Buzz Out Loud Podcast

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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iTunes 5-star club
The Geek Master
zippyg
3thom
Norman from Novato
BryanBR
delmauriow
Vance M
ihatebillg
iFOREIGNi
jbpounders
Tommollijas
yoyojam55
legend2k
niatish
pmm217
johnnyg123
yokonative
ct06
shetbomb78
Club Debit
Nostra Thomas
Tiki Guy
vaso247
Sunder_r
poly915
mdr33
tav72
tecknodragon
greghutch
techgolf
cubanmike82
natePickard
Gildorluthien
Dingo42
pmm217
Kenwait
Big JT
BraveJHawk
mike e_p
drsid
HonestReviewer9000
Real_MrHappy
Polarfreeze
colintethys
michelleh45
mhanley
satguy (a little weird with the wal-mart tale there)
currently downloading
merrittgene
sandbox32
ewavemedia
Mareshalu
Jasc79
Mike798001
Gale the Third
macSK
BobMac
Matt1212

CrAzY Tom M.
Jesse Vazquez
KeatonTech
Dfaoj
Dr. Sanseveria
zypher.the.one
MiliaryLovesBOL
Ikcor
watchmesoar
slamshrk31
Jonathan55
njk828
SmittyRedcard
yourmomisanillegalimmigrant

The 3.0 version of the iPhone firmware is coming in the summer and will feature copy and paste, MMS, search, and more. All things a cheap Nokia phone can do now, but hey, the iPhone couldn't and now it can. So there. We also review the sleek new Dell Adamo and take Australia to task for a fine for hyperlinks.

EPISODE 932

Live blog: iPhone OS 3.0 preview
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10197216-37.html
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/03/16/the-iphone-os-30-announcement-scorecard/

Hands-on with the Dell Adamo
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10197525-1.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10197525-1.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4871279n

Banned hyperlinks could cost you $11,000 a day
http://www.smh.com.au/news/home/technology/banned-hyperlinks-could-cost-you-11000-a-day/2009/03/17/1237054787635.html

Comcast, Sony open retail store
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10197316-7.html

Roku to add 10 more channels by year’s end
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10197802-1.html

Why total music purchases by Web users are still falling
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-online-music-buying-streaming-rise-but-total-music-purchases-by-web-use/

Layoffs at Nokia
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/17/nokia-cutting-1700-poor-souls/
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=65337&full_skip=1

Mozilla says next Firefox likely months away
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10197411-2.html

Opera Turbo
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10196982-2.html

Mental faculties decline at age 27???
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7945569.stm

Charity Smackdown
http://charitysmackdown.com/team_SU2C.html

VOICEMAIL
Dance? in Colorado
A little bit about cell towers

Josh in Denver
You don’t talk abotu Twitter too much.

E-MAIL
You talked about RIM coming out with a prepay phone and were wondering
why that might sell.

Foreign workers. One of the huge troubles in bringing in you Offshore
software guys for stints in the US is they can’t sign up for cell
phones. And a business doesn’t want unused loaner phones sitting
around. This would solve that.

Love. The. Show.
Isaac in minneapolis

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Ok, this makes the second time Natali has mentioned dropping Fios. However, what she has not mentioned is why she dropped it. As someone who is waiting for Fios to make it to my area (Internet only), I’m curious if Natali could provide me with a reason I should stick with Comcast.

Currently, I’m using Comcast for internet and uber basic cable. I would have gotten just internet, but the package with basic cable was cheaper. Go figure. Also, I’m using vonage for my phone service. And while I’m at it, after looking at Google Voice, I must say most, if not all those features are available through Vonage, and with that I get a quasi landline.

Troy
NH

Episode 837

Comcast broadens reach of DOCSIS 3.0, 50Mbps connections
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a4BqkB8tlV.s
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081022-comcast-broadens-reach-of-docsis-3-0-50mbps-connections.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10073404-2.html

Broadband users reach their limit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7684322.stm

Study squashes myth of gamer as antisocial Comic Book Guy
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081022-study-squashes-myth-of-gamer-as-antisocial-comic-book-guy.html

20% of antenna users to let TV sets go dark in 2009
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081022-20-of-antenna-users-to-let-tv-sets-go-dark-in-2009.html

Forecast: Legal P2P uses growing 10x faster than illegal ones
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081022-forecast-legal-p2p-uses-growing-10x-faster-than-illegal-ones.html

Tech layoff spreadsheet
http://news.cnet.com/tech-layoffs/?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.0

Microsoft issues ‘critical’ patch outside normal cycle
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10073787-83.html

Netflix, Samsung partner on video streaming
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10073519-1.html

Scientists erase specific memories in mice
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/23/0315240

Researchers developing cancer-fighting beer
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/22/2230223

Voice mail
G-Dog: Xbox Live chatter

E-mail

Think about this the next Christmas while you are wrapping your presents...

