Buzz Out Loud Podcast

Apparently the Large Hadron Collider is doomed. It can't even survive a bread bombing by birds. The Droid arrived on the scene though, and people actually lined up. However tethering is gonna cost you on the thing. Are you still in love? And Gwen Stefani doesn't like you making her sing Honky Tonk Women.

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Episode

Midnight Droid madness in Manhattan
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10392128-266.html

Verizon Droid Tethering Will Cost You
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181590/verizon_droid_tethering_will_cost_you.html
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/psa-sears-charging-50-less-for-new-droid-activations-than-veri/

Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%, new PC sales not as strong
http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_091105a.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10391484-75.html

Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10%
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/06/confirmed-skype-founders-settle-with-ebay-and-others-get-14-stake-in-skype-not-10/

Twitter Cleaning Up Trending Topics Spam
http://mashable.com/2009/11/05/twitter-trending-topics-spam/

No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero [Updated]
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/no-doubt-sues-activision-over-band-hero.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10391715-17.html

Judge Halts Online Sale of Beatles Songs
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/bluebeat-claims-to-own-new-copyrights-to-old-beatles-songs/
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/about-those-beatles-songs-its-weirder-than-you-thought.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

Betting on a Metal-Air Battery Breakthrough
http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/23877/?a=f

LHC Shut Down Again -- By Baguette-Dropping Bird
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/0824213/LHC-Shut-Down-Again-mdash-By-Baguette-Dropping-Bird?from=rss

Sony to bring Risk to the big screen
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/06/risk_movie/

VOICEMAIL

Brian in Virginia on the PS3 Netflix

Anonymous Tony about 3G maps

EMAIL

Hey Buzz crew,

I am sure you will have this in today’s lineup..but just in case:

Comcast’s new throttling policies.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/04/2026206/Comcasts-New-Throttling-Plan-Uses-Trigger-Conditions-Not-Silent-Blocking

“Its network throttling implements a two-tier packet queueing system at the routers, driven by two trigger conditions. Comcast’s first traffic throttling trigger is tripped by using more than 70 per cent of your maximum downstream or upstream bandwidth for more than 15 minutes. Its second traffic throttling trigger is tripped when the Cable Modem Termination System you’re hooked-up to - along with up to 15,000 other Comcast subscribers - gets congested, and your traffic is somehow identified as being responsible. Tripping either of Comcast’s high bandwidth usage rate triggers results in throttling for at least 15 minutes, or until your average bandwidth utilisation rate drops below 50 per cent for 15 minutes.”

So…by analogy, will cops start giving out speeding tickets if you travel >=70% of the posted speed limit for more than 15 minutes as well?

Wasn’t there a recent story about the FTC/FCC rules about “Truth in advertising” about ISP speeds? Now Comcast pretty much says, that whatever the ADVERTISED bandwidth, you will be punished for using more than 70% of your ACTUAL bandwidth.

Lima Tango Sierra!

Bob in NJ…

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Hey,

First off, Love the Show

My brother just alerted me to the Darpa Network Challenge, http://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/, which is to mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet.

The goal of the Challenge is to be the first to submit the locations of 10 large red weather balloons scattered throughout the continental united states. One person can’t do it alone, so the winner will be the best one to use Social Networking to solve the challenge, and what better then getting the word out on BOL?

I’ve seen others on Facebook with the same idea, but I’m also shamelessly running a contest website at http://www.mgatelabs.com/wiki/Darpa_Network_Challenge

Thanks,
Michael Fuller
Graduate Student of Software Engineering @ Auburn University
Developer of Port Defender on the AppStore

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Greetings buzztown,

Tom, you were concerned about the lack of competition in the chip market.
Well actually there was more in the early days of Windows NT.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windo
NT was initially available on these platforms: Intel X86, MIPS R3000/R4000 DEC Alpha, IBM PowerPC, Itanium and AMD64.

I was in software development back then. With four Unix platforms, we had 10 platforms to develop and support. Expensive!
With the market consolidation, It is so much easier now. We support Windows X86, OS X, Solaris and HP-UX.
Any new chip maker is going to have to emulate the X86 instruction set.

