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2009

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Buzz Out Loud 887: Flip a you-know-what

CES has officially begun and we discuss a slew of offerings from the show floor, as well as the Steve Ballmer keynote. Also, Tom is offered the chance to record his voice for TomTom GPS devices. That's a lot of Tom!

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Ballmer Keynote

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10131585-100.html

http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/ces2009-microsoft-keynote.ars

Windows 7 goes Beta this Friday

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10135791-56.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10136418-75.html

Windows 7 might not come in '09

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10135943-56.html

CES Press conference roundup:

Samsung: super thin OLED

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10135532-100.html

Vizio takes the cover off Connected HDTV: Netflix, Blockbuster, Amazon, Yahoo! and more

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/07/vizio-takes-the-cover-off-connected-hdtv-netflix-blockbuster/

Yahoo! recaps a day of setting the Internet-on-TV movement on fire with Widgets

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/yahoo-recaps-a-day-of-setting-the-internet-on-tv-movement-on-fi/

Wall-mountable Blu-Ray player

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10134004-100.html

Audiovox, PlayStation 2 roll out

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10135464-100.html

Acoustic Research Harmony killers

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10133953-100.html

LG’s 240Hz LCDs flash backlights really fast

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10135326-100.html

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10135175-100.html

LG to implement noise-canceling in many of its phones

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10134765-100.html

The Sony P-series Lifestyle PC: Just don’t call it a Netbook

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10131906-100.html

OQO launches world’s smallest Vista PC with OLED screen

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090107-oqo-launches-worlds-smallest-vista-pc-with-oled-screen-see-notes.html

Pols hit panic button as DTV coupon program goes broke

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090107-pols-hit-panic-button-as-dtv-coupon-program-goes-broke.html

New energy efficiency rules for TVs sold in California

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F07%2F1946223

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Hey Tom, Molly, and Justin,

I was listening to show 886, and something caught my attention when

Natali was talking about the Giffen good. She said that when demand

increases, price increases when talking about high-priced technology

products. What she was actually referring to is called a Veblen good;

a Giffen good is when the price of an inferior good, a good that low-

income people generally prefer (ramen, bread, etc), rises and those

low-income people end up buying more of that good. A Veblen good is

like a Giffen good, but Veblen goods are generally luxury goods, such

as that new 17-inch MacBook Pro or a Lamborghini, etc. People buy

these Veblen goods at higher prices because it is considered to be a

mark of your financial status.

Sorry for such a long email, feel free to truncate it however you

wish, just wanted to clear that up.

Love the show, keep it up!

Daniel Byon

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Hey jamoto,

In Replyness to Daniels Email from Wednesday, I am also a UK listener and would like to say that the BBC does indeed broadcast their tv shows live on the internet. To clarify, the BBC iplayer is where viewers can watch shows from up to 7 days in the past and they also have a bbc watch live service which at this very moment I am watching live tv on the internet and on my terrestrial tv. This was also in place last year so Tom, you do get another correct prediction from 2008.

Chris Hisgrove

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Hi Buzz crew,

Tom, did I heard correctly in episode 884 that you'd love to get your voice on a TomTom? That's great news!

An even better news is that you don't even have to license your voice to us. You just have to record a few voice commands, convert them in a TomTom format and publish yourself on our TomTom HOME platform where Buzz-fans from all over the world can download it for free and put it on their TomTom. I'd sure be one of them!

It's a rather easy process for geeks like us and I'd be very happy to assist.

All the best,

Jeff from TomTom and long time listener

PS: Love the show

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Hey Buzz Crew,

Hope your enjoying CES. I’m stuck in snow snow and more snow…

I was listening to yesterday’s show (1/7) where you talked about a 10

meg max download over 3G for iTunes on the iPhone. While this is

true, I just go to your www and download the mp3. This works fine, so

I’m not sure why AT&T doesn’t block this then?!?

- Bob, the Nuclear Engineer

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2009

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Buzz Out Loud 895: Is Brian Tong ageist?

We continue to debate the idea of moving the Digital TV transition in the US and Brian Tong comes close to ripping on old people. Which I take exception to of course as I am ancient. In the meantime thousands of people in the tech community are losing their jobs which is no joke and there's more hype aroudn the Palm Pre. Should you believe it? We'll tell you.

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Layoffs at Microsoft, Intel and IBM

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F22%2F1435250&from=rss

Microsoft cutting 5,000 jobs on weak results

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10147922-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7845237.stm

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-earnings-call-despite-down-economy-msft-ad-revenue-up-7-percent/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10147964-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Intel shedding up to 6,000 jobs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7844232.stm

Apple proves recession-resistant, for now

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10147621-37.html

Mac at 25: What’s next for Apple’s Mac?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10146897-37.html

Obama staff appalled at low-tech white house

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012104249.html?wprss=rss_technology

Obama Keeps His Blackberry (And Gets a Sectera)

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F22%2F1319212&from=rss

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sect%C3%A9ra_Secure_Module

Palm announcing something at MWC next month, GSM Pre likely

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/21/palm-announcing-something-at-mwc-next-month-gsm-pre-likely/

Palm Pre Android port already in progress

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/21/palm-pre-android-port-already-in-progress/

Will Apple sue Palm over Pre’s multitouch

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/21/apple-on-smartphone-competition-if-others-rip-off-our-intellec/

Palm Pro cheaper…who cares?

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/22/treo-pro-now-available-from-sprint-for-249/

Washington Post launches political wiki

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10147883-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Britanica to allow user edits now

http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/battle-to-outgun-wikipedia-and-google/2009/01/22/1232471469973.html

No More Space Tourists After 2009, Russia Says

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F21%2F1810259&from=rss

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VOICEMAIL

Brent - Why we should delay the DTV transition

Mike in Dayton - Don’t wait on the DTV transition.

DJ - Why we like IE in Windows

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I am sorry Natali, I did not mention you in my e-mail because you weren't on episode 893. I've been a loyal buzztonian for almost three years now. I’ve seen every episode of Loaded and Textra, and enjoyed them. I can't think of anyone nicer to fill Molly's shoes than you.

BTW: Great Nat Rant on extending the DTV deadline. I couldn't forget you. My Wife's name is Natalie.

Still love the show

Henry

Hey guys,

So I was at my local Fry’s Electronics the other day and saw a big bin of HD-DVDs on sale. At first I thought to myself… who would buy these?! Isn’t HD-DVD a dead format? Then I remembered a show where you talked about a DMCA exception that was passed which basically said that you are allowed to circumvent copy protection if the format is obsolete or no longer supported. Now I’m not obsessive enough to search though all the shows and show notes to find that particular episode but since you guys have railed about the DMCA more often than I can remember I figured you guys might know the answer.

