Buzz Out Loud Podcast

I'm not sure why I mentioned an actual piece of horse, but it had to do with trojan horses and mysterious laptops showing up at Governor's offices around the US. We also help you get hooked up with Snow Leopard compatibility and warn you against a couple of scary government initiatives.

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Snow Leopard Application Incompatibilities Compiled
http://www.macrumors.com/2009/08/27/snow-leopard-application-incompatibilities-compiled/
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258

Snow Leopard’s malware protection only scans for two Trojans
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4139

Bill would give president emergency control of Internet
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html

Quantum Cryptography for the Masses
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23317/?a=f

FBI Investigating Mystery Laptops Sent To US Governors
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/08/28/0210225/FBI-Investigating-Mystery-Laptops-Sent-To-US-Governors

Investor Group Makes Play For Skype
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/28/investor-group-makes-play-for-skype/

Storm 2, Touch Pro2, Omnia II and possibly the Pre – all in Verizon’s inventory database
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Storm-2-Touch-Pro2-Omnia-II-and-possibly-the-Pre—all-in-Verizons-inventory-database-article-a_6641.html

Yelp Brings First US Augmented Reality App to iPhone Store
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yelp_brings_first_us_augmented_reality_to_iphone_s.php
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_wall_has_fallen_3_augmented_reality_apps_now_l.php

IBM Images a Single Molecule
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/28/1119203/IBM-Images-a-Single-Molecule

Loch Ness Monster surfaces on Google Earth
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/28/google_earth_nessie/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10318790-36.html

Vote for Buzz Out Loud at SXSW 2010
http://www.cnet.com/8301-19709_1-10311505-10.html

VOICEMAIL
Anonymous solution to earbud problem

Anonymous2 on Firefox private browsing

EMAIL
Hey guys,

love the show, with Tom’s virtualization (show 1051) idea, there are a few fantastic products like Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop. With XenDesktop you get a whole virtual desktop deliver to your computer which can either run using the power of your computer or of the servers and means you can run pretty much any OS on your laptop but for company work use their virtual access, you can even access the desktop through the web so you could use a netbook .

At my current company we heavily use virtualization like this because everyone uses different operating systems but all the companies core apps are windows based, as I am writing this to you I am in the Outback of Australia using my companies internal applications through my web browser running on my Mac.

Cheers,

Ray the systems admin guy

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Hello Buzz Crew,

I'm not sure if this is of interest to anyone, but did you know that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is allowed to seize your laptop or other electronic device without cause when you enter the US?

This applies to everyone, US Citizens and foreign nationals. The rules were recently updated, partially under pressure from a recent ALCU lawsuit, but the ALCU wants further changes. Under the revised rules, CBP and ICE are also allowed to keep your laptop for up to 30 days to perform the search. The ACLU asserts that the rules are still too broad and have the potential for abuse.

While the occurrence of this happening appears to be quite uncommon, is does happen. The CBP reported they only did about 1,000 laptop searches during a 10 month period, and only 46 were in-depth searches. The CDP processed 221 million passengers during that same time frame. Rare as it may be, I certainly would not want to be on of the travelers who were subjected to this search and seizure of their laptop. The thing that really bothers me is they are allowed to do this without cause.

Quoting the PC world article linked below:

"CBP has asserted that it can search all files, including financial documents and Web browsing history, on travelers’ laptops and electronic devices “absent individualized suspicion.” The agency does need probable cause that a crime has been committed to seize a device."

I guess all of this is something to think about when deciding if you should take your laptop, smart phone, or any other electronic device on your next overseas trip.

Here are the relevant links:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/170963/us_dhs_revises_border_laptop_search_rules.html
http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1251393255852.shtm http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320116-38.html

Thanks for such an informative and fun show.