AMD, in 1982 licensed the X86 architecture. That, I believe, is why they still exist today.
I can’t imagine Intel would do that again, Unless the Government ordered it.
It is nice to have a standard PC that can boot Windows, OS X and Linux as needed.

There is more competition in electrical outlets around the world.
There are 12 different connectors and about 6 different voltages.
It’s tough charging you laptop around the world.

Love the Show,

Henry C.
Livonia MI

EPISODE 1000

Scattered reports of iPhone OS 3.0 update problems
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10266635-1.html
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/06/iphone30/

Bill would ban unfair data plans, even for mobiles
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/06/bill-would-ban-unfair-data-plans-even-for-mobiles/

Fan submitted video
Mission Impossible – http://kelvington.com/BOLImpossible.avi
Remy – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlSiSRZT_Y8
Dwight – http://www.vimeo.com/5038864
Aaron – http://gallery.me.com/aarmer#100248
Frank L – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmirO1GrAQw
Dave B – http://gallery.me.com/davebrodbeck#100093
Angry French – http://www.vimeo.com/4890847
Elsie – http://www.vimeo.com/5167478
New York – Fans – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApECC8ahr5s
Macgyver – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5yfHl9M2ks&fmt=22
Nicnetter and Phatemokid – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mucS7zsVWHc
RogueTess – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=039Db2U43Ic
Star Trek – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxaN7Ff6b_g&fmt=22
Roberto – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjv_RsPSkCM
AnKH – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NXhYSTKo5o&feature=email
Mike L – http://www.vimeo.com/4970208
Doctor Who – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGaAJlfKT3o&fmt=22
Chris K – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NshEbn77NFE
Pete from Norway – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxwTeEBWGlE
Nate – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pDzL2Mouv4
Adam in Seattle – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQNU3LjleQw
Andres – http://www.vimeo.com/5160265
Paul – http://vimeo.com/5132385
Shane – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_MwTVbBs90
Elliot – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VjYLKsUgZc
Jody – http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kVYf-mZxXCjbn_MFq2BnFQ?feat=directlink
Dr. Karl – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RiSi8WCF68

Other stories not necessarily discussed on the show
iPhone 3G S hits stores Friday: Will the crowds follow?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10267025-37.html

How to tether your iPhone running OS 3.0 without jailbreaking, for free
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/18/how-to-tether-your-iphone-running-os-3-0-without-jailbreaking/

Why hard disk is a better bargain than SSD
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/06/18/1333230/Why-Hard-Disk-Is-a-Better-Bargain-Than-SSD

Yahoo is now resorting to selling killer domain names on the cheap
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/17/yahoo-is-now-resorting-to-selling-killer-domain-names-on-the-cheap/

City in Montana requires job applicants to hand over all social network logins and passwords for background checks
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/17/city-in-montana-requ.html

Radio chip inspired by human ear
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/17/radio-chip-inspired.html

TweetPsych: This is your brain on Twitter
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10266918-2.html

Credits
Producer: Bonnie Gannon
Director: Kelly Hendricks
Technical Director: Chris Parker
FCP/Chyron: Mitch Chang
Sound mixing: Chris Pavey, Benito Suarez
Jib camera: Charlie Wagner (The Earthlink Guy)
Camera: James Phelan, Jamie Yee
Associate producer, floor manager: Lynn Fu
Prompter: Justin Lee
Audience manager: Andrew Mager
Craft services: Tony Fox
Stream producer: Justin Eckhouse
Graphics: Shaun Charity
Writer: Tom Merritt
Sound editing: Tom Merritt
Video editing: Kelly Hendricks, Mitch Chang
Audio studio producer/director: Jason Howell
Hosts: Molly Wood, Natali Del Conte, Brian Cooley, Rafe Needleman, Brian Tong, Tom Merritt
Guests: Veronica Belmont, Leo Laporte, James Hilliard, Scott Johnson

We recap all the announcements from Apple's WWDC keynote, especially ruminating on what the tethering app will cost for AT&T customers. We also rant a bit about the new prices for current iPhone conferences. And don't forget Snow Leopard people. That looks like a good upgrade for a very affordable price.

