BOL 1049: The Pirate Bay will never die.... and neither will SCO

Monarchy, mercantilism, and Talmudic tech are on the table today. We get a little obscure in our references...at least I do...but Leo and Brian keep us on track talking about the new Sony Reader, and how the Pirate Bay is unkillable. In bad news, SCO is back, and this time it's personal.

Sony unveils three would-be Kindle killers--Pocket, Touch and now, 3G Wireless with AT&T
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-sony-unveils-new-reader-digital-books-pocket-touch-and-now-3g-wireless/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=23187
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/sony-announces-daily-edition-reader/

Microsoft OneApp makes dumb phones smart by offloading apps to network
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/25/microsoft_oneapp_annoucement/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8219741.stm

Jobs is all about the tablet
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10316970-37.html

UK considers law to cancel ISP accounts of any illegal file sharer
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10317001-93.html

Swedish court rules TPB admins too broke to pay damages
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/08/swedish-court-rules-tpb-admins-too-broke-to-pay-damages.ars
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10316895-93.html
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/25/1224214/Pirate-Bay-Archive-Goes-Online?from=rss

Appeals court overturns 2007 Unix copyright decision
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/25/0021246/Appeals-Court-Overturns-2007-Unix-Copyright-Decision

Wikipedia to add editing safeguard for the living
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10316714-93.html

Why the Google Android Phone Isn’t Taking Off
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/2041248/Why-the-Google-Android-Phone-Isnt-Taking-Off

Is China squashing much of the “solar jobs” dream in the U.S.?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/energy-environment/25solar.html?_r=1

Another Little Ice Age? Solar activity and climate change
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/08/another-little-ice-age-solar-activity-and-climate-change.ars

Vote for Buzz Out Loud at SXSW 2010
http://www.cnet.com/8301-19709_1-10311505-10.html

SXSW: Teens and New Media: A Change is Coming
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3254

Umberto Eco’s piece on Mac and DOS, Catholic and Protestant
http://www.simongrant.org/web/eco.html

VOICE MAIL
Anonymous about AT&T spying on your phone.

E-MAIL
Buzz Crew,

I’m one of those very few users that have a smart phone (AT&T Tilt) without a data plan. I want the phone for other purposes that do not require the plan. I bought it used and I am not under contract. Is it your understanding that they will force ME to add a data plan, even though I’m not under contract?

By the way, within a few minutes of moving your SIM card to another phone, the AT&T website will change to show that your phone is the one into which you have installed the SIM card. My family has been “swapping” phones around a little bit lately and I was amazed at how fast they detected the change.

Love the show.

Bryan Taylor
Jonesboro, Arkansas