Lenny the Globetraveler

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I thought you guys might get a kick out of this. Two Swedish geeks spent six months putting this stop-motion music video together for their electronic music. They used a Nikon DSLR, a lot of legos, and even more patience

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qsWFFuYZYI&feature=channel_page

Thomas,
Stockholm, Sweden

Monarchy, mercantilism, and Talmudic tech are on the table today. We get a little obscure in our references...at least I do...but Leo and Brian keep us on track talking about the new Sony Reader, and how the Pirate Bay is unkillable. In bad news, SCO is back, and this time it's personal.

Listen now: Download today's podcast

Sony unveils three would-be Kindle killers--Pocket, Touch and now, 3G Wireless with AT&T
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-sony-unveils-new-reader-digital-books-pocket-touch-and-now-3g-wireless/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=23187
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/sony-announces-daily-edition-reader/

Microsoft OneApp makes dumb phones smart by offloading apps to network
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/25/microsoft_oneapp_annoucement/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8219741.stm

Jobs is all about the tablet
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10316970-37.html

UK considers law to cancel ISP accounts of any illegal file sharer
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10317001-93.html

Swedish court rules TPB admins too broke to pay damages
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/08/swedish-court-rules-tpb-admins-too-broke-to-pay-damages.ars
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10316895-93.html
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/25/1224214/Pirate-Bay-Archive-Goes-Online?from=rss

Appeals court overturns 2007 Unix copyright decision
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/25/0021246/Appeals-Court-Overturns-2007-Unix-Copyright-Decision

Wikipedia to add editing safeguard for the living
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10316714-93.html

Why the Google Android Phone Isn’t Taking Off
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/2041248/Why-the-Google-Android-Phone-Isnt-Taking-Off

Is China squashing much of the “solar jobs” dream in the U.S.?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/energy-environment/25solar.html?_r=1

Another Little Ice Age? Solar activity and climate change
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/08/another-little-ice-age-solar-activity-and-climate-change.ars

Vote for Buzz Out Loud at SXSW 2010
http://www.cnet.com/8301-19709_1-10311505-10.html

SXSW: Teens and New Media: A Change is Coming
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3254

Umberto Eco’s piece on Mac and DOS, Catholic and Protestant
http://www.simongrant.org/web/eco.html

VOICE MAIL
Anonymous about AT&T spying on your phone.

E-MAIL
Buzz Crew,

I’m one of those very few users that have a smart phone (AT&T Tilt) without a data plan. I want the phone for other purposes that do not require the plan. I bought it used and I am not under contract. Is it your understanding that they will force ME to add a data plan, even though I’m not under contract?

By the way, within a few minutes of moving your SIM card to another phone, the AT&T website will change to show that your phone is the one into which you have installed the SIM card. My family has been “swapping” phones around a little bit lately and I was amazed at how fast they detected the change.

Love the show.

Bryan Taylor
Jonesboro, Arkansas

Well, you don't really need to totally disregard this episode, but that is what 10-12 means in CB radio talk. And the news is light. Although we do learn that the head of MI6's Speedo is not a state secret. But it SHOULD be!

EPISODE 1012

MI6 boss in Facebook entry row
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8134807.stm

Small towns and farms to get Net Neutrality
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10278484-94.html

Apple orders up a ton of cameras, rumored to hit the iPod
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/07/06/apple-orders-up-a-ton-of-cameras-rumored-to-hit-the-ipod/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/06/prepare-yourself-for-ipod-video/

iPhone 3GS unlocked with Purplera1n + UltraSn0w
http://gizmodo.com/5307693/iphone-3gs-unlocked-with-purplera1n-%252B-ultrasn0w

For Mac, too
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/05/iphone-3gs-jailbreak-mac/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10279029-1.html

Free Wi-Fi for the residents of Venice, Italy
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/07/04/2236213/Free-Wi-Fi-For-the-Residents-of-Venice-Italy

We rent movies, so why not textbooks?
http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/05/1546214/We-Rent-Movies-So-Why-Not-Textbooks

AOL shuts down CompuServe
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/07/04/169220/AOL-Shuts-Down-CompuServe

Billions stolen in online robbery
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8132547.stm

Desperate-to-leave LinkedIn users rename accounts “delete delete delete”
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/05/desperate-to-leave-l.html

