http://www.odeo.com/channels/2107722-All-CNET-Audio-Podcasts no Get your fix of all audio podcast feeds currently offered through podcast.cnet.com in one place. Right here! In the feed: Buzz Out Loud, Car Tech, CNET News Daily Podcast, Dialed In, The Digital Home, EIC2, Gadgettes, Indecent Exposure, Inside CNET Labs, MP3 Insider, Music Sessions from Studio C, The Real Deal, Security Bites, The 404. Get your fix of all audio podcast feeds currently offered through podcast.cnet.com in one place. Right here! In the feed: Buzz Out Loud, Car Tech, CNET News Daily Podcast, Dialed In, The Digital Home, EIC2, Gadgettes, Indecent Exposure, Inside CNET Labs, MP3 Insider, Music Sessions from Studio C, The Real Deal, Security Bites, The 404. Get your fix of all audio podcast feeds currently offered through podcast.cnet.com in one place. en-us 40 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:15:00 -0800 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:15:00 -0800 2008 CNET.com music, News, mp3, Tech, studio, Security, car, out, buzz, in, loud, insider, c, cnet, com, bites, gadgettes, dialed Technology music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud c bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25418630-Reporters-Roundtable-9-The-business-of-app-stores This week on the Roundtable: the App Store revolution. Something funny has happened to software. While the model we all grew up with for the distribution of software was mostly to buy it through retail channels or other resellers, or maybe direct from manufacturers, another model emerged and has proven successful by Apple: the App Store. In this model, there is one and only one outlet for software, and it's run by the people who make the hardware. And, critically, you can't get a product into the store unless the hardware maker approves it. The app store concept is spreading to other mobile platforms and may become a part of general-purpose computing and game platforms as well. It's changing how software is made, sold, distributed, and priced. To discuss these and related topics: Sebastian Rupley, editor in chief of the GigaOm network, which publishes, among other things, a great tech analysis site. Via remote from our New York office, CNET Senior Writer Maggie Reardon, who covers m... This week on the Roundtable: the App Store revolution. Something funny has happened to software. While the model we all grew up with for the distribution of software was mostly to buy it through retail channels or other resellers, or maybe direct from manufacturers, another model emerged and has proven successful by Apple: the App Store. In this model, there is one and only one outlet for software, and it's run by the people who make the hardware. And, critically, you can't get a product into the store unless the hardware maker approves it. The app store concept is spreading to other mobile platforms and may become a part of general-purpose computing and game platforms as well. It's changing how software is made, sold, distributed, and priced. To discuss these and related topics: Sebastian Rupley, editor in chief of the GigaOm network, which publishes, among other things, a great tech analysis site. Via remote from our New York office, CNET Senior Writer Maggie Reardon, who covers mobile and Web-based businesses. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #9: The app store business Show notes and talking points... How big a deal is the app store concept? How pervasive will it become? What did Apple do right? How did it get to more than 100,000 apps? What's the No. 2 app store (Maggie)? What does this do for developers? Outlook for Android, Palm, BlackBerry, MS, Symbian? Only two weeks ago did Apple enable trialware--free before paid. What took so long? Isn't this known as one of the great ways to market on the Net? Discuss pricing models. Discuss approval process. Could it work in Windows, OS X? What about the Web? Yahoo is considering apps on its homepage. What about games? And in-app purchases, like Farmville? Next time: The business of humor with Ben Huh of Failblog! Plus one other great guest to be revealed later... Watch my Twitter feed for updates. Feedback to our new email address, roundtable@cnet.com. Thanks! This week on the Roundtable: the App Store revolution. Something funny has happened to software. While the model we all grew up with for the distribution of software was mostly to buy it through retail channels or other resellers, or maybe direct from manufacturers, another model emerged and has proven successful by Apple: the App Store. In this model, there is one and only one outlet for software, and it's run by the people who make the hardware. And, critically, you can't get a product into the store unless the hardware maker approves it. The app store concept is spreading to other mobile platforms and may become a part of general-purpose computing and game platforms as well. It's changing how software is made, sold, distributed, and priced. To discuss these and related topics: Sebastian Rupley, editor in chief of the GigaOm network, which publishes, among other things, a great tech analysis site. Via remote from our New York office, CNET Senior Writer Maggie Reardon, who covers mobile and Web-based businesses. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #9: The app store business Show notes and talking points... How big a deal is the app store concept? How pervasive will it become? What did Apple do right? How did it get to more than 100,000 apps? What's the No. 2 app store (Maggie)? What does this do for developers? Outlook for Android, Palm, BlackBerry, MS, Symbian? Only two weeks ago did Apple enable trialware--free before paid. What took so long? Isn't this known as one of the great ways to market on the Net? Discuss pricing models. Discuss approval process. Could it work in Windows, OS X? What about the Web? Yahoo is considering apps on its homepage. What about games? And in-app purchases, like Farmville? Next time: The business of humor with Ben Huh of Failblog! Plus one other great guest to be revealed later... Watch my Twitter feed for updates. Feedback to our new email address, roundtable@cnet.com. Thanks! tag:odeo.com,2009-11-06,25418630 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:15:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25418631-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. 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 Founde... 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. 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. 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,2009-11-06,25418631 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:27:33 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25418632-CNET-News-Daily-Podcast-Skype-eBay-move-forward eBay will move forward with selling its stake in Skype, the company said Friday, now that a licensing dispute over the software that underlies Skype's service has been settled. eBay will get $1.9 billion in cash in the deal, which will close by the end of the year. Also on the podcast: Smartphone sales rise, the Motorola Droid has its coming out party, more charges in the Galleon insider trading case, and Google aims to be less "creepy." Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: eBay's Skype sale gets go-ahead Smartphone market unfazed by recession Slow start for the Motorola Droid? Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line' Photos: Spring Design's Alex e-reader eBay will move forward with selling its stake in Skype, the company said Friday, now that a licensing dispute over the software that underlies Skype's service has been settled. eBay will get $1.9 billion in cash in the deal, which will close by the end of the year. Also on the podcast: Smartphone sales rise, the Motorola Droid has its coming out party, more charges in the Galleon insider trading case, and Google aims to be less "creepy." Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: eBay's Skype sale gets go-ahead Smartphone market unfazed by recession Slow start for the Motorola Droid? Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line' Photos: Spring Design's Alex e-reader eBay will move forward with selling its stake in Skype, the company said Friday, now that a licensing dispute over the software that underlies Skype's service has been settled. eBay will get $1.9 billion in cash in the deal, which will close by the end of the year. Also on the podcast: Smartphone sales rise, the Motorola Droid has its coming out party, more charges in the Galleon insider trading case, and Google aims to be less "creepy." Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: eBay's Skype sale gets go-ahead Smartphone market unfazed by recession Slow start for the Motorola Droid? Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line' Photos: Spring Design's Alex e-reader tag:odeo.com,2009-11-06,25418632 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:51:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25418633-The-404-462-Where-we-make-it-too-easy A young Wilson G. Tang celebrates his 68th birthday. (Credit: CNET/The 404) Wilson G. Tang is happily celebrating his 25th birthday tomorrow, so we take a few minutes at the beginning of today's episode of The 404 podcast to congratulate the man on making it this far. Can you believe this fool has only been on Earth 25 years? I always assumed you could tell Wilson's age by counting the highlights in his hair, but the consensus is that Wilson is certainly an old soul. He also brings in a very special birthday present that he got from his boo-bear this morning: a brand new Apple Mac Mini to add to his Apple museum brewing at home! Don't tell Wilson, but we've also arranged for a naughty Steve Jobs look-alike to pop out of his mooncake later tonight. iMEvil iPhone Soundboard App (Credit: TechPad Productions) Speaking of scary things, just because Halloween is over doesn't mean you can't still creep out your friends with this new iPhone app from TechPad productions called iMEvil. On tod... A young Wilson G. Tang celebrates his 68th birthday. (Credit: CNET/The 404) Wilson G. Tang is happily celebrating his 25th birthday tomorrow, so we take a few minutes at the beginning of today's episode of The 404 podcast to congratulate the man on making it this far. Can you believe this fool has only been on Earth 25 years? I always assumed you could tell Wilson's age by counting the highlights in his hair, but the consensus is that Wilson is certainly an old soul. He also brings in a very special birthday present that he got from his boo-bear this morning: a brand new Apple Mac Mini to add to his Apple museum brewing at home! Don't tell Wilson, but we've also arranged for a naughty Steve Jobs look-alike to pop out of his mooncake later tonight. iMEvil iPhone Soundboard App (Credit: TechPad Productions) Speaking of scary things, just because Halloween is over doesn't mean you can't still creep out your friends with this new iPhone app from TechPad productions called iMEvil. On today's episode of The 404 Podcast, Jeff manages to get his hands on a free copy of David Sobolov's (the voice talent behind Halo Wars, Call of Duty 4, Diablo III, Unreal Tournament 3, and more) soundback app that has 32 hilarious lines like "Prepare yourself to serve me" and "I'd buy that for a dollar." Since we're all about giving here at The 404, Mr. Sobolov and Tech Pad Productions were nice enough to provide our listeners with 5 free codes (normally priced at $1.99 in the iPhone App Store). If you'd like a free download, e-mail us at THE404{AT}CNET[DOT]COM and put only "iMEvil" in the subject and we'll pick five random winners to announce on Monday. Good luck! In the spirit of all things Apple, we present to you the typical dating profile of the average iPhone user. A new study from Retrevo reveals the absurdity behind what makes iPhone users tick. Among other things, one in five iPhone owners has admitted to watching "adult material" on an Apple gadget, which happens to be twice as many as the average BlackBerrian. And well...judging by Wilson's constant fixation on his iDrone, we ain't too surprised. Many more stories to get to that won't fit into this blog post, stuff like this Twitter-only handset and the most impractical, irresponsible, and dangerous accessory ever for your laptop, so be sure to check out today's full episode. Have a great weekend, everyone, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILSON! EPISODE 462 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... A young Wilson G. Tang celebrates his 68th birthday. (Credit: CNET/The 404) Wilson G. Tang is happily celebrating his 25th birthday tomorrow, so we take a few minutes at the beginning of today's episode of The 404 podcast to congratulate the man on making it this far. Can you believe this fool has only been on Earth 25 years? I always assumed you could tell Wilson's age by counting the highlights in his hair, but the consensus is that Wilson is certainly an old soul. He also brings in a very special birthday present that he got from his boo-bear this morning: a brand new Apple Mac Mini to add to his Apple museum brewing at home! Don't tell Wilson, but we've also arranged for a naughty Steve Jobs look-alike to pop out of his mooncake later tonight. iMEvil iPhone Soundboard App (Credit: TechPad Productions) Speaking of scary things, just because Halloween is over doesn't mean you can't still creep out your friends with this new iPhone app from TechPad productions called iMEvil. On today's episode of The 404 Podcast, Jeff manages to get his hands on a free copy of David Sobolov's (the voice talent behind Halo Wars, Call of Duty 4, Diablo III, Unreal Tournament 3, and more) soundback app that has 32 hilarious lines like "Prepare yourself to serve me" and "I'd buy that for a dollar." Since we're all about giving here at The 404, Mr. Sobolov and Tech Pad Productions were nice enough to provide our listeners with 5 free codes (normally priced at $1.99 in the iPhone App Store). If you'd like a free download, e-mail us at THE404{AT}CNET[DOT]COM and put only "iMEvil" in the subject and we'll pick five random winners to announce on Monday. Good luck! In the spirit of all things Apple, we present to you the typical dating profile of the average iPhone user. A new study from Retrevo reveals the absurdity behind what makes iPhone users tick. Among other things, one in five iPhone owners has admitted to watching "adult material" on an Apple gadget, which happens to be twice as many as the average BlackBerrian. And well...judging by Wilson's constant fixation on his iDrone, we ain't too surprised. Many more stories to get to that won't fit into this blog post, stuff like this Twitter-only handset and the most impractical, irresponsible, and dangerous accessory ever for your laptop, so be sure to check out today's full episode. Have a great weekend, everyone, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILSON! EPISODE 462 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-06,25418633 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:24:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25418634-Gadgettes-161-The-geeks-in-love-episode Sometimes a gadget comes along that sweeps you off your geeky feet. Also, it's not very often that a curiously upholstered SUV comes along and crashes into the podcast like a wrecking ball. Today we bring you all of the above in one episode. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 161 Motorola Droid The commercial Dating habits of iPhone users: A profile Molly’s new true love: HP Envy 15 Japan's NEC takes aim at interpreters with head mounted projection device GelaSkins Reverse gender gap Shmotter.com--create outfits Plastic surgery iPhone app A pPropos (of) nothing Kiss the QOOQ: A New PC for the Kitchen Why Didn’t I Think of That? Senior Mobile Phone actually is your grandma’s phone Kill me Dedicated tweeting gadget TwitterPeek launches E-mail It’s so obvious! We all know that we’re supposed to unplug our appliances when we’re n... Sometimes a gadget comes along that sweeps you off your geeky feet. Also, it's not very often that a curiously upholstered SUV comes along and crashes into the podcast like a wrecking ball. Today we bring you all of the above in one episode. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 161 Motorola Droid The commercial Dating habits of iPhone users: A profile Molly’s new true love: HP Envy 15 Japan's NEC takes aim at interpreters with head mounted projection device GelaSkins Reverse gender gap Shmotter.com--create outfits Plastic surgery iPhone app A pPropos (of) nothing Kiss the QOOQ: A New PC for the Kitchen Why Didn’t I Think of That? Senior Mobile Phone actually is your grandma’s phone Kill me Dedicated tweeting gadget TwitterPeek launches E-mail It’s so obvious! We all know that we’re supposed to unplug our appliances when we’re not using them – and we know that plugging/ unplugging is a pain and also potentially damaging to the cord. So – how about twisting the outlet to make it go on/off? Genius! Cianna Stewart Hi Gadgettes, I found these today from a link on Reddit and became flabbergasted. I thought I knew what pants were until this. I cannot even begin to imagine what segment this would go to. They make them for women too. -Erick from Michigan I can’t decide if this is best for Bling RX, Tool Time or What The Hell? All I know is my mind is melting a little reading about the SUV with whale penis leather interior and gold-plated bulletproof windows. Cianna Sometimes a gadget comes along that sweeps you off your geeky feet. Also, it's not very often that a curiously upholstered SUV comes along and crashes into the podcast like a wrecking ball. Today we bring you all of the above in one episode. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 161 Motorola Droid The commercial Dating habits of iPhone users: A profile Molly’s new true love: HP Envy 15 Japan's NEC takes aim at interpreters with head mounted projection device GelaSkins Reverse gender gap Shmotter.com--create outfits Plastic surgery iPhone app A pPropos (of) nothing Kiss the QOOQ: A New PC for the Kitchen Why Didn’t I Think of That? Senior Mobile Phone actually is your grandma’s phone Kill me Dedicated tweeting gadget TwitterPeek launches E-mail It’s so obvious! We all know that we’re supposed to unplug our appliances when we’re not using them – and we know that plugging/ unplugging is a pain and also potentially damaging to the cord. So – how about twisting the outlet to make it go on/off? Genius! Cianna Stewart Hi Gadgettes, I found these today from a link on Reddit and became flabbergasted. I thought I knew what pants were until this. I cannot even begin to imagine what segment this would go to. They make them for women too. -Erick from Michigan I can’t decide if this is best for Bling RX, Tool Time or What The Hell? All I know is my mind is melting a little reading about the SUV with whale penis leather interior and gold-plated bulletproof windows. Cianna tag:odeo.com,2009-11-05,25418634 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:56:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25418635-The-Real-Deal-186-Essential-software-for-a-new-PC-or-Mac Tom and Rafe discuss the apps they put on first thing when they get a new computer. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 186 Download.com starter kits: Windows: http://download.cnet.com/8001/2701-19409_4-2-1.html windows security: http://download.cnet.com/2701-2023_4-6-1.html mac: http://download.cnet.com/2701-19406_4-4.html And of course, NiNite – http://ninite.com/ Tom’s picks (Won’t read all of them, just a few favorites and then refer to the show notes for complete list): VLC Open Office Sea Monkey – or Firefox/Thunderbird/FileZilla/XChat (Colloquy) AVG Antivirus Hijack This Pidgin/Adium Paint.NET iTunes Audacity CCleaner Skype Rafe’s picks PC– Microsoft Security Essentials Process Explorer Foxit PDF reader CCleaner Paint.net Picasa Pidgin SugarSync Roboform VLC WinDirStat (plus the usual: Apps like Office/OpenOffice, Evern... Tom and Rafe discuss the apps they put on first thing when they get a new computer. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 186 Download.com starter kits: Windows: http://download.cnet.com/8001/2701-19409_4-2-1.html windows security: http://download.cnet.com/2701-2023_4-6-1.html mac: http://download.cnet.com/2701-19406_4-4.html And of course, NiNite – http://ninite.com/ Tom’s picks (Won’t read all of them, just a few favorites and then refer to the show notes for complete list): VLC Open Office Sea Monkey – or Firefox/Thunderbird/FileZilla/XChat (Colloquy) AVG Antivirus Hijack This Pidgin/Adium Paint.NET iTunes Audacity CCleaner Skype Rafe’s picks PC– Microsoft Security Essentials Process Explorer Foxit PDF reader CCleaner Paint.net Picasa Pidgin SugarSync Roboform VLC WinDirStat (plus the usual: Apps like Office/OpenOffice, Evernote, etc) Techtracker Mac– Witch – Win-like task switcher SugarSync Skitch Adium DiskInventoryX Precipitate – puts google doc results in spotlight Multiclutch – more trackpad gestures LISTENER PICKS Google Earth (for Linux) -dpeach uTorrent (Vista) -Hardus Backup Chunker (Vista) -Hardus SyncBack Glary Utilities (Vista) -Hardus Fences (Windows ) – Sang Tweetdeck – Andrew Path Finder http://cocoatech.com/ (Mac) – Obada Rightzoom http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/30591 (Mac) – Obada Default Folder X http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/ (Mac) – Obada Quicksilver (Mac) – Sang EMAIL QUESTIONS Tom and Rafe, I know you are doing an episode on useful software for a new computer. I’m wondering if you know of a good Hard Drive Visualizer for the MAC? Those programs are super useful for tracking down and deleting files that are just clutter and hard to find. I’ve used a couple, but they are unstable and crash frequently. Robinson A Answer: Disk Inventory X! http://www.derlien.com/ for PC: WinDirStat ******************* Tom & Rafe: I just upgraded to Windows 7 from Windows XP. Under XP, I used Nero for burning CDs and DVDs. The version that I had (v 6.x) does not work under Windows 7, and I don't want to pay $50 for an upgrade of Nero. Can you recommend a good alternative CD/DVD copying/burning tool for Windows 7? Thanks, love the show! Hank From Peoria Arizona (and the chatroom) Answer: Yes. Windows 7! (CDBurnerXP, Magic ISO also good) ******************* Hello Tom, I just installed Acronis True Image, because I want to try something that might severely mess up my machine. So as a precautionary measure I plan to use Acronis to make sure I have something to fall back on incase what I try blows up in my face. I see Acronis has a ?back up and restore? feature that ?backs up files, folders, app settings, email accounts or the entire hard disk?. The software also has an option under ?disk utilities? that lets me clone the disk. What should I do? I plan to do one of those options to an external drive but not sue which one is best for my situation. Any answer is much appreciated. I listen to Buzz out Loud everyday, as well as The Real Deal every week and I ?love the shows? Thanks so much and have a great day, Alex the Graphic Designer from NH Answer: Both backup solutions have their place. In general, and with a lot of exceptions, Cloned drives are great for recovering a disk if you have a hardware failure, and file backup is great for recovering data if you have a user failure (you erase a file). Personally, I do both, even though you can in some cases do file recovery from a clone. ************** COMMENTS ********** Hey Tom and Rafe, not sure if you already found/figured this out, but I just tested hibernating my vista laptop without a battery like someone had done with their mac. Lo and behold, it works. It’s not the fastest thing in the world, but it does appear save the harddrive to RAM allowing a complete power disconnect. I don’t know how long it can suspend the harddrive on the RAM, but score one for windows. Love your show, JoshuaCaleb P.S. for all the listeners out there, you have to put the computer in “hibernate” not “sleep”. When in ’sleep’, the computer will eventually go into hibernate and I think you can alter the hibernate settings as well. Anyway, that’s my nickel and two cents. *********** Tom - On Real Deal Ep 184 you read an email from a guy with a fried XP drive that wanted to upgrade to 7, but didn’t have his key. this actually happened to me, but I did have the original XP drive. Someone suggested I call Microsoft (yeah, right…) and on a whim i did. The guy on the phone (lovely gentleman from India who was concise, pleasant and knowledgeable) told me to read the characters printed around the rim of the hole in the CD. I’d never noticed those numbers before but I read them off and in about 20 seconds he told me my product key! Now the thing that really blew me away was that he asked if he could stay online with me while I ran the XP install so he could be sure I was taken care of! Or maybe I dreamt that, it sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Allison Sheridan NosillaCast Podcast Now live Thursdays at 4 PM Eastern / 1 PM Pacific on http://live.cnet.com/ Call live! 888-900-2638 (CNET) Next time: Warranties realdeal@cnet.com forums.cnet.com Tom and Rafe discuss the apps they put on first thing when they get a new computer. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 186 Download.com starter kits: Windows: http://download.cnet.com/8001/2701-19409_4-2-1.html windows security: http://download.cnet.com/2701-2023_4-6-1.html mac: http://download.cnet.com/2701-19406_4-4.html And of course, NiNite – http://ninite.com/ Tom’s picks (Won’t read all of them, just a few favorites and then refer to the show notes for complete list): VLC Open Office Sea Monkey – or Firefox/Thunderbird/FileZilla/XChat (Colloquy) AVG Antivirus Hijack This Pidgin/Adium Paint.NET iTunes Audacity CCleaner Skype Rafe’s picks PC– Microsoft Security Essentials Process Explorer Foxit PDF reader CCleaner Paint.net Picasa Pidgin SugarSync Roboform VLC WinDirStat (plus the usual: Apps like Office/OpenOffice, Evernote, etc) Techtracker Mac– Witch – Win-like task switcher SugarSync Skitch Adium DiskInventoryX Precipitate – puts google doc results in spotlight Multiclutch – more trackpad gestures LISTENER PICKS Google Earth (for Linux) -dpeach uTorrent (Vista) -Hardus Backup Chunker (Vista) -Hardus SyncBack Glary Utilities (Vista) -Hardus Fences (Windows ) – Sang Tweetdeck – Andrew Path Finder http://cocoatech.com/ (Mac) – Obada Rightzoom http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/30591 (Mac) – Obada Default Folder X http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/ (Mac) – Obada Quicksilver (Mac) – Sang EMAIL QUESTIONS Tom and Rafe, I know you are doing an episode on useful software for a new computer. I’m wondering if you know of a good Hard Drive Visualizer for the MAC? Those programs are super useful for tracking down and deleting files that are just clutter and hard to find. I’ve used a couple, but they are unstable and crash frequently. Robinson A Answer: Disk Inventory X! http://www.derlien.com/ for PC: WinDirStat ******************* Tom & Rafe: I just upgraded to Windows 7 from Windows XP. Under XP, I used Nero for burning CDs and DVDs. The version that I had (v 6.x) does not work under Windows 7, and I don't want to pay $50 for an upgrade of Nero. Can you recommend a good alternative CD/DVD copying/burning tool for Windows 7? Thanks, love the show! Hank From Peoria Arizona (and the chatroom) Answer: Yes. Windows 7! (CDBurnerXP, Magic ISO also good) ******************* Hello Tom, I just installed Acronis True Image, because I want to try something that might severely mess up my machine. So as a precautionary measure I plan to use Acronis to make sure I have something to fall back on incase what I try blows up in my face. I see Acronis has a ?back up and restore? feature that ?backs up files, folders, app settings, email accounts or the entire hard disk?. The software also has an option under ?disk utilities? that lets me clone the disk. What should I do? I plan to do one of those options to an external drive but not sue which one is best for my situation. Any answer is much appreciated. I listen to Buzz out Loud everyday, as well as The Real Deal every week and I ?love the shows? Thanks so much and have a great day, Alex the Graphic Designer from NH Answer: Both backup solutions have their place. In general, and with a lot of exceptions, Cloned drives are great for recovering a disk if you have a hardware failure, and file backup is great for recovering data if you have a user failure (you erase a file). Personally, I do both, even though you can in some cases do file recovery from a clone. ************** COMMENTS ********** Hey Tom and Rafe, not sure if you already found/figured this out, but I just tested hibernating my vista laptop without a battery like someone had done with their mac. Lo and behold, it works. It’s not the fastest thing in the world, but it does appear save the harddrive to RAM allowing a complete power disconnect. I don’t know how long it can suspend the harddrive on the RAM, but score one for windows. Love your show, JoshuaCaleb P.S. for all the listeners out there, you have to put the computer in “hibernate” not “sleep”. When in ’sleep’, the computer will eventually go into hibernate and I think you can alter the hibernate settings as well. Anyway, that’s my nickel and two cents. *********** Tom - On Real Deal Ep 184 you read an email from a guy with a fried XP drive that wanted to upgrade to 7, but didn’t have his key. this actually happened to me, but I did have the original XP drive. Someone suggested I call Microsoft (yeah, right…) and on a whim i did. The guy on the phone (lovely gentleman from India who was concise, pleasant and knowledgeable) told me to read the characters printed around the rim of the hole in the CD. I’d never noticed those numbers before but I read them off and in about 20 seconds he told me my product key! Now the thing that really blew me away was that he asked if he could stay online with me while I ran the XP install so he could be sure I was taken care of! Or maybe I dreamt that, it sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Allison Sheridan NosillaCast Podcast Now live Thursdays at 4 PM Eastern / 1 PM Pacific on http://live.cnet.com/ Call live! 888-900-2638 (CNET) Next time: Warranties realdeal@cnet.com forums.cnet.com tag:odeo.com,2009-11-05,25418635 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:57:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25418636-CNET-News-Daily-Podcast-Google-tries-to-add-human-touch Known for using brilliant engineers, complex algorithms, and speedy servers to organize online information in a simple and accessible way, Google is learning how to add the human touch to its repertoire as customers look for answers that can't be found on an FAQ. CNET News reporter Tom Krazit talks about what the search giant is doing to improve the customer experience and why that task is getting more difficult. That, plus other headlines of the day, on Thursday's CNET News Daily Podcast. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Senate panel approves Democratic climate bill Windows 7 sales outshine Vista FAQ: Buying the right Windows 7 upgrade Hands on with the new Dell Adamo XPS Verizon offers prepaid wireless service for laptop users Google tries its own take on customer service Europe getting 'Internet freedom' law Study: Internet use won't cause social isolation Meet Ibn Sina, the Arabic-speaking robot Known for using brilliant engineers, complex algorithms, and speedy servers to organize online information in a simple and accessible way, Google is learning how to add the human touch to its repertoire as customers look for answers that can't be found on an FAQ. CNET News reporter Tom Krazit talks about what the search giant is doing to improve the customer experience and why that task is getting more difficult. That, plus other headlines of the day, on Thursday's CNET News Daily Podcast. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Senate panel approves Democratic climate bill Windows 7 sales outshine Vista FAQ: Buying the right Windows 7 upgrade Hands on with the new Dell Adamo XPS Verizon offers prepaid wireless service for laptop users Google tries its own take on customer service Europe getting 'Internet freedom' law Study: Internet use won't cause social isolation Meet Ibn Sina, the Arabic-speaking robot Known for using brilliant engineers, complex algorithms, and speedy servers to organize online information in a simple and accessible way, Google is learning how to add the human touch to its repertoire as customers look for answers that can't be found on an FAQ. CNET News reporter Tom Krazit talks about what the search giant is doing to improve the customer experience and why that task is getting more difficult. That, plus other headlines of the day, on Thursday's CNET News Daily Podcast. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Senate panel approves Democratic climate bill Windows 7 sales outshine Vista FAQ: Buying the right Windows 7 upgrade Hands on with the new Dell Adamo XPS Verizon offers prepaid wireless service for laptop users Google tries its own take on customer service Europe getting 'Internet freedom' law Study: Internet use won't cause social isolation Meet Ibn Sina, the Arabic-speaking robot tag:odeo.com,2009-11-05,25418636 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:28:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25418637-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. 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.boingboin... 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. 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. 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,2009-11-05,25418637 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:53:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25418638-The-404-461-Where-we-turn-down-the-ugly-knob Russ with Hova--no big deal. (Credit: Russ Frushtick) Russ Frushtick from MTV's Multiplayer blog joins us on today's episode of The 404 Podcast to give us the rundown of this month's upcoming video game releases, but first we have to give a quick head nod to the Yankees for winning the World Series and, of course, Matsui for coming through with the MVP of the series. Also, were you as annoyed with the lame tech commercials during the game as we were? Between James Cameron's upcoming flop "Avatar" that looks like a 2-hour video game cut scene, the new Droid phone ripping Apple apart, and the rather malicious new Mac ads practically lying about past versions of Windows, we could barely watch the game! Next, we run down a list of near-extinct tech that just won't seem to go away. The list includes items like the landline telephone, Twitter, vinyl, fax machines, Windows XP, and Sonic the Hedgehog, and although we agree with most of them, how are people supposed to send sandwiches to lov... Russ with Hova--no big deal. (Credit: Russ Frushtick) Russ Frushtick from MTV's Multiplayer blog joins us on today's episode of The 404 Podcast to give us the rundown of this month's upcoming video game releases, but first we have to give a quick head nod to the Yankees for winning the World Series and, of course, Matsui for coming through with the MVP of the series. Also, were you as annoyed with the lame tech commercials during the game as we were? Between James Cameron's upcoming flop "Avatar" that looks like a 2-hour video game cut scene, the new Droid phone ripping Apple apart, and the rather malicious new Mac ads practically lying about past versions of Windows, we could barely watch the game! Next, we run down a list of near-extinct tech that just won't seem to go away. The list includes items like the landline telephone, Twitter, vinyl, fax machines, Windows XP, and Sonic the Hedgehog, and although we agree with most of them, how are people supposed to send sandwiches to loved ones without a fax machine? By far, the highlight of today's episode comes toward the tail end of the show during our classic Calls From the Public segment, where Jeff is the reluctant receiver of a huge spoiler to his current read, Lois Lowry's "The Giver." If you're planning on reading the book for the first time, you might want to click the mute button for the remainder of the episode, or risk suffering a similar fate. On the other hand, the look on Jeff's face when things get spoiled is too hilarious to miss. This month in games: November 2009--photos EPISODE 461 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... Russ with Hova--no big deal. (Credit: Russ Frushtick) Russ Frushtick from MTV's Multiplayer blog joins us on today's episode of The 404 Podcast to give us the rundown of this month's upcoming video game releases, but first we have to give a quick head nod to the Yankees for winning the World Series and, of course, Matsui for coming through with the MVP of the series. Also, were you as annoyed with the lame tech commercials during the game as we were? Between James Cameron's upcoming flop "Avatar" that looks like a 2-hour video game cut scene, the new Droid phone ripping Apple apart, and the rather malicious new Mac ads practically lying about past versions of Windows, we could barely watch the game! Next, we run down a list of near-extinct tech that just won't seem to go away. The list includes items like the landline telephone, Twitter, vinyl, fax machines, Windows XP, and Sonic the Hedgehog, and although we agree with most of them, how are people supposed to send sandwiches to loved ones without a fax machine? By far, the highlight of today's episode comes toward the tail end of the show during our classic Calls From the Public segment, where Jeff is the reluctant receiver of a huge spoiler to his current read, Lois Lowry's "The Giver." If you're planning on reading the book for the first time, you might want to click the mute button for the remainder of the episode, or risk suffering a similar fate. On the other hand, the look on Jeff's face when things get spoiled is too hilarious to miss. This month in games: November 2009--photos EPISODE 461 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-05,25418638 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:33:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25403589-Dialed-In-103-Android-highs-and-lows The Android onslaught continues with the announcement of Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 and the rumors of Verizon's HTC Droid Eris. Though we will get to see the Droid Eris in our hot little hands--and for the bargain price of $99--the X10 may never see life in North America. Also, we're not thrilled that the Moto Droid skimped on the finger pinching multitouch. Also in the podcast, Nicole talks rips on the Twitter Peek. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | iTunes (video) | RSS (audio) | RSS (video) Xperia X10 (Credit: Sony Ericsson) Rumor of the week Leaked docs confirm Droid Eris details: November 6, $99 News Verizon to raise ETF for "advanced devices" Android and iPhone price plan comparison Xperia X10 drawing new lines in Android battle Motorola Milestone is GSM Droid LG Chocolate Touch to drop on November 5th? HTC HD2 coming to a U.S. carrier in early 2010 Does cell phone design still matter? Reviews Samsung Freeform Samsung Caliber Sony Ericsson Equ... The Android onslaught continues with the announcement of Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 and the rumors of Verizon's HTC Droid Eris. Though we will get to see the Droid Eris in our hot little hands--and for the bargain price of $99--the X10 may never see life in North America. Also, we're not thrilled that the Moto Droid skimped on the finger pinching multitouch. Also in the podcast, Nicole talks rips on the Twitter Peek. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | iTunes (video) | RSS (audio) | RSS (video) Xperia X10 (Credit: Sony Ericsson) Rumor of the week Leaked docs confirm Droid Eris details: November 6, $99 News Verizon to raise ETF for "advanced devices" Android and iPhone price plan comparison Xperia X10 drawing new lines in Android battle Motorola Milestone is GSM Droid LG Chocolate Touch to drop on November 5th? HTC HD2 coming to a U.S. carrier in early 2010 Does cell phone design still matter? Reviews Samsung Freeform Samsung Caliber Sony Ericsson Equinox Upcoming reviews Cricket Captr Twitter Peek Samsung Code Nokia 3711 The Android onslaught continues with the announcement of Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 and the rumors of Verizon's HTC Droid Eris. Though we will get to see the Droid Eris in our hot little hands--and for the bargain price of $99--the X10 may never see life in North America. Also, we're not thrilled that the Moto Droid skimped on the finger pinching multitouch. Also in the podcast, Nicole talks rips on the Twitter Peek. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | iTunes (video) | RSS (audio) | RSS (video) Xperia X10 (Credit: Sony Ericsson) Rumor of the week Leaked docs confirm Droid Eris details: November 6, $99 News Verizon to raise ETF for "advanced devices" Android and iPhone price plan comparison Xperia X10 drawing new lines in Android battle Motorola Milestone is GSM Droid LG Chocolate Touch to drop on November 5th? HTC HD2 coming to a U.S. carrier in early 2010 Does cell phone design still matter? Reviews Samsung Freeform Samsung Caliber Sony Ericsson Equinox Upcoming reviews Cricket Captr Twitter Peek Samsung Code Nokia 3711 tag:odeo.com,2009-11-04,25403589 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:30:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398211-CNET-News-Daily-Podcast-New-York-joins-Intel-pile-on-and-more Today's tech update includes a new antitrust lawsuit filed again Intel, a legal challenge to Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader, AT&T sues Verizon over commercials, and more. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: N.Y. antitrust suit accuses Intel of bribery Spring Design seeks injunction barring Nook sales AT&T vs. Verizon: There's a lawyer for that Comcast earnings climb 22 percent Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs Microsoft makes over the MSN butterfly Images: MSN through the years Twitter translates into Spanish Hacker breaks into jailbroken iPhones, asks for $7 T-Mobile experiencing widespread outage Today's tech update includes a new antitrust lawsuit filed again Intel, a legal challenge to Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader, AT&T sues Verizon over commercials, and more. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: N.Y. antitrust suit accuses Intel of bribery Spring Design seeks injunction barring Nook sales AT&T vs. Verizon: There's a lawyer for that Comcast earnings climb 22 percent Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs Microsoft makes over the MSN butterfly Images: MSN through the years Twitter translates into Spanish Hacker breaks into jailbroken iPhones, asks for $7 T-Mobile experiencing widespread outage Today's tech update includes a new antitrust lawsuit filed again Intel, a legal challenge to Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader, AT&T sues Verizon over commercials, and more. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: N.Y. antitrust suit accuses Intel of bribery Spring Design seeks injunction barring Nook sales AT&T vs. Verizon: There's a lawyer for that Comcast earnings climb 22 percent Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs Microsoft makes over the MSN butterfly Images: MSN through the years Twitter translates into Spanish Hacker breaks into jailbroken iPhones, asks for $7 T-Mobile experiencing widespread outage tag:odeo.com,2009-11-04,25398211 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:57:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398212-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. 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-... 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. 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. 