EPISODE 992

WWDC coverage
http://news.cnet.com/2702-1041_3-116.html

New 15-inch MacBook Pro Non-replaceable battery. No Express Card slot (SD card instead) Up to 3.06 GHZ processor up to 8GB RAM up to 500 GB. $300 price cut. $1699, $1999 and $2299 options 2.53, 2.66 2.8 GHz, and 250 320 and 500 Hard Drive. Includes FireWire port.
13-inch becomes MacBook Pro cheaper at $1199
MacBook AIR also with a price cut.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10259307-1.html

OS X Snow Leopard
Exchange support in Mail, Calendar and Contacts
Crash Resistance. A bad plug-in won’t crash whole browser.
$29 Upgrade.
$49 Family pack.
$10 ‘handling fee’ if you buy a new Mac between now and the September release.
$169 non-upgrade price but includes iLife
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10259248-56.html

Safari 4

New QuickTime 10
HTTP Streaming, editing video within player.
Get 5GB back after upgrade from Leopard.
http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10259637-12.html

iPhone OS 3.0 Copy paste, tethering (but not for AT&T users), multimedia messaging (later this summer from AT&T) purchase videos and audiobooks from phone. Supports HTTP streaming.
Find My iPhone. Encryption.
In-app purchases NOT available in free apps.
Push notifications

Tom Tom turn by turn navigation
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10259662-1.html
Available June 17
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10259579-49.html

iPhone 3GS Faster processor. Ready for faster HSPA network.
Autofocus
Video recording/editing
Voice control
Compass
Better Battery life, tethering
$199 16Gb, $299 32 Gb and now a $99 iPhone 3G. For new customers only! Loyal iPhone upgarders will pay $18 PLUS $200 extra for the hardware.
Available June 19
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10259830-37.html

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EMAIL

Hey Buzz Crew

Apple selling the OS X upgrade at $29.00 is obviously a stab at Microsoft. According to Paul Thurotte on Windows weekly, Microsoft planned on selling the Windows 7 upgrade between $79, for the basic edition, to over $200, for the ultimate edition. Now Microsoft has 2 choices.

Choice 1: Sell Windows 7 at a similarly low price. This means that Microsoft would have to sell many more copies than they originally planned in order to get a good return on their investment.

Choice 2: Sell Windows 7 at their original target price. As soon as they would announce these prices, Apple would put new commercials of PC vs MAC where they would compare their prices and show that Windows is more expensive than Mac. This would be a stab directly at Microsoft’s current “I’m a PC” ads showing that Macs are too expensive.

Either way, Apple has put Microsoft in a position that they did not want to be in. After the Vista PR nightmare, the upgrade to Windows 7 is the most anticipated Windows upgrade since going from 3.1 to 95. Apple had to try to take that away from Microsoft.

Love the Show.

Geff,
Geek at Large
Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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Guys,

I am sold on the 3GS. The feature set is a rock solid upgrade and kills
almost all the reasons a Palm Pre would be in the running. Still, the
weak link is AT & T, which I hate. But, I hate all carriers, so it is a
wash. Some of the limitations that ATT will put on the phone’s
usability, like tethering, will be negated by the jailbreaking
community, who will enable it. I doubt we will see a Pre jailbreaking
community. So, I still say that the only answer for Sprint (not Palm,
because they will be spreading the device over other carriers) is to
become the value brand. Offer better data packages and cheaper plans.
Otherwise, they are toast when the Pre hits Verizon.

Respectfully,

Clayton
Bloomington, IL

We wrap up coverage of the Palm Pre but are too early for the WWDC. Don't worry. We'll cover those announcements in a separate episode of Buzz Out Loud later in your feed. we also disrespect the Bing and congratulate the Pirate Party on their win.

