Buzz Out Loud 722: Print your own drugs

EPISODE 722

Note: We are making a change to our podcast feed system on Friday, May 16. However, you do not need to subscribe to a new feed. One important thing to know: If you have your podcast catcher set to download “all unheard episodes” in a feed, you will probably find a bunch of already heard episodes in your feed on Friday as a result of the changes. To lighten the hit, set your podcast catcher to only download “the latest episode” for the week of May 19-to-23.

After China quake, seek Twitter for information, mainstream sites for rumors
http://www.cnet.com/8301-13908_1-9941600-59.html
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9941511-7.html

Gmail as open-relay spam server
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/11/014234

Powerset brings the Semantic Web to Wikipedia
http://www.news.com/8301-13953_3-9938959-80.html

BlackBerry makes a Bold debut with the 9000
http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=3009

AT&T’s bringing free Wi-Fi to the iPhone — once it finishes wigging out
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/atandts-bringing-free-wifi-to-the-iphone-once-it-finishes-wigg/

Amazon Unbox on TiVo getting HD content
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9941552-1.html

Stolen Mac helps nab burglary suspects
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9941279-7.html

Windows XP SP3 adds 10 percent performance boost, tests show
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207602577

Get off of my cloud: Rolling Stones on, then off eMusic
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080511-get-off-of-my-cloud-rolling-stones-on-then-off-emusic.html

Microsoft talks up using printers to make drugs
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/Microsoft-talks-up-using-printers-to-make-drugs_1.html

The 25-year-old BSD bug
http://www.osnews.com/story/19731

Sailing robots to attempt Atlantic crossing
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/0121243

VOICE MAIL

Jamie Arizona
Military-grade hard drive destruction

Steven Scotland
Instructions for Molly

E-MAIL

Download limits

I have a slightly different problem with download limits. I have three children in my family who all use the computer as do my husband and I. Goodness knows what my husband downloads, I watch and listen to podcasts as I go through my day. My children all watch YouTube and other streaming things. My eldest is now into making short videos so she is uploading and downloading stuff.

Individually, we are probably downloading a high average amount of stuff… like any good nerd would. But, put it all together? As well as the streaming Netflix and downloaded material for TiVo? It probably adds up to an official boatload.

I guess the point is that a large family will come closer to the limit without doing anything close to suspicious use. Oh, also, if we switch to Fios TV, would that count against any limit as well?

--Amy, Owings Mills

T-Mobile’s 3G and lack of HSDPA and “cool” phones

Hi BOL boys and girl(s),

The main reason for TMO to struggle with phone offer for it’s new 3G network and consequently with HSDPA feature is the spectrum/band that is used to build the network on. Unfortunately for TMO it is a non “standard” one (read--not popular), not used in Europe or by AT&T in U.S.

So as almost all things on this world it comes down to cost and possible revenues from the initial investment. First the demand need to be “reasonable” (TMO need to guaranty certain volume of devices to be purchased) and second phone manufacturers have to go through development process and prepare new version of the phone which takes time.

This also explains (in big part) the situation that often new phones are launched in different parts of the world e.g. EU but not in U.S., the reason is that the market for such a devices is much bigger there (popularity of 3G, band standard) then in US.

Tom, you can not use unlocked 3G phone, e.g. AT&T one, on TMO network, it will simply not work.

Molly, hold on it is coming just little slower...

Regard,
--Emimo