Geek Atlas provides tour guide for geeks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8132924.stm

VOICEMAIL
Kelly the Gaffer on why OS X is so cheap

E-MAIL
Hi Buzz crew this is Marlon – “guyfromtrinidad”, I am a lover of Nokia’s E series and am absolutely delighted with my E71. So I got even more excited when I saw this article concerning Android coming to Nokia’s smartphones, http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/jul/06/nokia-mobile-internet-phones. I mean the idea of a very slick touchscreen E series phone had me super excited, gone would be the dated OS that I tolerate, yes, yes, yes. And then I read this http://gigaom.com/2009/07/05/will-nokia-jettison-symbian-for-android/ and this http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSL613838520090706. A a quick and emphatic no, no, no by Nokia. Though it still leaves the door open for the Nokia/ Intel partnerships to embrace Android. What do you think?
Luv the show

Guyfromtrinidad
Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies

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Hey Buzz Crew

As self appointed captain of the Buzz Navy’s ship “paradigm panda”, i hereby issue a call to arms for all buzz citizens!

1: For once! SOMEONE must defeat Leo Laporte in an online poll, and hence, Molly must be declared president of the internet!

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=1894

2: Tom must defeat Patrick Beja in a different online Poll! To prove that A: The Buzz Brigrade always wins, and B: Brian Coulis-ites (anti european) can get along with regular folk in a common cause!

http://frenchspin.com/en/2009/07/a-feud-of-epic-proportions/

(Robot Voice) Love-The-Show

Techpriest

PS: (Tom merrit shouting voice) DON’T OPEN ATTACHMENTS! (old skool joke i know, couldnt help it…)

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Hey Buzzers,

I’ve got fios at my house here in Camarillo, Ca and one of the selling points for me, my girlfriend not as much, is the Fios. The only other option for internet here is Time Warner and given their track record I will do nearly anything to not give them a penny of my money. So yes, Fios can be a selling point, especially for a buzz listener.

Secondly I’ve got a pre and let me tell you, RocknRollHax is great. I get html formatted emails fairly regularly and some (looking at you newegg) benefit greatly from landscape mode (for readability). There is no need for landscape while composing (obviously) and I really wish they included an option foramdscape on email reading only.

Anywho, I’m also part of the engineer/architect/programmer cabal when it comes to caps lock…but it should be moved.

Keep up the good work,
Ted the Engineer

Bozeman, Montana, has decided they need everyone's social network log-ins and passwords to conduct background checks on prospective employees. So cute. They call it Face Page. Plus we talk about the iPhone lines, and go to town on the need for copyright laws. Turns out we may not need them.

Episode 1001

Live blog: iPhone 3G S launch day
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10268140-37.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10268774-37.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/

Third-party game accessories coming to iPhone and iPod Touch
http://kotaku.com/5296694/apple-says-game-accessories-coming-to-iphone-touch

Court orders Jammie Thomas to pay RIAA $1.92 million
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10268199-93.html
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/record-labels-awarde

Researchers conclude piracy not stifling content creation
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/06/researchers-conclude-piracy-not-stifling-content-creation.ars

Intel rebrands again: Meet Core i3 and Core i7
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/06/intel-rebrands-again-meet-core-i3-and-core-i7.ars

City in Montana requires job applicants to hand over all social network log-ins and passwords for background checks
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/17/city-in-montana-requ.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10268282-38.html

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

Voice mail

Tim Michigan has a replacement from IRL

Joe Sacramento solution for long ep 1000

Larry wishes us happy 1000

E-mail
Dear buzz crew:
This is Siavash from Iran, I'm happy to report that in past few days the internet speed on ADSL lines is better and we can access the sites better, but our fight against the government still continues.
After Twitter support for Iran, today Facebook added Persian language to their languages and now Persian can use the Facebook in Persian. I know Google is going to do some changes in their service for Iran too.
I'm just amazed for the amount of support of American sites for Iranian users and their attention to Iran. And I just wanted to thank them all.
I want to add a BiG BiG thank you to all buzz town citizens that sent me mails and Facebook messages and you guys on Cnet for reading my mail and paying attention to what is going on here.