EPISODE 991

EPISODE 991

Palm Pre’s big day
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10258825-94.html

After dismantling, Palm Pre is estimated to cost $170
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10258774-1.html

Palm sells 50,000 Pres
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=19374

WWDC 2009 live blog
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10257637-37.html

Apple prepares to reset the bar in the mobile app market
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10258103-37.html

Twitter to roll out ‘Verified Accounts’ this summer
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10258816-93.html
http://blog.twitter.com/2009/06/not-playing-ball.html

Bing off to solid start, but not that good
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10258576-2.html

Swedish Pirate Party headed to European Parliament
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/swedish-pirate-party-headed-to-european-parliament.ars

China to preload PCs with filtering software
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/08/2907487-china-requires-pcs-to-come-with-anti-porn-software

Acer 3D laptop
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/acer-launching-3d-laptop-in-october-nerd-specs-required/

New Zealand gets first dibs on Windows 7
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10258946-75.html

Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory Council
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10258634-83.html

PSP Go lacks mini USB, compatibility with existing accessories, common sense
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/psp-go-lacks-mini-usb-compatbility-with-existing-accessories-c/

Sony considering UMD game trade-in program for PSP Go digital versions
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/05/sony-considering-umd-game-trade-in-program-for-psp-go-digital-ve/

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VOICEMAIL

Brandon in Philly calling from his Palm Pre

Richard in LA about Bing and the Microsoft logo

Firechief Kevin on how Emergency Services work

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EMAIL
Hey Buzz Crew,

I’m a relatively new listener, so I apologize if you’ve already covered this. I’ve recently learned of a machine called the EBM or “Espresso Machine” (http://www.ondemandbooks.com/hardware.htm). It’s a “book ATM” that is about the size of an office copy machine and can print and bind books to order. Their site claims that this machine will print a 300-page book in less than four minutes at a production cost of a penny per page. An NPR story reports that the machines retail cost about $175,000. (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104644575).

I was wondering about the crew’s opinion on this as it relates to the kindle. This seemingly cheap and more environmentally friendly way to produce books would be enough to convince me to try this contraption. Do you think this technology could catch on? If so, how do you think it would affect the publishing industry and reading community?

Keep up the good work!

Christine, the music teacher

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Hi guys,

I wanted to put my two cents in about the omelette in plastic. This
form of cooking if called sous-vide, under vacuum in french
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sous_vide).

Basically, you put whatever you want to eat in a vacuum sealed bag and
then cook it in hot water for some period of time. This is a very
popular way of cooking meat because you can cook the meat at 140
degrees Fahrenheit and you get the meat rare from edge to edge, it
might not look very good, pink throughout, but you could grill it for
a few seconds to get a charred exterior. The omelette in the zip lock
bag is pretty much the exact same thing just instead of meat you put
eggs and veggies and bacon. Sous-vide is a great way to make pulled
pork because by definition you cannot overheat the meat and thus you
can leave the meat in there for hours and even days.

As for the plastic, most zip lock bags do have on the manufacturer’s
site or the box it came in a max temp for the bag to be used under so
you do not want to over heat it. When heating up plastic, though, only
some kinds, the plastic releases a form of estrogen that can affect
mammary glands and in general is not good for you
(http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news/Compounds-in-plastic-packaging-act-as-environmental-estrogens-altering-breast-genes-585-1/).
However, there are special food grade plastics that do not have the
same compounds and withstand heat to a better degree and these food
grade plastics are the ones that should be used for the sous-vide,
though, one of those extra-tough zip lock bags used in water under the
max temp should be ok for making the omelettes.

————————
Gary Katsevman
Computer Science Undergraduate
Northeastern University

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1000th episode coming Thursday June 18th. Want to be on the episode? Post a video of yourself. MUST be less than 30 seconds long. And send a link. No attachments. Got them from Dwight and Mandeep. We’ll choose from all the messages we get and play a selection on the 1000th episode as well as post them in the Wiki.

Want to get involved in the production of the show? Find your favorite BOL moment, clip it out of the MP3, or video, and send us the moment. For video, please upload to a video hosting service and send us a link. Email either to buzz@cnet.com

Sure we talked about how Brian Tong rents his shoes, and got some insight into Rafe's love of Mila Jovanovic, but the big news is the first look at the Palm Pre. Rafe has it in his hands during the show. We also Dig Diggs new takeson ads. But will the Diggers?

