Buzz Out Loud 776: The Dark Knight kills the Godfather
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Yahoo says DRM issue overblown by media, but will offer refunds
http://www.betanews.com/article/Yahoo_says_DRM_issue_overblown_by_media_but_will_offer_refunds/1217287551
Microsoft goes live with Mojave videos
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10001331-56.html
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-goes-live-doesnt-fail-to-annoy/
Dell hints it’s working on smartphone
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10000833-1.html
T. Boone Pickens dumps Yahoo stake
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10001380-93.html
‘Scrabulous’ disappears from Facebook
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10001319-36.html
Dave from Dallas has started a scrabble boycott group. You can find it by searching for “Scrabble Boycott” in the groups application.
When the ‘wisdom of crowds’ turns on itself: IMDB edition
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10000650-2.html
Why the Olympics Scare Tech Pros
http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/07/28/why-the-olympics-scare-tech-pros/
‘New car smell’ becoming less toxic, report says
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10001060-54.html
Voice Mail
John Southern Illinois
About that Internet in space effort.
Mike Sherman Oaks
Trying out driving 65.
Jason Marietta
Thoughts on the Cuil name.
Hey, guys!
So perhaps Steve & Co. (otherwise known as Apple, Inc.) didn’t learn their lesson the first time around. You guys remember the whole pushed-Safari debacle, right? Well, as it turns out, Apple has now pushed a MobileMe preference pane onto unsuspecting Windows users via iTunes 7.7!
Wait, what?? That’s right, they did it again! Those people just… ugh. Here’s the link to the Ars story:
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/07/18/apple.puts.mobileme.on.win/
J-2
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Hey, Tom, Molly, and Jason
I found who the old lady is. A simple Google Image Search for Molly Wood and getting to page 7, I find her. Her name is Molly Wood. Below you’ll find more info. For Tom I found the pic's origin; Cuil got that picture from Google--click on the link. BTW here's the guys e-mail [REDACTED] he works for a car company. All this from a Google search. Amazing. I tried cuiling Jason but Cuil was down when I wrote this e-mail--darn. Love the show.
P.S. I mentioned the links in the chat room but was ignored 
Leo S.
Link to article (Molly)
http://washburnlaw.edu/news/2005/
Link to image (Molly)
http://washburnlaw.edu/news/2005/2005-03flss-wood.jpg
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Molly Wood engages in
ruthless industry analysis in the form of the Daily Buzz, the Buzz
Report video, and, of course, Buzz Out Loud. 
Tom Merritt appears on
CNET TV, specializing in help and how-to and the ever popular Top 5
lists. He also co-hosts CNET's The Real Deal podcast. 
Jason Howell can
often be found producing Buzz Out Loud from the audio studios at CNET,
updating XML feeds from the comfort of his cubicle, and saying "uh-oh"
from time to time. 
I was listening to the first few minutes of BOL 776, but had to hit pause as I was dumbfounded by something that was stated in regards to Senator Stevens.
Senator Stevens. "President of the Internet"?? Really?
Sen. Stevens is the Chair of no committees in Congress.
He can only be Ranking Member since January 2007.
@Francis: I think you might want to check out the world of the day:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literal
Yes, indeed I do understand that Senator Stevens is not "President of the Internet " or "Emperor of the Interwebs" or what have you.
But neither is he Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committee.
Since the last election that post is now held by Daniel Inouye of Hawaii.
I believed the point BOL was making was that there might be some policy change in the Commerce committee if Stevens steps aside. (thus affecting Internet policy)
As Senator Stevens is only the Ranking Member on the committee this assumption may be in doubt.
My surprise [ as in "really?"] was in the apparent BOL confusion that Senator Stevens was still Chair of the Commerce committee.
Upon a re-listen and reflection, I most surely had been mistaken as BOL obviously knows that Senator Stevens is no longer in a direct policy making capacity.
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