Buzz Out Loud Podcast

Macs infected with a new pirate-induced botnet are launching denial-of-service attacks! Do you have your zombie botnet preparedness kit? Also free mobile DTV in DC, an official Windows Mobile 6.5 release date, and Oracle buys Sun.

Episode 956

Oracle buys Sun
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/technology/companies/21sun.html

Obama appoints Aneesh Chopra as CTO
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/04/18/tech-industry-cheers-as-obama-taps-aneesh-chopra-for-cto/
http://www.technology.virginia.gov/OfficeInfo/chopraBio.cfm
http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/04/aneesh-chopra-as-chief-technology.html

UN World Library goes public
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/20/AR2009042001324.html?wprss=rss_technology

Free DTV in DC
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/20/AR2009042001302.html?wprss=rss_technology

WinMo coming early
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/windows-mobile-6-5-to-officially-launch-on-may-11/
http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/04/17/win.mobile.65.on.may.11/
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/

Gmail Suggests Recipients
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-in-labs-suggest-more-recipients.html

Don Henley in YouTube infringement spat
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10222772-93.html

eReader limits some books to US readers
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/20/0126246

YouTube tests channels
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/youtube_testing_secret_new_channels_beta.php

The city where every arrest gets Twittered
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10222755-2.html

Voice mail
Erwin from LA
When is the Palm Pre coming??

E-mail
It was bound to happen:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3157

Zombie Macs! Get your shot guns and make your way calmly to the nearest mall and hunker down.

Evan the Friendly Sys Admin in Israel

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Hey Buzz Crew

In episode 955 there was discussion regarding the use of proxy servers in the commision of a crime causing an increase in jail time. This was compared to wearing a disguise during the commision of a “personal” crime. In many places it is illegal to this and you will be charged for doing so. I found numerous examples on the net from Canada, the UK and the US (mostly Delaware???) of people being charged with wearing a disguise while committing a crime.
Although I recognize the US Sentencing Commision is looking at this as an automatic increase to sentence time where as I am speaking only of charges I still think the parrallel is there.
The question is will it be illegal to wear a ski mask while committing cyber crimes???
Love the show
Mike from Toronto

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Hey buzz Crew!
This is Siavash from Iran, in episode 952, when Brian was talking about Mitsubishi , he said there is no top level product in their product line , Hey man! You are in car tech, have you ever heard of a car named Mitsubishi Evo 9 or Evo 10 ? the cars than changed they way all the car makers now make their rally cars, they only cars that could hit Subaru Impreza in the face. They are one of the cars in the world with the highest level on technology. I'm not trying to plug anything, all I say when you talk about Mitsubishi the first thing that comes to your mind a EVO 9 not a flat panel TV.

Love The Sh0w!
Best Regards
Siavash Ghahremany

A bat hitched a ride on the space shuttle Discovery and I think it's going to be a long long time till touchdown brings it down again. Of course, IBM apparently wants to buy Sun too. We also cover the hot new features in the latest software update for the Nokia 5800. Oh, and the iPhone too.

EPISODE 933

IBM to buy Sun?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10198901-92.html

iPhone OS 3.0: What you need to know
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10198292-37.html

What iPhone OS 3.0 promises users and developers
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10198525-37.html

Nokia 5800 NAM gets v20.2.014 major update
http://symbianworld.org/1357-nokia-5800-nam-gets-v202014-major-update/

Amazon’s Kindle targeted by patent infringement suit
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/03/amazons-kindle-targeted-by-patent-infringement-suit.ars
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13512_3-10198880-23.html

Steam gets into micropayments with in-game DLC
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10198392-2.html

House of Dead says f-word more than any other video game
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10198183-62.html

Xbox Live has family games from Hasbro for free
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/mar09/03-17FamilyGameNightPR.mspx?rss_fdn=Press%20Releases

Psystar releases new $599 Mac clone
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/18/psystar-releases-new-599-mac-clone/

Computer science enrollment up
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=14861

Did bat hitch a ride to space on Discovery?
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/18/1232233

Voice mail
Anonymous
Play more voicemails

Gatlin
Happy Birthday Windows 3.1

E-mail
Hi guys (”love the show?”)

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http://indenvertimes.com/

THE DEAL IS SIMPLE.

You pledge to pay as little as $4.99 a month, and if we reach our goal of
50,000 pledges by April 23 we will go live with our site to revive a tradition of distinguished reporting and editing with 21st-century electronic delivery.

It's an investment, one worth $4.99 a month to encourage a bold, creative effort to continue a vision based on a 150-year Denver tradition.

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Hey B.O.L.,

Windows Mobile revamps their entire ui, gives you flash to go along with a new mobile browser, a free backup solution, and some great devices that will come with it and you guys get all worked up over cut&paste and mms on the iphone? Really? Tell me why? I propose that each host should own a phone from a different os to level out this iphone lovefest. Tom can use a windows phone, natalie a blackberry, and jason an iphone.

Loving the show just a smidge less,
Emiliano the Mechanical Engineer

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Hello BOL.

The problem with maps is the licensing, the maps that google use are not licensed for routing and navigation, as presented in this ( http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html ) terms of using the google maps api:
Scroll down to restrictions: you must not use the Service or Content with any products, systems, or applications for or in connection with real time navigation or route guidance, including but not limited to turn-by-turn route guidance that is synchronized to the position of a user’s sensor-enabled device.

Google licenses the maps from TeleAtlas/Navteq and I am sure both companies would prefer that you pay them for their maps. again … and again … and again. for each GPS enabled device that you own.
Now we will worry about map DRM …

Thanks!

Best regards…

Khaled A.

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Dear Buzz Crew:
I just wanted to say congratulations and Happy New Year to all Persians around the world (those who listen to this Podcast), this Friday would be the end of winter and start of the spring which is the start of our new year, we call it "Norouz" (translated: the new day).
So Happy Norouz to all Persian BOL Fans around the world.
Love the Show,
Siavash From Iran.

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

E-mail

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

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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

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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