Today's title is an example from Natali's mind of some tags you might put on a video with Yahoo's new video tagging game. I would like to see that video. We also touch on the myth of Cyber Monday and keep you up to date on Linux on the iPhone.
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EPISODE 862 |
Cyber Monday supposed to be big this year
http://www.pcworld.com/article/154458/a_cyber_monday_tech_shopping_primer.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-10110111-58.html
Joost for iPhone
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10109753-2.html
Yahoo Video Tag game
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoos_new_videotaggame_lets_you_tag_within_videos.php
Facebook Connect appears set for expansion
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10110039-93.html
Baidu vows search overhaul
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE4AR3HI20081128
Hackers boot Linux on iPhone
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10110018-37.html
uTorrent for Mac
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/27/finally-utorrent-releases-a-mac-version/
Morroco biometric ID cards
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13639_3-10110050-42.html
European Cyber Crime unit
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10110133-83.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7758127.stm
Criterion Collection dips its toes into online film rentals
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081130-criterion-collection-dips-its-toes-into-online-film-rentals.html
VOICE MAIL
Dwight in Hollywood
Request for Amazon about Kindle
Whoa snap!
It looks like “Transit Mode” may be closer than we think. I don’t think that anyone has mentioned it yet (since you guys discussed it a week before the G1 was publicly available), so I give to you: Locale .
Locale is an app for Android which — well, the site is much more informative than I could be about it.
Suffice it to say that there are GPS-enabled, location-aware phone profile changes going on here. I’m thinking v2.0 could add hooks into changing voicemail settings; id est:
If curVelocity > 25mph Then
numRings = 1
vmGreeting = greet2
Else If curVelocity > 50mph Then
numRings = 0
vmGreeting = greet3
End If
Yeah, it’d *probably* wind up being slightly more complicated than the preceding block of code, but it’s a start. Heck, they can even use that as a springboard, no charge! 
Link: [http://code.google.com/android/adc_gallery/app.html?id=25]
~ J-2 in MD, who Luvs.the.freakin’.show!
P.S. After sending the following email, I took another look at the screenshots on the Android page. It looks like you can already set up specific call forwarding features based on current location! (see last pic) Now all we need is that voicemail greeting change thingy, and T.M. is here. For realz!
I listen to the buzz out loud podcast a lot and I really enjoy the banter. Sometimes I learn more about the tech world from listening to you guys than I do from reading most of the articles on technology and I recommend the podcast to my friends.
Now, here’s something I’d like to hear about. Today, on the front page of c|net, I was treated to a large, annoying, autorunning video ad of the iPhone. This is the second time it’s appeared this month that I know of. There is a close button at the top of the ad, but the button does not work and the ad plays ad whether I want it to or not. This has to be my number one pet peave on the internet these days since these ads only serve to clog up my tubes locally with content I don’t want to see. Ad blocking does not appear to work, so I notified CBS through the “ad feedback” link that for this weekend I will be blacklisting c|net on this network.
What do you guys think? Am I over reacting in a world where my ISP is planning to start limiting my monthly bandwidth and where annoying ads such as these are using up my bandwidth sans my permission? Or am I justified in wishing to control what goes across my network and what uses up my bandwidth and what doesn’t? I do not have anything against ads because I know everyone needs to get paid for the work they do, but come on, do they think we’ll keep coming back to a site that continually uses up more bandwidth than it’s worth? Afterall, CnetTV stops streaming after 3 videos for precisely the reason of not wanting to use up bandwidth, why limit the bandwidth there but not in this case?
Just my pet peave and rant of the weekend.
Matt in Palm Bay
With as nice as the Holiday Help Desk is to watch on cnettv.com, why
isn’t cnet cranking out content on a DTV subcarrier for any CBS owned
and operated station? Here in Las Vegas our local CBS affiliate (not an
O&O) carries programming from LATV on its .2 signal. My local NBC
affiliate carries not only Universal Sports but also NBC WeatherPlus.
For all the great stuff CNET does in audio as well as video online,
couldn’t it reach even more people via DTV?
An OTA version of cnet couldn’t be too difficult via DTV and would
likely have less download limit worries than pulling podcasts on an
iPhone. The morning wake-up show already exists with the404. B-O-L
could be the mid-morning show. After that other things that are on
watchbol.com now could be aired.
I am merely curious. I enjoy both the404 and B-O-L as morning shows.
Both are better than some of the things local radio provides.
Stephen Michael Kellat
Henderson, NV
Hello Molly, Tom, Jason +1,
I am a long time listener from India.
Please make mention about the role of social media (Twitter, Flickr) in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks if you can.
Wired article
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/11/first-hand-acco.html
WSJ article
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122772417126260231.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us
I must confess that I have some concerns about it in this context, the biggest being the safety of the hostages, e.g. there were requests from the authorities to stop the twitter feed #mumbai, since the holed-up attackers might be following them, thus giving away details of the operations of the security forces.
However 36 hours on, #mumbai still lives.