Since HD-DVD is now obsolete can I legally rip HD-DVDs to my hard drive?

–

Alexander - The movie junkie

Hollywood CA

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2009

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Don't hate the camel

Ryan Block joins us from gdgt.com to talk about the high-trafficked Inauguration Day, the SEC investigation into Steve Jobs health, and of course the ubiquity of camels for everyone but me. But I really don't hate camels.

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Inauguration records set

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10146825-2.html

Today at noon eastern, global peak visible traffic across Internet

exchanges was 3.18 terabits per second. Within the U.S., 165 gigabits visible.

Yesterday’s global peak was 2.78tbps. Within the U.S., 117 gigabits per second visible.

November 4 2008, election night, global peak was 2.5 terabits per second, of which 79 gbps was in the U.S. This day last year, global peak was 1.38 tbps, of which 60 gbps was in

the U.S.

So election day wasn’t particularly special, interestingly, but today

was. Globally, 14% higher than yesterday, and 41% higher within the U.S.

Weekdays are always higher than weekends, and the whole thing grows quickly, so “the most recent weekday” is usually the prior high, as it was yesterday. Via Bill Woodcock at pch.net

New president means new look, features for whitehouse.gov http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090120-new-president-means-new-look-features-for-whitehouse-gov.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10145852-38.html

White House has a new robots

http://www.kottke.org/09/01/the-countrys-new-robotstxt-file

Jobs health under SEC review

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aDL78iMCdOzk

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10146869-37.html

FCC wants big fines for cable giants over channel switching

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090120-fcc-wants-big-fines-for-cable-giants-over-channel-switching.html

Verizon does 180, says it now supports a DTV delay

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090121-verizon-does-180-says-it-now-supports-a-dtv-delay.html

Next gen Android phone coming soon

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10146847-94.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Seagate Firmware Update Bricks 500GB Barracudas

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F21%2F0052236&from=rss

Bold to get visual voicemail

http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/01/20/leaked-screenshots-of-visual-voicemail-for-the-blackberry-bold/

Intel slashing chip prices

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE50J3SQ20090120?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews

First Federal Courtroom Webcast Postponed

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/first-federal-c.html

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Hi JAMATO

I know that some of you have been complaining about how you can’t acces CNET’s exchange server from your mac unless you boot camp or VM Windows. Well Microsoft has answered your crys with Exchnage Web Services beta. Here is the link for more info.

http://www.officeformac.com/blog/Entourage-for-Exchange-Web-Services-Beta-is-Live

Matthew Arkin

Microsoft Partner from Miami, FL

BOL Crew,

On show 893, Tom mentioned that a new “earth size” planet had been discovered near a red dwarf star.

So we have a higher density planet (stronger gravity) circling a red star.

Hmmm. . . . Did they name this new planet Krypton?

Al an Acworth

Hello Buzztown,

The easiest way to get a browser on a machine that doesn't have one is to use http://ftp.

Microsoft should bundle lynx browser for the EU version of windows.

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Buzz Out Loud 893: Self-eating soup

We're all predictably aghast at Belkin's fake user reviews, but at least they apologised. Cooley and Tom think netbooks are done, but Veronica disagrees. And finally Cooley accidentally invents self-eating soup.

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Belkin’s Amazon Rep Paying For Fake Online Reviews

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F17%2F166226&from=rss

Fake reviews prompt Belkin apology

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10145399-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Analysis: EU’s Internet Explorer ruling looks back to 1990s

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090118-eu-vs-microsoft-bundling-wars-ad-nauseam.html

Glaskowsky pronounces the end of the Netbook. He sort of has a point.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13512_3-10145482-23.html

Dell first: 256GB solid-state drive on laptops

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10144985-64.html

Seagate offers fix, free data recovery for disks affected by firmware bug

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/19/seagate-offers-fix-free-data-recovery-for-disks-affected-by-fir/

Second Prototype of the $200 Open Source Tablet

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F19%2F143249&from=rss

Judge: 17,000 illegal downloads don’t equal 17,000 lost sales

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090119-judge-17000-illegal-downloads-dont-equal-17000-lost-sales.html

Music industry scrambles for cash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7837605.stm

Bedlam breaks out at Circuit City

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10145078-64.html

Children’s six-hour screen day

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7837848.stm

First Earth-Sized Exoplanet May Have Been Found

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F20%2F0038259&from=rss

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Anonymous:

Tom predicted Windows 7 in 2005.

http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/1pcast.bole.072505/http://www.cnet.com/i/pod/cnetbuzz_072505.mp3

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Hey BOL, I’ve got the perfect use for these metamaterials that redirect microwaves. HOT FREAKING FUDGE ICE CREAM! So imagine microwavable ice cream. You have ice cream on the bottom which has a layer of the metamaterial over it, which separates it from yummy hot chocolate fudge and nuts. So you can pop it into the microwave and hit the Hot Fudge button (its the one right next to Popcorn). The metamaterial keeps the ice cream from melting while the chocolate melts. You take it out, slip out the metamaterial, and you have a ready-made hot fudge sunday. Now if they can make a chocolate metamateril that somehow melts itself while protecting the ice cream, there’d beno extra waste.

Love the show,

Charles in SF

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In episode 892, Molly & Rafe mentioned that they are awash in
promotional thumb-drives. If you or anyone in the audience is looking
to offload those drives and do some good at the same time, you might
consider giving them away. Visit
http://www.inveneo.org/?q=Thumbdrive, which appears to be collecting
them for teachers, students and relief camp workers in Uganda. I
don't have any personal knowledge about this organization, but it
seems like a good cause.

Keep up the good work,

Christopher the Administrative Law Judge in New York.

Link from BC on USB RAID - http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews05/thumbraid_1

Tom and Jason, it is possible to enable the task bar quick launch
feature in Windows 7.

Take a look at Tim Sneath's MSDN blog entry. Tip #13.

blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7-
secrets.aspx

Richard Chao

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Hey Buzz crew,

Just listened to Wednesday's show, and I have a correction to make to Cooley:
Wikipedia says that the Tesla Roadster gets around 244 miles on a single charge, not 120.
Jason Calacanis also says that it gets around 220 miles on a charge.(Can be confirmed in any of the October to November podcasts of Twit where he is on)
Nevertheless, it would be interesting to see how much the Chinese car would go on sale for, since Teslas aren't cheap.

Also, a link to an article about the superbar in Windows 7 that might help Jose out:
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/15/windows-7-superbar-overview
It makes it a bit easier to get used to the superbar's new way of doing things.

Love the show,

Victor the PC games advocate (previously known as victor from bc)

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We flash back to August 2005: Veronica speaks up, Vista has a virus before it's out and here Apple comes to save the day!