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,2009-11-04,25398212 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:55:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398213-The-404-460-Where-we-turn-it-up-to-11 404 listeners dressed as Rorschach and Silk Spectre! (Click thumbnail for full size.) (Credit: Hector) When you do a daily podcast for two years, you start to realize a strange thing about the daily news cycle: one day there are tons of interesting stories to talk about, and the next day there's nothin'. This is one of those nothin' days, but that doesn't mean today's episode is boring by any means. In fact, the slow news days gives us an outlet to do what we do best--veer off course and offer insight into what's going on in our heads! To kick things off, Jeff and Wilson educate me on GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony, the second episode of the popular expansion pack that was just released a few days ago. After taking time to shake our collective heads at the voters in Maine, we give Robert Zemeckis the spotlight to reveal details about his latest effort, a sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit! The interview shows Zemeckis choosing his words carefully so as not to reveal any details, but som... 404 listeners dressed as Rorschach and Silk Spectre! (Click thumbnail for full size.) (Credit: Hector) When you do a daily podcast for two years, you start to realize a strange thing about the daily news cycle: one day there are tons of interesting stories to talk about, and the next day there's nothin'. This is one of those nothin' days, but that doesn't mean today's episode is boring by any means. In fact, the slow news days gives us an outlet to do what we do best--veer off course and offer insight into what's going on in our heads! To kick things off, Jeff and Wilson educate me on GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony, the second episode of the popular expansion pack that was just released a few days ago. After taking time to shake our collective heads at the voters in Maine, we give Robert Zemeckis the spotlight to reveal details about his latest effort, a sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit! The interview shows Zemeckis choosing his words carefully so as not to reveal any details, but some are speculating that the script will tell the prequel story about how Roger Rabbit popped out of the Toon world and into 3D. As usual, we agree with Jeff's cynicism about the project considering the director's sketchy idea to use performance capture a la "Beowulf" and "A Christmas Carol" to bring the characters (not Roger Rabbit, phew) back to life. We're warning you, Bob--if you mess up this movie we will never forgive you, "Back to the Future" notwithstanding. Next, we hand it over to Wilson, who tells us about a recent U.K. study that reveals sensitive new "metrotextual" trends amongst young men in the 18- to 24- year-old age group. The study defines "metrotexting" as a text message sent from one male to another that offers a message and signs off with an "x," which translates from text-speak to a virtual kiss. Thanks to 404 listener Jenny Lawrence for this snapshot! (Credit: Jennifer Lawrence/The 404) The article goes on to report that metrotextuality is most popular among 18- to 24-year-olds, with an unbelievable 75 percent of males ending texts to their dude friends with an XO, or "hugs and kisses." We're not sure what's going on in the U.K., but our small experience doesn't reflect the same intimacy with our friends, although we're starting to think that we should spread the love a little more...so Wilson and Jeff, if you're reading this...doing the show for the past two years with you guys has been the most rewarding experience of my life, no lie. I love you guys. /bromance We've got a lot more stories for you, including a quick book review of Lois Lowry's The Giver, Modern Warfare 2 terrorist claims, a discussion about video game ratings, Nintendo's newest DSi XL/LL, T-Mobile carrier outages, and of course - the third and final round of our virtual Halloween costume parade! Enjoy the show and let us know what you think in a voicemail (1-866-404-CNET) or an e-mail (the404(at)cnet[dot]com). Have a great Wednesday! 404 listener Halloween costume parade, Pt. 2! EPISODE 460 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... 404 listeners dressed as Rorschach and Silk Spectre! (Click thumbnail for full size.) (Credit: Hector) When you do a daily podcast for two years, you start to realize a strange thing about the daily news cycle: one day there are tons of interesting stories to talk about, and the next day there's nothin'. This is one of those nothin' days, but that doesn't mean today's episode is boring by any means. In fact, the slow news days gives us an outlet to do what we do best--veer off course and offer insight into what's going on in our heads! To kick things off, Jeff and Wilson educate me on GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony, the second episode of the popular expansion pack that was just released a few days ago. After taking time to shake our collective heads at the voters in Maine, we give Robert Zemeckis the spotlight to reveal details about his latest effort, a sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit! The interview shows Zemeckis choosing his words carefully so as not to reveal any details, but some are speculating that the script will tell the prequel story about how Roger Rabbit popped out of the Toon world and into 3D. As usual, we agree with Jeff's cynicism about the project considering the director's sketchy idea to use performance capture a la "Beowulf" and "A Christmas Carol" to bring the characters (not Roger Rabbit, phew) back to life. We're warning you, Bob--if you mess up this movie we will never forgive you, "Back to the Future" notwithstanding. Next, we hand it over to Wilson, who tells us about a recent U.K. study that reveals sensitive new "metrotextual" trends amongst young men in the 18- to 24- year-old age group. The study defines "metrotexting" as a text message sent from one male to another that offers a message and signs off with an "x," which translates from text-speak to a virtual kiss. Thanks to 404 listener Jenny Lawrence for this snapshot! (Credit: Jennifer Lawrence/The 404) The article goes on to report that metrotextuality is most popular among 18- to 24-year-olds, with an unbelievable 75 percent of males ending texts to their dude friends with an XO, or "hugs and kisses." We're not sure what's going on in the U.K., but our small experience doesn't reflect the same intimacy with our friends, although we're starting to think that we should spread the love a little more...so Wilson and Jeff, if you're reading this...doing the show for the past two years with you guys has been the most rewarding experience of my life, no lie. I love you guys. /bromance We've got a lot more stories for you, including a quick book review of Lois Lowry's The Giver, Modern Warfare 2 terrorist claims, a discussion about video game ratings, Nintendo's newest DSi XL/LL, T-Mobile carrier outages, and of course - the third and final round of our virtual Halloween costume parade! Enjoy the show and let us know what you think in a voicemail (1-866-404-CNET) or an e-mail (the404(at)cnet[dot]com). Have a great Wednesday! 404 listener Halloween costume parade, Pt. 2! EPISODE 460 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-04,25398213 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:29:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398214-Indecent-Exposure-67-Interrupting-experiences Honing your sharpening skills, how you left your ruts in the mud, and your fall foliage photos for all. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | RSS (audio) EPISODE 67 ... Honing your sharpening skills, how you left your ruts in the mud, and your fall foliage photos for all. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | RSS (audio) EPISODE 67 ... Honing your sharpening skills, how you left your ruts in the mud, and your fall foliage photos for all. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | RSS (audio) EPISODE 67 ... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-03,25398214 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:45:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398216-MP3-Insider-167-The-munchies-take-over This week, Donald and Jasmine talk up the new iAudio players from Cowon and how they're going to have Apple shaking in its boots (not), and also take an inordinate amount of time to espouse upon something that has very little to do with digital music: a possible monthly subscription plan for online video from iTunes. Plus, some very unsubtle earbuds from Stonedcandy--er, Skullcandy--and some listener feedback on iPod usage. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio |  Subscribe in iTunes video | Subscribe in RSS audio |  Subscribe in RSS video EPISODE 167 New Cowon players hit retail: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10388888-49.html?tag=mncol;title http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10389728-49.html?tag=mncol;title Apple to offer $30 iTunes video subscription plan? Skullcandy gets subtle...not More from Skullcandy (since people insist on buying them) ------VOICEMAIL------ ------EMAIL------- Hi guys, I love ya show to bits!!!! What in your o... This week, Donald and Jasmine talk up the new iAudio players from Cowon and how they're going to have Apple shaking in its boots (not), and also take an inordinate amount of time to espouse upon something that has very little to do with digital music: a possible monthly subscription plan for online video from iTunes. Plus, some very unsubtle earbuds from Stonedcandy--er, Skullcandy--and some listener feedback on iPod usage. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio |  Subscribe in iTunes video | Subscribe in RSS audio |  Subscribe in RSS video EPISODE 167 New Cowon players hit retail: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10388888-49.html?tag=mncol;title http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10389728-49.html?tag=mncol;title Apple to offer $30 iTunes video subscription plan? Skullcandy gets subtle...not More from Skullcandy (since people insist on buying them) ------VOICEMAIL------ ------EMAIL------- Hi guys, I love ya show to bits!!!! What in your opinion is the best sounding audio player I could buy at the moment. I've been a musician all my life and I'm overjoyed by FLAC but discovered my iPod Nano (4th Gen) is not willing to play these files. Is there a way to hack my iPod? I'm thinking of upgrading to the iPod Touch, would you recommend this for better sounding audio? I'd love to hear your thoughts & ideas Your long term fan of the show Paul This week, Donald and Jasmine talk up the new iAudio players from Cowon and how they're going to have Apple shaking in its boots (not), and also take an inordinate amount of time to espouse upon something that has very little to do with digital music: a possible monthly subscription plan for online video from iTunes. Plus, some very unsubtle earbuds from Stonedcandy--er, Skullcandy--and some listener feedback on iPod usage. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio |  Subscribe in iTunes video | Subscribe in RSS audio |  Subscribe in RSS video EPISODE 167 New Cowon players hit retail: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10388888-49.html?tag=mncol;title http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10389728-49.html?tag=mncol;title Apple to offer $30 iTunes video subscription plan? Skullcandy gets subtle...not More from Skullcandy (since people insist on buying them) ------VOICEMAIL------ ------EMAIL------- Hi guys, I love ya show to bits!!!! What in your opinion is the best sounding audio player I could buy at the moment. I've been a musician all my life and I'm overjoyed by FLAC but discovered my iPod Nano (4th Gen) is not willing to play these files. Is there a way to hack my iPod? I'm thinking of upgrading to the iPod Touch, would you recommend this for better sounding audio? I'd love to hear your thoughts & ideas Your long term fan of the show Paul tag:odeo.com,2009-11-03,25398216 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:38:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398218-CNET-News-Daily-Podcast-Much-ado-about-extended-warranties Black Friday will be here in mere weeks, but the extended warranty business runs year round. What are some things to watch out for, and do you really need to buy a warranty for some of the smaller ticket items? We get CNET News reporter (and fellow CNET News Daily Podcast host) Erica Ogg in the studio to give us a breakdown on tech warranties, along with what gadgets you should and shouldn't buy one of these warranties for. We also talk about Best Buy's upcoming video service, batteries made out of zinc, and a new wireless device that's been made just for Twitter. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Cisco, EMC, and VMWare make alliance official Best Buy to launch branded movie download service Dedicated tweeting gadget TwitterPeek launches Hulu adds episode release schedule Zinc air battery maker looks beyond lithium Barnes & Noble hit with suit over Nook Spammy scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook Black Friday will be here in mere weeks, but the extended warranty business runs year round. What are some things to watch out for, and do you really need to buy a warranty for some of the smaller ticket items? We get CNET News reporter (and fellow CNET News Daily Podcast host) Erica Ogg in the studio to give us a breakdown on tech warranties, along with what gadgets you should and shouldn't buy one of these warranties for. We also talk about Best Buy's upcoming video service, batteries made out of zinc, and a new wireless device that's been made just for Twitter. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Cisco, EMC, and VMWare make alliance official Best Buy to launch branded movie download service Dedicated tweeting gadget TwitterPeek launches Hulu adds episode release schedule Zinc air battery maker looks beyond lithium Barnes & Noble hit with suit over Nook Spammy scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook Black Friday will be here in mere weeks, but the extended warranty business runs year round. What are some things to watch out for, and do you really need to buy a warranty for some of the smaller ticket items? We get CNET News reporter (and fellow CNET News Daily Podcast host) Erica Ogg in the studio to give us a breakdown on tech warranties, along with what gadgets you should and shouldn't buy one of these warranties for. We also talk about Best Buy's upcoming video service, batteries made out of zinc, and a new wireless device that's been made just for Twitter. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Cisco, EMC, and VMWare make alliance official Best Buy to launch branded movie download service Dedicated tweeting gadget TwitterPeek launches Hulu adds episode release schedule Zinc air battery maker looks beyond lithium Barnes & Noble hit with suit over Nook Spammy scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook tag:odeo.com,2009-11-03,25398218 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:56:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398219-Inside-CNET-Labs-67-Kimbo-Slice-stinks Don't tell him I said that please. (Credit: Touchgloves) Happy belated Halloween! I know, I know. Halloween is so last week! Still, Dong and I discuss our experiences of the most popular holiday that you don't actually get to stay home from work for. Then, we move to the toilet. Or more specifically, toilet technology. Even more specifically, we talk about motion detection technology used in the toilet. And by toilet, I don't mean in the toilet, just, you know, in the washroom. Also, clam-shell packaging? Who needs it? Then we get down to serious business with Dong detailing the WD TV Live and the first 6GBps SATA controller card. I think you can actually hear me snoring during this segment. For my part, I point you directly in the direction of the Monitor Buying Guide. To subscribe to this podcast, visit us at our main page and click the podcast link on the right. Don't forget to leave us voice mail at 1-800-947-6399 or e-mail us at insidecnetlabs@cnet.com. Listen now: Download tod... Don't tell him I said that please. (Credit: Touchgloves) Happy belated Halloween! I know, I know. Halloween is so last week! Still, Dong and I discuss our experiences of the most popular holiday that you don't actually get to stay home from work for. Then, we move to the toilet. Or more specifically, toilet technology. Even more specifically, we talk about motion detection technology used in the toilet. And by toilet, I don't mean in the toilet, just, you know, in the washroom. Also, clam-shell packaging? Who needs it? Then we get down to serious business with Dong detailing the WD TV Live and the first 6GBps SATA controller card. I think you can actually hear me snoring during this segment. For my part, I point you directly in the direction of the Monitor Buying Guide. To subscribe to this podcast, visit us at our main page and click the podcast link on the right. Don't forget to leave us voice mail at 1-800-947-6399 or e-mail us at insidecnetlabs@cnet.com. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | RSS (audio) Don't tell him I said that please. (Credit: Touchgloves) Happy belated Halloween! I know, I know. Halloween is so last week! Still, Dong and I discuss our experiences of the most popular holiday that you don't actually get to stay home from work for. Then, we move to the toilet. Or more specifically, toilet technology. Even more specifically, we talk about motion detection technology used in the toilet. And by toilet, I don't mean in the toilet, just, you know, in the washroom. Also, clam-shell packaging? Who needs it? Then we get down to serious business with Dong detailing the WD TV Live and the first 6GBps SATA controller card. I think you can actually hear me snoring during this segment. For my part, I point you directly in the direction of the Monitor Buying Guide. To subscribe to this podcast, visit us at our main page and click the podcast link on the right. Don't forget to leave us voice mail at 1-800-947-6399 or e-mail us at insidecnetlabs@cnet.com. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | RSS (audio) tag:odeo.com,2009-11-03,25398219 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:45:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398221-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. 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.h... 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. 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. 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,2009-11-03,25398221 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:10:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398226-Digital-City-No-56-Mixed-news-for-Nintendo-plus-the-social-utility-of-the-iPhone Episode 56 of the Digital City, where we discuss Apple's plans for a monthly iTunes TV subscription service; Joey wonders why everyone puts up with poor iPhone service (hint: it's the social utility of shared experiences); and Scott finds out how much laptop $350 can buy. It's also a mixed bag for Nintendo, with Wii sales down 50-percent over last year, and a lukewarm reception to the larger screen on the DSi XL handheld -- but at the same time, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and targeted games such as Style Savvy may bring in holiday shoppers. Finally, check out a hands-on look at DJ Hero, and see Scott rock a trucker hat straight out of 2003. Related links: >>DJ Hero: Hands-on >>Laptop bargain-hunting: What can you get for $350? >>Nintendo's new big-screen DSi XL >>Watch the Digital City live every Monday at 3pm EST on CNET Live! >>Subscribe to Digital City on iTunes >>Join the Digital City Facebook fan page >>Need more? Follow Dan on Twitter! ... Episode 56 of the Digital City, where we discuss Apple's plans for a monthly iTunes TV subscription service; Joey wonders why everyone puts up with poor iPhone service (hint: it's the social utility of shared experiences); and Scott finds out how much laptop $350 can buy. It's also a mixed bag for Nintendo, with Wii sales down 50-percent over last year, and a lukewarm reception to the larger screen on the DSi XL handheld -- but at the same time, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and targeted games such as Style Savvy may bring in holiday shoppers. Finally, check out a hands-on look at DJ Hero, and see Scott rock a trucker hat straight out of 2003. Related links: >>DJ Hero: Hands-on >>Laptop bargain-hunting: What can you get for $350? >>Nintendo's new big-screen DSi XL >>Watch the Digital City live every Monday at 3pm EST on CNET Live! >>Subscribe to Digital City on iTunes >>Join the Digital City Facebook fan page >>Need more? Follow Dan on Twitter! Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | iTunes (video) | RSS (audio) | RSS (video) Bonus -- Hands-on video with DJ Hero: Episode 56 of the Digital City, where we discuss Apple's plans for a monthly iTunes TV subscription service; Joey wonders why everyone puts up with poor iPhone service (hint: it's the social utility of shared experiences); and Scott finds out how much laptop $350 can buy. It's also a mixed bag for Nintendo, with Wii sales down 50-percent over last year, and a lukewarm reception to the larger screen on the DSi XL handheld -- but at the same time, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and targeted games such as Style Savvy may bring in holiday shoppers. Finally, check out a hands-on look at DJ Hero, and see Scott rock a trucker hat straight out of 2003. Related links: >>DJ Hero: Hands-on >>Laptop bargain-hunting: What can you get for $350? >>Nintendo's new big-screen DSi XL >>Watch the Digital City live every Monday at 3pm EST on CNET Live! >>Subscribe to Digital City on iTunes >>Join the Digital City Facebook fan page >>Need more? Follow Dan on Twitter! Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | iTunes (video) | RSS (audio) | RSS (video) Bonus -- Hands-on video with DJ Hero: tag:odeo.com,2009-11-03,25398226 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:58:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398228-The-404-459-Where-we-walk-the-streets-at-3-a-m BFI = Brendan the Future Intern (Credit: The 404/CNET) One surprise guest on The 404 always makes for a great show, especially when it's Bonnie Cha, who's in town apartment hunting for her big move out to New York at the end of the year! We're so excited at the idea of hanging out with her full-time, and even more stoked to welcome our second surprise guest: 404 superfan Brendan! Our new underage friend took it upon himself to arrive at the CNET offices in the middle of his N.Y. vacation, bright and early at 3 a.m. in anticipation of sitting in on the show. We're more than happy to oblige, because that's some serious dedication. 404 fans rule; thanks for stopping by, Brendan! In honor of our two guests, we've got a hilarious show today, literally packed full of awfully random stories from the Internet. It's the first day we're all back together as a family, so Jeff takes a second to tell us about his Halloween adventures and his trip to see Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christm... BFI = Brendan the Future Intern (Credit: The 404/CNET) One surprise guest on The 404 always makes for a great show, especially when it's Bonnie Cha, who's in town apartment hunting for her big move out to New York at the end of the year! We're so excited at the idea of hanging out with her full-time, and even more stoked to welcome our second surprise guest: 404 superfan Brendan! Our new underage friend took it upon himself to arrive at the CNET offices in the middle of his N.Y. vacation, bright and early at 3 a.m. in anticipation of sitting in on the show. We're more than happy to oblige, because that's some serious dedication. 