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Podcast 770
In settlement, Icahn to join Yahoo board
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-9995440-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Amazon.com’s S3 experiences hours-long outage
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9995301-93.html?tag=nefd.top
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9995301-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
http://www.centernetworks.com/amazon-s3-down-july-2008
Hacker team releases iPhone 2.0 jailbreak
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9995290-1.html?tag=nefd.top
Uber-hacker Kevin Mitnick signs tell-all book deal
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/uber-hacker-kevin-mitnick-signs-tell-all-book-deal-
The inside story on the San Francisco network hijacking
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/18/2349242&from=rss
Ubisoft DRM snafu reminds us what’s wrong with PC gaming
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080720-ubisoft-drm-snafu-reminds-us-whats-wrong-with-pc-gaming.html
NBC figures out the Web: It’s a TV training ground
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/nbc-figures-out-the-web-it-s-a-tv-training-ground
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/arts/television/21fallon.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
Mom continues to chase Prince over ‘fair use’
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9994345-93.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080721-universal-fair-use-is-still-infringing.html
One of the coolest places in the universe
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/20/2241236&from=rss
Buzz Watch
http://theblogof.rosscbrown.co.uk/2008/07/buzzwatch-july-18th/#more-131
VOICEMAIL
Anonymous Scotsman
Apple got mental over MobileMe.
If Wolverine’s bones were grafted with graphene instead of adamantium,
wouldn’t that mean he would no longer be vulnerable to Magneto’s
powers?
Good guys prevail!
Joe
—
I am the co-founder of Open Tech Inc. I just wanted to alert you and
the media that we are a Open Source Computer company that is here to
beat Psystar and not make the mistake they did. We have two computers
that are open OS and are fully capable of running more than one OS.
Our Web site is in beta and our company will be shipping by early-to
mid-August.
Our Web site URL is: http://www.iopentech.tk
Elijah Samaroo
Vice President of Open Tech Inc.
President of Online Sales and PR
Elijah.Samaroo@iOpenTech.tk
—
Hey guys,
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article4360937.ece
This is likely going to be a great day for Amazon Marketplace sellers, who now no longer need compete with Amazon’s own offerings of titles. Amazon’s really in a good position to make a move like this; it makes a complete profit from letting third parties sell through its Web site, plus its customers still get the books they want for good prices, and the security that buying through Amazon provides.
But it’s still an abuse of a dominant position. Supermarkets may get bigger discounts, but they only sell a small selection of titles and can only sell to people who come to do a weekly food shop. Amazon sells to anyone with a computer or mobile device, anywhere in the world.
If it was a CD issue then I’d be all for it. By all means cut off the major record companies and instead promote used CD sales — cutting off Hachette Group is like cutting off EMI, not like cutting off indie labels.
The major issue here, however, is that authors can’t make money from touring in lieu of CD sales (not that CDs make them heaps of cash anyway). And when was the last time you saw someone wear a Stephen King T-shirt?
What do you reckon?
Take care,
Nate
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Can you believe this? Rogers--my ISP here in Canada-- is overriding my default search engine!
See screen shot here: http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n444/hermanc28/?action=view¤t=Picture1.jpg
Instead of getting my normal Google search result when I type in a bad URL, I’m now getting the Rogers’ “Supported Search Results” complete with all kinds of ads from Rogers!!
Why do I have to “op-out” of this when I’ve never even asked for it in the first place?
Although opting out is easy, I still have to “op-out” on every single browser on every single machine I use.
I happen to use 3 different browsers depending on what I’m doing and with 3 computers, I have to “op-out” 9 times! This is crazy!
Herman Cheung
Ottawa, ON, Canada
More screen shots here:
http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n444/hermanc28/?action=view¤t=Picture3.jpg
http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n444/hermanc28/?action=view¤t=Picture2.jpg
—
Molly,
I would not put too much stock in the rumors that mice will go away in 5 to 10 years. I lived through the great pen scare of the late 1980s early 1990s at a company called Momenta. We sold our first computer to Bill Gates and later sold the first Windows for Pen Computing computers. Pundits like John C. Dvorak, Esther Dyson and Geoffrey Moore were predicting the demise of both mouse and keyboard in something like 5 to10 years. So, this seems to be one of those things that is always 5 to 10 years away like flying cars.