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Buzz Out Loud 892: Buzz Out Load-bearing

After much thought and discussion, we here at BOL have decided to change the focus of the show from technology to carpentry. We think you're going to like it. Also, botnets 2.0 strike fear into our collective hearts, new cloaking technology seems awesome until Rafe buzzkills it, and it's my last day as a full-time host on BOL. See you in two Mondays!

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EPISODE 892

Meet Son of Storm, Srizbi 2.0: next-gen botnets come online

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090115-meet-son-of-storm-srizbi-2-0-next-gen-botnets-come-online.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7832652.stm

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F16%2F142211

Video game industry roars in December

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10143990-235.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090115-king-of-the-hill-nintendo-dominates-final-2008-sales-charts.html

Intel profit sinks 90%

http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/15/technology/Intel_earns/?postversion=2009011521

Circuit City fails to be wanted, will now be liquidated http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/circuit-city-fails-to-be-wanted-will-now-be-liquidated/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7834250.stm

UPDATE: Apple Mac Mini based on Nvidia Ion

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-mac-nvidia-ion,6849.html

Facebook has Whopper of a problem with Burger King campaign

http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126098

New cloaking surface throws an electromagnetic curveball

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090115-new-cloaking-surface-throws-an-electromagnetic-curveball.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10143649-1.html

Where to watch the inauguration online

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10144072-38.html

Choices narrowed for first U.S. CTO

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2009/tc20090115_815265.htm

How many AAAAAs in Khaaaaaaaan?

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/16/how-many-aaaaas-in-k.html

Voice mail

Ryan from Hawaii: Pull the plug!

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090115_mo_DTV.81dfa76.html

(from Greg in Baton Rouge)

Patrick from NH: carpentry tip for Cooley

E-mail

Hi all. I am not a famous person. I have never voted for an idol. I’ve

only been an AT&T customer for 3 weeks so I’ve only managed to send

less than 100 txt messages - not a heavy texter. Even after all that,

I still got the American idol spam txt yesterday. You guys made me

feel like I’m a “somebody”. Thanks!

Peter on the train in Chicago

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Hi BOL Crew, Long time first time, At&T said they were sending these texts to “heavy texters” and people who had voted for American Idol in the past. I fit in to both categories. I have voted twice from my phone and my sister, my mother, and myself send 8000, 5000, & 4000 texts a month respectivly. I’m a little hurt i didn’t get a message. :’( Love the show.

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Buzz Out Loud 891: Jazz hands and a testosterone venti

Leo Laporte joins the cast today to discuss, of course, Steve Jobs' medical leave of absence, the problem with filters (yes, it's the problem you think it is), the future of bendy gadgets, and how to dance like Bollywood.

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EPISODE 891

Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/01/14/apple-jobs-to-take-medical-leave-of-absence/

Analysts: he probably won’t come back

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/01/why-jobs-isnt-c.html

In the interim, who’s leading Apple?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10143030-37.html

PC shipments up just 1.1 percent in fourth quarter: Gartner

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/technology/01/15/09/pc-shipments-just-11-percent-fourth-quarter-gartner

Collateral Damage as UK Censors Internet Archive

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F15%2F151223

Best Buy to be Palm Pre's exclusive retailer

http://www.webosarena.com/2009/01/15/best-buy-to-be-palm-pres-exclusive-retailer/

FCC’s McDowell says agency not ready for DTV day

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090115-fccs-mcdowell-says-agency-not-ready-for-dtv-day.html

Control your TiVo via text message with Kwiry

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10142424-1.html

Don’t touch the DVR: commercials help us enjoy the show more

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090114-dont-touch-the-dvr-commercials-help-us-enjoy-the-show-more.html

Bendy gadget future for graphene

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7827148.stm

Zork to be revived as browser MMO

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2009/01/14/zork-to-be-revived-as-browser-mmo

VOICEMAIL

Anonymous Darwinist: YouTube’s easy audio upload fix

Emiliano (we think): Windows 7 tip for Jose!

Jose from Jacksonville: No, that won’t help

EMAIL

Making cables vanish isn’t that difficult for the typical DIY’er. Take

a pizza cutting wheel and cut a channel in the wallboard wide enough to

accommodate your bundle of cables. Dress the cables into the channel.

Cover the channel with wallboard tape, cover with ‘mud’, let dry, sand,

and repaint. Simple eh?

Cheers

Steve in Cupertino

(the other one)

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I think we should figure out how to make this Steve Jobs’ leave of

Absence into a gambling pool. We buy squares for $100 and pick the

dates for his return. We just need somebody to figure the payouts

and the time period for his return plus/minus a few days will create

the squares. What if he never returns or if he returns many years

later?

Kelly

California

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Hello all,

I teach a course on neuropharmacology and we talk a lot about caffeine.

Some interesting stats:

About 190 000 000 North Americans show withdrawal symptoms from caffeine,

showing they are caffeine dependent.

Adult humans are caffeine metabolizing machines, we are very efficient at

it, the half life of caffeine in an adult is oh maybe between 30 and 120 min

whereas in nonhuman animals and kids (toddlers) it is about 3.5 DAYS

A majority of workplace spats that end in firings happen between 9 and 9:30

am. There is speculation that much of this is driven by caffeine

withdrawal.

In most research a cup of coffee is defined as a teacup sized serving. Most

of us drink more than that per serving, and the coffee that is brewed for

such studies tends to be weaker than that which most people drink.

I have no idea if this is germane to yesterday’s discussion, as I have had

only 1 cup of coffee today….

Dave (the psychologist)

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Yahoo's got a new chief, AT&T is spamming Idol fans and non-Idol fans alike, and the Storm Worm has been cracked. That's all big news, but the biggest news comes from me at the end of the show. Be sure to listen all the way through.

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Yahoo names new chief executive

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7827518.stm

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10142085-92.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10142275-93.html

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-yahoo-react-bartzs-selection-considered-safe-uninspiring/

AT&T spams 75 million users with ‘Idol’ ad

http://news.cnet.com/A-text-arrives.-Oh,-its-just-an-Idol-ad/2100-1039_3-6248715.html

YouTube now mutes videos with unauthorized copyrighted music

http://mashable.com/2009/01/14/youtube-mutes-videos/

Storm Worm botnet “cracked wide open”

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F11%2F1923250

CEA confirms Apple-related exhibits at CES 2010

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10139861-37.html

Psystar: We bought Mac OS fair and square

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10142226-37.html

Internet not really dangerous for kids after all

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F14%2F0012255

Supreme Court refuses to hear cable DVR case

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10141706-93.html

History in the making in LA as online ads hit target

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/12/la-times-online-advertising

Chinese carmaker proves they can drink brown liquor just like Americans: Announce EV they claim gets 250 miles on a charge

http://jalopnik.com/5129433/byd-e6-250-miles-per-charge-electric-car

GM to launch first U.S. car battery plant for EV’s

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123177620626273679.html

3 cups of coffee increases hallucinations

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F14%2F169223

Voice Mail

Jose from Jacksonville: HATE Windows 7!

