Buzz Out Loud Podcast

Ron Richards from iFanboy joins us as we finish today's show with a discussion of "geek" vs. "nerd" and decide "dork" is the next wave. We also talk about a cow that poops money, also known as Jonathan Coulton's business model. And we get mad at AT&T.

EPISODE 938

AT&T working with RIAA
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10203799-93.html

How it works for a real musician
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2009/03/24/payday/

John Mellencamp: Back In The Good Old Days…
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090323/2137204220.shtml

Last.fm woes
http://mashable.com/2009/03/25/lastfm-third-party-mobile/
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/03/lastfm-radio-to.html

Blockbuster comes to TiVo
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10203610-1.html

Facebook face recognition
http://www.inquisitr.com/20556/facecom-launches-facial-recognition-app-for-facebook/

Skype handles more international calls than AT&T
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/skype-handles-more-international-calls-than-att.ars

Apple sued for iPhone being a book reader
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/24/apple_sued_for_promoting_iphone_as_ebook_reader.html

A 3D web moves closer to reality
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7963302.stm

Iogear puts USB devices on your network
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/24/iogear-puts-four-usb-devices-on-your-network-with-usb-net-shares/

DTV coupons are back
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/dtv-coupons-are-here-again/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Fox to launch social network
http://www.mediabistro.com/webnewser/foxnewscom/fox_nation_where_you_can_be_part_of_real_news_112318.asp

Nasa gives images to Microsoft’s telescope and launches Mission Madness
http://www.gearlog.com/2009/03/nasa_launches_mission_madness.php
http://www.appscout.com/2009/03/nasa_to_provide_images_data_to_1.php

VOICEMAIL
Paul from Hawaii
Onlive and latency
http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=13939&sid=4e12272d62effe4cc9ff303d421fe5ff

Dan
New name for micropayments!

E-MAIL
Roadable Airplanes. It makes me wonder why I listen when I hear things like that.
Of course Joe Idiot can’t fly a car, ever. That’s why they call it a “roadable airplane” instead of a flying car. It’s an airplane first, and requires a pilot’s license to fly. All of the FAA requirements for airplanes apply. And no, “black boxes” are not required.
What happened to your common sense?
Mike
(phew. that makes me feel better… — Mike

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Hey buzz crew.
On the ps3 you can download full version of some current gen games. Examples I can recall off the top of my head are grand turismo: prologue and burn out paradise. These still can be found on disc format. Xbox 360 currently has no current gen games available for full download.

I personally thought that they would expand the selection of available games if they ever did make a ps3 with no blue ray. especially since they (ps3) use standard hard drives that are easy to replace and upgrade vs the over priced xbox 360 120gig hd @ $134 dollars at amazon.

just some insight from a xbox 360 and ps3 owner.

Thanks and love the show.
Diego the hospital IT security guy in miami beach.

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Hi there

Cooley’s discussion about Nissan bringing EVs to the US in the next few years reminded me of this - basically Mitsubishi has been testing their new EV here in New Zealand for the last few months with the vehicle intended to be sold for between $30k and $40k (that’s about $15k to $20k in US currency - wasn’t $15k Tom’s limit?). You can already register your interest in the vehicle . Wikipedia notes that the vehicle should be on the market in the ‘09 to ‘10 time frame.

Cheers
Jonathan

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Reference your discussion about Warner’s burn-to-order DVDs in episode 937:

It would be nice if you folks would keep in mind all the poor souls who still don’t have high-speed internet access. I live a mere 40 miles away from downtown San Jose, CA and dial-up is the best I can do.

There is no FiOS where I live.

There is no cable here.

I live too far from the closest phone company central office for DSL.

And satellite is a non-starter for me — price and latency issues.

So, while I might enjoy the ability to download a movie for $14.95 in a matter of seconds or minutes, I can’t, Mr. Cooley.

