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EPISODE 741 |
Live blog: Steve Jobs at WWDC 2008
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9960064-37.html
What’s good for Apple is better for everyone else
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/news/2008/06/iphone_smartphones
Supercomputer sets petaflop pace
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7443557.stm
MPAA wants to stop DVRs from recording some movies
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080608-mpaa-wants-to-stop-dvrs-from-recording-some-movies.html
Amazon working again, but what went wrong?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9962403-7.html
SanDisk confirms death of TakeTV and Fanfare
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9963059-1.html
Adapting Web sites to users
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/20872/
Meet Sense Networks, the latest player in the hot ‘geo’ market
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9962810-36.html
Voice mail
Ethan
About that whole voice mail thing.
Leif East Bay
Diamond notes.
Rating ads on CNET
Hello —
In episode 740 you discussed the “new” idea of giving feedback on ads.
HELLO? Do you not know that the CNET BOL page has already had this
feature for some time? In spite of what Tom says “you will do”, I have
given positive feedback on the ads I find unobtrusive and/or clever, as
well as ranting about annoying ads. (especially the ones where I’ve
accidentally activated a pop-up by mousing over the ad. GRRRR– I
refuse to read ads that do this!!!)
Of course I’ve done the verboten “pause podcast” to write this, so I
hope you didn’t mention this later in the show. 
Icelandscg in the Azores (for one more week– then moving to Germany)
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Just wanted to say congrats to some BOL listeners
Last week a couple of friends of mine who are Buzz Out Loud listeners
got married.
I know they’re listening so I just wanted to say congratulations to Jeff
& Cela Schiffman.
Also, for the benefit of any nerds who are reading this (Tom, Molly, and
Jason) check out the wedding ring…
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/4976/2551835869343acf30d8bwj8.jpg
Designed by the groom it has Sapphires for the engine and a diamond in
the gun turret. It also split in two. When he proposed he gave her the
back half and said “You can have half now and the other half when we
reach Alderaan.”
Also, their wedding cake…
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/5504/255266225048c007e233bjj5.jpg
Also designed by the groom.
This is what happens when two people meet in a 6 week long line for a
Star Wars film in Hollywood
Love the show!
JimJimBinks
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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Unlimited iPhone 3G data plans for consumers will be available for $30 a month, in addition to voice plans starting at $39.99 a month.
Unlimited 3G data plans for business users will be available for $45 a month, in addition to a voice plan.
Confirmed: iPhone 3G will need to be activated in-store; no online ordering.
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=25791
http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2008/06/09/confirmed-iphone-3g-will-need-to-be-activated-in-store-no-online-ordering/
When they were pronounced man and wife a Mariachi band started playing the Ewok music from the end of Return of the Jedi. That was the only other Star Wars thing at the wedding (Unless you count the impromptu lightsaber duel on the dance floor)
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by WiiDSmoker
June 10, 2008 7:49 AM PDT
- I seriously cannot believe they called the iPhone a Mini Wii, a DS competitor, and a PSP Killer.
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(7 Comments)There is 0 tacticle feedback on the iPhone. The only thing you can do is move it like the Wii-mote, which is nice, but if you're expecting there to be a slew of good games to buy that actually kill the PSP, compete with the DS, and is a mini Wii, then you guys are surely misinformed.
Would you give your kid an iPhone? Would you buy $199 for an iPhone + 2 year contract just to play games?
Right...