February 11, 2008 11:10 AM PST
Buzz Out Loud 658: Hostile growth hormone
Perhaps the tech giants of the world are all hopped up on the Clear, and that's why they're trying to create MicroHoo/GooNet super-teams. Actually, Yahoo isn't on board unless Microsoft sweetens the pot, so Microsoft was forced to go buy Danger while it waits. In other news, we saw some Android, but it was the Nokia N96 that really made us drool. A lot.
--Molly
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EPISODE 658 |
TODAY'S LINKS:
TODAY'S VOICE MAIL:
Ryan from Colorado
True sign that Blu-ray has won.
True sign that Blu-ray has won.
Randy from Colorado
Unique copyright issue.
Unique copyright issue.
Dave from Buffalo
An official Buzz Off.
An official Buzz Off.
TODAY'S E-MAIL:
Oh no's!!--Theory unites "cosmic dark forces"
Excerpt:
Best,
Shalin
Excerpt:
The two biggest mysteries in cosmology may be one. A new theory says that dark matter and dark energy could arise from a single dark fluid that permeates the whole universe. And this could mean Earth-based dark matter searches will come up empty.Hmmm...so, is dark matter bipolar/schizophrenic?
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It's counterintuitive that one substance could be both a gravitational anchor for galaxies and antigravity force for the universe. However, HongSheng Zhao of the University of St Andrews in Scotland claims that a fluid-like dark energy can act like dark matter when its density becomes high enough.
Best,
Shalin
OSX Leopard--not all it's cracked up to be
Hey guys,
Just wanted to pass off a note:
I actually just finished downgrading my 1-year-old Core2 Duo iMac from Leopard 10.5.1. to Tiger 10.4.11 due to its incredibly unstable video issues. Apple doesn't like to admit that Leopard has problems on not only aluminum iMacs, but all iMacs with ATI drivers. This causes the screen to lock up at completely random times, making productive computer time a thing of the past! The screen locks, and all processes continue (example: a DVD will finish burning, music will still play, but a hard reboot is required in order to fix the screen from being essentially a screenshot--this and numerous "fun" graphical aberrations at random times).
I love Apple, I would recommend them to anyone up until this current version of Leopard. I cannot believe that something as small as the iPhone could cause first a delay and then such a poor launch of their core product: operating systems!
Downgraded and all is well for me. Doesn't make me feel so bad anymore for jailbreaking my iPod Touch and downloading all those iPhone apps for free back in November of last year.
Steven Campbell
Las Vegas, Nevada
Hey guys,
Just wanted to pass off a note:
I actually just finished downgrading my 1-year-old Core2 Duo iMac from Leopard 10.5.1. to Tiger 10.4.11 due to its incredibly unstable video issues. Apple doesn't like to admit that Leopard has problems on not only aluminum iMacs, but all iMacs with ATI drivers. This causes the screen to lock up at completely random times, making productive computer time a thing of the past! The screen locks, and all processes continue (example: a DVD will finish burning, music will still play, but a hard reboot is required in order to fix the screen from being essentially a screenshot--this and numerous "fun" graphical aberrations at random times).
I love Apple, I would recommend them to anyone up until this current version of Leopard. I cannot believe that something as small as the iPhone could cause first a delay and then such a poor launch of their core product: operating systems!
Downgraded and all is well for me. Doesn't make me feel so bad anymore for jailbreaking my iPod Touch and downloading all those iPhone apps for free back in November of last year.
Steven Campbell
Las Vegas, Nevada
Google to buy CNET?
Hey TMJ,
This is a few days old, but with all the trade rumors and stuff, I figure I will point you guys to the story of Google possibly wanting CNET.
Islandfellow
Hey TMJ,
This is a few days old, but with all the trade rumors and stuff, I figure I will point you guys to the story of Google possibly wanting CNET.
Islandfellow
The LOI revolution
Hey BOL crew,
I'm Frank Liu from So. Cal, and I just want to let you know that the loi revolution is slowly making it way over lol, or at least where I live. My friends and I now constantly use loi and we have successfully converted many others. Whenever someone else would use lol, we would type loi* (asterisk) to correct/annoy them. Lol is way too overused, and we use it for only for very funny things, loi is now the typical sorta funny, but not funny enough to laugh out loud, word to use. Love the show!
BTW, I have a Zune 80 and I love it!
Hey BOL crew,
I'm Frank Liu from So. Cal, and I just want to let you know that the loi revolution is slowly making it way over lol, or at least where I live. My friends and I now constantly use loi and we have successfully converted many others. Whenever someone else would use lol, we would type loi* (asterisk) to correct/annoy them. Lol is way too overused, and we use it for only for very funny things, loi is now the typical sorta funny, but not funny enough to laugh out loud, word to use. Love the show!
BTW, I have a Zune 80 and I love it!
As host of the Buzz Report video series, Molly provides a fresh and funny perspective on the latest consumer electronic products to hit the market, as well as commentary on the stories and development that she thinks are truly buzz-worthy. She is also co-host of Buzz Out Loud, CNET's "podcast of indeterminate length," which entertains listeners with a funny and skeptical take on the day's technology news. Her other podcast, Gadgettes, is proof that girls can be geeks too.
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from time to time. 
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*** man!! It's plenty annoying when the file sto
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn11196?DCMP=Matt_Sparkes&nsref=inkless-printer
Noticed that it happens to be a spin-off of Polaroid
-Lapith
chain
zinzi.us
Not sure why this happens, we are investigating the issue... In the meantime, clear out the downloaded file, and queue it again. You will get a full file. Very bizarre, and I hate that this happens.
Good luck Buzztown!
It's odd, I had the same thing happen with this weekend's Car Talk from NPR - the podcast just cut out after about 30 minutes. It's really strange.
thanks, buzzards.
Please never leave on vacation again Molly.
Thanks.
Take a look at the Time-Warner/AOL Merger.
Which I saw on Gizmag
http://www.gizmag.com/zero-ink-revolution-pocket-sized-printer/8703/
But wait... who is this from?
http://bluews.polaroid.com/onthego/home.html
Have fun with it
1- Several years ago, Google was nothing more than a search engine, and they clearly stated it "Google is not a portal", and now, Google is everything. Mobile OS, Mobile producer maybe, portal and they even wanted to acquire their own bandwidth.
2- rumors have been spreading about Google going into content business, and CNET is just the right choice.
3- CNET has loads of useful content like product reviews which can be integrated smoothly into Google Shopping
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by risn3rdday
February 13, 2008 6:46 AM PST
- Guys, take a look at your Time Warner bills. Charging separate for the remote is nothing new. Here in Syracuse, NY its a way to account for the number of remote controls in customers homes. Might even be an accounting thing??? sarbanes? (sp?) Anyway, when you look at the cost of the cable converter, usually they charge some odd amount less the cost of the remote for the converter. Here a converter is $7.61 and the remote is $0.34. So the converter with remote comes out to $7.95 per month. It's just a line item on the bill like HBO would be a line item. And yes I work for Time Warner.
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