Buzz Out Loud Podcast

First, apologies for the song that will be stuck in your head for at least a week. Blame the chat room. In the news today, the T-Mobile Sidekick outage, the ongoing Facebook outage, the IBM outage that briefly crippled Air New Zealand, and the unbelievable failure that is the PSP Go launch. It's a fun show.

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T-Mobile: We probably lost all your Sidekick data
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/10/t-mobile-we-probably-lost-all-your-sidekick-data/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10372521-1.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10372525-56.htm
http://www.hiptop3.com/archives/what-caused-the-sidekick-fail/
http://samj.net/2009/10/if-its-dangerous-its-not-cloud.html

Downed Facebook accounts still haven’t returned
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10372417-36.html

Amateur’ IBM brings down Air New Zealand
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/12/ibm_new_zealand/

PSP Go launch has become a nightmare for gamers, Sony
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/10/psp-go-launch-has-become-a-nightmare-for-gamers-sony.ars

FCC to investigate Google Voice call blocking
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100904385.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10372521-1.html

Study: 54 percent of companies ban Facebook, Twitter at work
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/study-54-of-companies-ban-facebook-twitter-at-work/

BSA: 41 percent of software on personal computers is pirated
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8325

LG’s new twist on e-readers: Solar power!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10372744-1.html

Hadron Collider physicist arrested on terrorism charges
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10372398-71.html

VOICE MAIL
Anonymous Linux dude: how about a streamlined OS? #nerdsnort

E-MAIL
Hi Guys and Girls

This new Lightpeek standard sounds awesome but when you’re heads down, bum up in a dark corner because one cable is too short and the network, monitor, mouse and keyboard cables all look the same I think I’ll want to strangle someone. There’s a certain elegance in having a network cable that looks completely different to a DVI cable because my monitor doesn’t understand TCP/IP and my switch won’t go 1080p.

Cheers
Craig

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Hello Buzzies!

First: Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, and Happy American Columbus Day!

On another note however I would like to say why the Amazon Kindle
sucks overseas. Don’t get me wrong I love the idea of the Kindle,
built in 3G, buy books as you go and it works everywhere! However if I
would like one in the Netherlands (and Europe for that matter) I have
to buy it from Amazon.com and I have to pay in American Dollars. Which
isn’t to bad, heck the Euro/Dollar exchange rate is awesome at the
moment. But here come the terrible parts:

Although Amazon says it works overseas you have to keep this in mind:

- Ships with American Plug/adapter
- 20$ Shipping
- 60$ import costs
- Works through ATT Roaming partners, but you don’t have any roaming
costs (that is what Amazon says, they say US customers overseas pay
1.99$, but say other countries are free). In reality though, the books
(which you also have to pay in American $) are more expensive in the
European Kindle store than in the US kindle store.
- Newspapers are full price, but don’t get delivered with Images and
charts (saving bandwidth)
- The blogs feature is disabled (couldn’t care less)
- The experimental browser is disabled (yes this does suck)

The part that hurts most is the ‘premium’ on books even though Amazon
says no roaming fees (and don’t give the ‘tax’ excuse, because if that
is the case, there would be a Kindle store for every country, instead
of just for Europe. And the part that if I want a newspaper I don’t
get the pretty images and graphs. What’s the point of a newspaper if
they can’t show me any Pie charts?

Amazon did a lousy job, and wants to be easy by making a deal with ATT
Worldwide instead of making deals with carriers in every country. What
they probably should have done was introduce a Wi-Fi Kindle. And
release Kindles with 3G when they had deals in those countries.

I also came across another artist that is spreading his music through the Radiohead model, 'pay what you want $0 is good too'. The artist name is 'Yellowgold' never heard anything about him, but his new album 'The Mellower' is awesome! You can find it here: http://www.yellowgoldmusic.com/ . Good stuff!

Just my 2 cents!

Alex

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Barnes and Noble creating an android based e-book reader? More like Barnes and Noble creating the first Android based tablet. Google not only gets it’s hand into the e-book market after they have digitized books, but they also get the ability to test and review their android software on non-phone hardware. You can almost guarantee this device will not only read books but allow users to listen to mp3s, browse the Internet via wifi/chrome, and download all apps from the android marketplace. Knowing Google, they will also include you-tube functions as well as the ability to post on blogs and subscribe to rss feeds.