THANK YOU

PS: Natali, I'm still the only Persian listener in Tehran, I have found other Persian listeners around the world, but not in Tehran

Best Regards

Siavash Ghahremany

Website: http://www.ghahremany.com

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Hey Buzzheads,

I took a couple screengrabs when the chatroom went over 1000 users. One shows gknee smiling as we hit 1001, and the other is Molly conveniently toasting when we hit 1013. Both pics are in my flickr account. Here’s 1013 and here’s 1001. Hope you like them, and I love the show!

Joe in Glens Falls

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3607/3639334524_8b72328c12_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3360/3638524207_dddf24ae13_o.jpg

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Has anyone figured out what day Episode 2000 will occur? (assuming that
Buzz Out Loud makes it to episode 2000) – Mark

AT&T unveils its new prepaid plan, which we think only Jason Bourne could love. Also, analysts say Android is poised for 900 percent growth, the University of Missouri gets in bed with the iPhone and iPod Touch, and we give cute nicknames to some of our fave technologies.

EPISODE 971

Google Android will grow 900 percent in 2009, analysts say
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Google-Android-Will-Grow-900-Percent-in-2009-Analysts-Say-557897/

http://www.gizhq.com/2009/05/11/analysts-expect-android-to-grow-900-percent-in-2009/

University of Missouri requires students buy iPhone or iPod
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/University-of-Missouri-Requires-Students-Buy-iPhones-540478/
http://iphonetouch.blorge.com/2009/05/11/missouri-journalism-school-requires-iphone-or-touch/

Twitter's trouble with repeat users
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/technology/internet/11drill.html?_r=1

The future of newspapers is now: New York Times Reader v2 released
http://www.webkitchen.be/2009/05/11/the-future-of-newspapers-is-now-new-york-times-reader-v2-released/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_york_times_desktop_reader_gets_a_makeover.php
http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/05/05/rest-in-peace-rss/

Garmin Nuvi delayed
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/10/garmin-delays-nuvifone-g60-yet-again-q3-launch-now-planned/

AT&T goes to daily plans
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/att-has-a-prepaid-twist-talk-all-day-for-3/

London government will slow your roll…or your car
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1180194/The-car-makes-speeding-history–slowing-vehicle-going-fast.html

Commercials on the Web?
http://newteevee.com/2009/05/11/we-interrupt-your-web-browsing-to-bring-you-tv-commercials/

Verizon Netbook coming soon?
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/05/11/verizon-hp-mini-1151nr-netbook-launching-may-17th/

Google is up to something in Search
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/20090511_searchology.html

VOICE MAIL
Alison the librarian
Textbook profits

Tami from SC
Kindles no problem for high schoolers

E-MAIL
Hi buzzerz,
Yakov, the computer programmer from stamford.

I know you all hate on windows mobile. But i have a windows mobile phone with 3G and Wifi, and a guess what i have an app that turns the phone into a wifi hotspot. Yea, just because the jesus phone doesnt, or can’t do it, doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
http://www.wmwifirouter.com/
(link via Rich)

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Hey Buzz Crew,

I thought you might be interested in this little tidbit. In Vista (and the Windows 7 Beta I believe), they removed the “My” from the documents, movies, and music folder. Interestingly enough, they have re-added these in the windows 7 RC. It appears to be a preventative measure with the new libraries feature. Before they re-added this, you had two documents “folders.” Your documents folder and the Documents library, both named simply “Documents”. I found this whole change rather ironic since they only managed to remove the “My” tag for one release.

Josh

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Hi Tom and Natali-
Welcome Back!

Here’s a quick overview of what you’ve missed!

