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Buzz Out Loud 1472: The Internet and the end of snow days (Podcast)

On today's show, Eric Schmidt appears to spout off wildly about fighting anti-piracy laws to the death, but frankly, we kind of agree. Also, LinkedIn's IPO goes bonkers, Apple is close to signing all the necessary music labels to its hoped-for Amazon and Google killer, Kindle e-books outsell all print books on Amazon, and it turns out that Apple love really is a religion. So much so that its devotees literally refuse to believe there could be malware on their Macs. Guys, it's happening. Believe. --Molly

Molly Wood Former Executive Editor
Molly Wood was an executive editor at CNET, author of the Molly Rants blog, and host of the tech show, Always On. When she's not enraging fanboys of all stripes, she can be found offering tech opinions on CBS and elsewhere, and offering opinions on everything else to anyone who will listen.
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On today's show, Eric Schmidt appears to spout off wildly about fighting anti-piracy laws to the death, but frankly, we kind of agree. Also, LinkedIn's IPO goes bonkers, Apple is close to signing all the necessary music labels to its hoped-for Amazon and Google killer, Kindle e-books outsell all print books on Amazon, and it turns out that Apple love really is a religion. So much so that its devotees literally refuse to believe there could be malware on their Macs. Guys, it's happening. Believe. --Molly

Watch this: Ep. 1472: The Internet and the end of snow days

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EPISODE 1472

NEWS

Google vows to fight antipiracy bill even if passed
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20063963-261.html#ixzz1MjXDcLqV
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110518/11311114322/google-points-out-that-protect-ip-would-be-disastrous-precedent-free-speech.shtml

Top 10: The Quotable Eric Schmidt
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/01/21/top-10-the-quotable-eric-schmidt/

Google Says It Won't Obey Content Theft Laws?
http://blog.mpaa.org/BlogOS/post/2011/05/18/Google-Says-It-Won%E2%80%99t-Obey-Content-Theft-Laws.aspx

Apple signs EMI, cloud-music deals nearly done
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20064155-261.html

LinkedIn IPO Shares Pop 84 Percent On First Trade, Opens At $83 Per Share
http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/19/linkedin-ipo-shares-pop-84-percent-on-first-trade/

Sony says no hack on PSN password reset; exploit that was fixed
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/18/update-on-psn-password-reset-process/

Apple support forums confirm malware explosion
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/crying-wolf-apple-support-forums-confirm-malware-explosion/3351

Amazon: Kindle books outselling all print books
http://news.cnet.com/amazon-kindle-books-outselling-all-print-books/8301-17938_105-20064302-1.html

The truth about the latest Android security scare
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette/the-truth-about-the-latest-google-android-security-scare-updated/2270

Quick Hits

Apple Retail Stores tenth anniversary
http://www.macworld.com/article/159829/2011/05/applestore10.html

Angry Birds for Windows Phone 7 delayed http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20064019-260.html

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 pre-orders start at $499.99
http://www.bgr.com/2011/05/18/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-pre-orders-start-at-499-99/

Science News

Apple causes 'religious' reaction in brains of fans, say neuroscientists
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-causes-religious-reaction-in-brains-of-fans-say-neuroscientists/

Happy Ending

Could the Internet spell the end of snow days?
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-internet-days.html

EMAILS

Hi,

In reference to the call about avoiding addicting games, I also avoid MMOs at all costs. I love to game and I know if I started a MMO my children would starve.

Love the Show
Sharon
Guelph, Ontario, Canada

PS I don’t believe Molly should be given a hard time about the Survivor spoiler. She mentioned it 12 hours after the fact. If people don’t want spoilers don’t go online, read a newspaper and at all costs avoid the water cooler at the office!!

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Hey Buzz Crew,

On episode 1471, Molly asked “”What are you downloading anymore?”", so I thought I would give you my list of essential software that needs to be downloaded.
7-zip
Flash
Audacity
CutePDF Writer
Dropbox
Filezilla
Foxit Reader
Chrome or Firefox
Handbrake
ImgBurn
iTunes
Java
KeePass
Skype
VLC Media Player
uTorrent (for Linux distros I swear!)
Love the show!
Jody Gristwood

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hi buzz crew

just email in about molly question as to what are people are downloading hear are just a few things that i must have installed to work on my computer and this is by no means a comprehensive list

vlc- watch videos
dvix – player stream hd to xbox
audacity – recording podcast
itunes – odvious
games – (including steam)
microsoft office – work
cclearner – keep windows working
spotify – music
skype – podcasting
fraps – recording games
syngergy – runing one keboard to multiple
chromo – web
CPU-Z
GPU-Z
HW32
3dmarks11
Winrar

Love the show

this is the reason that people get virus so much
Adam Wadsworth

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Hey BOL,

I live in Tokyo, and No, its not a golden turd… its a golden cloud, or beer foam on top of the Asahi beer hall, which is supposed to look like a glass of stout.

Check out the Wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_Beer_Hall

But yeah, they do have charms to hang off your cell phone that is a golden poop.

Ray in Japan

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