Ccarline

Yes. Snow Leopard reviews are out, and I have my favorite. But the more interesting story is Mozilla finding out that people didn't want to upgrade because they're afraid of the awesome bar exposing their porn. So they introduced private browsing mode fast. We also welcome Jon Strickland from HowStuffWorks to the show and he helps us understand how we can turn any story into an Apple story.

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Best OS X Snow Leopard review I saw
http://twitter.com/rstevens/status/3582198132

Apple Mac OS X Snow Leopard
http://reviews.cnet.com/macintosh-os/apple-mac-os-x/4505-3673_7-33676737.html
http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/08/27/snow-leopard-the-reviews-are-in/

Snow Leopard could level security playing field
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10318943-245.html

Google now offers over a million free e-books in EPUB format
http://mashable.com/2009/08/27/google-million-free-ebooks/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10318843-265.html

…and is on fire
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6100080/Google-fire-in-London-Jokes-erupt-as-the-flames-die-down.html

New attack cracks common Wi-Fi encryption in a minute
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090827/tc_pcworld/newattackcrackscommonwifiencryptioninaminute

Porn collection put people off upgrading to Firefox 3
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/08/26/porn-collection-put-people-off-upgrading-to-firefox-3/

Microsoft finally catches up with rumor, drops Xbox price (yawn)
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-console-price-wars-microsoft-drops-xbox-elite-down-to-299/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10318991-17.html

Linux-based OS drives new Nokia N900
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10319133-94.html

Global gaming's Pirate Bay deal approved by shareholders
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-global-gamings-pirate-bay-deal-approved-by-shareholders/

…don’t believe it
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10319152-93.html

Unchain the office computers!
http://slate.com/id/2226279

Astrophysicists find “impossible” planet
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/1237251/Astrophysicists-Find-Impossible-Planet

TechStuff
http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/category/techstuff/

Voice mail
Ashwin from Redondo Beach has theory on Google Voice app

E-mail
2^32 = 4,294,967,296 (4 GB)

That means, a 32 bit system (application or OS) can address a maximum of 4 GB. To alleviate this limitation, Intel designed PAE (Physical Address Extension). Thus, this change alters the hardware addressing from 32 bit to 36 bit.

2^36 = 68,719,476,736 (64 GB)

Linux was the first to adopt PAE, as far as I knew. Then Windows added support for PAE, but only in Server versions of Windows. Home system versions are not supposed to support it even within the Vista line. As of SP1, though, Microsoft may have inadvertantly rolled out PAE into Vista allowing for addressing of up to 64GB of RAM.

Note, however, that even though Windows may support 64GB of RAM, the 32 bit applications themselves are limited to 4GB of operating space. So, for bigger games and memory intensive applications, PAE doesn’t address this 4GB application limit. So, even though the hardware can use 64GB of RAM and the operating system sees it, applications (including operating system apps) are limited to a maximum of 4GB per application in 32 bit version of an operating system.

I do not know of MacOS X 32 bit supports PAE.

Thanks.

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Brian Wright

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Hi Buzz Crew,

Just thought I would share… Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is using Facebook, Twitter and is planning to use YouTube to communicate with the troops and the public, with a virtual town hall. As a military member I think it is good that he is trying to communicate with the junior officers and enlisted. I just wonder if he knows that YouTube is blocked on all Department of Defense computer networks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vN-S89bAlo
http://www.facebook.com/admiralmikemullen
http://twitter.com/thejointstaff

Trevor

PS His staff does know that YouTube is blocked and Military members can e-mail their video to have it added to the town hall.

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Hey Tom,

In episode 1049 you talked about Microsoft Oneapp for dumb phones which will be available worldwide in 2010 (when these phones may not exist any more).

There is an application named SNAPTU that provide access to Facebook, twitter, flickr, picasa albums, RSS feeds, Weather, live scores, Google calender and some other stuff too and its cool.

its only like 500KB and it runs on mobile phones supporting Java (J2ME).

and yeah it have a Sudoku too.

Thank you and a nice show.

Mohammed Ibrahim
Pakistan

LG announced that Orange in the U.K. will have the exclusive rights to sell the watch phone. But will anyone who isn't a d-bag want one? We discuss. We also get excited about RIM bringing full Flash to its phones. And Jason forgets how Tom's mind works.