Ian: CrystalTalk is not new

E-mail

Welcome back from CES and a belated Happy New Year.

With the new year’s vacation and CES, you have missed some news items worthy of mentioning… I made a small list … very small …

list would be bigger if the Internet wasn’t down most of the last few weeks

Psion sues everyone using the term “netbook”

http://www.slashgear.com/psion-netbook-trademark-holder-target-fan-sites-with-cd-notices-2427683/

UGO Acquires 1UP… Mass Layoffs… EGM Dead … many good gaming podcasts are gone now

http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/01/07/ugo-acquires-1up-mass-layoffs-egm-dead

3 sea cables cut, I had to live without BOL for the last few weeks of December

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_submarine_cable_disruption#19_December

press release: http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp081219en.html

Have a nice, 3 day week

Best regards…

Khaled A.

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Molly,

In previous shows you talked about how all of the wires from wall mounted TVs and home theater components would negate the benefit of wall-mounting them. Check out this Switched.com article about flat HDMI cables that you can put on the wall and paint over. I think flat paintable speaker cables have been around for a decade or so. Now all we need are flat power cables that can carry more than 1kW of power and we’ll be set.

http://www.switched.com/2009/01/13/flatwire-hdmi-cable-is-literally-flat-enough-to-stick-and-hide-o/

Like the show,

Automotive Entertainment and Information Application and Integration Engineer Joe.

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Hey Guys-

My friend, who livecasts his life, but does NOT torrent/etc is

getting shut off by Comcast, and has no other way to get Internet

other than 1.5/256 att DSL. Comcast is effectively disconnecting him

from the net…

So it WILL hurt people who don’t just torrent…

Reid

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Happy Birthday Alex from Romania who just turned 15.

What!!? Alex from Romania was only 14???!!! Now I feel like an underachiever. –Tom

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to my dearest buzz crew,

HOLLARRRRRRR!

As i was strolling the interwebz i came across this little article via ap. It basically states you live on an island and blog each week about your experiences. i thought to myself as i sip my coffee & baileys out of my cnet mug “hot damn this is the job for me”, but i quickly realized who really wants to sit back on the white sands in the warm sun sipping your fruity cocktail right outside of your own private villia blogging away? yep i do too!

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5isjR8iopWyjk0utgVIClRKYqfnHgD95M6VKO2

Cordially,

phatemokid

p.s. get those applications in before the deadline feb 22

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It's a flashback to CES 2006. We're in front of a live audience and discussing some of the new toys at that CES. New episodes of Buzz Out Loud fresh from the CNET studio will begin tomorrow!

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Buzz Out Loud 889: Introducing the Palm Pepporoni

It's our last show from the CNET stage at CES 2009 in Las Vegas! We compare the battery charging solution for the Palm Pre to a smorgasbord of delicious food and end up hungry for pepperoni. Also, Microsoft fumbles the Windows 7 beta release and Google Chrome gets a Mac and Linux deadline.

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Best of CES Awards

http://ces.cnet.com/best-of-ces/

Web site problems as Windows 7 beta hits

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10138449-56.html

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10139408-100.html

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx

Apple at CES? Unlikely

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10138499-37.html

Chrome gets Mac deadline, extensions foundation

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10138388-2.html

Nvidia 480-Core graphics card approaches 2 Teraflops

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F09%2F2022231

Palm Pre Touchstone eyes-on

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/10/palm-pre-touchstone-eyes-on/

Testing CrystalTalk

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10138219-100.html

Dell Adamo
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10138468-1.html

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/dell-adamo-hands-on/

Setting ioSafe’s Solo on fire: The hottest blog ever!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10138593-1.html

Trojan found at torrent sites insists “downloading is wrong”

http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F10%2F0336243

The Air Force’s rules of engagement for blogging

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/09/the-air-forces-rules.html

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Hey JaMoTo +1.

I was listening to episode 888 and I was wondering why everyone is drooling over the Palm Pre. Didn’t we do the same thing when the Blackberry Storm was announced? We gave it so much praise until the time came for release. It was a failure. Are we certain this will be Palm’s savior or will the hype rise above what will really happen? Will the Pre truly be the device that brings Palm back or will it be lost and forgotten just as the Storm was?

Chris from Florida

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Hey BOL team just wanted to pop in let you guys know orange julius has a brand spankin new drink called the blackberry storm haha included is a pic i took of the ad and a link to the nutrition facts on the 2nd page of the pdf 3rd flavor down of the blackberry storm. I wonder which is slower trying to use the BB storm’s accelerometer feature or trying to get the drink through a straw? haha keep up the good work love the show! Jason Trambley

http://www.orangejulius.com/downloads/OJNutritionalFacts.pdf

–

Jason T

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Listening to episode 886. You guys were alking about the sling player

app for iPhone and whether Apple might accept it into the App Store

because it’ll steam video over 3g. I recently started using Orb Live

from the app store. This app works with the Orb client on your pc with

tv tuner at home and you can then stream your tv and any other media

to the iPhone app. Works well. Video quality is good enough over 3g.

So, there’s precedent for it. Hope I’m not jinxing anything by

bringing attention to Orb. Love the show!

Peter on the train in Chicago

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Wow, it might not take long for Molly’s prediction to go true:

Seattle P-I up for sale; could go online-only

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008609677_webpi09m.html

I agree with Molly that her prediction is bound to happen. I didn’t think it was going to happen to my local paper though! J

– Jiunwei

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Buzz Out Loud 888: Will the Pre Save Palm?

Palm releases a hot new phone and we ask ourselves if the Palm Pre is the company's saving grace or just destined for failure. Also, Ford trucks get remote PC access, and Lexus thinks it's a good idea to spam you while you are driving! What is this world coming to? Tekzilla's Veronica Belmont sits in with us on today's show!

