Buzz Out Loud 1478: Zuck Hunt (Podcast)

Without Molly or Brian, CNET's podcast of indeterminate length is commandeered by indeterminate hosts. CNET's Donald Bell and Eric Franklin steer the Buzz Out Loud ship into the shark-infested waters of poached PayPal employees and Twitter CEOs. Plus, HTC is paying Microsoft for Android phones, the International Space Station reaches completion (sorta), and Mark Zuckerberg hunts for his own lunch.

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NEWS

PayPal Sues Google Over Mobile Payment Secrets
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-26/paypal-sues-google-over-trade-secret-theft-claims.html
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/05/paypal-sues-google-wallet/

Google Responds To PayPal Lawsuit: People Have The Right To Seek Better Jobs
http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/27/google-responds-paypal-lawsuit/

Apple’s Deals May Transform Digital Music
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_23/b4231035679728.htm
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/27/apples-icloud-music-service-will-automatically-mirror-your-itun/

Obama appointing Twitter CEO to advisory group
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20066748-17.html?tag=cnetRiver

Amazon opens up Mac downloads stores
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20066519-248.html?tag=topTechContentWrap;editorPicks

HTC Pays Microsoft $5 Per Android Phone, Says Citi
http://www.businessinsider.com/htc-pays-microsoft-5-per-android-phone-2011-5?op=1

Greenlight's Einhorn Says Microsoft Should Replace Ballmer
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-05-26/greenlight-s-einhorn-says-microsoft-should-replace-ballmer.html

Why it’s harder to make money on Android than on Apple’s iOS
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/05/27/why-its-harder-to-make-money-on-android-than-on-apples-ios/

Lodsys Also Targeting Android Developers with Patent Infringement Claims
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/27/lodsys-also-targeting-android-developers-with-patent-infringement-claims/

If Twitpic's New Deal Troubles You, Here Are Some Options
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/26/if-twitpics-new-deal-troubles-you-here-are-some-other-options/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/technology/23terms.html

Quick Hits

Flickr now stores your photos for 90 days after you've deleted your account
http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2011/05/27/flickr-now-stores-your-photos-for-90-days-after-youve-deleted-your-account/

Sony: We'll Restore PSN By May 31, Unless We Don't
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/05/playstation-network-restoration/

No More Offline Gmail in Google Chrome
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/05/no-more-offline-gmail-in-google-chrome.html

Science News

Last shuttle spacewalkers make history above Earth
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18154362?nclick_check=1

UCF Scientist to Chase Down Asteroid for Historic Mission
http://today.ucf.edu/ucf-scientist-to-chase-down-asteroid-for-historic-mission/

Stunning Space Photos from Astronaut Paolo Nespoli
http://www.space.com/11144-stunning-space-photos-astronaut-paolo-nespoli.html

Happy Ending

Infrared satellite survey reveals 17 lost pyramids
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20066581-1/infrared-satellite-survey-reveals-17-lost-pyramids/?tag=topTechContentWrap;editorPicks

Trading Cards Now Boast Built-In Video, Flash Drive
http://www.wired.com/playbook/2011/05/video-trading-cards/

Mark Zuckerberg kills.
http://www.tekgadg.com/tekgadg/2011/5/26/mark-zuckerberg-kills.html

EMAILS

Hey Buzz Crew,

Earlier this week you asked for thoughts on NFC vs Credit Cards. I gotta say, I can’t wait for NFC. What’s so secure about a tiny, and easily overlooked piece of plastic? My phone not only has a lock screen, but they can implement a pin number (just like my debt card), I pay more attention to where my phone is than my wallet, I can remotely wipe it, -and- it has a freaking GPS chip in it that I can track the bastard down. Best part? Quick reset. I just waited 3 freaking weeks for my new card after the PSN hack. 2 weeks of which it sat at a different branch of my bank and no one bothered to tell me. It’s my only card. Needless to say all online activities were put on hold, like i dunno, paying my bills. I’ll be finding a new bank.

Love the show, keep up the great work.

Aaron “”my last name is”" Spain
IL

(Well actually, that sig is special for the lovely Molly as she always seems to think I live in Spain. Easy mistake, but I’m not that exotic.)

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Regarding the Google Wallet….The main bad parts I see are:

Every financial transaction can be tracked by any party (governments in particular) very easily. (with cash, they have to do some work)

Easier identity theft – once they have your phone they have your wallet. (a brute force attack on the pin system won’t take long)

If your phone is lost or stolen, or if charges start happening that you did not authorize, the phone company will not do what credit
card companies do now – forgive fraudulent charges. AT&T in particular has a history of telling their customers to pay up even if they did
not make the calls that incurred the charges. We all know that AT&T doesn’t care about it’s customers – (customer retention is up
even though our customers hate us) this has been discussed on previous shows.

Andrew Thompson

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Hi guys, I was listening to podcast yesterday about dropping out of college to start a thriving career in IT. In my field (medicine) , it is not possible to skip college, as you rightly said, before going to medical school. However, you will be surprised to learn that what we learned in college, we seldom use in medical school. Indeed, in countries outside of the United States, students typically start medical school right out of high school. They do just fine.

If I had the opportunity to skip college in order to explore my creative tendencies in computer programming, I would jump on that in a second. I taught myself web programming late in life, and I am now trying to dabble in iOS programming. Having a medical background does open up avenues of possible applications I can create, such as iPhone games. Yes Zynga, I am gunning for your spot as top developer.

Love the show,

George the kidney doc

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