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MySpace buys iLike and turns off automusic play on profiles
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10313405-36.html
http://www.appscout.com/2009/08/myspace_halts_instant_music_st.php

RIM planning on including full Flash and Silverlight support in browser
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/08/19/rim-planning-on-including-full-flash-and-silverlight-support-in-browser/

Orange gets exclusive rights to LG Watch Phone
http://newsroom.orange.co.uk/2009/08/20/orange-brings-the-watch-phone-exclusively-to-the-uk/

Twitter may have been denied patent for Tweet
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10313566-2.html

Ford EV’s will talk to the grid
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/08/fords-plug-in-hybrids-will-talk-to-electrical-grid.ars

Besieged by attacks, AT&T dumps celebrity hacker
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/19/att_dumps_kevin_mitnick/

Rural broadband = more jobs, better salaries
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/08/rural-broadband-more-jobs-better-salaries.ars

The Myth of the Isolated Kernel Hacker
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/1342223/The-Myth-of-the-Isolated-Kernel-Hacker?from=rss

NASA probe blasts 461 gigabytes of moon data daily
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/1233258/NASA-Probe-Blasts-461-Gigabytes-of-Moon-Data-Daily

Forget doctors. Is there a laptop on board?
http://gizmodo.com/5341675/random-dude-with-a-laptop-called-up-to-cockpit-to-help-pilots-plot-a-new-course

Buzz Out Loud: The novel
http://socialnomics.net/

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

VOICE MAIL
Mike the Linux Developer – Why ARM is a bad idea for Linux

Dwight on URL shorteners. So what if they go belly up?

E-MAIL
Heys guys,

In episode 1044, you guys talked about the new PS3 slim. But for owners of the 1st and 2nd gen PS3, there is more reason to hold on to their chunkier PS3s. Even those looking to buy a new PS3, if you can, get the 1st or 2nd gen models. Here’s why:
The older models have 4, instead of just 2 USB ports. They even have SACD and built-in flash card readers, something the slim lacks. But most importantly they have either the Emotion Engine or Software Emulation to play PS2 discs, something new PS3 models like the slim can’t do. Also, the option to install Linux has been removed. And there’s just something about having a large shiny imposing PS3 that you simply can’t get with the smaller PS3.

The slim is more energy efficient though and you do get HDMI-CEC Bravia sync.

Devin from Sunny Curacao,
please mention my site: thenokiaguide.com

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Hi guys,

I dont understand you making this big deal about the artificial DNA.
This is complete useless for crimescenes. Why would anyone create fake
DNA to frame someone, when every person loses endless DNA-samples
every minute. Just get in someones Car or House and you have His DNA.
Or simpler – just touch him on His shoulder or wait Till He is
Standing up from a chair and you have REAL DNA. Unlike tom said, found
dna was never a sure thing – the framing issue was always there.

Bottom line : in court, fake dna changes nothing.

Lts

Alex from austria

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Hey ballers,

You want cheap windows 7? How about free? For all you students out there, many universities are signed up with MSDN Academic Alliance (http://www.msdnaa.net/search/schoolsearch.aspx) – this is a repository of microsoft software, including the windows 7 RTM, which you can get for nothing. I think whatever currency you convert that into, it’s going to stay pretty cheap. (You can also gain access to this by buying an IEEE membership, which is only $15.)
It’s a pretty sweet deal, and most people who have access to it have no idea it exists.
Spread the word,

Helen from NZ

The Zune HD is coming in colors. But none of them are brown. And do you really care? We also talk about the ePub format. Will it change the landscape of eBook publications? And also, while we're at it, how the heck should we express fuel efficiency in electric cars? So many questions. At least Kernels are now bug-proof.