For someone in my situation the $19.95, burn-to-order DVD might make a great deal of sense. In fact, I wonder if a dual-layer DVD sent via the postal service might give me higher through-put than my crappy dial-up connection.

Regards,
Robert M.

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Hello Buzz people,

My Kindle topic is in response to the free ebooks on the Sony Reader.
For some time, there has been a pretty awesome way to download public
domain ebooks straight to the kindle over the evdo from feedbooks.com.

The way it works is you open http://www.feedbooks.com/kindleguide in
your kindle browser, which downloads the book guide that shows up in
your home menu. From the guide, you can browse the available books by
title, author, genre and popularity, and download them straight to the
kindle in mobi-pocket format. I don’t know how the selection compares
to the sony/google offering, but there are supposedly thousands of
books on feedbooks. They are of course available to other devices, but
you can’t beat the seamless evdo delivery.

The other thing I wanted to bring up, that I haven’t really heard much
about since Google started migrating GrandCentral over to Google Voice
is that they are providing a simple way to make free long-distance
calls from any of your phones (including a landline) to any phone in
the US (and reasonable rates overseas as well). You just type in the
number or your contact’s name in the little “call” box, and Google
calls your selected phone, then connects you to the person you are
calling. Take that AT&T!

Dave

EPISODE 884

Health concerns force Apple’s Jobs from Macworld
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10130981-37.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10130961-60.html

Rumor: Unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro in the works
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10130784-37.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090105-ars-at-macworld-09-rumor-roundup-and-live-keynote-plans.html

iPhone 3G unlocker released on schedule
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/03/yellowsn0w_beta/

In dispute, Viacom threatens to pull shows “on TV and online”
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090102-in-dispute-viacom-threatens-to-pull-shows-on-tv-and-online.html

RIAA dumps evidence-gathering firm
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10130785-93.html

PS2 crushes Wii, Xbox in gaming minutes
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10130635-62.html

Forrester study: Got game? Not in a recession
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10131039-52.html

Windows 7 build 7,000 already outperforming Vista and XP in “real-world” tasks
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/03/windows-7-build-7000-already-outperforming-vista-and-xp-in-real/

Zune ‘bug’ fixed, says Microsoft
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7807797.stm
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F04%2F2034248

Amazon Video On Demand coming to Roku Player
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10131174-93.html

Blockbuster launching set-top box for the holidays
http://newteevee.com/2008/11/08/blockbuster-launching-set-top-box-for-the-holidays/

LG adds direct Internet link to a line of HDTVs
http://news.cnet.com/LG-adds-direct-Internet-link-to-a-line-of-HDTVs/2100-1041_3-6248641.html
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/05/1646257

VOICEMAIL
Matt from New Hampshire: CSM!

Anon: Full mailbox

Mike from Tacoma: Windows 7 release date — FIRM

Jeff from SLC: land-lines do have 911

E-MAIL
Dear BOLers,
I missed you guys. I missed so much that I went to the BuzzOutLoud wikia and downloaded (randomly) some episodes from the past three years of BOLing. I got to hear the first voicemail from Shalin, the time when dr. Karl was just a med student and a lot of great stuff: Tom saying that would license for free his voice for TomTom’s GPS, Molly confusing hermetically for hydrogenation sealed and Veronica talking “Brazil for the win” were the best ones I’ve hear

And when I downloaded the best of 2006 episode, I noticed it was too short. And the same happened with the best of 2007 and 2008 episodes. So I figure a way to not let this happen again this year: a page on the wikia! http://buzzoutloud.wikia.com/wiki/Best_of_2009

Now the listeners will have a chance to put in their favorite buzzing moments of 2009 and help Jason to edit a longer (or even two!) Best of 2009 episode.

Hope you like it and, as always, love the show and keep up the good work!

Rafa

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I just had to be the first
To write into BOL while flying at 36000 ft…:-) Flying to CES of course!
I am writing this from a Virgin America flight over Sycamore, OH…
Look forward to seeing you guys at the cloud talk!