EPISODE 989

Palm Pre: The CNET review
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/palm-pre/4505-6452_7-33490473.html

Palm Pre stock levels at Best Buy for entire US now leaked in full?
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/04/palm-pre-stock-levels-at-best-buy-for-entire-us-now-leaked-in-fu/

Digg Ads: Diggers Control How Much Advertisers Pay
http://mashable.com/2009/06/03/digg-ads/

Microsoft’s Project Natal roots revealed: 3DV Systems ZCam http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/microsofts-project-natal-roots-revealed-3dv-systems-zcam/

Ina’s video from 2007
http://news.cnet.com/1606-2_3-31689.html

Molly punching out 3DV CES 2008

Six months later, no ISPs joining RIAA piracy fight
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10256481-93.html

Music Streaming to Overtake Downloads
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/06/04/0159210/Music-Streaming-to-Overtake-Downloads?from=rss

YouTube To Premiere Movie Simultaneous To Theater Release http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-youtube-to-premiere-movie-at-same-time-it-is-released-in-theaters/

Introducing Xmarks "Bring Your Own Server" BETA
http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=1035

Hospital Turns Away Ambulances When Computers Go Down
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/06/04/1358213/Hospital-Turns-Away-Ambulances-Computers-Go-Down?from=rss

Device Reads Messages From Surface of the Brain
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/06/03/2220210/Device-Reads-Messages-From-Surface-of-the-Brain?from=rss

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VOICEMAIL

Steve from San Francisco – what the DoJ is after

Jason in SoCal android and Ubuntu

Jason in Cincinnatti about Apple

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EMAIL
Hi Buzz Crew,

While discussing new video features announced for the Xbox 360 during show #987, Tom made a side comment indicating that he removed the ability from his remote to turn off his Xbox because he didn’t want it to shut down while he was trying to download something big. I just wanted to mention to Tom that you can actually set up your Xbox to download while powered off, so you don’t have to worry about leaving it on and logged in if you have a bunch of things queued up.

Quoting Xbox.com: (https://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/xboxlive/xboxlivemarketplace/marketplace/managedownloads.aspx)
“If you don't have time to wait for a download to complete, you can let your console finish your downloads even after you’ve turned it off. The console enters a low-power state and the power light blinks every five seconds during background downloads. When your downloads are completed, it turns off automatically.

To enable background downloading, go to My Xbox, System Settings, Console Settings, Shutdown.”
A handy feature that’s been in place for quite awhile but unfortunately buried in the settings.

Happy downloading,
Love.The.Show.
Kato

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Hi Buzz crew

Hearing Tom talk about Opera Mini passing Safari as the most popular mobile browser (explained below) annoyed me; as the big Opera news yesterday was the release of the Opera 10 Beta 1!!

==Opera 10 Beta 1==
http://www.opera.com/next
* New looks by John Hicks, the FF logo designer
* 40% faster rendering and JavaScript engine (!!!)
* Opera Turbo: Centralised compression proxy (for netbooks on public- and airport wifi)
* Thumbnail previews in the tab bar
* From only nine to up to 26 speed dials
* Integration with popular webmail providers (for mailto: links)
* Inline spell-checking (yeha, that one took years)

== Opera Mini ==
AND regarding Opera Mini, the reason Opera Mini is so popular is that it is just a regular Java application. That means that it runs on almost any modern phone, not only smart phones.

Opera Mini now comes pre-installed on most (!) phones from Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, and HTC. This is being pushed on the manufactures because Opera Mini pushed more than 122 million MB of data (January 2009) though their networks. That is a lot of monetizable mobile data.
–
Daniel, the opera singer from Oslo (really an Opera employee, but singer sounds cooler)

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Team Buzz –

It turns out that that Fire Fighters, not Boy Scouts, will help consumers with the DTV transition. I stumbled across this webpage: http://www.iafc.org/dtv which outlines a program which started in May between the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the FCC. The FCC is in essence recruiting volunteers from the fire service to go into people’s homes that are having trouble setting up their converter boxes. A good move on the FCCs part to get a group of volunteers with instant credibility who don’t have some kind of ulterior motive like let’s say, stealing from some unsuspecting person who simply wanted a different kind of “hook up”. The Fire Service, and all of public safety for that matter, is motivated by having the spectrum television stations are currently sitting on freed up. Once those frequencies become available, a large chunk will be used for increasing public safety bandwidth.