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China backs off Green Dam
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125013563611828325.html

Now we know what colors the Zune HD will be available in
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/zune-hd-color-options-revealed-in-pre-order-email/

Sony adopts common ePub format
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/technology/internet/13reader.html?_r=1

The Chevy Volt mpg claim was nutty, but Nissan can top that
http://blog.caranddriver.com/nissan-leaf-bests-the-volt-with-367-mpg-fuel-economy-estimate-or-does-it/

DoE will have 100 Gbps Ethernet
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39712622,00.htm

NICTA kernel-proof can make software safer and more reliable
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Articles/312631/Safer+software.htm

Dell: Linux versus Windows Netbook returns a ‘non-issue’
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/12/dell_reality_linux_windows_netbooks/

NASA asteroid-tracking program stalled due to lack of funds
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/08/nasa-asteroid-tracking-program-stalled-due-to-lack-of-funds.ars

Les Paul, inventor of modern electric guitar, dead at 94
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/13/les-paul-guitar-legend-dead-at-94/

Voice mail
Kevin calls back about his check-writing

Tommy in Kingston

Dan has good idea for robot development

E-mail
I ran across this site http://www.listenerdrivenradio.com/ and
thought I'd pass it on to you guys. The concept is that listeners
interact directly with the radio stations automation system to play
the songs people want to hear. It brings crowdsourcing to radio. Being
a radio engineer this was of interest to me. The system covers the big
name social media outlets and adds a website widget that can be posted
on any website, even text messaging when your favorite songs come on
the air. They even boast an iphone app that lets people vote on the
next song to be played and listen to an audio stream on the iphone.
Anyway keep up the good work.

Jonathan Bowen

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Hey buzz crew,

I have an opinion on why some companies might not want to show off their prototypes and early demo models. In projects that I have worked on in the past we have used additional debug tools and command line execution in test releases. It seems possible that marketing would get a hold of a product with similar implementations.

If this is the case they wouldn’t want the slower response time to be documented. It is also possible they wouldn’t want reviewers to accidentally tap a debug button, or a button they know darn well that either doesn’t work or will crash the device.

Keep up the great work,

Brad the Minneapolis programmer

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Hey buzz crew, now this may not seem relevant to the podcast but I’ve been noticing recently since I’ve started experimenting with garage band how common it is for podcasts to use garage band song samples (if that’s even what you call them). I started listening to a few of them and was like “oh that’s the buzz out loud theme” and then “oh that’s the hotspot theme”. So why is this; is it because these samples are cheaper or better?

Thanks for presumably answering my stupid question
Ben Parker
Alameda

Supposedly, we will get finalization on the 802.11N wireless standard in September. Of course, we've been waiting for that for years now, so we're not too confident. We also almost forget we're talking about the new Yahoo home page, and only I am impressed by Microsoft contributing to the Linux Kernel. But, I still think it's cool!

EPISODE 1023

Yahoo launching front page open to others' content

Microsoft aims at VM market with Linux kernel code offering

Barnes and Noble launches new eBook store with PlasticLogic

UAE Blackberry update was spyware

BlackBerry for Mac

Maine about to test tech to tax your miles, not your gasoline

U.S. agency blocked cellphone while driving safety study

802.11N should be finalized by September

Leaks lead to new Hadron Collider delay

Coming soon: Downloaded 3D movies at home

On today's Buzz Out Loud, Natali and Molly form a new Amazonian society in advance of the development of artificial sperm. But in much more important news, Google is finally building the thin-client, Netbook-friendly operating system that Molly predicted back in 2005. And poor Yahoo is stuck in 2005: it just announced Search Pad. Aw. Poor Yahoo.

EPISODE 1014

Introducing the Google Chrome OS
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10281744-2.html

Which Molly predicted in 2005!
http://www.cnet.com/4520-6033_1-5759958-1.html

Yahoo Search Pad
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=394383

Michael Jackson memorial pushes Internet traffic to its limits
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/michael-jacksons-memorial-online-traffic-pushes-internets-limits/
http://mashable.com/2009/07/07/cnn-live-stream-michael-jackson/
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-jackson-memorial-stats-roughly-6000-facebook-status-updates-per-minute-/

Federal sites hacked
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/07/AR2009070703250.html
http://government.zdnet.com/?p=5093

RIAA/music streaming sites agreement
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/technology/internet/08radio.html
http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/08/1339224/Pandora-Stabilizes-No-Longer-Completely-Free

LG Chocolate Phone: what is this aspect ratio??
http://gizmodo.com/5309204/new-lg-chocolates-secret-feature-is-an-800x345-resolution-219-cinema-widescreen-display

West Virginia sues Comcast over cable box tying
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/reviews/2009/07/west-virginia-sues-comcast-over-cable-box-tying.ars