Reid, the ISP Infrastructure Guy

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Hey Buzz crew,
I just wanted to make Tom feel just a little bit better about his predictions for last year. Specifically, the whole simultaneous broadcast on TV and the Internet thing. In the U.K. at least the BBC started doing just that in the last month (so still 2008) or so on BBC iPlayer. I think it started in early December or something.

Anyway hope you guys had a nice vacation.

Listener since late 2005, first e-mail

Greig the math student

P.S Too shy to say “well actually” yet loi

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Ever since I switched to over the air digital television, my life has been a TV horror film.
90 percent of the time the signal is so poor it cuts in and out every minute or two. If I am lucky enough to get a good signal I can’t move. Every time I or my roommate walks through the house, the signal cuts out. The resolution may be better, but of course it is, that's what happens when you shrink the picture. My screen now has a three-inch black border for most programs. It sucks! I was much happier with a little fuzzy picture and good audio, than a screen refresh rate of 1/minute and no audio, or almost worse when every actor suddenly becomes a gou’uld (not sure why that happens).

I’ve also noticed that the signal is the worst during peak viewing hours. You guys know if DTV has some type of shared bandwidth?

Long live analog!!!

Deeply saddened by digital
In Madison, WI

EPISODE 860

Cooley debriefs:
- Just drove in in the new 370Z with SynchroMatch transmission.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10102550-48.html

- From iPhone to Bold: how it's going, why I did it.

- Promo: EOH today discussing car tech seen at the L.A. Auto Show (open now)

Amazon Kindle 2 Slated For "Early Q1″
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/25/amazon-kindle-2-slated-for-early-q1/

Flurry of online video stuff:
- Blockbuster launches a box
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10107437-1.html

- YouTube goes wide screen
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10107536-93.html

- TiVo goes mobile for everyone
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10107464-1.html

The Guild Coming to Xbox Live Marketplace
http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/11/the-guild-comin.html

Teacher in porn pop-up case dodges jail but loses creds
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081124-teacher-in-porn-popup-case-dodges-jail-loses-creds.html

Senate: When analog TV goes dark, leave a light on
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081124-senate-when-analog-tv-goes-dark-leave-a-light-on.html

Web and mobile increasing TV viewership
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Research_25/TV_s_new_best_friends_Web_and_mobile.asp

New study crowns Google’s Chrome king of speed
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10107591-16.html

Nanotech clothing fabric ‘never gets wet’
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16126-nanotech-clothing-fabric-never-gets-wet.html

Voice mail
“Hey:” Star Trek reminiscences

Bob the patent lawyer: “close enough for nuclear war”

EMAIL

Jamoto,

On Buzz-Out-Loud #859 Daniel in Hell e-mailed about the EULA for the iPhone which restricted the use of the phone for, “the development design manufacture or production of various kinds of weapons”. I believe that this is due to the fact that it contains a GPS unit, which could at least theoretically be used for a targeting or timing system. I would guess that this would be a standard EULA feature of other GPS devices, but maybe just the iPhone since it can run apps and would be easier to configure for the task. I guess the option of using the phone to record and replay a Molly rant is still an unrestricted pleasure. Love the show, keep up the good work.

Thomas the Professional Nuclear Engineer
“It ain’t rocket science - its Nuclear Engineering”

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Orbital Speed and Buzz Out Loud
http://blog.dotphys.net/2008/11/orbital-speed-and-buzz-out-loud/

Rhett Allain

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Emmanuel

What’s Up Buzz Crew!

Who better to help with Obama with his FCC Transition than a Level 70 Shaman! Last week President Elect Obama appointed Kevin Werbach as a Co-Chair to the transition team. Level 70 ain’t nothing to sneeze at. I’m also sure this is why Obama wants a laptop in the Oval… I mean with all that down time, I’m sure Werbach will have Obama hooked on World of Warcrack in no time!

http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/20/obamas-fcc-transition-co-chair-is-a-wow-player/

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/gigaom/big-tech/2008_11_18_obamas_fcc_transition_team_co_chair_a_wow_player.html

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What’s this I hear? You need another host for Friday? I’m not doing anything over Thanksgiving - flights home from Vegas to Portland for both Thanksgiving are too expensive, (in these troubled times,
*drink*) but I can fly to SFO for cheap! $150 on Virgin America round-trip! You can pay me back later.