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EPISODE 888

Palm announces WebOS platform and Pre phone

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10137222-100.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090108-palm-launches-new-handset-pre-operating-system-at-ces.html

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/01/palms-new-phone.html

Obama recommends delay in digital TV switch

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F08%2F2052212

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090108-consumers-union-delay-the-dtv-transition.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10137681-38.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090109-markey-says-congress-should-consider-delaying-dtv-day.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10137708-94.html

Google tunes up Chrome development

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10138346-2.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090109-hands-on-google-leaps-forward-with-chrome-2-0-dev-preview.html

Ford trucks getting LogMeIn remote PC access

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10136680-2.html

Echostar’s new DVR UI kills the number pad, long live the touch pad

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/echostars-new-dvr-ui-kills-the-number-pad-is-dead-long-live-th/

Wireless networking vendors turn Wireless-N up a notch

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10137498-100.html

SanDisk and Sony to expand Memory Stick PRO and Micro to 2TB

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/sandisk-and-sony-to-expand-memory-stick-pro-micro-to-2tb/

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/sony-sandisk-announce-plans-for-2tb-memory-sticks-high-speed-m/

Lexus to start spamming car buyers in their cars

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F08%2F2038216

New BUGModules hands-on

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/new-bugmodules-hands-on/

Pogoplug hands-on

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/pogoplug-hands-on/

LimeWire mixing social networking, P2P

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10137030-52.html

Scientists say “true love is forever”, romance…~15mths…

http://forums.cnet.com/buzz-out-loud-podcast/5208-10152_102-0.html?forumID=97&threadID=323539&messageID=2943532

E-MAIL

Hi Jamoto,

Thought your UK listeners may be interested in the app available below.

Developers website

http://iphonemms.net/native-application.html

iTunes Store link (Probably won’t work outside UK)

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300925874&mt=8

Not really interested myself as I think both SMS & MMS need to go away and be replaced by UNIFIED Instant messaging or email… probably just a pipe dream as the carriers make took much off these services to let them die. No doubt it will interest some listeners and may well pave the way for similar apps in other regions.

Love the show

Ross In Scotland

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Admittedly I wasn’t watching the live stream, so if Tom said this tongue-in-cheek or with a wink and a nudge please disregard.

In show 887, Tom said that you might be able to buy DTV converter boxes on ebay for $50. Does this mean that Tom believes people who use ebay are so stupid that they would buy a $40 coupon for $50? Tom, do you think I could put a pair of $20 bills on ebay and get them stupid ebay users to bid $50 for them? How much do you think I could get from someone on craiglist? I think that a more realistic price for the coupons on ebay would be in the $10-$20 range. Just my two cents worth…

John from Reno

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G'Day Buzz-Peeps,

I've recently started listening (since Crabs in a Bucket) and you guys are great. I spend 30-40 minutes every day on the bus and train on the way into work and I always listen to Buzz Out Loud and play Solitaire on my shiny new Samsung Omnia. In March, I'm leaving Australia for the first time to come to Microsoft's MIX conference in Las Vegas. I figured since you are (or have just been) there the place would be on your mind so: As a geek, what are the "must-see" attractions at Vegas? I already have the worlds brightest light on my list so what else do I need to see?

Keep up the great work and Tom, what should I be reading over at Sword and Laser?

Regards,

Mike

Indiscriminate Information Sponge

Perth, Western Australia

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Hey guys, Probably a million people have sent you this, but in the busyness of CES you may have missed that Monster Cable dropped that law suit against the Monster Mini Golf…

http://consumerist.com/5125376/monster-cable-drops-suit-against-monster-mini-golf

Love the Show!

Brian

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Hey Buzz Crew,

I’ve been part of Molly’s “Tivo People” since the TivoCast started, but I just tuned into BOL for the first time in November. I keep wondering how I lived without it! My biggest CES wish came true: Palm is back! It was big enough for me to finally contribute something to BOL. The Pre is enough for me to pay the cancellation fee on the iPhone. I’ve been a long time Palm fan, but I dumped them for the iPhone because of their lack of innovation. I’m so glad they’re back with a bang and can’t wait to hear the Pre reviews in the months to come. Anyone else feeling it?

Thanks for all you do,

Martin

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you’re not crazy molly - it really is a product:

http://www.ad-notam.com/Products/Lines.asp?LineID=1

Andy Beach

random BOL’r

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Buzz Out Loud 886: That's our title!

We're coming to you from CES 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada and it's all about Netbooks today. I'm sure we'll get more buzz about 3D TVs and more later this week. Also, Ellie doesn't like it when we call out the title of the show, but that makes it easier for Jason to find them for his special edition! (And please excuse a bit of distortion in today's episode. Sorry! -Jason)

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Yawn— MacWorld (woohoo iTunes DRM free!!)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10133230-37.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090106-apple-mwsf-announcements-new-macbook-pro.html

Apple activates iTunes downloads over 3G, with a caveat

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10133349-1.html

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2009/01/06/apple-labels-both-win-with-drm-free-itunes-tiered-pricing

Free Nine Inch Nails albums top 2008 Amazon MP3 sales charts

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090106-free-nine-inch-nails-albums-top-2008-amazon-mp3-sales-charts.html

AMD’s Neo processor debuts in HP notebook

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090106-amds-neo-processor-debuts-in-hp-notebook-whoah.html

Asus says Netbooks can be upscale with the S121

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10131423-100.html

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/asus-s121-with-worlds-first-512gb-ssd/

…and new Eee PC with swiveling screen

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10131412-100.html

MSI XSlim MacBook Air-like thing

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/01/msis-super-thin.html

LG’s Watch Phone: production please?

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/07/lg-shows-off-gd910-watch-phone-production-later-this-year/

LaCie breaks off quad-interface 2big Quadra RAID drive

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/lacie-breaks-off-quad-interface-2big-quadra-raid-drive/

Google’s Android runs on a Netbook — Google OS in the offing?

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=316

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090105-android-netbook-port-leaves-some-pondering-google-os.html

Phishing is a minimum-wage job

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F06%2F2213256&from=rss

SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone announced

http://www.cnet.com/8301-19515_1-10131943-234.html

Pay-as-you-go airline charges by the minute

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/01/new-airline-pla.html

What piracy? Movie biz sees record box office in 2008http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090105-what-piracy-movie-biz-sees-record-box-office-in-2008.html

E-MAIL

Hey jamoto,

As one of your UK listeners, I’d just like to clarify the ‘liveness’

of the BBC iPlayer. It actually broadcasts tv shows on the internet an

hour after they are first broadcasted on tv. Just thought that you

should know.

LTS,

DanieInHell

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Hey Jamoto++,

Web Developer Matthew Horoszowski (say Horoshofski) here and just

wanted to point out this article,

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/4126913/Mind-game-where-players-use-brainwaves-to-float-ball-through-hoops-unveiled.html

,

which talks about a new game that uses your brainwaves to control a

small ball and move it through hoops and things.

Guess that one prediction for this year down!

**********

Hey JaMoTo + 1:

On the dial tone issue from Monday’s show: when someone moves out of a

house or and apartment, the phone company *should* leave dial tone on

the line, but with no account information. This gives access to 911 and

611 (to be able to call the company to fully activate the line). When I

worked for BellSouth, that service was called a QuickServe.

However, QuickServes can be disabled if the line is needed at another

residence or business and no other cable pairs are immediately

available, hence the reason that Tom’s line didn’t have dial tone.

FWIW, no dial tone, no 911.

