Buzz Out Loud 698: Beacon will kill you
Today, Buzz is on your side, with such gems of wisdom as "don't shop at Staples," "bacon will kill you," and "how to opt out of Beacon."
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 | EPISODE 698 |
Google App Engine Blog: Introducing Google App Engine + our new blog
http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2008/04/
introducing-google-app-engine-our-new.html
California Lawmaker Proposes Music Download Tax
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/08/1346200
http://www.mercurynews.com/businessheadlines/ci_8837145
Virginia 1st state to require Internet safety lessons
http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=8127995
Windows 7 still slated for 2010 says Microsoft, Bill Gates just crazy-talking
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/
windows-7-still-slated-for-2010-says-microsoft-bill-gates-just/
Sources: Microsoft to Launch Wii-like Controller in 2008
http://www.pcworld.com/article/
id,144223-c,gameconsoles/article.html
Researcher creates malicious, router-controlling website
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/08/
researcher-creates-malicious-router-controlling-website/
ICANN Moves Against GoDaddy Domain Lockdowns
http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/04/08/0349253.shtml
3D Self-Replicating Printer to be Released Under GNU License
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/07/210205
Court to rule in Star Wars costume battle
http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2271561,00.html
Japanese carrier to test smell-o-vision phone kit
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/04/08/
ntt_fragrance_communication/
MySong combines your singing voice with synth to make music
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/
20080408-mysong-combines-your-singing-voice-with-synth-to-make-music.html
VOICE MAIL
Musical Guest
Singing a little song for you.
Adam
Some BUZZ ON YOUR SIDE
Looks like an Apple Logo
Something about Texwood, a clothing company that had an Apple-lookalike logo even before Apple came in. (You can see the logo at http://www.applejeans.com)
Art Ilano
Philippines
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Java well actually
What’s shakin’ Buzz Crew,
Regarding the Java discussion during episode 697. Hopefully I’m not getting too technical. I’m a Java developer, and the reason Java leaves the old version is to keep from breaking software people are currently running. Some JAR files included as part of a software may be broken by going to a newer version of Java. This would make people more upset.
Love the show,
Phil
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Beacon
Hey guy love your show,
Can someone please tell me how to turn off Facebook’s Beacon because I was with my friends and and we are watching the game and we order a couple of burgers online and little did we know that the service we use to order food from local restaurants, SeamlessWeb, is supported by Facebook’s Beacon. Now I am not the skinniest you’ll meet but the 3 burgers and 4 orders of fries I ordered on Sunday night did not make me look so phat.
thanks for making me look like a pig for my 756 friends…
Marco (or Shalin/Alex if you prefer) from New York
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Internet issues in Canada
Hello Buzz Crew,
This is Rodrigo from Brazil in Toronto. As you might know I moved here last year, at the beginning I had problem finding one good ISP.
My first option was Rogers since the house I was living already had Rogers Cable TV. I tried it for a few weeks until it drove me crazy, bandwidth throttling was spoiling the fun.
So I decided to switch to Bell, used it without problems during a couple of months until the lame provider decided to throttle my bandwidth again.
I then canceled my Bell Internet and signed with Teksavvy a Canadian company much loved by many canadian geeks. But this monday my Internet also got throttled.
As far as I know I have no more options here in Toronto and it’s looking like I’ll just have to suck it up and forget about decent Internet speeds…
Brazil might be a third world country but at least we had some decent Internet down in Banana Land. 
Best,
Rodrigo