Buzz Out Loud 998: Dot communism
Chinese filtering software has been criticized for having holes. The solution? Fix it. How communist. We also give you a hack for getting free tethering on the iPhone and we bemoan the fate of MySpace.
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EPISODE 998 |
Opera Unite aims to reinvent the Web
http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/06/hi-my-name-is-opera-and-ill-be-your-server-today.html
http://mashable.com/2009/06/16/opera-unite/
AT&T won’t charge extra for MMS on iPhone
http://www.applethoughts.com/news/show/94126/at-t-not-planning-on-charging-for-mms.html
…And here’s how to get free tethering
http://9to5mac.com/9to5mac-tether-iPhone-hack
Hackers find remote iPhone crack
http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/16/0017221/Hackers-Find-Remote-iPhone-Crack
Facebook finally catches up to MySpace in the U.S.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/15/facebook-finally-catches-up-to-myspace-in-the-us/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10265163-2.html
MySpace slashes head count by 30 percent
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10265566-36.html
Twitter downtime gets delayed for Iranian election news
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10265213-2.html
Chinese filtering software ordered to be cleaned up
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/business/global/16censor.html
Blackberry Tour for international Sprint and Verizon customers
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=67187&full_skip=1
Mercedes demos a
car with airbags *everywhere*
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10263120-48.html
Cars driving in the parking lot generate electricity to power a U.K. supermarket
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1193070/Shoppers-cars-soon-able-power-supermarkets.html
Science Academies: Renewable power tech ready for big growth
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/06/science-academies-renewable-power-tech-ready-for-big-growth.ars
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Aaron – Another way to call out from Google Voice
E-MAIL
Dear Buzz Crew:
One again this is Siavash, from Tehran/Iran. As you may know from the news there a revolution going on in Iran, after the changes in votes by Iran's government, people are on the street every day and night.
We have no access to technology at all, all the mobile services and SMS,MMS and EDGE services are down, Facebook, YouTube and many other sites have been filtered, most of the time there is no internet connection with ADSL lines and a very powerful noise in satellite services, because of these problems I was not able to send you the videos I made for 1000 episode of BOL, know I'm using a 2way satellite service which has a very low bandwidth because of the noise, and I'm not able to download or stream BOL anymore.
Just wanted to say congratulations to all you guys for making this 1000 episode happen, I've enjoyed every minute of the show since the episode 50 or 60 that I started listening, and I have to say you guys are the best in tech field.
I hope there will be a day that we could have proper internet access and I could join you guys again.
Here is a link to my Facebook album and some pictures of what is going on in Tehran : http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24107&id=1081415824&l=c9e2b20028
I Love the Show, YOU ARE THE BEST
Best Regards
Siavash
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Hey BOL,
Just wanted to pass on an idea on getting subsidized iphone upgrades annually, instead of every 2 years. My friend does this and it’s so simple. I can’t believe no one else has sent this in. All he did was add a second line to his account for 9.99 per month. The second line shares minutes, has no extras, no texting, nothing. Just the cheapest 2nd line plan you can get. Now he can upgrade either line and have the AT&T store switch phone numbers on each line everytime he upgrades. If you want to get the new iphone each year, it might be work 120 bucks per year to have the luxury of upgrading yearly at the subsidized price.
Love the show,
Ragan
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Hey Guys,
By now, I’m sure someone has mentioned this already, but thought I’d pass it along.
In epised 994 you discussed maps for the iPhone and the possibility of TomTom using Open Street Maps. TomTom bought TeleAtlas a year or two ago, so it’s doughtful they can lower their cost with open source maps.
Love the show, keep rockin’ Molly,
Mike
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I think it is great that Microsoft is donating to the poor for everyone who downloads IE8. Now can we get them to donate $6 for each person who downloaded IE6 and put this in a fund for the mental health care of all the web professionals who had to support that piece of #$%&^*?
Chris the podcaster
L.T.S.
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The 1000th episode is Thursday June 18th. There will be no pre-show, here will be a live audience it will be streamed live on cnet.com/live. There will be audio and video on demand afterwards in the normal podcast feeds.
1000th episode meetup in San Francisco: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113374732587
Send us buzz at buzz@cnet.com or call us at 1-800-616-CNET (2638)
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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. 
It's now 2:00 am in Tehran, and I managed to download the podcast.
few hours in night or day we can get internet access, and because of the low bandwidth that Twitter uses and it has not been blocked it's the perfect way of communication.
Government has been trying to block our access to the web, but we are finding other ways, to send out videos and pictures to VOA or BBC PERSIAN TV channels.
I will try to update my twitter and Facebook.
if there are any Persians in Tehran listening to BOL send me a mail to siavash@ghahremany.com
I started listening to BOL a little before Veronica began chiming in on the stories. BOL was one of the first podcasts that I had heard at that time, and has been one of my favorites ever since. I immediately loved the show for its geeky insightfulness, and the quick witted back and forth between Tom and Molly.
The show has grown and changed since then for what ever reason (CBS buys CNET?, BOOOO! HISSS..), but I am still a loyal fan. And I was very happy that I stuck around when I heard yesterday that Molly is coming back three days a week to co-host, and that Tom was now in the drivers seat as the full time host (YAY!!). Glad to have you back Molly!, and keep up the great transitions TomI It's a good day in Buzz Town.
PS. Will Someone please burn the Molly Rant Jingle, it is retarded.
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by hafenbrack
June 17, 2009 8:18 AM PDT
- With having the 2 lines to get the iPhone, or any other phone for that matter, you wouldn't have to swap numbers every time. That is the beauty with SIM cards, you simply need to swap the SIM card to keep the same number. In fact with the iPhone you'd want to do this so you don't have to pay for the data plan on both lines.
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