Barry Stubbs

**********

Stop it!!! Stop with the announcing of the title in the actual show!!

Stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it, STOP!!!

<3 Ellie

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Buzz Out Loud 885: CES 2009 preview

How about a little preCES prediction? We talk about the things we expect to see at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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Buzz Out Loud 884: Hormonal beef

In today's episode, Natali offers her hormones to help out Steve Jobs, but she doesn't do it on the actual show, so we have to tell you about it now. The actual news is that the mystery behind Steve's absence from the Steve-note has been revealed: a hormonal imbalance that's causing massive weight loss. Also, Viacom goes wingnut crazy. Hear all about it!

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EPISODE 884

Health concerns force Apple’s Jobs from Macworld

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10130981-37.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10130961-60.html

Rumor: Unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro in the works

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10130784-37.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090105-ars-at-macworld-09-rumor-roundup-and-live-keynote-plans.html

iPhone 3G unlocker released on schedule

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/03/yellowsn0w_beta/

In dispute, Viacom threatens to pull shows “on TV and online”

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090102-in-dispute-viacom-threatens-to-pull-shows-on-tv-and-online.html

RIAA dumps evidence-gathering firm

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10130785-93.html

PS2 crushes Wii, Xbox in gaming minutes

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10130635-62.html

Forrester study: Got game? Not in a recession

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10131039-52.html

Windows 7 build 7,000 already outperforming Vista and XP in “real-world” tasks

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/03/windows-7-build-7000-already-outperforming-vista-and-xp-in-real/

Zune ‘bug’ fixed, says Microsoft

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7807797.stm

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F04%2F2034248

Amazon Video On Demand coming to Roku Player

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10131174-93.html

Blockbuster launching set-top box for the holidays

http://newteevee.com/2008/11/08/blockbuster-launching-set-top-box-for-the-holidays/

LG adds direct Internet link to a line of HDTVs

http://news.cnet.com/LG-adds-direct-Internet-link-to-a-line-of-HDTVs/2100-1041_3-6248641.html

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/05/1646257

VOICEMAIL

Matt from New Hampshire: CSM!

Anon: Full mailbox

Mike from Tacoma: Windows 7 release date — FIRM

Jeff from SLC: land-lines do have 911

E-MAIL

Dear BOLers,

I missed you guys. I missed so much that I went to the BuzzOutLoud wikia and downloaded (randomly) some episodes from the past three years of BOLing. I got to hear the first voicemail from Shalin, the time when dr. Karl was just a med student and a lot of great stuff: Tom saying that would license for free his voice for TomTom’s GPS, Molly confusing hermetically for hydrogenation sealed and Veronica talking “Brazil for the win” were the best ones I’ve hear

And when I downloaded the best of 2006 episode, I noticed it was too short. And the same happened with the best of 2007 and 2008 episodes. So I figure a way to not let this happen again this year: a page on the wikia! http://buzzoutloud.wikia.com/wiki/Best_of_2009

Now the listeners will have a chance to put in their favorite buzzing moments of 2009 and help Jason to edit a longer (or even two!) Best of 2009 episode.

Hope you like it and, as always, love the show and keep up the good work!

Rafa

**********

I just had to be the first

To write into BOL while flying at 36000 ft…:-) Flying to CES of course!

I am writing this from a Virgin America flight over Sycamore, OH…

Look forward to seeing you guys at the cloud talk!

Reid, the ISP Infrastructure Guy

**********

Hey Buzz crew,

I just wanted to make Tom feel just a little bit better about his predictions for last year. Specifically, the whole simultaneous broadcast on TV and the Internet thing. In the U.K. at least the BBC started doing just that in the last month (so still 2008) or so on BBC iPlayer. I think it started in early December or something.

Anyway hope you guys had a nice vacation.

Listener since late 2005, first e-mail

Greig the math student

P.S Too shy to say “well actually” yet loi

**********

Ever since I switched to over the air digital television, my life has been a TV horror film.

90 percent of the time the signal is so poor it cuts in and out every minute or two. If I am lucky enough to get a good signal I can’t move. Every time I or my roommate walks through the house, the signal cuts out. The resolution may be better, but of course it is, that's what happens when you shrink the picture. My screen now has a three-inch black border for most programs. It sucks! I was much happier with a little fuzzy picture and good audio, than a screen refresh rate of 1/minute and no audio, or almost worse when every actor suddenly becomes a gou’uld (not sure why that happens).

I’ve also noticed that the signal is the worst during peak viewing hours. You guys know if DTV has some type of shared bandwidth?

Long live analog!!!

Deeply saddened by digital

In Madison, WI

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Buzz Out Loud 883: 2009 Tech predictions

The JaMoTo Analysts throw down a healthy serving of tech predictions for the new year. Are you ready to rumble?

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Buzz Out Loud 882: Results of 2008 predictions

We take a look at our predictions for 2008 and see how many of them didn't come true. Much to our surprise, we actually didn't do half bad! (Except for the whole HD-DVD thing. That was pretty bad.)

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Buzz Out Loud 881: Best of 2008

If there's one thing about doing a daily podcast in 2008, it's this: Clips galore! Check it out. A BIG thanks to all of the listeners that sent in suggestions for this show.

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Buzz Out Loud 880: Listener co-host show No. 2

Finally, we get to bring you, the listener, on to the show and tell you how cool you are. Today's co-hosts: Fordo, RogueTess, Gknee, and Dr. Karl!

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Buzz Out Loud 879: Cutting Room Floor 2008

You thought we got rid of all of your unplayed calls all year. It turns out, we keep the very best for a show we like to call Cutting Room Floor. Check out some of the best calls that never made it into the show (and one that did) in 2008.

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Buzz Out Loud 878: The Titles of 2008

There is usually a moment in each podcast that defines the title that is created for every episode of BOL. Get ready to hear them all, played in sequential order.