I’ve even written the intro in advance:

(Camera 1) Merritt: “Coming up on CNET Live: it’s that time of year again, time for 10 STRAIGHT hours of CNET Live’s Holiday Help Desk, when we ease the pains of your holiday tech shopping. Lots of reviews, lots of questions, lots of answers!”

(Camera 2) Cooley: “Plus, I’ll teach you how to roast a turkey with the Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries from a new Ford Escape hybrid! And Cars! Cars! CARS!”

(Camera 3) Me: “And I made a cape from my CNET sweatshirt! CNET Live starts now! EXCELSIOR!”

(I unfurl my cape and fly stage-left Al Gore-style. Animated exclamation points dancing on screen. Play intro sequence.)

Perfect opportunity for my Al Gore impression. You can have that for free. Unfortunately I’m not very patient with verbose callers, comfortable in front of cameras, or altogether functional before noon, but that also means I’m totally nerdcore, so feel free to give me a call. Like Cooley said, nobody’s gonna be watching this anyway, right? (Just let me know before Wednesday, because the price doubles on Thursday.)

LTS,

-Andrew

The rotten corpse of the Microsoft-Yahoo merger has apparently reanimated itself and is wandering down Wall Street, munching on the brains of News Corp. and Time Warner, recruiting them to its unholy cause. Sigh. In other news, Microsoft has a new Office subscription service, Blockbuster decided Circuit City just isn't worth it, and we debunk the Texas PC repair hysteria that's sweeping the blogosphere.
Listen now: Download today's podcast

EPISODE 758

Microsoft seeks partners for new run at Yahoo
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121496732802022117.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9982741-7.html

Office subscription service ready to go
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-9982212-56.html

Blockbuster abandons Circuit City bid
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9982618-7.html

PINs stolen from Citibank ATMs
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9982500-7.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25495280/

Researchers: 637 million browser users at risk
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9981954-57.html

Texas PC repair now requires PI license
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2324220,00.asp
http://www.statesman.com/search/content/news/stories/local/06/27/0627computertech.html

Apple orders 50 million iPhone NAND chips from Samsung, rest of world put on hold?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/02/apple-eats-first-at-samsungs-nand-table-rest-of-industry-starv/

TV Viewers’ average age hits 50 years old
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/01/2121233

AT&T says original iPhones can be inactivated and used as Wi-Fi iPods
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/02/att_says_original_iphones_can_be_inactivated_and_used_as_wifi_ipods.html

VOICE MAIL

Roberto Portland
About the Netflix profiles.

Lee Sacramento
Why I don't like indexable Flash.

E-MAIL

Hi Guys.
Just a quick reminder--what you guys call a degradable HTML version, I, as a nonphoton--dependent person (a blind person, for those not up on the latest PC lingo I'm trying to spread) call an accessible version. Molly's sigh of relief at the prospect of not having to put up this second page was a gasp of horror for me and those of my ilk.

Screen readers do a miserable job reading Flash based pages for the very reason it's hard to index them, and without an alternate degradable version I wouldn't be able to access an increasing amount of the Interweb.
Thanks.
--Bill

I still use Limewire for the quick one song downloads, and torrent my albums. Because of both the cost (free) and the higher bitrate/quality than iTunes.

Well that’s all changed now. Last night I used Amazon’s MP3 service because of its 256kb/s bitrate mp3’s mainly.

> I have a Mac so I downloaded and installed the Mac version of Amazon’s MP3 Downloader very easily. After that, and signing into my Amazon account, It’s literally a 1-click process.