Mike in Dayton

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1000th episode coming Thursday June 18th. Want to be on the episode? Post a video of yourself. MUST be less than 30 seconds long. And send a link. No attachments. Could be well-wishing, could be memories, epithets we don’t care. We’ll choose from all the messages we get and play a selection on the 1000th episode as well as post them in the Wiki.

Want to get involved in the production of the show? Find your favorite BOL moment, clip it out of the MP3, or video, and send us the moment. For video, please upload to a video hosting service and send us a link. Email either to buzz@cnet.com

Brian Cooley goes all Noel Coward on me when we ask if he wants to share viewing over the Xbox 360. We also talk about the Project Natal coolness and lost of other E3 stuff. And of course robots still plan to kill usall. The latest developments involve them building themselves.

EPISODE 987

Xbox Live gets 1080p Zune video store, Netflix browsing, Twitter and Facebook integration
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/xbox-live-gets-live-tv-streaming-netflix-browsing/

Microsoft announces “Project Natal” motion controller for Xbox 360!
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/microsoft-announces-motion-controller-for-xbox-360/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8077369.stm

Beatles come together for launch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8078280.stm

Complete E3 coverage
http://reviews.cnet.com/e3/

Toshiba introduced facial rec for cars
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/06/facial-recognition/

NVIDIA unveils 12 Tegra devices
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/nvidia-unveils-12-tegra-powered-devices-claims-the-mobile-comp/

Intel launches new CPU’s for thin, low cost laptops.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10254094-64.html

Motorola wants to be the wireless in everything CE
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10254063-94.html

Acer to sell Android netbook PCs in Q3
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSTP18980620090602
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10254258-1.html

Android goes Canadian: Rogers launches HTC Magic and Dream http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/android-goes-canadian-rogers-launches-htc-magic-and-dream/

Nokia N97 hitting 75 countries in June
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/02/nokia-n97-hitting-75-countries-in-june/

DARPA killer AI robots to ‘participate in own construction’ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/02/darpa_self_industry_day/

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VOICEMAIL

Kevin in Alabama about HD radio tagging on the Zune

Carl the Help Desk Czar has an idea for accelerometers

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Hey Buzz Crew,

I came across this article while doing some research at my job on social networking and Web 2.0 (Yes I’m getting paid for it!!). It is about the process of using the missed call log of cell phones to convey messages in a cheaper form then making calls or text messaging. Its a great summary of BOL goodness in preparation for the 1000th Episode, cheeting the phone company, full of acronyms to keep the squares confused, lack of voice mail in India, and some great retro HTML Coding. Hope you like it, see you in the live show today, @z1g1

raw URL http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/donner.html
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Thank You,
Zack

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Palm Pre working with iTunes. Palm is promoting this precarious pairing, but perhaps people purchasing the Pre should prepare to be pissed-off presently; the iPod program probably won’t permit the provided product to perform properly post-patch, as previously pondered on the podcast: http://daringfireball.net/2009/06/webos_itunes_integration

-Andres

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Hey guy,

You knew I would write in on this one….

Indeed xbxo live achievements were developed by a psychologist (among
others). John Hopson, a Duke PhD in animal cognition (obviously a wise
young man) helped come up with achievements. We met at FuturePlay 2007
where he was giving a keynote, and I was speaking, blogging and podcasting.
We got to talking, and I mentioned how achievements were clearly “…simply
a Variable Interval…” and he interrupted me and said “reinforcement
schedule”. To learn more about reinforcement schedules just pick up a copy
of “Schedules of Reinforcement” by Ferrster and Skinner (1957). It is even
better than reading Conditioned Reflexes (Pavlov, 1927) for putting one to
sleep…

Oddly enough, we talked some more, and had I taken the job at Duke I was
offered in 1998 I would have been John’s PhD supervisor.