In any case, it sign of the times and definitely of relevance beyond India.
Love the show.
Cheers,
murari
Murari Venkataraman
Wii Speak Channel
I’m surprised you guys didn’t talk about this today. Gosh, you guys are getting more and more influential. Someone should make a list of all the things you guys changed in order to make these troubled times less… troubled. In fact, I bet Molly could run for president and win at this point. Or better yet, you could make a podcast oriented government. Every week a new episode would come out with new laws for people. And it would be fair, because you would let other people come on to the show and submit their own laws.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6201714.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;3
Love the show,
Anonymouse
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Episode 830 |
Apple notebook event: Live blog at 10 a.m. PDT Tuesday
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10064559-1.html
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/mr-blurrycam-reveals-the-updated-macbook-pro-899-laptop-model/
Windows 7 to be called — Windows 7
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/10/13/introducing-windows-7.aspx
Bush signs RIAA-backed intellectual-property law
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10064527-38.html
Joost launches Flash version for browsers: Easier but no Hulu
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-joost-launches-flash-version-for-browsers/
Hulu Envy: SNL planning standalone site; so does HBO
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-hulu-envy-snl-planning-standalone-site-so-does-hbo/
The Quietest Sun
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/14/0038230
http://thesuninmotion.com/
University tries “one iPhone per student” http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/13/1815229
Internet use ‘good for the brain’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7667610.stm
Voice Mail
Remy: Free Blu-Ray?
Tommy from Kingston didn’t hear that call
Jamoto, Well Actually:
You mentioned reverse Turing tests, the most common reverse Turing test is a little known thing called a captcha. Just thought I’d point that out…
Ben, Ireland
**********
Just wanted to mention you may have missed why so many preorders.
You all kinda proposed that is was people just responding to a Google
is cool, so their phone should be as well. I am not sure this was it.
Keep in mind this is the first Open Linux phone available to the
masses that has a big player behind it at a low price. I also think
the open source community is responding much like they have with the
triple “e” PC and other Netbooks. Remember Dell being pressed to
make a Linux laptop? Also, look at the GP2X and the Pandora project.
I think there is a significant amount of us that have been waiting for
the right Open Linux phone to come along. Android looks to have the
right formula, so the response just reflects it.
Great show as always.
Johnny P
**********
Don’t believe the hype. I love the Android platform, but the 1.5 million figure is the tech echo chamber gone wild. ALL the reports stem from one Motley Fool article, and I contacted the author, and let’s just say there’s some dubious math used to reach that figure.
Thanks,
marin
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Buzz crew -
Along with JaMoTo, i was skeptical in episode 829 that a 25% success rate in a Turing test was enough to declare that an artificial intelligence had “successfully” fooled judges in conversation. I found the following scoring clarification in an AP/USAToday article:
Bronze goes to the piece of software that best mimics human conversation in text form.
The silver would go to a machine that could pass a longer version of the Turing Test and fool at least half the judges.
The gold would go to a machine that could process audio and visual information rather than just text.
No program has won the gold or silver prizes.
But what I want to know is: where can I play with the competing programs online? (I could use some conversation hints!)
- Joel in Ohio
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-10-13-computer-joke_N.htm?csp=34
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Hi JaMoTo (plus 1)
I know that BOL mainly focuses on US-centric stories, but this is an
extremely important to ALL Australians.
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy,
Senator Stephen Conroy is pushing hard for a ‘filtered Internet’ to
make the entire Internet in Australia safe for 5-year-olds. This means
that all ISPs will have to sort through every single packet being
transmitted to make sure the site is not on a black list or illegal.
It was originally believed that the filter would be ‘opt-out’ But it
has just come out that there will be two blacklists, the first is the
filter safe for 5-year-olds, and the second only filters out illegal
material. The opt-out will only move you from the 5-year-old filter to
the illegal only filter.
http://nocleanfeed.com/ is a great site that explains what is being
proposed and ways for Australians to rally support and take action
against Senator Conroy’s proposal.
Press release: http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2008/060
computer world story: http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1399635276&eid=-255
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Hey Buzz crew,
I’m not sure if this is Buzzworthy or not, but I still thought it was interesting. For the past week or so, the local morning radio host here in Austin has had his listeners perform specific Google searches, effectively making those searches number one for the day on Google trends. He started out small, just asking them to search for his name, Bobby Bones. Then his “rapper” nickname Captain Caucasian. Then he started getting creative and having them search for Bobby Bones and Vanessa Hudgens. Then Bobby Bones, Vanessa Hudgens makeout pics. Each day it worked and became number one on Google Trends. And gossip blogs even started picking up the story and blogging about how Vanessa Hudgens found a new guy and its all a big scandal. So what does this say about Google if some crappy local radio DJ can manipulate the rankings so easily? I bet he can ask his listeners to search for “Steve Jobs dead” and the bloggers would probably pick it up as a real story. Well, I just thought it was an interesting story. Talk about it if you like, if not, I’ll still listen to the show.
Thanks,
David
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