You click Buy Album… less than a minute later the entire album is in my iTunes. Full of all the valid metadata and album artwork.

I will never obtain music via P2P again. Amazon’s MP3 service is cheap, reliable, high quality, and supereasy to use! Also, it comes with all the correct metadata and album art, which is important to me when I’m using my iPhone and Apple TV.

--Don

Buzz Crew!
I hate to be “that” guy, but since I have my degree in history, I though I’d let you know that Max from Fresno needs a friendly historical reminder. Lenin followed the Romanovs, not Stalin. So, the time line was as follows: Romanovs–>Lenin–>Stalin–>etc. What is really scary is the correlation to the tech world. Under this corrected time line, XP=Romanovs, Vista=Lenin, and Windows 7=Stalin? Lenin was terrible and offered no downgrade option, but Stalin exterminated over 50 million people…so Windows 7 is really the Apocalypse (or at least one of the horsemen).

Enjoy the tweets and the show,
--Shawn in Greeley, Colo.

Yesterday you were talking about WiMAX being deployed for the first time in the U.S. in some small town, but I received an interesting piece of junk snail mail on Saturday from AT&T proclaiming “There’s a new internet in town!” They advertise up to 2 megabits per second (not that fast, but a start) and charge $20 a month for 384kbps speed when bundled with phone service. The interesting thing is they are selling this service in Anchorage, Alaska, not exactly tech capital of the world (we don’t have AT&T 3G coverage anywhere in the state). Here is the link to their AT&T Alascom WiMAX service page. http://www.attalascom.com/home/anchorage.html
Love the Show
--Mark from Anchorage, Ala.

EPISODE 706

PayPal plans to ban unsafe browsers
http://www.eweek.com/index2.php?option=content&task=view& amp;id=47667&pop=1&hide_ads=1&page=0&hide_js=1

Microsoft plans Office subscription service
http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9921711-56.html

Blockbuster sued over role in Facebook’s Beacon ad program
http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9921496-36.html

Comcast, AT&T absent at FCC hearing on Net neutrality
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9921751-7.html

After complaints, Apple tweaks Software Update for Safari
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9922267-7.html

AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010
http://www.news.com/ATT-Internet-to-hit-full-capacity-by-2010/ 2100-1034_3-6237715.html

Gossip Girl streams pulled off CW's site due to, well, popularity; cannibalization fears
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/ 419-gossip-girl-streams-pulled-off-cws-site-due-to-well-popularity-cannibal/

Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony tout NPD numbers
http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9921783-52.html

Skeletons in the crimson closet: Facebook’s latest Harvard scuffle
http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9921374-36.html

RIP Edward Lorenz--Father of Chaos Theory
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/17/rip-father-of-chaos.html

BONUS: Fractal Magic!
http://www.crispdesign.net/fm/index.html

VOICE MAIL

Alex Miami Beach
A Twitter tale.

E-MAIL

Do Not Track registry

Tom, Molly,

Regarding your discussion in episode 704 about the do not track registry, I have a well actually for you. It looks like the deletion of cookies is not sufficient to avoid tracking these days. The Financial Post here in Canada published an article about ISPs using a service to perform deep packet inspection of your Web traffic to create targeted advertising.

According to the company providing the hardware and services, it is all anonymous, secure, etc., but we all know how well companies secure data. Plus, that one (or more) times you Google you name means that someone will be able to figure out who is the person being tracked in the data.

Here is the link to the article:
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=443523

Matti (Toronto)

Psystar/Apple monopoly?

Hello TMJ,

This is Diane the architect, long time listener first time writer.
Writing in regards to episode 703, the Psystar/Apple monopoly (?). I believe the accurate term to describe Apple is proprietary. Their product is neither hardware nor software but rather the Apple experience. Users buy in knowingly to an integrated system, quality and design, but most importantly they’re buying the brand and the status that comes with that brand.

Take for example elevators (excuse the industry reference). Most elevator manufacturers in the industry are proprietary and have specific requirements that distinguish them from other manufacturers.

