Buzz Out Loud 985: Accelorometers in bed

Natali brings our discussion of the MEMS-based accelerometer technology to a screeching halt when she suggests it be used in bed. This is a clear demonstration of how much more mature Natali is than Rafe or myself. In other news, we discover the true meaning of Bing and ponder the sanity of a new Mac-clone maker.

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EPISODE895

U.S. to set out cyber security plan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8073654.stm
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10251898-38.html

Hackers breached U.S. army servers
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/28/1952214&from=rss

Hands-on: Much to like in Hulu Desktop
http://arstechnica.com/software/news/2009/05/hulu-desktop-breaks-streaming-tv-shows-out-of-the-browser.ars
http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10251658-12.html?

Updated Windows 7 and Vista downgrade rights leaked
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/

LG puts 3D into displays, (purportedly) passes savings on
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10250946-1.html

Xbox to get live TV and massive VOD update http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/05/29/045233/Xbox-To-Get-Live-TV-and-Massive-VOD-Update?from=rss

New HDMI standard brings Internet to TV
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10249212-1.html
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/05/hdmi-spec-updated-to-14-adds-unwanted-complexity.ars

New Mac clone maker to open retail store in Calif.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10251943-37.html

Accelerometers on the rise, showing up in everything
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10251217-64.html

45-year-old modem used to surf the Web
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/05/28/1745203/45-Year-Old-Modem-Used-To-Surf-the-Web?from=rss

Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/29/wikipedia_bans_scientology/

VOICEMAIL

Anonymous – How to reset AT&T network settings

Alexei – What about Wolfram?

E-MAIL
Hey guys,

I just finished listening to 984 and heard Chris asking about most
surprising stories (stories about significant tech you missed at the
time) and I have to give an “I told you so” on Facebook.

In March of 2007 I sent in a voicemail saying that the kids I work
with (I work with teenagers at a church) were shifting from Myspace
to Facebook, and that I thought it was going to blow up with
mainstream audiences. You guys weren’t buying it.

Granted, at the time it just moved away from being for-college-
students-only and they hadn’t released application support yet…but
still, there was I remember a time when you guys were Facebook doubters.

Love the show!

Josh
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Hey guys love the show!
I heard you talking about the blackberry syncing with itunes and did some googling. Turns out it is a third party party from blackberry that will sync playlists from itunes. In a word, LAME
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/media/mediasync.jsp#tab_tab_overview

Jon the Computer network management and design student from Portsmouth
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Jonathan
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Hey Buzz Crew,

So here I am, forward deployed to Kuwait with barely enough internet access to send you this email, thinking about how I wish there was a way for me to get BOL sent to me by some other means, when the thought occurred to me to have my family back home download all the BOL episodes I am missing and mail them to me via CD on a regular basis… Well, that led to my next thought (and the reason for this email): 1000th Episode Collector’s Edition of Buzz Out Loud. It would be a DVD (or perhaps multiple DVDs) of every episode of BOL, 1 – 1000. And, of course, you could use the winning entry of the 1000th Episode art work on the label(s). You could have audio and audio/video versions (though I don’t know if I’d pay the extra cash to see Tom and Jason on a regular basis, though Natali and Molly would make up for it!) and maybe pack in one of Molly’s favorite stickers and even a t-shirt.

I know, it’s just my dream to have easy access to the episodes I missed (I only started listening around episode 730, for shame), but if something like that ever comes to fruition, I’ll be first in line to buy it!

As a side note, I have seen a Kindle in the wild here…though it had broken in transport and was being used to prop up a netbook. So maybe they are useful…hehe.

Anthony from Louisiana, currently in Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
-ethancaine in the forums-
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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.

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