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<div class="${Slug}_EpisodePanel">
    <table style="width: 100%;">
    <tr valign="top">
        <td style="width: 60px;" valign="top" align="right">
            <div style="margin: 10px 6px 0px 0px;">
                <div class="${Slug}_explicit" style="margin-bottom: 4px; display: none;">
                    <img src="${EXPLICIT_ICON}" />
                </div>
                <div>
                    <div class="month">${Month}</div>
                    <div class="day">${Day}</div>
                    <div class="year">${Year}</div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </td>
        <td>
            <div class="panel">
                <div class="innerpanel">
                        <div>
                            <table cellspacing="0px" cellpadding="0px" border="0px" style="width: 100%;">
                            <tr valign="top">
                                <td class="${Slug}_image" style="display: none; width: 75px;" >
                                    
                                </td>
                                <td>
                                    <div>
                                        <div style="position: relative; top: -8px; float: right; margin-left: 10px;">
                                            <div>
                                                <span class="ratingtext myrating" style="margin-left: 20px;">My rating:</span>
                                                <span class="ratingtext" style="margin-left: 28px;">Community:</span>
                                            </div>
                                            <div class="${Slug}_ratings"></div>
                                        </div>
                                        <div>
                                            <a class="episodeheader" href="javascript:theController.selectEpisode('${Slug}', '');">${Title}</a>
                                        </div>
                                    </div>
                                 </td>
                            </tr>
                            </table>
                        </div>
                        
                        <div style="width: 600px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 10px;">
                            <div class="${Slug}_description">
                                <div class="episodedescription">
                                    ${Description}
                                    <a class="episodelink ${Slug}_moreDescription" href="javascript:theController.expandEpisodeDescription('${Slug}')" style="display: none;">
                                        <img src="${MORE_ICON}" class="smallicon" alt="view full description" title="view full description" />
                                        <span>more</span>
                                    </a>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                            
                            <div class="${Slug}_fullDescription" style="display: none;">
                                <div class="episodedescription">
                                    ${FullDescription}
                                </div>
                                <div style="margin-top: 8px;">
                                    <a class="episodelink" href="javascript:theController.collapseEpisodeDescription('${Slug}')">
                                        <img src="${LESS_ICON}" class="smallicon" alt="view short description" title="view short description" />
                                        <span>less</span>
                                    </a>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    
                    </div>
                    <div style="margin-top: 12px; margin-left: 4px;">
                        <table cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="0px" style="width: 100%;">
                        <tr valign="bottom">
                            <td style="width: 46px;">
                                <img src="${AUDIO_ICON}" class="${Slug}_typeAudio" alt="contains audio" title="contains audio" style="display: none;" />
                                <img src="${VIDEO_ICON}" class="${Slug}_typeVideo" alt="contains video" title="contains video" style="display: none;" />
                                <img src="${UNKNOWN_ICON}" class="${Slug}_typeUnknown" alt="unknown media format" title="unknown media format" />
                            </td>
                            <td valign="bottom">
                                <a class="episodeplaynow" href="javascript:MediaPlayer.popupEpisode('${Slug}');" onclick="javascript:safeUrchinTracker('/Track/ShowPage/Episode/play');">
                                    <img src="${PLAY_ICON}" class="smallicon" alt="Play content" title="Play content" />
                                    <span>Play</span>
                                </a>
                                <a href="javascript:theController.popupAddToPlaylist('${Slug}')" class="episodelink" style="margin-left: 10px;">
                                    <img src="${ADD_ICON}" class="smallicon" alt="Add episode to my shows" title="Add episode to my shows" />
                                    <span>Add episode to my shows</span>
                                </a>
                                <a href="${File}" class="episodelink ${Slug}_file" style="margin-left: 10px; display: none;" onclick="javascript:safeUrchinTracker('/Track/ShowPage/Episode/download');">
                                    <img src="${DISK_ICON}" class="smallicon" alt="Download episode" title="Download episode" />
                                    <span>Download</span>
                                </a>
                                <span class="${Slug}_favorite" style="margin-left: 10px;"></span>
                            </td>
                            <td align="right">
                                <div class="${Slug}_experience" style="height: 29px;"></div>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        </table>
                    </div>
                </div>
        
        </td>
    </tr>
    </table>
</div>

</div>

{if pages.length > 1}
        <div style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; height: 10px; width: 472px;">
            <div style="float: left; margin-right: 5px; width: 11px; height: 10px;">
                <div class="lessArrow" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="javascript:theController.pagingNumber(${pages[0].number+1});"><img src="${LESS_ARROW_ICON}" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" alt="more episodes" title="more episodes" /></div>
            </div>
            {for page in pages}
            <div class="${page.number}_page" onclick="javascript:theController.pagingNumber(${page.number});" style="float: left; cursor: pointer; background-color: #DDDDDD; border: solid 1px #999999; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: 8px; width: ${page.width}px;"></div>
            {/for}
            <div style="float: left; margin-left: 5px; width: 11px; height: 10px;">
                <div class="moreArrow" style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="javascript:theController.pagingNumber(${pages[pages.length-1].number-1});"><img src="${MORE_ARROW_ICON}" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" alt="more episodes" title="more episodes" /></div>
            </div>
            <div style="clear: both;"></div>
        </div>
        {/if}

<div class="rating${Slug}">
            
            <div style="width: 14px; height: 14px; float: left;">
                {if MyRating > 0}
                <a href="javascript:theController.remove${Type}Rating('${Slug}')" class="anchor">
                    <img src="${REMOVE_RATING_IMAGE}" class="removeRatingStar" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; float: left;" alt="remove rating" title="remove rating" />   
                </a>
                {/if}
            </div>
            
            <div class="myrating" style="position: relative; width: 70px; float: left; margin-left: 4px; overflow: hidden;">
                <div style="width: 140px;">
                    <div style="float: left; position: relative;">
                        <img src="/images/mymediafly/grey_5_stars.gif" style="border: 0px;" usemap="#${Slug}_${Type}RatingMap" />
                    </div>
                    {if MyRating > 0}
                    <div style="float: left; position: relative; left: -70px; overflow: hidden; width: ${MyRating * 14}px;">
                        <img src="/images/mymediafly/yellow_5_stars.gif" style="border: 0px;" usemap="#${Slug}_${Type}RatingMap" />
                    </div>
                    {/if}
                </div>
            </div>
            
            <div style="position: relative; width: 70px; float: left; margin-left: 12px; overflow: hidden;">
                <div style="width: 140px;">
                    <div style="float: left; position: relative;">
                        <img src="/images/mymediafly/grey_5_stars.gif" style="border: 0px;" />
                    </div>
                    {if AvgRating > 0}
                    <div style="float: left; position: relative; left: -70px; overflow: hidden; width: ${AvgRating * 14}px;">
                        <img src="/images/mymediafly/green_5_stars.gif" style="border: 0px;" alt="average community episode rating" title="average community episode rating" />
                    </div>
                    {/if}
                </div>
            </div>
            
            <div style="width: 20px; height: 14px; float: left; margin-left: 4px; overflow: visible;">
                {if AvgRating > 0}
                    <span class="ratingcounttext">(${RatingsCount})</span>
                {/if}
            </div>
            <div style="clear: both;"></div>
        </div>