The operation software, machines, and parts are all proprietary components of their overall product. On top of which the maintenance servicing is restricted to their respective manufacturers, otherwise the warranty would be voided. There are some nonproprietary manufacturers that provide a product built of parts from other manufacturers, their system is open and can be serviced by anyone.

The proprietary manufacturer offers an integrated system that has a certain proven level of performance, where the nonproprietary product offers flexibility, not unlike Apple and Microsoft. Apple prices itself into a niche market and basically provides a proprietary version of a common product. Just because Apple doesn’t prefer to share like Microsoft or Linux doesn’t mean it’s a monopoly.

Anyway, love the show and keep up the good work!
--Diane.

How to vote on legislation

Hi Buzz Crew,

Long time listener and total BOL’r. In fact it was listening to your rants on technology legislation that inspired me to build Govit.com.

You can vote on all active legislation and have your vote sent instantly to your congressional representatives. It’s a super easy way to take meaningful political action.

Please vote on Net Neutrality
http://www.govit.com/H_R_5353/To_establish_broadband_policy_and_direct_the_Federal_Communi/

Lot’s of other cool things on the site too, such as tracking your votes compared with your representatives, seeing the bills sponsored by the presidential candidates, and quick easy access to your representatives 24-7.

I hope you like it. :)

--Taylor Norrish
BOL Fan and founder of Govit.com

Silent and possibly deadly

Hello BOL!
I thought I would send in a quick story regarding the Hybrid car silence issue. On June 30, 2007, I was walking home from work and was hit by a hybrid car. I did not have an iPod with me, and was not speaking on the phone. The driver made no attempt to make his presence known, and afterward, told the police that his excuse was that “you just can’t hear these hybrid cars.”

As a victim of the Silent and Possibly Deadly cars, my vote would definitely be to increase the noise these cars create. It could prevent anyone else from having to deal with the aftermath. Luckily, I had only a fractured bone in my heel and couldn’t walk for three months, but these accidents could be a lot worse.

Thanks for bringing such an awesome show to us every day!
--Lucas
Atlanta, Ga.

EPISODE 702

Psystar’s OpenMac Apple clone is close to a cease and desist order
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/14/ psystars-openmac-clone-is-close-to-a-cease-and-desist-order/
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/04/14/ openmac-promises-399-headless-mac-but-not-from-apple/

Vista’s UAC security prompt was designed to annoy you
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/ 20080411-vistas-uac-security-prompt-was-designed-to-annoy-you.html

Virgin Media CEO Says Net Neutrality is 'a load of bollocks'
http://torrentfreak.com/ virgin-media-ceo-says-net-neutrality-is-a-load-of-bollocks-080413/

Keeping pace? Torrents of traffic and the Internet backbone
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/exaflood-not-happening.ars/1

Blockbuster wants to buy Circuit City
http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/ ResLibraryView.asp?BzID=553&ResLibraryID=24044&Category=1195
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8468

Will DVRs thwart rise of online TV shows?
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9917839-7.html

Retailers break vows on analog TV sales, get FCC wrist slap
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/ 20080413-retailers-break-vows-on-analog-tv-sales-get-fcc-wrist-slap.html

Microsoft considering its own retail stores
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/04/11.8.shtml

Man 'writes' 200,000 books
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/13/man-writes-200000-bo.html

Voicemail

Remy
Am I missing something?

Anonymous
Tools? Settings? I’m billing Apple.

Sam Parump, Nevada
I’ll bring up the Boy Scout thing!

E-mail

Bosses to snoop on e-mails

Bosses could be given the power to snoop on employees’ e-mails and monitor their Internet messaging under a new plan to avert a terrorist attack in Australia.

Federal Attorney General Robert McClelland has said the new measures, which could be in place as early as next year, would allow companies to intercept staff e-mails without the consent of workers.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/ 0,25642,23535224-5014108,00.html

Tim Gibbs

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Are electric cars too quiet?