[link: http://gizmodo.com/5067362/researchers-build-x+ray-machine-with-scotch-tape ]

"Russian scientists discovered that simple Scotch tape emits x-rays when peeled off glass. New research conducted by colleagues at UCLA has determined that the power that the tape generates is much higher than anyone could have imagined. In fact, they have constructed a machine that generates x-rays by peeling up Scotch tape in a vacuum at the rate of 3 centimeters per second. As you can see in the recent demo they did for the journal Nature, their device was able to successfully generate an x-ray of a finger."

When asked to comment on the safety aspect of scotch tape, the scientist responded with, "I will continue to use Scotch tape during my daily life, and I think it’s safe to do it in your office. No guarantees.”

Haha. Awesome. Youtube video proof at gizmodo too...

-dr. karl J

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I thought I would never get a topic on BOL that I could actually write into the show with some intelligence about. Regarding Episode 830 and 835 and the “dirty” environment that the MacBook is made in.

Several issues here from Brian Cooley’s rant, first, about the paint on the machines chipped off? Big chunks of metal moving around and you expect paint to stick to the equipment? Paint is not a maintenance issue, paint is cosmetic. Even if the paint would hold up to the constant hammering of thousands of pounds of aluminum banging against it daily, it also would have to hold up to the constant coolant spray. I am surprised there was ANY paint left.

Second, to his claim of seeing cleaner plants, especially Japanese automotive plants. I have been to American automotive plants, and I have been to Japanese plants in Japan. In any country, in any industry, what they show you on a ‘tour’ is what they want you to see. A clean pretty shop assembling pristine parts on a white floor. They will never show you the compressor room, the stamping plant, or anything dirty, loud, and greasy. They know what perception means. Even silicone wafer plants have a big tank of oil somewhere with a whole bunch of greasy equipment, even if you never see it.

Thanks,
Mike the Lubricant Guy

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So the other day I was walking through my local Target, and there sitting at the end of the aisle was a display of the Sony E-readers. OK so it wasn’t one owned by somebody but they had a freaking E-Reader on display at Target. So I stood there and played with it. My mom was just staring at me from across the aisle, thinking how strange I was for thinking this device was so rare and cool. I tried to explain to her what it was but she didn’t get the point. Oh well I guess only true geeks can understand the awesomeness of an E-Reader.

Loving the show,
Josh from Indiana

EPISODE 821

Pandora, Webcasting see victory in Senate
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10055055-93.html

Studios Sue to Bar a DVD Copying Program
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/technology/01film.html

Would Apple really shutter iTunes? Unlikely
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10055021-93.html

Microsoft still paying people to search
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10053855-75.html

New Wii due by 2011
http://www.whattheyplay.com/blog/2008/09/30/new-wii-due-by-2011/

P2P growth slowing as infringement goes deeper undercover
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080930-p2p-growth-slowing-as-infringement-goes-deeper-undercover.html

Scientists develop incredible thinking cap
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10055309-71.html

Adobe exec confirms Flash for iPhone, says Apple will decide when
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10054749-1.html

New denial-of-service attack is a killer
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/01/0127245

Dell preloading Iron Man, world asks “Why?”
http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/30/dell-pre-loading-iron-man-world-asks-why/

Starz gives Netflix fans a reason to stream
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/starz-gives-netflix-fans-a-reason-to-stream/

VOICEMAIL

Adam from Maple Valley
Some open source cloud examples

Joe from Westside
On the other side.

E-MAIL
Hi guys,

I’m catching up on last week’s episodes, and have been thinking about
this first sale doctrine mentioned re: Spore last week. Just to be
clear, I think the Spore DRM is lame… but in this day of digital
media, isn’t first sale outdated?

You can sell a CD you buy at the record store, but can't you sell music
bought online? Do you think someone would buy am unDRMed MP3 from the
Amazon store from you? In fact, are you even allowed to resell unDRMed
MP3 files?

How about iTunes purchased content--for example, movies or TV show
seasons? These actually are valuable.

– Nilay

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This topic may have been shared already, and it may not really be like Google’s carrier-less concept, but here in Southeast Asia, especially here in mobile savvy Philippines, a lot of local hackers offer dual-sim capabilities. In the days of Nokia 3310 (remember Space Impact or Picture Editor?!), buyers can opt for a modified back-plate cover that encases two sim slots that connect to the main sim slot, so your phone uses two carriers. Switching between carriers is seamless, but I’m not sure the extent of it’s capability, as I have not tried it.

We also have this phone called My Phone (check it at http://www.myphone.com.ph) that houses built in dual-sim slots and has advanced smartphone features to boot (albeit no Space Impact OR Picture Editor). Well, that’s it, what do you think?

Long time listener, great show!
Chris

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Hey Jamoto!