Gaze-tracking software protects computer privacy
http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/07/07/1946217/Gaze-Tracking-Software-Protects-Computer-Privacy

British scientists can make sperm
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/08/3007405-british-scientists-claim-to-create-human-sperm

VOICE MAIL
President of the Internet

Dwight on Gmail

E-MAIL
Team Buzz

During your discussion of Google Chrome OS today, I am curious as to what impact, if any, GCOS might also have on older PCs. Since GCOS is already targeted at low-powered Netbooks, it stands to reason GCOS might also breathe some extra life into that 5-year-old laptop you were thinking of ditching. By moving a lot of the processing power from your lap to the cloud, could an unintended consequence be a reprieve on hardware's life cycle? Certainly Google wouldn't complain.

Mike in Dayton

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Hello Buzz crew!
We are one month away from the coolest day/time, according to my friend, Saud:

On August 7, 2009
At 12hr 34 minutes and 56 seconds on the 7th of August this year, the time and date will be
12:34:56 07/08/09

Khaled from Saudi Arabia.

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Microsoft just got a patent for disabling your operating system until you pay an "agreed-on sum of money." Also we find out that the Palm Pre is going to sell out, which means Sprint can save a load on advertising. And Moblin is out for beta testing, even if you think the name is dumb.

EPISODE 978

Palm Pre to run $549 off-contract
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/19/palm-pre-to-run-549-off-contract/

Sprint's CEO thinks there will be a Pre shortage, decides not to take advantage
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/05/20/sprints-ceo-thinks-there-will-be-a-pre-shortage-decides-not-to-take-advantage/

Microsoft wins patent for crippling your computer until you pay up
http://gizmodo.com/5261677/microsoft-wins-patent-for-crippling-your-computer-until-you-pay-up

Microsoft expands Netflix ties; will Window Media Center appeal to the masses?
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-microsoft-expands-netflix-relationship-with-windows-media-center-deal/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10245258-93.html

Craigslist sues SC AG for declaratory relief
http://blog.craigslist.org/2009/05/cl-sues-sc-ag-for-declaratory-relief/

Mac OS X users vulnerable to major Java flaw
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/19/2344239

Intel brings rich UI to Moblin Linux platform
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/reviews/2009/05/hands-on-intel-brings-rich-ui-to-moblin-linux-platform.ars

Virgin Airlines goes fleet-wide with WiFi service
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10245381-94.html

All your movies on a single DVD
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25515035-1702,00.html

Robot Warriors will get a guide to ethics
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/19/2151227

Monster by Mail’s summer of supervillains
http://www.monsterbymail.com

If you like funny things and smart things, you will like this
http://www.myextralife.com/

One-thousandth episode coming Thursday June 18. Want to be on the episode? Post a video of yourself. MUST be less than 30 seconds long. And send a link. No attachments. Could be well-wishing, could be memories, epithets...we don’t care. We’ll choose from all the messages we get and play a selection on the thousandth episode, as well as post them in the Wiki.

Also, Photoshop contest! Design the Thousandth Episode podcast artwork! Rules: Use the BOL logo in some capacity, and go nuts! Submissions should be 300×300 JPEG. E-mail the image to buzz@cnet.com

VOICEMAIL
Paul starts a suport group for BOL listeners.

Dwight the Key Grip loves compasses in phones

Don has even more reasons to love the compass in the phone. And schools us.

E-MAIL
The reason the Russians, China and the EU developed or are developing their own Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is because they don't want to rely only on the US military for positioning data. Should the US decide, they could scramble the signal tomorrow and then accuracies would go from 1 meter to 100 meters (Selective Availability). As to why would anyone need more than one: at any given time the most GPS only satellites you will see at any given time is 12 and that many is rare. Compare that to the 18 satellites that I was tracking yesterday morning when combining the GPS and Glonass constellations. And when Galileo comes online, that number will increase to an average of 24 satellites at a time for multi-constellation capable receivers. All these satellites won't be that beneficial to in-car nav units, but high precision centimeter grade accuracy units used in Land Surveying, Construction, Agriculture and Aeronautical applications will be greatly enhanced. More is better.

Take care,
Daniel
GPS Specialist

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Buzz!