Dave (the Psychologist)

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1000th episode coming Thursday June 18th. Want to be on the episode? Post a video of yourself. MUST be less than 30 seconds long. And send a link. No attachments. Could be well-wishing, could be memories, epithets we don’t care. We’ll choose from all the messages we get and play a selection on the 1000th episode as well as post them in the Wiki.

Want to get involved in the production of the show? Find your favorite BOL moment, clip it out of the MP3, or video, and send us the moment. For video, please upload to a video hosting service and send us a link. Email either to buzz@cnet.com

It's a flashback to an almost-Presidents Day from three years ago. Molly is out for the day, and Tom and Veronica decide to start numbering the podcast episodes. 169. How quaint.

EPISODE_893

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Belkin’s Amazon Rep Paying For Fake Online Reviews
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F17%2F166226&from=rss

Fake reviews prompt Belkin apology
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10145399-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Analysis: EU’s Internet Explorer ruling looks back to 1990s
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090118-eu-vs-microsoft-bundling-wars-ad-nauseam.html

Glaskowsky pronounces the end of the Netbook. He sort of has a point.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13512_3-10145482-23.html

Dell first: 256GB solid-state drive on laptops
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10144985-64.html

Seagate offers fix, free data recovery for disks affected by firmware bug
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/19/seagate-offers-fix-free-data-recovery-for-disks-affected-by-fir/

Second Prototype of the $200 Open Source Tablet
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F19%2F143249&from=rss

Judge: 17,000 illegal downloads don’t equal 17,000 lost sales
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090119-judge-17000-illegal-downloads-dont-equal-17000-lost-sales.html

Music industry scrambles for cash
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7837605.stm

Bedlam breaks out at Circuit City
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10145078-64.html

Children’s six-hour screen day
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7837848.stm

First Earth-Sized Exoplanet May Have Been Found
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F20%2F0038259&from=rss

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VOICEMAIL
Anonymous:
Tom predicted Windows 7 in 2005.
http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/1pcast.bole.072505/http://www.cnet.com/i/pod/cnetbuzz_072505.mp3

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EMAIL:

Hey BOL, I’ve got the perfect use for these metamaterials that redirect microwaves. HOT FREAKING FUDGE ICE CREAM! So imagine microwavable ice cream. You have ice cream on the bottom which has a layer of the metamaterial over it, which separates it from yummy hot chocolate fudge and nuts. So you can pop it into the microwave and hit the Hot Fudge button (its the one right next to Popcorn). The metamaterial keeps the ice cream from melting while the chocolate melts. You take it out, slip out the metamaterial, and you have a ready-made hot fudge sunday. Now if they can make a chocolate metamateril that somehow melts itself while protecting the ice cream, there’d beno extra waste.

Love the show,
Charles in SF

In episode 892, Molly & Rafe mentioned that they are awash in promotional thumb-drives. If you or anyone in the audience is looking to offload those drives and do some good at the same time, you might consider giving them away. Visit http://www.inveneo.org/?q=Thumbdrive, which appears to be collecting them for teachers, students and relief camp workers in Uganda. I don't have any personal knowledge about this organization, but it seems like a good cause.

Keep up the good work,

Christopher the Administrative Law Judge in New York.
Link from BC on USB RAID - http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews05/thumbraid_1

Tom and Jason, it is possible to enable the task bar quick launch feature in Windows 7.

Take a look at Tim Sneath's MSDN blog entry. Tip #13.

blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7- secrets.aspx

Richard Chao

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Hey Buzz crew,

Just listened to Wednesday's show, and I have a correction to make to Cooley: Wikipedia says that the Tesla Roadster gets around 244 miles on a single charge, not 120. Jason Calacanis also says that it gets around 220 miles on a charge.(Can be confirmed in any of the October to November podcasts of Twit where he is on) Nevertheless, it would be interesting to see how much the Chinese car would go on sale for, since Teslas aren't cheap.

Also, a link to an article about the superbar in Windows 7 that might help Jose out: http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/15/windows-7-superbar-overview It makes it a bit easier to get used to the superbar's new way of doing things.

Love the show,
Victor the PC games advocate (previously known as victor from bc)