In response to episode 820, I think people should create their own clouds, everyone having their own miniserver. Companies could make money by releasing software to run your cloud. And then you’d only have to upgrade the hardware of the server, not your little eee PC accessing the server.

Robert the Soviet

--Molly
Listen now: Download today's podcast

Episode 790

GPhone On Its Way! FCC Approves HTC Dream, On Sale By Nov. 10? http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/gphone-on-its-way-fcc-approves-htc-dream http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/18/dream_fcc_test_results/

GraphOn^? files patent suit against Google http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10018876-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Clipboards hijacked in web attack (Thanks royterp!) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7567889.stm

Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn’t ‘Melt’ the Internet http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9221

Netflix computer problems continue http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-10018809-33.html

Report: Fees may sink Pandora soon http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10018931-93.html

Bono blamed for unreleased U2 songs on Internet http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10018810-93.html

PC World Toshiba Upscaling DVD Player http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007476.html

Movie actress Rosario Dawson stars in 'Gemini Division,' a new Web-only series http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121884096312045683.html?mod=2_1571_topbox

VOICEMAIL

Anonymous Air Force Cybercommander Don’t count us out yet?

Alan New York How to find a Kindle.

EMAIL

We all know they're coming, but I'd thought I'd tell you guys I saw meeting notes from my work which says we're getting new iPods on September 1st. No details on any features or prices, just that they're coming in. Looks like I may be able to wait out taking advantage of the back to school discounts for a free touch.

JD

Remember the Netflix (NFLX) outage last week? Oddly enough it correlated with VMWare (VMW)'s issues with VMWare server ( http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=324544&intsrc=news_ts_head ). VMWare ESX Server, a utility used for server redundancy, and consolidation had issues Monday booting up due to anti-piracy, DRM technology. It affected all customers who had their clocks set correctly. Oddly enough, NFLX's problems started up on Monday too. I know in a large corporation it is difficult to roll out new versions of software, and in someone the size of NFLX's case it could take several days.

Just Correlation? Causation? Maybe.

Sargun

Not sure how much you picked up from NME but I shamelessly think this story is pretty sweet.

My podcast Hak5, a show that's been blending underground hacking and mainstream IT since 2005, has been picked up by Revision3. PR: http://revision3.com/blog/2008/08/14/revision3-adds-hak5-program-to-hit-lineup/

Also my girlfriend Shannon (who will be premiering on Hak5 this season) and I are big BOL fans. We're such huge dorks that we synchronize our iPod Shuffles so that we can listen to you guys while jogging together. Wouldn't it be crazy if we heard you mention this while we were on the trail?

Love the show, Darren the hacker from Virginia

We are writing from Melbourne, Australia – love the show.

In the wake of Twitter shutting down SMS to anywhere outside the USA, Canada and India on August 14th – we were feeling disconnected here Down Under.

So we’ve launched a site so the international Twitter community can get their SMS again. www.twitsms.co.uk <http:// <http:///> www.twitsms.co.uk/> and www.twitsms.com.au <http:// <http:///> www.twitsms.com.au/> has been launched for the UK, Australia and other parts of the globe. Twitsms gives a way for fans to keep getting their tweets via SMS, based on a 'user pays' system per message.

We are spreading the word in the Twitter community and thought Buzztown international might like to hear about this too.

Kind Regards,

Delia Timms Co-Founder www.twitsms.com.au

Hi,

I just discovered We7, a site that offers free ad-supported music downloads without any form of DRM. But that's not even the awesome part. Usually, people from small countries such as Belgium can't use these services because the record companies don't bother striking deals with them for such a tiny audience. It's not like that with We7.

On August 14th, a staff member posted a message about the fact that Warner Music will join the download service "before the end of October". I'm definitely looking forward to that. - http://blogs.we7.com/weblog/2008/08/warner-music-uk-partners-with-we7.html

Love the show! Pieter De Decker

Greetings Buzz Crew,

I had the chance to actually see what Jason and Tom looked like in-person while I was roaming the floor at NME. In the open to episode 789, Tom said Las Vegas was in California. Now, I know there were a lot of California license plates in the area which might have been confusing. The parking garage at the Las Vegas Hilton was a prime example of that although I do wonder who has the California plate "PODKAST" that we saw.

As a local, though, I can say that Las Vegas is not in California but is the population center of the state of Nevada. Clark County (where Henderson, Las Vegas, Boulder City, Laughlin, and more are found) is the most populous in the state. Was Tom looking at that cranky GPS Leo Laporte's tech crew were using when hauling the tricaster that sent them in a circle at one point?

Thank you for the great work you do. My father had a great time finally putting faces to the voices he hears when I am listening to various podcasts. Didn't quite expect Tom and Jason to be so frakking tall, though.

See ya next confab!

Love the show.

Stephen