Buzz Out Loud Podcast

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.

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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

Rafe coins a new name for a port of the iFart application for the BlackBerry. But really the show is much more about variable pricing coming to iTunes, The Pirate Bay rolling out VPN for you, and robot soccer teams one day killing us all.

EPISODE 940

Report: variable pricing comes to iTunes Apr. 7
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10205535-27.html

New Microsoft ads attack Apple on price
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-10205757-82.html

WWDC in June
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10205232-37.html

The Pirate Bay to roll out secure $5 per month VPN service
http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/03/the-pirate-bay-to-roll-out-secure-vpn-service.ars

BlackBerry App World to launch April 1, says BusinessWeek
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/26/blackberry-app-world-to-launch-april-1-says-businessweek/

WinMo developers will pay $99 to upgrade apps
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10205583-75.html

iPhone developer policy not such a big deal
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10205293-37.html

Report: Skype coming to the iPhone
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10205615-94.html

Could Disney join Hulu? Sources say talks are serious
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-abc-in-serious-discussions-for-equity-stake-in-hulu/

Ghost Twittering and Twitter lameness
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/technology/internet/27twitter.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&hpw=&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1238155418-5pZZPhsfje66rGJrRRzrMA
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/obama-returns-to-twitter-%E2%80%93-sort-of/

Twitter has no business model, and that’s cool
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10205736-2.html

Space tourist blasts off to ISS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7964977.stm

Robot soccer
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/03/25/robot.football/index.html?eref=rss_tech

VOICEMAIL
Laurence from Indiana
App Store Return policy

Woden
Zune plays lossless

E-MAIL
Drops of Water on Mars - “…superheated exhaust [from NASA's Phoenix spacecraft]… splashed small bits of mud onto the craft’s landing struts -- little beads of material that grew, merged, and even dripped over the next few weeks. Those dynamic blobs must have been drops of concentrated saltwater, concludes a large scientific team led by Nilton Renno, a Phoenix investigator at the University of Michigan….”

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/41728642.html

Chris the Commuter (via my 12 yr old son!)

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Hey Buzz Out Loud Gang,

This is Silas from SoCal, and I just wanted to let you know that there is more than one high school robotics team which listens to your podcast! I am a Junior at La Canada High and the Drive Captain for team 2429. This was only are second year competing; however, in our first year we won the Rookie All Star Award and went to nationals in Atlanta, Georgia. This year we tried to win the Chairman’s Award, but our relatively young age as a team held us back. Maybe next year

Our whole team listens to BOL as we work on our robot after school everyday, and I must say, we were all very shocked to hear another team listening. So in the spirit of “gracious professionalism” GO RUSH 27 and 2429!

love the show,

Silas the Pyro

P.S. If you read this on the show, we will put a sticker for “Buzz Out Loud” on our robot and send in a picture!

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First off I would like to say you guys are the first podcast that I have listened to(and I am 16) and you at this point seem to be the best I would say so far. So thank you for supplying something interesting while doing my homework. Also the tangent of a circle is the point where a line intersect or touches a circle. So yeah I hope this wasn't to stupid of an e-mail. XD

-mranswer90

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.

E-mail

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