404 fans rule; thanks for stopping by, Brendan! In honor of our two guests, we've got a hilarious show today, literally packed full of awfully random stories from the Internet. It's the first day we're all back together as a family, so Jeff takes a second to tell us about his Halloween adventures and his trip to see Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" in 3D. It sounds like he might be changing his opinion on 3D, although we're all a little wary about Jim Carrey's upcoming 3D adaptation of "A Christmas Carol." Wilson's next three months. (Credit: Toys.IE) Next, Wilson offers two completely off-kilter stories that he dug from the colon of the Web about a creepy new Wii game that forces you to "cram a Wiimote inside a baby," according to Wilson's description, and another story about a bizarre space hotel that will charge guests $4.4 million for a three-night stay that includes majestic views of the rising sun...15 times a day. No, it's not Fhloston Paradise, it's real life, which is much scarier. Speaking of movies, check out the official trailer for "Prince of Persia" and this photo of a shirtless Jake Gyllenhaal and tell us you won't be first in line when it comes out on May 28, '10. Also, Wilson tells us Joss Whedon has issued an open letter to the Terminator owners asking to make a $10,000 bid to continue the popular franchise. The guy definitely means business, and we might be onboard were it not for the fact that he keeps referring to himself as a "legendary mastermind." He does, however, offer a throat lozenge for Christian Bale's John Connor if accepted and even puts in $10k for the Batman series while he's at it, so it's clear that Joss Whedon has lost his marbles. Maybe we should just keep it to blood-suckers and wooden stakes, how about it Joss? Much thanks once again to everyone who sent in photos for our Halloween costume virtual catwalk you see below. If you'd like to be included, send us a photo of this year's get up to the404{at}cnet[dot]com. Hope you guys enjoy today's show as much as we enjoyed recording it! 404 listener Halloween costume parade, Pt. 2! EPISODE 459 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... BFI = Brendan the Future Intern (Credit: The 404/CNET) One surprise guest on The 404 always makes for a great show, especially when it's Bonnie Cha, who's in town apartment hunting for her big move out to New York at the end of the year! We're so excited at the idea of hanging out with her full-time, and even more stoked to welcome our second surprise guest: 404 superfan Brendan! Our new underage friend took it upon himself to arrive at the CNET offices in the middle of his N.Y. vacation, bright and early at 3 a.m. in anticipation of sitting in on the show. We're more than happy to oblige, because that's some serious dedication. 404 fans rule; thanks for stopping by, Brendan! In honor of our two guests, we've got a hilarious show today, literally packed full of awfully random stories from the Internet. It's the first day we're all back together as a family, so Jeff takes a second to tell us about his Halloween adventures and his trip to see Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" in 3D. It sounds like he might be changing his opinion on 3D, although we're all a little wary about Jim Carrey's upcoming 3D adaptation of "A Christmas Carol." Wilson's next three months. (Credit: Toys.IE) Next, Wilson offers two completely off-kilter stories that he dug from the colon of the Web about a creepy new Wii game that forces you to "cram a Wiimote inside a baby," according to Wilson's description, and another story about a bizarre space hotel that will charge guests $4.4 million for a three-night stay that includes majestic views of the rising sun...15 times a day. No, it's not Fhloston Paradise, it's real life, which is much scarier. Speaking of movies, check out the official trailer for "Prince of Persia" and this photo of a shirtless Jake Gyllenhaal and tell us you won't be first in line when it comes out on May 28, '10. Also, Wilson tells us Joss Whedon has issued an open letter to the Terminator owners asking to make a $10,000 bid to continue the popular franchise. The guy definitely means business, and we might be onboard were it not for the fact that he keeps referring to himself as a "legendary mastermind." He does, however, offer a throat lozenge for Christian Bale's John Connor if accepted and even puts in $10k for the Batman series while he's at it, so it's clear that Joss Whedon has lost his marbles. Maybe we should just keep it to blood-suckers and wooden stakes, how about it Joss? Much thanks once again to everyone who sent in photos for our Halloween costume virtual catwalk you see below. If you'd like to be included, send us a photo of this year's get up to the404{at}cnet[dot]com. Hope you guys enjoy today's show as much as we enjoyed recording it! 404 listener Halloween costume parade, Pt. 2! EPISODE 459 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-03,25398228 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:59:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398230-CNET-News-Daily-Podcast-Web-expected-to-drive-holiday-sales Forrester Research says that while retail sales will probably be flat this holiday season, online sales are expected to reach $44.7 billion, an 8 percent jump over last year. Seventy-two percent of retailers questioned said they expect holiday sales to increase over last year. And the customer experience may be improved as well. Online retailers may also show a new focus on customer engagement and service. Also on the podcast: The Wii is losing ground, Amazon has finished its acquisition of Zappos, phishing attacks are up, file sharers spend more, and the military is testing new force-feedback packbots. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Web to drive holiday retail sales Nintendo president: 'The Wii has stalled' Amazon laces up Zappos buy Former AMD chief Ruiz leaving spin-off Phishing, worms spike this year, say Microsoft and McAfee Study: File sharers spend more money on music Creative is latest to tackle e-book readers Ex-MySpace CEO wants to gamble on social g... Forrester Research says that while retail sales will probably be flat this holiday season, online sales are expected to reach $44.7 billion, an 8 percent jump over last year. Seventy-two percent of retailers questioned said they expect holiday sales to increase over last year. And the customer experience may be improved as well. Online retailers may also show a new focus on customer engagement and service. Also on the podcast: The Wii is losing ground, Amazon has finished its acquisition of Zappos, phishing attacks are up, file sharers spend more, and the military is testing new force-feedback packbots. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Web to drive holiday retail sales Nintendo president: 'The Wii has stalled' Amazon laces up Zappos buy Former AMD chief Ruiz leaving spin-off Phishing, worms spike this year, say Microsoft and McAfee Study: File sharers spend more money on music Creative is latest to tackle e-book readers Ex-MySpace CEO wants to gamble on social games Mozilla releases first beta of Firefox 3.6 Military looks for better touch with PacBots Forrester Research says that while retail sales will probably be flat this holiday season, online sales are expected to reach $44.7 billion, an 8 percent jump over last year. Seventy-two percent of retailers questioned said they expect holiday sales to increase over last year. And the customer experience may be improved as well. Online retailers may also show a new focus on customer engagement and service. Also on the podcast: The Wii is losing ground, Amazon has finished its acquisition of Zappos, phishing attacks are up, file sharers spend more, and the military is testing new force-feedback packbots. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Web to drive holiday retail sales Nintendo president: 'The Wii has stalled' Amazon laces up Zappos buy Former AMD chief Ruiz leaving spin-off Phishing, worms spike this year, say Microsoft and McAfee Study: File sharers spend more money on music Creative is latest to tackle e-book readers Ex-MySpace CEO wants to gamble on social games Mozilla releases first beta of Firefox 3.6 Military looks for better touch with PacBots tag:odeo.com,2009-11-02,25398230 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:46:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398231-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). 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 R... 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). 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). 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,2009-11-02,25398231 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:11:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398232-The-404-458-Where-daylight-comes-and-we-want-to-go-home "What's so important? What's he carrying?" The newest Podcast from the 404, of course! (Credit: Props Guy Jim) Jeff didn't get the memo about daylight-saving time and misses today's episode of The 404 Podcast, but luckily our good buddy Mark Licea of The Green Show set his clock back and helps us out with today's Halloween recap, as well as a few stories from around the Internet. Wilson stayed out partying with a group of hotties, per usual, Mark hung out in the city, and Justin downed a couple of 40s of Arizona Iced Tea and passed out early, but not before seeing two very disturbing things on the walk home. Many thanks to all the listeners who sent in pictures of their costumes! Be sure to check out the photo slideshow below and send yours in to the404(at)cnet(dot)com to be included! The first story of the day is about the iPhone finally arriving in Wilson and Justin's motherland, but with a catch: no Wi-Fi! Since Wi-Fi is banned in the country, Apple's local Chinese partne... "What's so important? What's he carrying?" The newest Podcast from the 404, of course! (Credit: Props Guy Jim) Jeff didn't get the memo about daylight-saving time and misses today's episode of The 404 Podcast, but luckily our good buddy Mark Licea of The Green Show set his clock back and helps us out with today's Halloween recap, as well as a few stories from around the Internet. Wilson stayed out partying with a group of hotties, per usual, Mark hung out in the city, and Justin downed a couple of 40s of Arizona Iced Tea and passed out early, but not before seeing two very disturbing things on the walk home. Many thanks to all the listeners who sent in pictures of their costumes! Be sure to check out the photo slideshow below and send yours in to the404(at)cnet(dot)com to be included! The first story of the day is about the iPhone finally arriving in Wilson and Justin's motherland, but with a catch: no Wi-Fi! Since Wi-Fi is banned in the country, Apple's local Chinese partner Unicom (not Unicorn) decided to release a version to the eager Chinese without the wireless Internet services. Unicom is asking 6,999 yuan, or a whopping $1,025 for the 32GB iPhone 3GS. Fortunately, Chinese technophiles can get their iPhone fix at a cheaper price on the black market who are currently offering the 3GS WITH Wi-Fi at only $835. Apple-branded bookmarks masked as iPod Nano. (Credit: iPhone Savior) We all know Apple is not without a cruel sense of humor, but this Halloween the company played a hilarious trick on unsuspecting mall-goers in Bellevue, Wash. Shoppers flooded their local Apple Store when they caught a glimpse of employees giving away what they thought were iPod Nanos, which actually turned out to be iPod Nano-shaped BOOKMARKS. Well, at least they weren't giving out copies of Windows 7. Speaking of grouches, we also have a bizarre story in the today's rundown about a study in the U.K. that claims grumpiness can actually improve memory and sharpen your senses! Whereas positive moods promote the imagination, cooperation, and flexibility, these flights of fancy often distract a person from paying attention to their surroundings. The study concludes that sadness can actually promote information-processing strategies and force you to be more critical of the world around you! Maybe Jeff is onto something after all... 404 listener Halloween costume parade, Pt. 2! EPISODE 458 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video Video coming soon, check back later today! ... "What's so important? What's he carrying?" The newest Podcast from the 404, of course! (Credit: Props Guy Jim) Jeff didn't get the memo about daylight-saving time and misses today's episode of The 404 Podcast, but luckily our good buddy Mark Licea of The Green Show set his clock back and helps us out with today's Halloween recap, as well as a few stories from around the Internet. Wilson stayed out partying with a group of hotties, per usual, Mark hung out in the city, and Justin downed a couple of 40s of Arizona Iced Tea and passed out early, but not before seeing two very disturbing things on the walk home. Many thanks to all the listeners who sent in pictures of their costumes! Be sure to check out the photo slideshow below and send yours in to the404(at)cnet(dot)com to be included! The first story of the day is about the iPhone finally arriving in Wilson and Justin's motherland, but with a catch: no Wi-Fi! Since Wi-Fi is banned in the country, Apple's local Chinese partner Unicom (not Unicorn) decided to release a version to the eager Chinese without the wireless Internet services. Unicom is asking 6,999 yuan, or a whopping $1,025 for the 32GB iPhone 3GS. Fortunately, Chinese technophiles can get their iPhone fix at a cheaper price on the black market who are currently offering the 3GS WITH Wi-Fi at only $835. Apple-branded bookmarks masked as iPod Nano. (Credit: iPhone Savior) We all know Apple is not without a cruel sense of humor, but this Halloween the company played a hilarious trick on unsuspecting mall-goers in Bellevue, Wash. Shoppers flooded their local Apple Store when they caught a glimpse of employees giving away what they thought were iPod Nanos, which actually turned out to be iPod Nano-shaped BOOKMARKS. Well, at least they weren't giving out copies of Windows 7. Speaking of grouches, we also have a bizarre story in the today's rundown about a study in the U.K. that claims grumpiness can actually improve memory and sharpen your senses! Whereas positive moods promote the imagination, cooperation, and flexibility, these flights of fancy often distract a person from paying attention to their surroundings. The study concludes that sadness can actually promote information-processing strategies and force you to be more critical of the world around you! Maybe Jeff is onto something after all... 404 listener Halloween costume parade, Pt. 2! EPISODE 458 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video Video coming soon, check back later today! ... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-02,25398232 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:17:00 -0800 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398236-142-Honda-hybrids-Infiniti-EVs-and-punishing-driving-while-texting Honda talks about bigger hybrids, Cash for Clunkers might have been a huge boondoggle, Infiniti will get an electric car, should DWT be punished harder than DUI? And we take you for a ride in the frustratingly fun Scion xB. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 142 SHOW NOTES • Should DWT being punished more severely than DUI? • CNET drives the new 2010 VW GTI • CNET review of the 2010 Scion xB • World distance record claimed for driving an electric car on a single charge • Wacky driving robot being developed at MIT Honda talks about bigger hybrids, Cash for Clunkers might have been a huge boondoggle, Infiniti will get an electric car, should DWT be punished harder than DUI? And we take you for a ride in the frustratingly fun Scion xB. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 142 SHOW NOTES • Should DWT being punished more severely than DUI? • CNET drives the new 2010 VW GTI • CNET review of the 2010 Scion xB • World distance record claimed for driving an electric car on a single charge • Wacky driving robot being developed at MIT Honda talks about bigger hybrids, Cash for Clunkers might have been a huge boondoggle, Infiniti will get an electric car, should DWT be punished harder than DUI? And we take you for a ride in the frustratingly fun Scion xB. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 142 SHOW NOTES • Should DWT being punished more severely than DUI? • CNET drives the new 2010 VW GTI • CNET review of the 2010 Scion xB • World distance record claimed for driving an electric car on a single charge • Wacky driving robot being developed at MIT tag:odeo.com,2009-10-30,25398236 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:07:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398237-Reporters-Roundtable-8-Future-of-the-book This week: Books, future of. With the success of the Kindle and its store, and the announced upcoming release of the Barnes & Noble Nook, there are very interesting question for consumers and publishers: What is the future of the book? To discuss this on the Roundtable I have two experts on digital media. First, from CNET, executive editor David Carnoy, who has reviewed the latest e-book readers and who's an e-published author -- see "Knife Music" on Amazon, a 5-star rated book. And joining us from O'Reilly Media - Andrew Savikas, VP of Digital Media Initiatives and a well-known thinker on the print-to-digital transition. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #7: The future of the book Show notes and talking points... The reason I picked this topic was the introduction of the B&N Nook, which I think makes the game of e-books more interesting, since i... This week: Books, future of. With the success of the Kindle and its store, and the announced upcoming release of the Barnes & Noble Nook, there are very interesting question for consumers and publishers: What is the future of the book? To discuss this on the Roundtable I have two experts on digital media. First, from CNET, executive editor David Carnoy, who has reviewed the latest e-book readers and who's an e-published author -- see "Knife Music" on Amazon, a 5-star rated book. And joining us from O'Reilly Media - Andrew Savikas, VP of Digital Media Initiatives and a well-known thinker on the print-to-digital transition. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #7: The future of the book Show notes and talking points... The reason I picked this topic was the introduction of the B&N Nook, which I think makes the game of e-books more interesting, since it's a serious competitor to the Amazon Kindle. David, overview of the Nook - hardware and store and catalog? Other vendors overview: Cue, Sony, Apple? Looking forward: Is the book dead? Let me ask this another way: What is a book? With the Kindle and the Nook (and Sony etc)... are we there yet? What about non-reader access on mobile (or PC) Andrew: What is Safari, and can you give us a progress report on it? Discussion of DRM and books: Will it go away, as it did on iTunes? The concept of books needing platforms, the way software does: What does it mean for the act of reading? Best market for e-books? (Texts and references, if you ask me.) What will e-books do to publisher revenues? Authors? Does content necessarily become cheaper when it is digital? How to sell used books, or lend a book? What kind of reader do you own / would you buy if you could only have one? What's next? Next time on the Roundtable: I have some ideas... stay tuned. Comments to: roundtable@cnet.com This week: Books, future of. With the success of the Kindle and its store, and the announced upcoming release of the Barnes & Noble Nook, there are very interesting question for consumers and publishers: What is the future of the book? To discuss this on the Roundtable I have two experts on digital media. First, from CNET, executive editor David Carnoy, who has reviewed the latest e-book readers and who's an e-published author -- see "Knife Music" on Amazon, a 5-star rated book. And joining us from O'Reilly Media - Andrew Savikas, VP of Digital Media Initiatives and a well-known thinker on the print-to-digital transition. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #7: The future of the book Show notes and talking points... The reason I picked this topic was the introduction of the B&N Nook, which I think makes the game of e-books more interesting, since it's a serious competitor to the Amazon Kindle. David, overview of the Nook - hardware and store and catalog? Other vendors overview: Cue, Sony, Apple? Looking forward: Is the book dead? Let me ask this another way: What is a book? With the Kindle and the Nook (and Sony etc)... are we there yet? What about non-reader access on mobile (or PC) Andrew: What is Safari, and can you give us a progress report on it? Discussion of DRM and books: Will it go away, as it did on iTunes? The concept of books needing platforms, the way software does: What does it mean for the act of reading? Best market for e-books? (Texts and references, if you ask me.) What will e-books do to publisher revenues? Authors? Does content necessarily become cheaper when it is digital? How to sell used books, or lend a book? What kind of reader do you own / would you buy if you could only have one? What's next? Next time on the Roundtable: I have some ideas... stay tuned. Comments to: roundtable@cnet.com tag:odeo.com,2009-10-30,25398237 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:01:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398238-CNET-News-Daily-Podcast-Why-Verizon-is-key-to-the-Droid-s-success Motorola has been desperate for a hit phone since the Razr. The Droid, powered by Android 2.0, and available beginning next week, could be the beginning of a comeback for the handset maker, says CNET's Maggie Reardon. She talks about the importance of the Droid's exclusive contract with Verizon, and why it could be the key to its success. Also on today's podcast: Sony suffers another bad quarter, ICANN makes one of the biggest changes to the Internet in 40 years, Facebook gets a huge judgment against the infamous spam king, and some scary Halloween tech tales. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Can the Droid save Motorola? Sony continues quarterly losing streak Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit ICANN approves non-Latin domain names Will the Chevy Volt make money for GM? Let's kill the OS upgrade disc Spooky tech tales to make your computer crawl Motorola has been desperate for a hit phone since the Razr. The Droid, powered by Android 2.0, and available beginning next week, could be the beginning of a comeback for the handset maker, says CNET's Maggie Reardon. She talks about the importance of the Droid's exclusive contract with Verizon, and why it could be the key to its success. Also on today's podcast: Sony suffers another bad quarter, ICANN makes one of the biggest changes to the Internet in 40 years, Facebook gets a huge judgment against the infamous spam king, and some scary Halloween tech tales. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Can the Droid save Motorola? Sony continues quarterly losing streak Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit ICANN approves non-Latin domain names Will the Chevy Volt make money for GM? Let's kill the OS upgrade disc Spooky tech tales to make your computer crawl Motorola has been desperate for a hit phone since the Razr. The Droid, powered by Android 2.0, and available beginning next week, could be the beginning of a comeback for the handset maker, says CNET's Maggie Reardon. She talks about the importance of the Droid's exclusive contract with Verizon, and why it could be the key to its success. Also on today's podcast: Sony suffers another bad quarter, ICANN makes one of the biggest changes to the Internet in 40 years, Facebook gets a huge judgment against the infamous spam king, and some scary Halloween tech tales. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Can the Droid save Motorola? Sony continues quarterly losing streak Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit ICANN approves non-Latin domain names Will the Chevy Volt make money for GM? Let's kill the OS upgrade disc Spooky tech tales to make your computer crawl tag:odeo.com,2009-10-30,25398238 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:15:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398241-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. 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-... 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. 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. 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,2009-10-30,25398241 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:04:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398242-The-404-457-Where-Justin-gets-some-tail-on-Halloween MTI, Wilson, and Kenley as a Lt. Dangle/Karate Kid lovechild, a panda, and Sherlock Holmes, respectively. They said it would never happen, but the day has finally come for Justin to get some much-needed tail....as he dons a skunk costume and becomes Justin Le Pieu for today's very unspooky Halloween episode of The 404! Be sure to check out today's video for all the details. Since Jeff is out today and this coming Monday for who-knows-what, the guys ask everyone's favorite Kenley and Alli to help co-host the show. Unfortunately, with the Swine Flu hitting New York at full force, nobody in the office is feeling too hot for the holiday, but they do their best and don some shades as they recall last night's CNET's Client Halloween Party. Kenley chooses her top picks for the Best Costume Award and Alli tells everyone a horrifying story that happened on her way to work this morning...trust me folks, NOTHING is scarier than a mouthful of New York trash water. (Credit: Last.FM/Fool's Gold) ... MTI, Wilson, and Kenley as a Lt. Dangle/Karate Kid lovechild, a panda, and Sherlock Holmes, respectively. They said it would never happen, but the day has finally come for Justin to get some much-needed tail....as he dons a skunk costume and becomes Justin Le Pieu for today's very unspooky Halloween episode of The 404! Be sure to check out today's video for all the details. Since Jeff is out today and this coming Monday for who-knows-what, the guys ask everyone's favorite Kenley and Alli to help co-host the show. Unfortunately, with the Swine Flu hitting New York at full force, nobody in the office is feeling too hot for the holiday, but they do their best and don some shades as they recall last night's CNET's Client Halloween Party. Kenley chooses her top picks for the Best Costume Award and Alli tells everyone a horrifying story that happened on her way to work this morning...trust me folks, NOTHING is scarier than a mouthful of New York trash water. (Credit: Last.FM/Fool's Gold) As October slowly fades away, and with great reluctance and tears, we must say goodbye to Beck's Beer and the Semi-Weekly Audio Draft, but not before Wilson debuts our last pick. Continuing in our tradition of introducing new and different genres of music, Fool's Gold plays a unique blend of South African, Ethiopian, and Eritrean influenced music with a twist--lead vocalist Luke Top was born and raised in Israel and sings the majority of the lyrics (although many of the tracks, including our first pick, are instrumental) in Hebrew. The two featured tracks on today's episode are called "Surprise Hotel" and "Ha Dvash." If you're into the band, you can even win a date with Alli and Kenley to go see the band perform on November 17 at the Bowery Ballroom here in New York! All interested parties should submit a photo, general interests, date ideas, and a brief cover letter to the404(at)cnet(dot)com. Have a great Halloween folks, and be safe! EPISODE 457 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... MTI, Wilson, and Kenley as a Lt. Dangle/Karate Kid lovechild, a panda, and Sherlock Holmes, respectively. They said it would never happen, but the day has finally come for Justin to get some much-needed tail....as he dons a skunk costume and becomes Justin Le Pieu for today's very unspooky Halloween episode of The 404! Be sure to check out today's video for all the details. Since Jeff is out today and this coming Monday for who-knows-what, the guys ask everyone's favorite Kenley and Alli to help co-host the show. Unfortunately, with the Swine Flu hitting New York at full force, nobody in the office is feeling too hot for the holiday, but they do their best and don some shades as they recall last night's CNET's Client Halloween Party. Kenley chooses her top picks for the Best Costume Award and Alli tells everyone a horrifying story that happened on her way to work this morning...trust me folks, NOTHING is scarier than a mouthful of New York trash water. (Credit: Last.FM/Fool's Gold) As October slowly fades away, and with great reluctance and tears, we must say goodbye to Beck's Beer and the Semi-Weekly Audio Draft, but not before Wilson debuts our last pick. Continuing in our tradition of introducing new and different genres of music, Fool's Gold plays a unique blend of South African, Ethiopian, and Eritrean influenced music with a twist--lead vocalist Luke Top was born and raised in Israel and sings the majority of the lyrics (although many of the tracks, including our first pick, are instrumental) in Hebrew. The two featured tracks on today's episode are called "Surprise Hotel" and "Ha Dvash." If you're into the band, you can even win a date with Alli and Kenley to go see the band perform on November 17 at the Bowery Ballroom here in New York! All interested parties should submit a photo, general interests, date ideas, and a brief cover letter to the404(at)cnet(dot)com. Have a great Halloween folks, and be safe! EPISODE 457 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-30,25398242 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:29:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398243-Gadgettes-160-The-Batten-Down-the-Hatches-Episode Molly's out of the office with the swine flu. In her honor, we cover the tech that allows you to keep yourself germ free. Don't worry. Even if you end up with the flu, we also cover the tech that will keep you entertained while you recover. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 160 Want to steer clear of N1H1? Stay off the couch Self Sanitizing Keyboard (thanks David!) Keep your arms dry while you wash dishes (or while you wash everything in your house.) Designer hand sanitizer Ericsson’s Spider PC projects the keyboard, screen Driverless car takes you to the doctor Time-lapse photography on your iphone Make your iphone photos look like miniatures with tiltshift If you’re tooly, pass the time with sports: Football or baseball or even basketball A Propos (of) Nothing LED lashes What a Concept! Concept Toaster Lets You Watch As It Does Its Work Gender ga... Molly's out of the office with the swine flu. In her honor, we cover the tech that allows you to keep yourself germ free. Don't worry. Even if you end up with the flu, we also cover the tech that will keep you entertained while you recover. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 160 Want to steer clear of N1H1? Stay off the couch Self Sanitizing Keyboard (thanks David!) Keep your arms dry while you wash dishes (or while you wash everything in your house.) Designer hand sanitizer Ericsson’s Spider PC projects the keyboard, screen Driverless car takes you to the doctor Time-lapse photography on your iphone Make your iphone photos look like miniatures with tiltshift If you’re tooly, pass the time with sports: Football or baseball or even basketball A Propos (of) Nothing LED lashes What a Concept! Concept Toaster Lets You Watch As It Does Its Work Gender gap Air Board What the Hell?! Asspeaker (thanks Charlene!) It’s About Time Wake Up Light E-Mail Hi lovely people of Gadgettes! I was just doing some of my normal, day to day internet browsing when I stumbled upon…. the most…. hysterically horrifying thing, I have ever seen. Nothing has screamed Gadgettes to me more than the gem that is the Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken Doll, complete with white dog and pink leash. I know this has nothing to do with tech, which is why I propose a new segment! D-bag of the week! Enjoy! Kyle Hey gals (& guy), Just listened to “The Bad Marketing Episode” and was slightly amused by the seven patty Whopper. Until I saw the youtube video of some Japanese guy trying to bite it. Then it was hilarious!!!! Here's the link. BTW I wish I could speak Japanese so I could understand what they're saying.:) Great show, sometimes politically in correct but, always hysterical! Kahli (pronounced kah-lee) Molly's out of the office with the swine flu. In her honor, we cover the tech that allows you to keep yourself germ free. Don't worry. Even if you end up with the flu, we also cover the tech that will keep you entertained while you recover. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 160 Want to steer clear of N1H1? Stay off the couch Self Sanitizing Keyboard (thanks David!) Keep your arms dry while you wash dishes (or while you wash everything in your house.) Designer hand sanitizer Ericsson’s Spider PC projects the keyboard, screen Driverless car takes you to the doctor Time-lapse photography on your iphone Make your iphone photos look like miniatures with tiltshift If you’re tooly, pass the time with sports: Football or baseball or even basketball A Propos (of) Nothing LED lashes What a Concept! Concept Toaster Lets You Watch As It Does Its Work Gender gap Air Board What the Hell?! Asspeaker (thanks Charlene!) It’s About Time Wake Up Light E-Mail Hi lovely people of Gadgettes! I was just doing some of my normal, day to day internet browsing when I stumbled upon…. the most…. hysterically horrifying thing, I have ever seen. Nothing has screamed Gadgettes to me more than the gem that is the Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken Doll, complete with white dog and pink leash. I know this has nothing to do with tech, which is why I propose a new segment! D-bag of the week! Enjoy! Kyle Hey gals (& guy), Just listened to “The Bad Marketing Episode” and was slightly amused by the seven patty Whopper. Until I saw the youtube video of some Japanese guy trying to bite it. Then it was hilarious!!!! Here's the link. BTW I wish I could speak Japanese so I could understand what they're saying.:) Great show, sometimes politically in correct but, always hysterical! Kahli (pronounced kah-lee) tag:odeo.com,2009-10-29,25398243 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:16:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398244-The-Real-Deal-185-Road-test-Windows-7 Tom and Rafe discuss life with Windows 7, Entourage, Seagate hard drives, Ubuntu and more. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 185 Windows 7 Windows 7 Virtualized XP Mode (for VPN) NiNite Entourage LISTENER ROAD TEST Hey guys, Good timing for a road-test episode, as I have been using Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope (man, I always feel stupid typing out those codenames..) on an old Toshiba laptop. This was my wife’s old windows machine that (supposedly) died two years ago. Well, I wanted something to do the other day so I downloaded the 9.04 ISO and tried installing it on the not quite dead yet machine. The install was dead easy, about the same as installing OSX, so a little easier than windows (for me anyway) and in about 20 min the machine was up and running. I could not get the Atheros wifi chipset to work, but, alas, google is your friend and I managed to ... Tom and Rafe discuss life with Windows 7, Entourage, Seagate hard drives, Ubuntu and more. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 185 Windows 7 Windows 7 Virtualized XP Mode (for VPN) NiNite Entourage LISTENER ROAD TEST Hey guys, Good timing for a road-test episode, as I have been using Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope (man, I always feel stupid typing out those codenames..) on an old Toshiba laptop. This was my wife’s old windows machine that (supposedly) died two years ago. Well, I wanted something to do the other day so I downloaded the 9.04 ISO and tried installing it on the not quite dead yet machine. The install was dead easy, about the same as installing OSX, so a little easier than windows (for me anyway) and in about 20 min the machine was up and running. I could not get the Atheros wifi chipset to work, but, alas, google is your friend and I managed to install (very easily) the restricted drivers and I was online. Now, understand, I have used Ndiswrapper etc to get windows drivers to work in linux which is like a special level of hell, whereas this was simply point and click, no terminal, nothing. I gave the machine to our eight your old son. He has high functioning autism, so change is not the easiest thing for him (hell, it is hard on most people). His desktop machine is an old (and I mean old) machine running Kubuntu 6.04. He had no problem at all adjusting. Indeed, the UI is so darned intuitive that he no longer has to ask to connect to the wi fi if he loses a signal, he figured out right away that he just had to click on the wi fi icon and select our network and not the neighbours’. I have of course played with it some too and this machine, an old 1.6 GHz laptop with 1 GB of RAM runs better than the Dell Inspiron that I have at work. Applications open very quickly, the media stuff, such as the music and video player work perfectly with our Freenas home server. It is so damned slick that my wife now is entertaining the idea of flattening her vista machine and moving over to Ubuntu. That said, we have a site license at work for Windows 7, so well, maybe she will try that first. Sorry for the long email, but I really am loving this OS, and so is my boy (so much so that I caught him the first night he got his ‘new’ laptop at 2:45 am watching Youtube videos and reading wikipedia). Dave (the psychologist) ******************************* Hi Tom & Rafe, Having decided to skip Windows Vista like most companies did, we decided that our company would test the waters of W7. We decided that we would take the “Squeaky-clean Install” approach and install W7 Professional x64 on fresh hardware: A heavily reviewed and highly rated LGA775 motherboard (according to NewEgg, the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R), load it with 8GB RAM, a 3GHz Core2-quad processor, and a popular but inexpensive (nVidia GeForce 9400) graphics card. The OS installation went very well. The W7 installer even detected the RAID-1 mirrored system disks we configured using the Intel ICH10R Matrix Storage Manager! However, two benefits of W7 that were touted by Microsoft didn’t work out for us: * We were led to believe that W7 would support Vista device drivers. Not so in our case. When we attempted to load the Vista driver for our Kyocera network printer, we were greeted with “Operating system not supported”. We can work around this by using the printer in PostScript mode, but we consider the driver-compatibility claim to be false. To be fair, this may have been Kyocera’s doing. * * * Has Microsoft has fixed sleep and hibernation as promised? We don’t think so! After allowing the system to enter sleep mode (after 30 minutes of idle time) and waking the system up, we could move the mouse pointer, but little else. The network support did not wake up (couldn’t ping the computer), and open windows would not respond to clicking, dragging, or closing. Sounds like the same old problems we’ve seen in previous Windows OS’s. * Both the above experiences were with the newly installed OS with no 3rd party software (except device drivers) installed. Notwithstanding the above, I like the look, feel and feature set of W7, and think we can make our peace with it. I think maybe I’ll roll the dice and try an in-place upgrade of my Asus Laptop from Vista Business x64 to W7 x64…. or … maybe not! Question: Why would someone ever choose 32-bit W7 for a clean install over x64? Rob from Sedona ************************* Hey Tom and Rafe, I know you guys are doing a road test episode this week so I figured I’d contribute. I got the infamous Seagete Momentus 500GB 7200 RPM 2.5 in HDD for my Macbook Pro. I was worried about the reported clicking noise but Tom’s good experience and Newegg’s deal convinced me to get it. I’ve been using it for about a week now and I have no problem with it. The drive is performing very well and I hear no clicking noise yet. So there’s one another person who got a good batch of the drives. Thanks, LTS, Sang Park EMAIL QUESTIONS Hey Tom, Lately I have been hearing this new term “Network neutrality” and am kinda confused on what exactly it is and who is taking sides and why? Just a little lost and want to learn more about the reoccurring topic. Thanks, K-ski Answer: We’ll explain. ********************** I’ve actually got a problem with my external hard drive that I thought you might be able to help me with. I’ve got a 500 GB external USB drive with an HFS partition (for time machine backup) and a FAT32 partition. While I was restoring my information from the time machine backup to a new hard drive I installed in my MacBook Pro, somehow all the data disappeared from my FAT32 partition. I ran a recovery program and it found a partition that was not recognized by OS X that was the same size as my FAT32 partition and it still has all my data on it. The program costs $100 to actually recover the data — is there a free program you could recommend or a command line utility I could use to mount and restore that “hidden” partition? Thanks for your help. Austin Answer: PhotoRec http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec ************ Hey real deal, If I wanted to buy a mac and run a virtual windows 7 on the machine as well, what do I need? Yours truly, Cameron Tora Answer: You need a virtual machine. I use VMWare. VirtualBox is free. You need a legal copy of Windows 7. I’d recommend as big of a hard drive as you can afford. And get the max on RAM. COMMENTS I know your thinking only 18% of the market has vista and doing the upgrade from Vista is quite easy and painless so a how to video about this is almost pointless. (I will try to avoid making the comment that Apple only has 5% market share and everyone talks about them!… woops!) Well your almost 100% right, as compared to the XP upgrade path it is easy. That said I did notice that items placed on your taskbar in vista don’t move to your Windows 7 task bar. (No idea why that is other then I did it a few times to make sure and they don’t move.) So taking all your taskbar shortcuts and dropping them in a folder called “taskbar” on your desktop is a great idea before the upgrade. After the upgrade you can pin them back (and set the icons to small) if you want to return to the look at feel you had before. One other small item I don’t see many people talking about is the fact that the old look and feel of the Windows 95 style menus are GONE from 7. So for some people (like me) who always kicked it old school menus it requires adjustment. Or a utility exists that allows you to get the XP start menu feel back in 7. (More info: http://www.askvg.com/how-to-get-good-old-classic-start-menu-back-in-windows-7/) NOTE: I didn’t do that but some people may wish to. I am sure there are quite a few other tips and tricks you can show people about the move from Vista to 7. Keep up the amazing work… And feel free to ignore my e-mail… I don’t take it personally… All the best, Joe Dawson IT Security Consultant Canada ******************* Now live Thursdays at 4 PM Eastern / 1 PM Pacific on http://live.cnet.com/ Call live! 888-900-2638 (CNET) Next time: Essential software for a new PC realdeal@cnet.com forums.cnet.com Tom and Rafe discuss life with Windows 7, Entourage, Seagate hard drives, Ubuntu and more. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 185 Windows 7 Windows 7 Virtualized XP Mode (for VPN) NiNite Entourage LISTENER ROAD TEST Hey guys, Good timing for a road-test episode, as I have been using Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope (man, I always feel stupid typing out those codenames..) on an old Toshiba laptop. This was my wife’s old windows machine that (supposedly) died two years ago. Well, I wanted something to do the other day so I downloaded the 9.04 ISO and tried installing it on the not quite dead yet machine. The install was dead easy, about the same as installing OSX, so a little easier than windows (for me anyway) and in about 20 min the machine was up and running. I could not get the Atheros wifi chipset to work, but, alas, google is your friend and I managed to install (very easily) the restricted drivers and I was online. Now, understand, I have used Ndiswrapper etc to get windows drivers to work in linux which is like a special level of hell, whereas this was simply point and click, no terminal, nothing. I gave the machine to our eight your old son. He has high functioning autism, so change is not the easiest thing for him (hell, it is hard on most people). His desktop machine is an old (and I mean old) machine running Kubuntu 6.04. He had no problem at all adjusting. Indeed, the UI is so darned intuitive that he no longer has to ask to connect to the wi fi if he loses a signal, he figured out right away that he just had to click on the wi fi icon and select our network and not the neighbours’. I have of course played with it some too and this machine, an old 1.6 GHz laptop with 1 GB of RAM runs better than the Dell Inspiron that I have at work. Applications open very quickly, the media stuff, such as the music and video player work perfectly with our Freenas home server. It is so damned slick that my wife now is entertaining the idea of flattening her vista machine and moving over to Ubuntu. That said, we have a site license at work for Windows 7, so well, maybe she will try that first. Sorry for the long email, but I really am loving this OS, and so is my boy (so much so that I caught him the first night he got his ‘new’ laptop at 2:45 am watching Youtube videos and reading wikipedia). Dave (the psychologist) ******************************* Hi Tom & Rafe, Having decided to skip Windows Vista like most companies did, we decided that our company would test the waters of W7. We decided that we would take the “Squeaky-clean Install” approach and install W7 Professional x64 on fresh hardware: A heavily reviewed and highly rated LGA775 motherboard (according to NewEgg, the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R), load it with 8GB RAM, a 3GHz Core2-quad processor, and a popular but inexpensive (nVidia GeForce 9400) graphics card. The OS installation went very well. The W7 installer even detected the RAID-1 mirrored system disks we configured using the Intel ICH10R Matrix Storage Manager! However, two benefits of W7 that were touted by Microsoft didn’t work out for us: * We were led to believe that W7 would support Vista device drivers. Not so in our case. When we attempted to load the Vista driver for our Kyocera network printer, we were greeted with “Operating system not supported”. We can work around this by using the printer in PostScript mode, but we consider the driver-compatibility claim to be false. To be fair, this may have been Kyocera’s doing. * * * Has Microsoft has fixed sleep and hibernation as promised? We don’t think so! After allowing the system to enter sleep mode (after 30 minutes of idle time) and waking the system up, we could move the mouse pointer, but little else. The network support did not wake up (couldn’t ping the computer), and open windows would not respond to clicking, dragging, or closing. Sounds like the same old problems we’ve seen in previous Windows OS’s. * Both the above experiences were with the newly installed OS with no 3rd party software (except device drivers) installed. Notwithstanding the above, I like the look, feel and feature set of W7, and think we can make our peace with it. I think maybe I’ll roll the dice and try an in-place upgrade of my Asus Laptop from Vista Business x64 to W7 x64…. or … maybe not! Question: Why would someone ever choose 32-bit W7 for a clean install over x64? Rob from Sedona ************************* Hey Tom and Rafe, I know you guys are doing a road test episode this week so I figured I’d contribute. I got the infamous Seagete Momentus 500GB 7200 RPM 2.5 in HDD for my Macbook Pro. I was worried about the reported clicking noise but Tom’s good experience and Newegg’s deal convinced me to get it. I’ve been using it for about a week now and I have no problem with it. The drive is performing very well and I hear no clicking noise yet. So there’s one another person who got a good batch of the drives. Thanks, LTS, Sang Park EMAIL QUESTIONS Hey Tom, Lately I have been hearing this new term “Network neutrality” and am kinda confused on what exactly it is and who is taking sides and why? Just a little lost and want to learn more about the reoccurring topic. Thanks, K-ski Answer: We’ll explain. ********************** I’ve actually got a problem with my external hard drive that I thought you might be able to help me with. I’ve got a 500 GB external USB drive with an HFS partition (for time machine backup) and a FAT32 partition. While I was restoring my information from the time machine backup to a new hard drive I installed in my MacBook Pro, somehow all the data disappeared from my FAT32 partition. I ran a recovery program and it found a partition that was not recognized by OS X that was the same size as my FAT32 partition and it still has all my data on it. The program costs $100 to actually recover the data — is there a free program you could recommend or a command line utility I could use to mount and restore that “hidden” partition? Thanks for your help. Austin Answer: PhotoRec http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec ************ Hey real deal, If I wanted to buy a mac and run a virtual windows 7 on the machine as well, what do I need? Yours truly, Cameron Tora Answer: You need a virtual machine. I use VMWare. VirtualBox is free. You need a legal copy of Windows 7. I’d recommend as big of a hard drive as you can afford. And get the max on RAM. COMMENTS I know your thinking only 18% of the market has vista and doing the upgrade from Vista is quite easy and painless so a how to video about this is almost pointless. (I will try to avoid making the comment that Apple only has 5% market share and everyone talks about them!… woops!) Well your almost 100% right, as compared to the XP upgrade path it is easy. That said I did notice that items placed on your taskbar in vista don’t move to your Windows 7 task bar. (No idea why that is other then I did it a few times to make sure and they don’t move.) So taking all your taskbar shortcuts and dropping them in a folder called “taskbar” on your desktop is a great idea before the upgrade. After the upgrade you can pin them back (and set the icons to small) if you want to return to the look at feel you had before. One other small item I don’t see many people talking about is the fact that the old look and feel of the Windows 95 style menus are GONE from 7. So for some people (like me) who always kicked it old school menus it requires adjustment. Or a utility exists that allows you to get the XP start menu feel back in 7. (More info: http://www.askvg.com/how-to-get-good-old-classic-start-menu-back-in-windows-7/) NOTE: I didn’t do that but some people may wish to. I am sure there are quite a few other tips and tricks you can show people about the move from Vista to 7. Keep up the amazing work… And feel free to ignore my e-mail… I don’t take it personally… All the best, Joe Dawson IT Security Consultant Canada ******************* Now live Thursdays at 4 PM Eastern / 1 PM Pacific on http://live.cnet.com/ Call live! 888-900-2638 (CNET) Next time: Essential software for a new PC realdeal@cnet.com forums.cnet.com tag:odeo.com,2009-10-29,25398244 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:06:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398246-CNET-News-Daily-Podcast-Giving-plug-ins-a-familiar-car-feel Automakers don't want people to feel like driving electric means radical changes. CNET News reporter Martin LaMonica talks about what they're doing to make the transition easier for consumers. That, plus Sprint continues to bleed customers, Nintendo unveils a supersized version of the DSi, and much more. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Sprint losses and customer defections continue Motorola sees small third-quarter profit Amazon lets shoppers pay with a phrase DSi LL: Nintendo supersizes its gaming handheld Kaspersky tool detects malware in Twitter links Microsoft puts its 'signature' on PCs Plug-in electric cars: New technology, familiar feel Winking robot nav head knows where you're going Send your questions for Google CEO Eric Schmidt Mouse costs more than a laptop (almost $1,200) Automakers don't want people to feel like driving electric means radical changes. CNET News reporter Martin LaMonica talks about what they're doing to make the transition easier for consumers. That, plus Sprint continues to bleed customers, Nintendo unveils a supersized version of the DSi, and much more. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Sprint losses and customer defections continue Motorola sees small third-quarter profit Amazon lets shoppers pay with a phrase DSi LL: Nintendo supersizes its gaming handheld Kaspersky tool detects malware in Twitter links Microsoft puts its 'signature' on PCs Plug-in electric cars: New technology, familiar feel Winking robot nav head knows where you're going Send your questions for Google CEO Eric Schmidt Mouse costs more than a laptop (almost $1,200) Automakers don't want people to feel like driving electric means radical changes. CNET News reporter Martin LaMonica talks about what they're doing to make the transition easier for consumers. That, plus Sprint continues to bleed customers, Nintendo unveils a supersized version of the DSi, and much more. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Sprint losses and customer defections continue Motorola sees small third-quarter profit Amazon lets shoppers pay with a phrase DSi LL: Nintendo supersizes its gaming handheld Kaspersky tool detects malware in Twitter links Microsoft puts its 'signature' on PCs Plug-in electric cars: New technology, familiar feel Winking robot nav head knows where you're going Send your questions for Google CEO Eric Schmidt Mouse costs more than a laptop (almost $1,200) tag:odeo.com,2009-10-29,25398246 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:05:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398249-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. 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... 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. 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. 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,2009-10-29,25398249 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:05:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398250-The-404-456-Where-we-like-to-strike-out (Credit: CNET) It appears all the bacon sandwiches and soda have finally caught up with our very own Justin Yu as he is once again not with us for the show. Instead, we are graced by two special guests. For the first half of the show our buddy Sean Cullinane stops by to help us understand why there are a lot more Phillies hats being worn in New York City today than Yankees hats and to pick apart our Motorola Droid review sample. What this phone lacks in style points it makes up in weight--it's the heaviest cell phone we've ever held! For the second half of our program Natali Del Conte joins in for some calls from the public and a discussion about Netflix streaming coming to the Wii. Also, we announce our winner of the Ratch & Clank Favorite Weapon contest! All this and much more on today's 404. EPISODE 456 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... (Credit: CNET) It appears all the bacon sandwiches and soda have finally caught up with our very own Justin Yu as he is once again not with us for the show. Instead, we are graced by two special guests. For the first half of the show our buddy Sean Cullinane stops by to help us understand why there are a lot more Phillies hats being worn in New York City today than Yankees hats and to pick apart our Motorola Droid review sample. What this phone lacks in style points it makes up in weight--it's the heaviest cell phone we've ever held! For the second half of our program Natali Del Conte joins in for some calls from the public and a discussion about Netflix streaming coming to the Wii. Also, we announce our winner of the Ratch & Clank Favorite Weapon contest! All this and much more on today's 404. EPISODE 456 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... (Credit: CNET) It appears all the bacon sandwiches and soda have finally caught up with our very own Justin Yu as he is once again not with us for the show. Instead, we are graced by two special guests. For the first half of the show our buddy Sean Cullinane stops by to help us understand why there are a lot more Phillies hats being worn in New York City today than Yankees hats and to pick apart our Motorola Droid review sample. What this phone lacks in style points it makes up in weight--it's the heaviest cell phone we've ever held! For the second half of our program Natali Del Conte joins in for some calls from the public and a discussion about Netflix streaming coming to the Wii. Also, we announce our winner of the Ratch & Clank Favorite Weapon contest! All this and much more on today's 404. EPISODE 456 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-29,25398250 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:19:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398251-Dialed-In-102-We-ve-got-the-Droid Yes, we actually have the Motorola Droid in the house, and we couldn't be more excited about it. We dish about Verizon's new Android phone and what it means for the Android platform in general. We also talk about the latest Sony Ericsson phones and go over the week's reviews. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | iTunes (video) | RSS (audio) | RSS (video) News Motorola Droid live review Verizon, Motorola unveil the Droid Motorola Droid specs Droid Eris: Verizon's other Android phone Google releases Android 2.0 SDK T-Mobile unveils new contract-free specs Palm Pixi arrives November 15 for $100 T-Mobile launches Sony Ericsson Equinox Sony Ericsson Aino gets official Reviews Samsung Blue Earth Samsung Moment Nokia 2705 Shade Samsung Intrepid Verizon Wireless Razzle Doro PhoneEasy 410 Upcoming reviews Motorola Droid Sony Ericsson Equinox Samsung Caliber Samsung Freeform Yes, we actually have the Motorola Droid in the house, and we couldn't be more excited about it. We dish about Verizon's new Android phone and what it means for the Android platform in general. We also talk about the latest Sony Ericsson phones and go over the week's reviews. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | iTunes (video) | RSS (audio) | RSS (video) News Motorola Droid live review Verizon, Motorola unveil the Droid Motorola Droid specs Droid Eris: Verizon's other Android phone Google releases Android 2.0 SDK T-Mobile unveils new contract-free specs Palm Pixi arrives November 15 for $100 T-Mobile launches Sony Ericsson Equinox Sony Ericsson Aino gets official Reviews Samsung Blue Earth Samsung Moment Nokia 2705 Shade Samsung Intrepid Verizon Wireless Razzle Doro PhoneEasy 410 Upcoming reviews Motorola Droid Sony Ericsson Equinox Samsung Caliber Samsung Freeform Yes, we actually have the Motorola Droid in the house, and we couldn't be more excited about it. We dish about Verizon's new Android phone and what it means for the Android platform in general. We also talk about the latest Sony Ericsson phones and go over the week's reviews. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | iTunes (video) | RSS (audio) | RSS (video) News Motorola Droid live review Verizon, Motorola unveil the Droid Motorola Droid specs Droid Eris: Verizon's other Android phone Google releases Android 2.0 SDK T-Mobile unveils new contract-free specs Palm Pixi arrives November 15 for $100 T-Mobile launches Sony Ericsson Equinox Sony Ericsson Aino gets official Reviews Samsung Blue Earth Samsung Moment Nokia 2705 Shade Samsung Intrepid Verizon Wireless Razzle Doro PhoneEasy 410 Upcoming reviews Motorola Droid Sony Ericsson Equinox Samsung Caliber Samsung Freeform tag:odeo.com,2009-10-28,25398251 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:13:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398252-CNET-News-Daily-Podcast-Droid-navigates-its-way-to-market Verizon and Motorola are aiming squarely at the iPhone with today's unveiling of the Droid, currently the only smartphone running the Android 2.0 operating system. At the same time, Google announced its new turn-by-turn navigation software for mobile phones. Does this mean the days of standalone navigation systems are numbered? Reporter Tom Krazit thinks so. He joins today's podcast to talk about today's mobile developments. Also in this podcast: security threats are up at midsize companies, while their IT budgets remain frozen; Mozilla fixes critical security holes with Firefox 3.5.4; and on its ninth birthday, the PlayStation 2 is still going strong. Get those stories and more in today's daily news podcast. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Verizon, Motorola unveil the Droid Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn More security breaches hit midsize companies Firefox 3.5.4 closes security holes LA approves $7.2 million Google Apps deal Virtual goods resellers... Verizon and Motorola are aiming squarely at the iPhone with today's unveiling of the Droid, currently the only smartphone running the Android 2.0 operating system. At the same time, Google announced its new turn-by-turn navigation software for mobile phones. Does this mean the days of standalone navigation systems are numbered? Reporter Tom Krazit thinks so. He joins today's podcast to talk about today's mobile developments. Also in this podcast: security threats are up at midsize companies, while their IT budgets remain frozen; Mozilla fixes critical security holes with Firefox 3.5.4; and on its ninth birthday, the PlayStation 2 is still going strong. Get those stories and more in today's daily news podcast. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Verizon, Motorola unveil the Droid Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn More security breaches hit midsize companies Firefox 3.5.4 closes security holes LA approves $7.2 million Google Apps deal Virtual goods resellers on the rise Driverless car also parks itself Sony recalls Vaio AC adapters due to shock hazard How the venerable PS2 made it to 9 years old Verizon and Motorola are aiming squarely at the iPhone with today's unveiling of the Droid, currently the only smartphone running the Android 2.0 operating system. At the same time, Google announced its new turn-by-turn navigation software for mobile phones. Does this mean the days of standalone navigation systems are numbered? Reporter Tom Krazit thinks so. He joins today's podcast to talk about today's mobile developments. Also in this podcast: security threats are up at midsize companies, while their IT budgets remain frozen; Mozilla fixes critical security holes with Firefox 3.5.4; and on its ninth birthday, the PlayStation 2 is still going strong. Get those stories and more in today's daily news podcast. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Verizon, Motorola unveil the Droid Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn More security breaches hit midsize companies Firefox 3.5.4 closes security holes LA approves $7.2 million Google Apps deal Virtual goods resellers on the rise Driverless car also parks itself Sony recalls Vaio AC adapters due to shock hazard How the venerable PS2 made it to 9 years old tag:odeo.com,2009-10-28,25398252 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:19:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398255-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. 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.c... 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. 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 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. 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 tag:odeo.com,2009-10-28,25398255 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:55:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398258-The-404-455-Where-we-get-Annalytical-with-Anna-David The lovely and brilliant Anna David joins the show today to fill Justin's diminutive shoes. Pray for him. He's still not feeling too well. Our beautiful new co-host tells us about her new Web site Annalytical Answers, where she answers your questions about dating, love and--yes--S. E. X. Wilson can barely contain himself. Look! She's using a computer. That's tech! (Credit: Eric Fischer) Before we dive headlong into the questions that have continued to perplex men for millennia, Anna and the crew share stories about the post office and how no one there can smile. We think it's an actual work rule. Justin and Wilson vie for the affection of any lady that ventures onto The 404. In Anna's case, the win and subsequent fail goes to Justin. Justin, who ignores a question about a printer from a hot woman AND he's the printer expert? When is that really ever going to happen again? For shame, Justin, for shame. We can't recap them all, but we spend most of the show with Anna answering questio... The lovely and brilliant Anna David joins the show today to fill Justin's diminutive shoes. Pray for him. He's still not feeling too well. Our beautiful new co-host tells us about her new Web site Annalytical Answers, where she answers your questions about dating, love and--yes--S. E. X. Wilson can barely contain himself. Look! She's using a computer. That's tech! (Credit: Eric Fischer) Before we dive headlong into the questions that have continued to perplex men for millennia, Anna and the crew share stories about the post office and how no one there can smile. We think it's an actual work rule. Justin and Wilson vie for the affection of any lady that ventures onto The 404. In Anna's case, the win and subsequent fail goes to Justin. Justin, who ignores a question about a printer from a hot woman AND he's the printer expert? When is that really ever going to happen again? For shame, Justin, for shame. We can't recap them all, but we spend most of the show with Anna answering questions from the chat room about dating. Some memorable questions: How do you get out of the friend zone? Does long distance dating ever work out? Is it really OK to date a cougar? Be sure to send in your questions. All that and more on today's lovely show. If you want your dating questions answered, head on over to Annalytical Answers and sign up! In the mean time, we wish Justin a speedy recovery and be sure to check back for more 404 madness. EPISODE 455 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... The lovely and brilliant Anna David joins the show today to fill Justin's diminutive shoes. Pray for him. He's still not feeling too well. Our beautiful new co-host tells us about her new Web site Annalytical Answers, where she answers your questions about dating, love and--yes--S. E. X. Wilson can barely contain himself. Look! She's using a computer. That's tech! (Credit: Eric Fischer) Before we dive headlong into the questions that have continued to perplex men for millennia, Anna and the crew share stories about the post office and how no one there can smile. We think it's an actual work rule. Justin and Wilson vie for the affection of any lady that ventures onto The 404. In Anna's case, the win and subsequent fail goes to Justin. Justin, who ignores a question about a printer from a hot woman AND he's the printer expert? When is that really ever going to happen again? For shame, Justin, for shame. We can't recap them all, but we spend most of the show with Anna answering questions from the chat room about dating. Some memorable questions: How do you get out of the friend zone? Does long distance dating ever work out? Is it really OK to date a cougar? Be sure to send in your questions. All that and more on today's lovely show. If you want your dating questions answered, head on over to Annalytical Answers and sign up! In the mean time, we wish Justin a speedy recovery and be sure to check back for more 404 madness. EPISODE 455 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-28,25398258 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:04:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398259-MP3-Insider-166-It-s-all-digital Donald and Jasmine discuss some iPod numbers as well as a troubling issue with the Zune HD that Microsoft appears to be ignoring, at least for the time being. Also on deck is a new music service from Google that's aiming to make your music hunting experience a little easier, and some first impressions on the DoubleTwist software, which has been making waves among Palm Pre and other music phone users. Plus, we have some listener curiosity and hit on the fact that we're not tech support for Dell. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio |  Subscribe in iTunes video | Subscribe in RSS audio |  Subscribe in RSS video EPISODE 166 iPod Stats: New Customers Keep A-comin' Zune Issues Google Music Service DoubleTwist First Impressions New How Tos: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10382466-49.html http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10378074-49.html -------READER EMAIL & CALL------- Hey, I have a question on a new ipod touch dock that came out. Have y... Donald and Jasmine discuss some iPod numbers as well as a troubling issue with the Zune HD that Microsoft appears to be ignoring, at least for the time being. Also on deck is a new music service from Google that's aiming to make your music hunting experience a little easier, and some first impressions on the DoubleTwist software, which has been making waves among Palm Pre and other music phone users. Plus, we have some listener curiosity and hit on the fact that we're not tech support for Dell. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio |  Subscribe in iTunes video | Subscribe in RSS audio |  Subscribe in RSS video EPISODE 166 iPod Stats: New Customers Keep A-comin' Zune Issues Google Music Service DoubleTwist First Impressions New How Tos: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10382466-49.html http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10378074-49.html -------READER EMAIL & CALL------- Hey, I have a question on a new ipod touch dock that came out. Have you guys of a new dock for the ipod touch that you can use in your car from XM Satellite radio called the skydock, which enables your ipod touch or an iphone to be an XM satellite receiver. It's available at best buy or from Amazon, and from XM directly as well. supposedly it uses this new technology that helps improve FM transmissions into your car from the dock that's plugged into your car outlet. As a satellite radio subscriber, it would help to have less equipment in the car to reduce the crazy thieves that run rampid in large cities. Supposedly this also would work as a regular ipod dock for broadcasting audio from your touch or iphone, or I guess even other ipods minus the shuffle since it doesn't have the apple connector on them. It also will charge the ipod as well. what's your thoughts on an item like this? Do you think combining satellite radio and ipod touches & iphones will make a good market? James, Flora Illinois NOTE: WE ARE NOT CUSTOMER SERVICE Donald and Jasmine discuss some iPod numbers as well as a troubling issue with the Zune HD that Microsoft appears to be ignoring, at least for the time being. Also on deck is a new music service from Google that's aiming to make your music hunting experience a little easier, and some first impressions on the DoubleTwist software, which has been making waves among Palm Pre and other music phone users. Plus, we have some listener curiosity and hit on the fact that we're not tech support for Dell. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio |  Subscribe in iTunes video | Subscribe in RSS audio |  Subscribe in RSS video EPISODE 166 iPod Stats: New Customers Keep A-comin' Zune Issues Google Music Service DoubleTwist First Impressions New How Tos: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10382466-49.html http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10378074-49.html -------READER EMAIL & CALL------- Hey, I have a question on a new ipod touch dock that came out. Have you guys of a new dock for the ipod touch that you can use in your car from XM Satellite radio called the skydock, which enables your ipod touch or an iphone to be an XM satellite receiver. It's available at best buy or from Amazon, and from XM directly as well. supposedly it uses this new technology that helps improve FM transmissions into your car from the dock that's plugged into your car outlet. As a satellite radio subscriber, it would help to have less equipment in the car to reduce the crazy thieves that run rampid in large cities. Supposedly this also would work as a regular ipod dock for broadcasting audio from your touch or iphone, or I guess even other ipods minus the shuffle since it doesn't have the apple connector on them. It also will charge the ipod as well. what's your thoughts on an item like this? Do you think combining satellite radio and ipod touches & iphones will make a good market? James, Flora Illinois NOTE: WE ARE NOT CUSTOMER SERVICE tag:odeo.com,2009-10-27,25398259 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:41:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398260-CNET-News-Daily-Podcast-Cisco-keeps-buying-expensive-things Cisco Systems has pledged to spend more than $6 billion on acquisitions this month, the latest of which comes in at a cool $183 million for Web-based security software company ScanSafe. We also talk about the Apple tablet everyone keeps spreading rumors about, a computer Trojan that's masquerading as an e-mail from Facebook, and a new printing technology from Xerox that prints electronic circuitry on all sorts of things including fabric. Just think about what that's going to do to the T-shirt industry... Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Cisco to buy cloud security firm for $183 million More evidence of Apple's nonexistent tablet surfaces NASA's Ares I-X test flight delayed by weather Fake Facebook e-mail contains Trojan Google Voice now (kinda) works with your number Xerox hopes to print computing smarts on fabric, plastic Scientists 'unwarp' distorted fingerprints in seconds Canon 7D photos can show traces of earlier shot Cisco Systems has pledged to spend more than $6 billion on acquisitions this month, the latest of which comes in at a cool $183 million for Web-based security software company ScanSafe. We also talk about the Apple tablet everyone keeps spreading rumors about, a computer Trojan that's masquerading as an e-mail from Facebook, and a new printing technology from Xerox that prints electronic circuitry on all sorts of things including fabric. Just think about what that's going to do to the T-shirt industry... Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Cisco to buy cloud security firm for $183 million More evidence of Apple's nonexistent tablet surfaces NASA's Ares I-X test flight delayed by weather Fake Facebook e-mail contains Trojan Google Voice now (kinda) works with your number Xerox hopes to print computing smarts on fabric, plastic Scientists 'unwarp' distorted fingerprints in seconds Canon 7D photos can show traces of earlier shot Cisco Systems has pledged to spend more than $6 billion on acquisitions this month, the latest of which comes in at a cool $183 million for Web-based security software company ScanSafe. We also talk about the Apple tablet everyone keeps spreading rumors about, a computer Trojan that's masquerading as an e-mail from Facebook, and a new printing technology from Xerox that prints electronic circuitry on all sorts of things including fabric. Just think about what that's going to do to the T-shirt industry... Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Cisco to buy cloud security firm for $183 million More evidence of Apple's nonexistent tablet surfaces NASA's Ares I-X test flight delayed by weather Fake Facebook e-mail contains Trojan Google Voice now (kinda) works with your number Xerox hopes to print computing smarts on fabric, plastic Scientists 'unwarp' distorted fingerprints in seconds Canon 7D photos can show traces of earlier shot tag:odeo.com,2009-10-27,25398260 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:29:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398261-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? 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... 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? 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? 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,2009-10-27,25398261 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:55:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398262-Inside-CNET-Labs-66-No-one-wants-to-raid-with-that-guy No one wants to be Zaboo'd...or do they? (Credit: The Guild) What effects do Facebook, other social networking sites, and today's media on have on young people? We have no idea. Neither of us have been young for a very long time. I think we think we know and like always, we're not afraid to discuss it. Dong goes in for a job interview. Did I say job interview? I meant guild interview. Dong is evaluated and dehumanized in his attempt to join a new World of Warcraft guild. Dong and I talk more about Windows 7. Dong spouts his first impressions--kinda weird, seeing as he's been using it for months. I don't know. We attempt to make it interesting. Also, before I forget, contest! Listen to the episode to find out about the rules. Listen quick though! To subscribe to this podcast, visit us at our main page and click the podcast link on the right. Don't forget to leave us voice mail at 1-800-947-6399 or e-mail us at insidecnetlabs@cnet.com. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe no... No one wants to be Zaboo'd...or do they? (Credit: The Guild) What effects do Facebook, other social networking sites, and today's media on have on young people? We have no idea. Neither of us have been young for a very long time. I think we think we know and like always, we're not afraid to discuss it. Dong goes in for a job interview. Did I say job interview? I meant guild interview. Dong is evaluated and dehumanized in his attempt to join a new World of Warcraft guild. Dong and I talk more about Windows 7. Dong spouts his first impressions--kinda weird, seeing as he's been using it for months. I don't know. We attempt to make it interesting. Also, before I forget, contest! Listen to the episode to find out about the rules. Listen quick though! To subscribe to this podcast, visit us at our main page and click the podcast link on the right. Don't forget to leave us voice mail at 1-800-947-6399 or e-mail us at insidecnetlabs@cnet.com. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | RSS (audio) No one wants to be Zaboo'd...or do they? (Credit: The Guild) What effects do Facebook, other social networking sites, and today's media on have on young people? We have no idea. Neither of us have been young for a very long time. I think we think we know and like always, we're not afraid to discuss it. Dong goes in for a job interview. Did I say job interview? I meant guild interview. Dong is evaluated and dehumanized in his attempt to join a new World of Warcraft guild. Dong and I talk more about Windows 7. Dong spouts his first impressions--kinda weird, seeing as he's been using it for months. I don't know. We attempt to make it interesting. Also, before I forget, contest! Listen to the episode to find out about the rules. Listen quick though! To subscribe to this podcast, visit us at our main page and click the podcast link on the right. Don't forget to leave us voice mail at 1-800-947-6399 or e-mail us at insidecnetlabs@cnet.com. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | RSS (audio) tag:odeo.com,2009-10-27,25398262 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:30:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398263-The-404-454-Where-this-is-not-really-an-Asian-podcast Kenley Bradstreet and Mark Licea join the show today because Justin Yu is still battling with SARS. We wish him a speedy recovery, but in the mean time, we welcome the presence of two beautiful people. Plus, it's just fun to watch Kenley rock out to today's Audio Draft pick. (Credit: Kenley Bradstreet and Mark Licea) On today's show, we recant what we said about Sony yesterday. The company managed to botch up a feature that would have leveled the playing field with the Xbox 360. For those of you who didn't listen, Sony and Netflix announced the arrival of streaming on the console. Sounds great? Not so fast. Apparently, you'll need to plug in a BD-Live disc every time you want to watch Netflix. We know it's only temporary, but come on! It's accessible from the dashboard on the Xbox 360, and you don't need no stinkin' disc. Audio Draft Pick: Rancid (Credit: Wikipedia) It's Jeff's pick today for the Audio Draft, and while traditionally we usually pick smaller bands or unknown acts, Jef... Kenley Bradstreet and Mark Licea join the show today because Justin Yu is still battling with SARS. We wish him a speedy recovery, but in the mean time, we welcome the presence of two beautiful people. Plus, it's just fun to watch Kenley rock out to today's Audio Draft pick. (Credit: Kenley Bradstreet and Mark Licea) On today's show, we recant what we said about Sony yesterday. The company managed to botch up a feature that would have leveled the playing field with the Xbox 360. For those of you who didn't listen, Sony and Netflix announced the arrival of streaming on the console. Sounds great? Not so fast. Apparently, you'll need to plug in a BD-Live disc every time you want to watch Netflix. We know it's only temporary, but come on! It's accessible from the dashboard on the Xbox 360, and you don't need no stinkin' disc. Audio Draft Pick: Rancid (Credit: Wikipedia) It's Jeff's pick today for the Audio Draft, and while traditionally we usually pick smaller bands or unknown acts, Jeff has decided to go the other way and picked Rancid. They've been around for a while, and released a couple of albums. According to Mr. Bakalar, their latest is turning heads. We play "The Bravest Kids" and "L.A. River" from their latest album. Stay tuned for the last Audio Draft pick of the month on Friday from Wilson! It won't be country music this time. To round out the show, we talk talk a little bit about Droid from Verizon, the company's first Google Android phone. Wilson still thinks the phone is a pretty ugly design, but that it may change the market around considering it's the first non-BlackBerry-Storm smartphone on the network. Still, Apple seems to be the one still innovating in the smart phone market. In other news today, Kenley tells us that it's the 15th anniversary of the birth of Internet advertising. That's right on October 27th, 1994, Hot Wired ran the world's first banner ad, and surprisingly, it was pretty effective! Mark gets excited about the Tekken 6, while Wilson can't really tell the difference between Tekken 5 or Tekken 6. Jeff adds snidely, "Tekken 4." Think it's hot that Kenley likes to watch guys play videogames? Well send her a message as usual through voice mail at 1-866-404-CNET (2638). EPISODE 454 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... Kenley Bradstreet and Mark Licea join the show today because Justin Yu is still battling with SARS. We wish him a speedy recovery, but in the mean time, we welcome the presence of two beautiful people. Plus, it's just fun to watch Kenley rock out to today's Audio Draft pick. (Credit: Kenley Bradstreet and Mark Licea) On today's show, we recant what we said about Sony yesterday. The company managed to botch up a feature that would have leveled the playing field with the Xbox 360. For those of you who didn't listen, Sony and Netflix announced the arrival of streaming on the console. Sounds great? Not so fast. Apparently, you'll need to plug in a BD-Live disc every time you want to watch Netflix. We know it's only temporary, but come on! It's accessible from the dashboard on the Xbox 360, and you don't need no stinkin' disc. Audio Draft Pick: Rancid (Credit: Wikipedia) It's Jeff's pick today for the Audio Draft, and while traditionally we usually pick smaller bands or unknown acts, Jeff has decided to go the other way and picked Rancid. They've been around for a while, and released a couple of albums. According to Mr. Bakalar, their latest is turning heads. We play "The Bravest Kids" and "L.A. River" from their latest album. Stay tuned for the last Audio Draft pick of the month on Friday from Wilson! It won't be country music this time. To round out the show, we talk talk a little bit about Droid from Verizon, the company's first Google Android phone. Wilson still thinks the phone is a pretty ugly design, but that it may change the market around considering it's the first non-BlackBerry-Storm smartphone on the network. Still, Apple seems to be the one still innovating in the smart phone market. In other news today, Kenley tells us that it's the 15th anniversary of the birth of Internet advertising. That's right on October 27th, 1994, Hot Wired ran the world's first banner ad, and surprisingly, it was pretty effective! Mark gets excited about the Tekken 6, while Wilson can't really tell the difference between Tekken 5 or Tekken 6. Jeff adds snidely, "Tekken 4." Think it's hot that Kenley likes to watch guys play videogames? Well send her a message as usual through voice mail at 1-866-404-CNET (2638). EPISODE 454 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-27,25398263 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:01:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398264-Digital-City-No-55-PS3-s-Netflix-play-Sony-s-Vaio-X-and-Halloween-horrors This week on the Digital City, we consider the PlayStation 3's awkward Netflix implementation; marvel over the super-thin Sony Vaio X laptop; debate the fate of FireWire in new MacBooks; and review some gamer-friendly Halloween costume ideas. We also plug the first round of Windows 7 laptop and desktop reviews; mourn the death of Geocities; and find out why Julie and Dan have swapped seats for a week. Plus -- take an early sneak peek at Dan's Halloween costume -- but it only makes sense if you're over, say, 30 and kind of a geek. Related links: >>Netflix streaming coming to PS3 >>Does anyone miss FireWire? >>Windows 7: the first wave >>Make your own Bayonetta Halloween costume >>Watch the Digital City live every Monday at 3pm EST on CNET Live! >>Subscribe to Digital City on iTunes >>Join the Digital City Facebook fan page >>Need more? Follow Dan on Twitter! Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | iTunes (vi... This week on the Digital City, we consider the PlayStation 3's awkward Netflix implementation; marvel over the super-thin Sony Vaio X laptop; debate the fate of FireWire in new MacBooks; and review some gamer-friendly Halloween costume ideas. We also plug the first round of Windows 7 laptop and desktop reviews; mourn the death of Geocities; and find out why Julie and Dan have swapped seats for a week. Plus -- take an early sneak peek at Dan's Halloween costume -- but it only makes sense if you're over, say, 30 and kind of a geek. Related links: >>Netflix streaming coming to PS3 >>Does anyone miss FireWire? >>Windows 7: the first wave >>Make your own Bayonetta Halloween costume >>Watch the Digital City live every Monday at 3pm EST on CNET Live! >>Subscribe to Digital City on iTunes >>Join the Digital City Facebook fan page >>Need more? Follow Dan on Twitter! Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | iTunes (video) | RSS (audio) | RSS (video) This week on the Digital City, we consider the PlayStation 3's awkward Netflix implementation; marvel over the super-thin Sony Vaio X laptop; debate the fate of FireWire in new MacBooks; and review some gamer-friendly Halloween costume ideas. We also plug the first round of Windows 7 laptop and desktop reviews; mourn the death of Geocities; and find out why Julie and Dan have swapped seats for a week. Plus -- take an early sneak peek at Dan's Halloween costume -- but it only makes sense if you're over, say, 30 and kind of a geek. Related links: >>Netflix streaming coming to PS3 >>Does anyone miss FireWire? >>Windows 7: the first wave >>Make your own Bayonetta Halloween costume >>Watch the Digital City live every Monday at 3pm EST on CNET Live! >>Subscribe to Digital City on iTunes >>Join the Digital City Facebook fan page >>Need more? Follow Dan on Twitter! Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | iTunes (video) | RSS (audio) | RSS (video) tag:odeo.com,2009-10-27,25398264 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:38:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25379192-CNET-News-Daily-Podcast-Students-report-Windows-7-upgrade-problems Of the many ways to buy Windows 7, the best deal Microsoft makes available goes to students, who can buy a downloadable upgrade version of Windows 7 for $29. However, a number of students have reported problems when trying to download and install the new version of Windows. Microsoft says it is aware of several issues that people have encountered. Most common is the fact that folks can't easily go from the 32-bit version of Vista to the 64-bit version of Windows 7. "This appears to be a series of isolated issues that are often related to the user's Internet provider or installed third-party software," Microsoft said. The company recommends students with products either get a refund or contact Digital River, the company managing the digital downloads, to try to get a physical disc with the operating system. In support forums, Microsoft technicians are also pointing users to a five-step workaround that is said to fix the problems. Also on the podcast: The White House moves its Web sit... Of the many ways to buy Windows 7, the best deal Microsoft makes available goes to students, who can buy a downloadable upgrade version of Windows 7 for $29. However, a number of students have reported problems when trying to download and install the new version of Windows. Microsoft says it is aware of several issues that people have encountered. Most common is the fact that folks can't easily go from the 32-bit version of Vista to the 64-bit version of Windows 7. "This appears to be a series of isolated issues that are often related to the user's Internet provider or installed third-party software," Microsoft said. The company recommends students with products either get a refund or contact Digital River, the company managing the digital downloads, to try to get a physical disc with the operating system. In support forums, Microsoft technicians are also pointing users to a five-step workaround that is said to fix the problems. Also on the podcast: The White House moves its Web site to Drupal; Microsoft opens up Outlook; Mozilla building a new social in-box; Facebook memorializes its deceased users; Amazon exits the wine business; and more. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Students find problems with Windows 7 upgrade White House Web site makes open-source move Microsoft to open up Outlook data format Yahoo Mail outages plague some users Mozilla tries to build the ultimate in-box: Raindrop Carl Icahn resigns from Yahoo board of directors AOL names its post-Time Warner board Universal phone charger OK'd Nokia pushes back N900 Net tablet With 'memorialized' profiles, Facebook sees dead people Amazon suspends wine sales effort Of the many ways to buy Windows 7, the best deal Microsoft makes available goes to students, who can buy a downloadable upgrade version of Windows 7 for $29. However, a number of students have reported problems when trying to download and install the new version of Windows. Microsoft says it is aware of several issues that people have encountered. Most common is the fact that folks can't easily go from the 32-bit version of Vista to the 64-bit version of Windows 7. "This appears to be a series of isolated issues that are often related to the user's Internet provider or installed third-party software," Microsoft said. The company recommends students with products either get a refund or contact Digital River, the company managing the digital downloads, to try to get a physical disc with the operating system. In support forums, Microsoft technicians are also pointing users to a five-step workaround that is said to fix the problems. Also on the podcast: The White House moves its Web site to Drupal; Microsoft opens up Outlook; Mozilla building a new social in-box; Facebook memorializes its deceased users; Amazon exits the wine business; and more. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Students find problems with Windows 7 upgrade White House Web site makes open-source move Microsoft to open up Outlook data format Yahoo Mail outages plague some users Mozilla tries to build the ultimate in-box: Raindrop Carl Icahn resigns from Yahoo board of directors AOL names its post-Time Warner board Universal phone charger OK'd Nokia pushes back N900 Net tablet With 'memorialized' profiles, Facebook sees dead people Amazon suspends wine sales effort tag:odeo.com,2009-10-26,25379192 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:46:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25379193-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. 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... 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. 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. 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,2009-10-26,25379193 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:59:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398265-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. 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... 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. 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. 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,2009-10-26,25398265 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:59:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25379194-The-404-453-Where-the-role-of-Justin-Yu-will-be-played-by-Mark-Licea Justin Yu has finally caught the SARS/swine flu that's been floating around the CNET NY offices. It was bound to happen, considering the number of make-out parties we have here. Filling his petite shoes, we have Mark Licea (aka MTI). We promise a jam-packed show for those depressing Monday mornings. This ain't right. (Credit: beautifulpeople.com) On today's show, we talk about beautifupeople.com, a Web site that is finally coming to the United States, which only beautiful people are allowed to join. That's right: in order to join this dating Web site, you have to be pretty. Users must submit their pictures, then the community decides whether you're hot enough to join. Unfortunately, Jeff and Wilson will likely get rejected. We'll let you know what Mark finds out on the Web site. Not cool. (Credit: Phoenix New Times) After that, we find out that older men who are less educated than their female counterparts are less likely to get a divorce and are generally happier in their relations... Justin Yu has finally caught the SARS/swine flu that's been floating around the CNET NY offices. It was bound to happen, considering the number of make-out parties we have here. Filling his petite shoes, we have Mark Licea (aka MTI). We promise a jam-packed show for those depressing Monday mornings. This ain't right. (Credit: beautifulpeople.com) On today's show, we talk about beautifupeople.com, a Web site that is finally coming to the United States, which only beautiful people are allowed to join. That's right: in order to join this dating Web site, you have to be pretty. Users must submit their pictures, then the community decides whether you're hot enough to join. Unfortunately, Jeff and Wilson will likely get rejected. We'll let you know what Mark finds out on the Web site. Not cool. (Credit: Phoenix New Times) After that, we find out that older men who are less educated than their female counterparts are less likely to get a divorce and are generally happier in their relationships. So we guess all those cougar relationships out there aren't going to work out. We also check out a not cool "illegal alien costume." It might have been funny on "Chappelle's Show," but it's likely to get the crap beat out of you immediately. Finally, we cover CNN's new Web site and we get to some video game news and commentary. The PlayStation 3 finally gets Netflix streaming after Xbox 360 has had it for almost a year now. Took them long enough, but we think this might start to change the balance of power in the video game console war, because it will be free on the PlayStation 3, rather than having to sell out $50 bucks a year for a Xbox Live Gold membership. Plus, Wilson gets close to beating Ghostbusters: The Videogame. His take? It's fun to watch, a little monotonous to play after a while, but a good buy. Please, please, send in voice mails. We're running a bit low these days, and we love to hear your feedback. Call in at 1-866-404-CNET (2638). Call! (Especially if you're a lady.) EPISODE 453 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... Justin Yu has finally caught the SARS/swine flu that's been floating around the CNET NY offices. It was bound to happen, considering the number of make-out parties we have here. Filling his petite shoes, we have Mark Licea (aka MTI). We promise a jam-packed show for those depressing Monday mornings. This ain't right. (Credit: beautifulpeople.com) On today's show, we talk about beautifupeople.com, a Web site that is finally coming to the United States, which only beautiful people are allowed to join. That's right: in order to join this dating Web site, you have to be pretty. Users must submit their pictures, then the community decides whether you're hot enough to join. Unfortunately, Jeff and Wilson will likely get rejected. We'll let you know what Mark finds out on the Web site. Not cool. (Credit: Phoenix New Times) After that, we find out that older men who are less educated than their female counterparts are less likely to get a divorce and are generally happier in their relationships. So we guess all those cougar relationships out there aren't going to work out. We also check out a not cool "illegal alien costume." It might have been funny on "Chappelle's Show," but it's likely to get the crap beat out of you immediately. Finally, we cover CNN's new Web site and we get to some video game news and commentary. The PlayStation 3 finally gets Netflix streaming after Xbox 360 has had it for almost a year now. Took them long enough, but we think this might start to change the balance of power in the video game console war, because it will be free on the PlayStation 3, rather than having to sell out $50 bucks a year for a Xbox Live Gold membership. Plus, Wilson gets close to beating Ghostbusters: The Videogame. His take? It's fun to watch, a little monotonous to play after a while, but a good buy. Please, please, send in voice mails. We're running a bit low these days, and we love to hear your feedback. Call in at 1-866-404-CNET (2638). Call! (Especially if you're a lady.) EPISODE 453 Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe in iTunes audio | Suscribe to iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video ... tag:odeo.com,2009-10-26,25379194 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:48:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25361125-Reporters-Roundtable-The-Dangers-of-cloud-computing This week we are covering the dangers of cloud computing. Get it? With the major loss of consumer data for the Sidekick smartphone users -- the Sidekick is made by Danger, a Microsoft company -- the whole idea of "cloud" safety was brought front and center for consumers. Businesses, likewise, are wondering if they are exposed to similar risks when they put their apps and data in the cloud. Can we trust the cloud? Our guests to discuss this topic are Stephen Shankland, CNET Senior Writer and author of our Deep Tech blog, and our special expert guest is Christofer Hoff, author of the Rational Survivability Blog, which is about this very topic. Hoff is director of cloud and emerging solutions at Cisco, so has a vested interest in keeping the cloud safe and profitable. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #7: The dangers of the cloud Show notes and talk... This week we are covering the dangers of cloud computing. Get it? With the major loss of consumer data for the Sidekick smartphone users -- the Sidekick is made by Danger, a Microsoft company -- the whole idea of "cloud" safety was brought front and center for consumers. Businesses, likewise, are wondering if they are exposed to similar risks when they put their apps and data in the cloud. Can we trust the cloud? Our guests to discuss this topic are Stephen Shankland, CNET Senior Writer and author of our Deep Tech blog, and our special expert guest is Christofer Hoff, author of the Rational Survivability Blog, which is about this very topic. Hoff is director of cloud and emerging solutions at Cisco, so has a vested interest in keeping the cloud safe and profitable. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #7: The dangers of the cloud Show notes and talking points... Stephen - you just came from the Gartner conference - What's the take from there? Hoff - What happened with the Sidekick outage? Was it a failure of "the cloud?" There have been real cloud failures. Amazon AWS has had outages, and CTO Werner Vogel had to hit the road to beg forgiveness. What happened there? Discuss other failures? Gmail, Magnolia, Swissdisk A question for small business : Is your data safe when it's intermingled with other companies' stuff? Discuss new and fun ways clouds could fail. Two kinds of failure: Failure to access, and real data loss. The consumer dilemma: safety vs lack of privacy, control. Discussion The business dilemma: cost vs control, security and compliance. Discussion How do you know you can trust a cloud provider? What skills needed by customers? Hoff recommends: Cloud Security Alliance Next time on the Roundtable: Tim O'Reilly and David Carnoy on "The future of the book." Don't miss it! Comments to: roundtable@cnet.com This week we are covering the dangers of cloud computing. Get it? With the major loss of consumer data for the Sidekick smartphone users -- the Sidekick is made by Danger, a Microsoft company -- the whole idea of "cloud" safety was brought front and center for consumers. Businesses, likewise, are wondering if they are exposed to similar risks when they put their apps and data in the cloud. Can we trust the cloud? Our guests to discuss this topic are Stephen Shankland, CNET Senior Writer and author of our Deep Tech blog, and our special expert guest is Christofer Hoff, author of the Rational Survivability Blog, which is about this very topic. Hoff is director of cloud and emerging solutions at Cisco, so has a vested interest in keeping the cloud safe and profitable. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #7: The dangers of the cloud Show notes and talking points... Stephen - you just came from the Gartner conference - What's the take from there? Hoff - What happened with the Sidekick outage? Was it a failure of "the cloud?" There have been real cloud failures. Amazon AWS has had outages, and CTO Werner Vogel had to hit the road to beg forgiveness. What happened there? Discuss other failures? Gmail, Magnolia, Swissdisk A question for small business : Is your data safe when it's intermingled with other companies' stuff? Discuss new and fun ways clouds could fail. Two kinds of failure: Failure to access, and real data loss. The consumer dilemma: safety vs lack of privacy, control. Discussion The business dilemma: cost vs control, security and compliance. Discussion How do you know you can trust a cloud provider? What skills needed by customers? Hoff recommends: Cloud Security Alliance Next time on the Roundtable: Tim O'Reilly and David Carnoy on "The future of the book." Don't miss it! Comments to: roundtable@cnet.com tag:odeo.com,2009-10-23,25361125 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:06:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25363946-Reporters-Roundtable-Dangers-of-cloud-computing This week we are covering the dangers of cloud computing. Get it? With the major loss of consumer data for the Sidekick smartphone users--the Sidekick is made by Danger, a Microsoft company--the whole idea of "cloud" safety has been brought front and center for consumers. Businesses, likewise, are wondering if they are exposed to similar risks when they put their apps and data in the cloud. Can we trust the cloud? Our guests to discuss this topic are CNET senior writer Stephen Shankland and Christofer Hoff, author of the Rational Survivability blog, which is about this very topic. Hoff is director of cloud and emerging solutions at Cisco System and thus has a vested interest in keeping the cloud safe and profitable. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #7: The dangers of the cloud Show notes and talking points... Shankland, you just came from the Ga... This week we are covering the dangers of cloud computing. Get it? With the major loss of consumer data for the Sidekick smartphone users--the Sidekick is made by Danger, a Microsoft company--the whole idea of "cloud" safety has been brought front and center for consumers. Businesses, likewise, are wondering if they are exposed to similar risks when they put their apps and data in the cloud. Can we trust the cloud? Our guests to discuss this topic are CNET senior writer Stephen Shankland and Christofer Hoff, author of the Rational Survivability blog, which is about this very topic. Hoff is director of cloud and emerging solutions at Cisco System and thus has a vested interest in keeping the cloud safe and profitable. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #7: The dangers of the cloud Show notes and talking points... Shankland, you just came from the Gartner conference, what's the take from there? Hoff, what happened with the Sidekick outage? Was it a failure of "the cloud"? There have been real cloud failures. Amazon AWS has had outages, and CTO Werner Vogel had to hit the road to beg forgiveness. What happened there? Discuss other failures? Gmail, Magnolia, Swissdisk. A question for small business: is your data safe when it's intermingled with other companies' stuff? Discuss new and fun ways clouds could fail. Two kinds of failure: Failure to access and real data loss. The consumer dilemma: safety vs. lack of privacy, control. Discussion. The business dilemma: cost vs. control, security and compliance. Discussion. How do you know you can trust a cloud provider? What skills are needed by customers? Hoff recommends: Cloud Security Alliance Next time on the Roundtable: Tim O'Reilly and David Carnoy on "The future of the book." Don't miss it! Comments to: roundtable@cnet.com This week we are covering the dangers of cloud computing. Get it? With the major loss of consumer data for the Sidekick smartphone users--the Sidekick is made by Danger, a Microsoft company--the whole idea of "cloud" safety has been brought front and center for consumers. Businesses, likewise, are wondering if they are exposed to similar risks when they put their apps and data in the cloud. Can we trust the cloud? Our guests to discuss this topic are CNET senior writer Stephen Shankland and Christofer Hoff, author of the Rational Survivability blog, which is about this very topic. Hoff is director of cloud and emerging solutions at Cisco System and thus has a vested interest in keeping the cloud safe and profitable. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #7: The dangers of the cloud Show notes and talking points... Shankland, you just came from the Gartner conference, what's the take from there? Hoff, what happened with the Sidekick outage? Was it a failure of "the cloud"? There have been real cloud failures. Amazon AWS has had outages, and CTO Werner Vogel had to hit the road to beg forgiveness. What happened there? Discuss other failures? Gmail, Magnolia, Swissdisk. A question for small business: is your data safe when it's intermingled with other companies' stuff? Discuss new and fun ways clouds could fail. Two kinds of failure: Failure to access and real data loss. The consumer dilemma: safety vs. lack of privacy, control. Discussion. The business dilemma: cost vs. control, security and compliance. Discussion. How do you know you can trust a cloud provider? What skills are needed by customers? Hoff recommends: Cloud Security Alliance Next time on the Roundtable: Tim O'Reilly and David Carnoy on "The future of the book." Don't miss it! Comments to: roundtable@cnet.com tag:odeo.com,2009-10-23,25363946 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:06:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25398266-Reporters-Roundtable-7-Dangers-of-cloud-computing This week we are covering the dangers of cloud computing. Get it? With the major loss of consumer data for the Sidekick smartphone users--the Sidekick is made by Danger, a Microsoft company--the whole idea of "cloud" safety has been brought front and center for consumers. Businesses, likewise, are wondering if they are exposed to similar risks when they put their apps and data in the cloud. Can we trust the cloud? Our guests to discuss this topic are CNET senior writer Stephen Shankland and Christofer Hoff, author of the Rational Survivability blog, which is about this very topic. Hoff is director of cloud and emerging solutions at Cisco System and thus has a vested interest in keeping the cloud safe and profitable. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #7: The dangers of the cloud Show notes and talking points... Shankland, you just came from the Ga... This week we are covering the dangers of cloud computing. Get it? With the major loss of consumer data for the Sidekick smartphone users--the Sidekick is made by Danger, a Microsoft company--the whole idea of "cloud" safety has been brought front and center for consumers. Businesses, likewise, are wondering if they are exposed to similar risks when they put their apps and data in the cloud. Can we trust the cloud? Our guests to discuss this topic are CNET senior writer Stephen Shankland and Christofer Hoff, author of the Rational Survivability blog, which is about this very topic. Hoff is director of cloud and emerging solutions at Cisco System and thus has a vested interest in keeping the cloud safe and profitable. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #7: The dangers of the cloud Show notes and talking points... Shankland, you just came from the Gartner conference, what's the take from there? Hoff, what happened with the Sidekick outage? Was it a failure of "the cloud"? There have been real cloud failures. Amazon AWS has had outages, and CTO Werner Vogel had to hit the road to beg forgiveness. What happened there? Discuss other failures? Gmail, Magnolia, Swissdisk. A question for small business: is your data safe when it's intermingled with other companies' stuff? Discuss new and fun ways clouds could fail. Two kinds of failure: Failure to access and real data loss. The consumer dilemma: safety vs. lack of privacy, control. Discussion. The business dilemma: cost vs. control, security and compliance. Discussion. How do you know you can trust a cloud provider? What skills are needed by customers? Hoff recommends: Cloud Security Alliance Next time on the Roundtable: Tim O'Reilly and David Carnoy on "The future of the book." Don't miss it! Comments to: roundtable@cnet.com This week we are covering the dangers of cloud computing. Get it? With the major loss of consumer data for the Sidekick smartphone users--the Sidekick is made by Danger, a Microsoft company--the whole idea of "cloud" safety has been brought front and center for consumers. Businesses, likewise, are wondering if they are exposed to similar risks when they put their apps and data in the cloud. Can we trust the cloud? Our guests to discuss this topic are CNET senior writer Stephen Shankland and Christofer Hoff, author of the Rational Survivability blog, which is about this very topic. Hoff is director of cloud and emerging solutions at Cisco System and thus has a vested interest in keeping the cloud safe and profitable. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Reporters' Roundtable #7: The dangers of the cloud Show notes and talking points... Shankland, you just came from the Gartner conference, what's the take from there? Hoff, what happened with the Sidekick outage? Was it a failure of "the cloud"? There have been real cloud failures. Amazon AWS has had outages, and CTO Werner Vogel had to hit the road to beg forgiveness. What happened there? Discuss other failures? Gmail, Magnolia, Swissdisk. A question for small business: is your data safe when it's intermingled with other companies' stuff? Discuss new and fun ways clouds could fail. Two kinds of failure: Failure to access and real data loss. The consumer dilemma: safety vs. lack of privacy, control. Discussion. The business dilemma: cost vs. control, security and compliance. Discussion. How do you know you can trust a cloud provider? What skills are needed by customers? Hoff recommends: Cloud Security Alliance Next time on the Roundtable: Tim O'Reilly and David Carnoy on "The future of the book." Don't miss it! Comments to: roundtable@cnet.com tag:odeo.com,2009-10-23,25398266 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:06:00 -0700 no All CNET Audio Podcasts music News mp3 Tech studio Security car out buzz in loud insider c cnet com bites gadgettes dialed