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.
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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¤cy=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
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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
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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.
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. 
So yes, making your personal data truly anonymous is very hard. The people who understand how to restore "removed" personal data aren't evil hackers. Any professional DBA can do this.
Removing just some identifying fields like account number or your name to make a database record "anonymous" is just security through obscurity, but please note is a very WEAK obscurity because figuring it out is such a standard practice.
- by Papa Chango September 9, 2009 4:37 PM PDT
- Remy, you can tell your friends they can get Vista 7 for only $10 if they work at Best Buy and take part in the Microsoft "Anti-Linux Training" course they give for BB employees.
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(3 Comments)Sit through a brainwashing session and get Vista 7.
Its like listening to Paris Hilton's TV show and getting the lifelong herpes for free.