someone they could easily meet in person. Further, magicians are extremely good about sharing their knowledge with one another, often for FREE. Of course (as you often say), there will ALWAYS be those who pirate, but the unique nature of our community protects our material to some degree. Love the show, Jimmy the Microbiologist (and Magician) tag:odeo.com,2009-12-01,25458467 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:53:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25458471-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1115-Droid-does-porn One thing Droid users can lord over iPhone fanatics is the new porn app. Yes, with no Apple adult minding its app catalog, Android users can go adult. We also debate the reality of Cyber Monday and congratulate Twitter on being word of the year. Plus, we know you're all wishing for Macs for Christmas, but you're going to get a Netbook. Amazon doesn't lie. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080187',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1115 Black Friday boasts $595 million in U.S. online holiday spending, up 11 percent vs. year ago http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2009/11/Black_Friday_Boasts_595_Million_in_U.S._Online_Holiday_Spending_Up_11_Percent_Versus_Year_Ago Twitter’ top word of 2009 ht... One thing Droid users can lord over iPhone fanatics is the new porn app. Yes, with no Apple adult minding its app catalog, Android users can go adult. We also debate the reality of Cyber Monday and congratulate Twitter on being word of the year. Plus, we know you're all wishing for Macs for Christmas, but you're going to get a Netbook. Amazon doesn't lie. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080187',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1115 Black Friday boasts $595 million in U.S. online holiday spending, up 11 percent vs. year ago http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2009/11/Black_Friday_Boasts_595_Million_in_U.S._Online_Holiday_Spending_Up_11_Percent_Versus_Year_Ago Twitter’ top word of 2009 http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10405994-2.html Barnes & Noble delaying Nook shipments to stores http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2942046420091130 Kindle breaks record for sales in a single month during November http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Kindle-Breaks-Record-for-bw-1721662599.html?x=0&.v=1 Macs are Amazon’s most wished for, PC’s most given http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/11/29/macs-are-amazons-most-wished-for/ Leak: The Google Phone “is a certainty” http://gizmodo.com/5415169/leak-the-google-phone-is-a-certainty Wikipedia denies mass exodus of editors http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8382477.stm French court slams eBay with 1.7M fine over LVMH product resale dispute http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/11/30/french-court-slams-ebay-with-e1-7m-fine-over-lvmh-product-resale-dispute/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/mininova-buries-pirate-booty-in-its-index-aims-to-go-legit.ars Porn app store lands on Android phones http://www.pcworld.com/article/183342/porn_app_store_lands_on_android_phones.html Online “guilds” mirror real life gangs http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/30/1358241/Online-Guilds-Mirror-Real-Life-Gangs VOICE MAIL Anonymous – how Bing is gaining share E-MAIL Look! In your hand, on your desk. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Twitter!!!!!! Hey all in Buzzington, Yes, it’s me again. This time with some good news…I think. Just saw this post on TechCrunch and it reminded me of your carrier pigeon vs DSL episode. Only this time, it’s Twitter vs. the mainstream media, with Twitter coming out looking like The Flash. Seriously, the Tiger Woods accident was all over Twitter within minutes; ten minutes later Google was all over it. So in a matter of fifteen minutes everyone in on social networking knew all the details involving the Tiger Woods accident. It took CNN 45 minutes just to get the ‘breaking story’ that “according to officials, Tiger Woods had crashed.” We are in a major transition here; the internet is taking over, like it or not. JoshuaCaleb ********** You remember the story about the “web loyalty” scam where company A gives company B your credit card number and you get a recurring monthly charge in exchange for nothing. Well, I recently discovered a recurring charge on my wife’s credit card for “VPCLUBUS” for $14.95 a month (VP = Vista Print, one of the participants in this scam). I called the card company to complain, they said they could dispute this charge, or I could file a fraud report, and they’d dispute the whole chain of charges and give me a new card number, but they gave me the phone number for the company and suggested I try to work it out with them first. So, I called the provided Vista Print 800 number (and recorded the conversation just in case), and was pleasantly surprised with how quickly I was able to get my money back. I got an automated system telling me to type in my rewards number or card number, so I key in the credit card number. The automated thing looked up my info and told me I signed up on Jan 20th, and told me to hit “1″ to cancel my subscription. So I hit “1″. It says its canceled and I get a refund on the last charge, and to hit “0″ if I want to talk to someone. So I hit “0″ and tell the lady that I never signed up and I want a refund for the whole string of charges. They transfer me to someone else who picks up and says: Sorry for any misunderstanding, we’ll refund everything. Expect to see it on your card in 3 days. Here’s my name and reference number for the transaction. And that’s it. The whole call was 4 minutes and 14 seconds. They get so many of these that they’ve actually streamlined the refund process. So, BOLers, if you see this kind of charge, call the credit card company, get the number for the loyalty program, and see if you can’t get the whole thing refunded. – Tyler ********** Hi everybody, I am split on the whole 3 strikes thing. On one hand, I do some questionable things online that whould probably violate this new law. But on the other hand, such a law is probably the only thing that will make me stop said questionable activities. So… why not? Love the show – Chris One thing Droid users can lord over iPhone fanatics is the new porn app. Yes, with no Apple adult minding its app catalog, Android users can go adult. We also debate the reality of Cyber Monday and congratulate Twitter on being word of the year. Plus, we know you're all wishing for Macs for Christmas, but you're going to get a Netbook. Amazon doesn't lie. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50080187',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1115 Black Friday boasts $595 million in U.S. online holiday spending, up 11 percent vs. year ago http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2009/11/Black_Friday_Boasts_595_Million_in_U.S._Online_Holiday_Spending_Up_11_Percent_Versus_Year_Ago Twitter’ top word of 2009 http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10405994-2.html Barnes & Noble delaying Nook shipments to stores http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2942046420091130 Kindle breaks record for sales in a single month during November http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Kindle-Breaks-Record-for-bw-1721662599.html?x=0&.v=1 Macs are Amazon’s most wished for, PC’s most given http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/11/29/macs-are-amazons-most-wished-for/ Leak: The Google Phone “is a certainty” http://gizmodo.com/5415169/leak-the-google-phone-is-a-certainty Wikipedia denies mass exodus of editors http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8382477.stm French court slams eBay with 1.7M fine over LVMH product resale dispute http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/11/30/french-court-slams-ebay-with-e1-7m-fine-over-lvmh-product-resale-dispute/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/mininova-buries-pirate-booty-in-its-index-aims-to-go-legit.ars Porn app store lands on Android phones http://www.pcworld.com/article/183342/porn_app_store_lands_on_android_phones.html Online “guilds” mirror real life gangs http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/30/1358241/Online-Guilds-Mirror-Real-Life-Gangs VOICE MAIL Anonymous – how Bing is gaining share E-MAIL Look! In your hand, on your desk. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Twitter!!!!!! Hey all in Buzzington, Yes, it’s me again. This time with some good news…I think. Just saw this post on TechCrunch and it reminded me of your carrier pigeon vs DSL episode. Only this time, it’s Twitter vs. the mainstream media, with Twitter coming out looking like The Flash. Seriously, the Tiger Woods accident was all over Twitter within minutes; ten minutes later Google was all over it. So in a matter of fifteen minutes everyone in on social networking knew all the details involving the Tiger Woods accident. It took CNN 45 minutes just to get the ‘breaking story’ that “according to officials, Tiger Woods had crashed.” We are in a major transition here; the internet is taking over, like it or not. JoshuaCaleb ********** You remember the story about the “web loyalty” scam where company A gives company B your credit card number and you get a recurring monthly charge in exchange for nothing. Well, I recently discovered a recurring charge on my wife’s credit card for “VPCLUBUS” for $14.95 a month (VP = Vista Print, one of the participants in this scam). I called the card company to complain, they said they could dispute this charge, or I could file a fraud report, and they’d dispute the whole chain of charges and give me a new card number, but they gave me the phone number for the company and suggested I try to work it out with them first. So, I called the provided Vista Print 800 number (and recorded the conversation just in case), and was pleasantly surprised with how quickly I was able to get my money back. I got an automated system telling me to type in my rewards number or card number, so I key in the credit card number. The automated thing looked up my info and told me I signed up on Jan 20th, and told me to hit “1″ to cancel my subscription. So I hit “1″. It says its canceled and I get a refund on the last charge, and to hit “0″ if I want to talk to someone. So I hit “0″ and tell the lady that I never signed up and I want a refund for the whole string of charges. They transfer me to someone else who picks up and says: Sorry for any misunderstanding, we’ll refund everything. Expect to see it on your card in 3 days. Here’s my name and reference number for the transaction. And that’s it. The whole call was 4 minutes and 14 seconds. They get so many of these that they’ve actually streamlined the refund process. So, BOLers, if you see this kind of charge, call the credit card company, get the number for the loyalty program, and see if you can’t get the whole thing refunded. – Tyler ********** Hi everybody, I am split on the whole 3 strikes thing. On one hand, I do some questionable things online that whould probably violate this new law. But on the other hand, such a law is probably the only thing that will make me stop said questionable activities. So… why not? Love the show – Chris tag:odeo.com,2009-11-30,25458471 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:43:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25458472-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1114-Dorks-will-break-your-heart A new survey shows the messaging behavior of men and women on dating sites. And it leads Natali to the inevitable conclusion that you shouldn't date dorks. We also talk over the WikiLeaks pager data from the 9/11 events. And BlackBerry gets an eBay app. Why is this such big news? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079932',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1114 Wikileaks offering 9/11 pager intercepts http://911.wikileaks.org http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/25/taking_liberties/entry5770280.shtml Blackberry finally gets official, free eBay app http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10404316-12.html Your Xbox and Wii could be used as an emergency broadcast system http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/stat... A new survey shows the messaging behavior of men and women on dating sites. And it leads Natali to the inevitable conclusion that you shouldn't date dorks. We also talk over the WikiLeaks pager data from the 9/11 events. And BlackBerry gets an eBay app. Why is this such big news? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079932',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1114 Wikileaks offering 9/11 pager intercepts http://911.wikileaks.org http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/25/taking_liberties/entry5770280.shtml Blackberry finally gets official, free eBay app http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10404316-12.html Your Xbox and Wii could be used as an emergency broadcast system http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/state-emergency-alert-system-now-includes-xbox-and-wii/ http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/11/25/xbox_ebs/ Kindle gets better battery life, native PDF support http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10404507-1.html Comments on Net neutrality irk AT& T http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112404175.html Two US senators demand publication of ACTA http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/24/two-us-senators-dema.html Iraqi government launches YouTube channel http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/iraqi-government-on-youtube.html First Else plans to make every smartphone obsolete http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/emblazes-first-else-unveiled-in-london-promises-to-be-a-game-c Online matchmaking site analyzes attractiveness vs. message traffic http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/24/online-matchmaking-s.html CNET get’s to play with a Nissan Leaf EV today http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/tour.jsp VOICEMAIL Chris the DJ http://technoblog.com/bol/bol_appl_smoker_vm.mp3 E-MAIL CNET and Roku — Hey guys. While it is not the cleanest solution, you can get all the CNET video and audio content using the mediafly channel. You can even link your mediafly and roku box to browse only shows you watch. Andrew Baisden ********** AT&T points out that with Verizon you can’t talk and use data while on their 3G. But with the iPhone you can’t talk and use data while on Edge or GPRS. So that map that Verizon showed is the only time you can do this on AT&T. As far as the iPhone and SSH. Just because an iPhone is jail broken, doesn’t mean SSH is installed. Love the show. Bob A new survey shows the messaging behavior of men and women on dating sites. And it leads Natali to the inevitable conclusion that you shouldn't date dorks. We also talk over the WikiLeaks pager data from the 9/11 events. And BlackBerry gets an eBay app. Why is this such big news? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079932',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1114 Wikileaks offering 9/11 pager intercepts http://911.wikileaks.org http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/25/taking_liberties/entry5770280.shtml Blackberry finally gets official, free eBay app http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10404316-12.html Your Xbox and Wii could be used as an emergency broadcast system http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/state-emergency-alert-system-now-includes-xbox-and-wii/ http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/11/25/xbox_ebs/ Kindle gets better battery life, native PDF support http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10404507-1.html Comments on Net neutrality irk AT& T http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112404175.html Two US senators demand publication of ACTA http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/24/two-us-senators-dema.html Iraqi government launches YouTube channel http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/iraqi-government-on-youtube.html First Else plans to make every smartphone obsolete http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/emblazes-first-else-unveiled-in-london-promises-to-be-a-game-c Online matchmaking site analyzes attractiveness vs. message traffic http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/24/online-matchmaking-s.html CNET get’s to play with a Nissan Leaf EV today http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/tour.jsp VOICEMAIL Chris the DJ http://technoblog.com/bol/bol_appl_smoker_vm.mp3 E-MAIL CNET and Roku — Hey guys. While it is not the cleanest solution, you can get all the CNET video and audio content using the mediafly channel. You can even link your mediafly and roku box to browse only shows you watch. Andrew Baisden ********** AT&T points out that with Verizon you can’t talk and use data while on their 3G. But with the iPhone you can’t talk and use data while on Edge or GPRS. So that map that Verizon showed is the only time you can do this on AT&T. As far as the iPhone and SSH. Just because an iPhone is jail broken, doesn’t mean SSH is installed. Love the show. Bob tag:odeo.com,2009-11-25,25458472 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:55:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25458481-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1113-There-s-no-Moore-s-law-for-chemistry New Netbook chips promise to increase battery life, which sends Molly into a tizzy about battery life. But battery life does not keep pace with chip law, as Rafe states so well. Also the phone ad wars heat...er...lukewarm up, with some arguably limp responses from Apple. And Opera cooperates with China, sort of. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079930',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1113 New Apple ads to Verizon: Can Droid do this? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10403954-94.html Google pacts with TiVo for TV ad data http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSTRE5AN2C020091124 Major Intel chip upgrade coming to new Netbooks http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10403768-64.html Google places ad explaining... New Netbook chips promise to increase battery life, which sends Molly into a tizzy about battery life. But battery life does not keep pace with chip law, as Rafe states so well. Also the phone ad wars heat...er...lukewarm up, with some arguably limp responses from Apple. And Opera cooperates with China, sort of. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079930',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1113 New Apple ads to Verizon: Can Droid do this? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10403954-94.html Google pacts with TiVo for TV ad data http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSTRE5AN2C020091124 Major Intel chip upgrade coming to new Netbooks http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10403768-64.html Google places ad explaining offensive image http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10403931-265.html Opera ‘censors’ Chinese content http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8376555.stm More Android users get Google Maps navigation http://www.pcworld.com/article/182941/more_android_users_get_google_maps_navigation.html Recession pushes more workers to steal data http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/23/1927248/Recession-Pushes-More-Workers-To-Steal-Data Wikipedia volunteers jumping ship http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/11/24/wikipedia-volunteers-jumping-ship/ Cern’s Large Hadron Collider makes first collisions http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8375486.stm Intelsat launches hardware for Internet routing from space http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/24/1334203/Intelsat-Launches-Hardware-For-Internet-Routing-From-Space VOICE MAIL Nick from Anchorage on why cutting off the Net might violate 1st Amendment E-MAIL After listening to your rant about aol. fail, I thought to myself that they just got it backwards. Maybe the ad agency just didn’t understand when they told them to put the . infront of the a and instead “edited/corrected” it to put it at the end. The brilliant move would have been to make it .aol and then file for a new TLD (top level domain) which I believe will be coming online in 2010. That would have been a home run, everything aol could have been .aol, so it could be engadget.aol, images.aol, email.aol etc. So I’m just going to chock it up to advertising ignorance. TechRavingMad ********** You mean to tell me getting hype on unreleased demos is hurting “aol.”? Not only are there people talking about it and trying to understand it; but aol is getting free beta testing for a new logo. Success! I look forward to typing in random crap after aol. to get a crazy page, like how users type in messages to google’s search to pull up funny search phrases or use mystery google for fun. I only hope for aol.dinosaur.com to pull up some sort of epic dinosaur themed aol page. Plus, AOL is so easier to say than America Online. (think syllables out of your mouth then think of the major leaders for tech {Google, Apple, Sony, Microsoft}) – ccarline ********** BOL & Co, Thank the heavens for the institutional memory that is the internet. As soon as you y’all (in ep 1112) started bringing up Vlingo, I sez to myself: “Hey, I downloaded Vlingo way back when and I swear I heard about it on…BOL.” And, my self sez, “yep”: http://buzzoutloud.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_864 Craemmir Washington DC ********** I was hoping you could give a shout out to a webathon for the child's play charity. Its a comedy group out of Vancouver playing Desert Bus the most boring game ever made. They have a website at http://desertbus.org they’ve been going for 3 days as of my writing that gives them a total of 9 points in the game. (it takes at least 8 hours for 1 point.) The more money they raise the longer they will play (currently 121 hours) It’s for a good cause and with your help we can keep them playing even longer. New Netbook chips promise to increase battery life, which sends Molly into a tizzy about battery life. But battery life does not keep pace with chip law, as Rafe states so well. Also the phone ad wars heat...er...lukewarm up, with some arguably limp responses from Apple. And Opera cooperates with China, sort of. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079930',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1113 New Apple ads to Verizon: Can Droid do this? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10403954-94.html Google pacts with TiVo for TV ad data http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSTRE5AN2C020091124 Major Intel chip upgrade coming to new Netbooks http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10403768-64.html Google places ad explaining offensive image http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10403931-265.html Opera ‘censors’ Chinese content http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8376555.stm More Android users get Google Maps navigation http://www.pcworld.com/article/182941/more_android_users_get_google_maps_navigation.html Recession pushes more workers to steal data http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/23/1927248/Recession-Pushes-More-Workers-To-Steal-Data Wikipedia volunteers jumping ship http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/11/24/wikipedia-volunteers-jumping-ship/ Cern’s Large Hadron Collider makes first collisions http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8375486.stm Intelsat launches hardware for Internet routing from space http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/24/1334203/Intelsat-Launches-Hardware-For-Internet-Routing-From-Space VOICE MAIL Nick from Anchorage on why cutting off the Net might violate 1st Amendment E-MAIL After listening to your rant about aol. fail, I thought to myself that they just got it backwards. Maybe the ad agency just didn’t understand when they told them to put the . infront of the a and instead “edited/corrected” it to put it at the end. The brilliant move would have been to make it .aol and then file for a new TLD (top level domain) which I believe will be coming online in 2010. That would have been a home run, everything aol could have been .aol, so it could be engadget.aol, images.aol, email.aol etc. So I’m just going to chock it up to advertising ignorance. TechRavingMad ********** You mean to tell me getting hype on unreleased demos is hurting “aol.”? Not only are there people talking about it and trying to understand it; but aol is getting free beta testing for a new logo. Success! I look forward to typing in random crap after aol. to get a crazy page, like how users type in messages to google’s search to pull up funny search phrases or use mystery google for fun. I only hope for aol.dinosaur.com to pull up some sort of epic dinosaur themed aol page. Plus, AOL is so easier to say than America Online. (think syllables out of your mouth then think of the major leaders for tech {Google, Apple, Sony, Microsoft}) – ccarline ********** BOL & Co, Thank the heavens for the institutional memory that is the internet. As soon as you y’all (in ep 1112) started bringing up Vlingo, I sez to myself: “Hey, I downloaded Vlingo way back when and I swear I heard about it on…BOL.” And, my self sez, “yep”: http://buzzoutloud.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_864 Craemmir Washington DC ********** I was hoping you could give a shout out to a webathon for the child's play charity. Its a comedy group out of Vancouver playing Desert Bus the most boring game ever made. They have a website at http://desertbus.org they’ve been going for 3 days as of my writing that gives them a total of 9 points in the game. (it takes at least 8 hours for 1 point.) The more money they raise the longer they will play (currently 121 hours) It’s for a good cause and with your help we can keep them playing even longer. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-24,25458481 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:40:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25458482-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1112-Rupert-Murdoch-battles-infinity Microsoft is apparently willing to pay Rupert Murdoch to block Google from indexing any of his company's Web sites. Are we headed toward a world where the search engine you use determines what news you get? Probably not. We explain why Murdoch may be thinking in an old fashioned limited way rather than in the current infinite Internet way. We also declare the patent office baroque, and ask it to lose weight. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079929',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1,112 Microsoft offers to pay News Corp. to “de-list” itself from Google http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-offers-to-pay-news-corp-to-de-list-itself-from-google-2009-11 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10403336-93... Microsoft is apparently willing to pay Rupert Murdoch to block Google from indexing any of his company's Web sites. Are we headed toward a world where the search engine you use determines what news you get? Probably not. We explain why Murdoch may be thinking in an old fashioned limited way rather than in the current infinite Internet way. We also declare the patent office baroque, and ask it to lose weight. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079929',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1,112 Microsoft offers to pay News Corp. to “de-list” itself from Google http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-offers-to-pay-news-corp-to-de-list-itself-from-google-2009-11 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10403336-93.html Large Hadron Collider progress delights researchers http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8372737.stm http://www.dailytech.com/Scientists+Complete+First+Steps+to+Bring+LHC+Back+Online/article16909.htm Another iPhone worm, but this one is serious http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10403425-2.html B&N Nook sold out for the holidays http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10402710-1.html Roku adds Flickr, Facebook, Pandora, and more video channels http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10402856-260.html Farewell, triangles: AOL preps its post-Time Warner look http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10403346-93.html Smoking may void AppleCare warranty due to “health hazard” http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/21/smoking_may_void_applecare_warranty.html Spotify expands its reach, but still can't get to the U.S. http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091123/spotify-expands-its-mobile-reach-but-still-hasnt-landed-in-the-u-s/ Gameloft and others, reigning in Android plans – game developers pulling back http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5AJ1EU20091120 Apple’s Schiller Defends iPhone App Approval Process http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2009/tc20091120_354597.htm Man to marry his video game girlfriend this Sunday http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/20/man-to-marry-his-vid.html VOICE MAIL Brandon has a way to do hands-free texting Gil in Iraq has a worry about Digital Britain E-MAIL Caroline wrote a great article about the re-branding of AOL as —> “Aol.” + the results of typing “random crap” into Google image search. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10403346-93.html This is so FAIL, I am having trouble wrapping my head around it. 1) America Online, AOL is an acronym, so why “Aol”? 2) Again, AOL is an acronym not a fraking sentence, WHY IS THERE PUNCTUATION?? 3) Based on the write-up, there is a finite number of ‘clip art’-esque backdrops for the now Aol (pronounced “OWL” now in my book). So, I’m glad that the online company went with an image of Scratchy from the Simpsons with an exploding brain containing tinier Scratchy heads. Marketing GENIUS. Clearly, the marketing team was part of, and stayed with, Time Warner. Not like I’d ever use Aol., but this is some serious marketing FAIL. Love, Dr. Karl ********** Buzz Gang… I dont remember which episode it was, (1099) but it was when you were talking about the ACTA Treaty. I thought I would send this little graphic I threw together which I will be posing on my sites with a link to the Electronic Frontier Foundation: http://tekpedia.net/files/2009/11/no_acta.png https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=383. Thanks for bringing this to my attention and many others. Until I heard this, I thought the Net Neutrality issue was the big issue, now Im not so sure. Rob Truman, USN Ret. Tucson, AZ http://tekpedia.net/files/2009/11/no_acta.png ********** A short time ago, in our very own galaxy………. Patent Wars (cue Imperial March) Hi all in Buzzington, This has got to be the worst and/or scariest patents I’ve seen. Slashdot has a report that some company called Volomedia, got a patent that grants them exclusive rights to create, download, and sync podcasts. Them and no one else. The way it’s worded not only spells doom for nearly every online news/media site, but possibly TV shows to an extent. Ok, so I want to patent the rights of creating a sequel work based on an original intellectual property. Oops, there goes the media/entertainment industry. Please tell me I’m misunderstanding this patent, otherwise BOL and every other podcast that I love could be wind up on the streets. JoshuaCaleb ********** Hey BOLers, I love you guys, but every time you start to talk about Windows Mobile and the Zune and Microsoft’s strategy (or lack thereof), it makes me want to blow a gasket. While WinMo is clearly behind compared to several other mobile OSes, everyone seems to forget that Windows Mobile has had apps available for a long, long time. I have a great Twitter app (Twikini), an official Facebook app, mobile maps with driving directions (Bing), and more. Could it be better? Absolutely. There are still a lot of aspects of the OS that are behind the times. But if you look at the published required specs for WinMo 7 phones, it looks like it’s going to be really powerful and full of cutting edge features. Additionally, the Zune platform will reportedly be intergrated into Windows Mobile 7, so why would MS put out a Zune phone when ALL the WinMo 7 phones will be Zune phones? Even though I disagree with your thoughts on Windows Mobile, I still … Love the show. George A. Roberts IV President and CEO, Purity Networks, Inc. http://www.purity.net/ Microsoft is apparently willing to pay Rupert Murdoch to block Google from indexing any of his company's Web sites. Are we headed toward a world where the search engine you use determines what news you get? Probably not. We explain why Murdoch may be thinking in an old fashioned limited way rather than in the current infinite Internet way. We also declare the patent office baroque, and ask it to lose weight. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079929',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1,112 Microsoft offers to pay News Corp. to “de-list” itself from Google http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-offers-to-pay-news-corp-to-de-list-itself-from-google-2009-11 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10403336-93.html Large Hadron Collider progress delights researchers http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8372737.stm http://www.dailytech.com/Scientists+Complete+First+Steps+to+Bring+LHC+Back+Online/article16909.htm Another iPhone worm, but this one is serious http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10403425-2.html B&N Nook sold out for the holidays http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10402710-1.html Roku adds Flickr, Facebook, Pandora, and more video channels http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10402856-260.html Farewell, triangles: AOL preps its post-Time Warner look http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10403346-93.html Smoking may void AppleCare warranty due to “health hazard” http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/21/smoking_may_void_applecare_warranty.html Spotify expands its reach, but still can't get to the U.S. http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091123/spotify-expands-its-mobile-reach-but-still-hasnt-landed-in-the-u-s/ Gameloft and others, reigning in Android plans – game developers pulling back http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5AJ1EU20091120 Apple’s Schiller Defends iPhone App Approval Process http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2009/tc20091120_354597.htm Man to marry his video game girlfriend this Sunday http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/20/man-to-marry-his-vid.html VOICE MAIL Brandon has a way to do hands-free texting Gil in Iraq has a worry about Digital Britain E-MAIL Caroline wrote a great article about the re-branding of AOL as —> “Aol.” + the results of typing “random crap” into Google image search. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10403346-93.html This is so FAIL, I am having trouble wrapping my head around it. 1) America Online, AOL is an acronym, so why “Aol”? 2) Again, AOL is an acronym not a fraking sentence, WHY IS THERE PUNCTUATION?? 3) Based on the write-up, there is a finite number of ‘clip art’-esque backdrops for the now Aol (pronounced “OWL” now in my book). So, I’m glad that the online company went with an image of Scratchy from the Simpsons with an exploding brain containing tinier Scratchy heads. Marketing GENIUS. Clearly, the marketing team was part of, and stayed with, Time Warner. Not like I’d ever use Aol., but this is some serious marketing FAIL. Love, Dr. Karl ********** Buzz Gang… I dont remember which episode it was, (1099) but it was when you were talking about the ACTA Treaty. I thought I would send this little graphic I threw together which I will be posing on my sites with a link to the Electronic Frontier Foundation: http://tekpedia.net/files/2009/11/no_acta.png https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=383. Thanks for bringing this to my attention and many others. Until I heard this, I thought the Net Neutrality issue was the big issue, now Im not so sure. Rob Truman, USN Ret. Tucson, AZ http://tekpedia.net/files/2009/11/no_acta.png ********** A short time ago, in our very own galaxy………. Patent Wars (cue Imperial March) Hi all in Buzzington, This has got to be the worst and/or scariest patents I’ve seen. Slashdot has a report that some company called Volomedia, got a patent that grants them exclusive rights to create, download, and sync podcasts. Them and no one else. The way it’s worded not only spells doom for nearly every online news/media site, but possibly TV shows to an extent. Ok, so I want to patent the rights of creating a sequel work based on an original intellectual property. Oops, there goes the media/entertainment industry. Please tell me I’m misunderstanding this patent, otherwise BOL and every other podcast that I love could be wind up on the streets. JoshuaCaleb ********** Hey BOLers, I love you guys, but every time you start to talk about Windows Mobile and the Zune and Microsoft’s strategy (or lack thereof), it makes me want to blow a gasket. While WinMo is clearly behind compared to several other mobile OSes, everyone seems to forget that Windows Mobile has had apps available for a long, long time. I have a great Twitter app (Twikini), an official Facebook app, mobile maps with driving directions (Bing), and more. Could it be better? Absolutely. There are still a lot of aspects of the OS that are behind the times. But if you look at the published required specs for WinMo 7 phones, it looks like it’s going to be really powerful and full of cutting edge features. Additionally, the Zune platform will reportedly be intergrated into Windows Mobile 7, so why would MS put out a Zune phone when ALL the WinMo 7 phones will be Zune phones? Even though I disagree with your thoughts on Windows Mobile, I still … Love the show. George A. Roberts IV President and CEO, Purity Networks, Inc. http://www.purity.net/ tag:odeo.com,2009-11-23,25458482 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:07:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25458483-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1111-Facebook-is-depressing Why the long Face...book? A woman battling depression put some pictures of herself having fun privately on Facebook. Somehow the insurance company found them and cut off her benefits saying she looked happy enough and must be cured. Really? We also get further impressions on Google's Chrome OSD now that we've had more time with it, and YouTube pulls a Hulu, but not in the good way. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079637',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1111 Try out Chrome OS for yourself http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/download/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/google-chrome-os-available-as-free-vmware-download/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10401919-265.html Other Stories YouTube pulls a Hulu &#8212... Why the long Face...book? A woman battling depression put some pictures of herself having fun privately on Facebook. Somehow the insurance company found them and cut off her benefits saying she looked happy enough and must be cured. Really? We also get further impressions on Google's Chrome OSD now that we've had more time with it, and YouTube pulls a Hulu, but not in the good way. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079637',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1111 Try out Chrome OS for yourself http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/download/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/google-chrome-os-available-as-free-vmware-download/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10401919-265.html Other Stories YouTube pulls a Hulu — yanking API access from Popcorn Hour, other TV-connected devices http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/youtube-pulls-a-hulu-yanking-api-access-from-popcorn-hour-ot/ Twitter turns on location. Not for Twitter.com just yet. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/19/twitter-location-api/ http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_location_api_possible_uses.php Sony unveils its answer to Apple’s iTunes http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2009/gb20091119_588376.htm Sony hits snag getting its own game out for PSP Go http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/11/sony-hits-snag-with-getting-its-own-game-out-for-pspgo.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Britain’s new Internet law — as bad as everyone’s been saying, and worse. Much, much worse. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/20/britains-new-interne.html http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/19/1511255/Secret-UK-Plan-To-Appoint-Pirate-Finder-General Law firm contemplates class action suit to recompense Xbox Live modders http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2009/11/20/law-firm-contemplates-class-action-suit-recompense-xbox-live-modders/ Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook photos http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/11/19/quebec-facebook-sick-leave-benefits.html Kickers and Science LHC dimensional apocalypse from midnight http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/lhc_feedback_roundup/ This Google’s made from 100 percent virgin pulp, not chrome http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/this-googles-made-from-100-virgin-pulp-not-chrome/ VOICE MAIL Derrek points out something very important about this episode Mike the truck driver Shane from Coshocton. Dude! He’s from Coshocton! E-MAIL Hi Buzz crew, Chadd the ita in California here. Was just watching the buzz report on my spealy and wanted to let you know that both my sibs use their jejaws while operating their fetches. Recently, despite my protests, I have noticed my parents responding to my text messages while they are driving the fetch. All of them are using Blackberries, is there something I can get them for Christmas that will allow them to text hands free? At least that may be a step in the right direction. Love the buzz report -Chadd Rialto, California ********** Hey Buzz Crew I had heard about your show for a while but only started listening about 8 months ago. After listening to one episode, I decided to listen to all of them. 1,110 episodes later, I’m all caught up. In case you’re wondering, I’m not crazy, I just have a lot of free time at work. Love the show. Jonathan Summerville, SC ********** PC Game moders have created their own Modern Warfare 2 Dedicated Servers. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Modern-Warfare-2-Gets-Dedicated-Servers-Workaround-127188.shtml The problem with insulting Tweakers and Hackers is that motivates them to ‘code’ you off at the knees, like AgentGOD did. Give them a dedicated server on the PC or Crack down on moders, watch your sales drop and piracy rise. I don’t own the game and don’t plan on buying it anytime soon, but as a PC Gamer that lives on the Mod and Modding community (when not playing MMO’s) I am getting tired of game companies buying into the console market fallacy. Robert Clark Prince Albert, SK Why the long Face...book? A woman battling depression put some pictures of herself having fun privately on Facebook. Somehow the insurance company found them and cut off her benefits saying she looked happy enough and must be cured. Really? We also get further impressions on Google's Chrome OSD now that we've had more time with it, and YouTube pulls a Hulu, but not in the good way. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079637',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1111 Try out Chrome OS for yourself http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/download/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/google-chrome-os-available-as-free-vmware-download/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10401919-265.html Other Stories YouTube pulls a Hulu — yanking API access from Popcorn Hour, other TV-connected devices http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/youtube-pulls-a-hulu-yanking-api-access-from-popcorn-hour-ot/ Twitter turns on location. Not for Twitter.com just yet. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/19/twitter-location-api/ http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_location_api_possible_uses.php Sony unveils its answer to Apple’s iTunes http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2009/gb20091119_588376.htm Sony hits snag getting its own game out for PSP Go http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/11/sony-hits-snag-with-getting-its-own-game-out-for-pspgo.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Britain’s new Internet law — as bad as everyone’s been saying, and worse. Much, much worse. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/20/britains-new-interne.html http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/19/1511255/Secret-UK-Plan-To-Appoint-Pirate-Finder-General Law firm contemplates class action suit to recompense Xbox Live modders http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2009/11/20/law-firm-contemplates-class-action-suit-recompense-xbox-live-modders/ Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook photos http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/11/19/quebec-facebook-sick-leave-benefits.html Kickers and Science LHC dimensional apocalypse from midnight http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/lhc_feedback_roundup/ This Google’s made from 100 percent virgin pulp, not chrome http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/this-googles-made-from-100-virgin-pulp-not-chrome/ VOICE MAIL Derrek points out something very important about this episode Mike the truck driver Shane from Coshocton. Dude! He’s from Coshocton! E-MAIL Hi Buzz crew, Chadd the ita in California here. Was just watching the buzz report on my spealy and wanted to let you know that both my sibs use their jejaws while operating their fetches. Recently, despite my protests, I have noticed my parents responding to my text messages while they are driving the fetch. All of them are using Blackberries, is there something I can get them for Christmas that will allow them to text hands free? At least that may be a step in the right direction. Love the buzz report -Chadd Rialto, California ********** Hey Buzz Crew I had heard about your show for a while but only started listening about 8 months ago. After listening to one episode, I decided to listen to all of them. 1,110 episodes later, I’m all caught up. In case you’re wondering, I’m not crazy, I just have a lot of free time at work. Love the show. Jonathan Summerville, SC ********** PC Game moders have created their own Modern Warfare 2 Dedicated Servers. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Modern-Warfare-2-Gets-Dedicated-Servers-Workaround-127188.shtml The problem with insulting Tweakers and Hackers is that motivates them to ‘code’ you off at the knees, like AgentGOD did. Give them a dedicated server on the PC or Crack down on moders, watch your sales drop and piracy rise. I don’t own the game and don’t plan on buying it anytime soon, but as a PC Gamer that lives on the Mod and Modding community (when not playing MMO’s) I am getting tired of game companies buying into the console market fallacy. Robert Clark Prince Albert, SK tag:odeo.com,2009-11-20,25458483 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:53:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25458485-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1110-Apple-Tablet-is-the-unicorn-of-tech The rumors about the Apple Tablet are getting crazy and special guest Cali Lewis nails it when she calls it a unicorn. We also get the first look at the Google OS, and nobody is very excited about Microsoft Office 2010. Except the one person who never uses it: me. And we get some of the inside scoop behind the FAA outage. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079636',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1110 Liveblog today: Google Chrome OS press conference http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10401095-2.html Apple Tablet that has never been more than a rumour now delayed until 2H 2010 http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20091118PB201.html Ian Paul at PC World declares Tablet dead http://www.pcworld.com/article/182571/ ATan... The rumors about the Apple Tablet are getting crazy and special guest Cali Lewis nails it when she calls it a unicorn. We also get the first look at the Google OS, and nobody is very excited about Microsoft Office 2010. Except the one person who never uses it: me. And we get some of the inside scoop behind the FAA outage. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079636',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1110 Liveblog today: Google Chrome OS press conference http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10401095-2.html Apple Tablet that has never been more than a rumour now delayed until 2H 2010 http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20091118PB201.html Ian Paul at PC World declares Tablet dead http://www.pcworld.com/article/182571/ ATandT loses first legal battle against Verizon ads http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10401094-266.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/atandt-hits-back-at-verizons-map-for-that-campaign-with-an-ad/ Microsoft launches Office 2010 beta with social networking in Outlook http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10400648-56.html http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/ http://blog.linkedin.com/2009/11/18/linkedin-microsoft-outlook-connector FAA Computer Glitch Causes Widespread Airline Delays http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/19/152243/FAA-Computer-Glitch-Causes-Widespread-Airline-Delays Programmers Guild protests visa extension laws http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/tech-workers-take-h-1b-case-supreme-court-024 California approves new standards on energy-hungry TVs http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-big-screen-tvs19-2009nov19,0,4027697.story Next-gen Flip camcorder to boast Wi-Fi http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/29658/cisco-prepping-wi-fi-enabled-video-camera http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/18/the-next-flip-camera-will-have-wi-fi/ US government using PS3s to break encryption http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/18/2149202/US-Government-Using-PS3s-To-Break-Encryption Lab worms are stunned by phaser http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8367081.stm VOICE MAIL Anonymous on Film and Games Brian on the in-dash robot E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, Chris the former SNOWMAN HUNTER (and secret robot resister) here to say I too was creeped out by Aida, the backseat driving robot on Episode 1108. A passenger in my car that scolds and nags and guilt-trips? What a clanking piece of Hell in the car pool lane. But then it hit me. Give it a thin British accent, paint it gold and call it C-3P0… and I’d buy one tomorrow. Love the show… until we’re all turned into a warm slurry by the coming robot hoards. Chris ********** Hi Buzz Crew, Watching episode 1109. Tom the circle on you iPhone next to the bars as far as im aware means you have cell data. the bars are the signal strength from the mast. the circle is cell data, and E is Edge, 3G is 3G. Over here in the UK on O2 we have pretty good 3G coverage and every time iv used my iPhone to load a page – it loads, what ever i’m on (cell,edge,3g), yes on cell it takes a bit longer – but it loads, sounds like AT&T should give up and go do something else Love the show guys. Thanks Carl England, UK ********** Hey Buzz Crew, Xerox has setup http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home1280.html to have people sign up to send free printed postcards to troops overseas. You select one of the designs, add a message, your name and hometown and they send it for free to a random troop. I thought this was a neat idea from Xerox and I’m hoping that you’ll put the link in your shownotes. Thanks and “Love the show.” Hutch from Grand Rapids The rumors about the Apple Tablet are getting crazy and special guest Cali Lewis nails it when she calls it a unicorn. We also get the first look at the Google OS, and nobody is very excited about Microsoft Office 2010. Except the one person who never uses it: me. And we get some of the inside scoop behind the FAA outage. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079636',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1110 Liveblog today: Google Chrome OS press conference http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10401095-2.html Apple Tablet that has never been more than a rumour now delayed until 2H 2010 http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20091118PB201.html Ian Paul at PC World declares Tablet dead http://www.pcworld.com/article/182571/ ATandT loses first legal battle against Verizon ads http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10401094-266.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/atandt-hits-back-at-verizons-map-for-that-campaign-with-an-ad/ Microsoft launches Office 2010 beta with social networking in Outlook http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10400648-56.html http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/ http://blog.linkedin.com/2009/11/18/linkedin-microsoft-outlook-connector FAA Computer Glitch Causes Widespread Airline Delays http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/19/152243/FAA-Computer-Glitch-Causes-Widespread-Airline-Delays Programmers Guild protests visa extension laws http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/tech-workers-take-h-1b-case-supreme-court-024 California approves new standards on energy-hungry TVs http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-big-screen-tvs19-2009nov19,0,4027697.story Next-gen Flip camcorder to boast Wi-Fi http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/29658/cisco-prepping-wi-fi-enabled-video-camera http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/18/the-next-flip-camera-will-have-wi-fi/ US government using PS3s to break encryption http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/18/2149202/US-Government-Using-PS3s-To-Break-Encryption Lab worms are stunned by phaser http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8367081.stm VOICE MAIL Anonymous on Film and Games Brian on the in-dash robot E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, Chris the former SNOWMAN HUNTER (and secret robot resister) here to say I too was creeped out by Aida, the backseat driving robot on Episode 1108. A passenger in my car that scolds and nags and guilt-trips? What a clanking piece of Hell in the car pool lane. But then it hit me. Give it a thin British accent, paint it gold and call it C-3P0… and I’d buy one tomorrow. Love the show… until we’re all turned into a warm slurry by the coming robot hoards. Chris ********** Hi Buzz Crew, Watching episode 1109. Tom the circle on you iPhone next to the bars as far as im aware means you have cell data. the bars are the signal strength from the mast. the circle is cell data, and E is Edge, 3G is 3G. Over here in the UK on O2 we have pretty good 3G coverage and every time iv used my iPhone to load a page – it loads, what ever i’m on (cell,edge,3g), yes on cell it takes a bit longer – but it loads, sounds like AT&T should give up and go do something else Love the show guys. Thanks Carl England, UK ********** Hey Buzz Crew, Xerox has setup http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home1280.html to have people sign up to send free printed postcards to troops overseas. You select one of the designs, add a message, your name and hometown and they send it for free to a random troop. I thought this was a neat idea from Xerox and I’m hoping that you’ll put the link in your shownotes. Thanks and “Love the show.” Hutch from Grand Rapids tag:odeo.com,2009-11-19,25458485 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:55:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25458486-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1109-In-the-future-we-ll-all-be-cats IBM is working on an artificial brain they think they'll have done by 2019. And we figure once that happens, the robots will rise and we will become your pets. And like cats we'll think that we're in charge. In other news, Modern Warfare 2 beats Harry Potter to a pulp, and Verizon and AT&T are a'courting! Actually they're in court. Being sued. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079635',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1109 Modern Warfare 2 tops entertainment industry, not just games http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10400394-235.html Google-branded phone coming early next year? http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/google-branded-phone-coming-early-next-year/ Chrome OS demo event tomorrow http://news.cnet.com/8301... IBM is working on an artificial brain they think they'll have done by 2019. And we figure once that happens, the robots will rise and we will become your pets. And like cats we'll think that we're in charge. In other news, Modern Warfare 2 beats Harry Potter to a pulp, and Verizon and AT&T are a'courting! Actually they're in court. Being sued. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079635',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1109 Modern Warfare 2 tops entertainment industry, not just games http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10400394-235.html Google-branded phone coming early next year? http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/google-branded-phone-coming-early-next-year/ Chrome OS demo event tomorrow http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10400012-265.html Azure goes live in January, paying customers in February. http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/11/microsoft-azure-to-go-live-january-for-pay-february.ars “Map for That” campaign goes to court today http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2009-11-18-att18_ST_N.htm Did feds uncover most successful Web scam ever? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10399880-93.html T-Mobile says workers sold customer data http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10400213-245.html Microsoft: mobile apps aren’t important http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/11/17/ms.ozzie.claims.mobile.apps.secondary/ Ordnance Survey maps to go online http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8366190.stm No More Yahoo Go for TV http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/18/yahoo_go_gone/ Computing rivaling human brain may be ready by 2019 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10400362-52.html VOICE MAIL Tone on MW2 Ben the Canadian gets pushy E-MAIL Hey Buzz crew.. Your discussion of social viewing on NBC.com’s Communicator, had me yelling at my Zune HD, yes it looked wierd. Anyway, I was yelling because I do this on CBS.com now. CBS.com has watch and chat rooms on the site, in flash! I have some old college roommates and we are all NCIS, so when NCIS is showing in one of the rooms we make a point to head in to it, and chat about it. We like it! Last thing, about Rupert and paying for news, does he intend on putting his Cable news sites behind a pay wall? If not then this plan of his won’t effect me since I get most of my news from the website of his cable channels..Although i do pay for the Wall Steet Journal online since it's cheaper than the Kindle edition of it. Love the Show, Stephen Charlotte, Nc PS Love my Sprint 4G! ********** Hey Buzz crew, Haven’t listened to Ep. 1108 yet, so you may have reported on this already, but the town of Coshocton, Ohio has their Wifi back: http://consumerist.com/5407138/free-muni-wifi-back-after-mpaa-shut-it-down-for-1-download Consumerist links to this story: http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20091117/NEWS01/911170301/1002/Downtown-Wi-Fi-connection-back-on FYI: the town name is pronounced Cah – shock – ton. Keep on keepin’ on. Tim Dublin, OH. ********** Hi all in Buzzington, Several days ago you reported on that 60 minutes story about hackers taking down the Brazilian power grid. This report was later proven to be false. Well, maybe they were just telling the truth ahead of time. According to Slashdot, a group of hackers were inspired by the 60minute story and actually did hack into the Brazilian power operator using an SQL injection. It’s times like these when I wonder if the world wouldn’t be a better place if we all just kept our mouths shut. Love the show, JoshuaCaleb P.S. Don’t know if caught my mention of it in the chat room yesterday Tom, but I finally got Digital City to introduce themselves….halfway through the show. ********** Hey Buzz Crew, I’m writing regarding episode 1107 where Molly said she would be willing to pay for a great newspaper aggregatation service. I remember hearing about such a thing a couple of months ago at a site called pressdisplay.com . They have newspapers from all over the world including (for Tom) the International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post and hundreds of others. Also, they have different subscription plans ranging from a pay as you read option to a monthly unlimited option. Just wanted to shed some light on this service for those who want to read the newspaper online. Love, the, show! Miguel in San Francisco. PS:They have a mobile site to access your subscriptions on your smartphone. IBM is working on an artificial brain they think they'll have done by 2019. And we figure once that happens, the robots will rise and we will become your pets. And like cats we'll think that we're in charge. In other news, Modern Warfare 2 beats Harry Potter to a pulp, and Verizon and AT&T are a'courting! Actually they're in court. Being sued. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079635',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1109 Modern Warfare 2 tops entertainment industry, not just games http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10400394-235.html Google-branded phone coming early next year? http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/google-branded-phone-coming-early-next-year/ Chrome OS demo event tomorrow http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10400012-265.html Azure goes live in January, paying customers in February. http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/11/microsoft-azure-to-go-live-january-for-pay-february.ars “Map for That” campaign goes to court today http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2009-11-18-att18_ST_N.htm Did feds uncover most successful Web scam ever? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10399880-93.html T-Mobile says workers sold customer data http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10400213-245.html Microsoft: mobile apps aren’t important http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/11/17/ms.ozzie.claims.mobile.apps.secondary/ Ordnance Survey maps to go online http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8366190.stm No More Yahoo Go for TV http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/18/yahoo_go_gone/ Computing rivaling human brain may be ready by 2019 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10400362-52.html VOICE MAIL Tone on MW2 Ben the Canadian gets pushy E-MAIL Hey Buzz crew.. Your discussion of social viewing on NBC.com’s Communicator, had me yelling at my Zune HD, yes it looked wierd. Anyway, I was yelling because I do this on CBS.com now. CBS.com has watch and chat rooms on the site, in flash! I have some old college roommates and we are all NCIS, so when NCIS is showing in one of the rooms we make a point to head in to it, and chat about it. We like it! Last thing, about Rupert and paying for news, does he intend on putting his Cable news sites behind a pay wall? If not then this plan of his won’t effect me since I get most of my news from the website of his cable channels..Although i do pay for the Wall Steet Journal online since it's cheaper than the Kindle edition of it. Love the Show, Stephen Charlotte, Nc PS Love my Sprint 4G! ********** Hey Buzz crew, Haven’t listened to Ep. 1108 yet, so you may have reported on this already, but the town of Coshocton, Ohio has their Wifi back: http://consumerist.com/5407138/free-muni-wifi-back-after-mpaa-shut-it-down-for-1-download Consumerist links to this story: http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20091117/NEWS01/911170301/1002/Downtown-Wi-Fi-connection-back-on FYI: the town name is pronounced Cah – shock – ton. Keep on keepin’ on. Tim Dublin, OH. ********** Hi all in Buzzington, Several days ago you reported on that 60 minutes story about hackers taking down the Brazilian power grid. This report was later proven to be false. Well, maybe they were just telling the truth ahead of time. According to Slashdot, a group of hackers were inspired by the 60minute story and actually did hack into the Brazilian power operator using an SQL injection. It’s times like these when I wonder if the world wouldn’t be a better place if we all just kept our mouths shut. Love the show, JoshuaCaleb P.S. Don’t know if caught my mention of it in the chat room yesterday Tom, but I finally got Digital City to introduce themselves….halfway through the show. ********** Hey Buzz Crew, I’m writing regarding episode 1107 where Molly said she would be willing to pay for a great newspaper aggregatation service. I remember hearing about such a thing a couple of months ago at a site called pressdisplay.com . They have newspapers from all over the world including (for Tom) the International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post and hundreds of others. Also, they have different subscription plans ranging from a pay as you read option to a monthly unlimited option. Just wanted to shed some light on this service for those who want to read the newspaper online. Love, the, show! Miguel in San Francisco. PS:They have a mobile site to access your subscriptions on your smartphone. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-18,25458486 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:56:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25458487-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1108-Tracker-pulling No, no, fellow residents of southern Illinois, not tractor pulling--tracker pulling! The Pirate Bay has pulled out the trackers, but that doesn't mean you can't download anything. The site's still up for now using a different technology. Also, Google's book deal seems to have been changed, but not enough to satisfy its opponents. And Natali and I get into a philosophical argument. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079634',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1108 Google book settlement revised, criticized http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/11/google-offers-revised-book-settlement-but-critics-unappeased.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10398995-93.html AOL to spin off Dec. 9, begin trading Dec. 10 http://ne... No, no, fellow residents of southern Illinois, not tractor pulling--tracker pulling! The Pirate Bay has pulled out the trackers, but that doesn't mean you can't download anything. The site's still up for now using a different technology. Also, Google's book deal seems to have been changed, but not enough to satisfy its opponents. And Natali and I get into a philosophical argument. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079634',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1108 Google book settlement revised, criticized http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/11/google-offers-revised-book-settlement-but-critics-unappeased.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10398995-93.html AOL to spin off Dec. 9, begin trading Dec. 10 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10399445-93.html Amazon to launch Kindle in Canada http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5AG38V20091117 The Pirate Bay tracker shuts down for good http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-tracker-shuts-down-for-good-091117/ Swedish retailer pirates the Pirate Bay logo http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/piratebay-logo-registered/ Activision denies Modern Warfare 2 Russian ban http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/11/17/russia_mw2/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10399131-71.html Twitter, Orange rock MMS in the U.K. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Web-Services-Web-20-and-SOA/Twitter-Orange-Rock-MMS-in-the-UK-814457/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10399475-2.html NBC Launches all-in-one video player, VoIP and texting tool--and it's ad-supported http://paidcontent.org/article/419-nbc-launches-all-in-one-video-player-voip-and-texting-tool-and-its-ad-s/ Times editor James Harding outlines plans for online charging http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/nov/17/times-editor-james-harding-online-charging MIT robot rides shotgun to make us happier drivers http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/11/mit-robot-rides-shotgun-to-make-us-happier-drivers/ VOICE MAIL Anonymous – tip for Xbox 360 isn’t true E-MAIL How Google Voice forwards to Skype using Gizmo and no Skypein number is pretty easy. Once you set up your Gizmo account to work with your Google Voice account, you can then go to Gizmo, and by using the forwarding tab, you can enter a Skype ID which is the first option. Since this is a VOIP solution, I don’t even think funds are required such as forwarding to phone number. I don’t see Gizmo or Google Voice killing this feature, but Skype may have a problem with it. However, in reality – I noticed that when it’s not a Skype – Skype communication, or if you are forwarding your Skype to a phone number, it seems to degrade the quality. Personally, I only use Skype for calls in the event that the cell phone doesn’t work, and use a SIP client for Gizmo based calls. However, nonetheless, at least until Skype doesn’t like the fair competition, and may try to alienate users, this works just fine. A note of advise. While Google Voice accepts SMS from phone numbers, it doesn’t take Short Code numbers (such as Twitter’s 40404), so you couldn’t set your GV number to show in Skype’s CID info, so calls from Skype would still not show a number where you could be reached. Hope this provides some enlightenment, Frank ********** Our cable went out the other day so we had been waiting for HULU to put the latest episode of “V” online. One thing we noticed while watching it was that it had the “WSB-TV Atlanta” logo branding in the lower left corner. Does everyone see this, or just people in the Atlanta area? Does this mean they have a HULU server in every market? We went to the abc website, and that branding was not there, just the plain abc logo branding. I just thought this was odd. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Geoff Johnson No, no, fellow residents of southern Illinois, not tractor pulling--tracker pulling! The Pirate Bay has pulled out the trackers, but that doesn't mean you can't download anything. The site's still up for now using a different technology. Also, Google's book deal seems to have been changed, but not enough to satisfy its opponents. And Natali and I get into a philosophical argument. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079634',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1108 Google book settlement revised, criticized http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/11/google-offers-revised-book-settlement-but-critics-unappeased.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10398995-93.html AOL to spin off Dec. 9, begin trading Dec. 10 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10399445-93.html Amazon to launch Kindle in Canada http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5AG38V20091117 The Pirate Bay tracker shuts down for good http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-tracker-shuts-down-for-good-091117/ Swedish retailer pirates the Pirate Bay logo http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/piratebay-logo-registered/ Activision denies Modern Warfare 2 Russian ban http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/11/17/russia_mw2/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10399131-71.html Twitter, Orange rock MMS in the U.K. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Web-Services-Web-20-and-SOA/Twitter-Orange-Rock-MMS-in-the-UK-814457/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10399475-2.html NBC Launches all-in-one video player, VoIP and texting tool--and it's ad-supported http://paidcontent.org/article/419-nbc-launches-all-in-one-video-player-voip-and-texting-tool-and-its-ad-s/ Times editor James Harding outlines plans for online charging http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/nov/17/times-editor-james-harding-online-charging MIT robot rides shotgun to make us happier drivers http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/11/mit-robot-rides-shotgun-to-make-us-happier-drivers/ VOICE MAIL Anonymous – tip for Xbox 360 isn’t true E-MAIL How Google Voice forwards to Skype using Gizmo and no Skypein number is pretty easy. Once you set up your Gizmo account to work with your Google Voice account, you can then go to Gizmo, and by using the forwarding tab, you can enter a Skype ID which is the first option. Since this is a VOIP solution, I don’t even think funds are required such as forwarding to phone number. I don’t see Gizmo or Google Voice killing this feature, but Skype may have a problem with it. However, in reality – I noticed that when it’s not a Skype – Skype communication, or if you are forwarding your Skype to a phone number, it seems to degrade the quality. Personally, I only use Skype for calls in the event that the cell phone doesn’t work, and use a SIP client for Gizmo based calls. However, nonetheless, at least until Skype doesn’t like the fair competition, and may try to alienate users, this works just fine. A note of advise. While Google Voice accepts SMS from phone numbers, it doesn’t take Short Code numbers (such as Twitter’s 40404), so you couldn’t set your GV number to show in Skype’s CID info, so calls from Skype would still not show a number where you could be reached. Hope this provides some enlightenment, Frank ********** Our cable went out the other day so we had been waiting for HULU to put the latest episode of “V” online. One thing we noticed while watching it was that it had the “WSB-TV Atlanta” logo branding in the lower left corner. Does everyone see this, or just people in the Atlanta area? Does this mean they have a HULU server in every market? We went to the abc website, and that branding was not there, just the plain abc logo branding. I just thought this was odd. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Geoff Johnson tag:odeo.com,2009-11-17,25458487 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:55:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25458488-Buzz-Out-Loud-Podcast-1107-Vote-for-us-or-the-chicken-gets-it The Podcast awards are on, and we're up against TWiT again, so we had to get drastic. We will no longer protect your chicken from Dokken if you don't vote for us. So there. Also Psystar is no longer protected from Apple, and Modern Warfare 2 is no longer available in Russia. Whew. So much less availability these days. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079620',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1107 UPDATE: Apple wins important round In Psystar copyright case http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091115-703736.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10397876-37.html Apple relents on Mad artist’s caricature app http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10397895-93.html Russia bans Modern Warfare 2, recalls all copies ... The Podcast awards are on, and we're up against TWiT again, so we had to get drastic. We will no longer protect your chicken from Dokken if you don't vote for us. So there. Also Psystar is no longer protected from Apple, and Modern Warfare 2 is no longer available in Russia. Whew. So much less availability these days. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079620',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1107 UPDATE: Apple wins important round In Psystar copyright case http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091115-703736.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10397876-37.html Apple relents on Mad artist’s caricature app http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10397895-93.html Russia bans Modern Warfare 2, recalls all copies of game http://www.destructoid.com/russia-bans-modern-warfare-2-recalls-all-copies-of-game-155211.phtml Zune to launch outside US http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76f98ae8-d205-11de-a0f0-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1 Windows Mobile loses nearly a third of market share http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39877964,00.htm Is Sezmi a cable TV killer? http://technologizer.com/2009/11/16/sezmi/ About half in U.S. would pay for online news, study finds http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/business/media/16paywall.html http://paidcontent.org/article/419-one-size-doesnt-fit-all-consumers-want-choice-on-pricing-delivery-of-co/ URL shorteners suck less, thanks to the Internet Archive and 301Works http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/13/url-shorteners-suck.html New dating sites match people through DNA tests http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/15/1734238/New-Dating-Sites-Match-People-Through-DNA-Tests Shuttle to haul 27,000 pounds of spare parts http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/science/space/16shuttle.html VOICE MAIL Ted from Berkeley on a Gizmo workaround to avoid paying for Skype Mike from Irvine describes a poorly designed cookie implementation E-MAIL Sudo not violating Microsoft patent – Ill be brief since I have written in about patent hate before so Ill just get to the specifics of this instance. I did a quick read of the claims, and I will admit i am not a programmer but i have some experience in it from highschool and college, but my reading of the claims sounds like they are linking different admin accounts using some underlying algorythm and showing the linked accounts in a graphic interface for the user. This does not sound like the way the sudo command is implemented and the Microsoft patent would not prevent people from using the psuedo command. Ill attach the patent language for you to read as i feel grocklaw is a biased observer. Despite the on going patent hate, Love the show. Tim the Patent Examiner PS: Yes I am biased too. ********** Hey Buzzcrew, Today I was listening to episode 1106 and I wanted to comment on the discussion of modified xbox 360 consoles. It was mentioned that the only way to detect a banned console is to connect it to the internet. This is not entirely true. You can pop off the front face (which is totally legit to do) and check if the warranty sticker is still intact. This holographic sticker near the controller USB ports cannot be left intact when performing the mod to allow backups to run. Just because it’s broken doesn’t necessarily means the console is banned, BUT if it is intact, there is no possible way the console is banned. On craigslist or eBay you could demand a picture of that sticker before considering a purchase, at least adding some confidence to the sale, Love the show! -Chris ********** Hey Buzz Crew, Just wanted to point out that Buzz Out Loud is nominated for The People’s Choice Podcast Awards for Best Video Podcast so: DON’T LET REVISION3 BEAT YOU! Tell everyone to vote! http://podcastawards.com/ (Vote 1 time daily through November 30th! -Jason) I am not affilliated with the podcast awards, by the way. Somewhat ironically, I discovered that you were on the list when I clicked a link on Revision3’s site to vote for them. But when I saw Buzz Out Loud as an option, I knew I had betrayed you CNET! I immediately voted for Buzz Out Loud! Love da show- Andrew Faulds loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079633',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); The Podcast awards are on, and we're up against TWiT again, so we had to get drastic. We will no longer protect your chicken from Dokken if you don't vote for us. So there. Also Psystar is no longer protected from Apple, and Modern Warfare 2 is no longer available in Russia. Whew. So much less availability these days. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079620',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1107 UPDATE: Apple wins important round In Psystar copyright case http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091115-703736.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10397876-37.html Apple relents on Mad artist’s caricature app http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10397895-93.html Russia bans Modern Warfare 2, recalls all copies of game http://www.destructoid.com/russia-bans-modern-warfare-2-recalls-all-copies-of-game-155211.phtml Zune to launch outside US http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76f98ae8-d205-11de-a0f0-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1 Windows Mobile loses nearly a third of market share http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39877964,00.htm Is Sezmi a cable TV killer? http://technologizer.com/2009/11/16/sezmi/ About half in U.S. would pay for online news, study finds http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/business/media/16paywall.html http://paidcontent.org/article/419-one-size-doesnt-fit-all-consumers-want-choice-on-pricing-delivery-of-co/ URL shorteners suck less, thanks to the Internet Archive and 301Works http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/13/url-shorteners-suck.html New dating sites match people through DNA tests http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/15/1734238/New-Dating-Sites-Match-People-Through-DNA-Tests Shuttle to haul 27,000 pounds of spare parts http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/science/space/16shuttle.html VOICE MAIL Ted from Berkeley on a Gizmo workaround to avoid paying for Skype Mike from Irvine describes a poorly designed cookie implementation E-MAIL Sudo not violating Microsoft patent – Ill be brief since I have written in about patent hate before so Ill just get to the specifics of this instance. I did a quick read of the claims, and I will admit i am not a programmer but i have some experience in it from highschool and college, but my reading of the claims sounds like they are linking different admin accounts using some underlying algorythm and showing the linked accounts in a graphic interface for the user. This does not sound like the way the sudo command is implemented and the Microsoft patent would not prevent people from using the psuedo command. Ill attach the patent language for you to read as i feel grocklaw is a biased observer. Despite the on going patent hate, Love the show. Tim the Patent Examiner PS: Yes I am biased too. ********** Hey Buzzcrew, Today I was listening to episode 1106 and I wanted to comment on the discussion of modified xbox 360 consoles. It was mentioned that the only way to detect a banned console is to connect it to the internet. This is not entirely true. You can pop off the front face (which is totally legit to do) and check if the warranty sticker is still intact. This holographic sticker near the controller USB ports cannot be left intact when performing the mod to allow backups to run. Just because it’s broken doesn’t necessarily means the console is banned, BUT if it is intact, there is no possible way the console is banned. On craigslist or eBay you could demand a picture of that sticker before considering a purchase, at least adding some confidence to the sale, Love the show! -Chris ********** Hey Buzz Crew, Just wanted to point out that Buzz Out Loud is nominated for The People’s Choice Podcast Awards for Best Video Podcast so: DON’T LET REVISION3 BEAT YOU! Tell everyone to vote! http://podcastawards.com/ (Vote 1 time daily through November 30th! -Jason) I am not affilliated with the podcast awards, by the way. Somewhat ironically, I discovered that you were on the list when I clicked a link on Revision3’s site to vote for them. But when I saw Buzz Out Loud as an option, I knew I had betrayed you CNET! I immediately voted for Buzz Out Loud! Love da show- Andrew Faulds loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079633',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-11-16,25458488 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:12:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25447745-BOL-1106-A-tall-drink-of-moon-water Turns out when we blew up the moon a few weeks ago, we found water! Yay! The bottled water companies are presumably planning their trips now. THIS is how we motivate us to get back to the moon! We also hear more from old man Murdoch on blocking Google from indexing his newspapers, and Dell launches a smartphone. Does anybody want it? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079361',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1106 Rupert Murdoch to remove News Corp’s content from Google ‘in months’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/6559694/Rupert-Murdoch-to-remove-News-Corps-content-from-Google-in-months.html Google Chrome OS to launch within a week http... Turns out when we blew up the moon a few weeks ago, we found water! Yay! The bottled water companies are presumably planning their trips now. THIS is how we motivate us to get back to the moon! We also hear more from old man Murdoch on blocking Google from indexing his newspapers, and Dell launches a smartphone. Does anybody want it? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079361',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1106 Rupert Murdoch to remove News Corp’s content from Google ‘in months’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/6559694/Rupert-Murdoch-to-remove-News-Corps-content-from-Google-in-months.html Google Chrome OS to launch within a week http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/13/google-chrome-os-to-launch-within-a-week/ Google confirms purchase of VOIP provider Gizmo5 http://paidcontent.org/article/419-google-confirms-purchase-of-gizmo5/ Dell smartphone to debut in China, Brazil http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/us_tec_dell_smart_phone http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10397177-94.html Cheap to good home: Used 360, pirated games, slightly banned http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/11/cheap-to-good-home-used-360-pirated-games-slightly-banned.ars Modders release update to free the 1 million Xboxes banned by Microsoft http://www.dailytech.com/Fix+for+1+Million+Banned+Xbox+360s+is+Incoming/article16823.htm YouTube to get high-def 1080p player http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10396826-2.html? SPDY: Google wants to speed up the Web by ditching HTTP http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/11/spdy-google-wants-to-speed-up-the-web-by-ditching-http.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10396574-265.html Comcast TV Everywhere launch details: December, free for existing subs, really goes anywhere http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/comcast-tv-everywhere-launch-details-december-free-for-existin/ Synthetic Stone DVD claimed to last 1,000 years http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/13/019202/Synthetic-Stone-DVD-Claimed-To-Last-1000-Years Using photosynthesis to power hydrogen production http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/11/photosynthesis-proves-to-be-a-powerful-source-for-hydrogen.ars Water. On the moon. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/prelim_water_results.html VOICE MAIL Ken in DC has a solution for the town in Ohio that lost it’s WiFi Richard in Santa Monica has a theory Anonymous Verizon user’s question about cancellation. E-MAIL Hey guys, I’m sobered up now, and the bet about Project Natal is most definitely on. Um… the thing is, I only intended to make a bet against any buzz host, not every host. It’s possible that I wasn’t exactly clear about that (I can’t imagine why) but I’m not sure I can justify shelling out for 3 or 4 of them, and if I win, then the hassle of ebay or craigslisting the extras ones doesn’t exactly smell of victory. So since Natali was the first one to accept, then this is my digital handshake. If Project Natal is available at retail on or before November 30th, 2010, I will buy one for her. If it’s not, then she will have to buy one for me. I only ask that you all autograph the box for me (I promise not to sell it!). If Natali decides to back out, then the offer is still on the table for anyone else. /casey ********** Hi Buzz crew, Matt from MN. So whats the difference between what the MPAA is doing to a town and what Microsoft is doing to XBox Live users. There was no judicial oversight in either case. Does this mean that Apple could claim an user violated the EULA on a jailbroken iPhone and then take away their right to use Apple's OS on their phone? Love the show! ********** Hey buzz crew Just a thought.. If you can use facebook status updates to get yourself out of jail, maybe the next thing will be using your google latitude history to show you weren’t at the scene of a crime. Just sayin.. Love the show -beth ********** Hey Buzz Crew - I am an Apple stock holder (albeit a fairly small investor - but an investor nonetheless) and I am starting to give a second thought to the whole Psystar lawsuit with Apple. Since they are going about legally purchasing licenses and using them to install on other machines, does Apple really have a case against them or not? I'm concerned that if Apple does not win this suit, this will open the floodgates HUGE to making all types of Hackintosh-style computers, thus taking a potentially huge portion of the market away from them and would begin the decline of Apple stock. I know that Apple is more than just an operating system but still…Thoughts? Should I be afraid that Apple might not be able to defend against this? Thanks guys! Rob loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079526',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Turns out when we blew up the moon a few weeks ago, we found water! Yay! The bottled water companies are presumably planning their trips now. THIS is how we motivate us to get back to the moon! We also hear more from old man Murdoch on blocking Google from indexing his newspapers, and Dell launches a smartphone. Does anybody want it? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079361',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1106 Rupert Murdoch to remove News Corp’s content from Google ‘in months’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/6559694/Rupert-Murdoch-to-remove-News-Corps-content-from-Google-in-months.html Google Chrome OS to launch within a week http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/13/google-chrome-os-to-launch-within-a-week/ Google confirms purchase of VOIP provider Gizmo5 http://paidcontent.org/article/419-google-confirms-purchase-of-gizmo5/ Dell smartphone to debut in China, Brazil http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/us_tec_dell_smart_phone http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10397177-94.html Cheap to good home: Used 360, pirated games, slightly banned http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/11/cheap-to-good-home-used-360-pirated-games-slightly-banned.ars Modders release update to free the 1 million Xboxes banned by Microsoft http://www.dailytech.com/Fix+for+1+Million+Banned+Xbox+360s+is+Incoming/article16823.htm YouTube to get high-def 1080p player http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10396826-2.html? SPDY: Google wants to speed up the Web by ditching HTTP http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/11/spdy-google-wants-to-speed-up-the-web-by-ditching-http.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10396574-265.html Comcast TV Everywhere launch details: December, free for existing subs, really goes anywhere http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/comcast-tv-everywhere-launch-details-december-free-for-existin/ Synthetic Stone DVD claimed to last 1,000 years http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/13/019202/Synthetic-Stone-DVD-Claimed-To-Last-1000-Years Using photosynthesis to power hydrogen production http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/11/photosynthesis-proves-to-be-a-powerful-source-for-hydrogen.ars Water. On the moon. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/prelim_water_results.html VOICE MAIL Ken in DC has a solution for the town in Ohio that lost it’s WiFi Richard in Santa Monica has a theory Anonymous Verizon user’s question about cancellation. E-MAIL Hey guys, I’m sobered up now, and the bet about Project Natal is most definitely on. Um… the thing is, I only intended to make a bet against any buzz host, not every host. It’s possible that I wasn’t exactly clear about that (I can’t imagine why) but I’m not sure I can justify shelling out for 3 or 4 of them, and if I win, then the hassle of ebay or craigslisting the extras ones doesn’t exactly smell of victory. So since Natali was the first one to accept, then this is my digital handshake. If Project Natal is available at retail on or before November 30th, 2010, I will buy one for her. If it’s not, then she will have to buy one for me. I only ask that you all autograph the box for me (I promise not to sell it!). If Natali decides to back out, then the offer is still on the table for anyone else. /casey ********** Hi Buzz crew, Matt from MN. So whats the difference between what the MPAA is doing to a town and what Microsoft is doing to XBox Live users. There was no judicial oversight in either case. Does this mean that Apple could claim an user violated the EULA on a jailbroken iPhone and then take away their right to use Apple's OS on their phone? Love the show! ********** Hey buzz crew Just a thought.. If you can use facebook status updates to get yourself out of jail, maybe the next thing will be using your google latitude history to show you weren’t at the scene of a crime. Just sayin.. Love the show -beth ********** Hey Buzz Crew - I am an Apple stock holder (albeit a fairly small investor - but an investor nonetheless) and I am starting to give a second thought to the whole Psystar lawsuit with Apple. Since they are going about legally purchasing licenses and using them to install on other machines, does Apple really have a case against them or not? I'm concerned that if Apple does not win this suit, this will open the floodgates HUGE to making all types of Hackintosh-style computers, thus taking a potentially huge portion of the market away from them and would begin the decline of Apple stock. I know that Apple is more than just an operating system but still…Thoughts? Should I be afraid that Apple might not be able to defend against this? Thanks guys! Rob loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079526',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25447745 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:30:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25443165-BOL-1105-The-New-Testament-of-Torrents I'm very pleased that LegalTorrents.com has come along to prove that I'm not crazy when I say there are plenty of legal reasons to use torrents. And they even have a torrent of Bible 2.0. Probably with new commandments from the MPAA. We also chat about AMD and Intel making nice, and how long that might last. And Microsoft tries to patent sudo. Yes, they said, "Sudo grant me a patent," I'm sure. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079360',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1105 AMD and Intel settle on antitrust and IP disputes http://channel.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=21135 HP acquires 3com http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2009/091111xa.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10395645-260.html Microso... I'm very pleased that LegalTorrents.com has come along to prove that I'm not crazy when I say there are plenty of legal reasons to use torrents. And they even have a torrent of Bible 2.0. Probably with new commandments from the MPAA. We also chat about AMD and Intel making nice, and how long that might last. And Microsoft tries to patent sudo. Yes, they said, "Sudo grant me a patent," I'm sure. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079360',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1105 AMD and Intel settle on antitrust and IP disputes http://channel.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=21135 HP acquires 3com http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2009/091111xa.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10395645-260.html Microsoft exec: Mac OS inspired Windows 7 http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10395980-71.html How we really designed the look and feel of Windows 7 http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/11/11/how-we-really-designed-the-look-and-feel-of-windows-7.aspx MPAA shuts down entire town’s muni WiFi over a single download http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/12/mpaa-shuts-down-enti.html Microsoft Patents Sudo’s Behavior http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/11/11/2055226 Xbox console ban is ‘permanent’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8356621.stm Twitter issues mulligan on new ‘retweet’ feature http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10395812-2.html Google SafeSearch now lets parents lock settings http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10395112-238.html LegalTorrents Launches Copyright-Compliant Tracker http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/2026244/LegalTorrents-Launches-Copyright-Compliant-Tracker Facebook status update saves man from jail http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10395597-71.html VOICEMAIL Casey in LA has a abet for us on Project Natal Skyler in Bakersfield on SIP EMAIL But here it goes: I told you so! http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=y&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.hacknroll.com%2F2009%2F11%2F12%2Fa-verdade-sobre-o-apagao%2F&sl=pt&tl=en&history_state0= The link is a translation of an article written by a brazilian guy who managed to hack into the ONS (national electric system operator) by spying on their robots.txt file and using SQL injection technique. He claims it wasn’t him who took down the power grid. Now, excuse me, I gotta go find what I need to do in order to immigrate to Canada. Love the show – Rafa ********** Hi buzz-crew. Regarding the EU cookie law. How do Local Shared Objects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Shared_Object) fit in to the equation? Will LSOs have to be approved by the user as well? If not, then all sites will just store all data in LSOs instead and those are even harder to get rid of. To delete LSOs you have to go to the right folder on your computer and delete the files manually or you have to go to Adobe’s control panel-site and delete them there. On the control panel-site you can also choose if sites should be able to store data on your computer or not, BUT if you block storage some sites will not work (ustream is one example). If you’re using Firefox there is an extension called BetterPrivacy which gives you better control over LSOs. Lllloooooooooove the show. Mauritz, a concerned EU-citizen. ********** Buzz Crew, Isn't anyone a little worried about what Google is doing with all this information they are collecting? Maybe they are developing all these free products just to gather as much information as they can? Example: I am at work, get a Gmail from my boss saying I need to finish a report (and we use Google Docs of course because it's free). My wife calls my Google Voice number and says we need toothpaste. I leave work to go to the gym, and decide to watch a popular YouTube video while on the bike. A 15 second Crest commercial happens to pop up, but I skip it. I usually take the long way back to work (of course Latitude knows this). Then my Droid tells me, "You better pick up some Crest on the way back to work and take the shorter route since you will pass a drugstore. And you better hurry since you are only half done with the report!" And of course due to some error all this ends up searchable on Google. Love the show, Heath Honolulu, HI ********** Hi BOL folks, The reference to the 5gb limit on data is in the fine print from the PDA/Smartphone email plan (which I have for my Droid). It says: The Data Plans and Features MAY NOT be used for any other purpose. Examples of prohibited uses include, without limitation, the following: (i) continuous uploading, downloading or streaming of audio or video programming or games; (ii) server devices or host computer applications, including, but not limited to, Web camera posts or broadcasts, automatic data feeds, automated machine-to-machine connections or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing; or (iii) as a substitute or backup for private lines or dedicated data connections. This means, by way of example only, that checking email, surfing the Internet, downloading legally acquired songs, and/or visiting corporate intranets is permitted, but downloading movies using P2P file sharing services and/or redirecting television signals for viewing on laptops is prohibited. A person engaged in prohibited uses, continuously for one hour, could typically use 100 to 200 MBs, or, if engaged in prohibited uses for 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, could use more than 5 GBs in a month. For individual use only and not for resale. We reserve the right to protect our network from harm, which may impact legitimate data flows. We reserve the right to limit throughput or amount of data transferred, and to deny or terminate service, without notice, to anyone we believe is using an Data Plan or Feature in any manner prohibited above or whose usage adversely impacts our network or service levels. Anyone using more than 5 GB per line in a given month is presumed to be using the service in a manner prohibited above, and we reserve the right to immediately terminate the service of any such person without notice. We also reserve the right to terminate service upon expiration of Customer Agreement term. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=planFirst&action=viewPlanList&sortOption=priceSort&typeId=3&subTypeId=49&catId=448 Hope this helps. Lee B Droid owner in Atlanta loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079360',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); I'm very pleased that LegalTorrents.com has come along to prove that I'm not crazy when I say there are plenty of legal reasons to use torrents. And they even have a torrent of Bible 2.0. Probably with new commandments from the MPAA. We also chat about AMD and Intel making nice, and how long that might last. And Microsoft tries to patent sudo. Yes, they said, "Sudo grant me a patent," I'm sure. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079360',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1105 AMD and Intel settle on antitrust and IP disputes http://channel.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=21135 HP acquires 3com http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2009/091111xa.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10395645-260.html Microsoft exec: Mac OS inspired Windows 7 http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10395980-71.html How we really designed the look and feel of Windows 7 http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/11/11/how-we-really-designed-the-look-and-feel-of-windows-7.aspx MPAA shuts down entire town’s muni WiFi over a single download http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/12/mpaa-shuts-down-enti.html Microsoft Patents Sudo’s Behavior http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/11/11/2055226 Xbox console ban is ‘permanent’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8356621.stm Twitter issues mulligan on new ‘retweet’ feature http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10395812-2.html Google SafeSearch now lets parents lock settings http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10395112-238.html LegalTorrents Launches Copyright-Compliant Tracker http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/2026244/LegalTorrents-Launches-Copyright-Compliant-Tracker Facebook status update saves man from jail http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10395597-71.html VOICEMAIL Casey in LA has a abet for us on Project Natal Skyler in Bakersfield on SIP EMAIL But here it goes: I told you so! http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=y&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.hacknroll.com%2F2009%2F11%2F12%2Fa-verdade-sobre-o-apagao%2F&sl=pt&tl=en&history_state0= The link is a translation of an article written by a brazilian guy who managed to hack into the ONS (national electric system operator) by spying on their robots.txt file and using SQL injection technique. He claims it wasn’t him who took down the power grid. Now, excuse me, I gotta go find what I need to do in order to immigrate to Canada. Love the show – Rafa ********** Hi buzz-crew. Regarding the EU cookie law. How do Local Shared Objects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Shared_Object) fit in to the equation? Will LSOs have to be approved by the user as well? If not, then all sites will just store all data in LSOs instead and those are even harder to get rid of. To delete LSOs you have to go to the right folder on your computer and delete the files manually or you have to go to Adobe’s control panel-site and delete them there. On the control panel-site you can also choose if sites should be able to store data on your computer or not, BUT if you block storage some sites will not work (ustream is one example). If you’re using Firefox there is an extension called BetterPrivacy which gives you better control over LSOs. Lllloooooooooove the show. Mauritz, a concerned EU-citizen. ********** Buzz Crew, Isn't anyone a little worried about what Google is doing with all this information they are collecting? Maybe they are developing all these free products just to gather as much information as they can? Example: I am at work, get a Gmail from my boss saying I need to finish a report (and we use Google Docs of course because it's free). My wife calls my Google Voice number and says we need toothpaste. I leave work to go to the gym, and decide to watch a popular YouTube video while on the bike. A 15 second Crest commercial happens to pop up, but I skip it. I usually take the long way back to work (of course Latitude knows this). Then my Droid tells me, "You better pick up some Crest on the way back to work and take the shorter route since you will pass a drugstore. And you better hurry since you are only half done with the report!" And of course due to some error all this ends up searchable on Google. Love the show, Heath Honolulu, HI ********** Hi BOL folks, The reference to the 5gb limit on data is in the fine print from the PDA/Smartphone email plan (which I have for my Droid). It says: The Data Plans and Features MAY NOT be used for any other purpose. Examples of prohibited uses include, without limitation, the following: (i) continuous uploading, downloading or streaming of audio or video programming or games; (ii) server devices or host computer applications, including, but not limited to, Web camera posts or broadcasts, automatic data feeds, automated machine-to-machine connections or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing; or (iii) as a substitute or backup for private lines or dedicated data connections. This means, by way of example only, that checking email, surfing the Internet, downloading legally acquired songs, and/or visiting corporate intranets is permitted, but downloading movies using P2P file sharing services and/or redirecting television signals for viewing on laptops is prohibited. A person engaged in prohibited uses, continuously for one hour, could typically use 100 to 200 MBs, or, if engaged in prohibited uses for 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, could use more than 5 GBs in a month. For individual use only and not for resale. We reserve the right to protect our network from harm, which may impact legitimate data flows. We reserve the right to limit throughput or amount of data transferred, and to deny or terminate service, without notice, to anyone we believe is using an Data Plan or Feature in any manner prohibited above or whose usage adversely impacts our network or service levels. Anyone using more than 5 GB per line in a given month is presumed to be using the service in a manner prohibited above, and we reserve the right to immediately terminate the service of any such person without notice. We also reserve the right to terminate service upon expiration of Customer Agreement term. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=planFirst&action=viewPlanList&sortOption=priceSort&typeId=3&subTypeId=49&catId=448 Hope this helps. Lee B Droid owner in Atlanta loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079360',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25443165 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:10:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25438303-BOL-1104-Microsoft-hides-its-hot-new-TV-service Bing has taken over MSN video and it has videos from every network. Why isn't Microsoft trumpeting this? We also get really confused by Verizon's unlimited plan that has a limit of 5GB. Does it? Doesn't it? What the hell? And we debate the way Twitter retweets. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079359',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1104 Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8354166.stm New Microsoft Project Natal details leak, coming next year for cheap http://dvice.com/archives/2009/11/new-microsoft-p.php Google tests skippable ads In YouTube videos http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117200 T-Mobile moves aggressively into HSPA and H... Bing has taken over MSN video and it has videos from every network. Why isn't Microsoft trumpeting this? We also get really confused by Verizon's unlimited plan that has a limit of 5GB. Does it? Doesn't it? What the hell? And we debate the way Twitter retweets. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079359',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1104 Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8354166.stm New Microsoft Project Natal details leak, coming next year for cheap http://dvice.com/archives/2009/11/new-microsoft-p.php Google tests skippable ads In YouTube videos http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117200 T-Mobile moves aggressively into HSPA and HSPA+ http://wifinetnews.com/archives/2009/11/t-mobile_moves_aggressively_into_hspa_and_hspa.html Supremes wrestle with business method, software patents http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/supremes-wrestle-with-business-method-software-patents.ars Google hopes to remake programming with Go http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10393210-264.html Microsoft moves MSN Video under Bing umbrella http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10394673-56.html Twitter changes up ReTweet http://evhead.com/2009/11/why-retweet-works-way-it-does.html Google Latitude, now with Location History & Alerts http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/11/google-latitude-now-with-location.html Google Latitude gets snoopier: Adds location history and alerts http://www.pcworld.com/article/181907/google_latitude_gets_snoopier_adds_location_history_and_alerts.html VOICE MAIL Brannon from Lake Elsinore on Gizmo Jeremy in Virginia about the cookie law in Europe E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, It was funny how you guys talked about hackers blacking out Brazil in previous years and just yesterday (Tuesday) we have suffered another one. A report says that it affected 18 states (4 totally, 14 partially) and also Paraguay (about 90%). The blackout is believed to have been caused by weather conditions and it has shut down 3 power transmission lines, some hydroelectric power plants and two nuclear power plants. The power was totally restored by 3:15 AM (Brazilian DST). More information can be found in the following link (in Portuguese, sorry): http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u650831.shtml Please stop talking about blackouts here… It appears to have and immediate effect! LOL Love the show! Gus, the IT Auditor from Curitiba, Brazil. ********* Hey buzz crew love the show! Have heard you guy mention that “unlimited data” on wireless isn’t really unlimited. I did some checking as I am a heavy data user and can’t find anyplace on Verizon, ATT or Sprints website that says theres actually a 5gb limit (and yes I read as much of the fine print as I could find). I did see that there was a 5gb limit on there data card plans and tethering but it says that right up front. So my question is what are you talking about? Oh and when I said I was a heavy data user I meant that I am a truck driver who uses my Sprint data card which I luckily got when they had the unlimited plan which I get to keep. My average usage is… 25gb a month with an all time high of 52gb. I also have almost no trouble getting 3G service in all the places I go. Again Love The Show! James ********* Hello Buzz Crew, Referring to yesterdays episode, you mentioned the Milestone going to Europe and how you would want to get a phone sent to you from Europe. Well surprise surprise, you can go on a field trip to your friendly neighbours up north. Telus is announcing that it will have it exclusively (unlocking anyone? ). It’s supposed to come out “early 2010″. Here is a link to engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/motorola-milestone-headed-to-telus-in-early-2010/ Love.The.Show Carl from BC,Canada Bing has taken over MSN video and it has videos from every network. Why isn't Microsoft trumpeting this? We also get really confused by Verizon's unlimited plan that has a limit of 5GB. Does it? Doesn't it? What the hell? And we debate the way Twitter retweets. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079359',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1104 Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8354166.stm New Microsoft Project Natal details leak, coming next year for cheap http://dvice.com/archives/2009/11/new-microsoft-p.php Google tests skippable ads In YouTube videos http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117200 T-Mobile moves aggressively into HSPA and HSPA+ http://wifinetnews.com/archives/2009/11/t-mobile_moves_aggressively_into_hspa_and_hspa.html Supremes wrestle with business method, software patents http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/supremes-wrestle-with-business-method-software-patents.ars Google hopes to remake programming with Go http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10393210-264.html Microsoft moves MSN Video under Bing umbrella http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10394673-56.html Twitter changes up ReTweet http://evhead.com/2009/11/why-retweet-works-way-it-does.html Google Latitude, now with Location History & Alerts http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/11/google-latitude-now-with-location.html Google Latitude gets snoopier: Adds location history and alerts http://www.pcworld.com/article/181907/google_latitude_gets_snoopier_adds_location_history_and_alerts.html VOICE MAIL Brannon from Lake Elsinore on Gizmo Jeremy in Virginia about the cookie law in Europe E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, It was funny how you guys talked about hackers blacking out Brazil in previous years and just yesterday (Tuesday) we have suffered another one. A report says that it affected 18 states (4 totally, 14 partially) and also Paraguay (about 90%). The blackout is believed to have been caused by weather conditions and it has shut down 3 power transmission lines, some hydroelectric power plants and two nuclear power plants. The power was totally restored by 3:15 AM (Brazilian DST). More information can be found in the following link (in Portuguese, sorry): http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u650831.shtml Please stop talking about blackouts here… It appears to have and immediate effect! LOL Love the show! Gus, the IT Auditor from Curitiba, Brazil. ********* Hey buzz crew love the show! Have heard you guy mention that “unlimited data” on wireless isn’t really unlimited. I did some checking as I am a heavy data user and can’t find anyplace on Verizon, ATT or Sprints website that says theres actually a 5gb limit (and yes I read as much of the fine print as I could find). I did see that there was a 5gb limit on there data card plans and tethering but it says that right up front. So my question is what are you talking about? Oh and when I said I was a heavy data user I meant that I am a truck driver who uses my Sprint data card which I luckily got when they had the unlimited plan which I get to keep. My average usage is… 25gb a month with an all time high of 52gb. I also have almost no trouble getting 3G service in all the places I go. Again Love The Show! James ********* Hello Buzz Crew, Referring to yesterdays episode, you mentioned the Milestone going to Europe and how you would want to get a phone sent to you from Europe. Well surprise surprise, you can go on a field trip to your friendly neighbours up north. Telus is announcing that it will have it exclusively (unlocking anyone? ). It’s supposed to come out “early 2010″. Here is a link to engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/motorola-milestone-headed-to-telus-in-early-2010/ Love.The.Show Carl from BC,Canada tag:odeo.com,2009-11-11,25438303 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:55:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25433136-BOL-1103-No-cookies-for-you-Europe A new law in Europe protects all citizens from the evils of cookies. Instead of relying on people to operate their own browsers, Europe now requires all Web sites to notify users that they will set cookies. That certainly sounds annoying. Come on over to our freedom-loving U.S. sites, y'all! We also check in on Motorola Droid sales and find out that the Milestone kicks the Droid in the butt. And Google has a holiday present for you. And it's free! loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079358',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1103 Motorola probably sold 100,000 Droids in first days http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a4IZD2kI6dh8 Smartphones beat recession, Nokia still on top http://arstechni... A new law in Europe protects all citizens from the evils of cookies. Instead of relying on people to operate their own browsers, Europe now requires all Web sites to notify users that they will set cookies. That certainly sounds annoying. Come on over to our freedom-loving U.S. sites, y'all! We also check in on Motorola Droid sales and find out that the Milestone kicks the Droid in the butt. And Google has a holiday present for you. And it's free! loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079358',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1103 Motorola probably sold 100,000 Droids in first days http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a4IZD2kI6dh8 Smartphones beat recession, Nokia still on top http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/11/smartphones-beat-recession-nokia-still-on-top.ars Microsoft pulls Windows 7 download tool http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10394191-56.html Google to acquire Gizmo5, swing at Skype with VoIP-enabled Google Voice? http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/google-to-acquire-gizmo5-swing-at-skype-with-voip-enabled-googl/ Google to offer free Wi-fi in approximately 50 airports for holiday season only http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20091110_free_airport_wifi_holiday.html Yahoo to put Wi-Fi in Times Square http://www.appscout.com/2009/11/yahoo_brings_free_wi-fi_to_tim.php Intel introduces a digital book reader that reads aloud to the blind http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/09/intel-introduces-a-digital-book-reader-for-the-blind/ Hundreds of Facebook groups hacked http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10394058-2.html Consent will be required for cookies in Europe http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=10510 Mac OS X 10.6.2 delivers more than three dozen fixes, but crashes Atom-based Netbooks http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221601027 Blockbuster to rent movies on SD cards, but why? http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-dannen/techwatch/blockbuster-rent-movies-sd-cards-why VOICE MAIL Rafa from Brazil on blackouts in Brazil http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/brazil_blackout/ Thomas in Ohio about selling free software E-MAIL Long time first time. I started listening when Molly was out having her baby, and I haven’t missed one episode since. I moved back to China three months ago, and at least in Beijing, the podcast is not blocked right now. When I visited home in 2008, all cnet podcasts were blocked, but it’s no longer the case this year. I try to get around the great firewall very sparingly, only when it’s absolutely necessary, so I know pretty well among the podcasts I subscribe to, which are blocked and which are not. As mentioned on the show, Radio Lab is blocked. So is This American Life. So is Savage Lovecast by Dan Savage. But sorry guys, BOL is not, not even after the WOW incidence. LOVE THE SHOW alex (no, my name is not alex) ********** Hey BOLers.. This is Vijay from India.. Long time BOL listener.. you guys rock.. We have been talking about Motorola DROID for long now.. but not much about its GSM/UMTS brother the MILESTONE. Now that MILESTONE has been announced in some European countries, I was waiting for it to launch in India too. I guess it will be coming soon. Initially, I was thinking that only the Radio is different from the DROID. But apparently not… Here are some of the differences The following features are available in Milestone and not in Droid MultiTouch in Gallery and Browser (Droid only has double tap) Geotaging in the Gallery photos. MotoNav (Offline turn by turn navigation maps) This does not require internet connection (say if you are in some rural areas or in San Fransisco if you are on AT&T 3G ) where as Google Navigation requires connection to internet. Google Nav is also available on the Milestone.. best of both worlds !! Phone Portal – Very cool thing where a webserver runs on the phone !!! The phone can be accessed just like a website from any desktop browser for the gallery, bookmarks etc just like accessing any cloud service.. pretty cool MTP Sync Media Transport Protocol sync for easy syncing of media along with meta data etc. Mysign – Gesture based short cuts where certain functions (say calling a specific contact, or turning on wifi etc) can be made into shortcuts based on certain gestures.. I did not get a link with these differences but basically got this information from the motodev podcast.. at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/motodev/2009/11/04/Developing-Android-Applications-for-DROID-and-Mile LOVE THE SHOW.. Vijay ********** Hi Buzz Crew, It’s not a given that Murdoch has to loose against Google, because it’s not a given everybody would use Google to search for news. Imagine most of the news coporations would opt out of Googles Index and would be searchable on Bing, because Bing would share their revenue. People would move to Bing - at least for search for news. Newspapers would get more revenues. Everybody would be happy, except for Google, which would at some point be forced to pay newspapers to add them to its index. Otherwise, love the show! Regards, Matthias from Germany ********** Tom Richmond, the star caricaturist of MAD Magazine’s new generation had a project he worked on rejected by Apple. It was an app that had caricatures of all the members of Congress with their contact information. It was rejected because in ” in Apple's reasonable judgement may be found objectionable, for example, materials that may be considered obscene, pornographic, or defamatory." I got the information from Mark Evanier’s site http://www.newsfromme.com (http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_11_09.html#018025) Here’s the direct link to the story: http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2009/11/09/apple-rejects-my-caricature-app/ Love the show! PS to Molly ~ Go Cats on 11/21! Jay Huber Bozeman, MT A new law in Europe protects all citizens from the evils of cookies. Instead of relying on people to operate their own browsers, Europe now requires all Web sites to notify users that they will set cookies. That certainly sounds annoying. Come on over to our freedom-loving U.S. sites, y'all! We also check in on Motorola Droid sales and find out that the Milestone kicks the Droid in the butt. And Google has a holiday present for you. And it's free! loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079358',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1103 Motorola probably sold 100,000 Droids in first days http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a4IZD2kI6dh8 Smartphones beat recession, Nokia still on top http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/11/smartphones-beat-recession-nokia-still-on-top.ars Microsoft pulls Windows 7 download tool http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10394191-56.html Google to acquire Gizmo5, swing at Skype with VoIP-enabled Google Voice? http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/google-to-acquire-gizmo5-swing-at-skype-with-voip-enabled-googl/ Google to offer free Wi-fi in approximately 50 airports for holiday season only http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20091110_free_airport_wifi_holiday.html Yahoo to put Wi-Fi in Times Square http://www.appscout.com/2009/11/yahoo_brings_free_wi-fi_to_tim.php Intel introduces a digital book reader that reads aloud to the blind http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/09/intel-introduces-a-digital-book-reader-for-the-blind/ Hundreds of Facebook groups hacked http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10394058-2.html Consent will be required for cookies in Europe http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=10510 Mac OS X 10.6.2 delivers more than three dozen fixes, but crashes Atom-based Netbooks http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221601027 Blockbuster to rent movies on SD cards, but why? http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-dannen/techwatch/blockbuster-rent-movies-sd-cards-why VOICE MAIL Rafa from Brazil on blackouts in Brazil http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/brazil_blackout/ Thomas in Ohio about selling free software E-MAIL Long time first time. I started listening when Molly was out having her baby, and I haven’t missed one episode since. I moved back to China three months ago, and at least in Beijing, the podcast is not blocked right now. When I visited home in 2008, all cnet podcasts were blocked, but it’s no longer the case this year. I try to get around the great firewall very sparingly, only when it’s absolutely necessary, so I know pretty well among the podcasts I subscribe to, which are blocked and which are not. As mentioned on the show, Radio Lab is blocked. So is This American Life. So is Savage Lovecast by Dan Savage. But sorry guys, BOL is not, not even after the WOW incidence. LOVE THE SHOW alex (no, my name is not alex) ********** Hey BOLers.. This is Vijay from India.. Long time BOL listener.. you guys rock.. We have been talking about Motorola DROID for long now.. but not much about its GSM/UMTS brother the MILESTONE. Now that MILESTONE has been announced in some European countries, I was waiting for it to launch in India too. I guess it will be coming soon. Initially, I was thinking that only the Radio is different from the DROID. But apparently not… Here are some of the differences The following features are available in Milestone and not in Droid MultiTouch in Gallery and Browser (Droid only has double tap) Geotaging in the Gallery photos. MotoNav (Offline turn by turn navigation maps) This does not require internet connection (say if you are in some rural areas or in San Fransisco if you are on AT&T 3G ) where as Google Navigation requires connection to internet. Google Nav is also available on the Milestone.. best of both worlds !! Phone Portal – Very cool thing where a webserver runs on the phone !!! The phone can be accessed just like a website from any desktop browser for the gallery, bookmarks etc just like accessing any cloud service.. pretty cool MTP Sync Media Transport Protocol sync for easy syncing of media along with meta data etc. Mysign – Gesture based short cuts where certain functions (say calling a specific contact, or turning on wifi etc) can be made into shortcuts based on certain gestures.. I did not get a link with these differences but basically got this information from the motodev podcast.. at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/motodev/2009/11/04/Developing-Android-Applications-for-DROID-and-Mile LOVE THE SHOW.. Vijay ********** Hi Buzz Crew, It’s not a given that Murdoch has to loose against Google, because it’s not a given everybody would use Google to search for news. Imagine most of the news coporations would opt out of Googles Index and would be searchable on Bing, because Bing would share their revenue. People would move to Bing - at least for search for news. Newspapers would get more revenues. Everybody would be happy, except for Google, which would at some point be forced to pay newspapers to add them to its index. Otherwise, love the show! Regards, Matthias from Germany ********** Tom Richmond, the star caricaturist of MAD Magazine’s new generation had a project he worked on rejected by Apple. It was an app that had caricatures of all the members of Congress with their contact information. It was rejected because in ” in Apple's reasonable judgement may be found objectionable, for example, materials that may be considered obscene, pornographic, or defamatory." I got the information from Mark Evanier’s site http://www.newsfromme.com (http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_11_09.html#018025) Here’s the direct link to the story: http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2009/11/09/apple-rejects-my-caricature-app/ Love the show! PS to Molly ~ Go Cats on 11/21! Jay Huber Bozeman, MT tag:odeo.com,2009-11-10,25433136 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:50:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25427472-BOL-1102-We-re-blocked-in-China-We-made-it We get an email telling us our podcast RSS feed is now blocked in China after talkign abotu the dispute over World of Warcraft between two Chinese government departments. Really? THAT is what got us blocked. We also get a kick out of good old Grandpa Murdoch's latest ramblings. And happy birthday Firefox. You're vulnerable. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079144',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1102 Murdoch: We'll probably remove our sites from Google's index http://mumbrella.com.au/murdoch-well-probably-remove-our-sites-from-googles-index-11366 Murdoch Making News Invisible To Search Engines? Not So Fast http://paidcontent.org/article/419-video-murdoch-making-news-invisible-to-search-engines-not-so-fast/ N... We get an email telling us our podcast RSS feed is now blocked in China after talkign abotu the dispute over World of Warcraft between two Chinese government departments. Really? THAT is what got us blocked. We also get a kick out of good old Grandpa Murdoch's latest ramblings. And happy birthday Firefox. You're vulnerable. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079144',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1102 Murdoch: We'll probably remove our sites from Google's index http://mumbrella.com.au/murdoch-well-probably-remove-our-sites-from-googles-index-11366 Murdoch Making News Invisible To Search Engines? Not So Fast http://paidcontent.org/article/419-video-murdoch-making-news-invisible-to-search-engines-not-so-fast/ New Verizon ad calls iPhone ‘misfit toy’ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10393072-71.html http://gizmodo.com/5399850/verizon-wireless-launches-three-more-anti+att-3g-network-commercials Apple said to be working on ‘world-mode’ iPhone http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10392936-94.html First iPhone Worm Discovered, Rickrolls Jailbroken Phones http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/Zk3O3lh2r0U/First-iPhone-Worm-Discovered-Rickrolls-Jailbroken-Phones http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/09/2737673.htm Happy 5th birthday http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/09/AR2009110901228.html Firefox Tops Vulnerability List http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3847461 Nvidia CEO says ‘no’ to Intel-compatible chip http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10393045-64.html Nook e-Book Reader on Back-Order http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703808904574523994119321648.html Massive Brazilian Power Outages In 2005 and 2007 Caused By Hackers http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/wi_T-0ljnAw/Massive-Power-Outages-In-Brazil-Caused-By-Hackers First look: Motorola Droid, HTC Droid Eris are risky for business http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/first-look-motorola-droid-htc-droid-eris-are-risky-business-434?source=fssr Comic Books Improve Early Childhood Literacy http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/N-w3O-DaOFI/Comic-Books-Improve-Early-Childhood-Literacy VOICEMAIL Anonymous thoughts about free speech Terry on the bus – Teaxed twice by subsidies EMAIL Hey Buzz Crew, I know from an earlier episode that many of you no longer use the actual Google homepage, opting for search bars and other fancy means. But, as someone who uses the homepage everyday, the things that Google chooses to put on their home really makes an impact on me as a Google user. Much to my surprise, this morning when I login, what do I see? A shameless plug for the Verizon Droid phone. Now, I think this phone is great and I would even purchase it myself if I was not broke. But, I feel that this kind of promotional advertising on the Google homepage crosses that line from normal to extremely sleazy. I tend to be ok with Google and their enormous corporate clout because they typically are innocuous in their products and launches. More like “Hey, here is a really cool product, do what you want with it” instead of “Yo, yo, yo, check out this sweet product that you need to have to change your life”. But, this advert on the homepage seems more like the typical marketing tricks by a very large company. What do you guys think? chris the computer science grad student *********** So, I had been wondering why the last couple BOL’s weren’t coming down through iTunes, so I decided to check the blog and see what’s up, and I see the story about the infighting between the Chinese Ministry of Culture and the GAPP over WoW. Apparently somebody didn’t like the way you guys talked about it. I have seen other podcasts mysteriously stop downloading (happened to Radiolab after they did a piece on a Chinese zoo that does live feedings), but oddly I wouldn’t expect it to happen to Buzz, since you’ve covered China’s censorship before without getting blocked. Could just be coincidental, after all, I would really expect the Instance to get blocked because of Scott’s “Ding Pong” act, but it hasn’t. Anyway, no reason to shut up about it, your pod is still accessible from the blog page, so China listeners aren’t totally out of luck. Also, I posted a rough overview of WoW’s China troubles here: http://gacorley.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/chinese-government-departments-fighting-over-wow/ — doesn’t say much new, though one huge question I still have is why skeletons are such a big deal to China’s censorship regime. I was hoping someone would eventually give me a good cultural answer, but it may just be that moral authorities have strange fetishes. GAC in China *********** Hey buzz crew in episode 1101 you were talking about whether or not Netscape was free or not. As someone who is greatly interested in the browser wars past and present I feel I can settle this argument. Netscape was free for educational and personal use and they charged for enterprise accounts. This may have changed at the end, but the primary way that Internet Explorer won was by making it default on windows, and they also made a deal with Apple to make internet explorer the default browser on Mac OS (late 9 and early X). Love the show, hopes this helps! -SamsNotUnix We get an email telling us our podcast RSS feed is now blocked in China after talkign abotu the dispute over World of Warcraft between two Chinese government departments. Really? THAT is what got us blocked. We also get a kick out of good old Grandpa Murdoch's latest ramblings. And happy birthday Firefox. You're vulnerable. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079144',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1102 Murdoch: We'll probably remove our sites from Google's index http://mumbrella.com.au/murdoch-well-probably-remove-our-sites-from-googles-index-11366 Murdoch Making News Invisible To Search Engines? Not So Fast http://paidcontent.org/article/419-video-murdoch-making-news-invisible-to-search-engines-not-so-fast/ New Verizon ad calls iPhone ‘misfit toy’ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10393072-71.html http://gizmodo.com/5399850/verizon-wireless-launches-three-more-anti+att-3g-network-commercials Apple said to be working on ‘world-mode’ iPhone http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10392936-94.html First iPhone Worm Discovered, Rickrolls Jailbroken Phones http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/Zk3O3lh2r0U/First-iPhone-Worm-Discovered-Rickrolls-Jailbroken-Phones http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/09/2737673.htm Happy 5th birthday http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/09/AR2009110901228.html Firefox Tops Vulnerability List http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3847461 Nvidia CEO says ‘no’ to Intel-compatible chip http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10393045-64.html Nook e-Book Reader on Back-Order http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703808904574523994119321648.html Massive Brazilian Power Outages In 2005 and 2007 Caused By Hackers http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/wi_T-0ljnAw/Massive-Power-Outages-In-Brazil-Caused-By-Hackers First look: Motorola Droid, HTC Droid Eris are risky for business http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/first-look-motorola-droid-htc-droid-eris-are-risky-business-434?source=fssr Comic Books Improve Early Childhood Literacy http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/N-w3O-DaOFI/Comic-Books-Improve-Early-Childhood-Literacy VOICEMAIL Anonymous thoughts about free speech Terry on the bus – Teaxed twice by subsidies EMAIL Hey Buzz Crew, I know from an earlier episode that many of you no longer use the actual Google homepage, opting for search bars and other fancy means. But, as someone who uses the homepage everyday, the things that Google chooses to put on their home really makes an impact on me as a Google user. Much to my surprise, this morning when I login, what do I see? A shameless plug for the Verizon Droid phone. Now, I think this phone is great and I would even purchase it myself if I was not broke. But, I feel that this kind of promotional advertising on the Google homepage crosses that line from normal to extremely sleazy. I tend to be ok with Google and their enormous corporate clout because they typically are innocuous in their products and launches. More like “Hey, here is a really cool product, do what you want with it” instead of “Yo, yo, yo, check out this sweet product that you need to have to change your life”. But, this advert on the homepage seems more like the typical marketing tricks by a very large company. What do you guys think? chris the computer science grad student *********** So, I had been wondering why the last couple BOL’s weren’t coming down through iTunes, so I decided to check the blog and see what’s up, and I see the story about the infighting between the Chinese Ministry of Culture and the GAPP over WoW. Apparently somebody didn’t like the way you guys talked about it. I have seen other podcasts mysteriously stop downloading (happened to Radiolab after they did a piece on a Chinese zoo that does live feedings), but oddly I wouldn’t expect it to happen to Buzz, since you’ve covered China’s censorship before without getting blocked. Could just be coincidental, after all, I would really expect the Instance to get blocked because of Scott’s “Ding Pong” act, but it hasn’t. Anyway, no reason to shut up about it, your pod is still accessible from the blog page, so China listeners aren’t totally out of luck. Also, I posted a rough overview of WoW’s China troubles here: http://gacorley.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/chinese-government-departments-fighting-over-wow/ — doesn’t say much new, though one huge question I still have is why skeletons are such a big deal to China’s censorship regime. I was hoping someone would eventually give me a good cultural answer, but it may just be that moral authorities have strange fetishes. GAC in China *********** Hey buzz crew in episode 1101 you were talking about whether or not Netscape was free or not. As someone who is greatly interested in the browser wars past and present I feel I can settle this argument. Netscape was free for educational and personal use and they charged for enterprise accounts. This may have changed at the end, but the primary way that Internet Explorer won was by making it default on windows, and they also made a deal with Apple to make internet explorer the default browser on Mac OS (late 9 and early X). Love the show, hopes this helps! -SamsNotUnix tag:odeo.com,2009-11-09,25427472 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:36:15 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25413738-BOL-1101-LHC-gull-kills-science-with-bread Apparently the Large Hadron Collider is doomed. It can't even survive a bread bombing by birds. The Droid arrived on the scene though, and people actually lined up. However tethering is gonna cost you on the thing. Are you still in love? And Gwen Stefani doesn't like you making her sing Honky Tonk Women. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079218',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1101 Episode Midnight Droid madness in Manhattan http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10392128-266.html Verizon Droid Tethering Will Cost You http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181590/verizon_droid_tethering_will_cost_you.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/psa-sears-charging-50-less-for-new-droid-activations-than-veri/ Wind... Apparently the Large Hadron Collider is doomed. It can't even survive a bread bombing by birds. The Droid arrived on the scene though, and people actually lined up. However tethering is gonna cost you on the thing. Are you still in love? And Gwen Stefani doesn't like you making her sing Honky Tonk Women. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079218',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1101 Episode Midnight Droid madness in Manhattan http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10392128-266.html Verizon Droid Tethering Will Cost You http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181590/verizon_droid_tethering_will_cost_you.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/psa-sears-charging-50-less-for-new-droid-activations-than-veri/ Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%, new PC sales not as strong http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_091105a.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10391484-75.html Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10% http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/06/confirmed-skype-founders-settle-with-ebay-and-others-get-14-stake-in-skype-not-10/ Twitter Cleaning Up Trending Topics Spam http://mashable.com/2009/11/05/twitter-trending-topics-spam/ No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero [Updated] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/no-doubt-sues-activision-over-band-hero.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10391715-17.html Judge Halts Online Sale of Beatles Songs http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/bluebeat-claims-to-own-new-copyrights-to-old-beatles-songs/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/about-those-beatles-songs-its-weirder-than-you-thought.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Betting on a Metal-Air Battery Breakthrough http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/23877/?a=f LHC Shut Down Again -- By Baguette-Dropping Bird http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/0824213/LHC-Shut-Down-Again-mdash-By-Baguette-Dropping-Bird?from=rss Sony to bring Risk to the big screen http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/06/risk_movie/ VOICEMAIL Brian in Virginia on the PS3 Netflix Anonymous Tony about 3G maps EMAIL Hey Buzz crew, I am sure you will have this in today’s lineup..but just in case: Comcast’s new throttling policies. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/04/2026206/Comcasts-New-Throttling-Plan-Uses-Trigger-Conditions-Not-Silent-Blocking “Its network throttling implements a two-tier packet queueing system at the routers, driven by two trigger conditions. Comcast’s first traffic throttling trigger is tripped by using more than 70 per cent of your maximum downstream or upstream bandwidth for more than 15 minutes. Its second traffic throttling trigger is tripped when the Cable Modem Termination System you’re hooked-up to - along with up to 15,000 other Comcast subscribers - gets congested, and your traffic is somehow identified as being responsible. Tripping either of Comcast’s high bandwidth usage rate triggers results in throttling for at least 15 minutes, or until your average bandwidth utilisation rate drops below 50 per cent for 15 minutes.” So…by analogy, will cops start giving out speeding tickets if you travel >=70% of the posted speed limit for more than 15 minutes as well? Wasn’t there a recent story about the FTC/FCC rules about “Truth in advertising” about ISP speeds? Now Comcast pretty much says, that whatever the ADVERTISED bandwidth, you will be punished for using more than 70% of your ACTUAL bandwidth. Lima Tango Sierra! Bob in NJ… ********** Hey, First off, Love the Show My brother just alerted me to the Darpa Network Challenge, http://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/, which is to mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet. The goal of the Challenge is to be the first to submit the locations of 10 large red weather balloons scattered throughout the continental united states. One person can’t do it alone, so the winner will be the best one to use Social Networking to solve the challenge, and what better then getting the word out on BOL? I’ve seen others on Facebook with the same idea, but I’m also shamelessly running a contest website at http://www.mgatelabs.com/wiki/Darpa_Network_Challenge Thanks, Michael Fuller Graduate Student of Software Engineering @ Auburn University Developer of Port Defender on the AppStore ********** Greetings buzztown, Tom, you were concerned about the lack of competition in the chip market. Well actually there was more in the early days of Windows NT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windo NT was initially available on these platforms: Intel X86, MIPS R3000/R4000 DEC Alpha, IBM PowerPC, Itanium and AMD64. I was in software development back then. With four Unix platforms, we had 10 platforms to develop and support. Expensive! With the market consolidation, It is so much easier now. We support Windows X86, OS X, Solaris and HP-UX. Any new chip maker is going to have to emulate the X86 instruction set. AMD, in 1982 licensed the X86 architecture. That, I believe, is why they still exist today. I can’t imagine Intel would do that again, Unless the Government ordered it. It is nice to have a standard PC that can boot Windows, OS X and Linux as needed. There is more competition in electrical outlets around the world. There are 12 different connectors and about 6 different voltages. It’s tough charging you laptop around the world. Love the Show, Henry C. Livonia MI Apparently the Large Hadron Collider is doomed. It can't even survive a bread bombing by birds. The Droid arrived on the scene though, and people actually lined up. However tethering is gonna cost you on the thing. Are you still in love? And Gwen Stefani doesn't like you making her sing Honky Tonk Women. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079218',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1101 Episode Midnight Droid madness in Manhattan http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10392128-266.html Verizon Droid Tethering Will Cost You http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181590/verizon_droid_tethering_will_cost_you.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/psa-sears-charging-50-less-for-new-droid-activations-than-veri/ Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%, new PC sales not as strong http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_091105a.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10391484-75.html Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10% http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/06/confirmed-skype-founders-settle-with-ebay-and-others-get-14-stake-in-skype-not-10/ Twitter Cleaning Up Trending Topics Spam http://mashable.com/2009/11/05/twitter-trending-topics-spam/ No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero [Updated] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/no-doubt-sues-activision-over-band-hero.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10391715-17.html Judge Halts Online Sale of Beatles Songs http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/bluebeat-claims-to-own-new-copyrights-to-old-beatles-songs/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/about-those-beatles-songs-its-weirder-than-you-thought.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Betting on a Metal-Air Battery Breakthrough http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/23877/?a=f LHC Shut Down Again -- By Baguette-Dropping Bird http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/0824213/LHC-Shut-Down-Again-mdash-By-Baguette-Dropping-Bird?from=rss Sony to bring Risk to the big screen http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/06/risk_movie/ VOICEMAIL Brian in Virginia on the PS3 Netflix Anonymous Tony about 3G maps EMAIL Hey Buzz crew, I am sure you will have this in today’s lineup..but just in case: Comcast’s new throttling policies. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/04/2026206/Comcasts-New-Throttling-Plan-Uses-Trigger-Conditions-Not-Silent-Blocking “Its network throttling implements a two-tier packet queueing system at the routers, driven by two trigger conditions. Comcast’s first traffic throttling trigger is tripped by using more than 70 per cent of your maximum downstream or upstream bandwidth for more than 15 minutes. Its second traffic throttling trigger is tripped when the Cable Modem Termination System you’re hooked-up to - along with up to 15,000 other Comcast subscribers - gets congested, and your traffic is somehow identified as being responsible. Tripping either of Comcast’s high bandwidth usage rate triggers results in throttling for at least 15 minutes, or until your average bandwidth utilisation rate drops below 50 per cent for 15 minutes.” So…by analogy, will cops start giving out speeding tickets if you travel >=70% of the posted speed limit for more than 15 minutes as well? Wasn’t there a recent story about the FTC/FCC rules about “Truth in advertising” about ISP speeds? Now Comcast pretty much says, that whatever the ADVERTISED bandwidth, you will be punished for using more than 70% of your ACTUAL bandwidth. Lima Tango Sierra! Bob in NJ… ********** Hey, First off, Love the Show My brother just alerted me to the Darpa Network Challenge, http://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/, which is to mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet. The goal of the Challenge is to be the first to submit the locations of 10 large red weather balloons scattered throughout the continental united states. One person can’t do it alone, so the winner will be the best one to use Social Networking to solve the challenge, and what better then getting the word out on BOL? I’ve seen others on Facebook with the same idea, but I’m also shamelessly running a contest website at http://www.mgatelabs.com/wiki/Darpa_Network_Challenge Thanks, Michael Fuller Graduate Student of Software Engineering @ Auburn University Developer of Port Defender on the AppStore ********** Greetings buzztown, Tom, you were concerned about the lack of competition in the chip market. Well actually there was more in the early days of Windows NT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windo NT was initially available on these platforms: Intel X86, MIPS R3000/R4000 DEC Alpha, IBM PowerPC, Itanium and AMD64. I was in software development back then. With four Unix platforms, we had 10 platforms to develop and support. Expensive! With the market consolidation, It is so much easier now. We support Windows X86, OS X, Solaris and HP-UX. Any new chip maker is going to have to emulate the X86 instruction set. AMD, in 1982 licensed the X86 architecture. That, I believe, is why they still exist today. I can’t imagine Intel would do that again, Unless the Government ordered it. It is nice to have a standard PC that can boot Windows, OS X and Linux as needed. There is more competition in electrical outlets around the world. There are 12 different connectors and about 6 different voltages. It’s tough charging you laptop around the world. Love the Show, Henry C. Livonia MI tag:odeo.com,2009-11-06,25413738 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:27:33 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25408153-BOL-1100-The-Internet-is-a-human-right-in-Europe The European Commission has decided that every citizen has a right to the Internet, but still made it fairly easy for the media industry to cut the Internet off. We also see that Intel is in hot water again. And we ask that perennial question, "Why can't I own a Canadian?" And Google answers. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079017',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1100 Intel in threats and bribery suit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8343179.stm Google Dashboard lifts curtain on stored privacy data http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10390941-265.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/transparency-choice-and-control-now.html EU Breaks deadlock in debate over right to Internet access http://www.pcworld... The European Commission has decided that every citizen has a right to the Internet, but still made it fairly easy for the media industry to cut the Internet off. We also see that Intel is in hot water again. And we ask that perennial question, "Why can't I own a Canadian?" And Google answers. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079017',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1100 Intel in threats and bribery suit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8343179.stm Google Dashboard lifts curtain on stored privacy data http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10390941-265.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/transparency-choice-and-control-now.html EU Breaks deadlock in debate over right to Internet access http://www.pcworld.com/article/181472/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8344174.stm Tell the FCC to say no to Hollywood’s insane “Selectable Output Control” kill-switch http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/04/tell-the-fcc-to-say.html Congress may require ISPs to block certain fraud sites http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10390779-38.html Verizon offers prepaid, no-contract 3G data bundled with a USB airstick http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10391153-94.html Man-In-the-Middle Vulnerability For SSL and TLS http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/05/144252/Man-In-the-Middle-Vulnerability-For-SSL-and-TLS eBay launches online fashion magazine http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/ebay-comes-out-of-the-attic-and-starts-a-fashion-magazine/ WoW may be banned in China http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5A32GE20091104 What does Google Suggest suggest about the state of humanity? http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49304156,00.htm VOICE MAIL Brent from Lake Elsinore on Paypal E-MAIL Hello Buzztronauts The NASA Space Elevator 2010 competition is currently ongoing at Edwards airforce base in California. There are now only 3 teams competing and well my university is one of those teams. There’s some really cool tech involved with records being broken for the most power wirelessly beamed over a distance and also just some really cool stuff to see a robot climb 1 km vertically while being powered by a giant laser. The USST (University of Saskatchewan Space design Team) will get their first run tomorrow morning at 7 AM and the competition can be viewed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/space-elevator News of today’s happenings can be found here. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/04/2117873.aspx Love the Show Scott “The Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering Student” Theede ********** Hi Buzz Crew, Listening to the commentary on episode 1099 about the ACTA treaty and the possible resulting three-strikes law, it occurred to me that perhaps what we need is a co-ordinated campaign against the lawmakers. In each country where these laws are enacted, people could make claims of copyright infringement against the legislators at both home and work. After receiving three such complaints the ISPs would have no choice but to cut off their internet connections. It would be interesting to see how quickly the laws would be repealed when those that made them became personally affected by the severe defects and opportunity for abuse in the legislation. Love the show, Doug ********** http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/04/latest_snow_leopard_build_resurrects_atom_compatibility.html You guys had a pretty good go at Apple on Monday for getting rid of Atom compatibility. Was that really warranted given that it was a private beta release given to select developers? Anyway, now they’ve put it back in. I’m about 99% sure they put it back because they heard Molly’s rant. Love the show, scottjackson ********** Hey Buzz Crew, After watching the podcast last night I went to Google Maps and looked up this mythic town of Argleton. I was poking around the area and noticed something else. Just to the south of the supposed site of Argleton is a train station. The name of this train station is the Maghull Rail Station. It made me laugh because it reminded me of what Natalie said about not being able to see it because we are “Muggles”. I got a kick out of it anyway. LOVE LOVE LOVE the show, Aaron (Graphic artist from Garland, TX) The European Commission has decided that every citizen has a right to the Internet, but still made it fairly easy for the media industry to cut the Internet off. We also see that Intel is in hot water again. And we ask that perennial question, "Why can't I own a Canadian?" And Google answers. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079017',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1100 Intel in threats and bribery suit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8343179.stm Google Dashboard lifts curtain on stored privacy data http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10390941-265.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/transparency-choice-and-control-now.html EU Breaks deadlock in debate over right to Internet access http://www.pcworld.com/article/181472/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8344174.stm Tell the FCC to say no to Hollywood’s insane “Selectable Output Control” kill-switch http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/04/tell-the-fcc-to-say.html Congress may require ISPs to block certain fraud sites http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10390779-38.html Verizon offers prepaid, no-contract 3G data bundled with a USB airstick http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10391153-94.html Man-In-the-Middle Vulnerability For SSL and TLS http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/05/144252/Man-In-the-Middle-Vulnerability-For-SSL-and-TLS eBay launches online fashion magazine http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/ebay-comes-out-of-the-attic-and-starts-a-fashion-magazine/ WoW may be banned in China http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5A32GE20091104 What does Google Suggest suggest about the state of humanity? http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49304156,00.htm VOICE MAIL Brent from Lake Elsinore on Paypal E-MAIL Hello Buzztronauts The NASA Space Elevator 2010 competition is currently ongoing at Edwards airforce base in California. There are now only 3 teams competing and well my university is one of those teams. There’s some really cool tech involved with records being broken for the most power wirelessly beamed over a distance and also just some really cool stuff to see a robot climb 1 km vertically while being powered by a giant laser. The USST (University of Saskatchewan Space design Team) will get their first run tomorrow morning at 7 AM and the competition can be viewed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/space-elevator News of today’s happenings can be found here. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/04/2117873.aspx Love the Show Scott “The Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering Student” Theede ********** Hi Buzz Crew, Listening to the commentary on episode 1099 about the ACTA treaty and the possible resulting three-strikes law, it occurred to me that perhaps what we need is a co-ordinated campaign against the lawmakers. In each country where these laws are enacted, people could make claims of copyright infringement against the legislators at both home and work. After receiving three such complaints the ISPs would have no choice but to cut off their internet connections. It would be interesting to see how quickly the laws would be repealed when those that made them became personally affected by the severe defects and opportunity for abuse in the legislation. Love the show, Doug ********** http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/04/latest_snow_leopard_build_resurrects_atom_compatibility.html You guys had a pretty good go at Apple on Monday for getting rid of Atom compatibility. Was that really warranted given that it was a private beta release given to select developers? Anyway, now they’ve put it back in. I’m about 99% sure they put it back because they heard Molly’s rant. Love the show, scottjackson ********** Hey Buzz Crew, After watching the podcast last night I went to Google Maps and looked up this mythic town of Argleton. I was poking around the area and noticed something else. Just to the south of the supposed site of Argleton is a train station. The name of this train station is the Maghull Rail Station. It made me laugh because it reminded me of what Natalie said about not being able to see it because we are “Muggles”. I got a kick out of it anyway. LOVE LOVE LOVE the show, Aaron (Graphic artist from Garland, TX) tag:odeo.com,2009-11-05,25408153 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:53:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25394515-BOL-1099-Secret-ACTA-treaty-could-break-the-Internet Leaks from the secret negotiations of the ACTA treaty allege that ISPs worldwide would be required to lose safe-harbor protections, implement three-strike antipiracy policies, and worse. We think this is outrageous. AT&T thinks Verizon is outrageous because of its commercials and so is taking Verizon to court. Also, EMI finally got around to suing BlueBeat.com for selling Beatles tracks online. But you can buy a Beatles USB stick for $280. So, you've got that going for you. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079016',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1099 AT&T vs. Verizon: There’s a lawyer for that http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10389960-266.html AT&T sues Verizon over ‘there’s a map ... Leaks from the secret negotiations of the ACTA treaty allege that ISPs worldwide would be required to lose safe-harbor protections, implement three-strike antipiracy policies, and worse. We think this is outrageous. AT&T thinks Verizon is outrageous because of its commercials and so is taking Verizon to court. Also, EMI finally got around to suing BlueBeat.com for selling Beatles tracks online. But you can buy a Beatles USB stick for $280. So, you've got that going for you. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079016',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1099 AT&T vs. Verizon: There’s a lawyer for that http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10389960-266.html AT&T sues Verizon over ‘there’s a map for that’ ads http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/atandt-sues-verizon-over-theres-a-map-for-that-ads/ T-Mobile USA says it has fixed voice, data outages http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091104-710151.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10390097-56.html Leaked ACTA Internet provisions: Three strikes and a global DMCA http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/11/leaked-acta-internet-provisions-three-strikes-and- http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html EMI sues Beatles-download Web site http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8342277.stm The Beatles catalog being released on limited-edition USB stick http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/the-beatles-catalog-being-released-on-limited-edition-usb-stick/ Nvidia confirms Intel chipsets won’t support USB 3.0 until 2011 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/nvidia-confirms-intel-chipsets-wont-support-usb-3-0-until-2011/ …So, will Nvidia go rogue with its own x86 chipset? http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/11/nvidia-x86-cpu-rumors-resurfaceis-it-a-plausible-scenario.ars UPDATE: Personal Droid data will cost $30 http://www.gearlog.com/2009/11/personal_droid_data_will_cost.php Verizon looking to bump early termination fee to $350 on ‘advanced’ devices http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/verizon-looking-to-bump-early-termination-fee-to-350-on-advanc/ Another Verizon Droid commercial, Stealth, and it's awesome http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/11/03/another-verizon-droid-commercial-stealth-and-its-awesome/ PayPal unveils plans to open payment service http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/ebusiness/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600183 In test, Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/03/2123258/In-Test-Windows-7-Vulnerable-To-8-Out-of-10-Viruses E-MAIL Hi BOL crew! I love the show but it can be hard to sit and listen to somebody for 5 minutes going on about a software licensing system that should be put into place, when it’s been around for 15 years or so. It’s called Microsoft Open Licensing with Software Assurance. http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/default.aspx Small and large corporations can purchase from this programme to license their applications and OS from Microsoft. They can opt in for Software Assurance which means they get any and all paid upgrades at no extra charge during the license period (Usually 3 years) They also get support and other benefits. Media is sent out when required. Some versions of the MS OLP allow companies to pay annually over the 3 years rather than up front if that helps their books. It does give you predictable IT expenditures. When it comes to home users, most IT experts will agree that it’s usually best to use the OS that came with your computer and ignore major OS updates. Wait until you buy a new computer that comes with the new OS. Small updates like Snow Leopard on new computers like my March 2009 iMac make sense, especially at $30! However, I like Tom, do not want to pay monthly or annually for my software. If it was an option it might be ok, but not the only one I hope. I repeat, LTS! Cheers, Jay Rymal Toronto, Ontario, Canada ********** Re: Nook v. Alex. I am not sure what trade secrets were taken from Spring Design. Judging from the documents filed, Spring Design didn’t even have a working prototype in the Feb 09 meeting, so the only thing they exchanged were probably concepts. If B&N did not have a dual screen e-book reader in the final development phase already, i.e., they came up with it only after seeing the drawings in Feb 2009, B&N must have one crack hardware engineering team (or ODM)/Android programmers to get to a final product in 9 months. Also, what’s the big deal about dual screens–Nintendo DS (hence the name) has been around for a long time with split screen functionality. Expanding it to a tablet size seems like an obvious expansion. Nintendo lawyers: start your engines. Dickson ********** Hey Buzz crew! Bryan the Insurance IT guy here in Springfield, Missouri. I've been listening to the show for several years without writing or calling in, but I was listening to the Verizon/Exchange discussion in episode 1098 on the way to work this morning and thought I'd finally chime in with a couple of tidbits! First, I administer Exchange and mobile devices for my office, and I can tell you there's no simple way for Verizon or any other carrier to detect and block Exchange ActiveSync traffic. ActiveSync encapsulates all device-server communications in HTTPS packets for security, so the only port that needs to be allowed for ActiveSync to work is port 443 - and you can bet all hell would break loose if any carrier tried to block port 443, as that's the port used for ALL SECURE WEBSITES! One thing they might try is to profile traffic patterns for ActiveSync and block based on that, but I'm guessing that's harder than it sounds and would get very messy, very quickly. Good luck to any carrier trying to pull THAT one off. Second, I've now been involved in setting up half a dozen users with iPhones in my office, some on personal plans, and some on our recently-established corporate account. NONE OF US is paying the 45 bucks for "Enterprise" data service on the iPhone. For the users who set it up on their personal accounts, that didn't surprise me. I DID expect to get some pushback on the iPhone data plans for the corporate accounts, but in every case, we looked the AT&T rep in the eye and said, "Yes, it's a corporate account, but I'm only going to check personal email", and in every case, they didn't even blink. Maybe this attitude varies by region, but here in Southwest Missouri, at least, I've never heard of a case of AT&T forcing the $15 premium on iPhone users, even on business accounts. Incidentally, there's only one time we've been required to pony up the $45 for the enterprise data plan - AND IT WAS TO SUPPORT OUR LONE BLACKBERRY USER. Maybe next time I'll call in, but I like to take serious relationships slowly. For now I'm still listening to other shows, but BOL holds a special place in my heart, and maybe one day I'll be able to commit. Leaks from the secret negotiations of the ACTA treaty allege that ISPs worldwide would be required to lose safe-harbor protections, implement three-strike antipiracy policies, and worse. We think this is outrageous. AT&T thinks Verizon is outrageous because of its commercials and so is taking Verizon to court. Also, EMI finally got around to suing BlueBeat.com for selling Beatles tracks online. But you can buy a Beatles USB stick for $280. So, you've got that going for you. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079016',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1099 AT&T vs. Verizon: There’s a lawyer for that http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10389960-266.html AT&T sues Verizon over ‘there’s a map for that’ ads http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/atandt-sues-verizon-over-theres-a-map-for-that-ads/ T-Mobile USA says it has fixed voice, data outages http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091104-710151.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10390097-56.html Leaked ACTA Internet provisions: Three strikes and a global DMCA http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/11/leaked-acta-internet-provisions-three-strikes-and- http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html EMI sues Beatles-download Web site http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8342277.stm The Beatles catalog being released on limited-edition USB stick http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/the-beatles-catalog-being-released-on-limited-edition-usb-stick/ Nvidia confirms Intel chipsets won’t support USB 3.0 until 2011 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/nvidia-confirms-intel-chipsets-wont-support-usb-3-0-until-2011/ …So, will Nvidia go rogue with its own x86 chipset? http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/11/nvidia-x86-cpu-rumors-resurfaceis-it-a-plausible-scenario.ars UPDATE: Personal Droid data will cost $30 http://www.gearlog.com/2009/11/personal_droid_data_will_cost.php Verizon looking to bump early termination fee to $350 on ‘advanced’ devices http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/verizon-looking-to-bump-early-termination-fee-to-350-on-advanc/ Another Verizon Droid commercial, Stealth, and it's awesome http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/11/03/another-verizon-droid-commercial-stealth-and-its-awesome/ PayPal unveils plans to open payment service http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/ebusiness/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600183 In test, Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/03/2123258/In-Test-Windows-7-Vulnerable-To-8-Out-of-10-Viruses E-MAIL Hi BOL crew! I love the show but it can be hard to sit and listen to somebody for 5 minutes going on about a software licensing system that should be put into place, when it’s been around for 15 years or so. It’s called Microsoft Open Licensing with Software Assurance. http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/default.aspx Small and large corporations can purchase from this programme to license their applications and OS from Microsoft. They can opt in for Software Assurance which means they get any and all paid upgrades at no extra charge during the license period (Usually 3 years) They also get support and other benefits. Media is sent out when required. Some versions of the MS OLP allow companies to pay annually over the 3 years rather than up front if that helps their books. It does give you predictable IT expenditures. When it comes to home users, most IT experts will agree that it’s usually best to use the OS that came with your computer and ignore major OS updates. Wait until you buy a new computer that comes with the new OS. Small updates like Snow Leopard on new computers like my March 2009 iMac make sense, especially at $30! However, I like Tom, do not want to pay monthly or annually for my software. If it was an option it might be ok, but not the only one I hope. I repeat, LTS! Cheers, Jay Rymal Toronto, Ontario, Canada ********** Re: Nook v. Alex. I am not sure what trade secrets were taken from Spring Design. Judging from the documents filed, Spring Design didn’t even have a working prototype in the Feb 09 meeting, so the only thing they exchanged were probably concepts. If B&N did not have a dual screen e-book reader in the final development phase already, i.e., they came up with it only after seeing the drawings in Feb 2009, B&N must have one crack hardware engineering team (or ODM)/Android programmers to get to a final product in 9 months. Also, what’s the big deal about dual screens–Nintendo DS (hence the name) has been around for a long time with split screen functionality. Expanding it to a tablet size seems like an obvious expansion. Nintendo lawyers: start your engines. Dickson ********** Hey Buzz crew! Bryan the Insurance IT guy here in Springfield, Missouri. I've been listening to the show for several years without writing or calling in, but I was listening to the Verizon/Exchange discussion in episode 1098 on the way to work this morning and thought I'd finally chime in with a couple of tidbits! First, I administer Exchange and mobile devices for my office, and I can tell you there's no simple way for Verizon or any other carrier to detect and block Exchange ActiveSync traffic. ActiveSync encapsulates all device-server communications in HTTPS packets for security, so the only port that needs to be allowed for ActiveSync to work is port 443 - and you can bet all hell would break loose if any carrier tried to block port 443, as that's the port used for ALL SECURE WEBSITES! One thing they might try is to profile traffic patterns for ActiveSync and block based on that, but I'm guessing that's harder than it sounds and would get very messy, very quickly. Good luck to any carrier trying to pull THAT one off. Second, I've now been involved in setting up half a dozen users with iPhones in my office, some on personal plans, and some on our recently-established corporate account. NONE OF US is paying the 45 bucks for "Enterprise" data service on the iPhone. For the users who set it up on their personal accounts, that didn't surprise me. I DID expect to get some pushback on the iPhone data plans for the corporate accounts, but in every case, we looked the AT&T rep in the eye and said, "Yes, it's a corporate account, but I'm only going to check personal email", and in every case, they didn't even blink. Maybe this attitude varies by region, but here in Southwest Missouri, at least, I've never heard of a case of AT&T forcing the $15 premium on iPhone users, even on business accounts. Incidentally, there's only one time we've been required to pony up the $45 for the enterprise data plan - AND IT WAS TO SUPPORT OUR LONE BLACKBERRY USER. Maybe next time I'll call in, but I like to take serious relationships slowly. For now I'm still listening to other shows, but BOL holds a special place in my heart, and maybe one day I'll be able to commit. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-04,25394515 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:55:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25394517-BOL-1098-Find-TuPac-and-Elvis-in-Argleton The mystical city of Argleton in the U.K. appears on Google Maps but presents a face of green empty fields to people in person. What is it hiding? Druids? Wizards? Copyright protection? We also discuss the hot new XPERIA X 10 and the less hot Droid Exchange data plan. Also we can tell you when to watch Cougar Town on Hulu. We never stop our attempts to serve your every need. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079015',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1098 Microsoft chops price of its hosted software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10388764-56.html Want a Droid for work e-mail? It’ll cost you extra http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/want-droid-work-e-mail-itll-cost-you-extra-575 Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 ... The mystical city of Argleton in the U.K. appears on Google Maps but presents a face of green empty fields to people in person. What is it hiding? Druids? Wizards? Copyright protection? We also discuss the hot new XPERIA X 10 and the less hot Droid Exchange data plan. Also we can tell you when to watch Cougar Town on Hulu. We never stop our attempts to serve your every need. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079015',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1098 Microsoft chops price of its hosted software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10388764-56.html Want a Droid for work e-mail? It’ll cost you extra http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/want-droid-work-e-mail-itll-cost-you-extra-575 Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 announced http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2355137,00.asp http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10389463-94.html Dutch hacker holds jailbroken iPhones “hostage” for ?5 http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/11/dutch-hacker-holds-jailbroken-iphones-hostage-for-5.ars Best Buy prepares for the post-DVD era http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/best-buy-prepares-for-the-post-dvd-era/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/best-buy-partnering-with-cinemanow-to-stream-first-run-dvds-to-a/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10389016-260.html Spring Design files lawsuit against Barnes & Noble: Nook violates Alex intellectual property http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091102006674&newsLang=en http://www.tgdaily.com/consumer-electronics-features/44517-start-up-sues-over-nook Hulu launches Coming Soon, their own TV Guide, sort of http://blog.hulu.com/2009/11/02/coming-soon-your-resource-for-good-things-to-come/ Feds charge cable modem modder with 'aiding computer intrusion' http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/derengel/ http://www.pcworld.com/article/181267/alleged_cable_modem_hacker_indicted_in_us.html Space hotel on track for 2012 – requires 8 weeks of training http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_space_hotel;_ylt=AppcrpbEAKVXEHRSsMudbLx0fNdF Mystery of Argleton, the ‘Google’ town that only exists online http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6474746/Mystery-of-Argleton-the-Google-town-that-only-exists-online.html VOICE MAIL Jerry from the fed thinks e-mail and letters are the same Anonymous G-Man disagrees E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, On Monday’s show, you guys took issue with Apple’s argument regarding Psystar’s unauthorized “copying” of OS X when the machines boot and make copies in the system’s RAM. Although I’m not a lawyer, I am currently a law school student, and I can tell you that the idea that copying into RAM constitutes making a “copy” in the way Apple claims is well established law. See MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc., 991 F.2d 511 (9th Cir. 1993). As consumers, we’re given an exception for making RAM copies because we own authorized copies (or licenses) of our software. Apple’s argument (and it’s probably a valid one) is that Psystar is making unauthorized copies, and is thus not allowed to claim the same safe-harbour that allows regular consumers to make RAM copies. As someone who hopes to build a hackintosh myself one day, I’m not particularly happy to say it, but it seems relatively clear that Apple has got established legal precedent on its side here. Love the show. Nathan *********** Someone must have commented that the “Nook” seems to come from Dr Seuss… In “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue fish” There is a part about “I took a look, I saw a Nook, and on his head there was a hook, and on his hook there was a book, and on the book was how to cook…” So when I heard the name Nook as a book reader, it just seemed too obvious. Of course the nook couldn’t read so the nook couldn’t cook so what good to a nook is a hook cook book? Maybe I missed this discussion? Love the show Irie *********** I have an alternative to the Twitter Peak. I had a “smart” pager back in 1998 and it had a full qwerty keyboard and could send/receive email or send text pages to other smart pagers. I did a quick net search and these are still available, only now they support two way SMS as well for about $20/month and 2000+ texts/pages/emails. Pagers run $50-150. Who knew. Probably better for a kid than a medium that by default broadcasts to the whole world. Plus no camera, unlike most cellphones, so no tween-sexting issues. Love the show. James The mystical city of Argleton in the U.K. appears on Google Maps but presents a face of green empty fields to people in person. What is it hiding? Druids? Wizards? Copyright protection? We also discuss the hot new XPERIA X 10 and the less hot Droid Exchange data plan. Also we can tell you when to watch Cougar Town on Hulu. We never stop our attempts to serve your every need. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079015',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1098 Microsoft chops price of its hosted software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10388764-56.html Want a Droid for work e-mail? It’ll cost you extra http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/want-droid-work-e-mail-itll-cost-you-extra-575 Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 announced http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2355137,00.asp http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10389463-94.html Dutch hacker holds jailbroken iPhones “hostage” for ?5 http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/11/dutch-hacker-holds-jailbroken-iphones-hostage-for-5.ars Best Buy prepares for the post-DVD era http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/best-buy-prepares-for-the-post-dvd-era/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/best-buy-partnering-with-cinemanow-to-stream-first-run-dvds-to-a/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10389016-260.html Spring Design files lawsuit against Barnes & Noble: Nook violates Alex intellectual property http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091102006674&newsLang=en http://www.tgdaily.com/consumer-electronics-features/44517-start-up-sues-over-nook Hulu launches Coming Soon, their own TV Guide, sort of http://blog.hulu.com/2009/11/02/coming-soon-your-resource-for-good-things-to-come/ Feds charge cable modem modder with 'aiding computer intrusion' http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/derengel/ http://www.pcworld.com/article/181267/alleged_cable_modem_hacker_indicted_in_us.html Space hotel on track for 2012 – requires 8 weeks of training http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_space_hotel;_ylt=AppcrpbEAKVXEHRSsMudbLx0fNdF Mystery of Argleton, the ‘Google’ town that only exists online http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6474746/Mystery-of-Argleton-the-Google-town-that-only-exists-online.html VOICE MAIL Jerry from the fed thinks e-mail and letters are the same Anonymous G-Man disagrees E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, On Monday’s show, you guys took issue with Apple’s argument regarding Psystar’s unauthorized “copying” of OS X when the machines boot and make copies in the system’s RAM. Although I’m not a lawyer, I am currently a law school student, and I can tell you that the idea that copying into RAM constitutes making a “copy” in the way Apple claims is well established law. See MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc., 991 F.2d 511 (9th Cir. 1993). As consumers, we’re given an exception for making RAM copies because we own authorized copies (or licenses) of our software. Apple’s argument (and it’s probably a valid one) is that Psystar is making unauthorized copies, and is thus not allowed to claim the same safe-harbour that allows regular consumers to make RAM copies. As someone who hopes to build a hackintosh myself one day, I’m not particularly happy to say it, but it seems relatively clear that Apple has got established legal precedent on its side here. Love the show. Nathan *********** Someone must have commented that the “Nook” seems to come from Dr Seuss… In “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue fish” There is a part about “I took a look, I saw a Nook, and on his head there was a hook, and on his hook there was a book, and on the book was how to cook…” So when I heard the name Nook as a book reader, it just seemed too obvious. Of course the nook couldn’t read so the nook couldn’t cook so what good to a nook is a hook cook book? Maybe I missed this discussion? Love the show Irie *********** I have an alternative to the Twitter Peak. I had a “smart” pager back in 1998 and it had a full qwerty keyboard and could send/receive email or send text pages to other smart pagers. I did a quick net search and these are still available, only now they support two way SMS as well for about $20/month and 2000+ texts/pages/emails. Pagers run $50-150. Who knew. Probably better for a kid than a medium that by default broadcasts to the whole world. Plus no camera, unlike most cellphones, so no tween-sexting issues. Love the show. James tag:odeo.com,2009-11-03,25394517 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:10:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25394518-BOL-1097-Beatles-Bargain-Basement-Blowout Over at BlueBeat.com, the best MP3-selling Website you've never heard of, has got it all for your listening pleasure, the entire Beatles catalog in MP3 form for just 25 cents each! Get them while you can (which won't be long). In other news, file sharers might buy more music, Bittorrent might save the Internet, and Apple could save the networks (but kill cable). loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079014',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1097 BlueBeat first with legal Beatles downloads — or at least a hell of a lot of cheek. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/beatles-finally-sale-online-bluebeat/story?id=8960464 Study: File sharers spend more money on music http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-1... Over at BlueBeat.com, the best MP3-selling Website you've never heard of, has got it all for your listening pleasure, the entire Beatles catalog in MP3 form for just 25 cents each! Get them while you can (which won't be long). In other news, file sharers might buy more music, Bittorrent might save the Internet, and Apple could save the networks (but kill cable). loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079014',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1097 BlueBeat first with legal Beatles downloads — or at least a hell of a lot of cheek. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/beatles-finally-sale-online-bluebeat/story?id=8960464 Study: File sharers spend more money on music http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10387976-71.html uTorrent 2.0 To Elimininate The Need For ISP Throttling http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-2-0-to-elimininate-the-need-for-isp-throttling-091031/ DVR, Once TV's Mortal Foe, Helps Ratings http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/business/media/02ratings.html Apple pitching iTunes subscription TV model for $30 a month http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091102/apples-itunes-pitch-tv-for-30-a-month/ Snow Leopard Update Blocks Intel Atom, Kills Hackintoshes http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/snow-leopard-update-blocks-intel-atom-kills-hackintoshes/ Apple Says Booting OS X Makes an Unauthorized Copy http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/11/01/195232/Apple-Says-Booting-OS-X-Makes-an-Unauthorized-Copy Unconfirmed reports say Droid may also be headed to T-Mobile http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=15838 Nintendo chief: the Wii has stalled http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10387926-235.html Free 3G Wireless For Nintendo’s Next Handheld? http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/02/1530221/Free-3G-Wireless-For-Nintendos-Next-Handheld An entire baby Wiimote peripheral http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/11/an-entire-baby-wiimote-peripheral/ VOICE MAIL Matt from Orlando: Pagers FTW! E-MAIL No, I'm not a lawyer but given that Joe Wilson is my congressman (oh, the pride I feel), maybe I'm a bit more entitled to blurt things out... I found this text for the beginning of the 4th amendment.. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,..." So what I'm thinking is this: couldn't we define email as an extension of your "papers" I'm not sure what they meant by "effects Perhaps some other member of this BOL community can weigh in. LTS (love the show) Brad Edwards Columbia, South Carolina ********** Hey Buzz Crew, You’ve been getting me excited about the Nook, with its ability to loan a book out to a friend for up to two weeks. But I just heard that not only won’t you have this option for all publishers (which you may have mentioned), but even when a publisher supports it, you can only loan a book ONCE. So if I loan you a book and you’re too busy to even start it, I can’t loan it to you again, and nobody else can benefit from me loaning it out either. Thanks for wasting my ability to loan out that book! Sources: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60148&highlight=nook+lending http://webfloss.com/nook-just-turned-down-suckish-road/ Dan Vanderboom Milwaukee, WI ********** So three guesses where I went today. I’ll give you a hint it rhymes with the Ficrosoft Smore. Yes, the wait is over and I’m happy to announce (although a I’m tiny bit bitter) that the Microsoft Store is in fact a success. First of all the place is HUGE and loaded with all the best Microsoft using hardware (and no doubt the most expensive). In the store there are plenty of Zunes and sleek laptops, but the things that seemed to really seemed to put the asses in the seats were the gigantic touched screened computers, Xbox 360 games as well as some surface like gaming tables. Now this store does look a lot like an Apple store and it would have been nice to see some originality but all in all I have to say that Microsoft did this right. Although I have yet to have seen the new Apple store that is under construction as of now. All I know it that It has swallowed the store next to it and is now twice as big as before. So needless to say I’m freaking out over what’s behind that big black box inclosing it and so are the people judging by how many of them were trying to sneak peaks through the crack in between the doors Apple better come back with something FREAKING AWESOME to top this new store. - Aaron in OC Over at BlueBeat.com, the best MP3-selling Website you've never heard of, has got it all for your listening pleasure, the entire Beatles catalog in MP3 form for just 25 cents each! Get them while you can (which won't be long). In other news, file sharers might buy more music, Bittorrent might save the Internet, and Apple could save the networks (but kill cable). loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079014',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1097 BlueBeat first with legal Beatles downloads — or at least a hell of a lot of cheek. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/beatles-finally-sale-online-bluebeat/story?id=8960464 Study: File sharers spend more money on music http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10387976-71.html uTorrent 2.0 To Elimininate The Need For ISP Throttling http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-2-0-to-elimininate-the-need-for-isp-throttling-091031/ DVR, Once TV's Mortal Foe, Helps Ratings http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/business/media/02ratings.html Apple pitching iTunes subscription TV model for $30 a month http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091102/apples-itunes-pitch-tv-for-30-a-month/ Snow Leopard Update Blocks Intel Atom, Kills Hackintoshes http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/snow-leopard-update-blocks-intel-atom-kills-hackintoshes/ Apple Says Booting OS X Makes an Unauthorized Copy http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/11/01/195232/Apple-Says-Booting-OS-X-Makes-an-Unauthorized-Copy Unconfirmed reports say Droid may also be headed to T-Mobile http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=15838 Nintendo chief: the Wii has stalled http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10387926-235.html Free 3G Wireless For Nintendo’s Next Handheld? http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/02/1530221/Free-3G-Wireless-For-Nintendos-Next-Handheld An entire baby Wiimote peripheral http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/11/an-entire-baby-wiimote-peripheral/ VOICE MAIL Matt from Orlando: Pagers FTW! E-MAIL No, I'm not a lawyer but given that Joe Wilson is my congressman (oh, the pride I feel), maybe I'm a bit more entitled to blurt things out... I found this text for the beginning of the 4th amendment.. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,..." So what I'm thinking is this: couldn't we define email as an extension of your "papers" I'm not sure what they meant by "effects Perhaps some other member of this BOL community can weigh in. LTS (love the show) Brad Edwards Columbia, South Carolina ********** Hey Buzz Crew, You’ve been getting me excited about the Nook, with its ability to loan a book out to a friend for up to two weeks. But I just heard that not only won’t you have this option for all publishers (which you may have mentioned), but even when a publisher supports it, you can only loan a book ONCE. So if I loan you a book and you’re too busy to even start it, I can’t loan it to you again, and nobody else can benefit from me loaning it out either. Thanks for wasting my ability to loan out that book! Sources: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60148&highlight=nook+lending http://webfloss.com/nook-just-turned-down-suckish-road/ Dan Vanderboom Milwaukee, WI ********** So three guesses where I went today. I’ll give you a hint it rhymes with the Ficrosoft Smore. Yes, the wait is over and I’m happy to announce (although a I’m tiny bit bitter) that the Microsoft Store is in fact a success. First of all the place is HUGE and loaded with all the best Microsoft using hardware (and no doubt the most expensive). In the store there are plenty of Zunes and sleek laptops, but the things that seemed to really seemed to put the asses in the seats were the gigantic touched screened computers, Xbox 360 games as well as some surface like gaming tables. Now this store does look a lot like an Apple store and it would have been nice to see some originality but all in all I have to say that Microsoft did this right. Although I have yet to have seen the new Apple store that is under construction as of now. All I know it that It has swallowed the store next to it and is now twice as big as before. So needless to say I’m freaking out over what’s behind that big black box inclosing it and so are the people judging by how many of them were trying to sneak peaks through the crack in between the doors Apple better come back with something FREAKING AWESOME to top this new store. - Aaron in OC tag:odeo.com,2009-11-02,25394518 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:11:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25394519-BOL-1096-Unzipping-your-genes Turns out those terahertz scanners in the airports are mostly safe, but they do a little unzipping of your DNA. Derek says it's nothing to worry about; you won't grow a third arm in the airport--even if it would be handy for carrying baggage. We also find out e-mail isn't private. Did we need the courts to tell us that? And Facebook gets $711 million it will never see. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078621',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1096 Federal judge says e-mail not protected by Fourth Amendment http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/29/2257209/Federal-Judge-Says-E-mail-Not-Protected-By-4th-Amendment http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/10/29/on-gmail-and-the-constitution/ Facebook awarded $711 million in spa... Turns out those terahertz scanners in the airports are mostly safe, but they do a little unzipping of your DNA. Derek says it's nothing to worry about; you won't grow a third arm in the airport--even if it would be handy for carrying baggage. We also find out e-mail isn't private. Did we need the courts to tell us that? And Facebook gets $711 million it will never see. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078621',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1096 Federal judge says e-mail not protected by Fourth Amendment http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/29/2257209/Federal-Judge-Says-E-mail-Not-Protected-By-4th-Amendment http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/10/29/on-gmail-and-the-constitution/ Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10387021-93.html Internet regulator Icann approves Web addresses in multiple languages http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/30/icann-approves-idn-web-addresses-language http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10387139-93.html Epix launches premium movie channel for TV and the Web http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/epixhd_premium_movie_channel_for_the_tv_and_internet_invites.php http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/10/studios-launch-epix-high-def-on-demand-movies-site-and-we-have-invites.ars Google Wave to be opened for federation today! Yes, for you to host. http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/10/30/breaking-google-wave-opened-federation-today-host/ Software that fixes itself http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23821/ Microsoft’s Mission Viejo store opens http://www.ocregister.com/articles/microsoft-store-viejo-2628335-mission-first Let’s kill the OS upgrade disc http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10386856-250.html How terahertz waves tear apart DNA http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/30/1216230/How-Terahertz-Waves-Tear-Apart-DNA ReoCities: Because GeoCities is gone, but not forgotten http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/reocities-because-geocities-is-gone-but-not-forgotten/ VOICE MAIL Jason in Marietta calls out a bridge comment Tony on Net Neutrality Joe with a way to get around Amazon’s scheme E-MAIL Hey crue’de’buzz, I think SoCal or Stanford has an open source 3D printer that only costs around 2K. Aside from the fact that you can swap out the printing medium with cake icing, the coolest part is their goal of making the entire printer printable. If one of the parts is about to break, print a new one! If you’re annoyed with all your friends boggarting your printer, print them one. I think they have about 30% of the parts printable already, and they’re currently trying to replace the few metal parts with printable plastic. Now all we have to do is eagerly await the monopolization of the “periodic feed.” John Smolik Austin, Tx. ********** Hey BOL crew, Just responding to the email in episode 1095 about using the twitter peek to stay in contact with your kids. While I love the idea of a device with “lifetime” service and no contracts, I’m not a fan of single purpose devices. However, I can see where this person is coming from as my son is at the age where a simple text device would be handy and I hardly ever use the phone myself when I can avoid it, so why bother with another cellular plan? So I did a little looking around and found a company called Qwert (qwertcorp.com ) that sells very inexpensive text only plans, no contract, and does not require you to buy a device, they mail you a sim card! Considering my (jailbroken) Gen 1 iPhone is getting on in years and I have been contemplating an upgrade for a while, I decided to pass it on to my son with service from Qwert. It works great and he sure appreciates the “extra” features of playing music and games. James in Milwaukee Turns out those terahertz scanners in the airports are mostly safe, but they do a little unzipping of your DNA. Derek says it's nothing to worry about; you won't grow a third arm in the airport--even if it would be handy for carrying baggage. We also find out e-mail isn't private. Did we need the courts to tell us that? And Facebook gets $711 million it will never see. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078621',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1096 Federal judge says e-mail not protected by Fourth Amendment http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/29/2257209/Federal-Judge-Says-E-mail-Not-Protected-By-4th-Amendment http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/10/29/on-gmail-and-the-constitution/ Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10387021-93.html Internet regulator Icann approves Web addresses in multiple languages http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/30/icann-approves-idn-web-addresses-language http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10387139-93.html Epix launches premium movie channel for TV and the Web http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/epixhd_premium_movie_channel_for_the_tv_and_internet_invites.php http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/10/studios-launch-epix-high-def-on-demand-movies-site-and-we-have-invites.ars Google Wave to be opened for federation today! Yes, for you to host. http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/10/30/breaking-google-wave-opened-federation-today-host/ Software that fixes itself http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23821/ Microsoft’s Mission Viejo store opens http://www.ocregister.com/articles/microsoft-store-viejo-2628335-mission-first Let’s kill the OS upgrade disc http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10386856-250.html How terahertz waves tear apart DNA http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/30/1216230/How-Terahertz-Waves-Tear-Apart-DNA ReoCities: Because GeoCities is gone, but not forgotten http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/reocities-because-geocities-is-gone-but-not-forgotten/ VOICE MAIL Jason in Marietta calls out a bridge comment Tony on Net Neutrality Joe with a way to get around Amazon’s scheme E-MAIL Hey crue’de’buzz, I think SoCal or Stanford has an open source 3D printer that only costs around 2K. Aside from the fact that you can swap out the printing medium with cake icing, the coolest part is their goal of making the entire printer printable. If one of the parts is about to break, print a new one! If you’re annoyed with all your friends boggarting your printer, print them one. I think they have about 30% of the parts printable already, and they’re currently trying to replace the few metal parts with printable plastic. Now all we have to do is eagerly await the monopolization of the “periodic feed.” John Smolik Austin, Tx. ********** Hey BOL crew, Just responding to the email in episode 1095 about using the twitter peek to stay in contact with your kids. While I love the idea of a device with “lifetime” service and no contracts, I’m not a fan of single purpose devices. However, I can see where this person is coming from as my son is at the age where a simple text device would be handy and I hardly ever use the phone myself when I can avoid it, so why bother with another cellular plan? So I did a little looking around and found a company called Qwert (qwertcorp.com ) that sells very inexpensive text only plans, no contract, and does not require you to buy a device, they mail you a sim card! Considering my (jailbroken) Gen 1 iPhone is getting on in years and I have been contemplating an upgrade for a while, I decided to pass it on to my son with service from Qwert. It works great and he sure appreciates the “extra” features of playing music and games. James in Milwaukee tag:odeo.com,2009-10-30,25394519 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:04:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25394521-BOL-1095-The-Phrase-that-Pays-from-Amazon Amazon's trying to compete with PayPal with a new service that brings one-click shopping into the rest of the non-Amazon world. We also kick around a rumor of Netflix coming to the Wii and discuss Google and Yahoo music searches. Oh, and then Cooley and I get deep about business models and copyright. That's near the end, though--if you don't like lectures. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078620',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1095 Google music search announced. Still doesn’t work for Tom http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10385755-93.html Yahoo yells that it’s had it since June http://www.ysearchblog.com/2009/10/28/play-that-funky-music-with-yahoo-search/ Amazon to take on PayPal with PayPhrase h... Amazon's trying to compete with PayPal with a new service that brings one-click shopping into the rest of the non-Amazon world. We also kick around a rumor of Netflix coming to the Wii and discuss Google and Yahoo music searches. Oh, and then Cooley and I get deep about business models and copyright. That's near the end, though--if you don't like lectures. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078620',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1095 Google music search announced. Still doesn’t work for Tom http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10385755-93.html Yahoo yells that it’s had it since June http://www.ysearchblog.com/2009/10/28/play-that-funky-music-with-yahoo-search/ Amazon to take on PayPal with PayPhrase http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59S0FH20091029 Confirmed: Netflix streaming coming to the Wii very shortly http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2009/10/confirmed-netflix-streaming-coming-to-the-wii-very-soon.html Google tells FCC it’s still blocking calls, but fewer of them http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/google_voice_tells_fcc_its_sti.html Microsoft and Yahoo delay signing search deal http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-and-yahoo-delay-signing-search-deal-2009-10 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10385671-56.html NBA brings League Pass to iPhone, Android; out-of-market package runs $40 http://paidcontent.org/article/419-nba-brings-league-pass-to-iphone-android-out-of-market-package-runs-40/ http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59S2NM20091029 Twitter users warned about new phishing attack http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10385661-245.html Xerox claims printable electronics breakthrough http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/29/038210/Xerox-Claims-Printable-Electronics-Breakthrough 40th anniversary of Internet working without a crash http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/today-internets-40th-birthday/story?id=8945743 VOICE MAIL Joe about LSU and Gmail Sloan on his experience in Gmail RogueTess on the Slate name E-MAIL Hey Buzzers, I just read a rather startling article on Slashdot. The article says that amazon has patented a new ‘invention’ that will replace words in all kinds of text documents(book, reviews, etc) with synonyms in an effort to track pirating. As an author I find this very disturbing, I don’t want amazon to go changing my hard work just so they can track piracy. So my question to you is, is this for real and am I understanding it right. Please advise. Future best selling author, JoshuaCaleb P.S. Keep up the great work. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/28/2236235/Amazon-Patents-Changing-Authors-Words ********** BOL folks: My son is approaching the age where a cell phone may come in handy for communicating and coordinating activities. Things like “Running 10 minutes late.” “Meet me at Field 3 after soccer practice.” I’ve been looking for a cheap and light texting-only device. Perhaps the TwitterPeek can do that? Hmmm. Keep on buzzing, ymt ********** Holiday Help Desk November 23-December 23 4 PM ET/1 PM PT Coming soon to http://live.cnet.com/ More details to follow! Amazon's trying to compete with PayPal with a new service that brings one-click shopping into the rest of the non-Amazon world. We also kick around a rumor of Netflix coming to the Wii and discuss Google and Yahoo music searches. Oh, and then Cooley and I get deep about business models and copyright. That's near the end, though--if you don't like lectures. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078620',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1095 Google music search announced. Still doesn’t work for Tom http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10385755-93.html Yahoo yells that it’s had it since June http://www.ysearchblog.com/2009/10/28/play-that-funky-music-with-yahoo-search/ Amazon to take on PayPal with PayPhrase http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59S0FH20091029 Confirmed: Netflix streaming coming to the Wii very shortly http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2009/10/confirmed-netflix-streaming-coming-to-the-wii-very-soon.html Google tells FCC it’s still blocking calls, but fewer of them http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/google_voice_tells_fcc_its_sti.html Microsoft and Yahoo delay signing search deal http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-and-yahoo-delay-signing-search-deal-2009-10 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10385671-56.html NBA brings League Pass to iPhone, Android; out-of-market package runs $40 http://paidcontent.org/article/419-nba-brings-league-pass-to-iphone-android-out-of-market-package-runs-40/ http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59S2NM20091029 Twitter users warned about new phishing attack http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10385661-245.html Xerox claims printable electronics breakthrough http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/29/038210/Xerox-Claims-Printable-Electronics-Breakthrough 40th anniversary of Internet working without a crash http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/today-internets-40th-birthday/story?id=8945743 VOICE MAIL Joe about LSU and Gmail Sloan on his experience in Gmail RogueTess on the Slate name E-MAIL Hey Buzzers, I just read a rather startling article on Slashdot. The article says that amazon has patented a new ‘invention’ that will replace words in all kinds of text documents(book, reviews, etc) with synonyms in an effort to track pirating. As an author I find this very disturbing, I don’t want amazon to go changing my hard work just so they can track piracy. So my question to you is, is this for real and am I understanding it right. Please advise. Future best selling author, JoshuaCaleb P.S. Keep up the great work. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/28/2236235/Amazon-Patents-Changing-Authors-Words ********** BOL folks: My son is approaching the age where a cell phone may come in handy for communicating and coordinating activities. Things like “Running 10 minutes late.” “Meet me at Field 3 after soccer practice.” I’ve been looking for a cheap and light texting-only device. Perhaps the TwitterPeek can do that? Hmmm. Keep on buzzing, ymt ********** Holiday Help Desk November 23-December 23 4 PM ET/1 PM PT Coming soon to http://live.cnet.com/ More details to follow! tag:odeo.com,2009-10-29,25394521 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:05:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25394523-BOL-1094-Crushing-on-the-Droid Rafe is being drawing in to a love story with the new Motorola Droid. Dare we call it a Dro-mance? It's certainly a flashy new phone for Verizon which hasn't always been known for flashy new phones. We also congratulate Google on getting the contract to provide email to the city of Los Angeles. Well congratulate and fear for them. Because if they mess this up, it is so over. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078619',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1094 Los Angeles adopts Google e-mail system for 30,000 city employees http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/city-council-votes-to-adopt-google-email-system-for-30000-city-employees.html Verizon and Motorola unveil the Droid http://news.cnet.com/8301-30... Rafe is being drawing in to a love story with the new Motorola Droid. Dare we call it a Dro-mance? It's certainly a flashy new phone for Verizon which hasn't always been known for flashy new phones. We also congratulate Google on getting the contract to provide email to the city of Los Angeles. Well congratulate and fear for them. Because if they mess this up, it is so over. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078619',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1094 Los Angeles adopts Google e-mail system for 30,000 city employees http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/city-council-votes-to-adopt-google-email-system-for-30000-city-employees.html Verizon and Motorola unveil the Droid http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10384994-266.html Droid Eris: Verizon’s other Android phone? http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10384533-251.html Google Maps adds turn-by-turn to Android phones for free http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10384544-265.html Microsoft to shut down MSN Direct traffic service for GPS (in 2012) http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/shutting-down-msn-direct-traffic-service-for-gps-units.html Microsoft Signature computers dump crapware http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/10/microsofts_signature_pc_shows_its_vision_of_computing_perfection.html Peek silling Twitter-only device. Why? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002R5AG50?ie=UTF8&tag=livedigitally-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002R5AG50 http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/the-twitterpeek-is-a-peek-for-twitter/ FCC Considers Shifting Some TV Airwaves to Broadband http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703574604574499730302393274.html Stalqer mobile social app finds friends in new ways http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10384727-250.html How to Solve the Net Neutrality Issue http://www.technewsworld.com/story/How-to-Solve-the-Net-Neutrality-Issue-68491.html Ares I-X successfully launched http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/index.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8330424.stm VOICEMAIL Paul on call forwarding EMAIL Hey Guys Remember Redlasso, where you could use their servers that are recording stuff from cable and local stations 24/7 to make clips to emvbed in your blog? I was on the list for beta testing and they somehow made it back into service this week? Who’d have thunk it? J’Tao in San Francisco http://redlasso.com/ ********** Hey Buzz Crew, Yesterday you asked if there is still a Universal Service Fund fee on phone bills, and the answer is YES! I currently work for a telco as customer service, and I get about 10 calls a week asking what that charge is on their bill. And of course no one ever likes the answer. In fact, I often have people tell me that our company should eat the cost of the taxes and fee’s. Yes, it would be nice if the telcos did that, but the taxes and fees are so high many companies would go out of business. If we had enough people complain about the USF fee or taxes to our elected officials we could probably reduce them. But don’t get angry with companies that are required by law to have them. I bet that most telcos would be fine will lower taxes or fees on their customers bills, because a happy customer is a customer who will generally stay. Love the show. ~Justin~ ********** Howdy Buzzians I know the DMCA is last years hot topic, but I thought people would still enjoy this nonetheless. the EFF (Electronics Frontier Foundation) has set up a new site for their “Takedown Hall of Shame” displaying some of the most insane and ludicrous takedown notices people have recieved. Some of them are downright hilarious while others just make you contemplate the depths of human stupidity. Eitherway thought you guys might enjoy it Buzz on ~Phillip from the Boonies P.S. The degree of my adoration for this media outlet is unmatched http://www.eff.org/takedowns loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078813',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Rafe is being drawing in to a love story with the new Motorola Droid. Dare we call it a Dro-mance? It's certainly a flashy new phone for Verizon which hasn't always been known for flashy new phones. We also congratulate Google on getting the contract to provide email to the city of Los Angeles. Well congratulate and fear for them. Because if they mess this up, it is so over. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078619',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1094 Los Angeles adopts Google e-mail system for 30,000 city employees http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/city-council-votes-to-adopt-google-email-system-for-30000-city-employees.html Verizon and Motorola unveil the Droid http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10384994-266.html Droid Eris: Verizon’s other Android phone? http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10384533-251.html Google Maps adds turn-by-turn to Android phones for free http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10384544-265.html Microsoft to shut down MSN Direct traffic service for GPS (in 2012) http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/shutting-down-msn-direct-traffic-service-for-gps-units.html Microsoft Signature computers dump crapware http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/10/microsofts_signature_pc_shows_its_vision_of_computing_perfection.html Peek silling Twitter-only device. Why? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002R5AG50?ie=UTF8&tag=livedigitally-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002R5AG50 http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/the-twitterpeek-is-a-peek-for-twitter/ FCC Considers Shifting Some TV Airwaves to Broadband http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703574604574499730302393274.html Stalqer mobile social app finds friends in new ways http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10384727-250.html How to Solve the Net Neutrality Issue http://www.technewsworld.com/story/How-to-Solve-the-Net-Neutrality-Issue-68491.html Ares I-X successfully launched http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/index.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8330424.stm VOICEMAIL Paul on call forwarding EMAIL Hey Guys Remember Redlasso, where you could use their servers that are recording stuff from cable and local stations 24/7 to make clips to emvbed in your blog? I was on the list for beta testing and they somehow made it back into service this week? Who’d have thunk it? J’Tao in San Francisco http://redlasso.com/ ********** Hey Buzz Crew, Yesterday you asked if there is still a Universal Service Fund fee on phone bills, and the answer is YES! I currently work for a telco as customer service, and I get about 10 calls a week asking what that charge is on their bill. And of course no one ever likes the answer. In fact, I often have people tell me that our company should eat the cost of the taxes and fee’s. Yes, it would be nice if the telcos did that, but the taxes and fees are so high many companies would go out of business. If we had enough people complain about the USF fee or taxes to our elected officials we could probably reduce them. But don’t get angry with companies that are required by law to have them. I bet that most telcos would be fine will lower taxes or fees on their customers bills, because a happy customer is a customer who will generally stay. Love the show. ~Justin~ ********** Howdy Buzzians I know the DMCA is last years hot topic, but I thought people would still enjoy this nonetheless. the EFF (Electronics Frontier Foundation) has set up a new site for their “Takedown Hall of Shame” displaying some of the most insane and ludicrous takedown notices people have recieved. Some of them are downright hilarious while others just make you contemplate the depths of human stupidity. Eitherway thought you guys might enjoy it Buzz on ~Phillip from the Boonies P.S. The degree of my adoration for this media outlet is unmatched http://www.eff.org/takedowns loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078813',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-10-28,25394523 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:55:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25394526-BOL-1093-E-book-Mania MySpace and Facebook are hooking up? In a way. Maybe. But the real meat of the news today is all the e-book hype. Barnes and Noble will sell the Que, Bridgestone has a color one coming out, and Barnes and Noble may not always have its own Nook eReader. But does anyone want them? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078618',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1093 MySpace and Facebook? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10383501-36.html Google Voice makes steps to work with your phone number http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10383573-248.html Microsoft pulls out of “Family Guy” special http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=8923276 Plastic Logic Que will be sold in Barnes and Noble. http://www.pl... MySpace and Facebook are hooking up? In a way. Maybe. But the real meat of the news today is all the e-book hype. Barnes and Noble will sell the Que, Bridgestone has a color one coming out, and Barnes and Noble may not always have its own Nook eReader. But does anyone want them? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078618',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1093 MySpace and Facebook? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10383501-36.html Google Voice makes steps to work with your phone number http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10383573-248.html Microsoft pulls out of “Family Guy” special http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=8923276 Plastic Logic Que will be sold in Barnes and Noble. http://www.plasticlogic.com/news/pr_quedistributedbybarnesandnoble_oct272009.php http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/que-proreader-hitting-barnes-and-noble-retail-stores-in-2010/ Barnes & Noble won't sell Nook to go in all stores http://paidcontent.org/article/419-barnes-noble-wont-sell-nook-to-go-in-all-stores/ Bridgestone announces flexible touch-screen color e-reader http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/ Lost Northwest pilots were trying out new software http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/27/0613244/Lost-Northwest-Pilots-Were-Trying-Out-New-Software http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/26/airliner.flyby/ Japanese OnStar-like system tells emergency responders if you’re just gonna’ die anyway http://blog.taragana.com/n/now-an-emergency-medical-service-system-that-predicts-callers-fate-201661/ Facebook memorializes the dead…with a profile http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10383015-36.html Nintendo to launch a big screen DS for old people http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20091027/tc_afp/entertainmentjapangamecompanynintendo Mantis shrimp eyes could show way to better DVD And CD players http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091025162459.htm Voice mail Joe on France’s three-strikes law Jimmy the clan-jumper is frustrated E-mail Hey Buzz crew, I wasn't sure whether to send this one to mylifeisaverage.com or you guys, but I think I made the better choice It's my yearly exams this next two weeks, so I went to the school library today to get the CD version of my commerce textbook. I went to the librarian, asked for the CD and she went to get it. When she came back, I told her that borrowing that wasn't necessary because I could just copy the PDFs onto my notebook here and now and be gone. Then the dragon came out. She snapped and said, "I don't want to know about it. What you are suggesting is a highly illegal act. You can't copy the files because of copyright law." I looked at her slightly strangely (for effect, of course) and told her, "That's what we've been told to do with the CDs ever since we came to this school." She said, "Very well, but borrow this and copy it at home, not at school. If you want to pay the fine, that's your problem." She loaned it out to me and off I went. I'm still amazed that I had that conversation. Isn't it perfectly reasonable to copy context from the CDs in the back of the textbook to study and peruse when I need to? What are they good for otherwise? Sean PS. I went to an empty classroom and copied the files to my hard disk anyway. I returned the disc to the library within the space of fifteen minutes. My life is average ********** Hey buzz crew, I was listening to episode 1092 and heard you talking about a survey that shows the time wasted by employees using twitter. Tom mentioned, what about time spent at toilets, as a joke. I would just like to make mention of a stunt pulled by the Australian Government branch know as Medicare where that was just the case. Workers at the Parramatta centre were actually required to log the time spent on the loo and were also given surprise “pop ins” by their team leaders while doing their “business”. It ended when the media caught wind of what was occurring, when questioned Medicare denied knowing of the practice then stated “A log of time away from work was only ever a local practice and never a national policy”. http://safetyinaustralia.com.au/latest/safety-news/151009-nswact-toilet-police-bullying-employees–200910143092.html – Ian from Australia ********** Looking at BOL 1092 on the RSS feed, I see that “Kevin” has sent in an email with some invalid assumptions about Net Neutrality, and who has paid for the infrastructure build-out of the existing Internet. If you look at http://eldotelecom.blogspot.com/2009/09/fcc-more-subsidies-needed-for-us.html you’ll see that in 2009 *alone* the Federal government has provided $7.2 billion in grants and loan subsidies. If you look at http://www.theamericanmind.com/2008/04/09/study-finds-us-internet-infrastructure-fourth-worldwide/ you’ll see that the US currently ranks 4th in the world for broadband infrastructure. That means to me that, in spite of Federal subsidies and municipal monopoly grants, US telecom providers have NOT brought the American broadband infrastructure forward as rapidly as other nations where the infrastructure is heavily regulated. And the logical conclusion to be drawn from that is that lassez-faire capitalism *does* *not* *work* if you want the world’s best broadband infrastructure. If it did, we could take back all the tax money that has been poured into the telecoms, turn them loose, and have what we want in a year or less. Net Neutrality means we *all* play on a level field; consumers, competing ISPs, telecoms, content providers, and government. No more secret bandwidth caps (I’m talking to you, cable modem ISPs)), no more blocking content that competes with *your* content so you can charge more (I’m talking to you, Time-Warner/Roadrunner), no more force-moving customers off DSL and onto fiber so you can steal them from third-party ISPs (I’m talking to you, Verizon). Net Neutrality means *fair* and *real* competition. And that’s what American broadband needs. – “Morely” aka “Icesnake” MySpace and Facebook are hooking up? In a way. Maybe. But the real meat of the news today is all the e-book hype. Barnes and Noble will sell the Que, Bridgestone has a color one coming out, and Barnes and Noble may not always have its own Nook eReader. But does anyone want them? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078618',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1093 MySpace and Facebook? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10383501-36.html Google Voice makes steps to work with your phone number http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10383573-248.html Microsoft pulls out of “Family Guy” special http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=8923276 Plastic Logic Que will be sold in Barnes and Noble. http://www.plasticlogic.com/news/pr_quedistributedbybarnesandnoble_oct272009.php http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/que-proreader-hitting-barnes-and-noble-retail-stores-in-2010/ Barnes & Noble won't sell Nook to go in all stores http://paidcontent.org/article/419-barnes-noble-wont-sell-nook-to-go-in-all-stores/ Bridgestone announces flexible touch-screen color e-reader http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/ Lost Northwest pilots were trying out new software http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/27/0613244/Lost-Northwest-Pilots-Were-Trying-Out-New-Software http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/26/airliner.flyby/ Japanese OnStar-like system tells emergency responders if you’re just gonna’ die anyway http://blog.taragana.com/n/now-an-emergency-medical-service-system-that-predicts-callers-fate-201661/ Facebook memorializes the dead…with a profile http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10383015-36.html Nintendo to launch a big screen DS for old people http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20091027/tc_afp/entertainmentjapangamecompanynintendo Mantis shrimp eyes could show way to better DVD And CD players http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091025162459.htm Voice mail Joe on France’s three-strikes law Jimmy the clan-jumper is frustrated E-mail Hey Buzz crew, I wasn't sure whether to send this one to mylifeisaverage.com or you guys, but I think I made the better choice It's my yearly exams this next two weeks, so I went to the school library today to get the CD version of my commerce textbook. I went to the librarian, asked for the CD and she went to get it. When she came back, I told her that borrowing that wasn't necessary because I could just copy the PDFs onto my notebook here and now and be gone. Then the dragon came out. She snapped and said, "I don't want to know about it. What you are suggesting is a highly illegal act. You can't copy the files because of copyright law." I looked at her slightly strangely (for effect, of course) and told her, "That's what we've been told to do with the CDs ever since we came to this school." She said, "Very well, but borrow this and copy it at home, not at school. If you want to pay the fine, that's your problem." She loaned it out to me and off I went. I'm still amazed that I had that conversation. Isn't it perfectly reasonable to copy context from the CDs in the back of the textbook to study and peruse when I need to? What are they good for otherwise? Sean PS. I went to an empty classroom and copied the files to my hard disk anyway. I returned the disc to the library within the space of fifteen minutes. My life is average ********** Hey buzz crew, I was listening to episode 1092 and heard you talking about a survey that shows the time wasted by employees using twitter. Tom mentioned, what about time spent at toilets, as a joke. I would just like to make mention of a stunt pulled by the Australian Government branch know as Medicare where that was just the case. Workers at the Parramatta centre were actually required to log the time spent on the loo and were also given surprise “pop ins” by their team leaders while doing their “business”. It ended when the media caught wind of what was occurring, when questioned Medicare denied knowing of the practice then stated “A log of time away from work was only ever a local practice and never a national policy”. http://safetyinaustralia.com.au/latest/safety-news/151009-nswact-toilet-police-bullying-employees–200910143092.html – Ian from Australia ********** Looking at BOL 1092 on the RSS feed, I see that “Kevin” has sent in an email with some invalid assumptions about Net Neutrality, and who has paid for the infrastructure build-out of the existing Internet. If you look at http://eldotelecom.blogspot.com/2009/09/fcc-more-subsidies-needed-for-us.html you’ll see that in 2009 *alone* the Federal government has provided $7.2 billion in grants and loan subsidies. If you look at http://www.theamericanmind.com/2008/04/09/study-finds-us-internet-infrastructure-fourth-worldwide/ you’ll see that the US currently ranks 4th in the world for broadband infrastructure. That means to me that, in spite of Federal subsidies and municipal monopoly grants, US telecom providers have NOT brought the American broadband infrastructure forward as rapidly as other nations where the infrastructure is heavily regulated. And the logical conclusion to be drawn from that is that lassez-faire capitalism *does* *not* *work* if you want the world’s best broadband infrastructure. If it did, we could take back all the tax money that has been poured into the telecoms, turn them loose, and have what we want in a year or less. Net Neutrality means we *all* play on a level field; consumers, competing ISPs, telecoms, content providers, and government. No more secret bandwidth caps (I’m talking to you, cable modem ISPs)), no more blocking content that competes with *your* content so you can charge more (I’m talking to you, Time-Warner/Roadrunner), no more force-moving customers off DSL and onto fiber so you can steal them from third-party ISPs (I’m talking to you, Verizon). Net Neutrality means *fair* and *real* competition. And that’s what American broadband needs. – “Morely” aka “Icesnake” tag:odeo.com,2009-10-27,25394526 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:55:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25379142-BOL-1092-The-slippery-Slate Bill Keller from the New York Times let slip he's been working on a version of the New York Times for the Apple Slate. Great! What the hell is the Apple Slate? well obviously it's a much-rumored Apple Tablet. We also discuss T-Mobile's unlimited plans and hope against all hopes that they are truly unlimited. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078617',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1092 Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’ http://gawker.com/5389636/bill-keller-apple-tablet-impending T-Mobile Adds ‘Even More Plus’ Plans http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354721,00.asp Netflix Movies Stream to Sony's PlayStation 3 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/netflix-movies-stream-to-sonys... Bill Keller from the New York Times let slip he's been working on a version of the New York Times for the Apple Slate. Great! What the hell is the Apple Slate? well obviously it's a much-rumored Apple Tablet. We also discuss T-Mobile's unlimited plans and hope against all hopes that they are truly unlimited. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078617',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1092 Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’ http://gawker.com/5389636/bill-keller-apple-tablet-impending T-Mobile Adds ‘Even More Plus’ Plans http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354721,00.asp Netflix Movies Stream to Sony's PlayStation 3 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/netflix-movies-stream-to-sonys-playstation-3/ Hollywood wants share of Netflix’s windfall http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10382717-261.html Microsoft Offers Windows 7 on USB Drives for Netbooks http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Offers-Windows-7-on-USB-Drives-for-Netbooks-225258/ $180 BlackBerry Storm2 hits the shelves on Wednesday http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139892/_180_BlackBerry_Storm2_hits_the_shelves_on_Wednesday Sprint Announces Nov. Launch Date for Palm Pixi http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354726,00.asp Mobile net ‘heading for data jam’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8325634.stm Verizon profit dips, but wireless stays strong http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10382841-266.html http://paidcontent.org/article/419-earnings-verizon-profit-down-wireless-unit-revenues-jump/ Has AT&T Wireless data congestion been self-inflicted? http://blogs.broughturner.com/2009/10/is-att-wireless-data-congestion-selfinflicted.html Surgeon Performs World’s First 4X HD Surgery http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/25/2010236/Surgeon-Performs-Worlds-First-4X-HD-Surgery VOICEMAIL Ted from Berkeley on hacking the Pre Ralph on Windows 7 problems EMAIL Hey Buzz Out-louders, Was on my way to class this morning when I saw this article in the Chicago Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/1846104,CST-FIN-apple26.article Apparently Apple may pay to upgrade a station at the North and Clybourn red line L stop. They are set to open a new retail location close to the stop. I live near it and I can say with full confidence that that stop is pretty nasty and run down (like most of the CTA's L stations.) I guess Apple thinks it's not very becoming to have your flashy products available via a not so flashy station stop and is willing to fork over the cash to fix that. Thoughts? I've been listening to your podcast for about three years now. Love the show! -Casey the performing arts management student in Chicago ********** Hey buzz crew, I don’t if you saw this BBC news item about twitter and other social networking sites costing UK companies 1.4 billion pounds a year. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8325865.stm. The assumption is that because their survey of 1460 office workers indicated that people spent an average of 40 minutes a week on these sites that “such online behaviour clearly had a “productivity strain” on firms.” I call shenanigans, and I wish I could get my hands on the actually study so that I could fully debunk the it, but no such luck. My worry is that I read this at 8 am ET and I am sure by this afternoon mainstream media is just going to run with it with no thought or insight. Love the show. Marlon “the guyfromtrinidad” ********** “Net Neutrality,” not allowing ISP to charge extra for special serves, will kill the internet. If we don’t allow ISP to make profit from investing in infrastructure, they will not invest money in infrastructure. Unlike broadcast television, the internet does not travel through a common good. Every inch of the internet in America is built, owned, and maintained by private actors. In order to continue to have good internet service, we have to allow those actors to make profits. If you want better service, kill the government interference that currently exists. Primarily this interference is cable monopolies that are granted by localities. Since most broadband access comes in via cable connections this directly hurts the quality of internet access in America. Kevin Bill Keller from the New York Times let slip he's been working on a version of the New York Times for the Apple Slate. Great! What the hell is the Apple Slate? well obviously it's a much-rumored Apple Tablet. We also discuss T-Mobile's unlimited plans and hope against all hopes that they are truly unlimited. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078617',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1092 Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’ http://gawker.com/5389636/bill-keller-apple-tablet-impending T-Mobile Adds ‘Even More Plus’ Plans http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354721,00.asp Netflix Movies Stream to Sony's PlayStation 3 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/netflix-movies-stream-to-sonys-playstation-3/ Hollywood wants share of Netflix’s windfall http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10382717-261.html Microsoft Offers Windows 7 on USB Drives for Netbooks http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Offers-Windows-7-on-USB-Drives-for-Netbooks-225258/ $180 BlackBerry Storm2 hits the shelves on Wednesday http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139892/_180_BlackBerry_Storm2_hits_the_shelves_on_Wednesday Sprint Announces Nov. Launch Date for Palm Pixi http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354726,00.asp Mobile net ‘heading for data jam’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8325634.stm Verizon profit dips, but wireless stays strong http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10382841-266.html http://paidcontent.org/article/419-earnings-verizon-profit-down-wireless-unit-revenues-jump/ Has AT&T Wireless data congestion been self-inflicted? http://blogs.broughturner.com/2009/10/is-att-wireless-data-congestion-selfinflicted.html Surgeon Performs World’s First 4X HD Surgery http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/25/2010236/Surgeon-Performs-Worlds-First-4X-HD-Surgery VOICEMAIL Ted from Berkeley on hacking the Pre Ralph on Windows 7 problems EMAIL Hey Buzz Out-louders, Was on my way to class this morning when I saw this article in the Chicago Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/1846104,CST-FIN-apple26.article Apparently Apple may pay to upgrade a station at the North and Clybourn red line L stop. They are set to open a new retail location close to the stop. I live near it and I can say with full confidence that that stop is pretty nasty and run down (like most of the CTA's L stations.) I guess Apple thinks it's not very becoming to have your flashy products available via a not so flashy station stop and is willing to fork over the cash to fix that. Thoughts? I've been listening to your podcast for about three years now. Love the show! -Casey the performing arts management student in Chicago ********** Hey buzz crew, I don’t if you saw this BBC news item about twitter and other social networking sites costing UK companies 1.4 billion pounds a year. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8325865.stm. The assumption is that because their survey of 1460 office workers indicated that people spent an average of 40 minutes a week on these sites that “such online behaviour clearly had a “productivity strain” on firms.” I call shenanigans, and I wish I could get my hands on the actually study so that I could fully debunk the it, but no such luck. My worry is that I read this at 8 am ET and I am sure by this afternoon mainstream media is just going to run with it with no thought or insight. Love the show. Marlon “the guyfromtrinidad” ********** “Net Neutrality,” not allowing ISP to charge extra for special serves, will kill the internet. If we don’t allow ISP to make profit from investing in infrastructure, they will not invest money in infrastructure. Unlike broadcast television, the internet does not travel through a common good. Every inch of the internet in America is built, owned, and maintained by private actors. In order to continue to have good internet service, we have to allow those actors to make profits. If you want better service, kill the government interference that currently exists. Primarily this interference is cable monopolies that are granted by localities. Since most broadband access comes in via cable connections this directly hurts the quality of internet access in America. Kevin tag:odeo.com,2009-10-26,25379142 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:59:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25394532-BOL-1092-The-slippery-Slate Bill Keller from the New York Times let slip he's been working on a version of the New York Times for the Apple Slate. Great! What the hell is the Apple Slate? well obviously it's a much-rumored Apple Tablet. We also discuss T-Mobile's unlimited plans and hope against all hopes that they are truly unlimited. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078617',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1092 Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’ http://gawker.com/5389636/bill-keller-apple-tablet-impending T-Mobile Adds ‘Even More Plus’ Plans http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354721,00.asp Netflix Movies Stream to Sony's PlayStation 3 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/netflix-movies-stream-to-sonys... Bill Keller from the New York Times let slip he's been working on a version of the New York Times for the Apple Slate. Great! What the hell is the Apple Slate? well obviously it's a much-rumored Apple Tablet. We also discuss T-Mobile's unlimited plans and hope against all hopes that they are truly unlimited. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078617',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1092 Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’ http://gawker.com/5389636/bill-keller-apple-tablet-impending T-Mobile Adds ‘Even More Plus’ Plans http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354721,00.asp Netflix Movies Stream to Sony's PlayStation 3 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/netflix-movies-stream-to-sonys-playstation-3/ Hollywood wants share of Netflix’s windfall http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10382717-261.html Microsoft Offers Windows 7 on USB Drives for Netbooks http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Offers-Windows-7-on-USB-Drives-for-Netbooks-225258/ $180 BlackBerry Storm2 hits the shelves on Wednesday http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139892/_180_BlackBerry_Storm2_hits_the_shelves_on_Wednesday Sprint Announces Nov. Launch Date for Palm Pixi http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354726,00.asp Mobile net ‘heading for data jam’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8325634.stm Verizon profit dips, but wireless stays strong http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10382841-266.html http://paidcontent.org/article/419-earnings-verizon-profit-down-wireless-unit-revenues-jump/ Has AT&T Wireless data congestion been self-inflicted? http://blogs.broughturner.com/2009/10/is-att-wireless-data-congestion-selfinflicted.html Surgeon Performs World’s First 4X HD Surgery http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/25/2010236/Surgeon-Performs-Worlds-First-4X-HD-Surgery VOICEMAIL Ted from Berkeley on hacking the Pre Ralph on Windows 7 problems EMAIL Hey Buzz Out-louders, Was on my way to class this morning when I saw this article in the Chicago Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/1846104,CST-FIN-apple26.article Apparently Apple may pay to upgrade a station at the North and Clybourn red line L stop. They are set to open a new retail location close to the stop. I live near it and I can say with full confidence that that stop is pretty nasty and run down (like most of the CTA's L stations.) I guess Apple thinks it's not very becoming to have your flashy products available via a not so flashy station stop and is willing to fork over the cash to fix that. Thoughts? I've been listening to your podcast for about three years now. Love the show! -Casey the performing arts management student in Chicago ********** Hey buzz crew, I don’t if you saw this BBC news item about twitter and other social networking sites costing UK companies 1.4 billion pounds a year. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8325865.stm. The assumption is that because their survey of 1460 office workers indicated that people spent an average of 40 minutes a week on these sites that “such online behaviour clearly had a “productivity strain” on firms.” I call shenanigans, and I wish I could get my hands on the actually study so that I could fully debunk the it, but no such luck. My worry is that I read this at 8 am ET and I am sure by this afternoon mainstream media is just going to run with it with no thought or insight. Love the show. Marlon “the guyfromtrinidad” ********** “Net Neutrality,” not allowing ISP to charge extra for special serves, will kill the internet. If we don’t allow ISP to make profit from investing in infrastructure, they will not invest money in infrastructure. Unlike broadcast television, the internet does not travel through a common good. Every inch of the internet in America is built, owned, and maintained by private actors. In order to continue to have good internet service, we have to allow those actors to make profits. If you want better service, kill the government interference that currently exists. Primarily this interference is cable monopolies that are granted by localities. Since most broadband access comes in via cable connections this directly hurts the quality of internet access in America. Kevin Bill Keller from the New York Times let slip he's been working on a version of the New York Times for the Apple Slate. Great! What the hell is the Apple Slate? well obviously it's a much-rumored Apple Tablet. We also discuss T-Mobile's unlimited plans and hope against all hopes that they are truly unlimited. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078617',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1092 Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’ http://gawker.com/5389636/bill-keller-apple-tablet-impending T-Mobile Adds ‘Even More Plus’ Plans http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354721,00.asp Netflix Movies Stream to Sony's PlayStation 3 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/netflix-movies-stream-to-sonys-playstation-3/ Hollywood wants share of Netflix’s windfall http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10382717-261.html Microsoft Offers Windows 7 on USB Drives for Netbooks http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Offers-Windows-7-on-USB-Drives-for-Netbooks-225258/ $180 BlackBerry Storm2 hits the shelves on Wednesday http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139892/_180_BlackBerry_Storm2_hits_the_shelves_on_Wednesday Sprint Announces Nov. Launch Date for Palm Pixi http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354726,00.asp Mobile net ‘heading for data jam’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8325634.stm Verizon profit dips, but wireless stays strong http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10382841-266.html http://paidcontent.org/article/419-earnings-verizon-profit-down-wireless-unit-revenues-jump/ Has AT&T Wireless data congestion been self-inflicted? http://blogs.broughturner.com/2009/10/is-att-wireless-data-congestion-selfinflicted.html Surgeon Performs World’s First 4X HD Surgery http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/25/2010236/Surgeon-Performs-Worlds-First-4X-HD-Surgery VOICEMAIL Ted from Berkeley on hacking the Pre Ralph on Windows 7 problems EMAIL Hey Buzz Out-louders, Was on my way to class this morning when I saw this article in the Chicago Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/1846104,CST-FIN-apple26.article Apparently Apple may pay to upgrade a station at the North and Clybourn red line L stop. They are set to open a new retail location close to the stop. I live near it and I can say with full confidence that that stop is pretty nasty and run down (like most of the CTA's L stations.) I guess Apple thinks it's not very becoming to have your flashy products available via a not so flashy station stop and is willing to fork over the cash to fix that. Thoughts? I've been listening to your podcast for about three years now. Love the show! -Casey the performing arts management student in Chicago ********** Hey buzz crew, I don’t if you saw this BBC news item about twitter and other social networking sites costing UK companies 1.4 billion pounds a year. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8325865.stm. The assumption is that because their survey of 1460 office workers indicated that people spent an average of 40 minutes a week on these sites that “such online behaviour clearly had a “productivity strain” on firms.” I call shenanigans, and I wish I could get my hands on the actually study so that I could fully debunk the it, but no such luck. My worry is that I read this at 8 am ET and I am sure by this afternoon mainstream media is just going to run with it with no thought or insight. Love the show. Marlon “the guyfromtrinidad” ********** “Net Neutrality,” not allowing ISP to charge extra for special serves, will kill the internet. If we don’t allow ISP to make profit from investing in infrastructure, they will not invest money in infrastructure. Unlike broadcast television, the internet does not travel through a common good. Every inch of the internet in America is built, owned, and maintained by private actors. In order to continue to have good internet service, we have to allow those actors to make profits. If you want better service, kill the government interference that currently exists. Primarily this interference is cable monopolies that are granted by localities. Since most broadband access comes in via cable connections this directly hurts the quality of internet access in America. Kevin tag:odeo.com,2009-10-26,25394532 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:59:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25359110-BOL-1091-The-French-disconnection So the French have passed a three strikes law that will disconnect your Internet if accused three times of piracy. At least there's some judicial review. Also, John McCain moves against Net Neutrality and Windows 7 seems to truly be good news for Microsoft. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078406',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1091 Microsoft: Strong Windows demand helps earnings http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381774-56.html http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910230938dowjonesdjonline000584 Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-student-upgrade-installer-not-working-for-many/ Win 7 users shout: Where’s ... So the French have passed a three strikes law that will disconnect your Internet if accused three times of piracy. At least there's some judicial review. Also, John McCain moves against Net Neutrality and Windows 7 seems to truly be good news for Microsoft. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078406',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1091 Microsoft: Strong Windows demand helps earnings http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381774-56.html http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910230938dowjonesdjonline000584 Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-student-upgrade-installer-not-working-for-many/ Win 7 users shout: Where’s my bloody ballot screen? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/23/windows_seven_ballot_browser/ Motorola Droid makes appearance on Motorola's Web site http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droid-makes-appearance-on-motorolas-site/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droids-website-published-a-bit-early-with-specs-galor/ Prepare for disconnection! French “3 strikes” law now legal http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/french-3-strikes-law-returns-now-with-judicial-oversight.ars McCain moves to block FCC Net neutrality http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174221/mccain_moves_to_block_fcc_net_neutrality.html Chase Carey: Hulu to charge in 2010 http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/ADverse_Atkinson_on_Advertising/23941-Chase_Carey_Hulu_to_Charge_in_2010.php We have no plans for Blu-ray on Xbox 360 http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/10/22/we-have-no-plans-for-blu-ray-on-xbox-360.aspx Psystar releases Mac clone software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10381419-37.html Nigeria actually arrests, shuts down online scammers http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/nigeria-actually-arrests-shuts-down-online-scammers.ars Pay what you want for World of Goo http://hellforge.gameriot.com/blogs/GameRiot-The-Blog/You-cheap-bastards-Pay-what-you-want-for-World-of-Goo-a-success-1 Yellowgold album http://www.yellowgoldmusic.com Geocities closes Monday http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/top-stories/427768/yahoo-geocities-to-close-down http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/3596/ VOICE MAIL Mike reports on a new scam Thomas has some advice for fanboys E-MAIL Quick note…actually found myself on the Wolfram Alpha site on my Pre. That might be the first and last time anyone uses that combination…that said, it was easy enough to use and pretty helpful (some integrals for an E&M physics class). Side note: got an email from my 62 year old Mom saying she is interested in the Nook…I don’t think she’s ever heard of the Kindle. Draw your own conclusions. Time to run, Professor is looking at me. -Adam in Seattle ********** Dear Buzz Crew, Barnes and Noble has now posted their FAQ, which is actually a bulletin board where they respond. They say that you will be able to connect to any b and g wireless network. If you are in the store, you will get special offers and reading recommendations, and be able to read any ebook in full-text that they have stocked. If they could enable this for libraries, that would be perfect. http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/eBooks-Help-Board/nook-Wi-Fi-access/m-p/401505#U401505 –Sam ********** My concern is that the government’s definition of “Net Neutrality” and ours/yours is different. I think they’ve hijacked the term. It is my belief that they will apply FCC like content and access controls (they have stated as much) to the internet such as the “fairness doctrine” and “hate speech” rules, turning it into a Government “information”/ propaganda outlet. The devil is in the details and government is very adept at saying one thing and doing something else when the laws and regulation are actually written. I also object to the telcos/cables/satellites being content providers unless they are completely separate from the pipes and the pipes are open at the same price to everyone. At least on principle. But that’s just a money issue. I object more to the government managing and controlling access to the pipes. That's a freedom issue. Sigh… any ideas for another internet like system? Maybe using quantum networks over dark matter? Love the show… s Roger Palm Beach County, Florida loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078606',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); So the French have passed a three strikes law that will disconnect your Internet if accused three times of piracy. At least there's some judicial review. Also, John McCain moves against Net Neutrality and Windows 7 seems to truly be good news for Microsoft. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078406',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1091 Microsoft: Strong Windows demand helps earnings http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381774-56.html http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910230938dowjonesdjonline000584 Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-student-upgrade-installer-not-working-for-many/ Win 7 users shout: Where’s my bloody ballot screen? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/23/windows_seven_ballot_browser/ Motorola Droid makes appearance on Motorola's Web site http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droid-makes-appearance-on-motorolas-site/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droids-website-published-a-bit-early-with-specs-galor/ Prepare for disconnection! French “3 strikes” law now legal http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/french-3-strikes-law-returns-now-with-judicial-oversight.ars McCain moves to block FCC Net neutrality http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174221/mccain_moves_to_block_fcc_net_neutrality.html Chase Carey: Hulu to charge in 2010 http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/ADverse_Atkinson_on_Advertising/23941-Chase_Carey_Hulu_to_Charge_in_2010.php We have no plans for Blu-ray on Xbox 360 http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/10/22/we-have-no-plans-for-blu-ray-on-xbox-360.aspx Psystar releases Mac clone software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10381419-37.html Nigeria actually arrests, shuts down online scammers http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/nigeria-actually-arrests-shuts-down-online-scammers.ars Pay what you want for World of Goo http://hellforge.gameriot.com/blogs/GameRiot-The-Blog/You-cheap-bastards-Pay-what-you-want-for-World-of-Goo-a-success-1 Yellowgold album http://www.yellowgoldmusic.com Geocities closes Monday http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/top-stories/427768/yahoo-geocities-to-close-down http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/3596/ VOICE MAIL Mike reports on a new scam Thomas has some advice for fanboys E-MAIL Quick note…actually found myself on the Wolfram Alpha site on my Pre. That might be the first and last time anyone uses that combination…that said, it was easy enough to use and pretty helpful (some integrals for an E&M physics class). Side note: got an email from my 62 year old Mom saying she is interested in the Nook…I don’t think she’s ever heard of the Kindle. Draw your own conclusions. Time to run, Professor is looking at me. -Adam in Seattle ********** Dear Buzz Crew, Barnes and Noble has now posted their FAQ, which is actually a bulletin board where they respond. They say that you will be able to connect to any b and g wireless network. If you are in the store, you will get special offers and reading recommendations, and be able to read any ebook in full-text that they have stocked. If they could enable this for libraries, that would be perfect. http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/eBooks-Help-Board/nook-Wi-Fi-access/m-p/401505#U401505 –Sam ********** My concern is that the government’s definition of “Net Neutrality” and ours/yours is different. I think they’ve hijacked the term. It is my belief that they will apply FCC like content and access controls (they have stated as much) to the internet such as the “fairness doctrine” and “hate speech” rules, turning it into a Government “information”/ propaganda outlet. The devil is in the details and government is very adept at saying one thing and doing something else when the laws and regulation are actually written. I also object to the telcos/cables/satellites being content providers unless they are completely separate from the pipes and the pipes are open at the same price to everyone. At least on principle. But that’s just a money issue. I object more to the government managing and controlling access to the pipes. That's a freedom issue. Sigh… any ideas for another internet like system? Maybe using quantum networks over dark matter? Love the show… s Roger Palm Beach County, Florida loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078606',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-10-23,25359110 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:33:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25394535-BOL-1091-The-French-disconnection So the French have passed a three strikes law that will disconnect your Internet if accused three times of piracy. At least there's some judicial review. Also, John McCain moves against Net Neutrality and Windows 7 seems to truly be good news for Microsoft. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078406',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1091 Microsoft: Strong Windows demand helps earnings http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381774-56.html http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910230938dowjonesdjonline000584 Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-student-upgrade-installer-not-working-for-many/ Win 7 users shout: Where’s ... So the French have passed a three strikes law that will disconnect your Internet if accused three times of piracy. At least there's some judicial review. Also, John McCain moves against Net Neutrality and Windows 7 seems to truly be good news for Microsoft. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078406',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1091 Microsoft: Strong Windows demand helps earnings http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381774-56.html http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910230938dowjonesdjonline000584 Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-student-upgrade-installer-not-working-for-many/ Win 7 users shout: Where’s my bloody ballot screen? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/23/windows_seven_ballot_browser/ Motorola Droid makes appearance on Motorola's Web site http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droid-makes-appearance-on-motorolas-site/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droids-website-published-a-bit-early-with-specs-galor/ Prepare for disconnection! French “3 strikes” law now legal http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/french-3-strikes-law-returns-now-with-judicial-oversight.ars McCain moves to block FCC Net neutrality http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174221/mccain_moves_to_block_fcc_net_neutrality.html Chase Carey: Hulu to charge in 2010 http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/ADverse_Atkinson_on_Advertising/23941-Chase_Carey_Hulu_to_Charge_in_2010.php We have no plans for Blu-ray on Xbox 360 http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/10/22/we-have-no-plans-for-blu-ray-on-xbox-360.aspx Psystar releases Mac clone software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10381419-37.html Nigeria actually arrests, shuts down online scammers http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/nigeria-actually-arrests-shuts-down-online-scammers.ars Pay what you want for World of Goo http://hellforge.gameriot.com/blogs/GameRiot-The-Blog/You-cheap-bastards-Pay-what-you-want-for-World-of-Goo-a-success-1 Yellowgold album http://www.yellowgoldmusic.com Geocities closes Monday http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/top-stories/427768/yahoo-geocities-to-close-down http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/3596/ VOICE MAIL Mike reports on a new scam Thomas has some advice for fanboys E-MAIL Quick note…actually found myself on the Wolfram Alpha site on my Pre. That might be the first and last time anyone uses that combination…that said, it was easy enough to use and pretty helpful (some integrals for an E&M physics class). Side note: got an email from my 62 year old Mom saying she is interested in the Nook…I don’t think she’s ever heard of the Kindle. Draw your own conclusions. Time to run, Professor is looking at me. -Adam in Seattle ********** Dear Buzz Crew, Barnes and Noble has now posted their FAQ, which is actually a bulletin board where they respond. They say that you will be able to connect to any b and g wireless network. If you are in the store, you will get special offers and reading recommendations, and be able to read any ebook in full-text that they have stocked. If they could enable this for libraries, that would be perfect. http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/eBooks-Help-Board/nook-Wi-Fi-access/m-p/401505#U401505 –Sam ********** My concern is that the government’s definition of “Net Neutrality” and ours/yours is different. I think they’ve hijacked the term. It is my belief that they will apply FCC like content and access controls (they have stated as much) to the internet such as the “fairness doctrine” and “hate speech” rules, turning it into a Government “information”/ propaganda outlet. The devil is in the details and government is very adept at saying one thing and doing something else when the laws and regulation are actually written. I also object to the telcos/cables/satellites being content providers unless they are completely separate from the pipes and the pipes are open at the same price to everyone. At least on principle. But that’s just a money issue. I object more to the government managing and controlling access to the pipes. That's a freedom issue. Sigh… any ideas for another internet like system? Maybe using quantum networks over dark matter? Love the show… s Roger Palm Beach County, Florida loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078606',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); So the French have passed a three strikes law that will disconnect your Internet if accused three times of piracy. At least there's some judicial review. Also, John McCain moves against Net Neutrality and Windows 7 seems to truly be good news for Microsoft. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078406',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1091 Microsoft: Strong Windows demand helps earnings http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381774-56.html http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910230938dowjonesdjonline000584 Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-student-upgrade-installer-not-working-for-many/ Win 7 users shout: Where’s my bloody ballot screen? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/23/windows_seven_ballot_browser/ Motorola Droid makes appearance on Motorola's Web site http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droid-makes-appearance-on-motorolas-site/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droids-website-published-a-bit-early-with-specs-galor/ Prepare for disconnection! French “3 strikes” law now legal http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/french-3-strikes-law-returns-now-with-judicial-oversight.ars McCain moves to block FCC Net neutrality http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174221/mccain_moves_to_block_fcc_net_neutrality.html Chase Carey: Hulu to charge in 2010 http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/ADverse_Atkinson_on_Advertising/23941-Chase_Carey_Hulu_to_Charge_in_2010.php We have no plans for Blu-ray on Xbox 360 http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/10/22/we-have-no-plans-for-blu-ray-on-xbox-360.aspx Psystar releases Mac clone software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10381419-37.html Nigeria actually arrests, shuts down online scammers http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/nigeria-actually-arrests-shuts-down-online-scammers.ars Pay what you want for World of Goo http://hellforge.gameriot.com/blogs/GameRiot-The-Blog/You-cheap-bastards-Pay-what-you-want-for-World-of-Goo-a-success-1 Yellowgold album http://www.yellowgoldmusic.com Geocities closes Monday http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/top-stories/427768/yahoo-geocities-to-close-down http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/3596/ VOICE MAIL Mike reports on a new scam Thomas has some advice for fanboys E-MAIL Quick note…actually found myself on the Wolfram Alpha site on my Pre. That might be the first and last time anyone uses that combination…that said, it was easy enough to use and pretty helpful (some integrals for an E&M physics class). Side note: got an email from my 62 year old Mom saying she is interested in the Nook…I don’t think she’s ever heard of the Kindle. Draw your own conclusions. Time to run, Professor is looking at me. -Adam in Seattle ********** Dear Buzz Crew, Barnes and Noble has now posted their FAQ, which is actually a bulletin board where they respond. They say that you will be able to connect to any b and g wireless network. If you are in the store, you will get special offers and reading recommendations, and be able to read any ebook in full-text that they have stocked. If they could enable this for libraries, that would be perfect. http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/eBooks-Help-Board/nook-Wi-Fi-access/m-p/401505#U401505 –Sam ********** My concern is that the government’s definition of “Net Neutrality” and ours/yours is different. I think they’ve hijacked the term. It is my belief that they will apply FCC like content and access controls (they have stated as much) to the internet such as the “fairness doctrine” and “hate speech” rules, turning it into a Government “information”/ propaganda outlet. The devil is in the details and government is very adept at saying one thing and doing something else when the laws and regulation are actually written. I also object to the telcos/cables/satellites being content providers unless they are completely separate from the pipes and the pipes are open at the same price to everyone. At least on principle. But that’s just a money issue. I object more to the government managing and controlling access to the pipes. That's a freedom issue. Sigh… any ideas for another internet like system? Maybe using quantum networks over dark matter? Love the show… s Roger Palm Beach County, Florida loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078606',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-10-23,25394535 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:33:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25394537-BOL-1090-Screw-Windows-7-time-to-hype-Windows-8 OK yeah, we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest but it's so over. Time to get into the rumor mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutrality. And Craigslist is not a pimp according to the law. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078405',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1090 500 people line up for Windows 7 in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8319083.stm Burger King selling a Windows 7 Whopper in Japan http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/ Businesses love Windows 7, survey says http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174130/businesses_l... OK yeah, we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest but it's so over. Time to get into the rumor mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutrality. And Craigslist is not a pimp according to the law. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078405',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1090 500 people line up for Windows 7 in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8319083.stm Burger King selling a Windows 7 Whopper in Japan http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/ Businesses love Windows 7, survey says http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174130/businesses_love_windows_7_survey_says.html Microsoft adds PC’s and third-party software to its online store http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381031-56.html Eight things you need to know about Windows 8 http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-windows-8-643699 Blu-Ray coming for Xbox, sort of? http://gizmodo.com/5387238/ballmer-talks-natal-says-blu+ray-add+on-for-xbox-coming FCC moves forward on Net neutrality rule-making in unanimous vote http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/fcc_moves_forward_on_net_neutr.html http://www.fcc.gov/ New BFFs Verizon, Google agree on Net neutrality, except for wireless http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/new_bffs_verizon_google_talk_o.html Google strikes a Twitter search deal, too http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380615-36.html Coming to Google Labs: Social search results http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380739-36.html http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/21/web-2-0-summit-marrisa-mayer-shows-off-social-search-results-from-your-social-netowrk/ Nokia sues Apple, says iPhone infringes 10 patents http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/nokia-sues-apple-says-iphone-infringes-ten-patents/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8321058.stm The iPhone is still a good thing for AT&T http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26417 Judge: Craigslist not liable for prostitution ads http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10380799-261.html Standard charging connector for cars about to be ratified http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10380010-72.html Voice mail Heather has an idea for ebook sellers. CJ on BlackBerry love E-mail Just want mention that most of Sony laptops are not going to be supported by Sony to upgrade to Windows 7. They suggest you by a new one and to shop on their web page to get one. I check many models and was told the same thing. You can upgrade, but Sony will not provide support for there drivers. I bought my SR series laptop in Feb this year, P8400 dual core 3 gig mem w/Vista Home Prem – no Sony support. But, I could update an IBM C100 (old and slow) – IBM wil provide support. – rgolab ********** I just received a Kindle as a gift last week from my wife and we went with the $259 U.S. version for the “new low price” of.. well.. $259. I considered the International version as we often vacation outside of the U.S., especially during the holidays but opted out of the $20 premium. Well, while perusing the Amazon site tonight I noticed that there is already a thread on the Kindle board discussing the fact that the “U.S.” (only) version of the Kindle is now gone and the $259 version is the U.S./International version. Is it just me or isn’t this a bit weird as the price decrease FOR the U.S. version was only a week or so ago? New hardware just post-Holiday season? Hmmmm. Just thought I would share, Tracy in Newport Beach, CA (SOOOO much better than Atlanta!) ********** hey buzz crew!!! I am a walmart employee and work in their connection center. The prepaid service you have talked about is called Straight Talk, and is owned by the same people who brought you TracFone. The service uses Verizon’s network as well as their data network. The 45 dollar a month plan includes unlimited data, voice and text. We have even gotten new phones, one of which has a slide out qwerty keypad! Our store was a market test store and we have had it for a few months and people are going crazy over it. Very good deal if you ask me. Keep up the good work guys… love the show Chris Decker in newnan, georgia OK yeah, we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest but it's so over. Time to get into the rumor mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutrality. And Craigslist is not a pimp according to the law. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078405',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1090 500 people line up for Windows 7 in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8319083.stm Burger King selling a Windows 7 Whopper in Japan http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/ Businesses love Windows 7, survey says http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174130/businesses_love_windows_7_survey_says.html Microsoft adds PC’s and third-party software to its online store http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381031-56.html Eight things you need to know about Windows 8 http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-windows-8-643699 Blu-Ray coming for Xbox, sort of? http://gizmodo.com/5387238/ballmer-talks-natal-says-blu+ray-add+on-for-xbox-coming FCC moves forward on Net neutrality rule-making in unanimous vote http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/fcc_moves_forward_on_net_neutr.html http://www.fcc.gov/ New BFFs Verizon, Google agree on Net neutrality, except for wireless http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/new_bffs_verizon_google_talk_o.html Google strikes a Twitter search deal, too http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380615-36.html Coming to Google Labs: Social search results http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380739-36.html http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/21/web-2-0-summit-marrisa-mayer-shows-off-social-search-results-from-your-social-netowrk/ Nokia sues Apple, says iPhone infringes 10 patents http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/nokia-sues-apple-says-iphone-infringes-ten-patents/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8321058.stm The iPhone is still a good thing for AT&T http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26417 Judge: Craigslist not liable for prostitution ads http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10380799-261.html Standard charging connector for cars about to be ratified http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10380010-72.html Voice mail Heather has an idea for ebook sellers. CJ on BlackBerry love E-mail Just want mention that most of Sony laptops are not going to be supported by Sony to upgrade to Windows 7. They suggest you by a new one and to shop on their web page to get one. I check many models and was told the same thing. You can upgrade, but Sony will not provide support for there drivers. I bought my SR series laptop in Feb this year, P8400 dual core 3 gig mem w/Vista Home Prem – no Sony support. But, I could update an IBM C100 (old and slow) – IBM wil provide support. – rgolab ********** I just received a Kindle as a gift last week from my wife and we went with the $259 U.S. version for the “new low price” of.. well.. $259. I considered the International version as we often vacation outside of the U.S., especially during the holidays but opted out of the $20 premium. Well, while perusing the Amazon site tonight I noticed that there is already a thread on the Kindle board discussing the fact that the “U.S.” (only) version of the Kindle is now gone and the $259 version is the U.S./International version. Is it just me or isn’t this a bit weird as the price decrease FOR the U.S. version was only a week or so ago? New hardware just post-Holiday season? Hmmmm. Just thought I would share, Tracy in Newport Beach, CA (SOOOO much better than Atlanta!) ********** hey buzz crew!!! I am a walmart employee and work in their connection center. The prepaid service you have talked about is called Straight Talk, and is owned by the same people who brought you TracFone. The service uses Verizon’s network as well as their data network. The 45 dollar a month plan includes unlimited data, voice and text. We have even gotten new phones, one of which has a slide out qwerty keypad! Our store was a market test store and we have had it for a few months and people are going crazy over it. Very good deal if you ask me. Keep up the good work guys… love the show Chris Decker in newnan, georgia tag:odeo.com,2009-10-22,25394537 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:55:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25349564-BOL-1090-Screw-Windows-7-time-to-hype-Windows-8 OK yeah, we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest but it's so over. Time to get into the rumor mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutrality. And Craigslist is not a pimp according to the law. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078405',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1090 500 people line up for Windows 7 in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8319083.stm Burger King selling a Windows 7 Whopper in Japan http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/ Businesses love Windows 7, survey says http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174130/businesses_l... OK yeah, we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest but it's so over. Time to get into the rumor mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutrality. And Craigslist is not a pimp according to the law. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078405',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1090 500 people line up for Windows 7 in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8319083.stm Burger King selling a Windows 7 Whopper in Japan http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/ Businesses love Windows 7, survey says http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174130/businesses_love_windows_7_survey_says.html Microsoft adds PC’s and third-party software to its online store http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381031-56.html Eight things you need to know about Windows 8 http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-windows-8-643699 Blu-Ray coming for Xbox, sort of? http://gizmodo.com/5387238/ballmer-talks-natal-says-blu+ray-add+on-for-xbox-coming FCC moves forward on Net neutrality rule-making in unanimous vote http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/fcc_moves_forward_on_net_neutr.html http://www.fcc.gov/ New BFFs Verizon, Google agree on Net neutrality, except for wireless http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/new_bffs_verizon_google_talk_o.html Google strikes a Twitter search deal, too http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380615-36.html Coming to Google Labs: Social search results http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380739-36.html http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/21/web-2-0-summit-marrisa-mayer-shows-off-social-search-results-from-your-social-netowrk/ Nokia sues Apple, says iPhone infringes 10 patents http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/nokia-sues-apple-says-iphone-infringes-ten-patents/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8321058.stm The iPhone is still a good thing for AT&T http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26417 Judge: Craigslist not liable for prostitution ads http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10380799-261.html Standard charging connector for cars about to be ratified http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10380010-72.html Voice mail Heather has an idea for ebook sellers. CJ on BlackBerry love E-mail Just want mention that most of Sony laptops are not going to be supported by Sony to upgrade to Windows 7. They suggest you by a new one and to shop on their web page to get one. I check many models and was told the same thing. You can upgrade, but Sony will not provide support for there drivers. I bought my SR series laptop in Feb this year, P8400 dual core 3 gig mem w/Vista Home Prem – no Sony support. But, I could update an IBM C100 (old and slow) – IBM wil provide support. – rgolab ********** I just received a Kindle as a gift last week from my wife and we went with the $259 U.S. version for the “new low price” of.. well.. $259. I considered the International version as we often vacation outside of the U.S., especially during the holidays but opted out of the $20 premium. Well, while perusing the Amazon site tonight I noticed that there is already a thread on the Kindle board discussing the fact that the “U.S.” (only) version of the Kindle is now gone and the $259 version is the U.S./International version. Is it just me or isn’t this a bit weird as the price decrease FOR the U.S. version was only a week or so ago? New hardware just post-Holiday season? Hmmmm. Just thought I would share, Tracy in Newport Beach, CA (SOOOO much better than Atlanta!) ********** hey buzz crew!!! I am a walmart employee and work in their connection center. The prepaid service you have talked about is called Straight Talk, and is owned by the same people who brought you TracFone. The service uses Verizon’s network as well as their data network. The 45 dollar a month plan includes unlimited data, voice and text. We have even gotten new phones, one of which has a slide out qwerty keypad! Our store was a market test store and we have had it for a few months and people are going crazy over it. Very good deal if you ask me. Keep up the good work guys… love the show Chris Decker in newnan, georgia OK yeah, we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest but it's so over. Time to get into the rumor mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutrality. And Craigslist is not a pimp according to the law. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078405',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1090 500 people line up for Windows 7 in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8319083.stm Burger King selling a Windows 7 Whopper in Japan http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/ Businesses love Windows 7, survey says http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174130/businesses_love_windows_7_survey_says.html Microsoft adds PC’s and third-party software to its online store http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381031-56.html Eight things you need to know about Windows 8 http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-windows-8-643699 Blu-Ray coming for Xbox, sort of? http://gizmodo.com/5387238/ballmer-talks-natal-says-blu+ray-add+on-for-xbox-coming FCC moves forward on Net neutrality rule-making in unanimous vote http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/fcc_moves_forward_on_net_neutr.html http://www.fcc.gov/ New BFFs Verizon, Google agree on Net neutrality, except for wireless http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/new_bffs_verizon_google_talk_o.html Google strikes a Twitter search deal, too http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380615-36.html Coming to Google Labs: Social search results http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380739-36.html http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/21/web-2-0-summit-marrisa-mayer-shows-off-social-search-results-from-your-social-netowrk/ Nokia sues Apple, says iPhone infringes 10 patents http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/nokia-sues-apple-says-iphone-infringes-ten-patents/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8321058.stm The iPhone is still a good thing for AT&T http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26417 Judge: Craigslist not liable for prostitution ads http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10380799-261.html Standard charging connector for cars about to be ratified http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10380010-72.html Voice mail Heather has an idea for ebook sellers. CJ on BlackBerry love E-mail Just want mention that most of Sony laptops are not going to be supported by Sony to upgrade to Windows 7. They suggest you by a new one and to shop on their web page to get one. I check many models and was told the same thing. You can upgrade, but Sony will not provide support for there drivers. I bought my SR series laptop in Feb this year, P8400 dual core 3 gig mem w/Vista Home Prem – no Sony support. But, I could update an IBM C100 (old and slow) – IBM wil provide support. – rgolab ********** I just received a Kindle as a gift last week from my wife and we went with the $259 U.S. version for the “new low price” of.. well.. $259. I considered the International version as we often vacation outside of the U.S., especially during the holidays but opted out of the $20 premium. Well, while perusing the Amazon site tonight I noticed that there is already a thread on the Kindle board discussing the fact that the “U.S.” (only) version of the Kindle is now gone and the $259 version is the U.S./International version. Is it just me or isn’t this a bit weird as the price decrease FOR the U.S. version was only a week or so ago? New hardware just post-Holiday season? Hmmmm. Just thought I would share, Tracy in Newport Beach, CA (SOOOO much better than Atlanta!) ********** hey buzz crew!!! I am a walmart employee and work in their connection center. The prepaid service you have talked about is called Straight Talk, and is owned by the same people who brought you TracFone. The service uses Verizon’s network as well as their data network. The 45 dollar a month plan includes unlimited data, voice and text. We have even gotten new phones, one of which has a slide out qwerty keypad! Our store was a market test store and we have had it for a few months and people are going crazy over it. Very good deal if you ask me. Keep up the good work guys… love the show Chris Decker in newnan, georgia tag:odeo.com,2009-10-22,25349564 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:55:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25325097-BOL-1089-Net-neutrality-double-rant Molly and I go off on the Net neutrality debate, not so much about what the meaning of it is, but more on why you shouldn't use lies to defend your position. We also discuss the attractiveness of the Nook from Barnes and Noble, and Molly and Rafe have a BlackBerry fight. About the phones. Not the fruit. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078404',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1089 Retail distribution may tip e-reader race; Barnes & Noble rolls out Nook http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26305 Barnes & Noble’s Nook: A virtual e-reader tour http://www.pcworld.com/article/173999/barnes_and_nobles_nook_a_virtual_ereader_tour.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/21/barnes.noble.nook/ BlackBerry Bold 97... Molly and I go off on the Net neutrality debate, not so much about what the meaning of it is, but more on why you shouldn't use lies to defend your position. We also discuss the attractiveness of the Nook from Barnes and Noble, and Molly and Rafe have a BlackBerry fight. About the phones. Not the fruit. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078404',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1089 Retail distribution may tip e-reader race; Barnes & Noble rolls out Nook http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26305 Barnes & Noble’s Nook: A virtual e-reader tour http://www.pcworld.com/article/173999/barnes_and_nobles_nook_a_virtual_ereader_tour.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/21/barnes.noble.nook/ BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Onyx) now official http://www.intomobile.com/2009/10/21/blackberry-bold-9700-onyx-now-official.html http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-10379329-85.html Google to blend search, music in One Box http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10379922-261.html Exclusive: Guess who else is coming to dinner? Twitter-Microsoft Bing deal confirmed, but so is Facebook-Bing http://kara.allthingsd.com/20091021/exclusive-guess-who-else-is-coming-to-dinner-twitter-microsoft-bing-deal-confirmed-but-so-is-facebook-bing/ Time Warner testing fix to hole in home router http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10379477-245.html http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/time-warner-cable/ Amazon: Windows 7 is ‘the biggest preorder product of all time’ http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/44377/140/ AT&T enlists employees to oppose Net neutrality http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10379360-266.html Verizon CEO slams Net neutrality at conference http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10379932-266.html Nvidia targeting real-time Cloud rendering http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/21/1354224/NVIDIA-Targeting-Real-Time-Cloud-Rendering LHC reaches operational temps, collisions start in 5 weeks http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/10/final-lhc-segment-reaches-operational-temperature-at-19k.ars GE shows off pocket-size ultrasound scanner http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10379692-2.html VOICE MAIL Frank L has a crafty Windows upgrade plan E-MAIL Hey BOL U2 is live streaming their Sunday concert form the Rose Bowl! How cool is that?! http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10379610-52.html. I went to the Vertigo Tour in LA in 2005, so I know this will utterly fail in comparison, but still, a free, online concert from one of my favorite bands? Sign me up, cuz now I’ll definitely be waiting for the DVD (maybe Blu-Ray?) to come out. Hope this becomes a new trend with music in the very near future. Plus, I also think this lines up with someone’s New Years prediction if I’m not mistaken. LTS, Ben the Industrial Engineering Grad Student from Arkansas Molly and I go off on the Net neutrality debate, not so much about what the meaning of it is, but more on why you shouldn't use lies to defend your position. We also discuss the attractiveness of the Nook from Barnes and Noble, and Molly and Rafe have a BlackBerry fight. About the phones. Not the fruit. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078404',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1089 Retail distribution may tip e-reader race; Barnes & Noble rolls out Nook http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26305 Barnes & Noble’s Nook: A virtual e-reader tour http://www.pcworld.com/article/173999/barnes_and_nobles_nook_a_virtual_ereader_tour.