<div class="panel">
            <div class="innerpanel">
            
                <table cellspacing="0px" cellpadding="0px" style="width: 100%;">
                <tr valign="top">
                    <td>
                        <div class="smallheader">Management</div>
                        <div class="small">
                            <div><img src="${PLAY_ICON}" class="smallicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Play content</div>
                            <div><img src="${REMOVE_ICON}" class="smallicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Remove</div>
                            <div><img src="${ADD_ICON}" class="smallicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Add</div>
                            <div><img src="${ITUNES_ICON}" class="smallicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> iTunes</div>
                            <div><img src="${ZUNE_ICON}" class="smallicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Zune</div>
                            <div><img src="${RSS_ICON}" class="smallicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> RSS</div>
                            <div><img src="${DISK_ICON}" class="smallicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Download</div>
                        </div>
                    </td>
                    
                    <td>
                        <div class="smallheader">Media Types</div>
                        <div class="small">
                            <div><img src="${AUDIO_ICON}" class="mediumicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Audio</div>
                            <div><img src="${VIDEO_ICON}" class="mediumicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Video</div>
                            <div><img src="${UNKNOWN_ICON}" class="mediumicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Unknown</div>
                        </div>
                        
                        <div class="smallheader" style="margin-top: 20px;">Show and Episode Info</div>
                        <div class="small">
                            <div><img src="${EXPLICIT_ICON}" class="mediumicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Explicit</div>
                            <div><img src="${EXPERIENCE_ICON}" class="mediumicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Experience</div>
                        </div>
                    </td>
                    
                    <td>
                        <div class="smallheader">Ratings</div>
                        <div class="small">
                            <div><img src="${GREEN_STAR}" class="smallicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Community rating</div>
                            <div><img src="${YELLOW_STAR}" class="smallicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> My rating</div>
                            <div><img src="${GREY_STAR}" class="smallicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> No rating</div>
                            <div><img src="${REMOVE_RATING_IMAGE}" class="smallicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Remove rating</div>
                            <div>(#)<span style="margin-left: 2px;">Number of user ratings<span></div>
                        </div>
                        
                        <div class="smallheader" style="margin-top: 20px;">Favorites</div>
                        <div class="small">
                            <div><img src="${ADD_FAVORITE_IMAGE}" class="smallicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Add to favorites</div>
                            <div><img src="${REMOVE_FAVORITE_IMAGE}" class="smallicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Remove from favorites</div>
                        </div>
                    </td>

<div class="smallheader" style="margin-top: 20px;">Timeline</div>
                        <div class="small">
                            <div><img src="${MOST_RECENT_EPISODE_ICON}" class="mediumicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Most recent episode</div>
                            <div><img src="${CURRENT_EPISODE_ICON}" class="mediumicon" style="margin-bottom: 2px;" /> Selected episode</div>
                            <div><img src="${VISIBLE_EPISODE_ICON}" style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; margin-bottom: 2px;" class="mediumicon" /> Visible episodes</div>
                        </div>
                    </td>
                    
                </tr>
                </table>
            </div>
        </div>

<div class="popupheader">${Title}</div>
        <div class="popuptext" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-left: 120px;">
            <table cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="4px">
            <tr>
                <td align="right">
                    Add this show to my
                </td>
                <td>
                    <select id="channel${Type}Dropdown" class="thinborder" style="width: 160px;">
                    {for subscriptionModel in ChannelSubscriptionModels}
                        <option>${subscriptionModel.Channel}</option>
                    {/for}
                    </select>
                    <span> channel</span>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td align="right">
                    <span>Or create a new channel: </span>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <input type="text" id="new${Type}ChannelText" class="thinborder" style="width: 160px;" />
                </td>
            </tr>
            </table>
        </div>
        <div style="width: 100%; margin-top: 20px; text-align: center;">
            <a href="javascript:theController.addShow();" class="small anchor">Add to my shows</a>
        </div>

<div class="popupheader">${Title}</div>
        <div class="popuptext" style="text-align: center;">via ${Device}</div>
        {if !IsSubscribed}
        <div class="popuptext" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-left: 120px;">
            <table cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="4px">
            <tr>
                <td align="right">
                    Add this show to my
                </td>
                <td>
                    <select id="channel${Device}Dropdown" class="thinborder" style="width: 160px;">
                    {for subscriptionModel in ChannelSubscriptionModels}
                        <option>${subscriptionModel.Channel}</option>
                    {/for}
                    </select>
                    <span> channel</span>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td align="right">
                    <span>Or create a new channel: </span>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <input type="text" id="new${Device}ChannelText" class="thinborder" style="width: 160px;" />
                </td>
            </tr>
            </table>
        </div>
        {/if}
        <div class="popuptext" style="width: 100%; margin-top: 20px; text-align: center;">
            <div><a href="javascript:theController.add${Device}Show('Channel');" class="anchor">Add my <span id="${Device}_channel" style="font-weight: bold;">${Channel}</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">channel</span> to ${Device}</a></div>
            <div>or</div>
            <div><a href="javascript:theController.add${Device}Show('Show');" class="anchor">Add <span style="font-weight: bold;">only this show</span> to ${Device}</a></div>
        </div>

<div class="popupheader">${Title}</div>
        <div class="popuptext" style="text-align: center;">from the show</div>
        <div class="popupheader">${ShowTitle}</div>
        <div class="popuptext" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-left: 120px;">
            <table cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="4px">
            <tr>
                <td align="right">
                    Add this episode to my
                </td>
                <td>
                    <select id="channel${Type}Dropdown" class="thinborder" style="width: 160px;">
                    {for subscriptionModel in ChannelSubscriptionModels}
                        <option>${subscriptionModel.Channel}</option>
                    {/for}
                    </select>
                    <span> channel</span>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td align="right">
                    Create a new channel:
                </td>
                <td>
                    <input type="text" id="new${Type}ChannelText" class="thinborder" style="width: 160px;" />
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td align="right" valign="top">
                    <div style="margin-top: 10px;">
                        and keep it until:
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <div style="margin-top: 10px;">
                        <div>
                            <input id="deleteItRadio" type="radio" value="${ITEM_SUB_DELETE}" name="itemSubscriptionRadio" class="itemSubscriptionRadio" checked="checked" /> I've deleted it
                        </div>
                        <div>
                            <input id="daysPassedRadio" type="radio" value="${ITEM_SUB_DAYS}" name="itemSubscriptionRadio" class="itemSubscriptionRadio" />
                            <input id="daysPassedText" type="text" value="2" style="width: 80px;" disabled="disabled" /> days have passed
                        </div>
                        <div>
                            <input id="eperiencedRadio" type="radio" value="${ITEM_SUB_EXPERIENCE}" name="itemSubscriptionRadio" class="itemSubscriptionRadio" />
                            <input id="eperiencedText" type="text" value="0" style="width: 80px;" disabled="disabled" />% has been experienced
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            </table>
        </div>
        <div style="width: 100%; margin-top: 20px; text-align: center;">
            <a onclick="javascript:theController.addEpisode('${Slug}');" class="small anchor">Add this episode to my shows</a>
        </div>

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