You were half right Tom-

Ricky Gervais switched from Podcast to “Audiobooks” that are about an hour long (and Hi-Lar-i-ous) each. He’s actually tried a few different models including “free for a while” where if you downloaded the podcast with in the first week or two you’d have it for free, but if you wanted it from the back catalog it’s a couple of bucks. Seems pretty fair in the sense that you did have a chance at getting it for free at one point.

The current Audiobooks come out once a month and are $2 each and I buy everyone one based on how great the previous podcasts are. They seemed to be selling well because I tend to see it at the top of the Audiobooks list in Itunes.

And, again, I highly suggest them.

Sorry I haven’t had much to say lately, I’ll work on that. Also, won’t be in Cali for 1000-but I’ll be listening!

Later,

Frank L.

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Hey Buzzcrew,

Not to drag this out longer than needed, but Tom should be able to name another successful (at least last I heard) paid podcast as he and his wife have been guests: Mac OS Ken Day 6. Additionally, this is an example of something going paid when it was free because it is only marginally more Apple-centric than Ken Ray’s previous radio show/free podcast Technocracy Radio. As you said, paid works alongside free as long as there is a value-add.

What I am more interested in is how successful the public-radio model works for podcasts and other new media. I know Leo Laporte gets a lot of funding from donations, but he also has more advertisers than anyone else in new media. People like Dan Carlin (Hardcore History, Common Sense) might offer a better gauge for the success of donations. I know BOL analysis specials/interviews are rare, but someone needs to do an in-depth on the state of new media.

-Brian in Fort Worth

P.S. Decided to reread Tom’s book Boiling Point — Not a good idea in a recession, especially while living in Texas when the governor talks about seceding in public remarks (see Tax-Day Tea Parties). For those unfamiliar, he just said that current spending policies will cause high taxes and could make some people want to secede.

We learn that Donald is a one-man polka band, Twitter people are never satisfied, and it may be getting slightly easier out there for pimps. It's all tech related though, we swear.

Episode 973

Twitter users ticked off over feed settings tweak
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10239517-36.html

Intel hammered by EU, faces $1.45 billion fine
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/05/intel-hammered-by-eu-faces-145-billion-fine.ars

AMD gains market share from Intel as Atom slumps
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/05/idc-intel-and-atom-down-amd-up-in-first-quarter.ars

Ill. AG: Craigslist dropping ‘erotic services’ ads
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090513/ap_on_re_us/craigslist_attorneys_general

Zune phone specs
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2752

Apple confirms WWDC keynote time, Phil Schiller leading the way
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/apple-confirms-wwdc-keynote-time-phil-schiller-leading-the-way/

Hands on: Canonical aims for the cloud with new Ubuntu One
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/hands-on-canonical-aims-for-the-cloud-with-new-ubuntu-one.ars

Verizon selling landline operations in 14 states
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10239539-94.html

Clearwire selects Cisco to help build 4G network
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10239541-94.html

Credit card code to combat fraud
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8046492.stm

220-mph solar-powered train proposed in Arizona
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/12/1811201

Voice mail
Mike the truck driver
Postal police “just wanted to let you know”

Justin from Gainesville
Speed traps

E-mail
Hi Buzz crew,

I just went to the Carphone Warehouse, here in the UK, to try to get
my iPhone screen fixed. They told me not to bother because a new
iPhone is coming out in July, with 64 GB storage, video playback and a
3.2 MP camera confirmed and possibly more to come. This new iPhone is
going to be deemed as a gaming device as well as a phone and the
Carphone Warehouse have been told to push it is a gaming device when
it is released in July.

Just thought you guys might want to know,

Matt from London.

**********

Hi Buzzcrew,

I usually refrain from emailing since I am in Hong Kong and I get the
podcast a day later than broadcasted. By then, any “Well actually’s”
have usually been already addressed by other members of Buzz town.

In relation to episode 971 and 969 regarding turning phones into wifi
hotspots, Joikuspot has long been a reliable way to turn any Symbian
phone into a wifi hotspot. I tried the program and it works exactly
as advertised. It has wep but not wpa, but setting it all up is easy
and it simply works. You have full control over who is active on your
hotspot.

The only complaint is that on my Nokia E66 it eats up a whole day’s
worth of battery in about 4 hours.