Chris the podcaster
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Hey,
The “Killer Asteroid” is actually going to pass by earth in 2029 (Friday the 13th), but should not hit earth. It’s going to be passing incredibly close to earth, and earth’s gravitational pull is supposed to alter the trajectory of the asteroid.
Nasa Web site: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/13may_2004mn4.htm
When it passes by earth, It will be so close that many scientists will be able to take very precise measurements on its trajectory. So, in just over 20 years we’ll know the probability of it hitting earth in 2036, but until then the asteroid is simply too far away for us to make precise enough measurements on it.
Love the show,
-Don
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Answer: a golf ball
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.20min.ch%2Fnews%2Fwissen%2Fstory%2F24668213&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=de&tl=en
crashed all the time and now ...no longer rings!"
But, but, but... it looks nice.
And isn't that the most important thing after all?
His tricks? He was a greater social engineer than hacker and I do like that you gave him the respect he deserves while underlying what he was and the ridiculousness of the case at the same time. (Pfooy to you John Markoff)
N-i-i-i-i-c-e.
PS: The lady wants to know where Albert got his shades and I have to ask why he carries his headphoness all the way back. Trying not to muss up the hair too much for the cam? Cuz that's some coiff !
Now speak up man!
Just listened to EP: 770 after missing BOL for a few months... glad you are still going strong!
Rogers Communications here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is an awful, evil company! Not only have they monopolized the GSM cellular network & Cable Internet\TV in Toronto, but our moronic Provincial Premier believes that enough competition exist in the market place to avoid any action on their part. Until last year there existed no other GSM carrier in the area, and to date there are no other cable companies in the city. Our brilliant Premier believes that this competition exists with CDMA & Satellite carriers.
Anyway, thx for all the awesome work!
The perpetually unhappy Rogers customer for 15yrs,
Adrian
Nobel Prize hungry Physicists are racing each other and stopping at nothing to try to find the supposed 'Higgs Boson'(aka 'God') Particle, among others, and are risking nothing less than the annihilation of the Earth and all Life in endless experiments to try to solve theoretical problems when urgent real problems face the planet. The European Organization for Nuclear Research(CERN) new Large Hadron Collider(LHC) is the world's most powerful atom smasher that will soon be firing subatomic particles at each other at nearly the speed of light to create Miniature Big Bangs producing clouds of Micro Black Holes, Strangelets and other potentially cataclysmic phenomena.
The CERN-LHC website Mainpage itself states quote: "There are many theories as to what will result from these collisions,..." This stunning admission is because they truly don't know what's going to happen. They are experimenting with forces they don't understand to obtain results they can't comprehend. If you think like most people do that 'They must know what they're doing.' you could not be more wrong. Some people think the same thing about medical Dr.s but consider this by way of comparison and example from JAMA: "A recent Institute of Medicine report quoted rates estimating that medical errors kill between 44,000 and 98,000 people a year in US hospitals." The second part of the quote reads "...but what's for sure is that a brave new world of physics will emerge from the new accelerator,..." A molecularly changed or Black Hole consumed Lifeless World? The end of the quote reads "as knowledge in particle physics goes on to describe the workings of the Universe." These experiments to date have so far produced infinitely more questions than answers but there isn't a particle experimentalist physicist alive who wouldn't gladly trade his life to glimpse the "God particle", and sacrifice the rest of us with him.
This quote from National Geographic exactly sums this "science" up: "That's the essence of experimental particle physics: You smash stuff together and see what other stuff comes out."
For more information visit;
http://www.risk-evaluation-forum.org/anon1.htm
http://www.lhcdefense.org/
http://www.lhcconcerns.com
http://www.SaneScience.org/
http://www.LHCFacts.org
Popular Mechanics - "World's Biggest Science Project Aims to Unlock 'God Particle'" - http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/extreme_machines/4216588.html"