Apple almost bought Twitter, then EA Games, but settled on sending
Rafe into a rage.
Cooley annoyed Tennessee, hillbillies and pre-paid cell phone users
while scoffing at space.
Molly ranted about numerous things. Then she upped her Geek Cred Level
by knowing the Konami Code.
The MPAA got even stupider.
Microsoft talked about Windows.
Amazon decided to save trees by charging a lot for the new Gigundle.
Buzz predicted they would the day before it happened. Spooky.
The government said there’s 95 percent saturation knowledge about the
digital television switch but cable companies are still sending flyers
to compel digital cable boxes.
We learned the world may end, again, with the imminent LHC power up.
And we heard the phrase ’silver ooze’ for the first time.

Sheala, GA

We have finally hit on an appropriate term for very small lightweight laptops: the Buttbook, as in small enough to fit in your butt pocket. We also talk about Gmail's new undo feature for e-mail and Molly ponders that age-old question: should she buy land or a jaunty beret?

Episode 935

Take it back: Gmail gets ‘Undo Send’ Labs feature
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10200370-2.html

Chrome only browser left standing after day 1 of Pwn2Own
http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/03/chrome-is-the-only-browser-left-standing-in-pwn2own-contest.ars

iPhone 3.0 OS reveals new iPhones, iPods and the mysterious “iProd”
http://i.gizmodo.com/5175348/iphone-30-os-reveals-new-iphones-ipods-and-the-mysterious-iprod

AT&T: No-contract iPhones coming next week
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10200602-37.html

Palm bets the farm on WebOS
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/20/palm_results/

YouTube gets NCAA games
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10200699-93.html

LaCie merges with online-storage start-up Wuala
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10198704-2.html

February NPD numbers give Sony reason to celebrate
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/03/npd-feb.ars

Wii shortage finally nearing its end, says GameStop exec
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/wii-shortage-finally-nearing-its-end-says-gamestop-exec/

Online game gets banking license
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7954629.stm

Last Battlestar tonight — Tech of BSG
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10201021-1.html

Voice mail
Hank in Boston
Why $10 for the iPod Touch?
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/21results.html

E-mail
Note-Apple doesn’t actually own the word POD-at least according to the registrations at the Trademark office.

If you visit the USPTO web site you can poke around the register, looking things up. It’s all public record

If you look up the word “POD” as the full mark and currently registered-you get 22 hits. Everything from clothing and surfing gear to medical equipment.

581 more Registered Marks feature the word “pod” as a prefix, suffix, or somehow also in the mark.

Apple owns….10 of them.

This, by far, does not encapsulate all of the information regarding the law suit-TM is very technical and we shouldn’t assume that just because the word Pod appears a lot that they don’t have a case-but it does speak to Tom’s VERY well put point that pod is much bigger than Apple.

I’m not sure I want to put them in the Monster category yet, there is at least some connection between the goods in this case (unlike Monster’s shut down the mini-golf campaign) so we’ll just have to wait and see.

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Hey Buzztown
Chris the former Snowmen Hunter here. Just heard Episode 934 and I hate to break it to my fellow geeks but… Flying cars will NEVER HAPPEN. I’m sorry, but it’s true, and you know it in your heart.
Here’s an illustrative conversation:

Woman: Honey, do you think you should pull over to get some gas?
Man: No dear, we’re fine. You can go for 50 more miles after the E line on the fuel gage.
Woman: Are you sure? I’m just worried that…
Man: Hut, hut, hut. Sweetie, I got this. Trust me.

This conversation has been brought to you by magic of the in-dash black box clawed from the wreckage of Honda 2015 Flying Car.

Don’t get me wrong. The flying cars will technically work fine. Human nature… Not so much. Let me ask you this: You see those beater cars on the highway, teen agers just learning to drive, the jerk who’s always zipping around and tailgating EVERYONE and the guy who takes such poor care of his car the left front wheel comes flying off at 60 mph and his axle digs a furrow you could plant corn in on 880. Do you wan these people flying over your head? Exactly.
Look around the DMV. Do you want those people look like pilots to you? That is a future that will kill us all.

Love the show,
Chris
P.S. Sorry, but no jet packs are coming either.