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/21/barnes.noble.nook/ BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Onyx) now official http://www.intomobile.com/2009/10/21/blackberry-bold-9700-onyx-now-official.html http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-10379329-85.html Google to blend search, music in One Box http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10379922-261.html Exclusive: Guess who else is coming to dinner? Twitter-Microsoft Bing deal confirmed, but so is Facebook-Bing http://kara.allthingsd.com/20091021/exclusive-guess-who-else-is-coming-to-dinner-twitter-microsoft-bing-deal-confirmed-but-so-is-facebook-bing/ Time Warner testing fix to hole in home router http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10379477-245.html http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/time-warner-cable/ Amazon: Windows 7 is ‘the biggest preorder product of all time’ http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/44377/140/ AT&T enlists employees to oppose Net neutrality http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10379360-266.html Verizon CEO slams Net neutrality at conference http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10379932-266.html Nvidia targeting real-time Cloud rendering http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/21/1354224/NVIDIA-Targeting-Real-Time-Cloud-Rendering LHC reaches operational temps, collisions start in 5 weeks http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/10/final-lhc-segment-reaches-operational-temperature-at-19k.ars GE shows off pocket-size ultrasound scanner http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10379692-2.html VOICE MAIL Frank L has a crafty Windows upgrade plan E-MAIL Hey BOL U2 is live streaming their Sunday concert form the Rose Bowl! How cool is that?! http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10379610-52.html. I went to the Vertigo Tour in LA in 2005, so I know this will utterly fail in comparison, but still, a free, online concert from one of my favorite bands? Sign me up, cuz now I’ll definitely be waiting for the DVD (maybe Blu-Ray?) to come out. Hope this becomes a new trend with music in the very near future. Plus, I also think this lines up with someone’s New Years prediction if I’m not mistaken. LTS, Ben the Industrial Engineering Grad Student from Arkansas tag:odeo.com,2009-10-21,25325097 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:54:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25318854-BOL-1088-RAID-your-brain-server New technology allows organic brain cells to control robots leading us to conclude that eventually we'll all be brains in a data center. Also Apple announces a bunch of updates to their computer line as well as a new magic mouse. And the PS3 is now the King of the console hill. Who saw that coming? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078403',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1088 Apple redesigns iMac and 13-inch MacBook, revamps Mac Mini http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10378884-1.html http://www.apple.com/macbook/ http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/ http://www.apple.com/imac/ http://www.apple.com/macmini/ Barnes & Noble ‘Nook’ e-reader with color touchscreen out Thursday for $259 http://www.en... New technology allows organic brain cells to control robots leading us to conclude that eventually we'll all be brains in a data center. Also Apple announces a bunch of updates to their computer line as well as a new magic mouse. And the PS3 is now the King of the console hill. Who saw that coming? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078403',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1088 Apple redesigns iMac and 13-inch MacBook, revamps Mac Mini http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10378884-1.html http://www.apple.com/macbook/ http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/ http://www.apple.com/imac/ http://www.apple.com/macmini/ Barnes & Noble ‘Nook’ e-reader with color touchscreen out Thursday for $259 http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/barnes-and-noble-nook-color-e-reader-out-tuesday-for-259-says/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/barnes-and-noble-officially-launches-nook-e-reader-259-pre-orde/ Google actually getting into the phone business? http://www.thestreet.com/story/10614007/1/exclusive-google-plans-its-own-android-phone.html PS3 finally wins a month http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10378392-52.html Xbox 360 Update Will Lock Out Unauthorized Storage http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/19/1959249/Xbox-360-Update-Will-Lock-Out-Unauthorized-Storage CIA branch invests in tech firm that monitors blogs, Twitter, social media. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/19/cia-branch-invests-i.html Car Glass Rules Could Impair Cell, GPS and Radio Signals In CA http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/19/1844258/Car-Glass-Rules-Could-Impair-Cell-GPS-and-Radio-Signals-In-CA Internet Archive’s BookServer could ‘dominate’ Amazon http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10378573-52.html Quick test’ for airport liquids http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8314419.stm Robot Controlled By Human Brain Cells http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/20/1236208/Robot-Controlled-By-Human-Brain-Cells VOICEMAIL Daniel about Verizon Paul FROM Verizon EMAIL Hey buzz crew, Before this app came out (wolfram) there was a mobile iPhone formatted wolfram alpha site that was amazing! I saved it to my home screen but when I clicked on it today, it led me to a add for the app. **sigh** Yours truly, Cameron Tora ********** Love the show, but you should clarify the Google Voicemail story. Users choose to 'share' those messages – users shared them. Google is now protecting people from their own stupidity which is cool, but please blame stupid people not Google! thanks, Natron from Madison, WI loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078459',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); New technology allows organic brain cells to control robots leading us to conclude that eventually we'll all be brains in a data center. Also Apple announces a bunch of updates to their computer line as well as a new magic mouse. And the PS3 is now the King of the console hill. Who saw that coming? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078403',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1088 Apple redesigns iMac and 13-inch MacBook, revamps Mac Mini http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10378884-1.html http://www.apple.com/macbook/ http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/ http://www.apple.com/imac/ http://www.apple.com/macmini/ Barnes & Noble ‘Nook’ e-reader with color touchscreen out Thursday for $259 http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/barnes-and-noble-nook-color-e-reader-out-tuesday-for-259-says/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/barnes-and-noble-officially-launches-nook-e-reader-259-pre-orde/ Google actually getting into the phone business? http://www.thestreet.com/story/10614007/1/exclusive-google-plans-its-own-android-phone.html PS3 finally wins a month http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10378392-52.html Xbox 360 Update Will Lock Out Unauthorized Storage http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/19/1959249/Xbox-360-Update-Will-Lock-Out-Unauthorized-Storage CIA branch invests in tech firm that monitors blogs, Twitter, social media. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/19/cia-branch-invests-i.html Car Glass Rules Could Impair Cell, GPS and Radio Signals In CA http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/19/1844258/Car-Glass-Rules-Could-Impair-Cell-GPS-and-Radio-Signals-In-CA Internet Archive’s BookServer could ‘dominate’ Amazon http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10378573-52.html Quick test’ for airport liquids http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8314419.stm Robot Controlled By Human Brain Cells http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/20/1236208/Robot-Controlled-By-Human-Brain-Cells VOICEMAIL Daniel about Verizon Paul FROM Verizon EMAIL Hey buzz crew, Before this app came out (wolfram) there was a mobile iPhone formatted wolfram alpha site that was amazing! I saved it to my home screen but when I clicked on it today, it led me to a add for the app. **sigh** Yours truly, Cameron Tora ********** Love the show, but you should clarify the Google Voicemail story. Users choose to 'share' those messages – users shared them. Google is now protecting people from their own stupidity which is cool, but please blame stupid people not Google! thanks, Natron from Madison, WI loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078459',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-10-20,25318854 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:49:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25313118-BOL-1087-Google-s-leaky-cloud Have a Google Voicemail account? Have some voicemails in there? I may have listened to them today! Thanks to some leaks in the Google cloud (rain?) it seems some folks voicemails are searchable on Google. Glad that eye appointment went well! Also Verizon and Motorola are bringing it to the iPhone. But will Verizon have to make a switch next year if the rumors are true? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078402',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1087 Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/18/verizon-droid-is-the-real-deal/ http://news.cnet.com/... Have a Google Voicemail account? Have some voicemails in there? I may have listened to them today! Thanks to some leaks in the Google cloud (rain?) it seems some folks voicemails are searchable on Google. Glad that eye appointment went well! Also Verizon and Motorola are bringing it to the iPhone. But will Verizon have to make a switch next year if the rumors are true? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078402',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1087 Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/18/verizon-droid-is-the-real-deal/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10377603-1.html http://fonefrenzy.com/2009/10/18/bigger-news-for-verizon-than-motorolas-droid/ Google Voice voicemails appearing in public search results http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/google-voice-voicemails-appearing-in-public-search-results/ Facebook and Twitter Founders Join Net-Neutrality Wars http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/10/18/facebook-and-twitter-founders-join-net-neutrality-wars/ Telcos and Hollywood ask Canadian govt for right to secretly install spyware, listen in on your network connection http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/16/telcos-and-hollywood.html Wolfram Alpha iPhone app is cool but overpriced http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10377493-250.html http://mashable.com/2009/10/18/wolfram-alpha-iphone-app/ Plastic Logic Shows Off a (Quick) Look at its Kindle Killer: Meet the Que http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091018/plastic-logic-shows-off-a-quick-look-at-its-kindle-killer-meet-the-que/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10376178-56.html Barnes & Noble gets FCC nod for e-reader http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10377573-56.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/spring-design-alex-dual-screen-android-based-e-reader/ New camera promises to capture your whole life http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17992-new-camera-promises-to-capture-your-whole-life.html MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Indoor Robocopter http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/18/1320259/MIT-Researchers-Develop-Autonomous-Indoor-Robocopter VASIMR Ion Engine Could Cut Mars Trip To 39 Days http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/19/1324222/VASIMR-Ion-Engine-Could-Cut-Mars-Trip-To-39-Days EMAIL Hey Guys, I thought you might want to know that Best Buy is getting into the highly profitable used games market here in Canada. I went yesterday (Oct 17) and they had a whole shelf including several major releases from the last 6 months or so. Discounts were not deep, somewhere in the neighborhood of $5-10 less compared to a brand new disc. Looks like Best Buy is trying to eat EB Games’ lunch. Love the Show, Kevin the Psychiatrist Kingston, ON, Canada *********** I first found a Vook in the iPhone app store from my iPhone … having just heard Tom’s desire for some innovative new approach to books … I forwarded the link to that so ya’ll could check it out … here is another link in this regard http://www.vook.com/ *********** I really don’t think the type of phone matters to people who use prepaid plans. We all don’t live in a big city with the greatest 3G access and wonderful plans. I love new technology but can’t afford it currently with kids and other expenses. Also people have no idea what 3G access is because we can’t get it. I currently have one ATT phone for my family that is 46 dollars a month (that locks me into a two year contract) and use magic jack for cheap landline. The ATT plan gives me no Text message, no Data, and 450 minutes only. I think this Wal-Mart plan sounds great for us “dumb people” that don’t have the luxury of the big fancy city. What matters to us is how good the phone service is and I am not sure how good Wal-Marts(I know Wal-Mart doesn’t do the service) phones service will be? Thanks, Jeff from OHIO loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078417',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Have a Google Voicemail account? Have some voicemails in there? I may have listened to them today! Thanks to some leaks in the Google cloud (rain?) it seems some folks voicemails are searchable on Google. Glad that eye appointment went well! Also Verizon and Motorola are bringing it to the iPhone. But will Verizon have to make a switch next year if the rumors are true? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078402',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1087 Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/18/verizon-droid-is-the-real-deal/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10377603-1.html http://fonefrenzy.com/2009/10/18/bigger-news-for-verizon-than-motorolas-droid/ Google Voice voicemails appearing in public search results http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/google-voice-voicemails-appearing-in-public-search-results/ Facebook and Twitter Founders Join Net-Neutrality Wars http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/10/18/facebook-and-twitter-founders-join-net-neutrality-wars/ Telcos and Hollywood ask Canadian govt for right to secretly install spyware, listen in on your network connection http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/16/telcos-and-hollywood.html Wolfram Alpha iPhone app is cool but overpriced http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10377493-250.html http://mashable.com/2009/10/18/wolfram-alpha-iphone-app/ Plastic Logic Shows Off a (Quick) Look at its Kindle Killer: Meet the Que http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091018/plastic-logic-shows-off-a-quick-look-at-its-kindle-killer-meet-the-que/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10376178-56.html Barnes & Noble gets FCC nod for e-reader http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10377573-56.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/spring-design-alex-dual-screen-android-based-e-reader/ New camera promises to capture your whole life http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17992-new-camera-promises-to-capture-your-whole-life.html MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Indoor Robocopter http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/18/1320259/MIT-Researchers-Develop-Autonomous-Indoor-Robocopter VASIMR Ion Engine Could Cut Mars Trip To 39 Days http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/19/1324222/VASIMR-Ion-Engine-Could-Cut-Mars-Trip-To-39-Days EMAIL Hey Guys, I thought you might want to know that Best Buy is getting into the highly profitable used games market here in Canada. I went yesterday (Oct 17) and they had a whole shelf including several major releases from the last 6 months or so. Discounts were not deep, somewhere in the neighborhood of $5-10 less compared to a brand new disc. Looks like Best Buy is trying to eat EB Games’ lunch. Love the Show, Kevin the Psychiatrist Kingston, ON, Canada *********** I first found a Vook in the iPhone app store from my iPhone … having just heard Tom’s desire for some innovative new approach to books … I forwarded the link to that so ya’ll could check it out … here is another link in this regard http://www.vook.com/ *********** I really don’t think the type of phone matters to people who use prepaid plans. We all don’t live in a big city with the greatest 3G access and wonderful plans. I love new technology but can’t afford it currently with kids and other expenses. Also people have no idea what 3G access is because we can’t get it. I currently have one ATT phone for my family that is 46 dollars a month (that locks me into a two year contract) and use magic jack for cheap landline. The ATT plan gives me no Text message, no Data, and 450 minutes only. I think this Wal-Mart plan sounds great for us “dumb people” that don’t have the luxury of the big fancy city. What matters to us is how good the phone service is and I am not sure how good Wal-Marts(I know Wal-Mart doesn’t do the service) phones service will be? Thanks, Jeff from OHIO loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078417',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-10-19,25313118 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:22:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25297435-BOL-1086-Beating-a-dead-parse Mozilla is upset about the browser ballot screen because it's alphabetical, left to right, by manufacturer. That means Apple gets the prime spot. We think that's parsing the screen too closely. So we decide to parse it even more! And we also reinvent battery technology and solve America's Internet problems. And can you believe it? We even do more. It's true. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078144',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1086 False Alarm: New iPhone 3GS Not Jailbreak-Proof http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/jailbreak-iphone Wal-Mart Strafes Amazon in Book War http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125565024634288895.html http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/10/wal-mart-wades-into-amazon-with-mac... Mozilla is upset about the browser ballot screen because it's alphabetical, left to right, by manufacturer. That means Apple gets the prime spot. We think that's parsing the screen too closely. So we decide to parse it even more! And we also reinvent battery technology and solve America's Internet problems. And can you believe it? We even do more. It's true. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078144',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1086 False Alarm: New iPhone 3GS Not Jailbreak-Proof http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/jailbreak-iphone Wal-Mart Strafes Amazon in Book War http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125565024634288895.html http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/10/wal-mart-wades-into-amazon-with-machete.html Apple gets best spot in EU browser ‘ballot screen,’ Mozilla says http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139428/Apple_gets_best_spot_in_EU_browser_ballot_screen_Mozilla_says Windows 7? Don’t Upgrade, Buy A New PC http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173792/windows_7_dont_upgrade_buy_a_new_pc.html Schmidt: "Android Adoption Is About To Explode" http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/15/schmidt-android-adoption-is-about-to-explode/ Line sharing best solution for slow, expensive US broadband http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/us-internet-is-slow-expensiveand-the-fcc-has-proof.ars Internet Traffic Shifting Away From Tier-1 Carriers http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/16/1555228/Internet-Traffic-Shifting-Away-From-Tier-1-Carriers Judge: ringtones aren’t performances, so no royalties http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/judge-ringtones-arent-performances-so-no-royalties.ars Intelligent speed bumps collapse to reward slow-pokes, cut down on emissions http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/intelligent-speed-bumps-collapse-to-reward-slow-pokes-cut-down/ Boffins ‘write directly to memory’ of living brains http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/16/boffins_program_fly_brains/ VOICEMAIL Matt in Orlando on Light Peak Patrick in NH explains problem with Viper car start E-MAIL Hey guys (and girls)! I have an iPhone 3gs an an apple headset but when I’m on a call and start my car it will ALWAYS disconnect any Bluetooth devices from my phone and hijack the connection… It’s kinda nice though Bering into the car and having everything change over, the problem is when you get out you have to manually try to reconnect a Bluetooth device before it will work – thus is not always easy… Oh and a bog shout out to all the Irish geeks listening in! LOVE THE SHOW Sent from my iPhone Brian Murphy ********** I was catching up on my podcasts and heard you discussing a penny-sized nuclear battery that had 6 times more charge than a conventional battery. Turns out that story originates from the University of Missouri, my place of employment! Un-cited quote: "To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density," said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU. "The radioisotope battery can provide power density that is six orders of magnitude higher than chemical batteries." And it’s perfectly safe. Notice that’s not 6 times more charge, its 6 ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE more charge (sorry for yelling, I’m excited). Now my Furby can chatter on forever! Buzz on RafMoNatToJaCooTong. Tony in Missouri Mozilla is upset about the browser ballot screen because it's alphabetical, left to right, by manufacturer. That means Apple gets the prime spot. We think that's parsing the screen too closely. So we decide to parse it even more! And we also reinvent battery technology and solve America's Internet problems. And can you believe it? We even do more. It's true. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078144',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1086 False Alarm: New iPhone 3GS Not Jailbreak-Proof http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/jailbreak-iphone Wal-Mart Strafes Amazon in Book War http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125565024634288895.html http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/10/wal-mart-wades-into-amazon-with-machete.html Apple gets best spot in EU browser ‘ballot screen,’ Mozilla says http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139428/Apple_gets_best_spot_in_EU_browser_ballot_screen_Mozilla_says Windows 7? Don’t Upgrade, Buy A New PC http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173792/windows_7_dont_upgrade_buy_a_new_pc.html Schmidt: "Android Adoption Is About To Explode" http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/15/schmidt-android-adoption-is-about-to-explode/ Line sharing best solution for slow, expensive US broadband http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/us-internet-is-slow-expensiveand-the-fcc-has-proof.ars Internet Traffic Shifting Away From Tier-1 Carriers http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/16/1555228/Internet-Traffic-Shifting-Away-From-Tier-1-Carriers Judge: ringtones aren’t performances, so no royalties http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/judge-ringtones-arent-performances-so-no-royalties.ars Intelligent speed bumps collapse to reward slow-pokes, cut down on emissions http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/intelligent-speed-bumps-collapse-to-reward-slow-pokes-cut-down/ Boffins ‘write directly to memory’ of living brains http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/16/boffins_program_fly_brains/ VOICEMAIL Matt in Orlando on Light Peak Patrick in NH explains problem with Viper car start E-MAIL Hey guys (and girls)! I have an iPhone 3gs an an apple headset but when I’m on a call and start my car it will ALWAYS disconnect any Bluetooth devices from my phone and hijack the connection… It’s kinda nice though Bering into the car and having everything change over, the problem is when you get out you have to manually try to reconnect a Bluetooth device before it will work – thus is not always easy… Oh and a bog shout out to all the Irish geeks listening in! LOVE THE SHOW Sent from my iPhone Brian Murphy ********** I was catching up on my podcasts and heard you discussing a penny-sized nuclear battery that had 6 times more charge than a conventional battery. Turns out that story originates from the University of Missouri, my place of employment! Un-cited quote: "To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density," said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU. "The radioisotope battery can provide power density that is six orders of magnitude higher than chemical batteries." And it’s perfectly safe. Notice that’s not 6 times more charge, its 6 ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE more charge (sorry for yelling, I’m excited). Now my Furby can chatter on forever! Buzz on RafMoNatToJaCooTong. Tony in Missouri tag:odeo.com,2009-10-16,25297435 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:47:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25290460-BOL-1085-Amazon-I-need-a-refill Amazon announced same-day delivery for certain areas today, although we're not sure if you can buy wines by the glass. We also cover the BlackBerry Storm and Motorola Cliq announcements. Guess which one we like better? And the Danger Sidekick tale continues. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078143',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1085 Don’t change your Twitter passwords if you don’t want to lose your account http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/twitter-warns-users-not-change-log-in-data-until-further-notice-815 Microsoft Confirms Data Recovery for Sidekick Users http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/oct09/10-15sidekick.mspx http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4245 Sidekick outage is... Amazon announced same-day delivery for certain areas today, although we're not sure if you can buy wines by the glass. We also cover the BlackBerry Storm and Motorola Cliq announcements. Guess which one we like better? And the Danger Sidekick tale continues. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078143',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1085 Don’t change your Twitter passwords if you don’t want to lose your account http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/twitter-warns-users-not-change-log-in-data-until-further-notice-815 Microsoft Confirms Data Recovery for Sidekick Users http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/oct09/10-15sidekick.mspx http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4245 Sidekick outage is more than just an inconvenience for deaf people http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10375186-56.html Sidekick users file a lawsuit http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10375240-56.html BlackBerry Storm 2 – marginally better http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/rim-blackberry-storm-2/4505-6454_7-33776074.html http://cnettv.cnet.com/rim-blackberry-storm-2-verizon-wireless/9742-1_53-50078204.html Motorola Cliq http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/motorola-cliq-t-mobile/4505-6452_7-33770768.html Wal-Mart to launch pre-paid plans http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/10/14/walmart-launching-own-pre-paid-cell-plans/ Amazon.com Introduces Same-Day Delivery http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/amazoncom-introduces-same-day-delivery/?hp Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Returned to Growth in Third Quarter of 2009 http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1207613 Google to launch remote book downloading service http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-10-15-google-editions_N.htm?csp=34 UK Copyright Group Tells Cinemas to Ban Laptops http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/15/1321243/UK-Copyright-Group-Tells-Cinemas-to-Ban-Laptops New CBS News iPhone app (shameless) http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=334256223&mt=8 VOICEMAIL Rob wants to know about this Sprint data-only phone Vic the Texas Rancher Pilot on a use for the iPhone car starter EMAIL Hi Buzz Crew See: http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/index.php/software-update-causes-mass-box- failure A major software update to UK sat tv HD Freesat boxes has bricked many boxes including mine. No warning and no way to re-wind. I have no TV at all now and helpful tech support guy says they will be sending out a new over-the-air update in the next few days – hopefully. Don’t know how it will work as box reboots every 30 secs at the moment! So no TV, no Hulu in the UK. Looks like a lot of Podcasts to listen to. Love the show Paul the no-tv-for-now guy in the UK. *********** Hey buzz crew, When you were talking about the business week article on WiFi direct I couldn’t help thinking this sounds an aweful lot like a protocol that we already have: ad-hoc wireless! I’ve used this tons of times to connect two laptops without a router. What’s the big deal? Love the show! Ben the network security admin Rochester, NY *********** After hearing Texas Instruments threatened individuals who hacked their TI calculators, I began to wonder why would Texas Instruments even care. In my mind, other than being completely ignorant to the potential of the benefits of hacking, there are only two reasons why Texas Instruments would care. 1. The software programs offered on the more recent versions of the TI family don’t require the CPU processors or Ram that they currently have. If you are able to hack the calculator and import the TI-89 version on the software on a TI-83 version, you have now better calculator without them getting the additional payments. (Which, if true, is sad because they would rather protect their old technology than innovate and develop a brand new standard for calculators) 2. They are protecting the ability for their calculators to be considered “approved” for standardized testing. If hacks are available, they may feel they could lose that “approved” branding, which would hurt their sales dramatically. (One could make the argument of preventing students from flashing a library of game-boy games onto the calculator and making it the best hidden video game toy in the school system. But games have been available for at least 10 years now on the TI-brand of calculators.) Either way, these actions are surprising for a company that was voted by Business Ethics as one of the top 100 corporate citizens in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 *********** Hi Buzz Crew, Just had to report a strange occurrence involving bluetooth, an iPhone and a Toyota Prius: My wife and I were both driving home from the gym. I was engaged in a phone call (using my iPhone and a bluetooth earpiece). She was following a few car lengths back in our new bluetooth-equipped Toyota Prius. Suddenly my phone call ended. I chalked it up to typical cellphone dropped calls. But in fact here’s what happened. Our Prius was close enough behind my car that its built-in bluetooth paired with my iPhone, effectively hijacking the call. My wife said she was listening to the radio and was interrupted by my friends voice asking “are you still there?” Anyway… thought it was an interesting story. John, Rochester, NY Amazon announced same-day delivery for certain areas today, although we're not sure if you can buy wines by the glass. We also cover the BlackBerry Storm and Motorola Cliq announcements. Guess which one we like better? And the Danger Sidekick tale continues. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078143',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1085 Don’t change your Twitter passwords if you don’t want to lose your account http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/twitter-warns-users-not-change-log-in-data-until-further-notice-815 Microsoft Confirms Data Recovery for Sidekick Users http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/oct09/10-15sidekick.mspx http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4245 Sidekick outage is more than just an inconvenience for deaf people http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10375186-56.html Sidekick users file a lawsuit http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10375240-56.html BlackBerry Storm 2 – marginally better http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/rim-blackberry-storm-2/4505-6454_7-33776074.html http://cnettv.cnet.com/rim-blackberry-storm-2-verizon-wireless/9742-1_53-50078204.html Motorola Cliq http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/motorola-cliq-t-mobile/4505-6452_7-33770768.html Wal-Mart to launch pre-paid plans http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/10/14/walmart-launching-own-pre-paid-cell-plans/ Amazon.com Introduces Same-Day Delivery http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/amazoncom-introduces-same-day-delivery/?hp Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Returned to Growth in Third Quarter of 2009 http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1207613 Google to launch remote book downloading service http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-10-15-google-editions_N.htm?csp=34 UK Copyright Group Tells Cinemas to Ban Laptops http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/15/1321243/UK-Copyright-Group-Tells-Cinemas-to-Ban-Laptops New CBS News iPhone app (shameless) http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=334256223&mt=8 VOICEMAIL Rob wants to know about this Sprint data-only phone Vic the Texas Rancher Pilot on a use for the iPhone car starter EMAIL Hi Buzz Crew See: http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/index.php/software-update-causes-mass-box- failure A major software update to UK sat tv HD Freesat boxes has bricked many boxes including mine. No warning and no way to re-wind. I have no TV at all now and helpful tech support guy says they will be sending out a new over-the-air update in the next few days – hopefully. Don’t know how it will work as box reboots every 30 secs at the moment! So no TV, no Hulu in the UK. Looks like a lot of Podcasts to listen to. Love the show Paul the no-tv-for-now guy in the UK. *********** Hey buzz crew, When you were talking about the business week article on WiFi direct I couldn’t help thinking this sounds an aweful lot like a protocol that we already have: ad-hoc wireless! I’ve used this tons of times to connect two laptops without a router. What’s the big deal? Love the show! Ben the network security admin Rochester, NY *********** After hearing Texas Instruments threatened individuals who hacked their TI calculators, I began to wonder why would Texas Instruments even care. In my mind, other than being completely ignorant to the potential of the benefits of hacking, there are only two reasons why Texas Instruments would care. 1. The software programs offered on the more recent versions of the TI family don’t require the CPU processors or Ram that they currently have. If you are able to hack the calculator and import the TI-89 version on the software on a TI-83 version, you have now better calculator without them getting the additional payments. (Which, if true, is sad because they would rather protect their old technology than innovate and develop a brand new standard for calculators) 2. They are protecting the ability for their calculators to be considered “approved” for standardized testing. If hacks are available, they may feel they could lose that “approved” branding, which would hurt their sales dramatically. (One could make the argument of preventing students from flashing a library of game-boy games onto the calculator and making it the best hidden video game toy in the school system. But games have been available for at least 10 years now on the TI-brand of calculators.) Either way, these actions are surprising for a company that was voted by Business Ethics as one of the top 100 corporate citizens in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 *********** Hi Buzz Crew, Just had to report a strange occurrence involving bluetooth, an iPhone and a Toyota Prius: My wife and I were both driving home from the gym. I was engaged in a phone call (using my iPhone and a bluetooth earpiece). She was following a few car lengths back in our new bluetooth-equipped Toyota Prius. Suddenly my phone call ended. I chalked it up to typical cellphone dropped calls. But in fact here’s what happened. Our Prius was close enough behind my car that its built-in bluetooth paired with my iPhone, effectively hijacking the call. My wife said she was listening to the radio and was interrupted by my friends voice asking “are you still there?” Anyway… thought it was an interesting story. John, Rochester, NY tag:odeo.com,2009-10-15,25290460 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:15:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://odeo.com/episodes/25284615-BOL-1084-TI-don-t-be-a-8008 Calculator hackers have figured out how to run independent OS's on TI calculators. Unfortunately TI wants to stop them. Why? We have no idea. Also we play fast and loose with physics when discussing black holes and Higgs Bosons. We also totally redefined the word mint. In a bad way unfortunately. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078142',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1084 Sidekick data restored? http://twitter.com/wcpreston/status/4848175078 http://twitter.com/ruv/status/4845969713 Wi-Fi Is About to Get a Whole Lot Easier http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2009/tc20091013_683659.htm http://www.wi-fi.org/news_articles.php?f=media_news&news_id=909 Apple shipping iPhone 3GS' resistant to ... Calculator hackers have figured out how to run independent OS's on TI calculators. Unfortunately TI wants to stop them. Why? We have no idea. Also we play fast and loose with physics when discussing black holes and Higgs Bosons. We also totally redefined the word mint. In a bad way unfortunately. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078142',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1084 Sidekick data restored? http://twitter.com/wcpreston/status/4848175078 http://twitter.com/ruv/status/4845969713 Wi-Fi Is About to Get a Whole Lot Easier http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2009/tc20091013_683659.htm http://www.wi-fi.org/news_articles.php?f=media_news&news_id=909 Apple shipping iPhone 3GS' resistant to jailbreaking? http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/13/apple-shipping-iphone-3gs-resistant-to-jailbreaking/ EFF Warns Texas Instruments to Stop Harassing Calculator Hobbyists http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/10/13 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/bloggers-fight-tis-dmca-takedown-over-calculator-hack.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10374284-264.html Family Guy To Shill For Windows 7 http://www.pcworld.com/article/173646/family_guy_to_shill_for_windows_7.html B&N e-reader pics leaked; event confirmed for October 20 http://dvice.com/archives/2009/10/barnes-and-nobl.php Finland becomes first country to make broadband access a legal right http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/14/applause-for-finland-first-country-to-make-broadband-access-a-legal-right/ Twitter Cracks Down On Spam http://paidcontent.org/article/419-twitter-cracks-down-on-spam/ Artificial Black Hole Created in Chinese Lab http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24234/ The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/science/space/13lhc.html VOICEMAIL Stefan on gas masks Raf on the pressure-sensitive keyboard EMAIL On BOL1083 when discussing the Berners-Lee comment, my head nearly exploded as my pet peeve was repeatedly forced into my ears. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FORWARD SLASH! There is slash; there is backslash… no forward slash, no backward slash. I know this isn’t show-worthy, but I feel better now. Thank you, J.R. the GWAIN (guy without an interesting nickname) ********** While listening to episode 1078, where you were discussing the purchasing of specific genes, I was reminded of a story about some grad students reported by NPR’s RadioLab from more than a year and a half ago. The students were doing some experiments with E. Coli. Not liking the poop smell associated with the bacteria, they got a gene for mintyness from some other researchers and inserted it. I remembered that the students also inserted a gene to make it smell like banana once the E. Coli was ready for them to do their experiment. That was not included in this short article, but is in the audio show if I remembered correctly. Here is a link to an article about it, but the audio podcast is much better (RadioLab is awesome). http://www.npr.org/templates/text/s.php?sId=90014997&m=1 By the way, if you are mailing a link from the browser on your iPhone and get a call just before you hit send, you get the opportunity to write your entire e-mail again! Sigh. I’ve got to send this quick before another call comes in. Please insert the “love the show” recording here. Darren Lacey Telecommunucations infrastructure electronics technician from South Bend, IN ********** Hey buzz crew, I dont know if you guys know but Sprint is selling data only plans on their smart phones for $29. No voice (incoming calls blocked, outgoing $0.40 per min) but you can use data and tether (other than Pre and BB 8350i). Here is detail: http://sprintrelaystore.com/data_only_plan.htm Love the show. Sam in Houston, TX loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078199',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Calculator hackers have figured out how to run independent OS's on TI calculators. Unfortunately TI wants to stop them. Why? We have no idea. Also we play fast and loose with physics when discussing black holes and Higgs Bosons. We also totally redefined the word mint. In a bad way unfortunately. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078142',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1084 Sid