http://www.odeo.com/channels/3997-Buzz-Out-Loud-MP3 TomMerritt no Buzz Out Loud features Tom Merritt, producer Jason Howell, and a rotating roundtable of CNET's top tech experts reviewing the day's tech news. Each episode, five times a week, the crew analyzes, interprets, and argues about what all this technology means and what it's doing to us. Fans can join in the show by calling, e-mailing, or commenting on the blog. Buzz Out Loud features Tom Merritt, producer Jason Howell, and a rotating roundtable of CNET's top tech experts reviewing the day's tech news. Each episode, five times a week, the crew analyzes, interprets, and argues about what all this technology means and what it's doing to us. Fans can join in the show by calling, e-mailing, or commenting on the blog. Buzz Out Loud from CNET gives you a unique take on what's happening in tech news this week. en-us 40 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:27:33 -0800 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:27:33 -0800 Technology http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25413738-BOL-1101-LHC-gull-kills-science-with-bread Apparently the Large Hadron Collider is doomed. It can't even survive a bread bombing by birds. The Droid arrived on the scene though, and people actually lined up. However tethering is gonna cost you on the thing. Are you still in love? And Gwen Stefani doesn't like you making her sing Honky Tonk Women. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079218',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1101 Episode Midnight Droid madness in Manhattan http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10392128-266.html Verizon Droid Tethering Will Cost You http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181590/verizon_droid_tethering_will_cost_you.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/psa-sears-charging-50-less-for-new-droid-activations-than-veri/ Wind... Apparently the Large Hadron Collider is doomed. It can't even survive a bread bombing by birds. The Droid arrived on the scene though, and people actually lined up. However tethering is gonna cost you on the thing. Are you still in love? And Gwen Stefani doesn't like you making her sing Honky Tonk Women. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079218',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1101 Episode Midnight Droid madness in Manhattan http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10392128-266.html Verizon Droid Tethering Will Cost You http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181590/verizon_droid_tethering_will_cost_you.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/psa-sears-charging-50-less-for-new-droid-activations-than-veri/ Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%, new PC sales not as strong http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_091105a.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10391484-75.html Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10% http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/06/confirmed-skype-founders-settle-with-ebay-and-others-get-14-stake-in-skype-not-10/ Twitter Cleaning Up Trending Topics Spam http://mashable.com/2009/11/05/twitter-trending-topics-spam/ No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero [Updated] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/no-doubt-sues-activision-over-band-hero.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10391715-17.html Judge Halts Online Sale of Beatles Songs http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/bluebeat-claims-to-own-new-copyrights-to-old-beatles-songs/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/about-those-beatles-songs-its-weirder-than-you-thought.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Betting on a Metal-Air Battery Breakthrough http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/23877/?a=f LHC Shut Down Again -- By Baguette-Dropping Bird http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/0824213/LHC-Shut-Down-Again-mdash-By-Baguette-Dropping-Bird?from=rss Sony to bring Risk to the big screen http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/06/risk_movie/ VOICEMAIL Brian in Virginia on the PS3 Netflix Anonymous Tony about 3G maps EMAIL Hey Buzz crew, I am sure you will have this in today’s lineup..but just in case: Comcast’s new throttling policies. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/04/2026206/Comcasts-New-Throttling-Plan-Uses-Trigger-Conditions-Not-Silent-Blocking “Its network throttling implements a two-tier packet queueing system at the routers, driven by two trigger conditions. Comcast’s first traffic throttling trigger is tripped by using more than 70 per cent of your maximum downstream or upstream bandwidth for more than 15 minutes. Its second traffic throttling trigger is tripped when the Cable Modem Termination System you’re hooked-up to - along with up to 15,000 other Comcast subscribers - gets congested, and your traffic is somehow identified as being responsible. Tripping either of Comcast’s high bandwidth usage rate triggers results in throttling for at least 15 minutes, or until your average bandwidth utilisation rate drops below 50 per cent for 15 minutes.” So…by analogy, will cops start giving out speeding tickets if you travel >=70% of the posted speed limit for more than 15 minutes as well? Wasn’t there a recent story about the FTC/FCC rules about “Truth in advertising” about ISP speeds? Now Comcast pretty much says, that whatever the ADVERTISED bandwidth, you will be punished for using more than 70% of your ACTUAL bandwidth. Lima Tango Sierra! Bob in NJ… ********** Hey, First off, Love the Show My brother just alerted me to the Darpa Network Challenge, http://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/, which is to mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet. The goal of the Challenge is to be the first to submit the locations of 10 large red weather balloons scattered throughout the continental united states. One person can’t do it alone, so the winner will be the best one to use Social Networking to solve the challenge, and what better then getting the word out on BOL? I’ve seen others on Facebook with the same idea, but I’m also shamelessly running a contest website at http://www.mgatelabs.com/wiki/Darpa_Network_Challenge Thanks, Michael Fuller Graduate Student of Software Engineering @ Auburn University Developer of Port Defender on the AppStore ********** Greetings buzztown, Tom, you were concerned about the lack of competition in the chip market. Well actually there was more in the early days of Windows NT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windo NT was initially available on these platforms: Intel X86, MIPS R3000/R4000 DEC Alpha, IBM PowerPC, Itanium and AMD64. I was in software development back then. With four Unix platforms, we had 10 platforms to develop and support. Expensive! With the market consolidation, It is so much easier now. We support Windows X86, OS X, Solaris and HP-UX. Any new chip maker is going to have to emulate the X86 instruction set. AMD, in 1982 licensed the X86 architecture. That, I believe, is why they still exist today. I can’t imagine Intel would do that again, Unless the Government ordered it. It is nice to have a standard PC that can boot Windows, OS X and Linux as needed. There is more competition in electrical outlets around the world. There are 12 different connectors and about 6 different voltages. It’s tough charging you laptop around the world. Love the Show, Henry C. Livonia MI Apparently the Large Hadron Collider is doomed. It can't even survive a bread bombing by birds. The Droid arrived on the scene though, and people actually lined up. However tethering is gonna cost you on the thing. Are you still in love? And Gwen Stefani doesn't like you making her sing Honky Tonk Women. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079218',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1101 Episode Midnight Droid madness in Manhattan http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10392128-266.html Verizon Droid Tethering Will Cost You http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181590/verizon_droid_tethering_will_cost_you.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/psa-sears-charging-50-less-for-new-droid-activations-than-veri/ Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%, new PC sales not as strong http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_091105a.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10391484-75.html Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10% http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/06/confirmed-skype-founders-settle-with-ebay-and-others-get-14-stake-in-skype-not-10/ Twitter Cleaning Up Trending Topics Spam http://mashable.com/2009/11/05/twitter-trending-topics-spam/ No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero [Updated] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/no-doubt-sues-activision-over-band-hero.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10391715-17.html Judge Halts Online Sale of Beatles Songs http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/bluebeat-claims-to-own-new-copyrights-to-old-beatles-songs/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/about-those-beatles-songs-its-weirder-than-you-thought.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Betting on a Metal-Air Battery Breakthrough http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/23877/?a=f LHC Shut Down Again -- By Baguette-Dropping Bird http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/0824213/LHC-Shut-Down-Again-mdash-By-Baguette-Dropping-Bird?from=rss Sony to bring Risk to the big screen http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/06/risk_movie/ VOICEMAIL Brian in Virginia on the PS3 Netflix Anonymous Tony about 3G maps EMAIL Hey Buzz crew, I am sure you will have this in today’s lineup..but just in case: Comcast’s new throttling policies. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/04/2026206/Comcasts-New-Throttling-Plan-Uses-Trigger-Conditions-Not-Silent-Blocking “Its network throttling implements a two-tier packet queueing system at the routers, driven by two trigger conditions. Comcast’s first traffic throttling trigger is tripped by using more than 70 per cent of your maximum downstream or upstream bandwidth for more than 15 minutes. Its second traffic throttling trigger is tripped when the Cable Modem Termination System you’re hooked-up to - along with up to 15,000 other Comcast subscribers - gets congested, and your traffic is somehow identified as being responsible. Tripping either of Comcast’s high bandwidth usage rate triggers results in throttling for at least 15 minutes, or until your average bandwidth utilisation rate drops below 50 per cent for 15 minutes.” So…by analogy, will cops start giving out speeding tickets if you travel >=70% of the posted speed limit for more than 15 minutes as well? Wasn’t there a recent story about the FTC/FCC rules about “Truth in advertising” about ISP speeds? Now Comcast pretty much says, that whatever the ADVERTISED bandwidth, you will be punished for using more than 70% of your ACTUAL bandwidth. Lima Tango Sierra! Bob in NJ… ********** Hey, First off, Love the Show My brother just alerted me to the Darpa Network Challenge, http://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/, which is to mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet. The goal of the Challenge is to be the first to submit the locations of 10 large red weather balloons scattered throughout the continental united states. One person can’t do it alone, so the winner will be the best one to use Social Networking to solve the challenge, and what better then getting the word out on BOL? I’ve seen others on Facebook with the same idea, but I’m also shamelessly running a contest website at http://www.mgatelabs.com/wiki/Darpa_Network_Challenge Thanks, Michael Fuller Graduate Student of Software Engineering @ Auburn University Developer of Port Defender on the AppStore ********** Greetings buzztown, Tom, you were concerned about the lack of competition in the chip market. Well actually there was more in the early days of Windows NT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windo NT was initially available on these platforms: Intel X86, MIPS R3000/R4000 DEC Alpha, IBM PowerPC, Itanium and AMD64. I was in software development back then. With four Unix platforms, we had 10 platforms to develop and support. Expensive! With the market consolidation, It is so much easier now. We support Windows X86, OS X, Solaris and HP-UX. Any new chip maker is going to have to emulate the X86 instruction set. AMD, in 1982 licensed the X86 architecture. That, I believe, is why they still exist today. I can’t imagine Intel would do that again, Unless the Government ordered it. It is nice to have a standard PC that can boot Windows, OS X and Linux as needed. There is more competition in electrical outlets around the world. There are 12 different connectors and about 6 different voltages. It’s tough charging you laptop around the world. Love the Show, Henry C. Livonia MI tag:odeo.com,2009-11-06,25413738 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:27:33 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25408153-BOL-1100-The-Internet-is-a-human-right-in-Europe The European Commission has decided that every citizen has a right to the Internet, but still made it fairly easy for the media industry to cut the Internet off. We also see that Intel is in hot water again. And we ask that perennial question, "Why can't I own a Canadian?" And Google answers. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079017',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1100 Intel in threats and bribery suit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8343179.stm Google Dashboard lifts curtain on stored privacy data http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10390941-265.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/transparency-choice-and-control-now.html EU Breaks deadlock in debate over right to Internet access http://www.pcworld... The European Commission has decided that every citizen has a right to the Internet, but still made it fairly easy for the media industry to cut the Internet off. We also see that Intel is in hot water again. And we ask that perennial question, "Why can't I own a Canadian?" And Google answers. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079017',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1100 Intel in threats and bribery suit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8343179.stm Google Dashboard lifts curtain on stored privacy data http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10390941-265.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/transparency-choice-and-control-now.html EU Breaks deadlock in debate over right to Internet access http://www.pcworld.com/article/181472/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8344174.stm Tell the FCC to say no to Hollywood’s insane “Selectable Output Control” kill-switch http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/04/tell-the-fcc-to-say.html Congress may require ISPs to block certain fraud sites http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10390779-38.html Verizon offers prepaid, no-contract 3G data bundled with a USB airstick http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10391153-94.html Man-In-the-Middle Vulnerability For SSL and TLS http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/05/144252/Man-In-the-Middle-Vulnerability-For-SSL-and-TLS eBay launches online fashion magazine http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/ebay-comes-out-of-the-attic-and-starts-a-fashion-magazine/ WoW may be banned in China http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5A32GE20091104 What does Google Suggest suggest about the state of humanity? http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49304156,00.htm VOICE MAIL Brent from Lake Elsinore on Paypal E-MAIL Hello Buzztronauts The NASA Space Elevator 2010 competition is currently ongoing at Edwards airforce base in California. There are now only 3 teams competing and well my university is one of those teams. There’s some really cool tech involved with records being broken for the most power wirelessly beamed over a distance and also just some really cool stuff to see a robot climb 1 km vertically while being powered by a giant laser. The USST (University of Saskatchewan Space design Team) will get their first run tomorrow morning at 7 AM and the competition can be viewed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/space-elevator News of today’s happenings can be found here. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/04/2117873.aspx Love the Show Scott “The Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering Student” Theede ********** Hi Buzz Crew, Listening to the commentary on episode 1099 about the ACTA treaty and the possible resulting three-strikes law, it occurred to me that perhaps what we need is a co-ordinated campaign against the lawmakers. In each country where these laws are enacted, people could make claims of copyright infringement against the legislators at both home and work. After receiving three such complaints the ISPs would have no choice but to cut off their internet connections. It would be interesting to see how quickly the laws would be repealed when those that made them became personally affected by the severe defects and opportunity for abuse in the legislation. Love the show, Doug ********** http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/04/latest_snow_leopard_build_resurrects_atom_compatibility.html You guys had a pretty good go at Apple on Monday for getting rid of Atom compatibility. Was that really warranted given that it was a private beta release given to select developers? Anyway, now they’ve put it back in. I’m about 99% sure they put it back because they heard Molly’s rant. Love the show, scottjackson ********** Hey Buzz Crew, After watching the podcast last night I went to Google Maps and looked up this mythic town of Argleton. I was poking around the area and noticed something else. Just to the south of the supposed site of Argleton is a train station. The name of this train station is the Maghull Rail Station. It made me laugh because it reminded me of what Natalie said about not being able to see it because we are “Muggles”. I got a kick out of it anyway. LOVE LOVE LOVE the show, Aaron (Graphic artist from Garland, TX) The European Commission has decided that every citizen has a right to the Internet, but still made it fairly easy for the media industry to cut the Internet off. We also see that Intel is in hot water again. And we ask that perennial question, "Why can't I own a Canadian?" And Google answers. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079017',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1100 Intel in threats and bribery suit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8343179.stm Google Dashboard lifts curtain on stored privacy data http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10390941-265.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/transparency-choice-and-control-now.html EU Breaks deadlock in debate over right to Internet access http://www.pcworld.com/article/181472/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8344174.stm Tell the FCC to say no to Hollywood’s insane “Selectable Output Control” kill-switch http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/04/tell-the-fcc-to-say.html Congress may require ISPs to block certain fraud sites http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10390779-38.html Verizon offers prepaid, no-contract 3G data bundled with a USB airstick http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10391153-94.html Man-In-the-Middle Vulnerability For SSL and TLS http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/05/144252/Man-In-the-Middle-Vulnerability-For-SSL-and-TLS eBay launches online fashion magazine http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/ebay-comes-out-of-the-attic-and-starts-a-fashion-magazine/ WoW may be banned in China http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5A32GE20091104 What does Google Suggest suggest about the state of humanity? http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49304156,00.htm VOICE MAIL Brent from Lake Elsinore on Paypal E-MAIL Hello Buzztronauts The NASA Space Elevator 2010 competition is currently ongoing at Edwards airforce base in California. There are now only 3 teams competing and well my university is one of those teams. There’s some really cool tech involved with records being broken for the most power wirelessly beamed over a distance and also just some really cool stuff to see a robot climb 1 km vertically while being powered by a giant laser. The USST (University of Saskatchewan Space design Team) will get their first run tomorrow morning at 7 AM and the competition can be viewed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/space-elevator News of today’s happenings can be found here. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/04/2117873.aspx Love the Show Scott “The Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering Student” Theede ********** Hi Buzz Crew, Listening to the commentary on episode 1099 about the ACTA treaty and the possible resulting three-strikes law, it occurred to me that perhaps what we need is a co-ordinated campaign against the lawmakers. In each country where these laws are enacted, people could make claims of copyright infringement against the legislators at both home and work. After receiving three such complaints the ISPs would have no choice but to cut off their internet connections. It would be interesting to see how quickly the laws would be repealed when those that made them became personally affected by the severe defects and opportunity for abuse in the legislation. Love the show, Doug ********** http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/04/latest_snow_leopard_build_resurrects_atom_compatibility.html You guys had a pretty good go at Apple on Monday for getting rid of Atom compatibility. Was that really warranted given that it was a private beta release given to select developers? Anyway, now they’ve put it back in. I’m about 99% sure they put it back because they heard Molly’s rant. Love the show, scottjackson ********** Hey Buzz Crew, After watching the podcast last night I went to Google Maps and looked up this mythic town of Argleton. I was poking around the area and noticed something else. Just to the south of the supposed site of Argleton is a train station. The name of this train station is the Maghull Rail Station. It made me laugh because it reminded me of what Natalie said about not being able to see it because we are “Muggles”. I got a kick out of it anyway. LOVE LOVE LOVE the show, Aaron (Graphic artist from Garland, TX) tag:odeo.com,2009-11-05,25408153 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:53:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25394515-BOL-1099-Secret-ACTA-treaty-could-break-the-Internet Leaks from the secret negotiations of the ACTA treaty allege that ISPs worldwide would be required to lose safe-harbor protections, implement three-strike antipiracy policies, and worse. We think this is outrageous. AT&T thinks Verizon is outrageous because of its commercials and so is taking Verizon to court. Also, EMI finally got around to suing BlueBeat.com for selling Beatles tracks online. But you can buy a Beatles USB stick for $280. So, you've got that going for you. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079016',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1099 AT&T vs. Verizon: There’s a lawyer for that http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10389960-266.html AT&T sues Verizon over ‘there’s a map ... Leaks from the secret negotiations of the ACTA treaty allege that ISPs worldwide would be required to lose safe-harbor protections, implement three-strike antipiracy policies, and worse. We think this is outrageous. AT&T thinks Verizon is outrageous because of its commercials and so is taking Verizon to court. Also, EMI finally got around to suing BlueBeat.com for selling Beatles tracks online. But you can buy a Beatles USB stick for $280. So, you've got that going for you. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079016',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1099 AT&T vs. Verizon: There’s a lawyer for that http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10389960-266.html AT&T sues Verizon over ‘there’s a map for that’ ads http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/atandt-sues-verizon-over-theres-a-map-for-that-ads/ T-Mobile USA says it has fixed voice, data outages http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091104-710151.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10390097-56.html Leaked ACTA Internet provisions: Three strikes and a global DMCA http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/11/leaked-acta-internet-provisions-three-strikes-and- http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html EMI sues Beatles-download Web site http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8342277.stm The Beatles catalog being released on limited-edition USB stick http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/the-beatles-catalog-being-released-on-limited-edition-usb-stick/ Nvidia confirms Intel chipsets won’t support USB 3.0 until 2011 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/nvidia-confirms-intel-chipsets-wont-support-usb-3-0-until-2011/ …So, will Nvidia go rogue with its own x86 chipset? http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/11/nvidia-x86-cpu-rumors-resurfaceis-it-a-plausible-scenario.ars UPDATE: Personal Droid data will cost $30 http://www.gearlog.com/2009/11/personal_droid_data_will_cost.php Verizon looking to bump early termination fee to $350 on ‘advanced’ devices http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/verizon-looking-to-bump-early-termination-fee-to-350-on-advanc/ Another Verizon Droid commercial, Stealth, and it's awesome http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/11/03/another-verizon-droid-commercial-stealth-and-its-awesome/ PayPal unveils plans to open payment service http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/ebusiness/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600183 In test, Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/03/2123258/In-Test-Windows-7-Vulnerable-To-8-Out-of-10-Viruses E-MAIL Hi BOL crew! I love the show but it can be hard to sit and listen to somebody for 5 minutes going on about a software licensing system that should be put into place, when it’s been around for 15 years or so. It’s called Microsoft Open Licensing with Software Assurance. http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/default.aspx Small and large corporations can purchase from this programme to license their applications and OS from Microsoft. They can opt in for Software Assurance which means they get any and all paid upgrades at no extra charge during the license period (Usually 3 years) They also get support and other benefits. Media is sent out when required. Some versions of the MS OLP allow companies to pay annually over the 3 years rather than up front if that helps their books. It does give you predictable IT expenditures. When it comes to home users, most IT experts will agree that it’s usually best to use the OS that came with your computer and ignore major OS updates. Wait until you buy a new computer that comes with the new OS. Small updates like Snow Leopard on new computers like my March 2009 iMac make sense, especially at $30! However, I like Tom, do not want to pay monthly or annually for my software. If it was an option it might be ok, but not the only one I hope. I repeat, LTS! Cheers, Jay Rymal Toronto, Ontario, Canada ********** Re: Nook v. Alex. I am not sure what trade secrets were taken from Spring Design. Judging from the documents filed, Spring Design didn’t even have a working prototype in the Feb 09 meeting, so the only thing they exchanged were probably concepts. If B&N did not have a dual screen e-book reader in the final development phase already, i.e., they came up with it only after seeing the drawings in Feb 2009, B&N must have one crack hardware engineering team (or ODM)/Android programmers to get to a final product in 9 months. Also, what’s the big deal about dual screens–Nintendo DS (hence the name) has been around for a long time with split screen functionality. Expanding it to a tablet size seems like an obvious expansion. Nintendo lawyers: start your engines. Dickson ********** Hey Buzz crew! Bryan the Insurance IT guy here in Springfield, Missouri. I've been listening to the show for several years without writing or calling in, but I was listening to the Verizon/Exchange discussion in episode 1098 on the way to work this morning and thought I'd finally chime in with a couple of tidbits! First, I administer Exchange and mobile devices for my office, and I can tell you there's no simple way for Verizon or any other carrier to detect and block Exchange ActiveSync traffic. ActiveSync encapsulates all device-server communications in HTTPS packets for security, so the only port that needs to be allowed for ActiveSync to work is port 443 - and you can bet all hell would break loose if any carrier tried to block port 443, as that's the port used for ALL SECURE WEBSITES! One thing they might try is to profile traffic patterns for ActiveSync and block based on that, but I'm guessing that's harder than it sounds and would get very messy, very quickly. Good luck to any carrier trying to pull THAT one off. Second, I've now been involved in setting up half a dozen users with iPhones in my office, some on personal plans, and some on our recently-established corporate account. NONE OF US is paying the 45 bucks for "Enterprise" data service on the iPhone. For the users who set it up on their personal accounts, that didn't surprise me. I DID expect to get some pushback on the iPhone data plans for the corporate accounts, but in every case, we looked the AT&T rep in the eye and said, "Yes, it's a corporate account, but I'm only going to check personal email", and in every case, they didn't even blink. Maybe this attitude varies by region, but here in Southwest Missouri, at least, I've never heard of a case of AT&T forcing the $15 premium on iPhone users, even on business accounts. Incidentally, there's only one time we've been required to pony up the $45 for the enterprise data plan - AND IT WAS TO SUPPORT OUR LONE BLACKBERRY USER. Maybe next time I'll call in, but I like to take serious relationships slowly. For now I'm still listening to other shows, but BOL holds a special place in my heart, and maybe one day I'll be able to commit. Leaks from the secret negotiations of the ACTA treaty allege that ISPs worldwide would be required to lose safe-harbor protections, implement three-strike antipiracy policies, and worse. We think this is outrageous. AT&T thinks Verizon is outrageous because of its commercials and so is taking Verizon to court. Also, EMI finally got around to suing BlueBeat.com for selling Beatles tracks online. But you can buy a Beatles USB stick for $280. So, you've got that going for you. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079016',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1099 AT&T vs. Verizon: There’s a lawyer for that http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10389960-266.html AT&T sues Verizon over ‘there’s a map for that’ ads http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/atandt-sues-verizon-over-theres-a-map-for-that-ads/ T-Mobile USA says it has fixed voice, data outages http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091104-710151.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10390097-56.html Leaked ACTA Internet provisions: Three strikes and a global DMCA http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/11/leaked-acta-internet-provisions-three-strikes-and- http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html EMI sues Beatles-download Web site http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8342277.stm The Beatles catalog being released on limited-edition USB stick http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/the-beatles-catalog-being-released-on-limited-edition-usb-stick/ Nvidia confirms Intel chipsets won’t support USB 3.0 until 2011 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/nvidia-confirms-intel-chipsets-wont-support-usb-3-0-until-2011/ …So, will Nvidia go rogue with its own x86 chipset? http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/11/nvidia-x86-cpu-rumors-resurfaceis-it-a-plausible-scenario.ars UPDATE: Personal Droid data will cost $30 http://www.gearlog.com/2009/11/personal_droid_data_will_cost.php Verizon looking to bump early termination fee to $350 on ‘advanced’ devices http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/verizon-looking-to-bump-early-termination-fee-to-350-on-advanc/ Another Verizon Droid commercial, Stealth, and it's awesome http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/11/03/another-verizon-droid-commercial-stealth-and-its-awesome/ PayPal unveils plans to open payment service http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/ebusiness/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600183 In test, Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/03/2123258/In-Test-Windows-7-Vulnerable-To-8-Out-of-10-Viruses E-MAIL Hi BOL crew! I love the show but it can be hard to sit and listen to somebody for 5 minutes going on about a software licensing system that should be put into place, when it’s been around for 15 years or so. It’s called Microsoft Open Licensing with Software Assurance. http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/default.aspx Small and large corporations can purchase from this programme to license their applications and OS from Microsoft. They can opt in for Software Assurance which means they get any and all paid upgrades at no extra charge during the license period (Usually 3 years) They also get support and other benefits. Media is sent out when required. Some versions of the MS OLP allow companies to pay annually over the 3 years rather than up front if that helps their books. It does give you predictable IT expenditures. When it comes to home users, most IT experts will agree that it’s usually best to use the OS that came with your computer and ignore major OS updates. Wait until you buy a new computer that comes with the new OS. Small updates like Snow Leopard on new computers like my March 2009 iMac make sense, especially at $30! However, I like Tom, do not want to pay monthly or annually for my software. If it was an option it might be ok, but not the only one I hope. I repeat, LTS! Cheers, Jay Rymal Toronto, Ontario, Canada ********** Re: Nook v. Alex. I am not sure what trade secrets were taken from Spring Design. Judging from the documents filed, Spring Design didn’t even have a working prototype in the Feb 09 meeting, so the only thing they exchanged were probably concepts. If B&N did not have a dual screen e-book reader in the final development phase already, i.e., they came up with it only after seeing the drawings in Feb 2009, B&N must have one crack hardware engineering team (or ODM)/Android programmers to get to a final product in 9 months. Also, what’s the big deal about dual screens–Nintendo DS (hence the name) has been around for a long time with split screen functionality. Expanding it to a tablet size seems like an obvious expansion. Nintendo lawyers: start your engines. Dickson ********** Hey Buzz crew! Bryan the Insurance IT guy here in Springfield, Missouri. I've been listening to the show for several years without writing or calling in, but I was listening to the Verizon/Exchange discussion in episode 1098 on the way to work this morning and thought I'd finally chime in with a couple of tidbits! First, I administer Exchange and mobile devices for my office, and I can tell you there's no simple way for Verizon or any other carrier to detect and block Exchange ActiveSync traffic. ActiveSync encapsulates all device-server communications in HTTPS packets for security, so the only port that needs to be allowed for ActiveSync to work is port 443 - and you can bet all hell would break loose if any carrier tried to block port 443, as that's the port used for ALL SECURE WEBSITES! One thing they might try is to profile traffic patterns for ActiveSync and block based on that, but I'm guessing that's harder than it sounds and would get very messy, very quickly. Good luck to any carrier trying to pull THAT one off. Second, I've now been involved in setting up half a dozen users with iPhones in my office, some on personal plans, and some on our recently-established corporate account. NONE OF US is paying the 45 bucks for "Enterprise" data service on the iPhone. For the users who set it up on their personal accounts, that didn't surprise me. I DID expect to get some pushback on the iPhone data plans for the corporate accounts, but in every case, we looked the AT&T rep in the eye and said, "Yes, it's a corporate account, but I'm only going to check personal email", and in every case, they didn't even blink. Maybe this attitude varies by region, but here in Southwest Missouri, at least, I've never heard of a case of AT&T forcing the $15 premium on iPhone users, even on business accounts. Incidentally, there's only one time we've been required to pony up the $45 for the enterprise data plan - AND IT WAS TO SUPPORT OUR LONE BLACKBERRY USER. Maybe next time I'll call in, but I like to take serious relationships slowly. For now I'm still listening to other shows, but BOL holds a special place in my heart, and maybe one day I'll be able to commit. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-04,25394515 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:55:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25394517-BOL-1098-Find-TuPac-and-Elvis-in-Argleton The mystical city of Argleton in the U.K. appears on Google Maps but presents a face of green empty fields to people in person. What is it hiding? Druids? Wizards? Copyright protection? We also discuss the hot new XPERIA X 10 and the less hot Droid Exchange data plan. Also we can tell you when to watch Cougar Town on Hulu. We never stop our attempts to serve your every need. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079015',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1098 Microsoft chops price of its hosted software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10388764-56.html Want a Droid for work e-mail? It’ll cost you extra http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/want-droid-work-e-mail-itll-cost-you-extra-575 Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 ... The mystical city of Argleton in the U.K. appears on Google Maps but presents a face of green empty fields to people in person. What is it hiding? Druids? Wizards? Copyright protection? We also discuss the hot new XPERIA X 10 and the less hot Droid Exchange data plan. Also we can tell you when to watch Cougar Town on Hulu. We never stop our attempts to serve your every need. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079015',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1098 Microsoft chops price of its hosted software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10388764-56.html Want a Droid for work e-mail? It’ll cost you extra http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/want-droid-work-e-mail-itll-cost-you-extra-575 Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 announced http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2355137,00.asp http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10389463-94.html Dutch hacker holds jailbroken iPhones “hostage” for ?5 http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/11/dutch-hacker-holds-jailbroken-iphones-hostage-for-5.ars Best Buy prepares for the post-DVD era http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/best-buy-prepares-for-the-post-dvd-era/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/best-buy-partnering-with-cinemanow-to-stream-first-run-dvds-to-a/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10389016-260.html Spring Design files lawsuit against Barnes & Noble: Nook violates Alex intellectual property http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091102006674&newsLang=en http://www.tgdaily.com/consumer-electronics-features/44517-start-up-sues-over-nook Hulu launches Coming Soon, their own TV Guide, sort of http://blog.hulu.com/2009/11/02/coming-soon-your-resource-for-good-things-to-come/ Feds charge cable modem modder with 'aiding computer intrusion' http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/derengel/ http://www.pcworld.com/article/181267/alleged_cable_modem_hacker_indicted_in_us.html Space hotel on track for 2012 – requires 8 weeks of training http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_space_hotel;_ylt=AppcrpbEAKVXEHRSsMudbLx0fNdF Mystery of Argleton, the ‘Google’ town that only exists online http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6474746/Mystery-of-Argleton-the-Google-town-that-only-exists-online.html VOICE MAIL Jerry from the fed thinks e-mail and letters are the same Anonymous G-Man disagrees E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, On Monday’s show, you guys took issue with Apple’s argument regarding Psystar’s unauthorized “copying” of OS X when the machines boot and make copies in the system’s RAM. Although I’m not a lawyer, I am currently a law school student, and I can tell you that the idea that copying into RAM constitutes making a “copy” in the way Apple claims is well established law. See MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc., 991 F.2d 511 (9th Cir. 1993). As consumers, we’re given an exception for making RAM copies because we own authorized copies (or licenses) of our software. Apple’s argument (and it’s probably a valid one) is that Psystar is making unauthorized copies, and is thus not allowed to claim the same safe-harbour that allows regular consumers to make RAM copies. As someone who hopes to build a hackintosh myself one day, I’m not particularly happy to say it, but it seems relatively clear that Apple has got established legal precedent on its side here. Love the show. Nathan *********** Someone must have commented that the “Nook” seems to come from Dr Seuss… In “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue fish” There is a part about “I took a look, I saw a Nook, and on his head there was a hook, and on his hook there was a book, and on the book was how to cook…” So when I heard the name Nook as a book reader, it just seemed too obvious. Of course the nook couldn’t read so the nook couldn’t cook so what good to a nook is a hook cook book? Maybe I missed this discussion? Love the show Irie *********** I have an alternative to the Twitter Peak. I had a “smart” pager back in 1998 and it had a full qwerty keyboard and could send/receive email or send text pages to other smart pagers. I did a quick net search and these are still available, only now they support two way SMS as well for about $20/month and 2000+ texts/pages/emails. Pagers run $50-150. Who knew. Probably better for a kid than a medium that by default broadcasts to the whole world. Plus no camera, unlike most cellphones, so no tween-sexting issues. Love the show. James The mystical city of Argleton in the U.K. appears on Google Maps but presents a face of green empty fields to people in person. What is it hiding? Druids? Wizards? Copyright protection? We also discuss the hot new XPERIA X 10 and the less hot Droid Exchange data plan. Also we can tell you when to watch Cougar Town on Hulu. We never stop our attempts to serve your every need. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079015',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1098 Microsoft chops price of its hosted software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10388764-56.html Want a Droid for work e-mail? It’ll cost you extra http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/want-droid-work-e-mail-itll-cost-you-extra-575 Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 announced http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2355137,00.asp http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10389463-94.html Dutch hacker holds jailbroken iPhones “hostage” for ?5 http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/11/dutch-hacker-holds-jailbroken-iphones-hostage-for-5.ars Best Buy prepares for the post-DVD era http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/best-buy-prepares-for-the-post-dvd-era/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/best-buy-partnering-with-cinemanow-to-stream-first-run-dvds-to-a/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10389016-260.html Spring Design files lawsuit against Barnes & Noble: Nook violates Alex intellectual property http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091102006674&newsLang=en http://www.tgdaily.com/consumer-electronics-features/44517-start-up-sues-over-nook Hulu launches Coming Soon, their own TV Guide, sort of http://blog.hulu.com/2009/11/02/coming-soon-your-resource-for-good-things-to-come/ Feds charge cable modem modder with 'aiding computer intrusion' http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/derengel/ http://www.pcworld.com/article/181267/alleged_cable_modem_hacker_indicted_in_us.html Space hotel on track for 2012 – requires 8 weeks of training http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_space_hotel;_ylt=AppcrpbEAKVXEHRSsMudbLx0fNdF Mystery of Argleton, the ‘Google’ town that only exists online http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6474746/Mystery-of-Argleton-the-Google-town-that-only-exists-online.html VOICE MAIL Jerry from the fed thinks e-mail and letters are the same Anonymous G-Man disagrees E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, On Monday’s show, you guys took issue with Apple’s argument regarding Psystar’s unauthorized “copying” of OS X when the machines boot and make copies in the system’s RAM. Although I’m not a lawyer, I am currently a law school student, and I can tell you that the idea that copying into RAM constitutes making a “copy” in the way Apple claims is well established law. See MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc., 991 F.2d 511 (9th Cir. 1993). As consumers, we’re given an exception for making RAM copies because we own authorized copies (or licenses) of our software. Apple’s argument (and it’s probably a valid one) is that Psystar is making unauthorized copies, and is thus not allowed to claim the same safe-harbour that allows regular consumers to make RAM copies. As someone who hopes to build a hackintosh myself one day, I’m not particularly happy to say it, but it seems relatively clear that Apple has got established legal precedent on its side here. Love the show. Nathan *********** Someone must have commented that the “Nook” seems to come from Dr Seuss… In “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue fish” There is a part about “I took a look, I saw a Nook, and on his head there was a hook, and on his hook there was a book, and on the book was how to cook…” So when I heard the name Nook as a book reader, it just seemed too obvious. Of course the nook couldn’t read so the nook couldn’t cook so what good to a nook is a hook cook book? Maybe I missed this discussion? Love the show Irie *********** I have an alternative to the Twitter Peak. I had a “smart” pager back in 1998 and it had a full qwerty keyboard and could send/receive email or send text pages to other smart pagers. I did a quick net search and these are still available, only now they support two way SMS as well for about $20/month and 2000+ texts/pages/emails. Pagers run $50-150. Who knew. Probably better for a kid than a medium that by default broadcasts to the whole world. Plus no camera, unlike most cellphones, so no tween-sexting issues. Love the show. James tag:odeo.com,2009-11-03,25394517 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:10:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25394518-BOL-1097-Beatles-Bargain-Basement-Blowout Over at BlueBeat.com, the best MP3-selling Website you've never heard of, has got it all for your listening pleasure, the entire Beatles catalog in MP3 form for just 25 cents each! Get them while you can (which won't be long). In other news, file sharers might buy more music, Bittorrent might save the Internet, and Apple could save the networks (but kill cable). loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079014',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1097 BlueBeat first with legal Beatles downloads — or at least a hell of a lot of cheek. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/beatles-finally-sale-online-bluebeat/story?id=8960464 Study: File sharers spend more money on music http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-1... Over at BlueBeat.com, the best MP3-selling Website you've never heard of, has got it all for your listening pleasure, the entire Beatles catalog in MP3 form for just 25 cents each! Get them while you can (which won't be long). In other news, file sharers might buy more music, Bittorrent might save the Internet, and Apple could save the networks (but kill cable). loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079014',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1097 BlueBeat first with legal Beatles downloads — or at least a hell of a lot of cheek. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/beatles-finally-sale-online-bluebeat/story?id=8960464 Study: File sharers spend more money on music http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10387976-71.html uTorrent 2.0 To Elimininate The Need For ISP Throttling http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-2-0-to-elimininate-the-need-for-isp-throttling-091031/ DVR, Once TV's Mortal Foe, Helps Ratings http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/business/media/02ratings.html Apple pitching iTunes subscription TV model for $30 a month http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091102/apples-itunes-pitch-tv-for-30-a-month/ Snow Leopard Update Blocks Intel Atom, Kills Hackintoshes http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/snow-leopard-update-blocks-intel-atom-kills-hackintoshes/ Apple Says Booting OS X Makes an Unauthorized Copy http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/11/01/195232/Apple-Says-Booting-OS-X-Makes-an-Unauthorized-Copy Unconfirmed reports say Droid may also be headed to T-Mobile http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=15838 Nintendo chief: the Wii has stalled http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10387926-235.html Free 3G Wireless For Nintendo’s Next Handheld? http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/02/1530221/Free-3G-Wireless-For-Nintendos-Next-Handheld An entire baby Wiimote peripheral http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/11/an-entire-baby-wiimote-peripheral/ VOICE MAIL Matt from Orlando: Pagers FTW! E-MAIL No, I'm not a lawyer but given that Joe Wilson is my congressman (oh, the pride I feel), maybe I'm a bit more entitled to blurt things out... I found this text for the beginning of the 4th amendment.. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,..." So what I'm thinking is this: couldn't we define email as an extension of your "papers" I'm not sure what they meant by "effects Perhaps some other member of this BOL community can weigh in. LTS (love the show) Brad Edwards Columbia, South Carolina ********** Hey Buzz Crew, You’ve been getting me excited about the Nook, with its ability to loan a book out to a friend for up to two weeks. But I just heard that not only won’t you have this option for all publishers (which you may have mentioned), but even when a publisher supports it, you can only loan a book ONCE. So if I loan you a book and you’re too busy to even start it, I can’t loan it to you again, and nobody else can benefit from me loaning it out either. Thanks for wasting my ability to loan out that book! Sources: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60148&highlight=nook+lending http://webfloss.com/nook-just-turned-down-suckish-road/ Dan Vanderboom Milwaukee, WI ********** So three guesses where I went today. I’ll give you a hint it rhymes with the Ficrosoft Smore. Yes, the wait is over and I’m happy to announce (although a I’m tiny bit bitter) that the Microsoft Store is in fact a success. First of all the place is HUGE and loaded with all the best Microsoft using hardware (and no doubt the most expensive). In the store there are plenty of Zunes and sleek laptops, but the things that seemed to really seemed to put the asses in the seats were the gigantic touched screened computers, Xbox 360 games as well as some surface like gaming tables. Now this store does look a lot like an Apple store and it would have been nice to see some originality but all in all I have to say that Microsoft did this right. Although I have yet to have seen the new Apple store that is under construction as of now. All I know it that It has swallowed the store next to it and is now twice as big as before. So needless to say I’m freaking out over what’s behind that big black box inclosing it and so are the people judging by how many of them were trying to sneak peaks through the crack in between the doors Apple better come back with something FREAKING AWESOME to top this new store. - Aaron in OC Over at BlueBeat.com, the best MP3-selling Website you've never heard of, has got it all for your listening pleasure, the entire Beatles catalog in MP3 form for just 25 cents each! Get them while you can (which won't be long). In other news, file sharers might buy more music, Bittorrent might save the Internet, and Apple could save the networks (but kill cable). loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50079014',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1097 BlueBeat first with legal Beatles downloads — or at least a hell of a lot of cheek. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/beatles-finally-sale-online-bluebeat/story?id=8960464 Study: File sharers spend more money on music http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10387976-71.html uTorrent 2.0 To Elimininate The Need For ISP Throttling http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-2-0-to-elimininate-the-need-for-isp-throttling-091031/ DVR, Once TV's Mortal Foe, Helps Ratings http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/business/media/02ratings.html Apple pitching iTunes subscription TV model for $30 a month http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091102/apples-itunes-pitch-tv-for-30-a-month/ Snow Leopard Update Blocks Intel Atom, Kills Hackintoshes http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/snow-leopard-update-blocks-intel-atom-kills-hackintoshes/ Apple Says Booting OS X Makes an Unauthorized Copy http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/11/01/195232/Apple-Says-Booting-OS-X-Makes-an-Unauthorized-Copy Unconfirmed reports say Droid may also be headed to T-Mobile http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=15838 Nintendo chief: the Wii has stalled http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10387926-235.html Free 3G Wireless For Nintendo’s Next Handheld? http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/02/1530221/Free-3G-Wireless-For-Nintendos-Next-Handheld An entire baby Wiimote peripheral http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/11/an-entire-baby-wiimote-peripheral/ VOICE MAIL Matt from Orlando: Pagers FTW! E-MAIL No, I'm not a lawyer but given that Joe Wilson is my congressman (oh, the pride I feel), maybe I'm a bit more entitled to blurt things out... I found this text for the beginning of the 4th amendment.. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,..." So what I'm thinking is this: couldn't we define email as an extension of your "papers" I'm not sure what they meant by "effects Perhaps some other member of this BOL community can weigh in. LTS (love the show) Brad Edwards Columbia, South Carolina ********** Hey Buzz Crew, You’ve been getting me excited about the Nook, with its ability to loan a book out to a friend for up to two weeks. But I just heard that not only won’t you have this option for all publishers (which you may have mentioned), but even when a publisher supports it, you can only loan a book ONCE. So if I loan you a book and you’re too busy to even start it, I can’t loan it to you again, and nobody else can benefit from me loaning it out either. Thanks for wasting my ability to loan out that book! Sources: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60148&highlight=nook+lending http://webfloss.com/nook-just-turned-down-suckish-road/ Dan Vanderboom Milwaukee, WI ********** So three guesses where I went today. I’ll give you a hint it rhymes with the Ficrosoft Smore. Yes, the wait is over and I’m happy to announce (although a I’m tiny bit bitter) that the Microsoft Store is in fact a success. First of all the place is HUGE and loaded with all the best Microsoft using hardware (and no doubt the most expensive). In the store there are plenty of Zunes and sleek laptops, but the things that seemed to really seemed to put the asses in the seats were the gigantic touched screened computers, Xbox 360 games as well as some surface like gaming tables. Now this store does look a lot like an Apple store and it would have been nice to see some originality but all in all I have to say that Microsoft did this right. Although I have yet to have seen the new Apple store that is under construction as of now. All I know it that It has swallowed the store next to it and is now twice as big as before. So needless to say I’m freaking out over what’s behind that big black box inclosing it and so are the people judging by how many of them were trying to sneak peaks through the crack in between the doors Apple better come back with something FREAKING AWESOME to top this new store. - Aaron in OC tag:odeo.com,2009-11-02,25394518 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:11:00 -0800 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25394519-BOL-1096-Unzipping-your-genes Turns out those terahertz scanners in the airports are mostly safe, but they do a little unzipping of your DNA. Derek says it's nothing to worry about; you won't grow a third arm in the airport--even if it would be handy for carrying baggage. We also find out e-mail isn't private. Did we need the courts to tell us that? And Facebook gets $711 million it will never see. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078621',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1096 Federal judge says e-mail not protected by Fourth Amendment http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/29/2257209/Federal-Judge-Says-E-mail-Not-Protected-By-4th-Amendment http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/10/29/on-gmail-and-the-constitution/ Facebook awarded $711 million in spa... Turns out those terahertz scanners in the airports are mostly safe, but they do a little unzipping of your DNA. Derek says it's nothing to worry about; you won't grow a third arm in the airport--even if it would be handy for carrying baggage. We also find out e-mail isn't private. Did we need the courts to tell us that? And Facebook gets $711 million it will never see. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078621',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1096 Federal judge says e-mail not protected by Fourth Amendment http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/29/2257209/Federal-Judge-Says-E-mail-Not-Protected-By-4th-Amendment http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/10/29/on-gmail-and-the-constitution/ Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10387021-93.html Internet regulator Icann approves Web addresses in multiple languages http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/30/icann-approves-idn-web-addresses-language http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10387139-93.html Epix launches premium movie channel for TV and the Web http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/epixhd_premium_movie_channel_for_the_tv_and_internet_invites.php http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/10/studios-launch-epix-high-def-on-demand-movies-site-and-we-have-invites.ars Google Wave to be opened for federation today! Yes, for you to host. http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/10/30/breaking-google-wave-opened-federation-today-host/ Software that fixes itself http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23821/ Microsoft’s Mission Viejo store opens http://www.ocregister.com/articles/microsoft-store-viejo-2628335-mission-first Let’s kill the OS upgrade disc http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10386856-250.html How terahertz waves tear apart DNA http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/30/1216230/How-Terahertz-Waves-Tear-Apart-DNA ReoCities: Because GeoCities is gone, but not forgotten http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/reocities-because-geocities-is-gone-but-not-forgotten/ VOICE MAIL Jason in Marietta calls out a bridge comment Tony on Net Neutrality Joe with a way to get around Amazon’s scheme E-MAIL Hey crue’de’buzz, I think SoCal or Stanford has an open source 3D printer that only costs around 2K. Aside from the fact that you can swap out the printing medium with cake icing, the coolest part is their goal of making the entire printer printable. If one of the parts is about to break, print a new one! If you’re annoyed with all your friends boggarting your printer, print them one. I think they have about 30% of the parts printable already, and they’re currently trying to replace the few metal parts with printable plastic. Now all we have to do is eagerly await the monopolization of the “periodic feed.” John Smolik Austin, Tx. ********** Hey BOL crew, Just responding to the email in episode 1095 about using the twitter peek to stay in contact with your kids. While I love the idea of a device with “lifetime” service and no contracts, I’m not a fan of single purpose devices. However, I can see where this person is coming from as my son is at the age where a simple text device would be handy and I hardly ever use the phone myself when I can avoid it, so why bother with another cellular plan? So I did a little looking around and found a company called Qwert (qwertcorp.com ) that sells very inexpensive text only plans, no contract, and does not require you to buy a device, they mail you a sim card! Considering my (jailbroken) Gen 1 iPhone is getting on in years and I have been contemplating an upgrade for a while, I decided to pass it on to my son with service from Qwert. It works great and he sure appreciates the “extra” features of playing music and games. James in Milwaukee Turns out those terahertz scanners in the airports are mostly safe, but they do a little unzipping of your DNA. Derek says it's nothing to worry about; you won't grow a third arm in the airport--even if it would be handy for carrying baggage. We also find out e-mail isn't private. Did we need the courts to tell us that? And Facebook gets $711 million it will never see. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078621',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1096 Federal judge says e-mail not protected by Fourth Amendment http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/29/2257209/Federal-Judge-Says-E-mail-Not-Protected-By-4th-Amendment http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/10/29/on-gmail-and-the-constitution/ Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10387021-93.html Internet regulator Icann approves Web addresses in multiple languages http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/30/icann-approves-idn-web-addresses-language http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10387139-93.html Epix launches premium movie channel for TV and the Web http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/epixhd_premium_movie_channel_for_the_tv_and_internet_invites.php http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/10/studios-launch-epix-high-def-on-demand-movies-site-and-we-have-invites.ars Google Wave to be opened for federation today! Yes, for you to host. http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/10/30/breaking-google-wave-opened-federation-today-host/ Software that fixes itself http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23821/ Microsoft’s Mission Viejo store opens http://www.ocregister.com/articles/microsoft-store-viejo-2628335-mission-first Let’s kill the OS upgrade disc http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10386856-250.html How terahertz waves tear apart DNA http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/30/1216230/How-Terahertz-Waves-Tear-Apart-DNA ReoCities: Because GeoCities is gone, but not forgotten http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/reocities-because-geocities-is-gone-but-not-forgotten/ VOICE MAIL Jason in Marietta calls out a bridge comment Tony on Net Neutrality Joe with a way to get around Amazon’s scheme E-MAIL Hey crue’de’buzz, I think SoCal or Stanford has an open source 3D printer that only costs around 2K. Aside from the fact that you can swap out the printing medium with cake icing, the coolest part is their goal of making the entire printer printable. If one of the parts is about to break, print a new one! If you’re annoyed with all your friends boggarting your printer, print them one. I think they have about 30% of the parts printable already, and they’re currently trying to replace the few metal parts with printable plastic. Now all we have to do is eagerly await the monopolization of the “periodic feed.” John Smolik Austin, Tx. ********** Hey BOL crew, Just responding to the email in episode 1095 about using the twitter peek to stay in contact with your kids. While I love the idea of a device with “lifetime” service and no contracts, I’m not a fan of single purpose devices. However, I can see where this person is coming from as my son is at the age where a simple text device would be handy and I hardly ever use the phone myself when I can avoid it, so why bother with another cellular plan? So I did a little looking around and found a company called Qwert (qwertcorp.com ) that sells very inexpensive text only plans, no contract, and does not require you to buy a device, they mail you a sim card! Considering my (jailbroken) Gen 1 iPhone is getting on in years and I have been contemplating an upgrade for a while, I decided to pass it on to my son with service from Qwert. It works great and he sure appreciates the “extra” features of playing music and games. James in Milwaukee tag:odeo.com,2009-10-30,25394519 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:04:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25394521-BOL-1095-The-Phrase-that-Pays-from-Amazon Amazon's trying to compete with PayPal with a new service that brings one-click shopping into the rest of the non-Amazon world. We also kick around a rumor of Netflix coming to the Wii and discuss Google and Yahoo music searches. Oh, and then Cooley and I get deep about business models and copyright. That's near the end, though--if you don't like lectures. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078620',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1095 Google music search announced. Still doesn’t work for Tom http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10385755-93.html Yahoo yells that it’s had it since June http://www.ysearchblog.com/2009/10/28/play-that-funky-music-with-yahoo-search/ Amazon to take on PayPal with PayPhrase h... Amazon's trying to compete with PayPal with a new service that brings one-click shopping into the rest of the non-Amazon world. We also kick around a rumor of Netflix coming to the Wii and discuss Google and Yahoo music searches. Oh, and then Cooley and I get deep about business models and copyright. That's near the end, though--if you don't like lectures. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078620',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1095 Google music search announced. Still doesn’t work for Tom http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10385755-93.html Yahoo yells that it’s had it since June http://www.ysearchblog.com/2009/10/28/play-that-funky-music-with-yahoo-search/ Amazon to take on PayPal with PayPhrase http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59S0FH20091029 Confirmed: Netflix streaming coming to the Wii very shortly http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2009/10/confirmed-netflix-streaming-coming-to-the-wii-very-soon.html Google tells FCC it’s still blocking calls, but fewer of them http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/google_voice_tells_fcc_its_sti.html Microsoft and Yahoo delay signing search deal http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-and-yahoo-delay-signing-search-deal-2009-10 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10385671-56.html NBA brings League Pass to iPhone, Android; out-of-market package runs $40 http://paidcontent.org/article/419-nba-brings-league-pass-to-iphone-android-out-of-market-package-runs-40/ http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59S2NM20091029 Twitter users warned about new phishing attack http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10385661-245.html Xerox claims printable electronics breakthrough http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/29/038210/Xerox-Claims-Printable-Electronics-Breakthrough 40th anniversary of Internet working without a crash http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/today-internets-40th-birthday/story?id=8945743 VOICE MAIL Joe about LSU and Gmail Sloan on his experience in Gmail RogueTess on the Slate name E-MAIL Hey Buzzers, I just read a rather startling article on Slashdot. The article says that amazon has patented a new ‘invention’ that will replace words in all kinds of text documents(book, reviews, etc) with synonyms in an effort to track pirating. As an author I find this very disturbing, I don’t want amazon to go changing my hard work just so they can track piracy. So my question to you is, is this for real and am I understanding it right. Please advise. Future best selling author, JoshuaCaleb P.S. Keep up the great work. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/28/2236235/Amazon-Patents-Changing-Authors-Words ********** BOL folks: My son is approaching the age where a cell phone may come in handy for communicating and coordinating activities. Things like “Running 10 minutes late.” “Meet me at Field 3 after soccer practice.” I’ve been looking for a cheap and light texting-only device. Perhaps the TwitterPeek can do that? Hmmm. Keep on buzzing, ymt ********** Holiday Help Desk November 23-December 23 4 PM ET/1 PM PT Coming soon to http://live.cnet.com/ More details to follow! Amazon's trying to compete with PayPal with a new service that brings one-click shopping into the rest of the non-Amazon world. We also kick around a rumor of Netflix coming to the Wii and discuss Google and Yahoo music searches. Oh, and then Cooley and I get deep about business models and copyright. That's near the end, though--if you don't like lectures. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078620',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1095 Google music search announced. Still doesn’t work for Tom http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10385755-93.html Yahoo yells that it’s had it since June http://www.ysearchblog.com/2009/10/28/play-that-funky-music-with-yahoo-search/ Amazon to take on PayPal with PayPhrase http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59S0FH20091029 Confirmed: Netflix streaming coming to the Wii very shortly http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2009/10/confirmed-netflix-streaming-coming-to-the-wii-very-soon.html Google tells FCC it’s still blocking calls, but fewer of them http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/google_voice_tells_fcc_its_sti.html Microsoft and Yahoo delay signing search deal http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-and-yahoo-delay-signing-search-deal-2009-10 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10385671-56.html NBA brings League Pass to iPhone, Android; out-of-market package runs $40 http://paidcontent.org/article/419-nba-brings-league-pass-to-iphone-android-out-of-market-package-runs-40/ http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59S2NM20091029 Twitter users warned about new phishing attack http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10385661-245.html Xerox claims printable electronics breakthrough http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/29/038210/Xerox-Claims-Printable-Electronics-Breakthrough 40th anniversary of Internet working without a crash http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/today-internets-40th-birthday/story?id=8945743 VOICE MAIL Joe about LSU and Gmail Sloan on his experience in Gmail RogueTess on the Slate name E-MAIL Hey Buzzers, I just read a rather startling article on Slashdot. The article says that amazon has patented a new ‘invention’ that will replace words in all kinds of text documents(book, reviews, etc) with synonyms in an effort to track pirating. As an author I find this very disturbing, I don’t want amazon to go changing my hard work just so they can track piracy. So my question to you is, is this for real and am I understanding it right. Please advise. Future best selling author, JoshuaCaleb P.S. Keep up the great work. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/28/2236235/Amazon-Patents-Changing-Authors-Words ********** BOL folks: My son is approaching the age where a cell phone may come in handy for communicating and coordinating activities. Things like “Running 10 minutes late.” “Meet me at Field 3 after soccer practice.” I’ve been looking for a cheap and light texting-only device. Perhaps the TwitterPeek can do that? Hmmm. Keep on buzzing, ymt ********** Holiday Help Desk November 23-December 23 4 PM ET/1 PM PT Coming soon to http://live.cnet.com/ More details to follow! tag:odeo.com,2009-10-29,25394521 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:05:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25394523-BOL-1094-Crushing-on-the-Droid Rafe is being drawing in to a love story with the new Motorola Droid. Dare we call it a Dro-mance? It's certainly a flashy new phone for Verizon which hasn't always been known for flashy new phones. We also congratulate Google on getting the contract to provide email to the city of Los Angeles. Well congratulate and fear for them. Because if they mess this up, it is so over. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078619',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1094 Los Angeles adopts Google e-mail system for 30,000 city employees http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/city-council-votes-to-adopt-google-email-system-for-30000-city-employees.html Verizon and Motorola unveil the Droid http://news.cnet.com/8301-30... Rafe is being drawing in to a love story with the new Motorola Droid. Dare we call it a Dro-mance? It's certainly a flashy new phone for Verizon which hasn't always been known for flashy new phones. We also congratulate Google on getting the contract to provide email to the city of Los Angeles. Well congratulate and fear for them. Because if they mess this up, it is so over. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078619',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1094 Los Angeles adopts Google e-mail system for 30,000 city employees http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/city-council-votes-to-adopt-google-email-system-for-30000-city-employees.html Verizon and Motorola unveil the Droid http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10384994-266.html Droid Eris: Verizon’s other Android phone? http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10384533-251.html Google Maps adds turn-by-turn to Android phones for free http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10384544-265.html Microsoft to shut down MSN Direct traffic service for GPS (in 2012) http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/shutting-down-msn-direct-traffic-service-for-gps-units.html Microsoft Signature computers dump crapware http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/10/microsofts_signature_pc_shows_its_vision_of_computing_perfection.html Peek silling Twitter-only device. Why? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002R5AG50?ie=UTF8&tag=livedigitally-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002R5AG50 http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/the-twitterpeek-is-a-peek-for-twitter/ FCC Considers Shifting Some TV Airwaves to Broadband http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703574604574499730302393274.html Stalqer mobile social app finds friends in new ways http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10384727-250.html How to Solve the Net Neutrality Issue http://www.technewsworld.com/story/How-to-Solve-the-Net-Neutrality-Issue-68491.html Ares I-X successfully launched http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/index.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8330424.stm VOICEMAIL Paul on call forwarding EMAIL Hey Guys Remember Redlasso, where you could use their servers that are recording stuff from cable and local stations 24/7 to make clips to emvbed in your blog? I was on the list for beta testing and they somehow made it back into service this week? Who’d have thunk it? J’Tao in San Francisco http://redlasso.com/ ********** Hey Buzz Crew, Yesterday you asked if there is still a Universal Service Fund fee on phone bills, and the answer is YES! I currently work for a telco as customer service, and I get about 10 calls a week asking what that charge is on their bill. And of course no one ever likes the answer. In fact, I often have people tell me that our company should eat the cost of the taxes and fee’s. Yes, it would be nice if the telcos did that, but the taxes and fees are so high many companies would go out of business. If we had enough people complain about the USF fee or taxes to our elected officials we could probably reduce them. But don’t get angry with companies that are required by law to have them. I bet that most telcos would be fine will lower taxes or fees on their customers bills, because a happy customer is a customer who will generally stay. Love the show. ~Justin~ ********** Howdy Buzzians I know the DMCA is last years hot topic, but I thought people would still enjoy this nonetheless. the EFF (Electronics Frontier Foundation) has set up a new site for their “Takedown Hall of Shame” displaying some of the most insane and ludicrous takedown notices people have recieved. Some of them are downright hilarious while others just make you contemplate the depths of human stupidity. Eitherway thought you guys might enjoy it Buzz on ~Phillip from the Boonies P.S. The degree of my adoration for this media outlet is unmatched http://www.eff.org/takedowns loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078813',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Rafe is being drawing in to a love story with the new Motorola Droid. Dare we call it a Dro-mance? It's certainly a flashy new phone for Verizon which hasn't always been known for flashy new phones. We also congratulate Google on getting the contract to provide email to the city of Los Angeles. Well congratulate and fear for them. Because if they mess this up, it is so over. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078619',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1094 Los Angeles adopts Google e-mail system for 30,000 city employees http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/city-council-votes-to-adopt-google-email-system-for-30000-city-employees.html Verizon and Motorola unveil the Droid http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10384994-266.html Droid Eris: Verizon’s other Android phone? http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10384533-251.html Google Maps adds turn-by-turn to Android phones for free http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10384544-265.html Microsoft to shut down MSN Direct traffic service for GPS (in 2012) http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/shutting-down-msn-direct-traffic-service-for-gps-units.html Microsoft Signature computers dump crapware http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/10/microsofts_signature_pc_shows_its_vision_of_computing_perfection.html Peek silling Twitter-only device. Why? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002R5AG50?ie=UTF8&tag=livedigitally-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002R5AG50 http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/the-twitterpeek-is-a-peek-for-twitter/ FCC Considers Shifting Some TV Airwaves to Broadband http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703574604574499730302393274.html Stalqer mobile social app finds friends in new ways http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10384727-250.html How to Solve the Net Neutrality Issue http://www.technewsworld.com/story/How-to-Solve-the-Net-Neutrality-Issue-68491.html Ares I-X successfully launched http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/index.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8330424.stm VOICEMAIL Paul on call forwarding EMAIL Hey Guys Remember Redlasso, where you could use their servers that are recording stuff from cable and local stations 24/7 to make clips to emvbed in your blog? I was on the list for beta testing and they somehow made it back into service this week? Who’d have thunk it? J’Tao in San Francisco http://redlasso.com/ ********** Hey Buzz Crew, Yesterday you asked if there is still a Universal Service Fund fee on phone bills, and the answer is YES! I currently work for a telco as customer service, and I get about 10 calls a week asking what that charge is on their bill. And of course no one ever likes the answer. In fact, I often have people tell me that our company should eat the cost of the taxes and fee’s. Yes, it would be nice if the telcos did that, but the taxes and fees are so high many companies would go out of business. If we had enough people complain about the USF fee or taxes to our elected officials we could probably reduce them. But don’t get angry with companies that are required by law to have them. I bet that most telcos would be fine will lower taxes or fees on their customers bills, because a happy customer is a customer who will generally stay. Love the show. ~Justin~ ********** Howdy Buzzians I know the DMCA is last years hot topic, but I thought people would still enjoy this nonetheless. the EFF (Electronics Frontier Foundation) has set up a new site for their “Takedown Hall of Shame” displaying some of the most insane and ludicrous takedown notices people have recieved. Some of them are downright hilarious while others just make you contemplate the depths of human stupidity. Eitherway thought you guys might enjoy it Buzz on ~Phillip from the Boonies P.S. The degree of my adoration for this media outlet is unmatched http://www.eff.org/takedowns loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078813',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-10-28,25394523 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:55:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25394526-BOL-1093-E-book-Mania MySpace and Facebook are hooking up? In a way. Maybe. But the real meat of the news today is all the e-book hype. Barnes and Noble will sell the Que, Bridgestone has a color one coming out, and Barnes and Noble may not always have its own Nook eReader. But does anyone want them? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078618',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1093 MySpace and Facebook? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10383501-36.html Google Voice makes steps to work with your phone number http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10383573-248.html Microsoft pulls out of “Family Guy” special http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=8923276 Plastic Logic Que will be sold in Barnes and Noble. http://www.pl... MySpace and Facebook are hooking up? In a way. Maybe. But the real meat of the news today is all the e-book hype. Barnes and Noble will sell the Que, Bridgestone has a color one coming out, and Barnes and Noble may not always have its own Nook eReader. But does anyone want them? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078618',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1093 MySpace and Facebook? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10383501-36.html Google Voice makes steps to work with your phone number http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10383573-248.html Microsoft pulls out of “Family Guy” special http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=8923276 Plastic Logic Que will be sold in Barnes and Noble. http://www.plasticlogic.com/news/pr_quedistributedbybarnesandnoble_oct272009.php http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/que-proreader-hitting-barnes-and-noble-retail-stores-in-2010/ Barnes & Noble won't sell Nook to go in all stores http://paidcontent.org/article/419-barnes-noble-wont-sell-nook-to-go-in-all-stores/ Bridgestone announces flexible touch-screen color e-reader http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/ Lost Northwest pilots were trying out new software http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/27/0613244/Lost-Northwest-Pilots-Were-Trying-Out-New-Software http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/26/airliner.flyby/ Japanese OnStar-like system tells emergency responders if you’re just gonna’ die anyway http://blog.taragana.com/n/now-an-emergency-medical-service-system-that-predicts-callers-fate-201661/ Facebook memorializes the dead…with a profile http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10383015-36.html Nintendo to launch a big screen DS for old people http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20091027/tc_afp/entertainmentjapangamecompanynintendo Mantis shrimp eyes could show way to better DVD And CD players http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091025162459.htm Voice mail Joe on France’s three-strikes law Jimmy the clan-jumper is frustrated E-mail Hey Buzz crew, I wasn't sure whether to send this one to mylifeisaverage.com or you guys, but I think I made the better choice It's my yearly exams this next two weeks, so I went to the school library today to get the CD version of my commerce textbook. I went to the librarian, asked for the CD and she went to get it. When she came back, I told her that borrowing that wasn't necessary because I could just copy the PDFs onto my notebook here and now and be gone. Then the dragon came out. She snapped and said, "I don't want to know about it. What you are suggesting is a highly illegal act. You can't copy the files because of copyright law." I looked at her slightly strangely (for effect, of course) and told her, "That's what we've been told to do with the CDs ever since we came to this school." She said, "Very well, but borrow this and copy it at home, not at school. If you want to pay the fine, that's your problem." She loaned it out to me and off I went. I'm still amazed that I had that conversation. Isn't it perfectly reasonable to copy context from the CDs in the back of the textbook to study and peruse when I need to? What are they good for otherwise? Sean PS. I went to an empty classroom and copied the files to my hard disk anyway. I returned the disc to the library within the space of fifteen minutes. My life is average ********** Hey buzz crew, I was listening to episode 1092 and heard you talking about a survey that shows the time wasted by employees using twitter. Tom mentioned, what about time spent at toilets, as a joke. I would just like to make mention of a stunt pulled by the Australian Government branch know as Medicare where that was just the case. Workers at the Parramatta centre were actually required to log the time spent on the loo and were also given surprise “pop ins” by their team leaders while doing their “business”. It ended when the media caught wind of what was occurring, when questioned Medicare denied knowing of the practice then stated “A log of time away from work was only ever a local practice and never a national policy”. http://safetyinaustralia.com.au/latest/safety-news/151009-nswact-toilet-police-bullying-employees–200910143092.html – Ian from Australia ********** Looking at BOL 1092 on the RSS feed, I see that “Kevin” has sent in an email with some invalid assumptions about Net Neutrality, and who has paid for the infrastructure build-out of the existing Internet. If you look at http://eldotelecom.blogspot.com/2009/09/fcc-more-subsidies-needed-for-us.html you’ll see that in 2009 *alone* the Federal government has provided $7.2 billion in grants and loan subsidies. If you look at http://www.theamericanmind.com/2008/04/09/study-finds-us-internet-infrastructure-fourth-worldwide/ you’ll see that the US currently ranks 4th in the world for broadband infrastructure. That means to me that, in spite of Federal subsidies and municipal monopoly grants, US telecom providers have NOT brought the American broadband infrastructure forward as rapidly as other nations where the infrastructure is heavily regulated. And the logical conclusion to be drawn from that is that lassez-faire capitalism *does* *not* *work* if you want the world’s best broadband infrastructure. If it did, we could take back all the tax money that has been poured into the telecoms, turn them loose, and have what we want in a year or less. Net Neutrality means we *all* play on a level field; consumers, competing ISPs, telecoms, content providers, and government. No more secret bandwidth caps (I’m talking to you, cable modem ISPs)), no more blocking content that competes with *your* content so you can charge more (I’m talking to you, Time-Warner/Roadrunner), no more force-moving customers off DSL and onto fiber so you can steal them from third-party ISPs (I’m talking to you, Verizon). Net Neutrality means *fair* and *real* competition. And that’s what American broadband needs. – “Morely” aka “Icesnake” MySpace and Facebook are hooking up? In a way. Maybe. But the real meat of the news today is all the e-book hype. Barnes and Noble will sell the Que, Bridgestone has a color one coming out, and Barnes and Noble may not always have its own Nook eReader. But does anyone want them? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078618',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1093 MySpace and Facebook? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10383501-36.html Google Voice makes steps to work with your phone number http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10383573-248.html Microsoft pulls out of “Family Guy” special http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=8923276 Plastic Logic Que will be sold in Barnes and Noble. http://www.plasticlogic.com/news/pr_quedistributedbybarnesandnoble_oct272009.php http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/que-proreader-hitting-barnes-and-noble-retail-stores-in-2010/ Barnes & Noble won't sell Nook to go in all stores http://paidcontent.org/article/419-barnes-noble-wont-sell-nook-to-go-in-all-stores/ Bridgestone announces flexible touch-screen color e-reader http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/ Lost Northwest pilots were trying out new software http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/27/0613244/Lost-Northwest-Pilots-Were-Trying-Out-New-Software http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/26/airliner.flyby/ Japanese OnStar-like system tells emergency responders if you’re just gonna’ die anyway http://blog.taragana.com/n/now-an-emergency-medical-service-system-that-predicts-callers-fate-201661/ Facebook memorializes the dead…with a profile http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10383015-36.html Nintendo to launch a big screen DS for old people http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20091027/tc_afp/entertainmentjapangamecompanynintendo Mantis shrimp eyes could show way to better DVD And CD players http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091025162459.htm Voice mail Joe on France’s three-strikes law Jimmy the clan-jumper is frustrated E-mail Hey Buzz crew, I wasn't sure whether to send this one to mylifeisaverage.com or you guys, but I think I made the better choice It's my yearly exams this next two weeks, so I went to the school library today to get the CD version of my commerce textbook. I went to the librarian, asked for the CD and she went to get it. When she came back, I told her that borrowing that wasn't necessary because I could just copy the PDFs onto my notebook here and now and be gone. Then the dragon came out. She snapped and said, "I don't want to know about it. What you are suggesting is a highly illegal act. You can't copy the files because of copyright law." I looked at her slightly strangely (for effect, of course) and told her, "That's what we've been told to do with the CDs ever since we came to this school." She said, "Very well, but borrow this and copy it at home, not at school. If you want to pay the fine, that's your problem." She loaned it out to me and off I went. I'm still amazed that I had that conversation. Isn't it perfectly reasonable to copy context from the CDs in the back of the textbook to study and peruse when I need to? What are they good for otherwise? Sean PS. I went to an empty classroom and copied the files to my hard disk anyway. I returned the disc to the library within the space of fifteen minutes. My life is average ********** Hey buzz crew, I was listening to episode 1092 and heard you talking about a survey that shows the time wasted by employees using twitter. Tom mentioned, what about time spent at toilets, as a joke. I would just like to make mention of a stunt pulled by the Australian Government branch know as Medicare where that was just the case. Workers at the Parramatta centre were actually required to log the time spent on the loo and were also given surprise “pop ins” by their team leaders while doing their “business”. It ended when the media caught wind of what was occurring, when questioned Medicare denied knowing of the practice then stated “A log of time away from work was only ever a local practice and never a national policy”. http://safetyinaustralia.com.au/latest/safety-news/151009-nswact-toilet-police-bullying-employees–200910143092.html – Ian from Australia ********** Looking at BOL 1092 on the RSS feed, I see that “Kevin” has sent in an email with some invalid assumptions about Net Neutrality, and who has paid for the infrastructure build-out of the existing Internet. If you look at http://eldotelecom.blogspot.com/2009/09/fcc-more-subsidies-needed-for-us.html you’ll see that in 2009 *alone* the Federal government has provided $7.2 billion in grants and loan subsidies. If you look at http://www.theamericanmind.com/2008/04/09/study-finds-us-internet-infrastructure-fourth-worldwide/ you’ll see that the US currently ranks 4th in the world for broadband infrastructure. That means to me that, in spite of Federal subsidies and municipal monopoly grants, US telecom providers have NOT brought the American broadband infrastructure forward as rapidly as other nations where the infrastructure is heavily regulated. And the logical conclusion to be drawn from that is that lassez-faire capitalism *does* *not* *work* if you want the world’s best broadband infrastructure. If it did, we could take back all the tax money that has been poured into the telecoms, turn them loose, and have what we want in a year or less. Net Neutrality means we *all* play on a level field; consumers, competing ISPs, telecoms, content providers, and government. No more secret bandwidth caps (I’m talking to you, cable modem ISPs)), no more blocking content that competes with *your* content so you can charge more (I’m talking to you, Time-Warner/Roadrunner), no more force-moving customers off DSL and onto fiber so you can steal them from third-party ISPs (I’m talking to you, Verizon). Net Neutrality means *fair* and *real* competition. And that’s what American broadband needs. – “Morely” aka “Icesnake” tag:odeo.com,2009-10-27,25394526 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:55:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25379142-BOL-1092-The-slippery-Slate Bill Keller from the New York Times let slip he's been working on a version of the New York Times for the Apple Slate. Great! What the hell is the Apple Slate? well obviously it's a much-rumored Apple Tablet. We also discuss T-Mobile's unlimited plans and hope against all hopes that they are truly unlimited. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078617',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1092 Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’ http://gawker.com/5389636/bill-keller-apple-tablet-impending T-Mobile Adds ‘Even More Plus’ Plans http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354721,00.asp Netflix Movies Stream to Sony's PlayStation 3 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/netflix-movies-stream-to-sonys... Bill Keller from the New York Times let slip he's been working on a version of the New York Times for the Apple Slate. Great! What the hell is the Apple Slate? well obviously it's a much-rumored Apple Tablet. We also discuss T-Mobile's unlimited plans and hope against all hopes that they are truly unlimited. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078617',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1092 Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’ http://gawker.com/5389636/bill-keller-apple-tablet-impending T-Mobile Adds ‘Even More Plus’ Plans http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354721,00.asp Netflix Movies Stream to Sony's PlayStation 3 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/netflix-movies-stream-to-sonys-playstation-3/ Hollywood wants share of Netflix’s windfall http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10382717-261.html Microsoft Offers Windows 7 on USB Drives for Netbooks http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Offers-Windows-7-on-USB-Drives-for-Netbooks-225258/ $180 BlackBerry Storm2 hits the shelves on Wednesday http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139892/_180_BlackBerry_Storm2_hits_the_shelves_on_Wednesday Sprint Announces Nov. Launch Date for Palm Pixi http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354726,00.asp Mobile net ‘heading for data jam’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8325634.stm Verizon profit dips, but wireless stays strong http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10382841-266.html http://paidcontent.org/article/419-earnings-verizon-profit-down-wireless-unit-revenues-jump/ Has AT&T Wireless data congestion been self-inflicted? http://blogs.broughturner.com/2009/10/is-att-wireless-data-congestion-selfinflicted.html Surgeon Performs World’s First 4X HD Surgery http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/25/2010236/Surgeon-Performs-Worlds-First-4X-HD-Surgery VOICEMAIL Ted from Berkeley on hacking the Pre Ralph on Windows 7 problems EMAIL Hey Buzz Out-louders, Was on my way to class this morning when I saw this article in the Chicago Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/1846104,CST-FIN-apple26.article Apparently Apple may pay to upgrade a station at the North and Clybourn red line L stop. They are set to open a new retail location close to the stop. I live near it and I can say with full confidence that that stop is pretty nasty and run down (like most of the CTA's L stations.) I guess Apple thinks it's not very becoming to have your flashy products available via a not so flashy station stop and is willing to fork over the cash to fix that. Thoughts? I've been listening to your podcast for about three years now. Love the show! -Casey the performing arts management student in Chicago ********** Hey buzz crew, I don’t if you saw this BBC news item about twitter and other social networking sites costing UK companies 1.4 billion pounds a year. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8325865.stm. The assumption is that because their survey of 1460 office workers indicated that people spent an average of 40 minutes a week on these sites that “such online behaviour clearly had a “productivity strain” on firms.” I call shenanigans, and I wish I could get my hands on the actually study so that I could fully debunk the it, but no such luck. My worry is that I read this at 8 am ET and I am sure by this afternoon mainstream media is just going to run with it with no thought or insight. Love the show. Marlon “the guyfromtrinidad” ********** “Net Neutrality,” not allowing ISP to charge extra for special serves, will kill the internet. If we don’t allow ISP to make profit from investing in infrastructure, they will not invest money in infrastructure. Unlike broadcast television, the internet does not travel through a common good. Every inch of the internet in America is built, owned, and maintained by private actors. In order to continue to have good internet service, we have to allow those actors to make profits. If you want better service, kill the government interference that currently exists. Primarily this interference is cable monopolies that are granted by localities. Since most broadband access comes in via cable connections this directly hurts the quality of internet access in America. Kevin Bill Keller from the New York Times let slip he's been working on a version of the New York Times for the Apple Slate. Great! What the hell is the Apple Slate? well obviously it's a much-rumored Apple Tablet. We also discuss T-Mobile's unlimited plans and hope against all hopes that they are truly unlimited. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078617',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1092 Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’ http://gawker.com/5389636/bill-keller-apple-tablet-impending T-Mobile Adds ‘Even More Plus’ Plans http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354721,00.asp Netflix Movies Stream to Sony's PlayStation 3 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/netflix-movies-stream-to-sonys-playstation-3/ Hollywood wants share of Netflix’s windfall http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10382717-261.html Microsoft Offers Windows 7 on USB Drives for Netbooks http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Offers-Windows-7-on-USB-Drives-for-Netbooks-225258/ $180 BlackBerry Storm2 hits the shelves on Wednesday http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139892/_180_BlackBerry_Storm2_hits_the_shelves_on_Wednesday Sprint Announces Nov. Launch Date for Palm Pixi http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354726,00.asp Mobile net ‘heading for data jam’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8325634.stm Verizon profit dips, but wireless stays strong http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10382841-266.html http://paidcontent.org/article/419-earnings-verizon-profit-down-wireless-unit-revenues-jump/ Has AT&T Wireless data congestion been self-inflicted? http://blogs.broughturner.com/2009/10/is-att-wireless-data-congestion-selfinflicted.html Surgeon Performs World’s First 4X HD Surgery http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/25/2010236/Surgeon-Performs-Worlds-First-4X-HD-Surgery VOICEMAIL Ted from Berkeley on hacking the Pre Ralph on Windows 7 problems EMAIL Hey Buzz Out-louders, Was on my way to class this morning when I saw this article in the Chicago Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/1846104,CST-FIN-apple26.article Apparently Apple may pay to upgrade a station at the North and Clybourn red line L stop. They are set to open a new retail location close to the stop. I live near it and I can say with full confidence that that stop is pretty nasty and run down (like most of the CTA's L stations.) I guess Apple thinks it's not very becoming to have your flashy products available via a not so flashy station stop and is willing to fork over the cash to fix that. Thoughts? I've been listening to your podcast for about three years now. Love the show! -Casey the performing arts management student in Chicago ********** Hey buzz crew, I don’t if you saw this BBC news item about twitter and other social networking sites costing UK companies 1.4 billion pounds a year. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8325865.stm. The assumption is that because their survey of 1460 office workers indicated that people spent an average of 40 minutes a week on these sites that “such online behaviour clearly had a “productivity strain” on firms.” I call shenanigans, and I wish I could get my hands on the actually study so that I could fully debunk the it, but no such luck. My worry is that I read this at 8 am ET and I am sure by this afternoon mainstream media is just going to run with it with no thought or insight. Love the show. Marlon “the guyfromtrinidad” ********** “Net Neutrality,” not allowing ISP to charge extra for special serves, will kill the internet. If we don’t allow ISP to make profit from investing in infrastructure, they will not invest money in infrastructure. Unlike broadcast television, the internet does not travel through a common good. Every inch of the internet in America is built, owned, and maintained by private actors. In order to continue to have good internet service, we have to allow those actors to make profits. If you want better service, kill the government interference that currently exists. Primarily this interference is cable monopolies that are granted by localities. Since most broadband access comes in via cable connections this directly hurts the quality of internet access in America. Kevin tag:odeo.com,2009-10-26,25379142 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:59:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25394532-BOL-1092-The-slippery-Slate Bill Keller from the New York Times let slip he's been working on a version of the New York Times for the Apple Slate. Great! What the hell is the Apple Slate? well obviously it's a much-rumored Apple Tablet. We also discuss T-Mobile's unlimited plans and hope against all hopes that they are truly unlimited. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078617',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1092 Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’ http://gawker.com/5389636/bill-keller-apple-tablet-impending T-Mobile Adds ‘Even More Plus’ Plans http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354721,00.asp Netflix Movies Stream to Sony's PlayStation 3 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/netflix-movies-stream-to-sonys... Bill Keller from the New York Times let slip he's been working on a version of the New York Times for the Apple Slate. Great! What the hell is the Apple Slate? well obviously it's a much-rumored Apple Tablet. We also discuss T-Mobile's unlimited plans and hope against all hopes that they are truly unlimited. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078617',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1092 Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’ http://gawker.com/5389636/bill-keller-apple-tablet-impending T-Mobile Adds ‘Even More Plus’ Plans http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354721,00.asp Netflix Movies Stream to Sony's PlayStation 3 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/netflix-movies-stream-to-sonys-playstation-3/ Hollywood wants share of Netflix’s windfall http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10382717-261.html Microsoft Offers Windows 7 on USB Drives for Netbooks http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Offers-Windows-7-on-USB-Drives-for-Netbooks-225258/ $180 BlackBerry Storm2 hits the shelves on Wednesday http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139892/_180_BlackBerry_Storm2_hits_the_shelves_on_Wednesday Sprint Announces Nov. Launch Date for Palm Pixi http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354726,00.asp Mobile net ‘heading for data jam’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8325634.stm Verizon profit dips, but wireless stays strong http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10382841-266.html http://paidcontent.org/article/419-earnings-verizon-profit-down-wireless-unit-revenues-jump/ Has AT&T Wireless data congestion been self-inflicted? http://blogs.broughturner.com/2009/10/is-att-wireless-data-congestion-selfinflicted.html Surgeon Performs World’s First 4X HD Surgery http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/25/2010236/Surgeon-Performs-Worlds-First-4X-HD-Surgery VOICEMAIL Ted from Berkeley on hacking the Pre Ralph on Windows 7 problems EMAIL Hey Buzz Out-louders, Was on my way to class this morning when I saw this article in the Chicago Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/1846104,CST-FIN-apple26.article Apparently Apple may pay to upgrade a station at the North and Clybourn red line L stop. They are set to open a new retail location close to the stop. I live near it and I can say with full confidence that that stop is pretty nasty and run down (like most of the CTA's L stations.) I guess Apple thinks it's not very becoming to have your flashy products available via a not so flashy station stop and is willing to fork over the cash to fix that. Thoughts? I've been listening to your podcast for about three years now. Love the show! -Casey the performing arts management student in Chicago ********** Hey buzz crew, I don’t if you saw this BBC news item about twitter and other social networking sites costing UK companies 1.4 billion pounds a year. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8325865.stm. The assumption is that because their survey of 1460 office workers indicated that people spent an average of 40 minutes a week on these sites that “such online behaviour clearly had a “productivity strain” on firms.” I call shenanigans, and I wish I could get my hands on the actually study so that I could fully debunk the it, but no such luck. My worry is that I read this at 8 am ET and I am sure by this afternoon mainstream media is just going to run with it with no thought or insight. Love the show. Marlon “the guyfromtrinidad” ********** “Net Neutrality,” not allowing ISP to charge extra for special serves, will kill the internet. If we don’t allow ISP to make profit from investing in infrastructure, they will not invest money in infrastructure. Unlike broadcast television, the internet does not travel through a common good. Every inch of the internet in America is built, owned, and maintained by private actors. In order to continue to have good internet service, we have to allow those actors to make profits. If you want better service, kill the government interference that currently exists. Primarily this interference is cable monopolies that are granted by localities. Since most broadband access comes in via cable connections this directly hurts the quality of internet access in America. Kevin Bill Keller from the New York Times let slip he's been working on a version of the New York Times for the Apple Slate. Great! What the hell is the Apple Slate? well obviously it's a much-rumored Apple Tablet. We also discuss T-Mobile's unlimited plans and hope against all hopes that they are truly unlimited. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078617',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1092 Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’ http://gawker.com/5389636/bill-keller-apple-tablet-impending T-Mobile Adds ‘Even More Plus’ Plans http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354721,00.asp Netflix Movies Stream to Sony's PlayStation 3 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/netflix-movies-stream-to-sonys-playstation-3/ Hollywood wants share of Netflix’s windfall http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10382717-261.html Microsoft Offers Windows 7 on USB Drives for Netbooks http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Offers-Windows-7-on-USB-Drives-for-Netbooks-225258/ $180 BlackBerry Storm2 hits the shelves on Wednesday http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139892/_180_BlackBerry_Storm2_hits_the_shelves_on_Wednesday Sprint Announces Nov. Launch Date for Palm Pixi http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354726,00.asp Mobile net ‘heading for data jam’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8325634.stm Verizon profit dips, but wireless stays strong http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10382841-266.html http://paidcontent.org/article/419-earnings-verizon-profit-down-wireless-unit-revenues-jump/ Has AT&T Wireless data congestion been self-inflicted? http://blogs.broughturner.com/2009/10/is-att-wireless-data-congestion-selfinflicted.html Surgeon Performs World’s First 4X HD Surgery http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/25/2010236/Surgeon-Performs-Worlds-First-4X-HD-Surgery VOICEMAIL Ted from Berkeley on hacking the Pre Ralph on Windows 7 problems EMAIL Hey Buzz Out-louders, Was on my way to class this morning when I saw this article in the Chicago Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/1846104,CST-FIN-apple26.article Apparently Apple may pay to upgrade a station at the North and Clybourn red line L stop. They are set to open a new retail location close to the stop. I live near it and I can say with full confidence that that stop is pretty nasty and run down (like most of the CTA's L stations.) I guess Apple thinks it's not very becoming to have your flashy products available via a not so flashy station stop and is willing to fork over the cash to fix that. Thoughts? I've been listening to your podcast for about three years now. Love the show! -Casey the performing arts management student in Chicago ********** Hey buzz crew, I don’t if you saw this BBC news item about twitter and other social networking sites costing UK companies 1.4 billion pounds a year. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8325865.stm. The assumption is that because their survey of 1460 office workers indicated that people spent an average of 40 minutes a week on these sites that “such online behaviour clearly had a “productivity strain” on firms.” I call shenanigans, and I wish I could get my hands on the actually study so that I could fully debunk the it, but no such luck. My worry is that I read this at 8 am ET and I am sure by this afternoon mainstream media is just going to run with it with no thought or insight. Love the show. Marlon “the guyfromtrinidad” ********** “Net Neutrality,” not allowing ISP to charge extra for special serves, will kill the internet. If we don’t allow ISP to make profit from investing in infrastructure, they will not invest money in infrastructure. Unlike broadcast television, the internet does not travel through a common good. Every inch of the internet in America is built, owned, and maintained by private actors. In order to continue to have good internet service, we have to allow those actors to make profits. If you want better service, kill the government interference that currently exists. Primarily this interference is cable monopolies that are granted by localities. Since most broadband access comes in via cable connections this directly hurts the quality of internet access in America. Kevin tag:odeo.com,2009-10-26,25394532 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:59:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25359110-BOL-1091-The-French-disconnection So the French have passed a three strikes law that will disconnect your Internet if accused three times of piracy. At least there's some judicial review. Also, John McCain moves against Net Neutrality and Windows 7 seems to truly be good news for Microsoft. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078406',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1091 Microsoft: Strong Windows demand helps earnings http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381774-56.html http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910230938dowjonesdjonline000584 Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-student-upgrade-installer-not-working-for-many/ Win 7 users shout: Where’s ... So the French have passed a three strikes law that will disconnect your Internet if accused three times of piracy. At least there's some judicial review. Also, John McCain moves against Net Neutrality and Windows 7 seems to truly be good news for Microsoft. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078406',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1091 Microsoft: Strong Windows demand helps earnings http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381774-56.html http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910230938dowjonesdjonline000584 Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-student-upgrade-installer-not-working-for-many/ Win 7 users shout: Where’s my bloody ballot screen? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/23/windows_seven_ballot_browser/ Motorola Droid makes appearance on Motorola's Web site http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droid-makes-appearance-on-motorolas-site/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droids-website-published-a-bit-early-with-specs-galor/ Prepare for disconnection! French “3 strikes” law now legal http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/french-3-strikes-law-returns-now-with-judicial-oversight.ars McCain moves to block FCC Net neutrality http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174221/mccain_moves_to_block_fcc_net_neutrality.html Chase Carey: Hulu to charge in 2010 http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/ADverse_Atkinson_on_Advertising/23941-Chase_Carey_Hulu_to_Charge_in_2010.php We have no plans for Blu-ray on Xbox 360 http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/10/22/we-have-no-plans-for-blu-ray-on-xbox-360.aspx Psystar releases Mac clone software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10381419-37.html Nigeria actually arrests, shuts down online scammers http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/nigeria-actually-arrests-shuts-down-online-scammers.ars Pay what you want for World of Goo http://hellforge.gameriot.com/blogs/GameRiot-The-Blog/You-cheap-bastards-Pay-what-you-want-for-World-of-Goo-a-success-1 Yellowgold album http://www.yellowgoldmusic.com Geocities closes Monday http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/top-stories/427768/yahoo-geocities-to-close-down http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/3596/ VOICE MAIL Mike reports on a new scam Thomas has some advice for fanboys E-MAIL Quick note…actually found myself on the Wolfram Alpha site on my Pre. That might be the first and last time anyone uses that combination…that said, it was easy enough to use and pretty helpful (some integrals for an E&M physics class). Side note: got an email from my 62 year old Mom saying she is interested in the Nook…I don’t think she’s ever heard of the Kindle. Draw your own conclusions. Time to run, Professor is looking at me. -Adam in Seattle ********** Dear Buzz Crew, Barnes and Noble has now posted their FAQ, which is actually a bulletin board where they respond. They say that you will be able to connect to any b and g wireless network. If you are in the store, you will get special offers and reading recommendations, and be able to read any ebook in full-text that they have stocked. If they could enable this for libraries, that would be perfect. http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/eBooks-Help-Board/nook-Wi-Fi-access/m-p/401505#U401505 –Sam ********** My concern is that the government’s definition of “Net Neutrality” and ours/yours is different. I think they’ve hijacked the term. It is my belief that they will apply FCC like content and access controls (they have stated as much) to the internet such as the “fairness doctrine” and “hate speech” rules, turning it into a Government “information”/ propaganda outlet. The devil is in the details and government is very adept at saying one thing and doing something else when the laws and regulation are actually written. I also object to the telcos/cables/satellites being content providers unless they are completely separate from the pipes and the pipes are open at the same price to everyone. At least on principle. But that’s just a money issue. I object more to the government managing and controlling access to the pipes. That's a freedom issue. Sigh… any ideas for another internet like system? Maybe using quantum networks over dark matter? Love the show… s Roger Palm Beach County, Florida loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078606',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); So the French have passed a three strikes law that will disconnect your Internet if accused three times of piracy. At least there's some judicial review. Also, John McCain moves against Net Neutrality and Windows 7 seems to truly be good news for Microsoft. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078406',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1091 Microsoft: Strong Windows demand helps earnings http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381774-56.html http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910230938dowjonesdjonline000584 Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-student-upgrade-installer-not-working-for-many/ Win 7 users shout: Where’s my bloody ballot screen? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/23/windows_seven_ballot_browser/ Motorola Droid makes appearance on Motorola's Web site http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droid-makes-appearance-on-motorolas-site/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droids-website-published-a-bit-early-with-specs-galor/ Prepare for disconnection! French “3 strikes” law now legal http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/french-3-strikes-law-returns-now-with-judicial-oversight.ars McCain moves to block FCC Net neutrality http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174221/mccain_moves_to_block_fcc_net_neutrality.html Chase Carey: Hulu to charge in 2010 http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/ADverse_Atkinson_on_Advertising/23941-Chase_Carey_Hulu_to_Charge_in_2010.php We have no plans for Blu-ray on Xbox 360 http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/10/22/we-have-no-plans-for-blu-ray-on-xbox-360.aspx Psystar releases Mac clone software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10381419-37.html Nigeria actually arrests, shuts down online scammers http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/nigeria-actually-arrests-shuts-down-online-scammers.ars Pay what you want for World of Goo http://hellforge.gameriot.com/blogs/GameRiot-The-Blog/You-cheap-bastards-Pay-what-you-want-for-World-of-Goo-a-success-1 Yellowgold album http://www.yellowgoldmusic.com Geocities closes Monday http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/top-stories/427768/yahoo-geocities-to-close-down http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/3596/ VOICE MAIL Mike reports on a new scam Thomas has some advice for fanboys E-MAIL Quick note…actually found myself on the Wolfram Alpha site on my Pre. That might be the first and last time anyone uses that combination…that said, it was easy enough to use and pretty helpful (some integrals for an E&M physics class). Side note: got an email from my 62 year old Mom saying she is interested in the Nook…I don’t think she’s ever heard of the Kindle. Draw your own conclusions. Time to run, Professor is looking at me. -Adam in Seattle ********** Dear Buzz Crew, Barnes and Noble has now posted their FAQ, which is actually a bulletin board where they respond. They say that you will be able to connect to any b and g wireless network. If you are in the store, you will get special offers and reading recommendations, and be able to read any ebook in full-text that they have stocked. If they could enable this for libraries, that would be perfect. http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/eBooks-Help-Board/nook-Wi-Fi-access/m-p/401505#U401505 –Sam ********** My concern is that the government’s definition of “Net Neutrality” and ours/yours is different. I think they’ve hijacked the term. It is my belief that they will apply FCC like content and access controls (they have stated as much) to the internet such as the “fairness doctrine” and “hate speech” rules, turning it into a Government “information”/ propaganda outlet. The devil is in the details and government is very adept at saying one thing and doing something else when the laws and regulation are actually written. I also object to the telcos/cables/satellites being content providers unless they are completely separate from the pipes and the pipes are open at the same price to everyone. At least on principle. But that’s just a money issue. I object more to the government managing and controlling access to the pipes. That's a freedom issue. Sigh… any ideas for another internet like system? Maybe using quantum networks over dark matter? Love the show… s Roger Palm Beach County, Florida loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078606',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-10-23,25359110 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:33:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25394535-BOL-1091-The-French-disconnection So the French have passed a three strikes law that will disconnect your Internet if accused three times of piracy. At least there's some judicial review. Also, John McCain moves against Net Neutrality and Windows 7 seems to truly be good news for Microsoft. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078406',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1091 Microsoft: Strong Windows demand helps earnings http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381774-56.html http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910230938dowjonesdjonline000584 Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-student-upgrade-installer-not-working-for-many/ Win 7 users shout: Where’s ... So the French have passed a three strikes law that will disconnect your Internet if accused three times of piracy. At least there's some judicial review. Also, John McCain moves against Net Neutrality and Windows 7 seems to truly be good news for Microsoft. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078406',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1091 Microsoft: Strong Windows demand helps earnings http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381774-56.html http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910230938dowjonesdjonline000584 Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-student-upgrade-installer-not-working-for-many/ Win 7 users shout: Where’s my bloody ballot screen? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/23/windows_seven_ballot_browser/ Motorola Droid makes appearance on Motorola's Web site http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droid-makes-appearance-on-motorolas-site/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droids-website-published-a-bit-early-with-specs-galor/ Prepare for disconnection! French “3 strikes” law now legal http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/french-3-strikes-law-returns-now-with-judicial-oversight.ars McCain moves to block FCC Net neutrality http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174221/mccain_moves_to_block_fcc_net_neutrality.html Chase Carey: Hulu to charge in 2010 http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/ADverse_Atkinson_on_Advertising/23941-Chase_Carey_Hulu_to_Charge_in_2010.php We have no plans for Blu-ray on Xbox 360 http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/10/22/we-have-no-plans-for-blu-ray-on-xbox-360.aspx Psystar releases Mac clone software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10381419-37.html Nigeria actually arrests, shuts down online scammers http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/nigeria-actually-arrests-shuts-down-online-scammers.ars Pay what you want for World of Goo http://hellforge.gameriot.com/blogs/GameRiot-The-Blog/You-cheap-bastards-Pay-what-you-want-for-World-of-Goo-a-success-1 Yellowgold album http://www.yellowgoldmusic.com Geocities closes Monday http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/top-stories/427768/yahoo-geocities-to-close-down http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/3596/ VOICE MAIL Mike reports on a new scam Thomas has some advice for fanboys E-MAIL Quick note…actually found myself on the Wolfram Alpha site on my Pre. That might be the first and last time anyone uses that combination…that said, it was easy enough to use and pretty helpful (some integrals for an E&M physics class). Side note: got an email from my 62 year old Mom saying she is interested in the Nook…I don’t think she’s ever heard of the Kindle. Draw your own conclusions. Time to run, Professor is looking at me. -Adam in Seattle ********** Dear Buzz Crew, Barnes and Noble has now posted their FAQ, which is actually a bulletin board where they respond. They say that you will be able to connect to any b and g wireless network. If you are in the store, you will get special offers and reading recommendations, and be able to read any ebook in full-text that they have stocked. If they could enable this for libraries, that would be perfect. http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/eBooks-Help-Board/nook-Wi-Fi-access/m-p/401505#U401505 –Sam ********** My concern is that the government’s definition of “Net Neutrality” and ours/yours is different. I think they’ve hijacked the term. It is my belief that they will apply FCC like content and access controls (they have stated as much) to the internet such as the “fairness doctrine” and “hate speech” rules, turning it into a Government “information”/ propaganda outlet. The devil is in the details and government is very adept at saying one thing and doing something else when the laws and regulation are actually written. I also object to the telcos/cables/satellites being content providers unless they are completely separate from the pipes and the pipes are open at the same price to everyone. At least on principle. But that’s just a money issue. I object more to the government managing and controlling access to the pipes. That's a freedom issue. Sigh… any ideas for another internet like system? Maybe using quantum networks over dark matter? Love the show… s Roger Palm Beach County, Florida loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078606',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); So the French have passed a three strikes law that will disconnect your Internet if accused three times of piracy. At least there's some judicial review. Also, John McCain moves against Net Neutrality and Windows 7 seems to truly be good news for Microsoft. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078406',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1091 Microsoft: Strong Windows demand helps earnings http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381774-56.html http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200910230938dowjonesdjonline000584 Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/windows-7-student-upgrade-installer-not-working-for-many/ Win 7 users shout: Where’s my bloody ballot screen? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/23/windows_seven_ballot_browser/ Motorola Droid makes appearance on Motorola's Web site http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droid-makes-appearance-on-motorolas-site/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/motorola-droids-website-published-a-bit-early-with-specs-galor/ Prepare for disconnection! French “3 strikes” law now legal http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/french-3-strikes-law-returns-now-with-judicial-oversight.ars McCain moves to block FCC Net neutrality http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174221/mccain_moves_to_block_fcc_net_neutrality.html Chase Carey: Hulu to charge in 2010 http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/ADverse_Atkinson_on_Advertising/23941-Chase_Carey_Hulu_to_Charge_in_2010.php We have no plans for Blu-ray on Xbox 360 http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/10/22/we-have-no-plans-for-blu-ray-on-xbox-360.aspx Psystar releases Mac clone software http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10381419-37.html Nigeria actually arrests, shuts down online scammers http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/nigeria-actually-arrests-shuts-down-online-scammers.ars Pay what you want for World of Goo http://hellforge.gameriot.com/blogs/GameRiot-The-Blog/You-cheap-bastards-Pay-what-you-want-for-World-of-Goo-a-success-1 Yellowgold album http://www.yellowgoldmusic.com Geocities closes Monday http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/top-stories/427768/yahoo-geocities-to-close-down http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/3596/ VOICE MAIL Mike reports on a new scam Thomas has some advice for fanboys E-MAIL Quick note…actually found myself on the Wolfram Alpha site on my Pre. That might be the first and last time anyone uses that combination…that said, it was easy enough to use and pretty helpful (some integrals for an E&M physics class). Side note: got an email from my 62 year old Mom saying she is interested in the Nook…I don’t think she’s ever heard of the Kindle. Draw your own conclusions. Time to run, Professor is looking at me. -Adam in Seattle ********** Dear Buzz Crew, Barnes and Noble has now posted their FAQ, which is actually a bulletin board where they respond. They say that you will be able to connect to any b and g wireless network. If you are in the store, you will get special offers and reading recommendations, and be able to read any ebook in full-text that they have stocked. If they could enable this for libraries, that would be perfect. http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/eBooks-Help-Board/nook-Wi-Fi-access/m-p/401505#U401505 –Sam ********** My concern is that the government’s definition of “Net Neutrality” and ours/yours is different. I think they’ve hijacked the term. It is my belief that they will apply FCC like content and access controls (they have stated as much) to the internet such as the “fairness doctrine” and “hate speech” rules, turning it into a Government “information”/ propaganda outlet. The devil is in the details and government is very adept at saying one thing and doing something else when the laws and regulation are actually written. I also object to the telcos/cables/satellites being content providers unless they are completely separate from the pipes and the pipes are open at the same price to everyone. At least on principle. But that’s just a money issue. I object more to the government managing and controlling access to the pipes. That's a freedom issue. Sigh… any ideas for another internet like system? Maybe using quantum networks over dark matter? Love the show… s Roger Palm Beach County, Florida loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078606',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-10-23,25394535 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:33:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25394537-BOL-1090-Screw-Windows-7-time-to-hype-Windows-8 OK yeah, we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest but it's so over. Time to get into the rumor mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutrality. And Craigslist is not a pimp according to the law. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078405',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1090 500 people line up for Windows 7 in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8319083.stm Burger King selling a Windows 7 Whopper in Japan http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/ Businesses love Windows 7, survey says http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174130/businesses_l... OK yeah, we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest but it's so over. Time to get into the rumor mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutrality. And Craigslist is not a pimp according to the law. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078405',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1090 500 people line up for Windows 7 in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8319083.stm Burger King selling a Windows 7 Whopper in Japan http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/ Businesses love Windows 7, survey says http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174130/businesses_love_windows_7_survey_says.html Microsoft adds PC’s and third-party software to its online store http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381031-56.html Eight things you need to know about Windows 8 http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-windows-8-643699 Blu-Ray coming for Xbox, sort of? http://gizmodo.com/5387238/ballmer-talks-natal-says-blu+ray-add+on-for-xbox-coming FCC moves forward on Net neutrality rule-making in unanimous vote http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/fcc_moves_forward_on_net_neutr.html http://www.fcc.gov/ New BFFs Verizon, Google agree on Net neutrality, except for wireless http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/new_bffs_verizon_google_talk_o.html Google strikes a Twitter search deal, too http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380615-36.html Coming to Google Labs: Social search results http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380739-36.html http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/21/web-2-0-summit-marrisa-mayer-shows-off-social-search-results-from-your-social-netowrk/ Nokia sues Apple, says iPhone infringes 10 patents http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/nokia-sues-apple-says-iphone-infringes-ten-patents/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8321058.stm The iPhone is still a good thing for AT&T http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26417 Judge: Craigslist not liable for prostitution ads http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10380799-261.html Standard charging connector for cars about to be ratified http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10380010-72.html Voice mail Heather has an idea for ebook sellers. CJ on BlackBerry love E-mail Just want mention that most of Sony laptops are not going to be supported by Sony to upgrade to Windows 7. They suggest you by a new one and to shop on their web page to get one. I check many models and was told the same thing. You can upgrade, but Sony will not provide support for there drivers. I bought my SR series laptop in Feb this year, P8400 dual core 3 gig mem w/Vista Home Prem – no Sony support. But, I could update an IBM C100 (old and slow) – IBM wil provide support. – rgolab ********** I just received a Kindle as a gift last week from my wife and we went with the $259 U.S. version for the “new low price” of.. well.. $259. I considered the International version as we often vacation outside of the U.S., especially during the holidays but opted out of the $20 premium. Well, while perusing the Amazon site tonight I noticed that there is already a thread on the Kindle board discussing the fact that the “U.S.” (only) version of the Kindle is now gone and the $259 version is the U.S./International version. Is it just me or isn’t this a bit weird as the price decrease FOR the U.S. version was only a week or so ago? New hardware just post-Holiday season? Hmmmm. Just thought I would share, Tracy in Newport Beach, CA (SOOOO much better than Atlanta!) ********** hey buzz crew!!! I am a walmart employee and work in their connection center. The prepaid service you have talked about is called Straight Talk, and is owned by the same people who brought you TracFone. The service uses Verizon’s network as well as their data network. The 45 dollar a month plan includes unlimited data, voice and text. We have even gotten new phones, one of which has a slide out qwerty keypad! Our store was a market test store and we have had it for a few months and people are going crazy over it. Very good deal if you ask me. Keep up the good work guys… love the show Chris Decker in newnan, georgia OK yeah, we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest but it's so over. Time to get into the rumor mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutrality. And Craigslist is not a pimp according to the law. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078405',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1090 500 people line up for Windows 7 in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8319083.stm Burger King selling a Windows 7 Whopper in Japan http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/ Businesses love Windows 7, survey says http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174130/businesses_love_windows_7_survey_says.html Microsoft adds PC’s and third-party software to its online store http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381031-56.html Eight things you need to know about Windows 8 http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-windows-8-643699 Blu-Ray coming for Xbox, sort of? http://gizmodo.com/5387238/ballmer-talks-natal-says-blu+ray-add+on-for-xbox-coming FCC moves forward on Net neutrality rule-making in unanimous vote http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/fcc_moves_forward_on_net_neutr.html http://www.fcc.gov/ New BFFs Verizon, Google agree on Net neutrality, except for wireless http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/new_bffs_verizon_google_talk_o.html Google strikes a Twitter search deal, too http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380615-36.html Coming to Google Labs: Social search results http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380739-36.html http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/21/web-2-0-summit-marrisa-mayer-shows-off-social-search-results-from-your-social-netowrk/ Nokia sues Apple, says iPhone infringes 10 patents http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/nokia-sues-apple-says-iphone-infringes-ten-patents/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8321058.stm The iPhone is still a good thing for AT&T http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26417 Judge: Craigslist not liable for prostitution ads http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10380799-261.html Standard charging connector for cars about to be ratified http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10380010-72.html Voice mail Heather has an idea for ebook sellers. CJ on BlackBerry love E-mail Just want mention that most of Sony laptops are not going to be supported by Sony to upgrade to Windows 7. They suggest you by a new one and to shop on their web page to get one. I check many models and was told the same thing. You can upgrade, but Sony will not provide support for there drivers. I bought my SR series laptop in Feb this year, P8400 dual core 3 gig mem w/Vista Home Prem – no Sony support. But, I could update an IBM C100 (old and slow) – IBM wil provide support. – rgolab ********** I just received a Kindle as a gift last week from my wife and we went with the $259 U.S. version for the “new low price” of.. well.. $259. I considered the International version as we often vacation outside of the U.S., especially during the holidays but opted out of the $20 premium. Well, while perusing the Amazon site tonight I noticed that there is already a thread on the Kindle board discussing the fact that the “U.S.” (only) version of the Kindle is now gone and the $259 version is the U.S./International version. Is it just me or isn’t this a bit weird as the price decrease FOR the U.S. version was only a week or so ago? New hardware just post-Holiday season? Hmmmm. Just thought I would share, Tracy in Newport Beach, CA (SOOOO much better than Atlanta!) ********** hey buzz crew!!! I am a walmart employee and work in their connection center. The prepaid service you have talked about is called Straight Talk, and is owned by the same people who brought you TracFone. The service uses Verizon’s network as well as their data network. The 45 dollar a month plan includes unlimited data, voice and text. We have even gotten new phones, one of which has a slide out qwerty keypad! Our store was a market test store and we have had it for a few months and people are going crazy over it. Very good deal if you ask me. Keep up the good work guys… love the show Chris Decker in newnan, georgia tag:odeo.com,2009-10-22,25394537 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:55:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25349564-BOL-1090-Screw-Windows-7-time-to-hype-Windows-8 OK yeah, we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest but it's so over. Time to get into the rumor mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutrality. And Craigslist is not a pimp according to the law. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078405',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1090 500 people line up for Windows 7 in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8319083.stm Burger King selling a Windows 7 Whopper in Japan http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/ Businesses love Windows 7, survey says http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174130/businesses_l... OK yeah, we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest but it's so over. Time to get into the rumor mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutrality. And Craigslist is not a pimp according to the law. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078405',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1090 500 people line up for Windows 7 in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8319083.stm Burger King selling a Windows 7 Whopper in Japan http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/ Businesses love Windows 7, survey says http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174130/businesses_love_windows_7_survey_says.html Microsoft adds PC’s and third-party software to its online store http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381031-56.html Eight things you need to know about Windows 8 http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-windows-8-643699 Blu-Ray coming for Xbox, sort of? http://gizmodo.com/5387238/ballmer-talks-natal-says-blu+ray-add+on-for-xbox-coming FCC moves forward on Net neutrality rule-making in unanimous vote http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/fcc_moves_forward_on_net_neutr.html http://www.fcc.gov/ New BFFs Verizon, Google agree on Net neutrality, except for wireless http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/new_bffs_verizon_google_talk_o.html Google strikes a Twitter search deal, too http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380615-36.html Coming to Google Labs: Social search results http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380739-36.html http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/21/web-2-0-summit-marrisa-mayer-shows-off-social-search-results-from-your-social-netowrk/ Nokia sues Apple, says iPhone infringes 10 patents http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/nokia-sues-apple-says-iphone-infringes-ten-patents/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8321058.stm The iPhone is still a good thing for AT&T http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26417 Judge: Craigslist not liable for prostitution ads http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10380799-261.html Standard charging connector for cars about to be ratified http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10380010-72.html Voice mail Heather has an idea for ebook sellers. CJ on BlackBerry love E-mail Just want mention that most of Sony laptops are not going to be supported by Sony to upgrade to Windows 7. They suggest you by a new one and to shop on their web page to get one. I check many models and was told the same thing. You can upgrade, but Sony will not provide support for there drivers. I bought my SR series laptop in Feb this year, P8400 dual core 3 gig mem w/Vista Home Prem – no Sony support. But, I could update an IBM C100 (old and slow) – IBM wil provide support. – rgolab ********** I just received a Kindle as a gift last week from my wife and we went with the $259 U.S. version for the “new low price” of.. well.. $259. I considered the International version as we often vacation outside of the U.S., especially during the holidays but opted out of the $20 premium. Well, while perusing the Amazon site tonight I noticed that there is already a thread on the Kindle board discussing the fact that the “U.S.” (only) version of the Kindle is now gone and the $259 version is the U.S./International version. Is it just me or isn’t this a bit weird as the price decrease FOR the U.S. version was only a week or so ago? New hardware just post-Holiday season? Hmmmm. Just thought I would share, Tracy in Newport Beach, CA (SOOOO much better than Atlanta!) ********** hey buzz crew!!! I am a walmart employee and work in their connection center. The prepaid service you have talked about is called Straight Talk, and is owned by the same people who brought you TracFone. The service uses Verizon’s network as well as their data network. The 45 dollar a month plan includes unlimited data, voice and text. We have even gotten new phones, one of which has a slide out qwerty keypad! Our store was a market test store and we have had it for a few months and people are going crazy over it. Very good deal if you ask me. Keep up the good work guys… love the show Chris Decker in newnan, georgia OK yeah, we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest but it's so over. Time to get into the rumor mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutrality. And Craigslist is not a pimp according to the law. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078405',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1090 500 people line up for Windows 7 in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8319083.stm Burger King selling a Windows 7 Whopper in Japan http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/burger-king-selling-a-windows-7-whopper-in-japan/ Businesses love Windows 7, survey says http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174130/businesses_love_windows_7_survey_says.html Microsoft adds PC’s and third-party software to its online store http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10381031-56.html Eight things you need to know about Windows 8 http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-windows-8-643699 Blu-Ray coming for Xbox, sort of? http://gizmodo.com/5387238/ballmer-talks-natal-says-blu+ray-add+on-for-xbox-coming FCC moves forward on Net neutrality rule-making in unanimous vote http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/fcc_moves_forward_on_net_neutr.html http://www.fcc.gov/ New BFFs Verizon, Google agree on Net neutrality, except for wireless http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/new_bffs_verizon_google_talk_o.html Google strikes a Twitter search deal, too http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380615-36.html Coming to Google Labs: Social search results http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10380739-36.html http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/21/web-2-0-summit-marrisa-mayer-shows-off-social-search-results-from-your-social-netowrk/ Nokia sues Apple, says iPhone infringes 10 patents http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/nokia-sues-apple-says-iphone-infringes-ten-patents/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8321058.stm The iPhone is still a good thing for AT&T http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26417 Judge: Craigslist not liable for prostitution ads http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10380799-261.html Standard charging connector for cars about to be ratified http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10380010-72.html Voice mail Heather has an idea for ebook sellers. CJ on BlackBerry love E-mail Just want mention that most of Sony laptops are not going to be supported by Sony to upgrade to Windows 7. They suggest you by a new one and to shop on their web page to get one. I check many models and was told the same thing. You can upgrade, but Sony will not provide support for there drivers. I bought my SR series laptop in Feb this year, P8400 dual core 3 gig mem w/Vista Home Prem – no Sony support. But, I could update an IBM C100 (old and slow) – IBM wil provide support. – rgolab ********** I just received a Kindle as a gift last week from my wife and we went with the $259 U.S. version for the “new low price” of.. well.. $259. I considered the International version as we often vacation outside of the U.S., especially during the holidays but opted out of the $20 premium. Well, while perusing the Amazon site tonight I noticed that there is already a thread on the Kindle board discussing the fact that the “U.S.” (only) version of the Kindle is now gone and the $259 version is the U.S./International version. Is it just me or isn’t this a bit weird as the price decrease FOR the U.S. version was only a week or so ago? New hardware just post-Holiday season? Hmmmm. Just thought I would share, Tracy in Newport Beach, CA (SOOOO much better than Atlanta!) ********** hey buzz crew!!! I am a walmart employee and work in their connection center. The prepaid service you have talked about is called Straight Talk, and is owned by the same people who brought you TracFone. The service uses Verizon’s network as well as their data network. The 45 dollar a month plan includes unlimited data, voice and text. We have even gotten new phones, one of which has a slide out qwerty keypad! Our store was a market test store and we have had it for a few months and people are going crazy over it. Very good deal if you ask me. Keep up the good work guys… love the show Chris Decker in newnan, georgia tag:odeo.com,2009-10-22,25349564 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:55:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25325097-BOL-1089-Net-neutrality-double-rant Molly and I go off on the Net neutrality debate, not so much about what the meaning of it is, but more on why you shouldn't use lies to defend your position. We also discuss the attractiveness of the Nook from Barnes and Noble, and Molly and Rafe have a BlackBerry fight. About the phones. Not the fruit. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078404',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1089 Retail distribution may tip e-reader race; Barnes & Noble rolls out Nook http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26305 Barnes & Noble’s Nook: A virtual e-reader tour http://www.pcworld.com/article/173999/barnes_and_nobles_nook_a_virtual_ereader_tour.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/21/barnes.noble.nook/ BlackBerry Bold 97... Molly and I go off on the Net neutrality debate, not so much about what the meaning of it is, but more on why you shouldn't use lies to defend your position. We also discuss the attractiveness of the Nook from Barnes and Noble, and Molly and Rafe have a BlackBerry fight. About the phones. Not the fruit. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078404',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1089 Retail distribution may tip e-reader race; Barnes & Noble rolls out Nook http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26305 Barnes & Noble’s Nook: A virtual e-reader tour http://www.pcworld.com/article/173999/barnes_and_nobles_nook_a_virtual_ereader_tour.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/21/barnes.noble.nook/ BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Onyx) now official http://www.intomobile.com/2009/10/21/blackberry-bold-9700-onyx-now-official.html http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-10379329-85.html Google to blend search, music in One Box http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10379922-261.html Exclusive: Guess who else is coming to dinner? Twitter-Microsoft Bing deal confirmed, but so is Facebook-Bing http://kara.allthingsd.com/20091021/exclusive-guess-who-else-is-coming-to-dinner-twitter-microsoft-bing-deal-confirmed-but-so-is-facebook-bing/ Time Warner testing fix to hole in home router http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10379477-245.html http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/time-warner-cable/ Amazon: Windows 7 is ‘the biggest preorder product of all time’ http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/44377/140/ AT&T enlists employees to oppose Net neutrality http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10379360-266.html Verizon CEO slams Net neutrality at conference http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10379932-266.html Nvidia targeting real-time Cloud rendering http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/21/1354224/NVIDIA-Targeting-Real-Time-Cloud-Rendering LHC reaches operational temps, collisions start in 5 weeks http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/10/final-lhc-segment-reaches-operational-temperature-at-19k.ars GE shows off pocket-size ultrasound scanner http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10379692-2.html VOICE MAIL Frank L has a crafty Windows upgrade plan E-MAIL Hey BOL U2 is live streaming their Sunday concert form the Rose Bowl! How cool is that?! http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10379610-52.html. I went to the Vertigo Tour in LA in 2005, so I know this will utterly fail in comparison, but still, a free, online concert from one of my favorite bands? Sign me up, cuz now I’ll definitely be waiting for the DVD (maybe Blu-Ray?) to come out. Hope this becomes a new trend with music in the very near future. Plus, I also think this lines up with someone’s New Years prediction if I’m not mistaken. LTS, Ben the Industrial Engineering Grad Student from Arkansas Molly and I go off on the Net neutrality debate, not so much about what the meaning of it is, but more on why you shouldn't use lies to defend your position. We also discuss the attractiveness of the Nook from Barnes and Noble, and Molly and Rafe have a BlackBerry fight. About the phones. Not the fruit. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078404',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1089 Retail distribution may tip e-reader race; Barnes & Noble rolls out Nook http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26305 Barnes & Noble’s Nook: A virtual e-reader tour http://www.pcworld.com/article/173999/barnes_and_nobles_nook_a_virtual_ereader_tour.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/21/barnes.noble.nook/ BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Onyx) now official http://www.intomobile.com/2009/10/21/blackberry-bold-9700-onyx-now-official.html http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-10379329-85.html Google to blend search, music in One Box http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10379922-261.html Exclusive: Guess who else is coming to dinner? Twitter-Microsoft Bing deal confirmed, but so is Facebook-Bing http://kara.allthingsd.com/20091021/exclusive-guess-who-else-is-coming-to-dinner-twitter-microsoft-bing-deal-confirmed-but-so-is-facebook-bing/ Time Warner testing fix to hole in home router http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10379477-245.html http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/time-warner-cable/ Amazon: Windows 7 is ‘the biggest preorder product of all time’ http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/44377/140/ AT&T enlists employees to oppose Net neutrality http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10379360-266.html Verizon CEO slams Net neutrality at conference http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10379932-266.html Nvidia targeting real-time Cloud rendering http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/21/1354224/NVIDIA-Targeting-Real-Time-Cloud-Rendering LHC reaches operational temps, collisions start in 5 weeks http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/10/final-lhc-segment-reaches-operational-temperature-at-19k.ars GE shows off pocket-size ultrasound scanner http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10379692-2.html VOICE MAIL Frank L has a crafty Windows upgrade plan E-MAIL Hey BOL U2 is live streaming their Sunday concert form the Rose Bowl! How cool is that?! http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10379610-52.html. I went to the Vertigo Tour in LA in 2005, so I know this will utterly fail in comparison, but still, a free, online concert from one of my favorite bands? Sign me up, cuz now I’ll definitely be waiting for the DVD (maybe Blu-Ray?) to come out. Hope this becomes a new trend with music in the very near future. Plus, I also think this lines up with someone’s New Years prediction if I’m not mistaken. LTS, Ben the Industrial Engineering Grad Student from Arkansas tag:odeo.com,2009-10-21,25325097 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:54:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25318854-BOL-1088-RAID-your-brain-server New technology allows organic brain cells to control robots leading us to conclude that eventually we'll all be brains in a data center. Also Apple announces a bunch of updates to their computer line as well as a new magic mouse. And the PS3 is now the King of the console hill. Who saw that coming? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078403',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1088 Apple redesigns iMac and 13-inch MacBook, revamps Mac Mini http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10378884-1.html http://www.apple.com/macbook/ http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/ http://www.apple.com/imac/ http://www.apple.com/macmini/ Barnes & Noble ‘Nook’ e-reader with color touchscreen out Thursday for $259 http://www.en... New technology allows organic brain cells to control robots leading us to conclude that eventually we'll all be brains in a data center. Also Apple announces a bunch of updates to their computer line as well as a new magic mouse. And the PS3 is now the King of the console hill. Who saw that coming? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078403',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1088 Apple redesigns iMac and 13-inch MacBook, revamps Mac Mini http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10378884-1.html http://www.apple.com/macbook/ http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/ http://www.apple.com/imac/ http://www.apple.com/macmini/ Barnes & Noble ‘Nook’ e-reader with color touchscreen out Thursday for $259 http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/barnes-and-noble-nook-color-e-reader-out-tuesday-for-259-says/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/barnes-and-noble-officially-launches-nook-e-reader-259-pre-orde/ Google actually getting into the phone business? http://www.thestreet.com/story/10614007/1/exclusive-google-plans-its-own-android-phone.html PS3 finally wins a month http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10378392-52.html Xbox 360 Update Will Lock Out Unauthorized Storage http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/19/1959249/Xbox-360-Update-Will-Lock-Out-Unauthorized-Storage CIA branch invests in tech firm that monitors blogs, Twitter, social media. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/19/cia-branch-invests-i.html Car Glass Rules Could Impair Cell, GPS and Radio Signals In CA http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/19/1844258/Car-Glass-Rules-Could-Impair-Cell-GPS-and-Radio-Signals-In-CA Internet Archive’s BookServer could ‘dominate’ Amazon http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10378573-52.html Quick test’ for airport liquids http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8314419.stm Robot Controlled By Human Brain Cells http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/20/1236208/Robot-Controlled-By-Human-Brain-Cells VOICEMAIL Daniel about Verizon Paul FROM Verizon EMAIL Hey buzz crew, Before this app came out (wolfram) there was a mobile iPhone formatted wolfram alpha site that was amazing! I saved it to my home screen but when I clicked on it today, it led me to a add for the app. **sigh** Yours truly, Cameron Tora ********** Love the show, but you should clarify the Google Voicemail story. Users choose to 'share' those messages – users shared them. Google is now protecting people from their own stupidity which is cool, but please blame stupid people not Google! thanks, Natron from Madison, WI loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078459',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); New technology allows organic brain cells to control robots leading us to conclude that eventually we'll all be brains in a data center. Also Apple announces a bunch of updates to their computer line as well as a new magic mouse. And the PS3 is now the King of the console hill. Who saw that coming? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078403',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1088 Apple redesigns iMac and 13-inch MacBook, revamps Mac Mini http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10378884-1.html http://www.apple.com/macbook/ http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/ http://www.apple.com/imac/ http://www.apple.com/macmini/ Barnes & Noble ‘Nook’ e-reader with color touchscreen out Thursday for $259 http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/barnes-and-noble-nook-color-e-reader-out-tuesday-for-259-says/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/barnes-and-noble-officially-launches-nook-e-reader-259-pre-orde/ Google actually getting into the phone business? http://www.thestreet.com/story/10614007/1/exclusive-google-plans-its-own-android-phone.html PS3 finally wins a month http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10378392-52.html Xbox 360 Update Will Lock Out Unauthorized Storage http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/19/1959249/Xbox-360-Update-Will-Lock-Out-Unauthorized-Storage CIA branch invests in tech firm that monitors blogs, Twitter, social media. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/19/cia-branch-invests-i.html Car Glass Rules Could Impair Cell, GPS and Radio Signals In CA http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/19/1844258/Car-Glass-Rules-Could-Impair-Cell-GPS-and-Radio-Signals-In-CA Internet Archive’s BookServer could ‘dominate’ Amazon http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10378573-52.html Quick test’ for airport liquids http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8314419.stm Robot Controlled By Human Brain Cells http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/20/1236208/Robot-Controlled-By-Human-Brain-Cells VOICEMAIL Daniel about Verizon Paul FROM Verizon EMAIL Hey buzz crew, Before this app came out (wolfram) there was a mobile iPhone formatted wolfram alpha site that was amazing! I saved it to my home screen but when I clicked on it today, it led me to a add for the app. **sigh** Yours truly, Cameron Tora ********** Love the show, but you should clarify the Google Voicemail story. Users choose to 'share' those messages – users shared them. Google is now protecting people from their own stupidity which is cool, but please blame stupid people not Google! thanks, Natron from Madison, WI loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078459',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-10-20,25318854 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:49:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25313118-BOL-1087-Google-s-leaky-cloud Have a Google Voicemail account? Have some voicemails in there? I may have listened to them today! Thanks to some leaks in the Google cloud (rain?) it seems some folks voicemails are searchable on Google. Glad that eye appointment went well! Also Verizon and Motorola are bringing it to the iPhone. But will Verizon have to make a switch next year if the rumors are true? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078402',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1087 Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/18/verizon-droid-is-the-real-deal/ http://news.cnet.com/... Have a Google Voicemail account? Have some voicemails in there? I may have listened to them today! Thanks to some leaks in the Google cloud (rain?) it seems some folks voicemails are searchable on Google. Glad that eye appointment went well! Also Verizon and Motorola are bringing it to the iPhone. But will Verizon have to make a switch next year if the rumors are true? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078402',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1087 Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/18/verizon-droid-is-the-real-deal/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10377603-1.html http://fonefrenzy.com/2009/10/18/bigger-news-for-verizon-than-motorolas-droid/ Google Voice voicemails appearing in public search results http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/google-voice-voicemails-appearing-in-public-search-results/ Facebook and Twitter Founders Join Net-Neutrality Wars http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/10/18/facebook-and-twitter-founders-join-net-neutrality-wars/ Telcos and Hollywood ask Canadian govt for right to secretly install spyware, listen in on your network connection http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/16/telcos-and-hollywood.html Wolfram Alpha iPhone app is cool but overpriced http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10377493-250.html http://mashable.com/2009/10/18/wolfram-alpha-iphone-app/ Plastic Logic Shows Off a (Quick) Look at its Kindle Killer: Meet the Que http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091018/plastic-logic-shows-off-a-quick-look-at-its-kindle-killer-meet-the-que/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10376178-56.html Barnes & Noble gets FCC nod for e-reader http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10377573-56.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/spring-design-alex-dual-screen-android-based-e-reader/ New camera promises to capture your whole life http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17992-new-camera-promises-to-capture-your-whole-life.html MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Indoor Robocopter http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/18/1320259/MIT-Researchers-Develop-Autonomous-Indoor-Robocopter VASIMR Ion Engine Could Cut Mars Trip To 39 Days http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/19/1324222/VASIMR-Ion-Engine-Could-Cut-Mars-Trip-To-39-Days EMAIL Hey Guys, I thought you might want to know that Best Buy is getting into the highly profitable used games market here in Canada. I went yesterday (Oct 17) and they had a whole shelf including several major releases from the last 6 months or so. Discounts were not deep, somewhere in the neighborhood of $5-10 less compared to a brand new disc. Looks like Best Buy is trying to eat EB Games’ lunch. Love the Show, Kevin the Psychiatrist Kingston, ON, Canada *********** I first found a Vook in the iPhone app store from my iPhone … having just heard Tom’s desire for some innovative new approach to books … I forwarded the link to that so ya’ll could check it out … here is another link in this regard http://www.vook.com/ *********** I really don’t think the type of phone matters to people who use prepaid plans. We all don’t live in a big city with the greatest 3G access and wonderful plans. I love new technology but can’t afford it currently with kids and other expenses. Also people have no idea what 3G access is because we can’t get it. I currently have one ATT phone for my family that is 46 dollars a month (that locks me into a two year contract) and use magic jack for cheap landline. The ATT plan gives me no Text message, no Data, and 450 minutes only. I think this Wal-Mart plan sounds great for us “dumb people” that don’t have the luxury of the big fancy city. What matters to us is how good the phone service is and I am not sure how good Wal-Marts(I know Wal-Mart doesn’t do the service) phones service will be? Thanks, Jeff from OHIO loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078417',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Have a Google Voicemail account? Have some voicemails in there? I may have listened to them today! Thanks to some leaks in the Google cloud (rain?) it seems some folks voicemails are searchable on Google. Glad that eye appointment went well! Also Verizon and Motorola are bringing it to the iPhone. But will Verizon have to make a switch next year if the rumors are true? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078402',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1087 Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’ http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/17/verizons-anti-iphone-gets-its-first-commercial-droid-does/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/18/verizon-droid-is-the-real-deal/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10377603-1.html http://fonefrenzy.com/2009/10/18/bigger-news-for-verizon-than-motorolas-droid/ Google Voice voicemails appearing in public search results http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/google-voice-voicemails-appearing-in-public-search-results/ Facebook and Twitter Founders Join Net-Neutrality Wars http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/10/18/facebook-and-twitter-founders-join-net-neutrality-wars/ Telcos and Hollywood ask Canadian govt for right to secretly install spyware, listen in on your network connection http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/16/telcos-and-hollywood.html Wolfram Alpha iPhone app is cool but overpriced http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10377493-250.html http://mashable.com/2009/10/18/wolfram-alpha-iphone-app/ Plastic Logic Shows Off a (Quick) Look at its Kindle Killer: Meet the Que http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091018/plastic-logic-shows-off-a-quick-look-at-its-kindle-killer-meet-the-que/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10376178-56.html Barnes & Noble gets FCC nod for e-reader http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10377573-56.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/spring-design-alex-dual-screen-android-based-e-reader/ New camera promises to capture your whole life http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17992-new-camera-promises-to-capture-your-whole-life.html MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Indoor Robocopter http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/18/1320259/MIT-Researchers-Develop-Autonomous-Indoor-Robocopter VASIMR Ion Engine Could Cut Mars Trip To 39 Days http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/19/1324222/VASIMR-Ion-Engine-Could-Cut-Mars-Trip-To-39-Days EMAIL Hey Guys, I thought you might want to know that Best Buy is getting into the highly profitable used games market here in Canada. I went yesterday (Oct 17) and they had a whole shelf including several major releases from the last 6 months or so. Discounts were not deep, somewhere in the neighborhood of $5-10 less compared to a brand new disc. Looks like Best Buy is trying to eat EB Games’ lunch. Love the Show, Kevin the Psychiatrist Kingston, ON, Canada *********** I first found a Vook in the iPhone app store from my iPhone … having just heard Tom’s desire for some innovative new approach to books … I forwarded the link to that so ya’ll could check it out … here is another link in this regard http://www.vook.com/ *********** I really don’t think the type of phone matters to people who use prepaid plans. We all don’t live in a big city with the greatest 3G access and wonderful plans. I love new technology but can’t afford it currently with kids and other expenses. Also people have no idea what 3G access is because we can’t get it. I currently have one ATT phone for my family that is 46 dollars a month (that locks me into a two year contract) and use magic jack for cheap landline. The ATT plan gives me no Text message, no Data, and 450 minutes only. I think this Wal-Mart plan sounds great for us “dumb people” that don’t have the luxury of the big fancy city. What matters to us is how good the phone service is and I am not sure how good Wal-Marts(I know Wal-Mart doesn’t do the service) phones service will be? Thanks, Jeff from OHIO loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078417',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-10-19,25313118 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:22:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25297435-BOL-1086-Beating-a-dead-parse Mozilla is upset about the browser ballot screen because it's alphabetical, left to right, by manufacturer. That means Apple gets the prime spot. We think that's parsing the screen too closely. So we decide to parse it even more! And we also reinvent battery technology and solve America's Internet problems. And can you believe it? We even do more. It's true. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078144',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1086 False Alarm: New iPhone 3GS Not Jailbreak-Proof http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/jailbreak-iphone Wal-Mart Strafes Amazon in Book War http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125565024634288895.html http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/10/wal-mart-wades-into-amazon-with-mac... Mozilla is upset about the browser ballot screen because it's alphabetical, left to right, by manufacturer. That means Apple gets the prime spot. We think that's parsing the screen too closely. So we decide to parse it even more! And we also reinvent battery technology and solve America's Internet problems. And can you believe it? We even do more. It's true. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078144',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1086 False Alarm: New iPhone 3GS Not Jailbreak-Proof http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/jailbreak-iphone Wal-Mart Strafes Amazon in Book War http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125565024634288895.html http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/10/wal-mart-wades-into-amazon-with-machete.html Apple gets best spot in EU browser ‘ballot screen,’ Mozilla says http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139428/Apple_gets_best_spot_in_EU_browser_ballot_screen_Mozilla_says Windows 7? Don’t Upgrade, Buy A New PC http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173792/windows_7_dont_upgrade_buy_a_new_pc.html Schmidt: "Android Adoption Is About To Explode" http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/15/schmidt-android-adoption-is-about-to-explode/ Line sharing best solution for slow, expensive US broadband http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/us-internet-is-slow-expensiveand-the-fcc-has-proof.ars Internet Traffic Shifting Away From Tier-1 Carriers http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/16/1555228/Internet-Traffic-Shifting-Away-From-Tier-1-Carriers Judge: ringtones aren’t performances, so no royalties http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/judge-ringtones-arent-performances-so-no-royalties.ars Intelligent speed bumps collapse to reward slow-pokes, cut down on emissions http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/intelligent-speed-bumps-collapse-to-reward-slow-pokes-cut-down/ Boffins ‘write directly to memory’ of living brains http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/16/boffins_program_fly_brains/ VOICEMAIL Matt in Orlando on Light Peak Patrick in NH explains problem with Viper car start E-MAIL Hey guys (and girls)! I have an iPhone 3gs an an apple headset but when I’m on a call and start my car it will ALWAYS disconnect any Bluetooth devices from my phone and hijack the connection… It’s kinda nice though Bering into the car and having everything change over, the problem is when you get out you have to manually try to reconnect a Bluetooth device before it will work – thus is not always easy… Oh and a bog shout out to all the Irish geeks listening in! LOVE THE SHOW Sent from my iPhone Brian Murphy ********** I was catching up on my podcasts and heard you discussing a penny-sized nuclear battery that had 6 times more charge than a conventional battery. Turns out that story originates from the University of Missouri, my place of employment! Un-cited quote: "To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density," said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU. "The radioisotope battery can provide power density that is six orders of magnitude higher than chemical batteries." And it’s perfectly safe. Notice that’s not 6 times more charge, its 6 ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE more charge (sorry for yelling, I’m excited). Now my Furby can chatter on forever! Buzz on RafMoNatToJaCooTong. Tony in Missouri Mozilla is upset about the browser ballot screen because it's alphabetical, left to right, by manufacturer. That means Apple gets the prime spot. We think that's parsing the screen too closely. So we decide to parse it even more! And we also reinvent battery technology and solve America's Internet problems. And can you believe it? We even do more. It's true. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078144',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1086 False Alarm: New iPhone 3GS Not Jailbreak-Proof http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/jailbreak-iphone Wal-Mart Strafes Amazon in Book War http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125565024634288895.html http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/10/wal-mart-wades-into-amazon-with-machete.html Apple gets best spot in EU browser ‘ballot screen,’ Mozilla says http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139428/Apple_gets_best_spot_in_EU_browser_ballot_screen_Mozilla_says Windows 7? Don’t Upgrade, Buy A New PC http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173792/windows_7_dont_upgrade_buy_a_new_pc.html Schmidt: "Android Adoption Is About To Explode" http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/15/schmidt-android-adoption-is-about-to-explode/ Line sharing best solution for slow, expensive US broadband http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/us-internet-is-slow-expensiveand-the-fcc-has-proof.ars Internet Traffic Shifting Away From Tier-1 Carriers http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/10/16/1555228/Internet-Traffic-Shifting-Away-From-Tier-1-Carriers Judge: ringtones aren’t performances, so no royalties http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/judge-ringtones-arent-performances-so-no-royalties.ars Intelligent speed bumps collapse to reward slow-pokes, cut down on emissions http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/intelligent-speed-bumps-collapse-to-reward-slow-pokes-cut-down/ Boffins ‘write directly to memory’ of living brains http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/16/boffins_program_fly_brains/ VOICEMAIL Matt in Orlando on Light Peak Patrick in NH explains problem with Viper car start E-MAIL Hey guys (and girls)! I have an iPhone 3gs an an apple headset but when I’m on a call and start my car it will ALWAYS disconnect any Bluetooth devices from my phone and hijack the connection… It’s kinda nice though Bering into the car and having everything change over, the problem is when you get out you have to manually try to reconnect a Bluetooth device before it will work – thus is not always easy… Oh and a bog shout out to all the Irish geeks listening in! LOVE THE SHOW Sent from my iPhone Brian Murphy ********** I was catching up on my podcasts and heard you discussing a penny-sized nuclear battery that had 6 times more charge than a conventional battery. Turns out that story originates from the University of Missouri, my place of employment! Un-cited quote: "To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density," said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU. "The radioisotope battery can provide power density that is six orders of magnitude higher than chemical batteries." And it’s perfectly safe. Notice that’s not 6 times more charge, its 6 ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE more charge (sorry for yelling, I’m excited). Now my Furby can chatter on forever! Buzz on RafMoNatToJaCooTong. Tony in Missouri tag:odeo.com,2009-10-16,25297435 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:47:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25290460-BOL-1085-Amazon-I-need-a-refill Amazon announced same-day delivery for certain areas today, although we're not sure if you can buy wines by the glass. We also cover the BlackBerry Storm and Motorola Cliq announcements. Guess which one we like better? And the Danger Sidekick tale continues. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078143',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1085 Don’t change your Twitter passwords if you don’t want to lose your account http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/twitter-warns-users-not-change-log-in-data-until-further-notice-815 Microsoft Confirms Data Recovery for Sidekick Users http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/oct09/10-15sidekick.mspx http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4245 Sidekick outage is... Amazon announced same-day delivery for certain areas today, although we're not sure if you can buy wines by the glass. We also cover the BlackBerry Storm and Motorola Cliq announcements. Guess which one we like better? And the Danger Sidekick tale continues. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078143',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1085 Don’t change your Twitter passwords if you don’t want to lose your account http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/twitter-warns-users-not-change-log-in-data-until-further-notice-815 Microsoft Confirms Data Recovery for Sidekick Users http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/oct09/10-15sidekick.mspx http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4245 Sidekick outage is more than just an inconvenience for deaf people http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10375186-56.html Sidekick users file a lawsuit http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10375240-56.html BlackBerry Storm 2 – marginally better http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/rim-blackberry-storm-2/4505-6454_7-33776074.html http://cnettv.cnet.com/rim-blackberry-storm-2-verizon-wireless/9742-1_53-50078204.html Motorola Cliq http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/motorola-cliq-t-mobile/4505-6452_7-33770768.html Wal-Mart to launch pre-paid plans http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/10/14/walmart-launching-own-pre-paid-cell-plans/ Amazon.com Introduces Same-Day Delivery http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/amazoncom-introduces-same-day-delivery/?hp Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Returned to Growth in Third Quarter of 2009 http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1207613 Google to launch remote book downloading service http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-10-15-google-editions_N.htm?csp=34 UK Copyright Group Tells Cinemas to Ban Laptops http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/15/1321243/UK-Copyright-Group-Tells-Cinemas-to-Ban-Laptops New CBS News iPhone app (shameless) http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=334256223&mt=8 VOICEMAIL Rob wants to know about this Sprint data-only phone Vic the Texas Rancher Pilot on a use for the iPhone car starter EMAIL Hi Buzz Crew See: http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/index.php/software-update-causes-mass-box- failure A major software update to UK sat tv HD Freesat boxes has bricked many boxes including mine. No warning and no way to re-wind. I have no TV at all now and helpful tech support guy says they will be sending out a new over-the-air update in the next few days – hopefully. Don’t know how it will work as box reboots every 30 secs at the moment! So no TV, no Hulu in the UK. Looks like a lot of Podcasts to listen to. Love the show Paul the no-tv-for-now guy in the UK. *********** Hey buzz crew, When you were talking about the business week article on WiFi direct I couldn’t help thinking this sounds an aweful lot like a protocol that we already have: ad-hoc wireless! I’ve used this tons of times to connect two laptops without a router. What’s the big deal? Love the show! Ben the network security admin Rochester, NY *********** After hearing Texas Instruments threatened individuals who hacked their TI calculators, I began to wonder why would Texas Instruments even care. In my mind, other than being completely ignorant to the potential of the benefits of hacking, there are only two reasons why Texas Instruments would care. 1. The software programs offered on the more recent versions of the TI family don’t require the CPU processors or Ram that they currently have. If you are able to hack the calculator and import the TI-89 version on the software on a TI-83 version, you have now better calculator without them getting the additional payments. (Which, if true, is sad because they would rather protect their old technology than innovate and develop a brand new standard for calculators) 2. They are protecting the ability for their calculators to be considered “approved” for standardized testing. If hacks are available, they may feel they could lose that “approved” branding, which would hurt their sales dramatically. (One could make the argument of preventing students from flashing a library of game-boy games onto the calculator and making it the best hidden video game toy in the school system. But games have been available for at least 10 years now on the TI-brand of calculators.) Either way, these actions are surprising for a company that was voted by Business Ethics as one of the top 100 corporate citizens in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 *********** Hi Buzz Crew, Just had to report a strange occurrence involving bluetooth, an iPhone and a Toyota Prius: My wife and I were both driving home from the gym. I was engaged in a phone call (using my iPhone and a bluetooth earpiece). She was following a few car lengths back in our new bluetooth-equipped Toyota Prius. Suddenly my phone call ended. I chalked it up to typical cellphone dropped calls. But in fact here’s what happened. Our Prius was close enough behind my car that its built-in bluetooth paired with my iPhone, effectively hijacking the call. My wife said she was listening to the radio and was interrupted by my friends voice asking “are you still there?” Anyway… thought it was an interesting story. John, Rochester, NY Amazon announced same-day delivery for certain areas today, although we're not sure if you can buy wines by the glass. We also cover the BlackBerry Storm and Motorola Cliq announcements. Guess which one we like better? And the Danger Sidekick tale continues. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078143',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1085 Don’t change your Twitter passwords if you don’t want to lose your account http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/twitter-warns-users-not-change-log-in-data-until-further-notice-815 Microsoft Confirms Data Recovery for Sidekick Users http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/oct09/10-15sidekick.mspx http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4245 Sidekick outage is more than just an inconvenience for deaf people http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10375186-56.html Sidekick users file a lawsuit http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10375240-56.html BlackBerry Storm 2 – marginally better http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/rim-blackberry-storm-2/4505-6454_7-33776074.html http://cnettv.cnet.com/rim-blackberry-storm-2-verizon-wireless/9742-1_53-50078204.html Motorola Cliq http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/motorola-cliq-t-mobile/4505-6452_7-33770768.html Wal-Mart to launch pre-paid plans http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/10/14/walmart-launching-own-pre-paid-cell-plans/ Amazon.com Introduces Same-Day Delivery http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/amazoncom-introduces-same-day-delivery/?hp Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Returned to Growth in Third Quarter of 2009 http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1207613 Google to launch remote book downloading service http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-10-15-google-editions_N.htm?csp=34 UK Copyright Group Tells Cinemas to Ban Laptops http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/15/1321243/UK-Copyright-Group-Tells-Cinemas-to-Ban-Laptops New CBS News iPhone app (shameless) http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=334256223&mt=8 VOICEMAIL Rob wants to know about this Sprint data-only phone Vic the Texas Rancher Pilot on a use for the iPhone car starter EMAIL Hi Buzz Crew See: http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/index.php/software-update-causes-mass-box- failure A major software update to UK sat tv HD Freesat boxes has bricked many boxes including mine. No warning and no way to re-wind. I have no TV at all now and helpful tech support guy says they will be sending out a new over-the-air update in the next few days – hopefully. Don’t know how it will work as box reboots every 30 secs at the moment! So no TV, no Hulu in the UK. Looks like a lot of Podcasts to listen to. Love the show Paul the no-tv-for-now guy in the UK. *********** Hey buzz crew, When you were talking about the business week article on WiFi direct I couldn’t help thinking this sounds an aweful lot like a protocol that we already have: ad-hoc wireless! I’ve used this tons of times to connect two laptops without a router. What’s the big deal? Love the show! Ben the network security admin Rochester, NY *********** After hearing Texas Instruments threatened individuals who hacked their TI calculators, I began to wonder why would Texas Instruments even care. In my mind, other than being completely ignorant to the potential of the benefits of hacking, there are only two reasons why Texas Instruments would care. 1. The software programs offered on the more recent versions of the TI family don’t require the CPU processors or Ram that they currently have. If you are able to hack the calculator and import the TI-89 version on the software on a TI-83 version, you have now better calculator without them getting the additional payments. (Which, if true, is sad because they would rather protect their old technology than innovate and develop a brand new standard for calculators) 2. They are protecting the ability for their calculators to be considered “approved” for standardized testing. If hacks are available, they may feel they could lose that “approved” branding, which would hurt their sales dramatically. (One could make the argument of preventing students from flashing a library of game-boy games onto the calculator and making it the best hidden video game toy in the school system. But games have been available for at least 10 years now on the TI-brand of calculators.) Either way, these actions are surprising for a company that was voted by Business Ethics as one of the top 100 corporate citizens in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 *********** Hi Buzz Crew, Just had to report a strange occurrence involving bluetooth, an iPhone and a Toyota Prius: My wife and I were both driving home from the gym. I was engaged in a phone call (using my iPhone and a bluetooth earpiece). She was following a few car lengths back in our new bluetooth-equipped Toyota Prius. Suddenly my phone call ended. I chalked it up to typical cellphone dropped calls. But in fact here’s what happened. Our Prius was close enough behind my car that its built-in bluetooth paired with my iPhone, effectively hijacking the call. My wife said she was listening to the radio and was interrupted by my friends voice asking “are you still there?” Anyway… thought it was an interesting story. John, Rochester, NY tag:odeo.com,2009-10-15,25290460 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:15:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25284615-BOL-1084-TI-don-t-be-a-8008 Calculator hackers have figured out how to run independent OS's on TI calculators. Unfortunately TI wants to stop them. Why? We have no idea. Also we play fast and loose with physics when discussing black holes and Higgs Bosons. We also totally redefined the word mint. In a bad way unfortunately. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078142',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1084 Sidekick data restored? http://twitter.com/wcpreston/status/4848175078 http://twitter.com/ruv/status/4845969713 Wi-Fi Is About to Get a Whole Lot Easier http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2009/tc20091013_683659.htm http://www.wi-fi.org/news_articles.php?f=media_news&news_id=909 Apple shipping iPhone 3GS' resistant to ... Calculator hackers have figured out how to run independent OS's on TI calculators. Unfortunately TI wants to stop them. Why? We have no idea. Also we play fast and loose with physics when discussing black holes and Higgs Bosons. We also totally redefined the word mint. In a bad way unfortunately. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078142',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1084 Sidekick data restored? http://twitter.com/wcpreston/status/4848175078 http://twitter.com/ruv/status/4845969713 Wi-Fi Is About to Get a Whole Lot Easier http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2009/tc20091013_683659.htm http://www.wi-fi.org/news_articles.php?f=media_news&news_id=909 Apple shipping iPhone 3GS' resistant to jailbreaking? http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/13/apple-shipping-iphone-3gs-resistant-to-jailbreaking/ EFF Warns Texas Instruments to Stop Harassing Calculator Hobbyists http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/10/13 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/bloggers-fight-tis-dmca-takedown-over-calculator-hack.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10374284-264.html Family Guy To Shill For Windows 7 http://www.pcworld.com/article/173646/family_guy_to_shill_for_windows_7.html B&N e-reader pics leaked; event confirmed for October 20 http://dvice.com/archives/2009/10/barnes-and-nobl.php Finland becomes first country to make broadband access a legal right http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/14/applause-for-finland-first-country-to-make-broadband-access-a-legal-right/ Twitter Cracks Down On Spam http://paidcontent.org/article/419-twitter-cracks-down-on-spam/ Artificial Black Hole Created in Chinese Lab http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24234/ The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/science/space/13lhc.html VOICEMAIL Stefan on gas masks Raf on the pressure-sensitive keyboard EMAIL On BOL1083 when discussing the Berners-Lee comment, my head nearly exploded as my pet peeve was repeatedly forced into my ears. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FORWARD SLASH! There is slash; there is backslash… no forward slash, no backward slash. I know this isn’t show-worthy, but I feel better now. Thank you, J.R. the GWAIN (guy without an interesting nickname) ********** While listening to episode 1078, where you were discussing the purchasing of specific genes, I was reminded of a story about some grad students reported by NPR’s RadioLab from more than a year and a half ago. The students were doing some experiments with E. Coli. Not liking the poop smell associated with the bacteria, they got a gene for mintyness from some other researchers and inserted it. I remembered that the students also inserted a gene to make it smell like banana once the E. Coli was ready for them to do their experiment. That was not included in this short article, but is in the audio show if I remembered correctly. Here is a link to an article about it, but the audio podcast is much better (RadioLab is awesome). http://www.npr.org/templates/text/s.php?sId=90014997&m=1 By the way, if you are mailing a link from the browser on your iPhone and get a call just before you hit send, you get the opportunity to write your entire e-mail again! Sigh. I’ve got to send this quick before another call comes in. Please insert the “love the show” recording here. Darren Lacey Telecommunucations infrastructure electronics technician from South Bend, IN ********** Hey buzz crew, I dont know if you guys know but Sprint is selling data only plans on their smart phones for $29. No voice (incoming calls blocked, outgoing $0.40 per min) but you can use data and tether (other than Pre and BB 8350i). Here is detail: http://sprintrelaystore.com/data_only_plan.htm Love the show. Sam in Houston, TX loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078199',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Calculator hackers have figured out how to run independent OS's on TI calculators. Unfortunately TI wants to stop them. Why? We have no idea. Also we play fast and loose with physics when discussing black holes and Higgs Bosons. We also totally redefined the word mint. In a bad way unfortunately. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078142',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1084 Sidekick data restored? http://twitter.com/wcpreston/status/4848175078 http://twitter.com/ruv/status/4845969713 Wi-Fi Is About to Get a Whole Lot Easier http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2009/tc20091013_683659.htm http://www.wi-fi.org/news_articles.php?f=media_news&news_id=909 Apple shipping iPhone 3GS' resistant to jailbreaking? http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/13/apple-shipping-iphone-3gs-resistant-to-jailbreaking/ EFF Warns Texas Instruments to Stop Harassing Calculator Hobbyists http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/10/13 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/bloggers-fight-tis-dmca-takedown-over-calculator-hack.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10374284-264.html Family Guy To Shill For Windows 7 http://www.pcworld.com/article/173646/family_guy_to_shill_for_windows_7.html B&N e-reader pics leaked; event confirmed for October 20 http://dvice.com/archives/2009/10/barnes-and-nobl.php Finland becomes first country to make broadband access a legal right http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/14/applause-for-finland-first-country-to-make-broadband-access-a-legal-right/ Twitter Cracks Down On Spam http://paidcontent.org/article/419-twitter-cracks-down-on-spam/ Artificial Black Hole Created in Chinese Lab http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24234/ The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/science/space/13lhc.html VOICEMAIL Stefan on gas masks Raf on the pressure-sensitive keyboard EMAIL On BOL1083 when discussing the Berners-Lee comment, my head nearly exploded as my pet peeve was repeatedly forced into my ears. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FORWARD SLASH! There is slash; there is backslash… no forward slash, no backward slash. I know this isn’t show-worthy, but I feel better now. Thank you, J.R. the GWAIN (guy without an interesting nickname) ********** While listening to episode 1078, where you were discussing the purchasing of specific genes, I was reminded of a story about some grad students reported by NPR’s RadioLab from more than a year and a half ago. The students were doing some experiments with E. Coli. Not liking the poop smell associated with the bacteria, they got a gene for mintyness from some other researchers and inserted it. I remembered that the students also inserted a gene to make it smell like banana once the E. Coli was ready for them to do their experiment. That was not included in this short article, but is in the audio show if I remembered correctly. Here is a link to an article about it, but the audio podcast is much better (RadioLab is awesome). http://www.npr.org/templates/text/s.php?sId=90014997&m=1 By the way, if you are mailing a link from the browser on your iPhone and get a call just before you hit send, you get the opportunity to write your entire e-mail again! Sigh. I’ve got to send this quick before another call comes in. Please insert the “love the show” recording here. Darren Lacey Telecommunucations infrastructure electronics technician from South Bend, IN ********** Hey buzz crew, I dont know if you guys know but Sprint is selling data only plans on their smart phones for $29. No voice (incoming calls blocked, outgoing $0.40 per min) but you can use data and tether (other than Pre and BB 8350i). Here is detail: http://sprintrelaystore.com/data_only_plan.htm Love the show. Sam in Houston, TX loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078199',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-10-14,25284615 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:03:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25279400-BOL-1083-MP3-is-a-lie Yes, Nokia launched a new Netbook, and yes, Twitter fought the law and won. But it wasn't until the end of today's show that we finally get to the bottom of a long-running controversy: MP3s don't do what they promise. Jason and Brian explain why. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078140',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1083 Nokia launches a Netbook http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10373747-1.html Power of Twitter overturns court injunction http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8304908.stm Latest on Sidekick outage — will some data actually return? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10373500-56.html T-Mobile Danger data loss follow up…sabotage? http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/... Yes, Nokia launched a new Netbook, and yes, Twitter fought the law and won. But it wasn't until the end of today's show that we finally get to the bottom of a long-running controversy: MP3s don't do what they promise. Jason and Brian explain why. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078140',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1083 Nokia launches a Netbook http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10373747-1.html Power of Twitter overturns court injunction http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8304908.stm Latest on Sidekick outage — will some data actually return? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10373500-56.html T-Mobile Danger data loss follow up…sabotage? http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/12/microsofts_sidekick_pink_problems_blamed_on_dogfooding_and_sabotage.html Apple acknowledges Snow Leopard data loss issue http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10373064-260.html First GSM Palm Pre now on sale in Germany, with new Euro-specific apps in tow http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/first-gsm-palm-pre-now-on-sale-in-germany-with-new-euro-specifi/ Firefox 3.6 will work with accelerometers http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10373677-264.html Control your car with your iPhone, leave the keyfob at home http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10373014-248.html Sir Tim Berners-Lee looks back: the “//” in Web addresses was unnecessary http://www.beet.tv/2009/10/webs-inventor-sir-tim-bernerslee-double-backslashes-were-unnecessary.html Electroscalpel detects and removes cancer http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=23655 VOICE MAIL Anonymous on good news from yesterday http://www.crn.com/mobile/220600287;jsessionid=FSBZCA2NWGLAHQE1GHOSKHWATMY32JVN E-MAIL Just listened to 1082 and wanted to comment on the lack of love for the Sony PSP. Don’t get me wrong, Sony has made some crucial errors in the PSP department, but getting rid of the UMD I don’t think is one of them. My albums won’t play in my CD player, so I had to re-buy lots of them, and Apple has thrown out its optical drive every chance it gets. Plus Sony didn’t stop selling the 3000, so if you want a PSP with the UMD you can still purchase one. Love the show, Gavin – the TV tech from West Chester PA P.S. I listen to BOL on my Blackberry 8330 because I can download it OTA at anytime while I check email, surf the web, check facebook, and tweet… All at the same time. So glad my phone can multi-task ********** Hey Buzz Crew! I thought you might find it intresting that U2.com is selling both Mp3 and FLAC versions of U2 albums, the only problem is that the FLAC versions are $11.99 for an album while the MP3 version is $9.99. Just thoguht you might find that cool a mainstream artist is selling their stuff in lossless download form. The show is pretty cool, and I guess I kind of love it. -Jack in TN Yes, Nokia launched a new Netbook, and yes, Twitter fought the law and won. But it wasn't until the end of today's show that we finally get to the bottom of a long-running controversy: MP3s don't do what they promise. Jason and Brian explain why. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078140',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1083 Nokia launches a Netbook http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10373747-1.html Power of Twitter overturns court injunction http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8304908.stm Latest on Sidekick outage — will some data actually return? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10373500-56.html T-Mobile Danger data loss follow up…sabotage? http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/12/microsofts_sidekick_pink_problems_blamed_on_dogfooding_and_sabotage.html Apple acknowledges Snow Leopard data loss issue http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10373064-260.html First GSM Palm Pre now on sale in Germany, with new Euro-specific apps in tow http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/13/first-gsm-palm-pre-now-on-sale-in-germany-with-new-euro-specifi/ Firefox 3.6 will work with accelerometers http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10373677-264.html Control your car with your iPhone, leave the keyfob at home http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10373014-248.html Sir Tim Berners-Lee looks back: the “//” in Web addresses was unnecessary http://www.beet.tv/2009/10/webs-inventor-sir-tim-bernerslee-double-backslashes-were-unnecessary.html Electroscalpel detects and removes cancer http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=23655 VOICE MAIL Anonymous on good news from yesterday http://www.crn.com/mobile/220600287;jsessionid=FSBZCA2NWGLAHQE1GHOSKHWATMY32JVN E-MAIL Just listened to 1082 and wanted to comment on the lack of love for the Sony PSP. Don’t get me wrong, Sony has made some crucial errors in the PSP department, but getting rid of the UMD I don’t think is one of them. My albums won’t play in my CD player, so I had to re-buy lots of them, and Apple has thrown out its optical drive every chance it gets. Plus Sony didn’t stop selling the 3000, so if you want a PSP with the UMD you can still purchase one. Love the show, Gavin – the TV tech from West Chester PA P.S. I listen to BOL on my Blackberry 8330 because I can download it OTA at anytime while I check email, surf the web, check facebook, and tweet… All at the same time. So glad my phone can multi-task ********** Hey Buzz Crew! I thought you might find it intresting that U2.com is selling both Mp3 and FLAC versions of U2 albums, the only problem is that the FLAC versions are $11.99 for an album while the MP3 version is $9.99. Just thoguht you might find that cool a mainstream artist is selling their stuff in lossless download form. The show is pretty cool, and I guess I kind of love it. -Jack in TN tag:odeo.com,2009-10-13,25279400 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:48:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25273971-BOL-1082-Just-another-outage-Monday First, apologies for the song that will be stuck in your head for at least a week. Blame the chat room. In the news today, the T-Mobile Sidekick outage, the ongoing Facebook outage, the IBM outage that briefly crippled Air New Zealand, and the unbelievable failure that is the PSP Go launch. It's a fun show. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078093',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1082 T-Mobile: We probably lost all your Sidekick data http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/10/t-mobile-we-probably-lost-all-your-sidekick-data/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10372521-1.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10372525-56.htm http://www.hiptop3.com/archives/what-caused-the-sidekick-fail/ http://samj.net/2009/10/if-... First, apologies for the song that will be stuck in your head for at least a week. Blame the chat room. In the news today, the T-Mobile Sidekick outage, the ongoing Facebook outage, the IBM outage that briefly crippled Air New Zealand, and the unbelievable failure that is the PSP Go launch. It's a fun show. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078093',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1082 T-Mobile: We probably lost all your Sidekick data http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/10/t-mobile-we-probably-lost-all-your-sidekick-data/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10372521-1.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10372525-56.htm http://www.hiptop3.com/archives/what-caused-the-sidekick-fail/ http://samj.net/2009/10/if-its-dangerous-its-not-cloud.html Downed Facebook accounts still haven’t returned http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10372417-36.html Amateur’ IBM brings down Air New Zealand http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/12/ibm_new_zealand/ PSP Go launch has become a nightmare for gamers, Sony http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/10/psp-go-launch-has-become-a-nightmare-for-gamers-sony.ars FCC to investigate Google Voice call blocking http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100904385.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10372521-1.html Study: 54 percent of companies ban Facebook, Twitter at work http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/study-54-of-companies-ban-facebook-twitter-at-work/ BSA: 41 percent of software on personal computers is pirated http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8325 LG’s new twist on e-readers: Solar power! http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10372744-1.html Hadron Collider physicist arrested on terrorism charges http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10372398-71.html VOICE MAIL Anonymous Linux dude: how about a streamlined OS? #nerdsnort E-MAIL Hi Guys and Girls This new Lightpeek standard sounds awesome but when you’re heads down, bum up in a dark corner because one cable is too short and the network, monitor, mouse and keyboard cables all look the same I think I’ll want to strangle someone. There’s a certain elegance in having a network cable that looks completely different to a DVI cable because my monitor doesn’t understand TCP/IP and my switch won’t go 1080p. Cheers Craig ********** Hello Buzzies! First: Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, and Happy American Columbus Day! On another note however I would like to say why the Amazon Kindle sucks overseas. Don’t get me wrong I love the idea of the Kindle, built in 3G, buy books as you go and it works everywhere! However if I would like one in the Netherlands (and Europe for that matter) I have to buy it from Amazon.com and I have to pay in American Dollars. Which isn’t to bad, heck the Euro/Dollar exchange rate is awesome at the moment. But here come the terrible parts: Although Amazon says it works overseas you have to keep this in mind: - Ships with American Plug/adapter - 20$ Shipping - 60$ import costs - Works through ATT Roaming partners, but you don’t have any roaming costs (that is what Amazon says, they say US customers overseas pay 1.99$, but say other countries are free). In reality though, the books (which you also have to pay in American $) are more expensive in the European Kindle store than in the US kindle store. - Newspapers are full price, but don’t get delivered with Images and charts (saving bandwidth) - The blogs feature is disabled (couldn’t care less) - The experimental browser is disabled (yes this does suck) The part that hurts most is the ‘premium’ on books even though Amazon says no roaming fees (and don’t give the ‘tax’ excuse, because if that is the case, there would be a Kindle store for every country, instead of just for Europe. And the part that if I want a newspaper I don’t get the pretty images and graphs. What’s the point of a newspaper if they can’t show me any Pie charts? Amazon did a lousy job, and wants to be easy by making a deal with ATT Worldwide instead of making deals with carriers in every country. What they probably should have done was introduce a Wi-Fi Kindle. And release Kindles with 3G when they had deals in those countries. Just my 2 cents! Alex ********** Barnes and Noble creating an android based e-book reader? More like Barnes and Noble creating the first Android based tablet. Google not only gets it’s hand into the e-book market after they have digitized books, but they also get the ability to test and review their android software on non-phone hardware. You can almost guarantee this device will not only read books but allow users to listen to mp3s, browse the Internet via wifi/chrome, and download all apps from the android marketplace. Knowing Google, they will also include you-tube functions as well as the ability to post on blogs and subscribe to rss feeds. Ccarline First, apologies for the song that will be stuck in your head for at least a week. Blame the chat room. In the news today, the T-Mobile Sidekick outage, the ongoing Facebook outage, the IBM outage that briefly crippled Air New Zealand, and the unbelievable failure that is the PSP Go launch. It's a fun show. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50078093',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1082 T-Mobile: We probably lost all your Sidekick data http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/10/t-mobile-we-probably-lost-all-your-sidekick-data/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10372521-1.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10372525-56.htm http://www.hiptop3.com/archives/what-caused-the-sidekick-fail/ http://samj.net/2009/10/if-its-dangerous-its-not-cloud.html Downed Facebook accounts still haven’t returned http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10372417-36.html Amateur’ IBM brings down Air New Zealand http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/12/ibm_new_zealand/ PSP Go launch has become a nightmare for gamers, Sony http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/10/psp-go-launch-has-become-a-nightmare-for-gamers-sony.ars FCC to investigate Google Voice call blocking http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100904385.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10372521-1.html Study: 54 percent of companies ban Facebook, Twitter at work http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/study-54-of-companies-ban-facebook-twitter-at-work/ BSA: 41 percent of software on personal computers is pirated http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8325 LG’s new twist on e-readers: Solar power! http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10372744-1.html Hadron Collider physicist arrested on terrorism charges http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10372398-71.html VOICE MAIL Anonymous Linux dude: how about a streamlined OS? #nerdsnort E-MAIL Hi Guys and Girls This new Lightpeek standard sounds awesome but when you’re heads down, bum up in a dark corner because one cable is too short and the network, monitor, mouse and keyboard cables all look the same I think I’ll want to strangle someone. There’s a certain elegance in having a network cable that looks completely different to a DVI cable because my monitor doesn’t understand TCP/IP and my switch won’t go 1080p. Cheers Craig ********** Hello Buzzies! First: Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, and Happy American Columbus Day! On another note however I would like to say why the Amazon Kindle sucks overseas. Don’t get me wrong I love the idea of the Kindle, built in 3G, buy books as you go and it works everywhere! However if I would like one in the Netherlands (and Europe for that matter) I have to buy it from Amazon.com and I have to pay in American Dollars. Which isn’t to bad, heck the Euro/Dollar exchange rate is awesome at the moment. But here come the terrible parts: Although Amazon says it works overseas you have to keep this in mind: - Ships with American Plug/adapter - 20$ Shipping - 60$ import costs - Works through ATT Roaming partners, but you don’t have any roaming costs (that is what Amazon says, they say US customers overseas pay 1.99$, but say other countries are free). In reality though, the books (which you also have to pay in American $) are more expensive in the European Kindle store than in the US kindle store. - Newspapers are full price, but don’t get delivered with Images and charts (saving bandwidth) - The blogs feature is disabled (couldn’t care less) - The experimental browser is disabled (yes this does suck) The part that hurts most is the ‘premium’ on books even though Amazon says no roaming fees (and don’t give the ‘tax’ excuse, because if that is the case, there would be a Kindle store for every country, instead of just for Europe. And the part that if I want a newspaper I don’t get the pretty images and graphs. What’s the point of a newspaper if they can’t show me any Pie charts? Amazon did a lousy job, and wants to be easy by making a deal with ATT Worldwide instead of making deals with carriers in every country. What they probably should have done was introduce a Wi-Fi Kindle. And release Kindles with 3G when they had deals in those countries. Just my 2 cents! Alex ********** Barnes and Noble creating an android based e-book reader? More like Barnes and Noble creating the first Android based tablet. Google not only gets it’s hand into the e-book market after they have digitized books, but they also get the ability to test and review their android software on non-phone hardware. You can almost guarantee this device will not only read books but allow users to listen to mp3s, browse the Internet via wifi/chrome, and download all apps from the android marketplace. Knowing Google, they will also include you-tube functions as well as the ability to post on blogs and subscribe to rss feeds. Ccarline tag:odeo.com,2009-10-12,25273971 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:45:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25260100-BOL-1081-Rafe-s-last-day-on-Comcast Rafe wonders what could possibly go wrong with Comcast monitoring its users to protect them from malware. In the process, Rafe makes a few comments that have us wondering whether he'll return home to any Internet service at all. Barnes and Noble is rumored to be rolling out an Android e-book reader, while Steve Ballmer claims that the PC is the best e-book reader. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077850',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1081 B&N e-book reader reportedly in the works http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10371468-93.html PCs are best for e-reading, Microsoft’s Ballmer says http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE5974OZ20091008 Snow Leopard bug threatens user data, according to ... Rafe wonders what could possibly go wrong with Comcast monitoring its users to protect them from malware. In the process, Rafe makes a few comments that have us wondering whether he'll return home to any Internet service at all. Barnes and Noble is rumored to be rolling out an Android e-book reader, while Steve Ballmer claims that the PC is the best e-book reader. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077850',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1081 B&N e-book reader reportedly in the works http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10371468-93.html PCs are best for e-reading, Microsoft’s Ballmer says http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE5974OZ20091008 Snow Leopard bug threatens user data, according to reports http://www.9to5mac.com/snow_leopards_eat_users http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10356505-263.html Report: AT&T waits 17 months to break even with iPhones http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10371785-37.html DRAM study turns assumptions about errors upside down http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/10/dram-study-turns-assumptions-about-errors-upside-down.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10370026-264.html New ways to try and buy Microsoft Office 2010 http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2009/10/07/new-ways-to-try-and-buy-microsoft-office-2010.aspx http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10371817-56.html Comcast’s war on infected PCs (or all customers) http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/10/08/2022211/Comcasts-War-On-Infected-PCs-Or-All-Customers http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10370996-245.html Comcast set to launch ‘HomePoint’ http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Set-To-Launch-HomePoint-104907 Pressure-sensitive keyboard? Let the fun begin http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10371215-1.html http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/08/2152239/Contest-Winners-Show-Potential-For-Pressure-Sensitive-Keyboard Penny-size nuclear batteries developed http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/09/1243245/Penny-Sized-Nuclear-Batteries-Developed VOICE MAIL Tommy in Kingston: The password book E-MAIL Moon 1, NASA 0: So, I get up at O-Dark-Hundred to watch the greatest space collision since Shoemaker-Levy 9. 5-4-3-2-1 Impact! … Impact? Watching the stunned NASA commentators, one of whom says “I Don’t know what we just saw.”… PRICELESS! Rob from Sedona ********** Hi Buzzfolk, I beg to differ with the slow Windows 7 boot times story you reported on in Episode 1080. I have run a script (on the RTM 32-bit version) that measures the time, from shutdown to usable desktop, multiple times and consistently get a time of 54 seconds, which does jive with the times your lab got in their testing, but not what Lolo Technologies achieved in theirs. I think the bigger story here is why is Lolo getting slower times? I’m not saying it’s because they sell PC tune-up software and may have a conflict of interest, I’m just sayin`….. Thanks! Love the show. Satchmo Seriously, I love you. <3 Rafe wonders what could possibly go wrong with Comcast monitoring its users to protect them from malware. In the process, Rafe makes a few comments that have us wondering whether he'll return home to any Internet service at all. Barnes and Noble is rumored to be rolling out an Android e-book reader, while Steve Ballmer claims that the PC is the best e-book reader. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077850',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1081 B&N e-book reader reportedly in the works http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10371468-93.html PCs are best for e-reading, Microsoft’s Ballmer says http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE5974OZ20091008 Snow Leopard bug threatens user data, according to reports http://www.9to5mac.com/snow_leopards_eat_users http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10356505-263.html Report: AT&T waits 17 months to break even with iPhones http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10371785-37.html DRAM study turns assumptions about errors upside down http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/10/dram-study-turns-assumptions-about-errors-upside-down.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10370026-264.html New ways to try and buy Microsoft Office 2010 http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2009/10/07/new-ways-to-try-and-buy-microsoft-office-2010.aspx http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10371817-56.html Comcast’s war on infected PCs (or all customers) http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/10/08/2022211/Comcasts-War-On-Infected-PCs-Or-All-Customers http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10370996-245.html Comcast set to launch ‘HomePoint’ http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Set-To-Launch-HomePoint-104907 Pressure-sensitive keyboard? Let the fun begin http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10371215-1.html http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/08/2152239/Contest-Winners-Show-Potential-For-Pressure-Sensitive-Keyboard Penny-size nuclear batteries developed http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/09/1243245/Penny-Sized-Nuclear-Batteries-Developed VOICE MAIL Tommy in Kingston: The password book E-MAIL Moon 1, NASA 0: So, I get up at O-Dark-Hundred to watch the greatest space collision since Shoemaker-Levy 9. 5-4-3-2-1 Impact! … Impact? Watching the stunned NASA commentators, one of whom says “I Don’t know what we just saw.”… PRICELESS! Rob from Sedona ********** Hi Buzzfolk, I beg to differ with the slow Windows 7 boot times story you reported on in Episode 1080. I have run a script (on the RTM 32-bit version) that measures the time, from shutdown to usable desktop, multiple times and consistently get a time of 54 seconds, which does jive with the times your lab got in their testing, but not what Lolo Technologies achieved in theirs. I think the bigger story here is why is Lolo getting slower times? I’m not saying it’s because they sell PC tune-up software and may have a conflict of interest, I’m just sayin`….. Thanks! Love the show. Satchmo Seriously, I love you. <3 tag:odeo.com,2009-10-09,25260100 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:11:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25255683-BOL-1080-Blow-up-the-moon NASA is sending a rocket into the moon Friday morning to study the composition of lunar material. But really, you stopped listening when you heard "blow up the Moon." And so did Cooley. For one small second, that made him love space. We also talk about the world's largest phishing sting and Windows 8. Yep, 8. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077849',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1080 Operation “Phish Phry” nabs largest number of phishers ever. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8295945.stm Wife bans FBI head from online banking http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10370164-245.html Study: Windows 7 doesn’t boot faster http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10370369-56.html Walt falls in love wit... NASA is sending a rocket into the moon Friday morning to study the composition of lunar material. But really, you stopped listening when you heard "blow up the Moon." And so did Cooley. For one small second, that made him love space. We also talk about the world's largest phishing sting and Windows 8. Yep, 8. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077849',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1080 Operation “Phish Phry” nabs largest number of phishers ever. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8295945.stm Wife bans FBI head from online banking http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10370164-245.html Study: Windows 7 doesn’t boot faster http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10370369-56.html Walt falls in love with Windows 7 http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20091007/a-windows-to-help-you-forget/ Microsoft mulling 128-bit versions of Windows 8, Windows 9 http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/10/microsoft-mulling-128-bit-versions-of-windows-8-windows-9.ars Intel’s Light Peak optical links could arrive in 2010 http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10370349-264.html? Why ad-blockers, ad-skippers, and other user-control technologies are legal http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/07/why-ad-blockers-ad-s.html http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/10/its-my-browser-and-ill-auto-click-if-i-want Handheld FLO TV due for this holiday season http://www.twice.com/article/356972-Handheld_FLO_TV_Due_For_Holidays.php?nid=2402&source=title&rid=5090547 Nissan’s Land Glider concept car leans like a motorcycle, looks like a squashed GT-R http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/nissans-land-glider-concept-car-leans-like-a-motorcycle-looks/ IBM’s ultra-cheap DNA Transistor dream could lead to personalized medicines, confusion http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/ibms-ultra-cheap-dna-transistor-dream-could-lead-to-personalize/ New report warns of dangers of trashy avatars http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10370382-36.html How to watch the moon bombing in real time http://gizmodo.com/5376774/how-to-watch-the-moon-bombing-in-real-time VOICE MAIL Jose from Jackson on passwords Anonymous has more to say on passwords E-MAIL BOL Team, SOX compliance is much more reliant on the processes and requirements you place on yourself and then audit against. Ultimately a Google Docs implementation might be non-compliant in one organization and compliant in another. You can be compliant with SOX regulations while using cloud environments. Russell Johnson Austin, TX ********** Hey Buzz-Crew, Did a personal un-boxing of my Windows 7 party pack. If you wanted to check out some pictures of the items included here is a link: Please don’t post the site in the show notes, not sure I have the bandwidth to support the hits. A bit lower quality than I had hoped, but can’t argue with free. Napkins are bland, balloons are plain, not even Windows 7 branded, somewhat surprising. -ShaneB in the chatroom ********** I listen to BOL every day on my BlackBerry Bold…. Show some respect to the still #1 smartphone on the market. Ryan from Vancouver ********** Hey Buzz Crew, I just wanted to point out that the new international Kindle 2 would be launched in over 100 countries. So pretty much everywhere except Canada. Honestly, are we really that hard to deal with? Or is it just that Amazon Canada seems to be permanently caged into it’s infant stage? Either way, if you live in Burundi in Africa, you can have a kindle. If you live in Cambodia, have a Kindle. Canada? No Kindle for you. If Sony wasn’t the evil empire, I would have a Sony Reader by now. Cheers, Dion from Vancouver BC NASA is sending a rocket into the moon Friday morning to study the composition of lunar material. But really, you stopped listening when you heard "blow up the Moon." And so did Cooley. For one small second, that made him love space. We also talk about the world's largest phishing sting and Windows 8. Yep, 8. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077849',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1080 Operation “Phish Phry” nabs largest number of phishers ever. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8295945.stm Wife bans FBI head from online banking http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10370164-245.html Study: Windows 7 doesn’t boot faster http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10370369-56.html Walt falls in love with Windows 7 http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20091007/a-windows-to-help-you-forget/ Microsoft mulling 128-bit versions of Windows 8, Windows 9 http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/10/microsoft-mulling-128-bit-versions-of-windows-8-windows-9.ars Intel’s Light Peak optical links could arrive in 2010 http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10370349-264.html? Why ad-blockers, ad-skippers, and other user-control technologies are legal http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/07/why-ad-blockers-ad-s.html http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/10/its-my-browser-and-ill-auto-click-if-i-want Handheld FLO TV due for this holiday season http://www.twice.com/article/356972-Handheld_FLO_TV_Due_For_Holidays.php?nid=2402&source=title&rid=5090547 Nissan’s Land Glider concept car leans like a motorcycle, looks like a squashed GT-R http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/nissans-land-glider-concept-car-leans-like-a-motorcycle-looks/ IBM’s ultra-cheap DNA Transistor dream could lead to personalized medicines, confusion http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/ibms-ultra-cheap-dna-transistor-dream-could-lead-to-personalize/ New report warns of dangers of trashy avatars http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10370382-36.html How to watch the moon bombing in real time http://gizmodo.com/5376774/how-to-watch-the-moon-bombing-in-real-time VOICE MAIL Jose from Jackson on passwords Anonymous has more to say on passwords E-MAIL BOL Team, SOX compliance is much more reliant on the processes and requirements you place on yourself and then audit against. Ultimately a Google Docs implementation might be non-compliant in one organization and compliant in another. You can be compliant with SOX regulations while using cloud environments. Russell Johnson Austin, TX ********** Hey Buzz-Crew, Did a personal un-boxing of my Windows 7 party pack. If you wanted to check out some pictures of the items included here is a link: Please don’t post the site in the show notes, not sure I have the bandwidth to support the hits. A bit lower quality than I had hoped, but can’t argue with free. Napkins are bland, balloons are plain, not even Windows 7 branded, somewhat surprising. -ShaneB in the chatroom ********** I listen to BOL every day on my BlackBerry Bold…. Show some respect to the still #1 smartphone on the market. Ryan from Vancouver ********** Hey Buzz Crew, I just wanted to point out that the new international Kindle 2 would be launched in over 100 countries. So pretty much everywhere except Canada. Honestly, are we really that hard to deal with? Or is it just that Amazon Canada seems to be permanently caged into it’s infant stage? Either way, if you live in Burundi in Africa, you can have a kindle. If you live in Cambodia, have a Kindle. Canada? No Kindle for you. If Sony wasn’t the evil empire, I would have a Sony Reader by now. Cheers, Dion from Vancouver BC tag:odeo.com,2009-10-08,25255683 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:47:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25254320-BOL-1080-Blow-up-the-Moon NASA is sending a rocket into the Moon Friday morning in order to study the composition of lunar material. But really, you stopped listening when you heard 'blow up the Moon.' Adn so did Cooley. Which for one small second, made him love space. We also talk about the world's largest Phishing sting and Windows 8. Yep. 8. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077849',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1080 Operation “Phish Phry” nabs largest number of phishers ever. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8295945.stm Wife bans FBI head from online banking http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10370164-245.html Study: Windows 7 doesn’t boot faster http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10370369-56.html Walt fall... NASA is sending a rocket into the Moon Friday morning in order to study the composition of lunar material. But really, you stopped listening when you heard 'blow up the Moon.' Adn so did Cooley. Which for one small second, made him love space. We also talk about the world's largest Phishing sting and Windows 8. Yep. 8. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077849',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1080 Operation “Phish Phry” nabs largest number of phishers ever. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8295945.stm Wife bans FBI head from online banking http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10370164-245.html Study: Windows 7 doesn’t boot faster http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10370369-56.html Walt falls in love with Windows 7 http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20091007/a-windows-to-help-you-forget/ Microsoft mulling 128-bit versions of Windows 8, Windows 9 http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/10/microsoft-mulling-128-bit-versions-of-windows-8-windows-9.ars Intel’s Light Peak optical links could arrive in 2010 http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10370349-264.html? Why ad-blockers, ad-skippers and other user-control technologies are legal http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/07/why-ad-blockers-ad-s.html http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/10/its-my-browser-and-ill-auto-click-if-i-want Handheld FLO TV due for this holiday season http://www.twice.com/article/356972-Handheld_FLO_TV_Due_For_Holidays.php?nid=2402&source=title&rid=5090547 Nissan’s Land Glider concept car leans like a motorcycle, looks like a squashed GT-R http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/nissans-land-glider-concept-car-leans-like-a-motorcycle-looks/ IBM’s ultra-cheap DNA Transistor dream could lead to personalized medicines, confusion http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/ibms-ultra-cheap-dna-transistor-dream-could-lead-to-personalize/ New report warns of dangers of trashy avatars http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10370382-36.html How to Watch the Moon Bombing In Real Time http://gizmodo.com/5376774/how-to-watch-the-moon-bombing-in-real-time VOICEMAIL Jose from Jackson on passwords Anonymous has more to say on passwords EMAIL BOL Team, SOX compliance is much more reliant on the processes and requirements you place on yourself and then audit against. Ultimately a Google Docs implementation might be non-compliant in one organization and compliant in another. You can be compliant with SOX regulations while using cloud environments. Russell Johnson Austin, TX ********** Hey Buzz-Crew, Did a personal un-boxing of my Windows 7 party pack. If you wanted to check out some pictures of the items included here is a link: Please don’t post the site in the show notes, not sure I have the bandwidth to support the hits. A bit lower quality than I had hoped, but can’t argue with free. Napkins are bland, balloons are plain, not even Windows 7 branded, somewhat surprising. -ShaneB in the chatroom ********** I listen to BOL every day on my BlackBerry Bold…. Show some respect to the still #1 smartphone on the market. Ryan from Vancouver ********** Hey Buzz Crew, I just wanted to point out that the new international Kindle 2 would be launched in over 100 countries. So pretty much everywhere except Canada. Honestly, are we really that hard to deal with? Or is it just that Amazon Canada seems to be permanently caged into it’s infant stage? Either way, if you live in Burundi in Africa, you can have a kindle. If you live in Cambodia, have a Kindle. Canada? No Kindle for you. If Sony wasn’t the evil empire, I would have a Sony Reader by now. Cheers, Dion from Vancouver BC NASA is sending a rocket into the Moon Friday morning in order to study the composition of lunar material. But really, you stopped listening when you heard 'blow up the Moon.' Adn so did Cooley. Which for one small second, made him love space. We also talk about the world's largest Phishing sting and Windows 8. Yep. 8. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077849',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1080 Operation “Phish Phry” nabs largest number of phishers ever. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8295945.stm Wife bans FBI head from online banking http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10370164-245.html Study: Windows 7 doesn’t boot faster http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10370369-56.html Walt falls in love with Windows 7 http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20091007/a-windows-to-help-you-forget/ Microsoft mulling 128-bit versions of Windows 8, Windows 9 http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/10/microsoft-mulling-128-bit-versions-of-windows-8-windows-9.ars Intel’s Light Peak optical links could arrive in 2010 http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10370349-264.html? Why ad-blockers, ad-skippers and other user-control technologies are legal http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/07/why-ad-blockers-ad-s.html http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/10/its-my-browser-and-ill-auto-click-if-i-want Handheld FLO TV due for this holiday season http://www.twice.com/article/356972-Handheld_FLO_TV_Due_For_Holidays.php?nid=2402&source=title&rid=5090547 Nissan’s Land Glider concept car leans like a motorcycle, looks like a squashed GT-R http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/nissans-land-glider-concept-car-leans-like-a-motorcycle-looks/ IBM’s ultra-cheap DNA Transistor dream could lead to personalized medicines, confusion http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/08/ibms-ultra-cheap-dna-transistor-dream-could-lead-to-personalize/ New report warns of dangers of trashy avatars http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10370382-36.html How to Watch the Moon Bombing In Real Time http://gizmodo.com/5376774/how-to-watch-the-moon-bombing-in-real-time VOICEMAIL Jose from Jackson on passwords Anonymous has more to say on passwords EMAIL BOL Team, SOX compliance is much more reliant on the processes and requirements you place on yourself and then audit against. Ultimately a Google Docs implementation might be non-compliant in one organization and compliant in another. You can be compliant with SOX regulations while using cloud environments. Russell Johnson Austin, TX ********** Hey Buzz-Crew, Did a personal un-boxing of my Windows 7 party pack. If you wanted to check out some pictures of the items included here is a link: Please don’t post the site in the show notes, not sure I have the bandwidth to support the hits. A bit lower quality than I had hoped, but can’t argue with free. Napkins are bland, balloons are plain, not even Windows 7 branded, somewhat surprising. -ShaneB in the chatroom ********** I listen to BOL every day on my BlackBerry Bold…. Show some respect to the still #1 smartphone on the market. Ryan from Vancouver ********** Hey Buzz Crew, I just wanted to point out that the new international Kindle 2 would be launched in over 100 countries. So pretty much everywhere except Canada. Honestly, are we really that hard to deal with? Or is it just that Amazon Canada seems to be permanently caged into it’s infant stage? Either way, if you live in Burundi in Africa, you can have a kindle. If you live in Cambodia, have a Kindle. Canada? No Kindle for you. If Sony wasn’t the evil empire, I would have a Sony Reader by now. Cheers, Dion from Vancouver BC tag:odeo.com,2009-10-08,25254320 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:47:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25248577-BOL-1079-Bing-s-still-pooping-his-diapers There's a little panic over the fact that Bing's marketshare dropped last month, but you have to remember folks, Bing is young. Rafe puts it in perspective for us. Also Kindle gets a price cut and goes worldwide, yo. That's big. What is also big is the keylogger network that's hijacking everyone's web mail accounts. We can help you out with that a bit. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077848',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE #### Another Kindle price cut…and it goes wireless internationally http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/06/financial/f210208D88.DTL&tsp=1 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10369321-93.html AT&T to allow VoIP iPhone apps on 3G network http://news.cnet.co... There's a little panic over the fact that Bing's marketshare dropped last month, but you have to remember folks, Bing is young. Rafe puts it in perspective for us. Also Kindle gets a price cut and goes worldwide, yo. That's big. What is also big is the keylogger network that's hijacking everyone's web mail accounts. We can help you out with that a bit. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077848',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE #### Another Kindle price cut…and it goes wireless internationally http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/06/financial/f210208D88.DTL&tsp=1 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10369321-93.html AT&T to allow VoIP iPhone apps on 3G network http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10368955-37.html Huge Webmail phishing scam spreading fast http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8294714.stm Australian ISP in court for not disconnecting users http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/australian-isp-in-court-for-not-disconnecting-users.ars Court Rules For Software Ownership Over Licensing http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/06/2245214/Court-Rules-For-Software-Ownership-Over-Licensing HitWise Says Microsoft Bing Fell 0.5% to Google’s Gain http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/HitWise-Says-Microsoft-Bing-Fell-5-to-Googles-Gain-529954/ doubleTwist Unveils An Alternative To The iTunes Music Store, Powered By Amazon MP3 http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/06/doubletwist-unveils-an-alternative-to-the-itunes-music-store-powered-by-amazon-mp3/ EU Approves Test of Windows 7 ‘Browser Ballot’ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2353906,00.asp Fans Come Together To Complete Star Wars Uncut http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/10/06/1647234/Fans-Come-Together-To-Complete-Star-Wars-Uncut “Apps for Innovation” Developer Contest http://www.ce.org/GovernmentAffairs/Innovation_Movement/apps-contest.asp VOICEMAIL Rick on Vonage Stewart on gas masks EMAIL Hey Buzz-Crew, In ep 1077 you asked for a CIO/CTO to weigh in on the IBM Inotes vs Goolge Docs hypothetical prize fight for our hypothetical business. While I am not of that stature at my company I do sit right outside the out CIO’s office so I wrestled him down, duct taped him to his chair and made him answer this very question! Okay, well not really that first part but he did answer and here is what he said: “We actually looked at Google Docs for cost reduction and there is no way we could use it. With all the customer data that we have and the nature of our business (not to mention internal systems) having something in the cloud would be much to risky. Cloud stuff just isn’t reliable enough for us to even consider using it. Not only that but there was no way that Legal would let us (not to mention that it didn’t clear SOX compliance). And let us not forget about our ‘wonderful’ users. The learning curve that they would have to deal with might just break them.” So there you have it. The argument against clouds at my company are (1) Reliability, (2) Legal / SOX issues and (3) Inept users. Love the show, M The overweight I.T. Ninja P.S.- Sorry for the anonymity but I’m just covering my bacon (if you know what I mean). ********** Hey, Buzz crew, With all the discussion about mobile OS platforms and developers in yesterday’s show (episode 1078), I’m surprised you didn’t mention the announcement Adobe made on Monday about how they’re going to enable Flash developers to code apps in Flash that can then be converted into native iPhone apps. Technical merits aside, it’s an interesting move by Adobe to keep Flash application and game developers from abandoning Flash to take a swing at developing apps solely for the iPhone, and you have to wonder if Apple is somewhat annoyed that five iPhone apps created with this technique made it into the app store. –Brian from Bowie, MD ********** Hey Buzz Crew, I am listening to Episode 1076, (I’m a bit behind) and upon hearing Tom’s dreams of “Tenspeed and Brownshoe” being streamed online, I ran over to Google to find out what in the world he was talking about. So of course, I wound up at IMDB reading up on the subject, how mundane right? Why would I be emailing to tell you this? Well, I noticed at the top of their page, a popularity ranking, and had to laugh when I saw that the popularity of the series went up 34% this week. Glad I wasn’t the only one left wondering “wtf?” after that comment! Love the show! Patrick Sullivan Augusta, GA ********** Hey guys, I’m a couple episodes behind, so you may have already talked about this but: things just got real with Palm http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/05/palm-throws-the-doors-open-review-free-app-distribution-over-th/ What better way to compete with the iTunes app store than to lower the barrier of entry for open source apps and decentralize the distribution of free apps. Jake (the computer science student in Grand Rapids) There's a little panic over the fact that Bing's marketshare dropped last month, but you have to remember folks, Bing is young. Rafe puts it in perspective for us. Also Kindle gets a price cut and goes worldwide, yo. That's big. What is also big is the keylogger network that's hijacking everyone's web mail accounts. We can help you out with that a bit. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077848',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE #### Another Kindle price cut…and it goes wireless internationally http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/06/financial/f210208D88.DTL&tsp=1 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10369321-93.html AT&T to allow VoIP iPhone apps on 3G network http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10368955-37.html Huge Webmail phishing scam spreading fast http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8294714.stm Australian ISP in court for not disconnecting users http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/australian-isp-in-court-for-not-disconnecting-users.ars Court Rules For Software Ownership Over Licensing http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/06/2245214/Court-Rules-For-Software-Ownership-Over-Licensing HitWise Says Microsoft Bing Fell 0.5% to Google’s Gain http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/HitWise-Says-Microsoft-Bing-Fell-5-to-Googles-Gain-529954/ doubleTwist Unveils An Alternative To The iTunes Music Store, Powered By Amazon MP3 http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/06/doubletwist-unveils-an-alternative-to-the-itunes-music-store-powered-by-amazon-mp3/ EU Approves Test of Windows 7 ‘Browser Ballot’ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2353906,00.asp Fans Come Together To Complete Star Wars Uncut http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/10/06/1647234/Fans-Come-Together-To-Complete-Star-Wars-Uncut “Apps for Innovation” Developer Contest http://www.ce.org/GovernmentAffairs/Innovation_Movement/apps-contest.asp VOICEMAIL Rick on Vonage Stewart on gas masks EMAIL Hey Buzz-Crew, In ep 1077 you asked for a CIO/CTO to weigh in on the IBM Inotes vs Goolge Docs hypothetical prize fight for our hypothetical business. While I am not of that stature at my company I do sit right outside the out CIO’s office so I wrestled him down, duct taped him to his chair and made him answer this very question! Okay, well not really that first part but he did answer and here is what he said: “We actually looked at Google Docs for cost reduction and there is no way we could use it. With all the customer data that we have and the nature of our business (not to mention internal systems) having something in the cloud would be much to risky. Cloud stuff just isn’t reliable enough for us to even consider using it. Not only that but there was no way that Legal would let us (not to mention that it didn’t clear SOX compliance). And let us not forget about our ‘wonderful’ users. The learning curve that they would have to deal with might just break them.” So there you have it. The argument against clouds at my company are (1) Reliability, (2) Legal / SOX issues and (3) Inept users. Love the show, M The overweight I.T. Ninja P.S.- Sorry for the anonymity but I’m just covering my bacon (if you know what I mean). ********** Hey, Buzz crew, With all the discussion about mobile OS platforms and developers in yesterday’s show (episode 1078), I’m surprised you didn’t mention the announcement Adobe made on Monday about how they’re going to enable Flash developers to code apps in Flash that can then be converted into native iPhone apps. Technical merits aside, it’s an interesting move by Adobe to keep Flash application and game developers from abandoning Flash to take a swing at developing apps solely for the iPhone, and you have to wonder if Apple is somewhat annoyed that five iPhone apps created with this technique made it into the app store. –Brian from Bowie, MD ********** Hey Buzz Crew, I am listening to Episode 1076, (I’m a bit behind) and upon hearing Tom’s dreams of “Tenspeed and Brownshoe” being streamed online, I ran over to Google to find out what in the world he was talking about. So of course, I wound up at IMDB reading up on the subject, how mundane right? Why would I be emailing to tell you this? Well, I noticed at the top of their page, a popularity ranking, and had to laugh when I saw that the popularity of the series went up 34% this week. Glad I wasn’t the only one left wondering “wtf?” after that comment! Love the show! Patrick Sullivan Augusta, GA ********** Hey guys, I’m a couple episodes behind, so you may have already talked about this but: things just got real with Palm http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/05/palm-throws-the-doors-open-review-free-app-distribution-over-th/ What better way to compete with the iTunes app store than to lower the barrier of entry for open source apps and decentralize the distribution of free apps. Jake (the computer science student in Grand Rapids) tag:odeo.com,2009-10-07,25248577 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:47:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25242658-BOL-1078-Smokinger-gun Viacom may have found a smoking gun in their billion-dollar case against YouTube, but on the other hand, we speculate YouTube may have a smokinger gun. Also the FTC wants you disclose all that money you've been paid to blog about cleaning products. Or whatever. Even if you just posted on Facebook. You need to make yourself aware of these rules. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077854',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1078 Android handsets to Verizon http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10368202-265.html Microsoft’s Windows phones hit the market http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10367699-56.html Smoking gun found in Viacom v. YouTube? http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10365329-261.html New FTC plugola ru... Viacom may have found a smoking gun in their billion-dollar case against YouTube, but on the other hand, we speculate YouTube may have a smokinger gun. Also the FTC wants you disclose all that money you've been paid to blog about cleaning products. Or whatever. Even if you just posted on Facebook. You need to make yourself aware of these rules. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077854',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1078 Android handsets to Verizon http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10368202-265.html Microsoft’s Windows phones hit the market http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10367699-56.html Smoking gun found in Viacom v. YouTube? http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10365329-261.html New FTC plugola rules could extend to some users social network pages http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10368064-36.html http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/more-transparency-coming-to-blog-reviews-under-new-ftc-rules.ars Over-the-air downloads come to BlackBerry http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10367606-27.html AT&T pushes Opera for full HTML on more phones http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10368043-266.html Eolas sues, well, everybody. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Eolas-Technologies-Files-prnews-153761650.html?x=0&.v=1 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/company-that-won-585m-from-microsoft-sues-apple-google.ars Federal ban on DWT will start with truckers, end with you http://www.todaystrucking.com/news.cfm?intDocID=22565 Startup Offers Pre-Built Biological Parts http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/05/2312233/Startup-Offers-Pre-Built-Biological-Parts VOICEMAIL Anonymous loves John Rubenstein E-MAIL Hey BOL, Not sure if you saw this earlier but it looks like Roger's is losing it's exclusive on the iPhone 3Gs in Canada. Another Cell Phone company, Telus, is starting to sell the device in November. What is interesting here is with the 3 major Cell phone providers in Canada, Rogers, Telus and Bell, only Rogers has been 3G and GSM based. The other two were previously CDMA and EVDO based. Looks like they are rolling over to 3G technology sooner than anticipated. Here is a link http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/bell-telus-to-launch-iphone-next-month/article1312692/ Love the show Stephen Kennedy Calgary Alberta, Canada ********** Hey all, OK, what bothers me always about saying 4k is this. We have 1080p, which refers to horizontal lines. 4k refers to the vertical lines. Apples versus oranges. 1920×1080 (2,073,600) versus 4096◊2304 ((9,437,184) Shooting quality of the Red One camera) It’s just said, maybe, to make it sound 4 times better than 1080p. Which, at least, is true, since it’s 4.55x the number of pixels. But, 720p set makers should start calling them 1280 sets, and they can start selling them for more than a 1080p set. Imagine the profit margins! Maybe 1080p set makers will update to start saying they are 2k sets and charge more, for no change. OK, sorry for the sarcasm, but 4k always annoys me. Erick ********** Hey Buzz Crew! In episode 1075, you talked more about OnLive's upcoming gaming service, which will let you play games "in the cloud" using your web browser as a thin client. According to their FAQ (http://www.onlive.com/service/faq.html), you'll need a 1.5Mbps connection for standard def (5Mbps for high def) and a "small browser plug-in." Not quite the magic technology that Tom had in mind, but still really cool. We've got something similar--online right now, and needing a lot less bandwidth--for scientific computing. We've used the open source VNC (virtual network computing) software to create a web site where nanotechnology researchers can access more than 150 live simulation tools via their web browser. Instead of playing games, they're computing electronic properties of quantum dots and designing transistors made of carbon nanotubes. You can too! Just log on to http://nanoHUB.org . We're using the same software platform to create similar sites for many other areas of science and engineering, including cancer care, pharmaceutical engineering, and microelectromechanical systems. More details at http://hubzero.org . Here's to a wired future spent worshiping our nano-botic overlords! Michael, the research "hub" guy Purdue University West Lafayette, IN P.S. If you want to see nanoHUB in action without getting an account, watch this video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr0GA_TluGY You'll see the simulation tools about 1 min in. Viacom may have found a smoking gun in their billion-dollar case against YouTube, but on the other hand, we speculate YouTube may have a smokinger gun. Also the FTC wants you disclose all that money you've been paid to blog about cleaning products. Or whatever. Even if you just posted on Facebook. You need to make yourself aware of these rules. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077854',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1078 Android handsets to Verizon http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10368202-265.html Microsoft’s Windows phones hit the market http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10367699-56.html Smoking gun found in Viacom v. YouTube? http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10365329-261.html New FTC plugola rules could extend to some users social network pages http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10368064-36.html http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/more-transparency-coming-to-blog-reviews-under-new-ftc-rules.ars Over-the-air downloads come to BlackBerry http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10367606-27.html AT&T pushes Opera for full HTML on more phones http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10368043-266.html Eolas sues, well, everybody. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Eolas-Technologies-Files-prnews-153761650.html?x=0&.v=1 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/company-that-won-585m-from-microsoft-sues-apple-google.ars Federal ban on DWT will start with truckers, end with you http://www.todaystrucking.com/news.cfm?intDocID=22565 Startup Offers Pre-Built Biological Parts http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/10/05/2312233/Startup-Offers-Pre-Built-Biological-Parts VOICEMAIL Anonymous loves John Rubenstein E-MAIL Hey BOL, Not sure if you saw this earlier but it looks like Roger's is losing it's exclusive on the iPhone 3Gs in Canada. Another Cell Phone company, Telus, is starting to sell the device in November. What is interesting here is with the 3 major Cell phone providers in Canada, Rogers, Telus and Bell, only Rogers has been 3G and GSM based. The other two were previously CDMA and EVDO based. Looks like they are rolling over to 3G technology sooner than anticipated. Here is a link http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/bell-telus-to-launch-iphone-next-month/article1312692/ Love the show Stephen Kennedy Calgary Alberta, Canada ********** Hey all, OK, what bothers me always about saying 4k is this. We have 1080p, which refers to horizontal lines. 4k refers to the vertical lines. Apples versus oranges. 1920×1080 (2,073,600) versus 4096◊2304 ((9,437,184) Shooting quality of the Red One camera) It’s just said, maybe, to make it sound 4 times better than 1080p. Which, at least, is true, since it’s 4.55x the number of pixels. But, 720p set makers should start calling them 1280 sets, and they can start selling them for more than a 1080p set. Imagine the profit margins! Maybe 1080p set makers will update to start saying they are 2k sets and charge more, for no change. OK, sorry for the sarcasm, but 4k always annoys me. Erick ********** Hey Buzz Crew! In episode 1075, you talked more about OnLive's upcoming gaming service, which will let you play games "in the cloud" using your web browser as a thin client. According to their FAQ (http://www.onlive.com/service/faq.html), you'll need a 1.5Mbps connection for standard def (5Mbps for high def) and a "small browser plug-in." Not quite the magic technology that Tom had in mind, but still really cool. We've got something similar--online right now, and needing a lot less bandwidth--for scientific computing. We've used the open source VNC (virtual network computing) software to create a web site where nanotechnology researchers can access more than 150 live simulation tools via their web browser. Instead of playing games, they're computing electronic properties of quantum dots and designing transistors made of carbon nanotubes. You can too! Just log on to http://nanoHUB.org . We're using the same software platform to create similar sites for many other areas of science and engineering, including cancer care, pharmaceutical engineering, and microelectromechanical systems. More details at http://hubzero.org . Here's to a wired future spent worshiping our nano-botic overlords! Michael, the research "hub" guy Purdue University West Lafayette, IN P.S. If you want to see nanoHUB in action without getting an account, watch this video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr0GA_TluGY You'll see the simulation tools about 1 min in. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-06,25242658 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:30:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25236576-BOL-1077-Analysts-Cyberproving-the-obvious An analyst from Morgan Stanley asserts that Apple would sell more iPhones if it offered the phone on more carriers. Really? Wow. We also have an example of a church leader misusing the prefix "cyber." But that's not as crazy as IBM taking on Google. Or is it? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077842',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1077 Adobe pushes Flash video on mobile devices http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10367061-64.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/05/flash-10-1-announced-for-just-about-anything-with-a-screen-webo/ Vonage app available for iPhone, BlackBerry http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10367280-17.html Marketplace is live on Windows Mobile 6.5 phones http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/05/win... An analyst from Morgan Stanley asserts that Apple would sell more iPhones if it offered the phone on more carriers. Really? Wow. We also have an example of a church leader misusing the prefix "cyber." But that's not as crazy as IBM taking on Google. Or is it? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077842',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1077 Adobe pushes Flash video on mobile devices http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10367061-64.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/05/flash-10-1-announced-for-just-about-anything-with-a-screen-webo/ Vonage app available for iPhone, BlackBerry http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10367280-17.html Marketplace is live on Windows Mobile 6.5 phones http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/05/windows-marketplace-goes-live-for-6-5-phones/ http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/10/05/htc-pure-and-tilt-2-bring-windows-mobile-6-5-to-atandt/ http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-10367154-10356022.html Windows 7 to usher in crush of cheap laptops http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10366950-64.html Hidden fees discovered for “free” Windows 7 upgrade http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/10/05/1242259/Hidden-Fees-Discovered-For-Free-Windows-7-Upgrad IBM takes on Google with new Webmail, calendaring solution http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/10/ibm-takes-on-google-with-new-webmail-calendaring-solution.ars Palm ignores USB group's warning, restores iTunes sync http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20091003/palms-webos-1-2-1-restores-itunes-sync/ Will books be Napsterized? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/business/04digi.html Apple could sell more iPhones by ending exclusive AT&T deal, analyst says http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138941/Apple_could_sell_more_iPhones_by_ending_exclusive_AT_T_deal_analyst_says?taxonomyId=1 A CNET Conversation with Steve Ballmer http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-10366517-262.html VOICE MAIL Dwight the key grip on mesh nets and 4K shooting E-MAIL Hi Folks I thought I’d share this example of Apple’s ever-reaching IP protection policies. Just as background, Woolworths is Australia’s largest retailer (80% of supermarket business goes through two companies here) and they have interests in electronics, hardware and liquor. This news made front page! I recall Fake Steve Jobs writing that Microsoft is like the Borg. I guess this suggests that perhaps Apple isn’t too far different. http://www.theage.com.au/business/apple-bites-over-woolworths-logo-20091005-ghzr.html Love the show! -Alberto ********** Hey guys, in regards to episode #1076 and the rant about the ‘cyber-’ prefix, I just wanted to throw this in. I’m LDS , and as I was listening to General Conference today (when the church leaders speak and church members worldwide tune in via TV, internet, radio, and satellite broadcasts), one of the speakers (they are almost all older men) mentioned ‘cybertechnology’. I thought ‘what??’ Anyway, I love ya, keep it going. Hilton, from Layton Utah. ********** Buzz Crew, Great show! You read an email on your October 1 show from James the Field Engineer about Star Trek Props. I worked in pumps/irrigation sales for a couple of years, and found that Infiltrator -brand effluent-irrigation chambers are used very, very heavily in TNG, DS9 and Voyager series. They are used as wall support structures and decorations on walls in many diverse sets. As a guy who worked with the stuff every day, it became very distracting to see it in reruns. But it was clever, I’ll give ‘em that. Also, in about every third episode, an away team would land on a planet, and in the settlement on that planet would be the same, identical trussed lighting-support structure (like for stadium lights, just lighter duty) right in the middle of the village. It would always go up past the camera frame and, presumably, be holding the set lights. But they made it look like it was the aliens’ normal technology. For every alien culture ever. You won’t possibly care about this enough to read it on air, but Tom might get a kick out of it if he recognizes the Infiltrator linked stuff in various sizes on old STTNG reruns. Scotty, Mechanical Engineer, Cupertino An analyst from Morgan Stanley asserts that Apple would sell more iPhones if it offered the phone on more carriers. Really? Wow. We also have an example of a church leader misusing the prefix "cyber." But that's not as crazy as IBM taking on Google. Or is it? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077842',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1077 Adobe pushes Flash video on mobile devices http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10367061-64.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/05/flash-10-1-announced-for-just-about-anything-with-a-screen-webo/ Vonage app available for iPhone, BlackBerry http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10367280-17.html Marketplace is live on Windows Mobile 6.5 phones http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/05/windows-marketplace-goes-live-for-6-5-phones/ http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/10/05/htc-pure-and-tilt-2-bring-windows-mobile-6-5-to-atandt/ http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-10367154-10356022.html Windows 7 to usher in crush of cheap laptops http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10366950-64.html Hidden fees discovered for “free” Windows 7 upgrade http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/10/05/1242259/Hidden-Fees-Discovered-For-Free-Windows-7-Upgrad IBM takes on Google with new Webmail, calendaring solution http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/10/ibm-takes-on-google-with-new-webmail-calendaring-solution.ars Palm ignores USB group's warning, restores iTunes sync http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20091003/palms-webos-1-2-1-restores-itunes-sync/ Will books be Napsterized? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/business/04digi.html Apple could sell more iPhones by ending exclusive AT&T deal, analyst says http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138941/Apple_could_sell_more_iPhones_by_ending_exclusive_AT_T_deal_analyst_says?taxonomyId=1 A CNET Conversation with Steve Ballmer http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-10366517-262.html VOICE MAIL Dwight the key grip on mesh nets and 4K shooting E-MAIL Hi Folks I thought I’d share this example of Apple’s ever-reaching IP protection policies. Just as background, Woolworths is Australia’s largest retailer (80% of supermarket business goes through two companies here) and they have interests in electronics, hardware and liquor. This news made front page! I recall Fake Steve Jobs writing that Microsoft is like the Borg. I guess this suggests that perhaps Apple isn’t too far different. http://www.theage.com.au/business/apple-bites-over-woolworths-logo-20091005-ghzr.html Love the show! -Alberto ********** Hey guys, in regards to episode #1076 and the rant about the ‘cyber-’ prefix, I just wanted to throw this in. I’m LDS , and as I was listening to General Conference today (when the church leaders speak and church members worldwide tune in via TV, internet, radio, and satellite broadcasts), one of the speakers (they are almost all older men) mentioned ‘cybertechnology’. I thought ‘what??’ Anyway, I love ya, keep it going. Hilton, from Layton Utah. ********** Buzz Crew, Great show! You read an email on your October 1 show from James the Field Engineer about Star Trek Props. I worked in pumps/irrigation sales for a couple of years, and found that Infiltrator -brand effluent-irrigation chambers are used very, very heavily in TNG, DS9 and Voyager series. They are used as wall support structures and decorations on walls in many diverse sets. As a guy who worked with the stuff every day, it became very distracting to see it in reruns. But it was clever, I’ll give ‘em that. Also, in about every third episode, an away team would land on a planet, and in the settlement on that planet would be the same, identical trussed lighting-support structure (like for stadium lights, just lighter duty) right in the middle of the village. It would always go up past the camera frame and, presumably, be holding the set lights. But they made it look like it was the aliens’ normal technology. For every alien culture ever. You won’t possibly care about this enough to read it on air, but Tom might get a kick out of it if he recognizes the Infiltrator linked stuff in various sizes on old STTNG reruns. Scotty, Mechanical Engineer, Cupertino tag:odeo.com,2009-10-05,25236576 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:05:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25222616-BOL-1076-You-got-served-through-Twitter In the U.K., you don't have to be in the presence of someone to serve them with legal papers. So now Twitter has become a way to get served. We also are happy that the U.S. government is taking cybersecurity seriously, but maybe they could lay off with the cyber prefix a little. And we try to care more about the Palm Pixi. We really do. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077539',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1076 Vista/IE market share slide, Win 7/Firefox/Chrome surge http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=5700 Palm Pixi launching on October 20th? http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/01/palm-pixi-launching-on-october-20th/ GE is in talks to spin off NBC, give Comcast 51% of new unit http://www.cnbc.com/id/3... In the U.K., you don't have to be in the presence of someone to serve them with legal papers. So now Twitter has become a way to get served. We also are happy that the U.S. government is taking cybersecurity seriously, but maybe they could lay off with the cyber prefix a little. And we try to care more about the Palm Pixi. We really do. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077539',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1076 Vista/IE market share slide, Win 7/Firefox/Chrome surge http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=5700 Palm Pixi launching on October 20th? http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/01/palm-pixi-launching-on-october-20th/ GE is in talks to spin off NBC, give Comcast 51% of new unit http://www.cnbc.com/id/33123120 http://paidcontent.org/article/419-ges-immelt-nbcu-comcast-discussions-are-about-partnerships-or-ipo/ Court order served over Twitter http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8285954.stm Researchers hijack a drive-bBy botnet http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23566/?a=f DHS to hire up to 1,000 cybersecurity experts http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/02/dhs.cybersecurity.jobs/index.html Sony prototype sends electricity through the air http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=14BC23AA-1A64-67EA-E4954B0CBCFF69D3 A mobile phone mesh that can survive carrier network failure http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/10/01/202210 Radio-controlled cyborg beetles become reality http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/02/0037201/Radio-Controlled-Cyborg-Beetles-Become-Reality Gas mask bra traps Ig Nobel prize http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8285380.stm http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/10/ig-nobel-prizes-honor-tequila-knuckle-cracking-panda-poop.ars VOICE MAIL Justin Orlando on Cowboys E-MAIL Snakes on a Plane is out on Blu-Ray Whoopie, it’s out!! http://www.amazon.com/Snakes-Plane-Blu-ray-Samuel-Jackson/dp/B0029O0BL8/ref=sr_1_38?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1254448605&sr=1-38 Time for a reunion episode with V and M extolling the values infused in the minds of those watching this movie in glorious HD. Rick (Balloon Scientist, Colorado) ********** Tom, In BOL 1075, you and Rafe were discussing props in sci-fi movies. This reminded me of my favorite recent example. During a forced rewatching of Phantom Menace, I noticed something oddly familiar about Liam Neeson’s little communicator thingie. On closer look, it was clearly my wife’s Gillette Ladies Sensor Excell Razor Handle (which I see on the shower shelf every day) painted silver with a couple nub antennae stuck on the top. http://www.partsofsw.com/Ep_1/quicom.htm I suspect Buzztown can come up with dozens of even better examples. Cheers, “Craemmir” (pron: cray-mer), in DC ********** Hey Buzz crew Namaste! Hi! I’m Tushar, from Ludhiana, India and probably the only listener in the town!!! A couple of days ago When I checked in my facebook page, I was redirected to their lite.facebook.com page and the cool thing was that I couldn’t revert back to the normal page!!! On doing some research I came to know that it was a problem with a couple other users back here in India where facebook randomly picked them as their beta testers for lite.facebook.com but we all CANNOT go back to the normal facebook!!!! Please read this e-mail on the show so the facebook guys at least know that we wanna go back, cause we people tried ( http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=129521886143&topic=13597 ) but its been a week but no-one from facebook replied or gave us the option to revert back P.S. – facebook lite is cool for some users who do not want any clutter but it should not be mandatory for all!!! LOVE THE SHOW Tushar Jain Ludhiana India In the U.K., you don't have to be in the presence of someone to serve them with legal papers. So now Twitter has become a way to get served. We also are happy that the U.S. government is taking cybersecurity seriously, but maybe they could lay off with the cyber prefix a little. And we try to care more about the Palm Pixi. We really do. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077539',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1076 Vista/IE market share slide, Win 7/Firefox/Chrome surge http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=5700 Palm Pixi launching on October 20th? http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/01/palm-pixi-launching-on-october-20th/ GE is in talks to spin off NBC, give Comcast 51% of new unit http://www.cnbc.com/id/33123120 http://paidcontent.org/article/419-ges-immelt-nbcu-comcast-discussions-are-about-partnerships-or-ipo/ Court order served over Twitter http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8285954.stm Researchers hijack a drive-bBy botnet http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23566/?a=f DHS to hire up to 1,000 cybersecurity experts http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/02/dhs.cybersecurity.jobs/index.html Sony prototype sends electricity through the air http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=14BC23AA-1A64-67EA-E4954B0CBCFF69D3 A mobile phone mesh that can survive carrier network failure http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/10/01/202210 Radio-controlled cyborg beetles become reality http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/02/0037201/Radio-Controlled-Cyborg-Beetles-Become-Reality Gas mask bra traps Ig Nobel prize http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8285380.stm http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/10/ig-nobel-prizes-honor-tequila-knuckle-cracking-panda-poop.ars VOICE MAIL Justin Orlando on Cowboys E-MAIL Snakes on a Plane is out on Blu-Ray Whoopie, it’s out!! http://www.amazon.com/Snakes-Plane-Blu-ray-Samuel-Jackson/dp/B0029O0BL8/ref=sr_1_38?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1254448605&sr=1-38 Time for a reunion episode with V and M extolling the values infused in the minds of those watching this movie in glorious HD. Rick (Balloon Scientist, Colorado) ********** Tom, In BOL 1075, you and Rafe were discussing props in sci-fi movies. This reminded me of my favorite recent example. During a forced rewatching of Phantom Menace, I noticed something oddly familiar about Liam Neeson’s little communicator thingie. On closer look, it was clearly my wife’s Gillette Ladies Sensor Excell Razor Handle (which I see on the shower shelf every day) painted silver with a couple nub antennae stuck on the top. http://www.partsofsw.com/Ep_1/quicom.htm I suspect Buzztown can come up with dozens of even better examples. Cheers, “Craemmir” (pron: cray-mer), in DC ********** Hey Buzz crew Namaste! Hi! I’m Tushar, from Ludhiana, India and probably the only listener in the town!!! A couple of days ago When I checked in my facebook page, I was redirected to their lite.facebook.com page and the cool thing was that I couldn’t revert back to the normal page!!! On doing some research I came to know that it was a problem with a couple other users back here in India where facebook randomly picked them as their beta testers for lite.facebook.com but we all CANNOT go back to the normal facebook!!!! Please read this e-mail on the show so the facebook guys at least know that we wanna go back, cause we people tried ( http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=129521886143&topic=13597 ) but its been a week but no-one from facebook replied or gave us the option to revert back P.S. – facebook lite is cool for some users who do not want any clutter but it should not be mandatory for all!!! LOVE THE SHOW Tushar Jain Ludhiana India tag:odeo.com,2009-10-02,25222616 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:55:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25216843-BOL-1075-One-laptop-per-felon Or perhaps we should call it OLPC. One laptop per criminal. The idea of letting prisoners use computers is good, but fraught with peril. Also, we start a new PSA campaign where Billy learns that e-mail can be dangerous. And that's one to grow on. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077538',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1075 PSP Go arrives, Sony launches 100 games http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=105D7C9D-1A64-67EA-E402F9BD3FAEBCDC Google Wave First Look http://lifehacker.com/5370738/google-wave-first-look Google Wave invites for sale on eBay http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/10/01/google-wave-invites-for-sale-on-ebay/ Nvidia’s Fermi takes direct aim at supercomputing, Intel http://arstechnica.com/hard... Or perhaps we should call it OLPC. One laptop per criminal. The idea of letting prisoners use computers is good, but fraught with peril. Also, we start a new PSA campaign where Billy learns that e-mail can be dangerous. And that's one to grow on. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077538',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1075 PSP Go arrives, Sony launches 100 games http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=105D7C9D-1A64-67EA-E402F9BD3FAEBCDC Google Wave First Look http://lifehacker.com/5370738/google-wave-first-look Google Wave invites for sale on eBay http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/10/01/google-wave-invites-for-sale-on-ebay/ Nvidia’s Fermi takes direct aim at supercomputing, Intel http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/10/nvidia-takes-direct-aim-at-intel-supercomputing-with-fermi.ars OTOY’s Jules Urbach: Cloud computing ‘threatens’ game consoles, Blu-ray, PCs http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=3368 Google releases Android 1.6; Palm unleashes WebOS 1.2 http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/10/google-releases-android-16-palm-releases-webos-12.ars Apple and Google breaking up over iPhone maps? http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172951/apple_and_google_breaking_up_over_iphone_maps.html http://blogs.computerworld.com/14835/apple_purchased_mapping_company_in_july_to_replace_google Twitter to launch user-created Follow Lists http://mashable.com/2009/09/30/twitter-lists/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10364831-26.html U.S. urges ‘cyber hygiene’ effort http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8279867.stm Wireless network modded to see through walls http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/01/1321212/Wireless-Network-Modded-To-See-Through-Walls Convicted hacker left in charge of prison computer system http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/09/27/conputer-meltdown-115875-21703149/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/29/inmate_hacker/ VOICE MAIL Ian about Onlive on Uverse Keith in Georgia wonders how ATT has enough bandwidth to make us of OnLive E-MAIL Hey BOL, In episode 1072 you played RougeTess’s voicemail regarding PayPal security using the keychain security key. I jumped on the bandwagon early, and have had one since they were introduced. I hate to say it, but this cool little gizmo does not provide as much security as it seems at first glance. Sometime between when I got mine almost two years ago and now, PayPal totally neutered the functionality by providing a “I don’t have it with me” bypass link, where you can supply your credit card number, checking account number, or *gasp*, answer a traditional pre-defined security question. Yes, it’s better than username/password alone, but it’s not as good as it used to be or could be. And it’s definitely not true second-factor authentication. –Brad in Victorville ********** Hey BOLers, James the field engineer from Michigan. In episode 1074 you mentioned seeing modern day tech in the new Star Trek movie. Well I embarrassed my wife and impressed my twelve year old when I saw two of the above Symbol M2004 hand scanners on the bridge of the Enterprise! My son was even more impressed when I showed him one I keep as a spare in my service truck. Now we just use them to ring up customers at our chain of gas stations but I guess in the “future” you’ll be able to fly a starship with them, my son can’t wait. Love the show. James ********** Hey Buzz Out Loud Crew, I just wanted to send you a short message. I am a Palm Pre user, and I first started listening to your show when I downloaded a Homebrew app called drPodder. It monitors the RSS feeds for lots of podcasts and can be set to auto-download and queue up podcasts for later listening. One of the default podcasts for this application happens to be your show. This is what got me hooked on your show, and probably did the same to a number of other Palm Pre users. Thanks for carrying news regarding the Palm Pre, I love hearing the occasional blurb about technology I use. Love the show, please keep up the good work! Sincerely, Darin Boots Or perhaps we should call it OLPC. One laptop per criminal. The idea of letting prisoners use computers is good, but fraught with peril. Also, we start a new PSA campaign where Billy learns that e-mail can be dangerous. And that's one to grow on. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077538',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1075 PSP Go arrives, Sony launches 100 games http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=105D7C9D-1A64-67EA-E402F9BD3FAEBCDC Google Wave First Look http://lifehacker.com/5370738/google-wave-first-look Google Wave invites for sale on eBay http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/10/01/google-wave-invites-for-sale-on-ebay/ Nvidia’s Fermi takes direct aim at supercomputing, Intel http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/10/nvidia-takes-direct-aim-at-intel-supercomputing-with-fermi.ars OTOY’s Jules Urbach: Cloud computing ‘threatens’ game consoles, Blu-ray, PCs http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=3368 Google releases Android 1.6; Palm unleashes WebOS 1.2 http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/10/google-releases-android-16-palm-releases-webos-12.ars Apple and Google breaking up over iPhone maps? http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172951/apple_and_google_breaking_up_over_iphone_maps.html http://blogs.computerworld.com/14835/apple_purchased_mapping_company_in_july_to_replace_google Twitter to launch user-created Follow Lists http://mashable.com/2009/09/30/twitter-lists/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10364831-26.html U.S. urges ‘cyber hygiene’ effort http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8279867.stm Wireless network modded to see through walls http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/01/1321212/Wireless-Network-Modded-To-See-Through-Walls Convicted hacker left in charge of prison computer system http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/09/27/conputer-meltdown-115875-21703149/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/29/inmate_hacker/ VOICE MAIL Ian about Onlive on Uverse Keith in Georgia wonders how ATT has enough bandwidth to make us of OnLive E-MAIL Hey BOL, In episode 1072 you played RougeTess’s voicemail regarding PayPal security using the keychain security key. I jumped on the bandwagon early, and have had one since they were introduced. I hate to say it, but this cool little gizmo does not provide as much security as it seems at first glance. Sometime between when I got mine almost two years ago and now, PayPal totally neutered the functionality by providing a “I don’t have it with me” bypass link, where you can supply your credit card number, checking account number, or *gasp*, answer a traditional pre-defined security question. Yes, it’s better than username/password alone, but it’s not as good as it used to be or could be. And it’s definitely not true second-factor authentication. –Brad in Victorville ********** Hey BOLers, James the field engineer from Michigan. In episode 1074 you mentioned seeing modern day tech in the new Star Trek movie. Well I embarrassed my wife and impressed my twelve year old when I saw two of the above Symbol M2004 hand scanners on the bridge of the Enterprise! My son was even more impressed when I showed him one I keep as a spare in my service truck. Now we just use them to ring up customers at our chain of gas stations but I guess in the “future” you’ll be able to fly a starship with them, my son can’t wait. Love the show. James ********** Hey Buzz Out Loud Crew, I just wanted to send you a short message. I am a Palm Pre user, and I first started listening to your show when I downloaded a Homebrew app called drPodder. It monitors the RSS feeds for lots of podcasts and can be set to auto-download and queue up podcasts for later listening. One of the default podcasts for this application happens to be your show. This is what got me hooked on your show, and probably did the same to a number of other Palm Pre users. Thanks for carrying news regarding the Palm Pre, I love hearing the occasional blurb about technology I use. Love the show, please keep up the good work! Sincerely, Darin Boots tag:odeo.com,2009-10-01,25216843 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:03:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25212401-BOL-1074-Forget-the-tablet-let-s-hype-the-Courier While the Apple Tablet is much more fashionable to hype, the Microsoft Courier turns out to be very hype-worthy. We also find out, once again, that Rafe knows where he works. And the U.S. has relaxed its grip on the Internet. Good thing? Bad thing? Irrelevant thing? Or over-hyped thing like an Apple tablet? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077537',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1074 Everything we know about Apple’s touch-screen tablet http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/apple-tablet-everything/ http://gizmodo.com/5370252/apple-tablet-aiming-to-redefine-newspapers-textbooks-and-magazines Microsoft’s Courier tablet details emerge http://www.pcworld.com/article/172872/microsofts_courier_tablet_d... While the Apple Tablet is much more fashionable to hype, the Microsoft Courier turns out to be very hype-worthy. We also find out, once again, that Rafe knows where he works. And the U.S. has relaxed its grip on the Internet. Good thing? Bad thing? Irrelevant thing? Or over-hyped thing like an Apple tablet? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077537',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1074 Everything we know about Apple’s touch-screen tablet http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/apple-tablet-everything/ http://gizmodo.com/5370252/apple-tablet-aiming-to-redefine-newspapers-textbooks-and-magazines Microsoft’s Courier tablet details emerge http://www.pcworld.com/article/172872/microsofts_courier_tablet_details_emerge.html U.S. relaxes grip on the Internet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8283310.stm Internet overtakes television to become biggest advertising sector in the U.K. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/30/internet-biggest-uk-advertising-sector Misfired e-mail was never viewed by Gmail user http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10363663-245.html Sources: ‘Light Peak’ technology not Apple idea http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10363956-64.html OnLive raises big round from AT&T and others for on-demand gaming http://games.venturebeat.com/2009/09/29/onlive-raises-big-round-of-money-from-att-and-others-for-on-demand-gaming/ http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/09/30/0426236/OnLive-CEO-Provides-Details-On-Cloud-Gaming Verizon CTO argues for metered pricing http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/30/0131236/Verizon-CTO-Argues-For-Metered-Pricing http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10363801-266.html Microsoft’s top executives get a paycut http://paidcontent.org/article/419-microsofts-top-executives-get-a-paycut/ Microsoft says automated ‘Fix it’ is working http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10364104-56.html Video screen enters record books http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8282701.stm VOICE MAIL Jeff from Arkansas solves the manual in cars problem E-MAIL The bigger unreported piece of Google creating a Google Docs for students is the development of college students using their technolgy. If google is going to get a larger share of the marketplace over Microsoft Office, they will need to develop future workers who demand to use their software. This is a major of the reason behind software companies offering steep discounts for college students to purchase their software. If you only know how to do something with their software, you will be more likely to purchase or request your business to purchase the software program in your future place of employment. -ccarline ******* Hey bol, On Friday you open your show and spend the first five minute on how Palm is in trouble because Verizon wasn’t going to carry the Pre. Well, according to a Verizon VP they still are, and according to the Register, maybe even an updated Pre. So how about an update on BOL? I guess 3 days later is all we can hope for, after all its not like an apple tablet rumors hasn’t been talked to death. Felipe ********** This is Chip The Mech. Engineer. On Episode 1073 you were talking about the new Garmin phone and you kept comparing it to the iPhone with the $100 Tom Tom app. I just want to tell you that my Palm PRE has turn by turn directions that you get with the data package and I just drove from Virginia to Louisville, KY and it worked great and even warned me about road construction and detoured me around it. You guys are great. Love the show. ChipForget the tablet, let’s hype the Courier While the Apple Tablet is much more fashionable to hype, the Microsoft Courier turns out to be very hype-worthy. We also find out, once again, that Rafe knows where he works. And the U.S. has relaxed its grip on the Internet. Good thing? Bad thing? Irrelevant thing? Or over-hyped thing like an Apple tablet? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077537',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1074 Everything we know about Apple’s touch-screen tablet http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/apple-tablet-everything/ http://gizmodo.com/5370252/apple-tablet-aiming-to-redefine-newspapers-textbooks-and-magazines Microsoft’s Courier tablet details emerge http://www.pcworld.com/article/172872/microsofts_courier_tablet_details_emerge.html U.S. relaxes grip on the Internet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8283310.stm Internet overtakes television to become biggest advertising sector in the U.K. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/30/internet-biggest-uk-advertising-sector Misfired e-mail was never viewed by Gmail user http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10363663-245.html Sources: ‘Light Peak’ technology not Apple idea http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10363956-64.html OnLive raises big round from AT&T and others for on-demand gaming http://games.venturebeat.com/2009/09/29/onlive-raises-big-round-of-money-from-att-and-others-for-on-demand-gaming/ http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/09/30/0426236/OnLive-CEO-Provides-Details-On-Cloud-Gaming Verizon CTO argues for metered pricing http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/30/0131236/Verizon-CTO-Argues-For-Metered-Pricing http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10363801-266.html Microsoft’s top executives get a paycut http://paidcontent.org/article/419-microsofts-top-executives-get-a-paycut/ Microsoft says automated ‘Fix it’ is working http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10364104-56.html Video screen enters record books http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8282701.stm VOICE MAIL Jeff from Arkansas solves the manual in cars problem E-MAIL The bigger unreported piece of Google creating a Google Docs for students is the development of college students using their technolgy. If google is going to get a larger share of the marketplace over Microsoft Office, they will need to develop future workers who demand to use their software. This is a major of the reason behind software companies offering steep discounts for college students to purchase their software. If you only know how to do something with their software, you will be more likely to purchase or request your business to purchase the software program in your future place of employment. -ccarline ******* Hey bol, On Friday you open your show and spend the first five minute on how Palm is in trouble because Verizon wasn’t going to carry the Pre. Well, according to a Verizon VP they still are, and according to the Register, maybe even an updated Pre. So how about an update on BOL? I guess 3 days later is all we can hope for, after all its not like an apple tablet rumors hasn’t been talked to death. Felipe ********** This is Chip The Mech. Engineer. On Episode 1073 you were talking about the new Garmin phone and you kept comparing it to the iPhone with the $100 Tom Tom app. I just want to tell you that my Palm PRE has turn by turn directions that you get with the data package and I just drove from Virginia to Louisville, KY and it worked great and even warned me about road construction and detoured me around it. You guys are great. Love the show. ChipForget the tablet, let’s hype the Courier tag:odeo.com,2009-09-30,25212401 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:53:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25205879-BOL-1073-Open-Android-Alliance-to-fight-Google-s-evil-empire A Google Android mod received a cease and desist for including Google apps in the mod. Seriously? Google may not be a walled garden with a high wall but it's a walled garden nonetheless. And it's pretty sad when your open-source project gets protested for not being open. We also discuss whether the Dell Latitude Z series is for posers. Or us. Or both. Which makes us posers. Own it, people. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077536',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1073 Dell Latitude is like Adamo with wireless charger – fancy and expensive http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE58S0L320090929 http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/29/dells-latitude-z-600-is-a-16-inch-thin-and-light-makes-overcom/ G... A Google Android mod received a cease and desist for including Google apps in the mod. Seriously? Google may not be a walled garden with a high wall but it's a walled garden nonetheless. And it's pretty sad when your open-source project gets protested for not being open. We also discuss whether the Dell Latitude Z series is for posers. Or us. Or both. Which makes us posers. Own it, people. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077536',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1073 Dell Latitude is like Adamo with wireless charger – fancy and expensive http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE58S0L320090929 http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/29/dells-latitude-z-600-is-a-16-inch-thin-and-light-makes-overcom/ Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60 finally ready for AT&T: $300 on October 4? http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-finally-ready-for-atandt-300-on-october/ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ATT-and-Garmin-Announce-a-New-prnews-2551171109.html?x=0 Open Android Alliance formed http://www.h-online.com/open/Open-Android-Alliance-formed–/news/114347 http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/09/android-community-aims-to-replace-googles-proprietary-bits.ars Apple hires Newton dev, restarting tablet rumors http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2353455,00.asp Microsoft Security Essentials available free starting today http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138633/Microsoft_confirms_free_security_software_ships_Tuesday Take that, Twitter: Google Hot Trends integrated into Google Search http://searchengineland.com/google-hot-trends-integrated-into-google-search-26717 http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/keep-up-with-latest-trends-using-google.html Kindle DX gets bad grade at Princeton http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/kindle-dx-called-poor-excuse-of-an-academic-tool-in-princeton/ Google Docs for students http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/back-to-school-with-google-docs.html “Time Telescope” could boost fiber-optic communications http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/09/28/1849231/Time-Telescope-Could-Boost-Fibre-Optic-Communications Robot can read your thoughts http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2009/09/25/20090925p2a00m0na015000c.html VOICEMAIL Anonymous question about RIAA legal winnings EMAIL Hi Buzz Folk – Episode 1072 included some speculation as to why AM broadcast band reception is seldom included with portable media devices. I think the problem comes no so much from the receiver technology as from the antenna requirements. FM broadcast uses a wavelength on the order of three meters, so a relatively short whip antenna can efficiently capture the signal. a three or four foot long headphone cord typically doubles as the antenna on these devices. In contrast, the wavelength used by AM broadcast ranges up to 600 meters, so a very short antenna is quite ineffective. If you dig around the bottom of your closet, find your old AM/FM transistor radio and take it apart, you will notice something called a ferrite loopstick antenna. This device makes use of a high permeability ferrite core inside a relatively small coil of wire to provide sufficient antenna capture area for these low frequency signals. As far as I know, there is no way to provide for AM broadcast reception that does not require a relatively bulky antenna such as the ferrite loopstick, and this is probably why you seldom find this feature in portable media players. You will find a very brief discussion of this type of antenna at: http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/antennas/antenna-basics.htm Great show, looking forward to many more episodes. William, Metropolis, IL (Hometown of Superman — Really!) ********** This article talks about a new book “Three Felonies a Day” that makes the premise that the lag between the legal system and technology causes you to commit an average of three felonies per day just by using the Internet. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574438900830760842.html?mod=rss_opinion_main btw, what is BOL’s e-mail address? LTS Maurice in New Orleans A Google Android mod received a cease and desist for including Google apps in the mod. Seriously? Google may not be a walled garden with a high wall but it's a walled garden nonetheless. And it's pretty sad when your open-source project gets protested for not being open. We also discuss whether the Dell Latitude Z series is for posers. Or us. Or both. Which makes us posers. Own it, people. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077536',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1073 Dell Latitude is like Adamo with wireless charger – fancy and expensive http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE58S0L320090929 http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/29/dells-latitude-z-600-is-a-16-inch-thin-and-light-makes-overcom/ Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60 finally ready for AT&T: $300 on October 4? http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/garmin-asus-nuvifone-g60-finally-ready-for-atandt-300-on-october/ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ATT-and-Garmin-Announce-a-New-prnews-2551171109.html?x=0 Open Android Alliance formed http://www.h-online.com/open/Open-Android-Alliance-formed–/news/114347 http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/09/android-community-aims-to-replace-googles-proprietary-bits.ars Apple hires Newton dev, restarting tablet rumors http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2353455,00.asp Microsoft Security Essentials available free starting today http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138633/Microsoft_confirms_free_security_software_ships_Tuesday Take that, Twitter: Google Hot Trends integrated into Google Search http://searchengineland.com/google-hot-trends-integrated-into-google-search-26717 http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/keep-up-with-latest-trends-using-google.html Kindle DX gets bad grade at Princeton http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/kindle-dx-called-poor-excuse-of-an-academic-tool-in-princeton/ Google Docs for students http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/back-to-school-with-google-docs.html “Time Telescope” could boost fiber-optic communications http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/09/28/1849231/Time-Telescope-Could-Boost-Fibre-Optic-Communications Robot can read your thoughts http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2009/09/25/20090925p2a00m0na015000c.html VOICEMAIL Anonymous question about RIAA legal winnings EMAIL Hi Buzz Folk – Episode 1072 included some speculation as to why AM broadcast band reception is seldom included with portable media devices. I think the problem comes no so much from the receiver technology as from the antenna requirements. FM broadcast uses a wavelength on the order of three meters, so a relatively short whip antenna can efficiently capture the signal. a three or four foot long headphone cord typically doubles as the antenna on these devices. In contrast, the wavelength used by AM broadcast ranges up to 600 meters, so a very short antenna is quite ineffective. If you dig around the bottom of your closet, find your old AM/FM transistor radio and take it apart, you will notice something called a ferrite loopstick antenna. This device makes use of a high permeability ferrite core inside a relatively small coil of wire to provide sufficient antenna capture area for these low frequency signals. As far as I know, there is no way to provide for AM broadcast reception that does not require a relatively bulky antenna such as the ferrite loopstick, and this is probably why you seldom find this feature in portable media players. You will find a very brief discussion of this type of antenna at: http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/antennas/antenna-basics.htm Great show, looking forward to many more episodes. William, Metropolis, IL (Hometown of Superman — Really!) ********** This article talks about a new book “Three Felonies a Day” that makes the premise that the lag between the legal system and technology causes you to commit an average of three felonies per day just by using the Internet. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574438900830760842.html?mod=rss_opinion_main btw, what is BOL’s e-mail address? LTS Maurice in New Orleans tag:odeo.com,2009-09-29,25205879 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:55:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25201002-BOL-1072-Mustache-twirling-jerks-at-AT-T As AT&T tries to accuse Google of violating Net neutrality, Molly wonders if they really just want to be seen as a villain. Also while you should never call anything unhackable, the Netbooks being given to students in Australia are pretty tight. Physical-layer BIOS protection is unusual in an educational situation like that. And we also get a little frustrated at people who don't listen. So please. Listen. Thanks. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077535',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1072 Orange U.K. gets iPhone 3GS, O2 loses exclusivity http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/09/28/orange.uk.to.carry.iphones.in.2009/ Apple's Apps flying off the virtual shelves: 6.6 million downloads per day http://mediame... As AT&T tries to accuse Google of violating Net neutrality, Molly wonders if they really just want to be seen as a villain. Also while you should never call anything unhackable, the Netbooks being given to students in Australia are pretty tight. Physical-layer BIOS protection is unusual in an educational situation like that. And we also get a little frustrated at people who don't listen. So please. Listen. Thanks. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077535',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1072 Orange U.K. gets iPhone 3GS, O2 loses exclusivity http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/09/28/orange.uk.to.carry.iphones.in.2009/ Apple's Apps flying off the virtual shelves: 6.6 million downloads per day http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090928/apples-apps-flying-off-the-virtual-shelves-6-6-million-downloads-per-day/ Apple behind Intel’s USB competitor? http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/09/27/1427241/Apple-Behind-Intels-USB-Competitor Critics: AT&T griping over Google Voice a “red herring” http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/google-critics-slam-att-on-google-voice.ars Yahoo's new TV ad: Count the 'yous' http://paidcontent.org/article/419-yahoos-new-tv-ad-count-the-yous/ Music player noise limit planned http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8279348.stm A.U. government to build “unhackable” Netbooks http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/27/0252235/AU-Government-To-Build-Unhackable-Netbooks Ignoring RIAA lawsuits cheaper than going to trial http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/ignoring-riaa-lawsuits-cheaper-than-going-to-trial.ars Porn row pizza workers strike http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/porn-row-pizza-workers-strike-14502739.html Send in your questions for Steve Ballmer http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-10362159-262.html VOICE MAIL RogueTess Extra security for PayPal Jack Stealing thunder from Microsoft E-MAIL BOL, They should have either (1) an application/PDF document that you can store on your mobile phone or (2) a URL printed inside the glove compartment that you can enter on your phone to view the manual. The latter would be better in general (because who remembers to download the documentation *before* you have problems), but the former would be better for areas with poor or no cell phone access, like the San Francisco area. Todd ********** Props to Nick the biochem grad student for the helpful link regarding Windows 7 for students. I checked it out and all you need is a valid .edu address and $29.99. It’s pre-order right now and they’re allowing downloads on October 22. Now that some of my textbooks cost upwards of $160 (I’m a nursing student) saving $90 on an OS that’ll hopefully save me from the hell I’ve been living in called Vista is quite the boon. Thanks Nick and thanks Microsoft, though I doubt I’ll be having any kind of cuddle party there might be some kind of ritual involving lighter fluid and my Vista disc… – Derin from Scottsdale ********** A few episodes ago, you guys talked about wanted AM radio on the Zune HD, and I would agree. I was looking at the teardown of the Zune HD on iFixit, and noticed something interesting. In Step 8, they reveal that the Zune HD has a SiPORT HD Radio chip which just so happens to support AM radio. All Microsoft has to do is turn it on. Thanks for the great work. Andrew Bangor, ME http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Microsoft-Zune-HD/1170/1 ********** BOL I have tried a few times now to locate the bonus material for the show, and have been totally unsuccessful. Could you please clarify where this is located, or put it in the iTunes feed? aaren loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077555',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); As AT&T tries to accuse Google of violating Net neutrality, Molly wonders if they really just want to be seen as a villain. Also while you should never call anything unhackable, the Netbooks being given to students in Australia are pretty tight. Physical-layer BIOS protection is unusual in an educational situation like that. And we also get a little frustrated at people who don't listen. So please. Listen. Thanks. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077535',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1072 Orange U.K. gets iPhone 3GS, O2 loses exclusivity http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/09/28/orange.uk.to.carry.iphones.in.2009/ Apple's Apps flying off the virtual shelves: 6.6 million downloads per day http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090928/apples-apps-flying-off-the-virtual-shelves-6-6-million-downloads-per-day/ Apple behind Intel’s USB competitor? http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/09/27/1427241/Apple-Behind-Intels-USB-Competitor Critics: AT&T griping over Google Voice a “red herring” http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/google-critics-slam-att-on-google-voice.ars Yahoo's new TV ad: Count the 'yous' http://paidcontent.org/article/419-yahoos-new-tv-ad-count-the-yous/ Music player noise limit planned http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8279348.stm A.U. government to build “unhackable” Netbooks http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/27/0252235/AU-Government-To-Build-Unhackable-Netbooks Ignoring RIAA lawsuits cheaper than going to trial http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/ignoring-riaa-lawsuits-cheaper-than-going-to-trial.ars Porn row pizza workers strike http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/porn-row-pizza-workers-strike-14502739.html Send in your questions for Steve Ballmer http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-10362159-262.html VOICE MAIL RogueTess Extra security for PayPal Jack Stealing thunder from Microsoft E-MAIL BOL, They should have either (1) an application/PDF document that you can store on your mobile phone or (2) a URL printed inside the glove compartment that you can enter on your phone to view the manual. The latter would be better in general (because who remembers to download the documentation *before* you have problems), but the former would be better for areas with poor or no cell phone access, like the San Francisco area. Todd ********** Props to Nick the biochem grad student for the helpful link regarding Windows 7 for students. I checked it out and all you need is a valid .edu address and $29.99. It’s pre-order right now and they’re allowing downloads on October 22. Now that some of my textbooks cost upwards of $160 (I’m a nursing student) saving $90 on an OS that’ll hopefully save me from the hell I’ve been living in called Vista is quite the boon. Thanks Nick and thanks Microsoft, though I doubt I’ll be having any kind of cuddle party there might be some kind of ritual involving lighter fluid and my Vista disc… – Derin from Scottsdale ********** A few episodes ago, you guys talked about wanted AM radio on the Zune HD, and I would agree. I was looking at the teardown of the Zune HD on iFixit, and noticed something interesting. In Step 8, they reveal that the Zune HD has a SiPORT HD Radio chip which just so happens to support AM radio. All Microsoft has to do is turn it on. Thanks for the great work. Andrew Bangor, ME http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Microsoft-Zune-HD/1170/1 ********** BOL I have tried a few times now to locate the bonus material for the show, and have been totally unsuccessful. Could you please clarify where this is located, or put it in the iTunes feed? aaren loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077555',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-09-28,25201002 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:40:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25185050-BOL-1071-Falling-off-the-hype-cycle Twitter trades hype for a huge cash infusion, Windows 7 attempts to create hype with a spectacularly awfsome video, and we cover all the hype falling out of the Demo conference. Speaking of falling, Honda's new Segway-style unicycle looks amazingly easy to fall off of. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077243',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1071 Report: No Palm Pre for Verizon Wireless http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10361144-266.html Twitter Appears Set to Raise $100 Million, Valuing It at $1 Billion http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/technology/internet/25twitter.html http://blog.twitter.com/2009/09/new-twitter-funding.html Microsoft plays the security card in response to Google’s Chrome Frame http:... Twitter trades hype for a huge cash infusion, Windows 7 attempts to create hype with a spectacularly awfsome video, and we cover all the hype falling out of the Demo conference. Speaking of falling, Honda's new Segway-style unicycle looks amazingly easy to fall off of. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077243',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1071 Report: No Palm Pre for Verizon Wireless http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10361144-266.html Twitter Appears Set to Raise $100 Million, Valuing It at $1 Billion http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/technology/internet/25twitter.html http://blog.twitter.com/2009/09/new-twitter-funding.html Microsoft plays the security card in response to Google’s Chrome Frame http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4063 http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/microsoft-google-chrome-frame-makes-ie-less-secure.ars Windows 7 PCs to go on sale early http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/windows-7-pcs-to-go-on-sale-early.ars New Phoenix BIOS Starts Windows 7 Boot In 1 Second http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/09/25/0247220/New-Phoenix-BIOS-Starts-Windows-7-Boot-In-1-Second Intel’s Moblin 2.1 to compete with Windows http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10361563-1.html Google Ordered To Shut Down Gmail Account Of User Who Received Unsolicited Banking Info http://techdirt.com/articles/20090924/1705386309.shtml Demo’s best launches (compare to TechCrunch?) http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10361288-250.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10361284-2.html Experiences with Fitbit? http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10037258-2.html Robot fish swims by doing the wave http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10360819-1.html Honda’s one-wheel Segway http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1215741/Honda-unveils-Segway-style-unicycle-travels-direction-want.html#ixzz0S2lY0hSd E-MAIL They have a video now, thought you would want to see how bad it is. http://gizmodo.com/5366105/this-incredible-windows-7-launch-party-video-is-either-the-best-or-worst-microsoft-ad-this-year Jeff Price ********** Hi Buzz Crew, I have a small annoyance about Amazon.com to share with you and your listeners. I went to Amazon.com today in an attempt to purchase High on Arrival, the memoir by Mackenzie Phillips. I was going to order the Kindle version, but I discovered that the Kindle version was the exact same price as the hardcover, $14.29. When I saw that the price was the same, I was extremely annoyed. “Low Book Prices” is listed as a selling point on the Kindle home page, and yet, here is an example where it makes absolutely no sense to buy the e-book. Why would I buy the e-book for the exact same cost as the hardcover? I might as well just buy the hardcover and have the ability to loan it out or sell it later. I guess the publishers still don’t get it. Joe AKA dOgBOi ********** I read over the article in your show notes, and that article (and each article I’ve read in addition) has said: 3,012 Netflix DVDs, worth about $36,471 http://www.switched.com/2009/09/23/former-postal-worker-admits-stealing-over-3-000-netflix-dvds/ No idea where the 30k number came from, and how it has endured, but might be worth a mention. So what’s that, 10 DVDs a day? Much more reasonable than 100 per day. Ted the Engineer ********** Dear Buzzards, In episode 1069 you were talking about Picasa’s new facial recognition feature. After installing and scanning for 24 hours, it had gone through processing my photos for faces. How good is it? Pretty dang good. My wife is an identical twin (yes, I can tell them apart). They have a lot of pictures of eachother. I tagged a couple of each of their faces, and it was 99% accurate for twin-recognition out of a about 200 photos (even when they have the same style glasses). Insert obligatory “love the show”, Josh Des Moines, Iowa Twitter trades hype for a huge cash infusion, Windows 7 attempts to create hype with a spectacularly awfsome video, and we cover all the hype falling out of the Demo conference. Speaking of falling, Honda's new Segway-style unicycle looks amazingly easy to fall off of. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077243',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1071 Report: No Palm Pre for Verizon Wireless http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10361144-266.html Twitter Appears Set to Raise $100 Million, Valuing It at $1 Billion http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/technology/internet/25twitter.html http://blog.twitter.com/2009/09/new-twitter-funding.html Microsoft plays the security card in response to Google’s Chrome Frame http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4063 http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/microsoft-google-chrome-frame-makes-ie-less-secure.ars Windows 7 PCs to go on sale early http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/windows-7-pcs-to-go-on-sale-early.ars New Phoenix BIOS Starts Windows 7 Boot In 1 Second http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/09/25/0247220/New-Phoenix-BIOS-Starts-Windows-7-Boot-In-1-Second Intel’s Moblin 2.1 to compete with Windows http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10361563-1.html Google Ordered To Shut Down Gmail Account Of User Who Received Unsolicited Banking Info http://techdirt.com/articles/20090924/1705386309.shtml Demo’s best launches (compare to TechCrunch?) http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10361288-250.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10361284-2.html Experiences with Fitbit? http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10037258-2.html Robot fish swims by doing the wave http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10360819-1.html Honda’s one-wheel Segway http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1215741/Honda-unveils-Segway-style-unicycle-travels-direction-want.html#ixzz0S2lY0hSd E-MAIL They have a video now, thought you would want to see how bad it is. http://gizmodo.com/5366105/this-incredible-windows-7-launch-party-video-is-either-the-best-or-worst-microsoft-ad-this-year Jeff Price ********** Hi Buzz Crew, I have a small annoyance about Amazon.com to share with you and your listeners. I went to Amazon.com today in an attempt to purchase High on Arrival, the memoir by Mackenzie Phillips. I was going to order the Kindle version, but I discovered that the Kindle version was the exact same price as the hardcover, $14.29. When I saw that the price was the same, I was extremely annoyed. “Low Book Prices” is listed as a selling point on the Kindle home page, and yet, here is an example where it makes absolutely no sense to buy the e-book. Why would I buy the e-book for the exact same cost as the hardcover? I might as well just buy the hardcover and have the ability to loan it out or sell it later. I guess the publishers still don’t get it. Joe AKA dOgBOi ********** I read over the article in your show notes, and that article (and each article I’ve read in addition) has said: 3,012 Netflix DVDs, worth about $36,471 http://www.switched.com/2009/09/23/former-postal-worker-admits-stealing-over-3-000-netflix-dvds/ No idea where the 30k number came from, and how it has endured, but might be worth a mention. So what’s that, 10 DVDs a day? Much more reasonable than 100 per day. Ted the Engineer ********** Dear Buzzards, In episode 1069 you were talking about Picasa’s new facial recognition feature. After installing and scanning for 24 hours, it had gone through processing my photos for faces. How good is it? Pretty dang good. My wife is an identical twin (yes, I can tell them apart). They have a lot of pictures of eachother. I tagged a couple of each of their faces, and it was 99% accurate for twin-recognition out of a about 200 photos (even when they have the same style glasses). Insert obligatory “love the show”, Josh Des Moines, Iowa tag:odeo.com,2009-09-25,25185050 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:57:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25179553-BOL-1070-Windows-7-cuddle-party Microsoft shows "Pink" (sort of), MMS disaster, er, feature about to launch on iPhone, Wii gets price cut, Archos new Win7 tablet looks great (too bad nobody will notice), and MIT has a synthetic eyeball on the way that amazes us. Oh yeah...and about that cuddle party... loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077242',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1070 Microsoft’s “Pink” project emerges, sort of http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10360516-56.html AppleInsider claims to have details on new iMacs http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/24/apple_ready_and_waiting_with_redesigned_imac_line.html 2009 PC sales way better than expected, thanks to notebooks, Netbooks http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-... Microsoft shows "Pink" (sort of), MMS disaster, er, feature about to launch on iPhone, Wii gets price cut, Archos new Win7 tablet looks great (too bad nobody will notice), and MIT has a synthetic eyeball on the way that amazes us. Oh yeah...and about that cuddle party... loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077242',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1070 Microsoft’s “Pink” project emerges, sort of http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10360516-56.html AppleInsider claims to have details on new iMacs http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/24/apple_ready_and_waiting_with_redesigned_imac_line.html 2009 PC sales way better than expected, thanks to notebooks, Netbooks http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10359945-260.html Intel LightPeak tries to minimize — but not eliminate — computer cables http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10360047-264.html Intel shows Larabee graphics technology, putting it in direct competition with Nvidia and AMD http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/processors/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220100672 Report: AT&T is girding for a rocky launch of iPhone MMS http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Nervous-About-Smooth-iPhone-MMS-Launch-104606 http://www.facebook.com/ATT?v=feed&story_fbid=138625780868 PS3 Motion Controller details http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10360590-52.html Wii price cut http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10360550-1.html Microsoft not going to buy EA http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE58N1EK20090924 Twitter direct message bot http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10360158-245.html Bank sues Google for its own stupidity http://mashable.com/2009/09/24/bank-sues-google-identity/ Archos tablet due out Oct 22 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/24/archos-9-tablet-due-october-22-for-499/ MIT eyeball chip is way better than eye patch http://dvice.com/archives/2009/09/mits-eyeball-ch.php ie8 runs 10 times faster with Chrome plug-in http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/ie8-runs-10-times-faster-google-plug-in-115 VOICEMAIL Joe – panasonic licensed game machine dvd hybrid E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, I am frustrated! I was hearing all the reports of people getting their Windows 7 Launch Party approvals and I was waiting for mine. Well, I finally got my response on the morning of September 24. And you know what? They rejected me! They finally must have reached that mystery cap when they finally read my application. Just thought you might like to know there is not an unlimited number of these party packs going around. Chris PS, if any of your listeners want to invite me and some friends to their launch party, let me know what is going on in north-central WV! ********** Hey Buzzers, I’m a long time listener to the show (since the 300s) and a professional web developer. On occasion, Internet Explorer-related stories come up and, from how you report them, it seems like you don’t quite understand how bad the Internet Explorer (IE) problem really is. Below I’ll provide some info on that and also how that has to do with Google Chrome Frame. History of IE and why it’s crap: On the web, primarily three programming languages are used to present sites: HTML for the content, CSS for the styles, and Javascript for interactivity. HTML (until recently) has been fairly stagnant and is well supported -- even in IE. Javascript, though inconsistent across browsers and not particularly fast, isn’t all that relevant to web developers yet, since the vast majority of web pages only use of small amounts of it and because new libraries make writing cross-browser Javascript fairly easy. Although faster, better javascript will become much more important as the web shifts from web pages to web apps, it’s not a big issue right now. The most important thing right now is good CSS support, as styles, unlike scripts, are essential to any website. A good measure of this support is the Acid 2 test, a test put out by the Web Standards Project in 2005. Safari and Opera have passed the test since 2006 and, although Firefox didn’t pass until 2008, it was always pretty good. Chrome has passed since its release. Internet Explorer, however, did not pass until earlier this year with version 8, and versions 6 and 7 failed MISERABLY (see screenshot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid2#Non-compliant_applications). This has been a huge source of developer outcry and a big pain because, not only are IE6 and 7 bugs so numerous, but they’re often totally random. A good (but incomplete) list is at: http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer.html. Please take a quick look and you’ll see just how ridiculous some of the bugs are. Even worse than how bad older versions of IE are, is the speed (or total lack thereof) of its upgrade cycle. This is largely due to corporate applications depending on IE6. Many of these apps were built when IE6 market share was at 90% and corporations figured that they could take advantage of rendering flaws in IE to speed development time and then simply mandate that employees use it. Therefore, even 8 years after IE6 was released, it is still one of the most popular browsers online, despite various campaigns to bring it down (http://www.bringdownie6.com/, http://www.ie6nomore.com/). Since it has a 15-25% user base, developers are still frequently required to support IE6. In a recent project I worked on, a complex, flexible grid-based layout was required. Although I was able to create this in about 6 hours for Opera, Safari, Firefox, and Chrome, adding IE support took an additional 25!! To Microsoft’s credit, they’ve improved IE dramatically in versions 7 and 8, largely due, I believe, to competition from Firefox. However, the slow upgrade cycle has largely nullified these changes from a developer point of view. The bottom line: IE6 is total crap, version 7 is better but not good, and version 8 is solid, but all of them are way behind browsers like Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Chrome. However, due to the slow upgrade cycle and dependent corporate applications, developers must continue to support even IE6, the lowest common denominator. Google Chrome Frame, unlike how you guys described it, doesn’t make IE into Chrome under the hood. Rather, it installs the Chrome rendering engines along side IE’s. Developers can then specify, through a tag in their site, whether to use the Chrome engine, but all sites will render with IE’s engine by default (this is how the backwards compatibility is maintained). This is a fantastic solution since most users on IE either can’t switch or like the IE interface, but many of them would be willing to install a plugin, especially if the site won’t work without it (comparable to Flash). Even if Chrome Frame doesn’t solve the problem all together, it creates one more case in which web developers don’t have to worry about IE (6 in particular) and hopefully makes convincing clients to ditch it a bit easier. Keep on Buzzing, Ethan Resnick P.S. The Acid 3 test is out now, and it tests a wider array of features. Chrome, Safari (Desktop and Mobile) and Opera get a 100%; Firefox gets a 94%; and Internet Explorer 8 gets a 20%. Unfortunately for Natali, the “huevos” browser only gets a 1%, while the Android browser gets a 93%. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077390',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Microsoft shows "Pink" (sort of), MMS disaster, er, feature about to launch on iPhone, Wii gets price cut, Archos new Win7 tablet looks great (too bad nobody will notice), and MIT has a synthetic eyeball on the way that amazes us. Oh yeah...and about that cuddle party... loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077242',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1070 Microsoft’s “Pink” project emerges, sort of http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10360516-56.html AppleInsider claims to have details on new iMacs http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/24/apple_ready_and_waiting_with_redesigned_imac_line.html 2009 PC sales way better than expected, thanks to notebooks, Netbooks http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10359945-260.html Intel LightPeak tries to minimize — but not eliminate — computer cables http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10360047-264.html Intel shows Larabee graphics technology, putting it in direct competition with Nvidia and AMD http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/processors/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220100672 Report: AT&T is girding for a rocky launch of iPhone MMS http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Nervous-About-Smooth-iPhone-MMS-Launch-104606 http://www.facebook.com/ATT?v=feed&story_fbid=138625780868 PS3 Motion Controller details http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10360590-52.html Wii price cut http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10360550-1.html Microsoft not going to buy EA http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE58N1EK20090924 Twitter direct message bot http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10360158-245.html Bank sues Google for its own stupidity http://mashable.com/2009/09/24/bank-sues-google-identity/ Archos tablet due out Oct 22 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/24/archos-9-tablet-due-october-22-for-499/ MIT eyeball chip is way better than eye patch http://dvice.com/archives/2009/09/mits-eyeball-ch.php ie8 runs 10 times faster with Chrome plug-in http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/ie8-runs-10-times-faster-google-plug-in-115 VOICEMAIL Joe – panasonic licensed game machine dvd hybrid E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, I am frustrated! I was hearing all the reports of people getting their Windows 7 Launch Party approvals and I was waiting for mine. Well, I finally got my response on the morning of September 24. And you know what? They rejected me! They finally must have reached that mystery cap when they finally read my application. Just thought you might like to know there is not an unlimited number of these party packs going around. Chris PS, if any of your listeners want to invite me and some friends to their launch party, let me know what is going on in north-central WV! ********** Hey Buzzers, I’m a long time listener to the show (since the 300s) and a professional web developer. On occasion, Internet Explorer-related stories come up and, from how you report them, it seems like you don’t quite understand how bad the Internet Explorer (IE) problem really is. Below I’ll provide some info on that and also how that has to do with Google Chrome Frame. History of IE and why it’s crap: On the web, primarily three programming languages are used to present sites: HTML for the content, CSS for the styles, and Javascript for interactivity. HTML (until recently) has been fairly stagnant and is well supported -- even in IE. Javascript, though inconsistent across browsers and not particularly fast, isn’t all that relevant to web developers yet, since the vast majority of web pages only use of small amounts of it and because new libraries make writing cross-browser Javascript fairly easy. Although faster, better javascript will become much more important as the web shifts from web pages to web apps, it’s not a big issue right now. The most important thing right now is good CSS support, as styles, unlike scripts, are essential to any website. A good measure of this support is the Acid 2 test, a test put out by the Web Standards Project in 2005. Safari and Opera have passed the test since 2006 and, although Firefox didn’t pass until 2008, it was always pretty good. Chrome has passed since its release. Internet Explorer, however, did not pass until earlier this year with version 8, and versions 6 and 7 failed MISERABLY (see screenshot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid2#Non-compliant_applications). This has been a huge source of developer outcry and a big pain because, not only are IE6 and 7 bugs so numerous, but they’re often totally random. A good (but incomplete) list is at: http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer.html. Please take a quick look and you’ll see just how ridiculous some of the bugs are. Even worse than how bad older versions of IE are, is the speed (or total lack thereof) of its upgrade cycle. This is largely due to corporate applications depending on IE6. Many of these apps were built when IE6 market share was at 90% and corporations figured that they could take advantage of rendering flaws in IE to speed development time and then simply mandate that employees use it. Therefore, even 8 years after IE6 was released, it is still one of the most popular browsers online, despite various campaigns to bring it down (http://www.bringdownie6.com/, http://www.ie6nomore.com/). Since it has a 15-25% user base, developers are still frequently required to support IE6. In a recent project I worked on, a complex, flexible grid-based layout was required. Although I was able to create this in about 6 hours for Opera, Safari, Firefox, and Chrome, adding IE support took an additional 25!! To Microsoft’s credit, they’ve improved IE dramatically in versions 7 and 8, largely due, I believe, to competition from Firefox. However, the slow upgrade cycle has largely nullified these changes from a developer point of view. The bottom line: IE6 is total crap, version 7 is better but not good, and version 8 is solid, but all of them are way behind browsers like Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Chrome. However, due to the slow upgrade cycle and dependent corporate applications, developers must continue to support even IE6, the lowest common denominator. Google Chrome Frame, unlike how you guys described it, doesn’t make IE into Chrome under the hood. Rather, it installs the Chrome rendering engines along side IE’s. Developers can then specify, through a tag in their site, whether to use the Chrome engine, but all sites will render with IE’s engine by default (this is how the backwards compatibility is maintained). This is a fantastic solution since most users on IE either can’t switch or like the IE interface, but many of them would be willing to install a plugin, especially if the site won’t work without it (comparable to Flash). Even if Chrome Frame doesn’t solve the problem all together, it creates one more case in which web developers don’t have to worry about IE (6 in particular) and hopefully makes convincing clients to ditch it a bit easier. Keep on Buzzing, Ethan Resnick P.S. The Acid 3 test is out now, and it tests a wider array of features. Chrome, Safari (Desktop and Mobile) and Opera get a 100%; Firefox gets a 94%; and Internet Explorer 8 gets a 20%. Unfortunately for Natali, the “huevos” browser only gets a 1%, while the Android browser gets a 93%. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077390',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-09-24,25179553 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:05:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25173315-BOL-1069-80-percent-of-life-is-exhaust We're not real sure about the iRex reader, Microsoft's Courier is a lot of smoke, Palm gets told to sit down and be quiet about iTunes syncing, and a PlayStation 2 for you car. And finally, Brian imparts a valuable life lesson for everyone listening. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077241',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1069 New iRex reader http://www.gearlog.com/2009/09/new_ebook_reader_getting_push.php Verizon and Best Buy both make moves into e-readers http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/technology/internet/23ebooks.html Microsoft Courier “booklet” computer still just a concept, in spite of “event” in NYC http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10359367-56.html http://gizmodo.com/5365299... We're not real sure about the iRex reader, Microsoft's Courier is a lot of smoke, Palm gets told to sit down and be quiet about iTunes syncing, and a PlayStation 2 for you car. And finally, Brian imparts a valuable life lesson for everyone listening. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077241',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1069 New iRex reader http://www.gearlog.com/2009/09/new_ebook_reader_getting_push.php Verizon and Best Buy both make moves into e-readers http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/technology/internet/23ebooks.html Microsoft Courier “booklet” computer still just a concept, in spite of “event” in NYC http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10359367-56.html http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet USB gods tell Palm it has little claim to sync with iTunes http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090922/usb-if-slaps-palm/ In prep for MMS on the iPhone, AT&T has turned off ALL texted picture service. http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2009/09/22/atandt-deactivating-view-my-message-service-for-iphone-users-ahead-of-mms-launch/ New Picasa 3.5 has facial recognition http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10358662-248.html Google plug-in turns IE into Chrome http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/22/google-turns-internet-explorer-into-chrome-yes-seriously/ Google SideWiki http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10359112-265.html http://www.buzzmachine.com/2009/09/23/google-sidewiki-danger/ PS2 for the car offered by Audiovox http://telematicsnews.info/2009/09/22/audiovox-launches-rse-system-with-playstation2/ A few DEMO faves: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/gelato_the_friendfeed_of_dating.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/micello_google_maps_for_the_indoors.php Ray Kurzweil says immortality is just 20 years away http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6217676/Immortality-only-20-years-away-says-scientist.html VOICE MAIL Shaun from Boulder: AT&T’s 3G extender vs 4G rollout E-MAIL Hi guys, Did I miss something? Or did Google just roll out push e-mail on the iPhone? http://www.google.com/mobile/products/sync.html#p=apple I’ve had push google calendar and contacts on my iPhone for some time, but have been wistfully waiting for my gmail to catch up. Sure enough if you go into settings –> Mail –> Google contacts & calendar, there’s a slider there that enables… Mail! I deleted my gmail iMap account on the iPhone, and now I have push e-mail… Awesome! Instantaeous gmail on my iPhone – my life is complete(how sad)! I assume that it now looks like a full blown exchange server to the iPhone. (One issue I see now is that the spinning beachball thingy (next to the WiFi symbol) is constantly spinning – not sure how my battery will fair) Love the show, etc. Alan ********** Every story I’ve read says he stole the 30,000 dvds in a year.. Jan 2007-Feb 2008. Doing the math… Speculating the postal worker stole exactly 30,000 dvds and worked 13 months… which would be about 56 weeks… he would have stolen about 535 dvds per week. If he worked 5 days a week that is 107 dvds per day. That is a little more than 13 dvds per hour. (8 hour shift) If he worked 6 days a week, that would be 89 dvds per day with about 13 dvds per hour (6 2/3 hr shift). Now if the postal worker actually stole the 30,000 dvds in 2 years, which would be about 25 months, which would be roughly 108 weeks, he would have had about 25 months to pull off his heist. He would have stolen about 277 dvds per week. If he worked 5 days a week, that would be 55 dvds per day. That would then be about 7 dvds per hour. If he worked 6 days a week, that would be 46 dvds per day with about 7 dvds per hour (40 hour work week considered). Netflix shipped approxmiately 638,400,000 dvds in the 13 months. ccarline ********** Massive shake-up to net tax in UK I actually defended this proposition to begin with (and I think even on BOL last time), but now it's closer to reality, and my over-taxed face feels slapped, pointed and laughed at. It's not good news for anyone in the UK, except for the people who can't afford computers, who can now be sold super-fast Internet. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/23/broadband-tax-election (he later emailed) Although this 'broadband tax' would bring broadband to poorer areas, the real goal is to offer 90% of the UK population broadband speeds of at least 2Mbps - that includes the poorer areas, but as well as the rural areas currently restricted to expensive satellite Internet packages which are priced out of their reach. To do this government plans to tax every single household which has a phone line. Nate Lanxon (CNET UK) ********** Hey Folks, Thought you might be interested to know that a mobile phone running a GPS app is now considered illegal in my home state of Victoria in Australia. So it seems that the government is either in bed with GPS manufacturers or they consider this as bad a texting while driving. Stand alone devices in cars which are only your GPS unit with no mobile phone attached are still fine. Whats next? Our mobile phones have to be left at home because we cannot have them in the car at all??? I believe this will also apply to the Tom Tom app even when it is in the cradle when they release it would still be illegal. http://www.smartcompany.com.au/media/20090922-navigation-apps-made-illegal-in-victoria.html Im a guy, I don’t ask for directions I use my GPS so I can avoid those arguments and get where im going quickly(sometimes too quickly), now it seems they want my girlfriend and I to argue all the time. Thanks government! Thanks Ladies and Gents Kelly (Im a dude, just thought I would point that out again as with a name like Kelly I have a phobia of being referred to as a woman, although I guess I can thank my parents for that one. We're not real sure about the iRex reader, Microsoft's Courier is a lot of smoke, Palm gets told to sit down and be quiet about iTunes syncing, and a PlayStation 2 for you car. And finally, Brian imparts a valuable life lesson for everyone listening. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077241',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1069 New iRex reader http://www.gearlog.com/2009/09/new_ebook_reader_getting_push.php Verizon and Best Buy both make moves into e-readers http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/technology/internet/23ebooks.html Microsoft Courier “booklet” computer still just a concept, in spite of “event” in NYC http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10359367-56.html http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet USB gods tell Palm it has little claim to sync with iTunes http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090922/usb-if-slaps-palm/ In prep for MMS on the iPhone, AT&T has turned off ALL texted picture service. http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2009/09/22/atandt-deactivating-view-my-message-service-for-iphone-users-ahead-of-mms-launch/ New Picasa 3.5 has facial recognition http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10358662-248.html Google plug-in turns IE into Chrome http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/22/google-turns-internet-explorer-into-chrome-yes-seriously/ Google SideWiki http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10359112-265.html http://www.buzzmachine.com/2009/09/23/google-sidewiki-danger/ PS2 for the car offered by Audiovox http://telematicsnews.info/2009/09/22/audiovox-launches-rse-system-with-playstation2/ A few DEMO faves: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/gelato_the_friendfeed_of_dating.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/micello_google_maps_for_the_indoors.php Ray Kurzweil says immortality is just 20 years away http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6217676/Immortality-only-20-years-away-says-scientist.html VOICE MAIL Shaun from Boulder: AT&T’s 3G extender vs 4G rollout E-MAIL Hi guys, Did I miss something? Or did Google just roll out push e-mail on the iPhone? http://www.google.com/mobile/products/sync.html#p=apple I’ve had push google calendar and contacts on my iPhone for some time, but have been wistfully waiting for my gmail to catch up. Sure enough if you go into settings –> Mail –> Google contacts & calendar, there’s a slider there that enables… Mail! I deleted my gmail iMap account on the iPhone, and now I have push e-mail… Awesome! Instantaeous gmail on my iPhone – my life is complete(how sad)! I assume that it now looks like a full blown exchange server to the iPhone. (One issue I see now is that the spinning beachball thingy (next to the WiFi symbol) is constantly spinning – not sure how my battery will fair) Love the show, etc. Alan ********** Every story I’ve read says he stole the 30,000 dvds in a year.. Jan 2007-Feb 2008. Doing the math… Speculating the postal worker stole exactly 30,000 dvds and worked 13 months… which would be about 56 weeks… he would have stolen about 535 dvds per week. If he worked 5 days a week that is 107 dvds per day. That is a little more than 13 dvds per hour. (8 hour shift) If he worked 6 days a week, that would be 89 dvds per day with about 13 dvds per hour (6 2/3 hr shift). Now if the postal worker actually stole the 30,000 dvds in 2 years, which would be about 25 months, which would be roughly 108 weeks, he would have had about 25 months to pull off his heist. He would have stolen about 277 dvds per week. If he worked 5 days a week, that would be 55 dvds per day. That would then be about 7 dvds per hour. If he worked 6 days a week, that would be 46 dvds per day with about 7 dvds per hour (40 hour work week considered). Netflix shipped approxmiately 638,400,000 dvds in the 13 months. ccarline ********** Massive shake-up to net tax in UK I actually defended this proposition to begin with (and I think even on BOL last time), but now it's closer to reality, and my over-taxed face feels slapped, pointed and laughed at. It's not good news for anyone in the UK, except for the people who can't afford computers, who can now be sold super-fast Internet. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/23/broadband-tax-election (he later emailed) Although this 'broadband tax' would bring broadband to poorer areas, the real goal is to offer 90% of the UK population broadband speeds of at least 2Mbps - that includes the poorer areas, but as well as the rural areas currently restricted to expensive satellite Internet packages which are priced out of their reach. To do this government plans to tax every single household which has a phone line. Nate Lanxon (CNET UK) ********** Hey Folks, Thought you might be interested to know that a mobile phone running a GPS app is now considered illegal in my home state of Victoria in Australia. So it seems that the government is either in bed with GPS manufacturers or they consider this as bad a texting while driving. Stand alone devices in cars which are only your GPS unit with no mobile phone attached are still fine. Whats next? Our mobile phones have to be left at home because we cannot have them in the car at all??? I believe this will also apply to the Tom Tom app even when it is in the cradle when they release it would still be illegal. http://www.smartcompany.com.au/media/20090922-navigation-apps-made-illegal-in-victoria.html Im a guy, I don’t ask for directions I use my GPS so I can avoid those arguments and get where im going quickly(sometimes too quickly), now it seems they want my girlfriend and I to argue all the time. Thanks government! Thanks Ladies and Gents Kelly (Im a dude, just thought I would point that out again as with a name like Kelly I have a phobia of being referred to as a woman, although I guess I can thank my parents for that one. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-23,25173315 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:50:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25165591-BOL-1068-You-can-t-survive-the-stink AT&T let's you pay for their network holes, Chrysler puts auto manuals on DVD (and how are you supposed to use that in the car?), MySpace says it's video portal now, USB 3.0 is here, Europe gives Google a green light to sell ads to the black marketers, and when you're dead on the web, you're dead. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077237',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1068 AT&T breaks out its new 3G Microcell http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-10358045-85.html 3G MicroCells: Carriers Want You to Pay Extra to Fix Their Own Failures http://gizmodo.com/5364161/3g-microcells-att-wants-you-to-pay-extra-to-fix-their-own-failures Ford CEO Alan Mullalley to deliver “opening keynote” at CES http://n... AT&T let's you pay for their network holes, Chrysler puts auto manuals on DVD (and how are you supposed to use that in the car?), MySpace says it's video portal now, USB 3.0 is here, Europe gives Google a green light to sell ads to the black marketers, and when you're dead on the web, you're dead. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077237',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1068 AT&T breaks out its new 3G Microcell http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-10358045-85.html 3G MicroCells: Carriers Want You to Pay Extra to Fix Their Own Failures http://gizmodo.com/5364161/3g-microcells-att-wants-you-to-pay-extra-to-fix-their-own-failures Ford CEO Alan Mullalley to deliver “opening keynote” at CES http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10357687-92.html Pioneer iPhone app links to car head units for easier destination entry http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS84227+21-Sep-2009+BW20090921 Chrysler ditching paper manuals, going digital http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10357937-48.html EU backs Google over Louis Vitton http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2353142,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121 Facebook/Nielsen partnership http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10358057-36.html MySpace unleashes two-way syncing with Twitter http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10357501-2.html Hulu/MySpace video thing http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10358200-93.html First USB 3.0 product certified http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/21/first-usb-3-0-product-gets-certified-floodgates-get-closer-to-b/ Netflix awards $1 million prize, announces another one http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10357807-26.html Why Netflix can’t wait to go all online http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/22/national/a070027D58.DTL&tsp=1 VOICEMAIL Mike: on iPhone battery logging EMAIL Re: Apple battery life Quick notes. 1. Apple was contacting customers about iPhone 3.1, not the iPhone 3GS specifically. The gorilla and the iPhone 3G would be covered by this too. 2. And no, it’s not “a lot of work”. You click a flippin’ link in Mail, tap an Install button, and move on with your life. Sean ********** Hey Buzz Crew, its Kevin from Philadelphia and guess who’s a windows 7 launch party host? Luckily I”m planning my birthday party that weekend, but YES Windows swaggg. And maybe, just maybe, I’ll win the 750 dollar PC. Just between us, the fastest computer I own is half the processor speed necessary for Windows 7. Shhh don’t tell Microsoft I want the Windows branded napkins! Kevin ********** Dear Buzz Crew, I think it is a bit sad that when Gmail removed the “beta” tag from the logo it was big news, a trending topic on twitter, and mentioned on the show, but when Yahoo! Mail makes some legitimate enhancements… no one really notices. Just a few days ago Yahoo! Mail got a face lift and added application support, but it wasn’t even mentioned on the show. I know you guys simply cover what people are interested in and NO ONE seems interested in what’s going on at Yahoo! Mail anymore. As someone who has been using the same Yahoo! Mail account for over a decade I find it sad that Yahoo! has lost the mind share and, largely due to their lack of innovation in the past, get no notice for innovating now. Just thought I’d share my thoughts with you guys and encourage you to at least check out the updates at Yahoo! Mail. There are still a few of us who like the service… Thanks for the great show! Clayton from Oklahoma. AT&T let's you pay for their network holes, Chrysler puts auto manuals on DVD (and how are you supposed to use that in the car?), MySpace says it's video portal now, USB 3.0 is here, Europe gives Google a green light to sell ads to the black marketers, and when you're dead on the web, you're dead. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077237',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1068 AT&T breaks out its new 3G Microcell http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-10358045-85.html 3G MicroCells: Carriers Want You to Pay Extra to Fix Their Own Failures http://gizmodo.com/5364161/3g-microcells-att-wants-you-to-pay-extra-to-fix-their-own-failures Ford CEO Alan Mullalley to deliver “opening keynote” at CES http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10357687-92.html Pioneer iPhone app links to car head units for easier destination entry http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS84227+21-Sep-2009+BW20090921 Chrysler ditching paper manuals, going digital http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10357937-48.html EU backs Google over Louis Vitton http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2353142,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121 Facebook/Nielsen partnership http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10358057-36.html MySpace unleashes two-way syncing with Twitter http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10357501-2.html Hulu/MySpace video thing http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10358200-93.html First USB 3.0 product certified http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/21/first-usb-3-0-product-gets-certified-floodgates-get-closer-to-b/ Netflix awards $1 million prize, announces another one http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10357807-26.html Why Netflix can’t wait to go all online http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/22/national/a070027D58.DTL&tsp=1 VOICEMAIL Mike: on iPhone battery logging EMAIL Re: Apple battery life Quick notes. 1. Apple was contacting customers about iPhone 3.1, not the iPhone 3GS specifically. The gorilla and the iPhone 3G would be covered by this too. 2. And no, it’s not “a lot of work”. You click a flippin’ link in Mail, tap an Install button, and move on with your life. Sean ********** Hey Buzz Crew, its Kevin from Philadelphia and guess who’s a windows 7 launch party host? Luckily I”m planning my birthday party that weekend, but YES Windows swaggg. And maybe, just maybe, I’ll win the 750 dollar PC. Just between us, the fastest computer I own is half the processor speed necessary for Windows 7. Shhh don’t tell Microsoft I want the Windows branded napkins! Kevin ********** Dear Buzz Crew, I think it is a bit sad that when Gmail removed the “beta” tag from the logo it was big news, a trending topic on twitter, and mentioned on the show, but when Yahoo! Mail makes some legitimate enhancements… no one really notices. Just a few days ago Yahoo! Mail got a face lift and added application support, but it wasn’t even mentioned on the show. I know you guys simply cover what people are interested in and NO ONE seems interested in what’s going on at Yahoo! Mail anymore. As someone who has been using the same Yahoo! Mail account for over a decade I find it sad that Yahoo! has lost the mind share and, largely due to their lack of innovation in the past, get no notice for innovating now. Just thought I’d share my thoughts with you guys and encourage you to at least check out the updates at Yahoo! Mail. There are still a few of us who like the service… Thanks for the great show! Clayton from Oklahoma. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-22,25165591 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:40:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25161342-BOL-1067-Pre-roll-is-the-new-Rick-Roll A listener reports that NFL.com subjected him to a 75-second pre-roll ad. Not funny, NFL. In the news today, the FCC proposes codifying Net neutrality rules, and much as we'd love to leave it to the market and the telcos, well, we just don't trust the telcos. Rules, FTW! Unless it's rules on selling energy-hog TVs. Those aren't cool. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077230',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1067 FCC chief proposes new Net Neutrality rules http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10357411-266.html http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172316/fcc_net_neutrality_rules_are_a_win_consumers.html http://www.glgroup.com/News/Net-Neutrality-And-The-Tragedy-Of-The-Commons-43453.html Facebook Beacon has... A listener reports that NFL.com subjected him to a 75-second pre-roll ad. Not funny, NFL. In the news today, the FCC proposes codifying Net neutrality rules, and much as we'd love to leave it to the market and the telcos, well, we just don't trust the telcos. Rules, FTW! Unless it's rules on selling energy-hog TVs. Those aren't cool. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077230',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1067 FCC chief proposes new Net Neutrality rules http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10357411-266.html http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172316/fcc_net_neutrality_rules_are_a_win_consumers.html http://www.glgroup.com/News/Net-Neutrality-And-The-Tragedy-Of-The-Commons-43453.html Facebook Beacon has poked its last http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10357107-36.html Apple digging into iPhone 3GS battery issues, users say http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10357371-37.html Sony Ericsson motion-controlled headset probably not “changing music forever” http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/21/sony-ericssons-motion-activated-mh907-headset-could-change-thin/ Zune HD sales seemingly high http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/09/19/zune.hd.sales.very.high/ Amazon Starts Own Brand Sales With AmazonBasics Name http://www.pcworld.com/article/172297/amazon_starts_own_brand_sales_with_amazonbasics_name.html California to set TV energy efficiency standards http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10357390-54.html Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60: AT&T Price Confirmed http://www.i4u.com/article27053.html Study: Microbloggers are really boring (well, the Jaiku ones, anyway) http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10357359-2.html Computers are killing cursive writing: do we care? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090919/ap_on_re_us/us_cursive_angst E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew! I was very interested in your discussion about libraries on Friday’s podcast. As a current library employee and student of Library Science, I feel that public libraries need to change their image in order to remain open or get increased funding. There are some great examples of this around the world such as in Singapore wherein the entire physical library structure and image were given a completely modern overhaul. They have gone from a simple book repository to a learning center in order to attract more patronage. Similarly in Fresno County, California the public library has merged with the public schools in order to pool resources and coordinate learning initiatives. Mind you I could talk about this topic forever, but I thought it important to share these examples with you! Sincerely, Don, Maryland ********** Hey Buzz Crew, If you thought the pre-roll ads on the new Zune apps are bad, you should check out NFL.com. I went to watch some video highlights and was greeted with a 75 second, yes 7-5, pre-roll ad. I’m not sure if you will be able to duplicate it, but here’s the link. Love the show. -Will Pridemore ********** Hey Buzz Crew, I just listened to episode 1066 and heard Natali mention a new internet addiction rehab. facility in the northwest. Being the addict that I am, I had to instantly do a search and find out more about this. I found their website (www.netaddictionrecovery.com) and was shocked! First of all, if you can afford it, it looks like a beautiful little vacation spot, but I have one big concern. Does it strike you as odd that they have, on their front page, links to their own social network and links so that you can follow them on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube? Oh, and don’t forget to check out their blog and leave a comment! Sounds a lot like kicking your drug habit with the help of your dealer. Love the show! Addicted to the cure, Richard in ID A listener reports that NFL.com subjected him to a 75-second pre-roll ad. Not funny, NFL. In the news today, the FCC proposes codifying Net neutrality rules, and much as we'd love to leave it to the market and the telcos, well, we just don't trust the telcos. Rules, FTW! Unless it's rules on selling energy-hog TVs. Those aren't cool. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077230',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1067 FCC chief proposes new Net Neutrality rules http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10357411-266.html http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172316/fcc_net_neutrality_rules_are_a_win_consumers.html http://www.glgroup.com/News/Net-Neutrality-And-The-Tragedy-Of-The-Commons-43453.html Facebook Beacon has poked its last http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10357107-36.html Apple digging into iPhone 3GS battery issues, users say http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10357371-37.html Sony Ericsson motion-controlled headset probably not “changing music forever” http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/21/sony-ericssons-motion-activated-mh907-headset-could-change-thin/ Zune HD sales seemingly high http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/09/19/zune.hd.sales.very.high/ Amazon Starts Own Brand Sales With AmazonBasics Name http://www.pcworld.com/article/172297/amazon_starts_own_brand_sales_with_amazonbasics_name.html California to set TV energy efficiency standards http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10357390-54.html Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60: AT&T Price Confirmed http://www.i4u.com/article27053.html Study: Microbloggers are really boring (well, the Jaiku ones, anyway) http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10357359-2.html Computers are killing cursive writing: do we care? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090919/ap_on_re_us/us_cursive_angst E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew! I was very interested in your discussion about libraries on Friday’s podcast. As a current library employee and student of Library Science, I feel that public libraries need to change their image in order to remain open or get increased funding. There are some great examples of this around the world such as in Singapore wherein the entire physical library structure and image were given a completely modern overhaul. They have gone from a simple book repository to a learning center in order to attract more patronage. Similarly in Fresno County, California the public library has merged with the public schools in order to pool resources and coordinate learning initiatives. Mind you I could talk about this topic forever, but I thought it important to share these examples with you! Sincerely, Don, Maryland ********** Hey Buzz Crew, If you thought the pre-roll ads on the new Zune apps are bad, you should check out NFL.com. I went to watch some video highlights and was greeted with a 75 second, yes 7-5, pre-roll ad. I’m not sure if you will be able to duplicate it, but here’s the link. Love the show. -Will Pridemore ********** Hey Buzz Crew, I just listened to episode 1066 and heard Natali mention a new internet addiction rehab. facility in the northwest. Being the addict that I am, I had to instantly do a search and find out more about this. I found their website (www.netaddictionrecovery.com) and was shocked! First of all, if you can afford it, it looks like a beautiful little vacation spot, but I have one big concern. Does it strike you as odd that they have, on their front page, links to their own social network and links so that you can follow them on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube? Oh, and don’t forget to check out their blog and leave a comment! Sounds a lot like kicking your drug habit with the help of your dealer. Love the show! Addicted to the cure, Richard in ID tag:odeo.com,2009-09-21,25161342 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:50:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25147313-BOL-1066-Tinfoil-phones We finally get to the bottom of why Apple rejected the Google Voice app, how not to get caught for being a thief over Facebook, and we have plenty of sympathy for Palm. Also, Rafe hates libraries and culture. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077004',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1066 Google Voice rejection came from the top at Apple http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/fcc-releases-confidential-details-of-google-voice-app-rejection.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10356432-265.html Facebook break leads to burglary suspect http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10356117-71.html Swedish group calls gaming addiction a ‘pandemic’ threat http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10356098-62.ht... We finally get to the bottom of why Apple rejected the Google Voice app, how not to get caught for being a thief over Facebook, and we have plenty of sympathy for Palm. Also, Rafe hates libraries and culture. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077004',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1066 Google Voice rejection came from the top at Apple http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/fcc-releases-confidential-details-of-google-voice-app-rejection.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10356432-265.html Facebook break leads to burglary suspect http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10356117-71.html Swedish group calls gaming addiction a ‘pandemic’ threat http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10356098-62.html Test-drive: Office Web Apps technical preview http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10355890-250.html Palm losses mount despite the Pre http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10356044-266.html Palm abandons Windows Mobile http://www.precentral.net/palm-abandons-windows-mobile PSP minis lack network features for fast approval time http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/17/psp-minis-lack-network-features-for-fast-approval-time/ New Digsby comes clean http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10356011-12.html Verizon boss hangs up on landline phone business http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/verizon-boss-hangs-up-on-landline-phone-business/ iPhone case that reduces radiation http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/17/new-60-iphone-case-apparently-reduces-radiation-by-60/ Google patented reading lists http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_invented_reading_lists.php http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,590,691.PN.&OS=PN/7,590,691&RS=PN/7,590,691 Gene Roddenberry’s Mac Plus is coming up for auction http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/09/18/0056220/Gene-Roddenberrys-Mac-Plus-Is-Coming-Up-For-Auction Voice mail Brian from Albany on Google making toys for geeks only Mike from Irvine on Bing Bing Bing E-mail Hey Buzz Crew, If anyone out there want to upgrade to Windows 7 and is a student (valid .edu address, but theoretically has to provide proof of enrollment on demand), you can get either Home Premium or Professional (upgrade versions) for just $30! http://www.Win741.com At first it may seem like only Home Premium is offered, but if you click "I need to join my network's domain" at the bottom of the page, you will be presented with Professional. Which is one of very few reasons anyone would need Professional anyway, though they could make it a bit more obvious. Thought your listeners should hear about this! LTS, -Nick the Biochemistry Grad Student ********** Honestly I don’t understand why people aren’t talking about this more. Libraries are a community resource of technology and learning and easy to take for granted. http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/09/sign-of-the-times-philadelphias-public-library-to-close.html On the one hand it’s great to see up close what the Geekthelibrary.org (supported by the Gates Foundation) does to support public libraries. On the other, it’s hard to believe that America’s first library, set up by Ben Franklin, can close with very little fanfare. Maybe Buzztown can start a campaign or just shout from Twitter or Facebook or their blogs, so this tragedy can get a voice? Thanks- Sheala, GA ********** I was listening to episode 1065 and you talked about Google putting out a printer for their online books. I work in academia and I think this is bass-ackwards. It seems like they’re trying to make books more like PDFs (or whatever format) when what I want is for PDFs to be more like books. Writing in the margins and stuff like that is great, but I can’t keep 1000 books in my laptop case, or easily search them all for a word, or quickly sort them by publication date, etc. Shouldn’t we work at bringing desired features to the new technology not adding features to the old technology? Let’s make PDFs have the features we love about books. Otherwise it feels like adding a hand crank starter to the engine on a Prius. Just my thoughts. RTJ We finally get to the bottom of why Apple rejected the Google Voice app, how not to get caught for being a thief over Facebook, and we have plenty of sympathy for Palm. Also, Rafe hates libraries and culture. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077004',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1066 Google Voice rejection came from the top at Apple http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/fcc-releases-confidential-details-of-google-voice-app-rejection.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10356432-265.html Facebook break leads to burglary suspect http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10356117-71.html Swedish group calls gaming addiction a ‘pandemic’ threat http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10356098-62.html Test-drive: Office Web Apps technical preview http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10355890-250.html Palm losses mount despite the Pre http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10356044-266.html Palm abandons Windows Mobile http://www.precentral.net/palm-abandons-windows-mobile PSP minis lack network features for fast approval time http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/17/psp-minis-lack-network-features-for-fast-approval-time/ New Digsby comes clean http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10356011-12.html Verizon boss hangs up on landline phone business http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/verizon-boss-hangs-up-on-landline-phone-business/ iPhone case that reduces radiation http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/17/new-60-iphone-case-apparently-reduces-radiation-by-60/ Google patented reading lists http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_invented_reading_lists.php http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,590,691.PN.&OS=PN/7,590,691&RS=PN/7,590,691 Gene Roddenberry’s Mac Plus is coming up for auction http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/09/18/0056220/Gene-Roddenberrys-Mac-Plus-Is-Coming-Up-For-Auction Voice mail Brian from Albany on Google making toys for geeks only Mike from Irvine on Bing Bing Bing E-mail Hey Buzz Crew, If anyone out there want to upgrade to Windows 7 and is a student (valid .edu address, but theoretically has to provide proof of enrollment on demand), you can get either Home Premium or Professional (upgrade versions) for just $30! http://www.Win741.com At first it may seem like only Home Premium is offered, but if you click "I need to join my network's domain" at the bottom of the page, you will be presented with Professional. Which is one of very few reasons anyone would need Professional anyway, though they could make it a bit more obvious. Thought your listeners should hear about this! LTS, -Nick the Biochemistry Grad Student ********** Honestly I don’t understand why people aren’t talking about this more. Libraries are a community resource of technology and learning and easy to take for granted. http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/09/sign-of-the-times-philadelphias-public-library-to-close.html On the one hand it’s great to see up close what the Geekthelibrary.org (supported by the Gates Foundation) does to support public libraries. On the other, it’s hard to believe that America’s first library, set up by Ben Franklin, can close with very little fanfare. Maybe Buzztown can start a campaign or just shout from Twitter or Facebook or their blogs, so this tragedy can get a voice? Thanks- Sheala, GA ********** I was listening to episode 1065 and you talked about Google putting out a printer for their online books. I work in academia and I think this is bass-ackwards. It seems like they’re trying to make books more like PDFs (or whatever format) when what I want is for PDFs to be more like books. Writing in the margins and stuff like that is great, but I can’t keep 1000 books in my laptop case, or easily search them all for a word, or quickly sort them by publication date, etc. Shouldn’t we work at bringing desired features to the new technology not adding features to the old technology? Let’s make PDFs have the features we love about books. Otherwise it feels like adding a hand crank starter to the engine on a Prius. Just my thoughts. RTJ tag:odeo.com,2009-09-18,25147313 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:10:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25141610-BOL-1065-HP-is-full-of-stupid The new DreamScreen tablet from HP looks like what everyone wants from Apple at first glance. Until we dig deeper and find out it may be what nobody wants. The music publishers also seem like they're full of stupid too wanting to get a performance right for you watching a TV show alone in your room. And Cooley and I get in a knock-down over Kurt Cobain's proper presentation in Guitar Hero. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077099',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1065 Music publishers want more $$ for downloads, movies, and song previews http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10355448-93.html Skype founders file copyright suit against Skype http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10355258-2.html Zune HD apps are here&#8... The new DreamScreen tablet from HP looks like what everyone wants from Apple at first glance. Until we dig deeper and find out it may be what nobody wants. The music publishers also seem like they're full of stupid too wanting to get a performance right for you watching a TV show alone in your room. And Cooley and I get in a knock-down over Kurt Cobain's proper presentation in Guitar Hero. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077099',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1065 Music publishers want more $$ for downloads, movies, and song previews http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10355448-93.html Skype founders file copyright suit against Skype http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10355258-2.html Zune HD apps are here… complete with preroll ads http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/zune-hd-apps-are-here-complete-with-pre-roll-ads.ars The long-awaited DreamScreen tablet computer comes from HP, not Apple http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/16/the-long-awaited-dreamscreen-tablet-computer-comes-from-hp-not-apple/ Clearwire says it’s not married to WiMAX for 4G, would be easy to switch http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/clearwire-says-its-not-married-to-wimax-for-4g-would-be-easy-t/ Google lets you custom-print millions of public-domain books http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/09/google-books-publish-on-demand/ 1 in 5 offices use Google Docs http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/google-docs-widely-used-1-in-5-workplaces-132 Audiovox and FLO-TV formally launch in-car TV platform http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS97347+17-Sep-2009+PRN20090917 Hands-on: Haiku, the future of BeOS, is pure poetry http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/09/hands-on-with-haiku-back-to-the-future-of-beos.ars Bon Jovi supports Cobain protest http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8259846.stm VOICE MAIL Anonymous about the Android vs. iPhone Anonymous about Apple taking store down E-MAIL Hey Buzzcrew, Just listening to episode 1064 and had to comment on a quick way to handle turning off your check engine light, without having to even spend $20 on the device Rafe mentioned. Provided you've fixed the problem that caused the light to turn on, you can shut it off (in most cars I've worked on, can't speak for every model out there...) by simply unhooking the negative terminal of the car battery, letting it sit for about 20 minutes, then rehooking up the battery and starting the car. This basically resets the engine computer, and since the car will detect nothing wrong, as you've fixed the problem, the check engine light will stay off. The only downside is, you'll lose all your radio presets. Hope this helps someone out there. Love the show! Jeremy Hess *********** Regarding the XP issue from episode 1064, here are some additional details from Microsoft available in entirety at http://www.microsoft.com/oem/english/content/software/XPEOL.mspx. I'm looking forward to Windows 7 also. On June 30, 2008, Microsoft will stop distributing Windows XP as a standalone product that can be bought shrink-wrapped in retail stores. We'll also stop sending it to Dell, HP, Lenovo, and all the other major PC manufacturers to sell on their PCs. This is called ―End of Sale‖. That said, Windows XP isn't going to disappear overnight. You may still see copies of the software--or computers preloaded with it--for months as stores and PC makers work through their inventory. Also, system builders can continue to sell PCs with Windows XP until January 2009. Finally, Microsoft recently announced that computers with limited hardware capabilities--devices sometimes called Netbooks or ultralow-cost PC s (ULCPC)--can carry Windows XP Home until June 2010. (Read about the ULCPC program on Microsoft PressPass.) Have fun, Darwin *********** This is Dr George, the kidney doc and I was listening to podcast 1064 and thinking “finally, the topic of urine is a subject that I can sink my teeth into”. Urine that is dumped in the sky can shine because of crystals in the urine, such as calcium or urate crystals. Maybe the astronauts had some kidney stones? Ouch! Luckily urine is usually sterile, so no worries about it showering on you, unless the urine housed a urinary tract infection. In any case urine sometimes smells foul, especially if, as Molly suggested, it was old stagnant urine left standing for months. Enough about my life, and yes, this falls under the category of “Too much info”! Love the show! Dr George The new DreamScreen tablet from HP looks like what everyone wants from Apple at first glance. Until we dig deeper and find out it may be what nobody wants. The music publishers also seem like they're full of stupid too wanting to get a performance right for you watching a TV show alone in your room. And Cooley and I get in a knock-down over Kurt Cobain's proper presentation in Guitar Hero. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077099',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1065 Music publishers want more $$ for downloads, movies, and song previews http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10355448-93.html Skype founders file copyright suit against Skype http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10355258-2.html Zune HD apps are here… complete with preroll ads http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/zune-hd-apps-are-here-complete-with-pre-roll-ads.ars The long-awaited DreamScreen tablet computer comes from HP, not Apple http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/16/the-long-awaited-dreamscreen-tablet-computer-comes-from-hp-not-apple/ Clearwire says it’s not married to WiMAX for 4G, would be easy to switch http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/clearwire-says-its-not-married-to-wimax-for-4g-would-be-easy-t/ Google lets you custom-print millions of public-domain books http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/09/google-books-publish-on-demand/ 1 in 5 offices use Google Docs http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/google-docs-widely-used-1-in-5-workplaces-132 Audiovox and FLO-TV formally launch in-car TV platform http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS97347+17-Sep-2009+PRN20090917 Hands-on: Haiku, the future of BeOS, is pure poetry http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/09/hands-on-with-haiku-back-to-the-future-of-beos.ars Bon Jovi supports Cobain protest http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8259846.stm VOICE MAIL Anonymous about the Android vs. iPhone Anonymous about Apple taking store down E-MAIL Hey Buzzcrew, Just listening to episode 1064 and had to comment on a quick way to handle turning off your check engine light, without having to even spend $20 on the device Rafe mentioned. Provided you've fixed the problem that caused the light to turn on, you can shut it off (in most cars I've worked on, can't speak for every model out there...) by simply unhooking the negative terminal of the car battery, letting it sit for about 20 minutes, then rehooking up the battery and starting the car. This basically resets the engine computer, and since the car will detect nothing wrong, as you've fixed the problem, the check engine light will stay off. The only downside is, you'll lose all your radio presets. Hope this helps someone out there. Love the show! Jeremy Hess *********** Regarding the XP issue from episode 1064, here are some additional details from Microsoft available in entirety at http://www.microsoft.com/oem/english/content/software/XPEOL.mspx. I'm looking forward to Windows 7 also. On June 30, 2008, Microsoft will stop distributing Windows XP as a standalone product that can be bought shrink-wrapped in retail stores. We'll also stop sending it to Dell, HP, Lenovo, and all the other major PC manufacturers to sell on their PCs. This is called ―End of Sale‖. That said, Windows XP isn't going to disappear overnight. You may still see copies of the software--or computers preloaded with it--for months as stores and PC makers work through their inventory. Also, system builders can continue to sell PCs with Windows XP until January 2009. Finally, Microsoft recently announced that computers with limited hardware capabilities--devices sometimes called Netbooks or ultralow-cost PC s (ULCPC)--can carry Windows XP Home until June 2010. (Read about the ULCPC program on Microsoft PressPass.) Have fun, Darwin *********** This is Dr George, the kidney doc and I was listening to podcast 1064 and thinking “finally, the topic of urine is a subject that I can sink my teeth into”. Urine that is dumped in the sky can shine because of crystals in the urine, such as calcium or urate crystals. Maybe the astronauts had some kidney stones? Ouch! Luckily urine is usually sterile, so no worries about it showering on you, unless the urine housed a urinary tract infection. In any case urine sometimes smells foul, especially if, as Molly suggested, it was old stagnant urine left standing for months. Enough about my life, and yes, this falls under the category of “Too much info”! Love the show! Dr George tag:odeo.com,2009-09-17,25141610 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:55:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25136195-BOL-1064-Urine-in-the-sky-with-diamonds That beautiful silvery comet you saw in the sky recently was actually astronaut urine. No joke. We also avoid talking about pee for most of the show. Bing is still on the rise and Facebook is making money. Wow. Things are looking up all over. Just be careful when you look up. There's astronaut pee up there. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076961',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1064 Facebook grows and makes money http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8258117.stm Bing grabs 10 percent of search market http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10354394-75.html France passes harsh anti-P2P three-strikes law (again) http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/france-passes-harsh-anti-p2p-three-strikes-law-again.ars... That beautiful silvery comet you saw in the sky recently was actually astronaut urine. No joke. We also avoid talking about pee for most of the show. Bing is still on the rise and Facebook is making money. Wow. Things are looking up all over. Just be careful when you look up. There's astronaut pee up there. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076961',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1064 Facebook grows and makes money http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8258117.stm Bing grabs 10 percent of search market http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10354394-75.html France passes harsh anti-P2P three-strikes law (again) http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/france-passes-harsh-anti-p2p-three-strikes-law-again.ars New Android SDK adds support for CDMA phones, text-to-speech http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10353867-265.html Chrome 3 out, JavaScript performance increased 150 percent since v1 http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/09/chrome-3-out-javascript-performance-increased-150-since-v1.ars Kindle edition of Dan Brown’s new book outselling hardcover http://thekindlenationblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/kindle-edition-of-lost-symbol.html “Right To Repair” bill advances in Massachusetts http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/09/15/2236213/Right-To-Repair-Bill-Advances-In-Massachusetts Are ESL bulbs better than CFL or LED? http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10354160-1.html Mystery explained: glow in night sky was astronaut urine http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090911-space-water-dump.html First rocky exoplanet confirmed http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/09/16/1327212/First-Rocky-Exoplanet-Confirmed VOICE MAIL Chris from Staples on Windows XP James from Irvine on drinks in a podcast E-MAIL I’ll get it out of the way first, Love the show!!! in episode 1063, a voice mailer lamented about Steve Dahl not being on ‘the air’ any more. Here is a link to his daily podcast…. Thanks for a great indeterminate time each day! http://www.dahl.com/ – Tim ********** Hey Buzzcrew, I thought you might find this news from Canada interesting. Rogers, one of the biggest carriers in the country is upgrading their network to a 21 Mbps HSPA network. It went live in the major cities up here on the 14th. http://www.androidincanada.ca/news/rogers-launches-21mbps-hspa-network/ Cheers, Andrew (from Toronto) ********** Hi Buzz crew, Andrew from Australia here. I had an interesting conversation with my teenage daughter and her friend yesterday about the number of incidents where they walk into an object or pole while texting. It got me thinking – what if a phone had a proximity sensor similar to a rear parking sensor on your car? That way if you were texting and walking you could be warned by vibration or beeps if you are about to walk into something? What do you think – the next great thing or useless tech? Regards Andrew That beautiful silvery comet you saw in the sky recently was actually astronaut urine. No joke. We also avoid talking about pee for most of the show. Bing is still on the rise and Facebook is making money. Wow. Things are looking up all over. Just be careful when you look up. There's astronaut pee up there. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076961',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1064 Facebook grows and makes money http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8258117.stm Bing grabs 10 percent of search market http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10354394-75.html France passes harsh anti-P2P three-strikes law (again) http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/france-passes-harsh-anti-p2p-three-strikes-law-again.ars New Android SDK adds support for CDMA phones, text-to-speech http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10353867-265.html Chrome 3 out, JavaScript performance increased 150 percent since v1 http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/09/chrome-3-out-javascript-performance-increased-150-since-v1.ars Kindle edition of Dan Brown’s new book outselling hardcover http://thekindlenationblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/kindle-edition-of-lost-symbol.html “Right To Repair” bill advances in Massachusetts http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/09/15/2236213/Right-To-Repair-Bill-Advances-In-Massachusetts Are ESL bulbs better than CFL or LED? http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10354160-1.html Mystery explained: glow in night sky was astronaut urine http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090911-space-water-dump.html First rocky exoplanet confirmed http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/09/16/1327212/First-Rocky-Exoplanet-Confirmed VOICE MAIL Chris from Staples on Windows XP James from Irvine on drinks in a podcast E-MAIL I’ll get it out of the way first, Love the show!!! in episode 1063, a voice mailer lamented about Steve Dahl not being on ‘the air’ any more. Here is a link to his daily podcast…. Thanks for a great indeterminate time each day! http://www.dahl.com/ – Tim ********** Hey Buzzcrew, I thought you might find this news from Canada interesting. Rogers, one of the biggest carriers in the country is upgrading their network to a 21 Mbps HSPA network. It went live in the major cities up here on the 14th. http://www.androidincanada.ca/news/rogers-launches-21mbps-hspa-network/ Cheers, Andrew (from Toronto) ********** Hi Buzz crew, Andrew from Australia here. I had an interesting conversation with my teenage daughter and her friend yesterday about the number of incidents where they walk into an object or pole while texting. It got me thinking – what if a phone had a proximity sensor similar to a rear parking sensor on your car? That way if you were texting and walking you could be warned by vibration or beeps if you are about to walk into something? What do you think – the next great thing or useless tech? Regards Andrew tag:odeo.com,2009-09-16,25136195 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:50:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25132075-BOL-1063-Buzzed-Out-Loud Lots of stories with buzz today, including a new Archos Android tablet, the launch of Zune HD, and voice chat on Facebook. Of course, Joe the pilot in Honolulu sent us some good, old-fashioned Filipino whiskey and rum. So Cooley makes us pause and do a tasting. Poor Natali gets left out, though. Sad. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076960',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1063 Microsoft hopes to turn it around with Zune HD http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10352801-93.html http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/zune_stops_squirting_and_adds_features_people_might_actually_use.html Archos store is down--you know what that means? http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/archos-store-is-down-you-know-what-that-means/... Lots of stories with buzz today, including a new Archos Android tablet, the launch of Zune HD, and voice chat on Facebook. Of course, Joe the pilot in Honolulu sent us some good, old-fashioned Filipino whiskey and rum. So Cooley makes us pause and do a tasting. Poor Natali gets left out, though. Sad. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076960',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1063 Microsoft hopes to turn it around with Zune HD http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10352801-93.html http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/zune_stops_squirting_and_adds_features_people_might_actually_use.html Archos store is down--you know what that means? http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/archos-store-is-down-you-know-what-that-means/ Sony Ericsson promises to change things forever on September 21 http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/sony-ericsson-promises-to-change-things-forever-on-september-21/ Taiwan Economic News: 9.6-inch, PA Semi Apple Tablet due in February, cost $800-$1,000 http://www.9to5mac.com/tablet-rumor-wintek-300000-month Times Web ads show security breach http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/technology/internet/15adco.html Veoh wins copyright case; YouTube wins, too? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10352183-93.html Microsoft says no TCP/IP patches for XP http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/09/15/0131209/Microsoft-Says-No-TCPIP-Patches-For-XP Voice chat coming to Facebook via Vivox plug-in http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10352684-52.html Google opens Data Liberation Project http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/09/introducing-dataliberationorg-liberate.html Mobile epileptic seizure detector http://social.thewherebusiness.com/content/mobile-app-detects-seizures VOICE MAIL Michael from Chicago on radio personalities. Michael from Toronto on Coke products E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, I know you don’t always cover Australian tech news but in this case something pretty major is happening down here. The government has decided to force Telstra (our largest telco and pay TV/broadband provider) to split and thus break up its monopoly on several markets. This is a pretty major story for us (in fact it was the first item on the news tonight) as it along with the $40 billion national broadband plan will be the biggest shake up to our telecommunications sector for years. Thanks These two stories cover the news pretty well http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26075552-5014239,00.html http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26076525-5014239,00.html Gough Kettle ********** Regarding the Japanese music industry’s plan to make all cell phone songs check for DRM approval — If all the music is DRM’d, does that mean that if you have a music ringtone then your phone has to ask the server for permission to ring? Best excuse ever to miss a call. “The phone never rang, the DRM sever must have been down” Daniel from Knoxville, TN loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077014',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Lots of stories with buzz today, including a new Archos Android tablet, the launch of Zune HD, and voice chat on Facebook. Of course, Joe the pilot in Honolulu sent us some good, old-fashioned Filipino whiskey and rum. So Cooley makes us pause and do a tasting. Poor Natali gets left out, though. Sad. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076960',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1063 Microsoft hopes to turn it around with Zune HD http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10352801-93.html http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/zune_stops_squirting_and_adds_features_people_might_actually_use.html Archos store is down--you know what that means? http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/archos-store-is-down-you-know-what-that-means/ Sony Ericsson promises to change things forever on September 21 http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/sony-ericsson-promises-to-change-things-forever-on-september-21/ Taiwan Economic News: 9.6-inch, PA Semi Apple Tablet due in February, cost $800-$1,000 http://www.9to5mac.com/tablet-rumor-wintek-300000-month Times Web ads show security breach http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/technology/internet/15adco.html Veoh wins copyright case; YouTube wins, too? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10352183-93.html Microsoft says no TCP/IP patches for XP http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/09/15/0131209/Microsoft-Says-No-TCPIP-Patches-For-XP Voice chat coming to Facebook via Vivox plug-in http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10352684-52.html Google opens Data Liberation Project http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/09/introducing-dataliberationorg-liberate.html Mobile epileptic seizure detector http://social.thewherebusiness.com/content/mobile-app-detects-seizures VOICE MAIL Michael from Chicago on radio personalities. Michael from Toronto on Coke products E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, I know you don’t always cover Australian tech news but in this case something pretty major is happening down here. The government has decided to force Telstra (our largest telco and pay TV/broadband provider) to split and thus break up its monopoly on several markets. This is a pretty major story for us (in fact it was the first item on the news tonight) as it along with the $40 billion national broadband plan will be the biggest shake up to our telecommunications sector for years. Thanks These two stories cover the news pretty well http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26075552-5014239,00.html http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26076525-5014239,00.html Gough Kettle ********** Regarding the Japanese music industry’s plan to make all cell phone songs check for DRM approval — If all the music is DRM’d, does that mean that if you have a music ringtone then your phone has to ask the server for permission to ring? Best excuse ever to miss a call. “The phone never rang, the DRM sever must have been down” Daniel from Knoxville, TN loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077014',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-09-15,25132075 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:23:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25130902-BOL-1063-Buzzed-out-loud Lots of stories with buzz today, including a new Archos Android tablet, the launch of Zune HD, and voice chat on Facebook. Of course, Joe the pilot in Honolulu sent us some good, old-fashioned Filipino whiskey and rum. So Cooley makes us pause and do a tasting. Poor Natali gets left out, though. Sad. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076960',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1063 Microsoft hopes to turn it around with Zune HD http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10352801-93.html http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/zune_stops_squirting_and_adds_features_people_might_actually_use.html Archos store is down--you know what that means? http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/archos-store-is-down-you-know-what-that-mea... Lots of stories with buzz today, including a new Archos Android tablet, the launch of Zune HD, and voice chat on Facebook. Of course, Joe the pilot in Honolulu sent us some good, old-fashioned Filipino whiskey and rum. So Cooley makes us pause and do a tasting. Poor Natali gets left out, though. Sad. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076960',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1063 Microsoft hopes to turn it around with Zune HD http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10352801-93.html http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/zune_stops_squirting_and_adds_features_people_might_actually_use.html Archos store is down--you know what that means? http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/archos-store-is-down-you-know-what-that-means/ Sony Ericsson promises to change things forever on September 21 http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/sony-ericsson-promises-to-change-things-forever-on-september-21/ Taiwan Economic News: 9.6-inch, PA Semi Apple Tablet due in February, cost $800-$1,000 http://www.9to5mac.com/tablet-rumor-wintek-300000-month Times Web ads show security breach http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/technology/internet/15adco.html Veoh wins copyright case; YouTube wins, too? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10352183-93.html Microsoft says no TCP/IP patches for XP http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/09/15/0131209/Microsoft-Says-No-TCPIP-Patches-For-XP Voice chat coming to Facebook via Vivox plug-in http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10352684-52.html Google opens Data Liberation Project http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/09/introducing-dataliberationorg-liberate.html Mobile epileptic seizure detector http://social.thewherebusiness.com/content/mobile-app-detects-seizures VOICE MAIL Michael from Chicago on radio personalities. Michael from Toronto on Coke products E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, I know you don’t always cover Australian tech news but in this case something pretty major is happening down here. The government has decided to force Telstra (our largest telco and pay TV/broadband provider) to split and thus break up its monopoly on several markets. This is a pretty major story for us (in fact it was the first item on the news tonight) as it along with the $40 billion national broadband plan will be the biggest shake up to our telecommunications sector for years. Thanks These two stories cover the news pretty well http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26075552-5014239,00.html http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26076525-5014239,00.html Gough Kettle ********** Regarding the Japanese music industry’s plan to make all cell phone songs check for DRM approval — If all the music is DRM’d, does that mean that if you have a music ringtone then your phone has to ask the server for permission to ring? Best excuse ever to miss a call. “The phone never rang, the DRM sever must have been down” Daniel from Knoxville, TN loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077014',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Lots of stories with buzz today, including a new Archos Android tablet, the launch of Zune HD, and voice chat on Facebook. Of course, Joe the pilot in Honolulu sent us some good, old-fashioned Filipino whiskey and rum. So Cooley makes us pause and do a tasting. Poor Natali gets left out, though. Sad. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076960',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1063 Microsoft hopes to turn it around with Zune HD http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10352801-93.html http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/zune_stops_squirting_and_adds_features_people_might_actually_use.html Archos store is down--you know what that means? http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/archos-store-is-down-you-know-what-that-means/ Sony Ericsson promises to change things forever on September 21 http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/sony-ericsson-promises-to-change-things-forever-on-september-21/ Taiwan Economic News: 9.6-inch, PA Semi Apple Tablet due in February, cost $800-$1,000 http://www.9to5mac.com/tablet-rumor-wintek-300000-month Times Web ads show security breach http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/technology/internet/15adco.html Veoh wins copyright case; YouTube wins, too? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10352183-93.html Microsoft says no TCP/IP patches for XP http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/09/15/0131209/Microsoft-Says-No-TCPIP-Patches-For-XP Voice chat coming to Facebook via Vivox plug-in http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10352684-52.html Google opens Data Liberation Project http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/09/introducing-dataliberationorg-liberate.html Mobile epileptic seizure detector http://social.thewherebusiness.com/content/mobile-app-detects-seizures VOICE MAIL Michael from Chicago on radio personalities. Michael from Toronto on Coke products E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, I know you don’t always cover Australian tech news but in this case something pretty major is happening down here. The government has decided to force Telstra (our largest telco and pay TV/broadband provider) to split and thus break up its monopoly on several markets. This is a pretty major story for us (in fact it was the first item on the news tonight) as it along with the $40 billion national broadband plan will be the biggest shake up to our telecommunications sector for years. Thanks These two stories cover the news pretty well http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26075552-5014239,00.html http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26076525-5014239,00.html Gough Kettle ********** Regarding the Japanese music industry’s plan to make all cell phone songs check for DRM approval — If all the music is DRM’d, does that mean that if you have a music ringtone then your phone has to ask the server for permission to ring? Best excuse ever to miss a call. “The phone never rang, the DRM sever must have been down” Daniel from Knoxville, TN loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50077014',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-09-15,25130902 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:23:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25125221-BOL-1062-Three-way-4G T-Mobile's parent company is considering buying Sprint Nextel, meaning we'd have only three big cell phone companies in the US. But in a weird way that could be good for competition? We're not sure ourselves, actually. Also, a rogue ad hits the New York Times and we discover Pirates only see in 2D. Eye-patch FTW! loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076959',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1062 Rogue ad hits New York Times site http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10351460-83.html http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/what-to-do-if-you-saw-an-antivirus-pop-up-ad/ http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090913/home-delivery-the-new-york-times-serves-up-some-malware/ T-Mobile owner eyes multibillion dollar bid fo... T-Mobile's parent company is considering buying Sprint Nextel, meaning we'd have only three big cell phone companies in the US. But in a weird way that could be good for competition? We're not sure ourselves, actually. Also, a rogue ad hits the New York Times and we discover Pirates only see in 2D. Eye-patch FTW! loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076959',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1062 Rogue ad hits New York Times site http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10351460-83.html http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/what-to-do-if-you-saw-an-antivirus-pop-up-ad/ http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090913/home-delivery-the-new-york-times-serves-up-some-malware/ T-Mobile owner eyes multibillion dollar bid for Sprint http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/6180195/T-Mobile-owner-eyes-multi-billion-dollar-bid-for-Sprint.html Intuit to acquire Mint for $170 million http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/13/intuit-to-acquire-former-techcrunch50-winner-mint-for-170-million/ Japan’s cell phones may get DRM, at music industry behest http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/09/14/0137225/Japans-Cell-Phones-May-Get-DRM-At-Music-Industry-Behest Twitter officially makes ads an option http://paidcontent.org/article/419-twitter-officially-makes-ads-an-option/ MMS For iPhone rollout begins, two weeks early http://consumerist.com/5358089/mms-for-iphone-rollout-begins-2-weeks-early As it nears obsolescence, 802.11n approved http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8254085.stm Microsoft: Windows 7 upgrade can take nearly a day http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/microsoft-upgrade-to-windows-7-can-take-up-to-a-day.ars Valve co-opts L4D2 boycott by giving leaders free trip to HQ http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/09/valve-co-opts-l4d2-boycott-by-giving-leaders-free-trip-to-hq.ars Last.fm to take over CBS HD broadcast stations in four markets http://paidcontent.org/article/419-last.fm-to-take-over-cbs-hd-broadcast-stations-in-four-markets/ VOICE MAIL Alex on micropayments Daniel on Palm’s brilliant PR move E-MAIL I work as a tech for a movie exhibitor and wanted to share some technical details about your ongoing discussion of 3D. Tom, the reason you may have experienced flicker or strobing in the past is the rate at which you are presented frames. The old active glasses that came with computer video cards often were limited to 60Hz, giving only 30 frames/sec to each eye. Our modern Digital Cinema 3D uses what’s called ‘tripple flash’ alternating EVERY frame to each eye three times. In other words it’s operating at 144 frames/sec from film’s standard 24 fps times 6 (3 flashes of the same image * 2 eyes). This is easily fast enough that ‘persistance of vision’ eliminates the strobing. At our chain we actually have many rooms setup with two projectors, one for each eye. This completely eliminates strobing as the screen never goes dark. As for camming a 3D film, you’d simply scrap the 3D aspect and hold one lens of the glasses over the camera and just record one eye’s worth. Makes it 2D, but you still have something. You can even try this in the studio right now, cover one eye. Congratulations your world is now in stunning 2D! And for the show notes… Even traditional 35mm film is shown as ‘double flash’. The slow 24 fps you’d get if you only showed each frame once nearly everyone would say is flickering. But just by blanking and flashing the same image a second time (48 flashes/sec) you see that familiar film effect to the light level. BTW, when the shutter does block the light for the 1/96th of a second over and over for 2 hours it is actually near dark in the room. i.e. You’re sitting in the dark for half the movie! Perhaps to long and off-topic now, but I hope you share this around the crew. LTS! (and thank you) Dustin Hollon ********** Hey Ballers I cant believe you guys haven’t covered CEDIA, awesome developement in cablecard, they announce cablecard tuners will be available for your current machine! None of this “Certified PC crap! Ceton had a couple of tuners that should ship in the 1Q of 2010. 4 HD streams at once, sign me up! love the show Jon the electrician, Tacoma ********** Watching Episode 1061, about the iPhone at Microsoft event. Coca-Cola will fire you for bringing/eating Lays Chips because they are owned by Pepsico. Even if you bring them from home for lunch/dinner. Drinking a Pepsi product is also forbidden….”Even Off The Clock.” If you are caught outside of work with these items can also lead to termination. Thanks guys. Love the show Ross T-Mobile's parent company is considering buying Sprint Nextel, meaning we'd have only three big cell phone companies in the US. But in a weird way that could be good for competition? We're not sure ourselves, actually. Also, a rogue ad hits the New York Times and we discover Pirates only see in 2D. Eye-patch FTW! loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076959',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); -- Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1062 Rogue ad hits New York Times site http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10351460-83.html http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/what-to-do-if-you-saw-an-antivirus-pop-up-ad/ http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090913/home-delivery-the-new-york-times-serves-up-some-malware/ T-Mobile owner eyes multibillion dollar bid for Sprint http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/6180195/T-Mobile-owner-eyes-multi-billion-dollar-bid-for-Sprint.html Intuit to acquire Mint for $170 million http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/13/intuit-to-acquire-former-techcrunch50-winner-mint-for-170-million/ Japan’s cell phones may get DRM, at music industry behest http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/09/14/0137225/Japans-Cell-Phones-May-Get-DRM-At-Music-Industry-Behest Twitter officially makes ads an option http://paidcontent.org/article/419-twitter-officially-makes-ads-an-option/ MMS For iPhone rollout begins, two weeks early http://consumerist.com/5358089/mms-for-iphone-rollout-begins-2-weeks-early As it nears obsolescence, 802.11n approved http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8254085.stm Microsoft: Windows 7 upgrade can take nearly a day http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/microsoft-upgrade-to-windows-7-can-take-up-to-a-day.ars Valve co-opts L4D2 boycott by giving leaders free trip to HQ http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/09/valve-co-opts-l4d2-boycott-by-giving-leaders-free-trip-to-hq.ars Last.fm to take over CBS HD broadcast stations in four markets http://paidcontent.org/article/419-last.fm-to-take-over-cbs-hd-broadcast-stations-in-four-markets/ VOICE MAIL Alex on micropayments Daniel on Palm’s brilliant PR move E-MAIL I work as a tech for a movie exhibitor and wanted to share some technical details about your ongoing discussion of 3D. Tom, the reason you may have experienced flicker or strobing in the past is the rate at which you are presented frames. The old active glasses that came with computer video cards often were limited to 60Hz, giving only 30 frames/sec to each eye. Our modern Digital Cinema 3D uses what’s called ‘tripple flash’ alternating EVERY frame to each eye three times. In other words it’s operating at 144 frames/sec from film’s standard 24 fps times 6 (3 flashes of the same image * 2 eyes). This is easily fast enough that ‘persistance of vision’ eliminates the strobing. At our chain we actually have many rooms setup with two projectors, one for each eye. This completely eliminates strobing as the screen never goes dark. As for camming a 3D film, you’d simply scrap the 3D aspect and hold one lens of the glasses over the camera and just record one eye’s worth. Makes it 2D, but you still have something. You can even try this in the studio right now, cover one eye. Congratulations your world is now in stunning 2D! And for the show notes… Even traditional 35mm film is shown as ‘double flash’. The slow 24 fps you’d get if you only showed each frame once nearly everyone would say is flickering. But just by blanking and flashing the same image a second time (48 flashes/sec) you see that familiar film effect to the light level. BTW, when the shutter does block the light for the 1/96th of a second over and over for 2 hours it is actually near dark in the room. i.e. You’re sitting in the dark for half the movie! Perhaps to long and off-topic now, but I hope you share this around the crew. LTS! (and thank you) Dustin Hollon ********** Hey Ballers I cant believe you guys haven’t covered CEDIA, awesome developement in cablecard, they announce cablecard tuners will be available for your current machine! None of this “Certified PC crap! Ceton had a couple of tuners that should ship in the 1Q of 2010. 4 HD streams at once, sign me up! love the show Jon the electrician, Tacoma ********** Watching Episode 1061, about the iPhone at Microsoft event. Coca-Cola will fire you for bringing/eating Lays Chips because they are owned by Pepsico. Even if you bring them from home for lunch/dinner. Drinking a Pepsi product is also forbidden….”Even Off The Clock.” If you are caught outside of work with these items can also lead to termination. Thanks guys. Love the show Ross tag:odeo.com,2009-09-14,25125221 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:47:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25109186-BOL-1061-It-all-started-with-a-pumpkin-scone Natali has an internal Twitter dialogue about whether to let the world know that the last pumpkin scone has been sold. The Zune HD will only be available in the U.S., and Facebook launches a lite version of the site sans apps. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076678',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1061 Official Motorola Cliq info http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/56816;_ylt=AtiLEMcPF37qHxWFB3oK1aR0fNdF Microsoft employees: Don’t take a picture of Ballmer with an iPhone http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/ballmer_spots_microsoft_employee_with_iphone_at_company_meeting.html http://twitter.com/cuddlebottoms/statuses/3897453555 Facebook Lite launches in U.S. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10... Natali has an internal Twitter dialogue about whether to let the world know that the last pumpkin scone has been sold. The Zune HD will only be available in the U.S., and Facebook launches a lite version of the site sans apps. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076678',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1061 Official Motorola Cliq info http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/56816;_ylt=AtiLEMcPF37qHxWFB3oK1aR0fNdF Microsoft employees: Don’t take a picture of Ballmer with an iPhone http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/ballmer_spots_microsoft_employee_with_iphone_at_company_meeting.html http://twitter.com/cuddlebottoms/statuses/3897453555 Facebook Lite launches in U.S. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10350121-2.html Facebook launches send photo as fax service. JK LOL http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/10/yeah-ok-so-facebook-punkd-us/ Twitter tweaks TOS http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10350250-93.html It’s official: no plans to sell Zune HD outside the U.S. (thanks @virgiliocorrado!) http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/its-official-no-plans-to-sell-zune-hd-outside-the-us.ars Google will share e-books with competitors http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1040263020090910 Time to launch its own e-reader http://gizmodo.com/5356827/time-inc-launching-ebook-reader-within-3-months New list of cell phones with high radiation from Environmental Working Group http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/cell-phone-radiation-top-10-best-worst/story?id=8536621 Rocket test in Utah went well http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-09-10-moon-rocket-test_N.htm?csp=34 Courtney Love wants to sue Guitar Hero over Cobain representation http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/sep/10/courtney-love-kurt-cobain VOICE MAIL Chris in Atlanta – why I still want the iPod Classic E-MAIL Podcast categories in iTunes I just use search, it does a pretty good job. I searched “Triathlon” for kicks and got a full page of podcasts, refine the search “triathlon training” and it drilled down. “Triathlon tips” got different results. Works for me. People want things better and different, but don’t like change. Randy ********** Hey Buzz crew, You discussed on episode 1060 regarding Google checkout getting involved with paying for newspaper articles on the web. Tom discussed making it as simple as the Apps store, and figuring .02 would be ok, and not seeing how it could possibly added up without our knowing. Another solution to this problem could possibly be paying for points, just like XBOX does to pay for downloadable content. How many Rockband songs have you added, without even giving thought to how much money you have actually spent on the game. This would keep you logged in, and to read the rest of this story it would require ‘x’ points, and if you don’t have the points available, your redirected to a site to add points. Just a thought, the show is AWESOME! Thank Natali has an internal Twitter dialogue about whether to let the world know that the last pumpkin scone has been sold. The Zune HD will only be available in the U.S., and Facebook launches a lite version of the site sans apps. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076678',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1061 Official Motorola Cliq info http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/56816;_ylt=AtiLEMcPF37qHxWFB3oK1aR0fNdF Microsoft employees: Don’t take a picture of Ballmer with an iPhone http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/ballmer_spots_microsoft_employee_with_iphone_at_company_meeting.html http://twitter.com/cuddlebottoms/statuses/3897453555 Facebook Lite launches in U.S. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10350121-2.html Facebook launches send photo as fax service. JK LOL http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/10/yeah-ok-so-facebook-punkd-us/ Twitter tweaks TOS http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10350250-93.html It’s official: no plans to sell Zune HD outside the U.S. (thanks @virgiliocorrado!) http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/its-official-no-plans-to-sell-zune-hd-outside-the-us.ars Google will share e-books with competitors http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1040263020090910 Time to launch its own e-reader http://gizmodo.com/5356827/time-inc-launching-ebook-reader-within-3-months New list of cell phones with high radiation from Environmental Working Group http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/cell-phone-radiation-top-10-best-worst/story?id=8536621 Rocket test in Utah went well http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-09-10-moon-rocket-test_N.htm?csp=34 Courtney Love wants to sue Guitar Hero over Cobain representation http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/sep/10/courtney-love-kurt-cobain VOICE MAIL Chris in Atlanta – why I still want the iPod Classic E-MAIL Podcast categories in iTunes I just use search, it does a pretty good job. I searched “Triathlon” for kicks and got a full page of podcasts, refine the search “triathlon training” and it drilled down. “Triathlon tips” got different results. Works for me. People want things better and different, but don’t like change. Randy ********** Hey Buzz crew, You discussed on episode 1060 regarding Google checkout getting involved with paying for newspaper articles on the web. Tom discussed making it as simple as the Apps store, and figuring .02 would be ok, and not seeing how it could possibly added up without our knowing. Another solution to this problem could possibly be paying for points, just like XBOX does to pay for downloadable content. How many Rockband songs have you added, without even giving thought to how much money you have actually spent on the game. This would keep you logged in, and to read the rest of this story it would require ‘x’ points, and if you don’t have the points available, your redirected to a site to add points. Just a thought, the show is AWESOME! Thank tag:odeo.com,2009-09-11,25109186 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:58:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25104125-BOL-1060-PigeonNet-beats-DSL-in-South-Africa A 4GB file can traverse 60 miles in 2 hours by pigeon, but that gets you only 4 percent of the file over the South African Internet. We also keep you up to date on new Android phones from Motorola as well as open-source map info from TomTom. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076677',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1060 Motorola’s Android phone at Mobilize http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10344891-265.html? Obligatory Apple recap http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10348169-37.html http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/in-qa-steve-jobs-snipes-at-amazon-and-praises-ice-cream/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/09/somebody-has-to-say-it-its-time-for-itunes-lite/ With iTunes 9, Apple again disables Palm Pr... A 4GB file can traverse 60 miles in 2 hours by pigeon, but that gets you only 4 percent of the file over the South African Internet. We also keep you up to date on new Android phones from Motorola as well as open-source map info from TomTom. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076677',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1060 Motorola’s Android phone at Mobilize http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10344891-265.html? Obligatory Apple recap http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10348169-37.html http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/in-qa-steve-jobs-snipes-at-amazon-and-praises-ice-cream/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/09/somebody-has-to-say-it-its-time-for-itunes-lite/ With iTunes 9, Apple again disables Palm Pre sync http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/10/with_itunes_9_apple_again_disables_palm_pre_sync.html Verizon makes the HTC Touch Pro2 official; September 11, $199.99 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/09/10/verizon-makes-the-htc-touch-pro2-official-september-11th-199-99/ Sprint to launch unlimited cell-to-cell calling, regardless of network http://techvi.com/news/2009/09/sprint-to-launch-unlimited-cell-to-cell-calling-regardless-of-network/ http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/magazine/17-09/ts_burningquestion Google to push micropayments for newspapers http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10349375-93.html http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/09/google-developing-a-micropayment-platform-and-pitching-newspapers-open-need-not-mean-free/ …but it might want to get Google Checkout right, first http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10348805-265.html TomTom Announces an Open Source GPS Technology http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/09/09/2216255/TomTom-Anounces-an-Open-Source-GPS-Technology Cryptographic tools to keep you hidden on Facebook http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/09/09/1931211/Cryptographic-Tools-To-Keep-You-Hidden-On-Facebook A few songs a day keep the doctor away http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10348123-247.html Pigeon beats South African DSL http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8248056.stm BOL in 3D! http://www.vimeo.com/3964931 VOICE MAIL Bob from DC about new podcasts in iTunes Josh in SLC about Utah broadband E-MAIL Hay Buzz Crew In regards to the Comcast 100MBs service In Brooklyn, NY Cablevision is offering a similar service for $79.99 a month it's called Optimum ULTRA @ 101MBs Its sweet except for the $300 installation charge but I'll eat a onetime charge rather than a progressive $300 bill. Thank You Matthew C ********** Hey Buzz crew, As I was installing the new version of iTunes today (version 9.0), I saw something interesting. I had to accept a new EULA (which usually happens), but this time, they had a summary of the important changes over the actual legalese. This appears to be an easy way to get around the fight between a EULA that the lawyers want and one that we can understand. The only issue: you have to trust the company (in this case, Apple), that they are doing a fair job summarizing the changes. Love the show! Andy the biological engineering grad student from Utah ********** hey buzzards! you mentioned how 3D TV is being used to prevent piracy and how it will eventually circumvented. yes, that’s true… but it would still essentially eliminate the distribution of cam and telesync copies of films still in theaters as cammers wont be able to record films in this fashion. you wouldnt even be able to film a 3D image with a 3D camera for obvious reasons (unless it were some kind of crosseyed lens setup to somehow pinch the alternating perspectives into a single image, a la “magic eye” stereoscopic images. just kidding). pirates wouldnt be able to release anything until a screener is able to be ripped at the very least, therefore putting more reluctant viewers into the theaters if they just cant wait for it. just another point of view. (obligatory) love the show! -oakie loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076794',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); A 4GB file can traverse 60 miles in 2 hours by pigeon, but that gets you only 4 percent of the file over the South African Internet. We also keep you up to date on new Android phones from Motorola as well as open-source map info from TomTom. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076677',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1060 Motorola’s Android phone at Mobilize http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10344891-265.html? Obligatory Apple recap http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10348169-37.html http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/in-qa-steve-jobs-snipes-at-amazon-and-praises-ice-cream/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/09/somebody-has-to-say-it-its-time-for-itunes-lite/ With iTunes 9, Apple again disables Palm Pre sync http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/10/with_itunes_9_apple_again_disables_palm_pre_sync.html Verizon makes the HTC Touch Pro2 official; September 11, $199.99 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/09/10/verizon-makes-the-htc-touch-pro2-official-september-11th-199-99/ Sprint to launch unlimited cell-to-cell calling, regardless of network http://techvi.com/news/2009/09/sprint-to-launch-unlimited-cell-to-cell-calling-regardless-of-network/ http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/magazine/17-09/ts_burningquestion Google to push micropayments for newspapers http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10349375-93.html http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/09/google-developing-a-micropayment-platform-and-pitching-newspapers-open-need-not-mean-free/ …but it might want to get Google Checkout right, first http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10348805-265.html TomTom Announces an Open Source GPS Technology http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/09/09/2216255/TomTom-Anounces-an-Open-Source-GPS-Technology Cryptographic tools to keep you hidden on Facebook http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/09/09/1931211/Cryptographic-Tools-To-Keep-You-Hidden-On-Facebook A few songs a day keep the doctor away http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10348123-247.html Pigeon beats South African DSL http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8248056.stm BOL in 3D! http://www.vimeo.com/3964931 VOICE MAIL Bob from DC about new podcasts in iTunes Josh in SLC about Utah broadband E-MAIL Hay Buzz Crew In regards to the Comcast 100MBs service In Brooklyn, NY Cablevision is offering a similar service for $79.99 a month it's called Optimum ULTRA @ 101MBs Its sweet except for the $300 installation charge but I'll eat a onetime charge rather than a progressive $300 bill. Thank You Matthew C ********** Hey Buzz crew, As I was installing the new version of iTunes today (version 9.0), I saw something interesting. I had to accept a new EULA (which usually happens), but this time, they had a summary of the important changes over the actual legalese. This appears to be an easy way to get around the fight between a EULA that the lawyers want and one that we can understand. The only issue: you have to trust the company (in this case, Apple), that they are doing a fair job summarizing the changes. Love the show! Andy the biological engineering grad student from Utah ********** hey buzzards! you mentioned how 3D TV is being used to prevent piracy and how it will eventually circumvented. yes, that’s true… but it would still essentially eliminate the distribution of cam and telesync copies of films still in theaters as cammers wont be able to record films in this fashion. you wouldnt even be able to film a 3D image with a 3D camera for obvious reasons (unless it were some kind of crosseyed lens setup to somehow pinch the alternating perspectives into a single image, a la “magic eye” stereoscopic images. just kidding). pirates wouldnt be able to release anything until a screener is able to be ripped at the very least, therefore putting more reluctant viewers into the theaters if they just cant wait for it. just another point of view. (obligatory) love the show! -oakie loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076794',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); tag:odeo.com,2009-09-10,25104125 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:12:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25098961-BOL-1059-Nano-Goes-retro-with-FM-radio Apple announcements were a little mundane. The One More Thing was an iPod Nano with a camera. We were more impressed with the fact that they added an FM radio. But really that's the No. 2 story. The Palm Pixi caught our eye for top billing. Should it catch yours? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076676',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1059 New WebOS phone comes to Sprint: The Pixi (formerly Eos) http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/09/the-palm-pixi-is-official-headed-to-sprint-this-holiday-season/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10347387-94.html Apple announces something or other http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10323196-37.html http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/09/live_from_apples_its_only_rock_and_ro... Apple announcements were a little mundane. The One More Thing was an iPod Nano with a camera. We were more impressed with the fact that they added an FM radio. But really that's the No. 2 story. The Palm Pixi caught our eye for top billing. Should it catch yours? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076676',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1059 New WebOS phone comes to Sprint: The Pixi (formerly Eos) http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/09/the-palm-pixi-is-official-headed-to-sprint-this-holiday-season/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10347387-94.html Apple announces something or other http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10323196-37.html http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/09/live_from_apples_its_only_rock_and_roll_event.html The Beatles finally coming to iTunes, according to Yoko Ono (update: According to EMI, not tomorrow) http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/the-beatles-finally-coming-to-itunes-according-to-yoko-ono/ Intel brings Nehalem to the desktop http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/09/intel-launches-all-new-pc-architecture-with-core-i5i7-cpus.ars AT&T Snubs New York and San Francisco on 3G upgrades http://www.businessinsider.com/att-snubs-new-york-and-san-francisco-on-3g-upgrades-2009-9 Comcast to offer 100Mbps service to businesses http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10347131-266.html The coming problems for rolling out 3D TV http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/09/09/1342210/The-Coming-Problems-For-Rolling-Out-3D-TV http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10266869-250.html Say no to the super-sized TV, EPA hints http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10347497-54.html Why motivation is key for artificial intelligence http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/09/09/1154200/Why-Motivation-Is-Key-For-Artificial-Intelligence Exoskeletons for rent in Japan http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/09/08/2227228/Exoskeletons-For-Rent-In-Japan VOICE MAIL Richard in Santa Monica guy wants the love E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew- I was at Wal-Mart last night when I saw a couple of movies that I wanted to add to my Netflix queue, so I pulled out my HTC Touch Windows Mobile phone (which I haven't been real impressed with by the way) and added the movies to my queue using Netflix's mobile site. On my way home I was thinking...what if Netflix came out with an app that allowed you to use your phone to scan the barcode of a movie while in a store to add it to your queue? Love the show as always! Big Bear Outlet Team ********** Hey guys, I decided to test out querying for the term ’search’ to see altavista pop up in google as no.1 like brian mentioned in yesterdays podcast. (I used to like altavista also), but waddayaknow!!! Bing is actually the no. 1 result, followed by altavista! Is there any reason why google hasn’t put http://www.google.com as a search hit on the list when looking for the term ’search’ anyway? Lavin ********** Hi Buzz Crew, You are making so much fun of the idea of Windows 7 installation parties. Well actually... this kind of parties are VERY popular and called: install fest (just type into Google). What you will see is a LOT of Linux install fest parties Microsoft communities also organize install fests. Usually they take place in some bar/pub where you sit with a bunch of geek friends and install a new release of some product. And after that you sum up the finished installations, unfinished once, also there are some disasters like a burned laptop etc. So to finish this email - the idea is not new, not only MS does it but a lot of user communities Thomas the programmer from Poland Apple announcements were a little mundane. The One More Thing was an iPod Nano with a camera. We were more impressed with the fact that they added an FM radio. But really that's the No. 2 story. The Palm Pixi caught our eye for top billing. Should it catch yours? loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076676',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1059 New WebOS phone comes to Sprint: The Pixi (formerly Eos) http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/09/the-palm-pixi-is-official-headed-to-sprint-this-holiday-season/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10347387-94.html Apple announces something or other http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10323196-37.html http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/09/live_from_apples_its_only_rock_and_roll_event.html The Beatles finally coming to iTunes, according to Yoko Ono (update: According to EMI, not tomorrow) http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/08/the-beatles-finally-coming-to-itunes-according-to-yoko-ono/ Intel brings Nehalem to the desktop http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/09/intel-launches-all-new-pc-architecture-with-core-i5i7-cpus.ars AT&T Snubs New York and San Francisco on 3G upgrades http://www.businessinsider.com/att-snubs-new-york-and-san-francisco-on-3g-upgrades-2009-9 Comcast to offer 100Mbps service to businesses http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10347131-266.html The coming problems for rolling out 3D TV http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/09/09/1342210/The-Coming-Problems-For-Rolling-Out-3D-TV http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10266869-250.html Say no to the super-sized TV, EPA hints http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10347497-54.html Why motivation is key for artificial intelligence http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/09/09/1154200/Why-Motivation-Is-Key-For-Artificial-Intelligence Exoskeletons for rent in Japan http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/09/08/2227228/Exoskeletons-For-Rent-In-Japan VOICE MAIL Richard in Santa Monica guy wants the love E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew- I was at Wal-Mart last night when I saw a couple of movies that I wanted to add to my Netflix queue, so I pulled out my HTC Touch Windows Mobile phone (which I haven't been real impressed with by the way) and added the movies to my queue using Netflix's mobile site. On my way home I was thinking...what if Netflix came out with an app that allowed you to use your phone to scan the barcode of a movie while in a store to add it to your queue? Love the show as always! Big Bear Outlet Team ********** Hey guys, I decided to test out querying for the term ’search’ to see altavista pop up in google as no.1 like brian mentioned in yesterdays podcast. (I used to like altavista also), but waddayaknow!!! Bing is actually the no. 1 result, followed by altavista! Is there any reason why google hasn’t put http://www.google.com as a search hit on the list when looking for the term ’search’ anyway? Lavin ********** Hi Buzz Crew, You are making so much fun of the idea of Windows 7 installation parties. Well actually... this kind of parties are VERY popular and called: install fest (just type into Google). What you will see is a LOT of Linux install fest parties Microsoft communities also organize install fests. Usually they take place in some bar/pub where you sit with a bunch of geek friends and install a new release of some product. And after that you sum up the finished installations, unfinished once, also there are some disasters like a burned laptop etc. So to finish this email - the idea is not new, not only MS does it but a lot of user communities Thomas the programmer from Poland tag:odeo.com,2009-09-09,25098961 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:57:00 -0700 no Buzz Out Loud (MP3) http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25092252-BOL-1058-Windows-7-Set-it-and-forget-it We realize the problem with an operating system installation party is there's nothing to do. We also warn you about the great iPod camera shortage of 2009..if it's real. And we all like the Asus Eee-reader. Too bad that and the glasses-free 3D TV aren't real...yet. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076675',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1057 Technical issues could delay iPod camera upgrade http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/07/technical_issues_could_delay_ipod_camera_upgrade.html AOL hires Yahoo’s “Peanut Butter” guy to make it relevant again http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/technology/internet/08aol.html?hpw T-Mobile and Orange in U.K. merger http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/82... We realize the problem with an operating system installation party is there's nothing to do. We also warn you about the great iPod camera shortage of 2009..if it's real. And we all like the Asus Eee-reader. Too bad that and the glasses-free 3D TV aren't real...yet. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076675',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1057 Technical issues could delay iPod camera upgrade http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/07/technical_issues_could_delay_ipod_camera_upgrade.html AOL hires Yahoo’s “Peanut Butter” guy to make it relevant again http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/technology/internet/08aol.html?hpw T-Mobile and Orange in U.K. merger http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8243226.stm http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10346417-94.html Not quite a patent troll, TiVo’s profitability seems increasingly based on lawsuit victories http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/dish-network-told-to-fork-over-another-200-million-to-tivo.ars http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/financials/financials.asp?ric=TIVO.O&dataset=incomeStatement&period=A&currency=US%20Dollar iPhone C64 emulator approved by Apple, removed again for hHiding banned feature http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/iphone-c64-emulator-approved-by-apple-removed-again-for-hiding-banned-feature/ Asus Eee-reader to open like a book http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10346194-1.html Copyright troubles for Sony http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/09/07/2148227/Copyright-Troubles-For-Sony “Anonymized” data really isn’t--and here’s why not http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/your-secrets-live-online-in-databases-of-ruin.ars Facebook ‘enhances intelligence’ but Twitter ‘diminishes it’, claims psychologist http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/6147668/Facebook-enhances-intelligence-but-Twitter-diminishes-it-claims-psychologist.html Underwater laser pops in navy ops http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8243503.stm Voice mail Mike about 3D TV Remy liked the show E-mail I called all my friends who might be interested, but they ALL wanted to be hosts to get the free Windows 7 Ultimate Edition. Thinking about it, it is obvious that Microsoft wasn’t thinking. All of us who might get excited about this program would ALL want to be hosts! Those not interested in hosting would probably not be excited about Windows 7 let alone an installation party. Love the show. Tom in Huntsville, AL ********** Google front page patent – Please do not call this a patent, I know you all love to poke fun at us but be a bit fair. Design patents are more like a trademark then a standard patent. Design patents only protect the appearance and not any of the tech behind it, they are used for anything from packaging to buildings. The design patent only provide very limited coverage as they only protect against near exact copies. Still love the show. Tim the Patent examiner. We realize the problem with an operating system installation party is there's nothing to do. We also warn you about the great iPod camera shortage of 2009..if it's real. And we all like the Asus Eee-reader. Too bad that and the glasses-free 3D TV aren't real...yet. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50076675',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) Episode 1057 Technical issues could delay iPod camera upgrade http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/07/technical_issues_could_delay_ipod_camera_upgrade.html AOL hires Yahoo’s “Peanut Butter” guy to make it relevant again http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/technology/internet/08aol.html?hpw T-Mobile and Orange in U.K. merger http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8243226.stm http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10346417-94.html Not quite a patent troll, TiVo’s profitability seems increasingly based on lawsuit victories http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/dish-network-told-to-fork-over-another-200-million-to-tivo.ars http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/financials/financials.asp?ric=TIVO.O&dataset=incomeStatement&period=A&currency=US%20Dollar iPhone C64 emulator approved by Apple, removed again for hHiding banned feature http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/iphone-c64-emulator-approved-by-apple-removed-again-for-hiding-banned-feature/ Asus Eee-reader to open like a book http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10346194-1.html Copyright troubles for Sony http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/09/07/2148227/Copyright-Troubles-For-Sony “Anonymized” data really isn’t--and here’s why not http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/your-secrets-live-online-in-databases-of-ruin.ars Facebook ‘enhances intelligence’ but Twitter ‘diminishes it’, claims psychologist http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/6147668/Facebook-enhances-intelligence-but-Twitter-diminishes-it-claims-psychologist.html Underwater laser pops in navy ops http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8243503.stm Voice mail Mike about 3D TV Remy liked the show E-mail I called all my friends who might be interested, but they ALL wanted to be hosts to get the free Windows 7 Ultimate Edition. Thinking about it, it is obvious that Microsoft wasn’t thinking. All of us who might get excited about this program would ALL want to be hosts! Those not interested in hosting would probably not be excited about Windows 7 let alone an installation party. Love the show. Tom in Huntsville, AL ********** Google front page patent – Please do not call this a patent, I know you all love to poke fun at us but be a bit fair. Design patents are more like a trademark then a standard patent. Design patents only protect the appearance and not any of the tech behind it, they are used for anything from packaging to buildings. The design patent only provide very limited coverage as they only protect against near exact copies. Still love the show. Tim the Patent examiner. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-08,25092252 Tu