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First, I am not sure where the caller lives but I’ve not seen this chargers in Toronto or any part of Ontario I’ve been in. Maybe in winterpeg (Winnipeg). However I hope they would use different connectors for high and low voltage charging. I can see someone plugging in a low voltage block heater into one of the high voltage parking lot chargers the story mentioned, and wondering why their engine is smoking when turned off.

-ZZ (Toronto Geek)

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Hi Guys and Gals,
Andrew the Research Manager from Barcelona again, hoping that someday one of my e-mails will get read on the air!

Natalie’s laughing at the size of butts used to show the smallness of the Lenovo Pocket Yoga “not-book” got me thinking, and I’ve got a couple of proposals for names for this new, so-far difficult to name, category………drum roll Jason please…

Butt-top !

and if you’re really into alliteration(like Tom seems to be) I propose (my personal favorite)…

Butt-book !

that could really stick….”too small for your lap, but not for your butt…the new Lenovo Butt-book” or something like that

saludos/regards,
Andrew

Somehow we packed a conference room with more people than we had chairs for here at South by Southwest. Special guests Caroline McCarthy, Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuk, and The Onion's Baratunde Thurston join us for today's show.

EPISODE 929

The Web turns 20
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10195512-60.html

It’s Red Nose Day
http://www.rednoseday.com/

Apple ready for third generation of iPhone- Demo 3/17
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10195098-37.html

iTunes 8.1
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10194549-37.html

iPod Touch explodes, sets kids’ pants on fire
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/03/ipod-touch-not-lies-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-parents-sue.ars
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10195948-37.html

Battery that ‘charges in seconds’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7938001.stm

“Spin battery” effect discovered
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/13/1354232

Romanians find cure For conficker
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/13/0234213

Google Voice: A push to rewire your phone service
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10194446-2.html

Yahoo launches its own location tracker
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10192643-2.html

Neilsen says online networking more popular than e-mail
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE52A6E420090313?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews

Google tip jar
http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/03/13/Googles_new_Tip_Jar_offers_small_change_1.html

Palm Pre
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10195206-94.html

Sexy’ GOCE spacecraft will try again for launch
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/03/11/sexy-goce-spacecraft-will-try-again-for-launch/

Actual spacecraft may launch on Sunday
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-03-13-space-shuttle_N.htm?csp=34

Google Earth updates Mars
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10196090-2.html

Coatings that ’self-heal’ in sun
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7939776.stm

E-MAIL
Hi Tom, Natali, Jason and guest,

When you mentioned that pinkeltje was dutch I was intrigued. I’m dutch speaking but I had never heard of it. However I’m from Belgium, not the Netherlands which explains why. I did a quick search and found an article that mentions it’s origin.

quote: The first CD player was to be named ‘Pinkeltje’, after a well-known friendly gnome from a Dutch children’s story. Small and compact, that was the development aim.

http://www.marantzphilips.nl/Philips_Pinkeltje_prototype_cdplayer_march_1979_joop_sinjou/

Now I understand the name. ‘pink’ referers to the little finger or pinky. So the name of the gnome is derived from this (pinkel) and as if he wasn’t small enough they added ‘tje’ to make him sound even smaller.

The story of ‘Pinkeltje’ is a variation on ‘Little Thumb’ or (as wikipedia seems to call it) ‘Hop o’ My Thumb’

Love the show

Long time listener

Wim from Belgium

Star Wars TV Series = pure awesomeness

Tom, your plan to keep Lucas involved in this is great. Look at what the team for The Force Unleashed Video Game did with a similar setup. And seeing that story play out as a side story for the rebel alliance developing and ending at the "Obi-Wan you are my only hope" This would be pure epicness. Lucas is a visionary and needs to give the direction just as you mention and any major decisions made by him but he has to stay away from the camera and let the fans that are now in the industry that he practically created play the story out. I would be so excited to see this series.

Love the show.