Hi buys,

This is Jeff in L.A. I personally have had a hybrid car come right up behind me in a parking lot without noticing it. For once, maybe Congress is on the right track!

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/04/that-blissfully.html

Love the show!

Jeff

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Trucking companies

Something to chew on….

Trucking companies can pay more than average for the roads, at least on a state by state basis...the Cliff Notes version:

Truckers must log their mileage traveled within a state. That mileage data is then combined with data about where a truck filled up with fuel. States monitor such data for a trucking company to ensure that a company’s trucks don’t fill up right across their border and then drive through their state without refilling. If a state determines your trucks are not buying enough fuel in their state for the number of miles your fleet runs in said state, you will get a bill for the difference.

Could this same model be applied to the Internet if the Internet was a public utility? Say YouTube has no physical presence in the state of Iowa. Then couldn’t the state of Iowa charge YouTube for the data they serve to Iowans on the premise that YouTube is using an Iowa utility without paying Iowa taxes?

Just a thought…

As always love the show!

Tom in Iowa

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You lied to me!

Hey JaMoTo,

My name is Andrew from London, and I’m a reasonably long-time listener but first time e-mailer. I was listening to episode 701 today and got quite confused when you were discussing the Google Drive application, especially when Tom said he was on Waterloo Road… I didn’t see him, I was on Waterloo Road. Then he said meet by the roundabout by Stamford Street (the roundabout is actually an IMAX cinema hidden inside a roundabout and therefore almost complete inaccessible to pedestrians who don’t know about a series of tunnels interconnecting all the side of the roundabout)… but again, he wasn’t there. I live by that roundabout. I waited there all day and you guys never showed. If only I could Molly Rant here about your misleading comments (love the Molly Rants, by the way).

Anyway,

[insert bomessage here]

Andrew

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Sea cable update

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/ 516299-ship-impounded-crew-arrested-for-net-blackout
“Ship impounded, crew arrested for net blackout”

Dubai police have arrested two sailors found onboard the vessel, owned by an Iraqi company, and will refer them to Dubai Public Prosecution next week, UAE daily Khaleej Times reported on Saturday, citing a police source.

A second ship, thought to have been responsible for the cable damage as well, was also impounded, but has since been released after paying “huge” compensation to India’s Flag Telecom, owner of two of the four affected cables.

Best regards…

Khaled A.

EPISODE 667

Yahoo-Microsoft buyout brawl, one-two punch with a swift comeback punch
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9916001-7.html
http://www.news.com/8301-13953_3-9915835-80.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120776803032602423.html

Experts hack power grid in less than a day
http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/04/09/2256241.shtml

Computer viruses hit one million
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7340315.stm

IBM ships fastest CPU on Earth
http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/04/10/1152205.shtml

Free music streams turn into increased music sales
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/ 20080409-last-fm-free-music-streams-turn-into-increased-music-sales.html
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9915471-7.html

Blockbuster eyes streaming to TVs
http://www.news.com/Blockbuster-eyes-streaming-to-TVs/ 2100-1041_3-6237068.html

Microsoft introduces tool for avoiding traffic jams
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/10/technology/10maps.html

FCC greenlights text message emergency alert system
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9916004-7.html

Zune Guy’s name-change endeavor is back on
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/10/ zune-guys-name-change-endeavor-is-back-on/

VOICE MAIL

Peter from Ontario
How to stop Safari update.

Brent
How do you pay for a stolen credit card?

Umberto from Brazil
Some people can’t search.

E-MAIL

We have stupid legislators, too

Hey T.M.J.,

If there is someone in the world that can’t envy you North Americans on the stupid legislators field, I can assure you that’s the Brazilian people.

And to prove that for the entire planet again (after blocking YouTube because of that Cicarelli’s video), they have decided to block the access to Wordpress.com because of one specific blog (priscilafonseca.wordpress.com) that posted an explicit video from YouTube that’s not even there anymore!