I have to add, I am a little surprised that the tethering on the Palm
Pre is so often discussed, all Sony Ericsson and Nokia phones comes
with PC Suite which allows you to access the internet on your computer
via the phone’s 3G connection. Are you talking about so other kind of
tethering? Or is this feature disabled on US phones?

Love the show,
Brian in Hong Kong, originally from Manchester, UK,via Tako, Japan.

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Hey folks,

Indeed, some professors do use simple things like wordpress and twitter:

(cue Dvorak voice): http://people.auc.ca/brodbeck/blog

There are almost 400 podcasted lectures of mine there. This helps my
students (I have data on that, their marks have gone up about 5.5 percent
since I started podcasting my classes) and, it give Algoma University free
PR.

Speaking of the TWIT network, a psychologist you might know will be on
Futures in Biotech live at http://www.twitlive.tv on Friday, May 15 at 4 pm EDT.

Dave (the psychologist).

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Listening to episode 970. I’m not a trucker, but I’ve known a few in my life. You’d be surprised how many of those guys and gals have laptops as their only computer and it’s right there in the cab with them. Since there are cabins in the back, some even have full desktop machines built-in to the bunk area with an inverter for power. I don’t know how things are in California, but here on the East coast, those folks are quite wired. They’ve been using GPS, mobile phones, etc., because they have to have communication with the home office and their homes.

Love the show!

Smitty

Brian Cooley gets mad at the Swiss and the Dutch in this episode and takes up the defense of Microsoft. We also decide to pitch IBM against Wolfram Alpha in a battle royale.

Episode 962

Apple readying 'media pad' and 'iPhone lite' for launch soon?
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/04/apple-readying-media-pad-and-iphone-lite-for-launch-soon.ars

Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5 beta
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10228665-2.html

Microsoft debuts Vine in Seattle: Twitter+Facebook on steroids
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2009134578_microsoft_debuts_vine_in_seatt.html

Don’t get confused: Facebook’s open-stream approach isn’t like Twitter’s
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/04/facebook-bets-on-open-approach-launches-stream-api.html

Woman loses job for being on Facebook on sick day
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10228434-93.html

Amazon acquires Stanza, an e-Book application for the iPhone
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/amazon-acquires-stanza-an-e-book-application-for-the-iphone/

QuickTime to receive YouTube support
http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10228221-12.html

Europe funds secure operating system research
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/27/2324216&from=rss

A Look At the Wolfram Alpha “Search Engine”
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/27/006231&from=rss

Salma Hayek hacked
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2345973,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121

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VOICEMAIL

Kevin Android needs branding

EMAIL Natali
Team Buzz -

I imagine you will discuss Microsoft’s new Vine application today. It find it an interesting concept in that it attempts to add structure to things we do already: Twitter and the emergency broadcast system for instance. Will their idea of creating a new infrastructure to “mashup” our current communication practices work? If I am going to text someone that I made it home safe, why would I want to go through Microsoft when I can directly communicate with the recipient? Are they trying to monopolize common sense? I guess buy-in by users will guide the success of the project. I am a little negative on this though. Also, when I watched the demo videos I was someone befuddled as I do not automatically equate an “emergency” with having someone walk my dog and hoping someone else is going to make me a pie? What’s with that?

Finally, I don’t like the name. Personally, when I think vine I think of hard to kill-never-stops-growing-snuffs-out-other-living-things-in-my-backyard-plant. Oh, now I know why they used it.

Mike in Dayton
Natali
Please do not use my name.

You discussed in EP 961 that AT&T service in NY and SF was terrible.
Just wanted to pass along that AT&T is currently overlaying 850 MHz
spectrum in ATL, NY, and SF. This is high-quality spectrum that can
penetrate impedences, even provide signals in Subways.

I believe the current spectrum used in those areas is 1950 MHz.
Tom
Hey Buzzies,

I was going to go download Opera just now from Opera.com, hoping it will launch faster then FireFox when I have Lineage 2 running (I use Chrome but L2’s anti-cheat system, GameGuard, prevents it from working). Anyways, I was greeted with a VERY retro web splash page, celebrating Opera’s 15th anniversary. You should check it out it’s pretty funny, it’s got the random ugly gif animations, even some flames at the bottom. Hmm.. Reminds me of some Geocities pages I’ve seen….

http://www.opera.com/

Anyways Love the show

-Kassandra