Regards,

Daniel the connector engineer

Hey Guys,

I paused the live stream after hearing Tom deny the existence of a
free jailbreak solution for the 2nd Gen iPod Touch. There is indeed a
free one.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/11/dev-team-releases-free-ipod-touch-2g-jailbreak/

LTS, hate getting ignored

DanielInHell

Justin Yu is not a virgin, but he plays one on this podcast. And that's just the kind of thing you get when you have a member of the 404 on the podcast. We also evaluate the new nearly-buttonless iPod Shuffle, some online gaming stats, and Google's new ad-targeting system.

EPISODE 928

New talking shuffle
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/03/11ipod.html?sr=hotnews
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10193443-37.html

iPod touch 2G finally jailbroken with NitroKey
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/ipod-touch-2g-finally-jailbroken-with-nitrokey/

Speaking of hacking…Chinese hack iTunes gift cards
http://i.gizmodo.com/5167465/get-200-itunes-store-vouchers-for-260

TelstraClear rejects New Zealand copyright code
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2252415/TelstraClear-rejects-copyright-code

Report: Online gaming drops on PC, Wii beats out PS3
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/03/npd-group-online-gaming-rising-wii-beats-out-ps3.ars

NBC Universal content now available on PlayStation Network
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/nbc-universal-content-now-available-on-playstation-network/

Google launches cookie-based ads
http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/03/giving-consumers-control-over-ads.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10193423-93.html

Google crowd sources Maps
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10193481-2.html

$1Million Xbox lawsuit
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-03-11-lost-xbox_N.htm?csp=34

Facebook launches in Arabic
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/10/facebook-launches-arabic-version

Could Fuller take Trek back to TV?
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/11/1214223

Star Wars TV series also in the works
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40384

Kutiman Mixes YouTube
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2009/03/11/kutiman-mixes-youtube/

VOICEMAIL
Kim in PA
Kiss the floor musicians!

Paul in Austria
Don’t pick on FireWire

E-MAIL
Hi Tom:
Pinkeltje
It’s Dutch.
I once spent a year in the Netherland so I recognized the word structure of “Pinkeltje”.
The Dutch like to add je or tje to the end of words to denote that they are small. (A booklet would be a boekje.)
And Philips is a Dutch company.

So it’s a small pinkel.
I’m afraid I don’t know what a pinkel is….

Darlene in Edmonton Canada

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Hi BOL
I have been noticing lately that there has been some discussion on assigned seating in movie theaters. Well it’s becoming more popular here in the Kansas City area. AMC headquarters is based here in the area and they have recently opened a new venue of theaters that are designed for in-theater dining, with recliners and assigned seating. The theater staff also serve alcoholic beverages under certain circumstances. The prices are the same for all seats so Molly should be pleased,no first class seating, just first class service for everyone.

I just thought the listeners might want to know that a new movie experience is coming to theaters.
http://www.amctheatres.com/theatres/domestic/studio30/

Enjoy the show
Jimmie from KC

Within 15 years, cars will be made of seaweed, but will they be edible? That's your next task, auto industry. We also make book recommendations, give medical advice, and generally just try to help. Oh, and we talk about exploding donut factories.

EPISODE 918

Court upholds AP “quasi-property” rights on hot news
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/24/2229205

Conan copyright trolls censor fan-readings of public-domain stories
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/25/conan-copyright-trol.html

SMiShing’ fishes for personal data over cell phone
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10171241-83.html

Flexible touch screen debuts
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=PT0K4QBYDW122QSNDLSCKHA?articleID=214502697

Spotify could become the best music service ever
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10171362-27.html

U.K. government backs open source
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7910110.stm

doubleTwist cross-gadget media library from DVD Jon debuts
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/02/doubletwist-cross-gadget-media-library-from-dvd-jon-debuts.ars

PlayStation 3 price drop finally in the offing? ("PC World")
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090225/tc_pcworld/playstation3pricedropfinallyintheoffing

Toyota wants to build car from seaweed
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/02/toyota-makes-pl.html

Study confirms TXT SPK doesn’t hurt kids’ language skills
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/02/study-confirms-txt-spk-doesnt-hurt-kids-language-skills.ars

Meet us at SXSW
http://sxsw.com/interactive/talks/panels?action=show&id=IAP0901416

VOICEMAIL
Remy
Kindle questions and complaints

Doug
TV’s don’t explode

E-MAIL
On the iPhone so this will be brief (and possibly mispelled).