Again it evolves a sex video, a careless girl, and service from the Internet used by more then 1 million Brazilians. I mean, how deja vu is that?

So, suck it up! Our legislators are worse than yours!

–
Rafa

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My wife insisted that I e-mail

Yesterday I listened to episode 689 where the caller ranted about the phrase “can’t have your cake and eat it too” (I know… I’m always behind… but I’ve listened to every podcast since around episode 100. Every episode… I OCD like that).

My wife and I have had multiple conversations about this phrase. She was really bothered by it… I didn’t really care. However, when I heard the explanation, I laughed and I laughed and played it for her later when I got home. She’s so grateful and insisted I e-mail to let you know how grateful she is… and I’m grateful we’ll no longer have this discussion!

Keep up the great work!

Kenny

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ISPs in U.K. against BBC

You may have already talked about this, but I am still a day behind.

I read in the news yesterday that ISP’s in the U.K. are up in arms because the BBC iPlayer service (a service that allows U.K. residents who pay a BBC TV licence to watch a variety of BBC TV shows anytime up to 7 days after they air) is so popular it is using too much bandwidth. Isn’t this where TV is probably going? This is only one service.

As Hulu, YouTube, and others like them become increasingly popular can you guess what will happen here in the US ?

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Geoff Johnson

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Possible cable cutters caught

Saw this in my morning feeds and wanted to pass it along. The little animation of how the repairs were done is a nice touch:

Dubai Port Trust authorities have held two ships suspected for cutting the undersea fibre optic cables that disrupted Internet services across Middle East, Asia and North Africa.
The ships, MT Ann and MV Hounslow, were caught after Reliance Flag, which owns the cables, passed along satellite images of the two ships in the vicinity of the cables when the damage took place.
This may not be part of any “conspiracy” as the authorities believe that undersea cable were damaged because of jerks and force of the ship. Details on Hindu and ET.
If you are curious to know how ships detect and repair the damaged undersea cables, watch this video animation from Alcatel-Lucent via Bonnie.net.

http://www.labnol.org/internet/favorites/ the-ships-that-cut-the-undersea-internet-cables/2904/

Keep up the great work!

Shane

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Apple sucks

Hi guys,

So much for my two free songs, I got billed for them.
04/10/2008 C&C APL*ITUNES 866-71 $1.00
04/10/2008 C&C APL*ITUNES 866-71 $1.03

Take care.
Doug

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BOL cameo in Flickr Video

Thanks as always for making my morning commute less painful every day. Just wanted to let you know that even though I didn’t rewind and relisten to the 51 seconds of Buzz Out Loud during which this sample Flickr video was made, I’m pretty sure I didn’t miss anything.

And, yes, I know I shouldn’t be videoblogging while twittering on my cell while listening to BOL as I crawl down the freeway, but hey… That’s just how I roll.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/revolute/2400749801/

http://laist.com/2008/04/09/flickr_video.php

Keep that buzz,

Andy

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Digital switch-over --obvious fix

Sooo, why don't they just broadcast a message on the analog wavelengths for one month post the transition to Digital? The message can have both the phone number and Web site as to how to proceed from there. This would ensure that everyone gets the message–even the people who have been living under a rock for the past year.

It really isn't that difficult to figure out.

Brandon from Corona

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Nomoreweed.com

Hey! Just thought I'd say when I typed nomoreweed.com into Firefox it came up with Google search for ‘is “Molly Wood” is smoking the weed?’ Don't know if it will be the same by the time you read this if you do, but was quite funny! Your ace!

From Seb

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Another thought on floor models

How about this for an alternate look at the “floor model” controversy.

At my local Staples, all the chairs have a big sticker on the price tag that says “FREE ASSEMBLY”. So why on earth would they charge $5 for a floor model, when they’d assemble one out of a box for free?

Sounds like a manager with a Napoleon complex to me.

Keep up the good work!

Paul from Japancast.net