Just heard Tuesday’s show and the talk of slim apps in Snow Leopard
and had to mention the likely cause that did not come up. As far as I
know (still need to do my homework on this) Snow Leopard will be the
first release with intel only code, sans universal binaries and ppc
code. This seems likely because you can currently do this and save a
similar amount of space on an intel mac now with an app called
xslimmer. The space saved is similar and yes you can even cut some
ppc fat from itunes!

Love the show

James in Milwaukee

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Hey Buzzcrew

I have been trying to find something to contribute to BOL, for a while I found ONE!

Well actually iTunes in Snow Leopard is smaller, at least compared to the iTunes installed on my mac iTunes on my computer currently takes up 144.8 MB And according to the screenshot found on http://images.worldofapple.com/snowleopard_10a261_010.png it is 50 MB which is dramatically lower which if roughly calculated is 94.8 MB smaller which is pretty good, But remember this is a screenshot of an unfinished product so it may be much more when finished, but at least we can hope.

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So I wrote this the other day

http://thesoftlounge.com/blog/?p=1392

And then the restaurant refugee put together this based (in part) on my post:

http://restaurantrefugee.com/2009/02/25/the-google-economic-index/

I thought it was pretty funny (and techy).

Frank L

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Hey jaynato,
This is a couple of days old - I forgot to send this when it was fresh - but DragonflyBSD has released version 2.2.
I thought I would pass this along because I don’t think I’ve ever heard you talk about *BSD-releases. Many listeners may not
be familiar with Dragonfly BSD, it’s a free open-source Unix-like operating system created as a fork of FreeBSD version 4.8.

Here’s the release announcement:
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/release22/

Also, in case you missed this, the first full lecture from Marshall Kirk McKusicks FreeBSD Kernel Internals was posted on the bsdconferences channel on youtube a while ago, you can find it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwbqBdghh6E. I thought you should pass this along to the other buzzers.

love-da-show <3

tobias from stockholm, sweden

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Hi Buzz Crew,
I’m a pediatrician on staff at one of the largest children’s hospitals in the United States and after listening to Episode 917, I felt compelled to write.

First, Natali is awesome but she’s mistaken about vaccines. Vaccines do not weaken the immune system. Rather, they bolster immunity by exposing the immune system to carefully selected antigens which elicit an antibody response from the body and creates immune memory to combat future infections.

Second, the risk of flu for otherwise healthy adults is admittedly small. But for the most vulnerable members of society (the elderly, the young and the chronically ill), it can be very serious and causes about 36, 000 deaths in the United States every year.

Third, for anyone looking for information about vaccines, I would be wary of Google search results. There is so much misinformation and pseudoscience floating around on the interwebs, I would suggest going directly to a reputable source like the CDC or the WHO (or the new medical wiki you talked about in a previous episode).

I know that as a group, we pediatricians can be nagging and excessively risk averse. But considering who our patients are, it’s hard not to beoverly protective.

Anyhow, thanks for putting on a great show and keep up the good work.

Jonathan the Pediatrician

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Hey BOL crew + guest,

So you are all talking about twitter and how its used for news before
it gets picked up by “real news website/TV”
Well today here in the Netherlands an airplane crashed near the
biggest airport of our country.
A mid sided air craft crashed with 135 people on board, at this point
in time about 5 people died and about 10/15 are badly injured sadly
.
Well before the news really took off an eyewitness reported about the
crash via twitter and then the Dutch media picked it up and then
started to send out reporters and camera crews etc.
So in these times of twitter and media 24/7, twitter becoming the on
the scene source for news. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7909683.stm

Well I’l keep you posted if needed but for now this is the story as I
it know for now.

Have a nice day and keep up the great podcast.

LOVE THE SHOW.

Peter
The Netherlands