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Buzz Out Loud (MP3)
Newest Episode: Fri March 19, 2010. 09:30 PM
Buzz Out Loud features Tom Merritt, Molly Wood and producer Jason Howell, along with CNET's top tech experts reviewing the day's tech news. Each episode, the crew analyzes, interprets, and argues about what all this technology means and what it's doing to us. Fans can take part by calling, e-mailing, or commenting on the blog.
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Thu January 08, 2009. 07:20 PM
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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EPISODE 887

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

E-MAIL

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

***********

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

***********

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

***********

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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Wed January 07, 2009. 07:15 PM
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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EPISODE 886

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

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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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Tue January 06, 2009. 05:00 PM
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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Mon January 05, 2009. 08:31 PM
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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The JaMoTo Analysts throw down a healthy serving of tech predictions for the new year. Are you ready to rumble?

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Wed December 31, 2008. 05:00 PM
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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Tue December 30, 2008. 05:00 PM
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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Mon December 29, 2008. 05:00 PM
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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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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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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Finally, we get to bring you, the listener, on to the show and tell you how cool you are. Today's co-hosts: Frank the Patent Lawyer, Chris the Podcaster, Allen099, and Phatemokid!

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The RIAA has given us the greatest gift of all this holiday season, a promise not to sue you. However they are enlisting the ISPs into their fight against piracy. We also talk about how Universal is making bank, Apple fans are planning protests (Shah), and wish a fond farewell to Majel Barrett.

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Episode 876

In these troubled times, RIAA can’t afford to sue you

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10127003-93.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122966038836021137.html

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-recording-industry-moves-away-from-lawsuits-enlists-isps-in-piracy-figh/

Universal Music seeing ‘tens of millions’ from YouTube

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10126439-93.html

Silent protest planned for Jobs-less keynote,

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/12/19/silent-protest-planned-for-jobs-less-keynote

Gates Foundation to help libraries be better free ‘net cafes

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081218-gates-foundation-to-help-libraries-be-better-free-net-cafes.html

Number of landline-free households up 10 percent in U.S.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081218-number-of-landline-free-households-up-10-in-us.html

LCD TV revenues to dip for first time ever

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10126273-92.html

Toshiba to OEM laptops with OpenSolaris

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F19%2F1332225&from=rss

NPR now lets you roll your own podcast feed

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/npr_now_lets_you_roll_your_own_podcasts.php

Samsung Electronics will launch Google phone in Q2

http://english.etnews.co.kr/news/detail.html?id=200812190010

Trek creator’s widow dies aged 76

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7791210.stm

Voice mail

Oaf-er? SoCal - Nova? Really Palm?

DEBUNKED! http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

Chris the Podcaster - Don’t hire podcaster?!!!! Really?

Anonymous - Monstrous problem

E-mail

Happy Holidays, Buzz-folk!

It may seem like $6 million is a lot to pay to have a space shuttle delivered (BOL 875), until you realize that $2.5 million is just for the bubble wrap! Not to mention all the !$&#^*# foam peanuts…

LTS/KUTGW!

Regards,

Steve L.

South Jersey

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I think buying the space shuttle is a great idea! I want to chip in with $1000 USD, but since i can’t send actual money i figured i should send you $1000 USD in winkeys. I’m sure Oleg Teterin will be more than happy to buy them from us once we raise enough for the shuttle. In theese troubled times i can only afford $1000USD and i dont know how much that is in winkeys so please send the change back….preferably in sets of or :-o. Thank you and Love the show! - HinDRAncE

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To the Nearly Omniscient Leaders of the Buzz Army,

I heard your cries of suffering over the way Firefox skips over drop

down lists on the Mac. I too felt this pain in the past, but today I

bring you good news.

For some reason, Apple decided that the default behavior of OS X should

be to only set the focus on lists and text boxes when tabbing through a

screen. They did have the foresight, however, to let users change that

behavior in the “Keyboard and Mouse” preference pane.

Check out this handy blog entry for the full details, and fear no longer

the Firefox:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/apple/why-doesnt-tab-work-for-drop-down-controls-in-firefox-on-os-x/

Matt The Java Developer

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Hey JaMoToNat,

There's a cool Facebook Group where Aaron Sorkin himself has been answering posts, in an effort to do some background research for his Facebook script. I'm a huge fan of his writing, so it made my day when he posted back. Other actors like Josh Malina and Kim Webster have posted as well.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33807262256

Love the show,

John in San Diego

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The hardware website Sharkeyextreme.com does a price check of various computer parts every month, and they just started checking SSD prices.

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/article.php/10704_3787791__6

Long story short: prices vary considerably, this seems to depend on drives which are enterprise vs consumer focused, SLC vs MLC. budget speeds vs higher speed. etc.

Best deal though: OCZ “core V2″ 30gig drive is $70 or 2.33/GB

Worst Deal: Super Talent MasterDrive PX 64 GB goes for $807 or $12.61/GB (though i would assume its Crazy fast though)

check it out

Faiz
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On today's show, we have a couple of awkward moments discussing the latest Andy Samberg clip on YouTube. There are giggles. We also attempt to spread some rumors about BlackBerry Storm returns that are quickly debunked by actual fact; we learn which Netbooks can handle OS X (and Brian Tong); and intrepid researchers are playing Christmas music for sharks, just to see if they like it. Yes. Really.

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Episode 875

Personalized spam rising sharply, study finds

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F18%2F1417232

Cable to temporarily pause digital switch

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10126105-93.html

What does Andy Samberg’s YouTube hit say about NBC sites?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10125961-93.html

Toshiba launches 512GB SSD using 43nm MLC NAND

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/12/18/toshiba-launches-512gb-ssd-using-43nm-mlc-nand/

Mac OS X Netbook Compatibility Chart

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/12/17/osx-netbook-compatib.html

Texting ‘is a sign of recovery’

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7787768.stm

iPhone thief thwarted by MobileMe sync

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/12/17/iphone-thief-thwarted-by-mobileme-sync/

Linux-ignorant teacher spat with Helios resolved (Thanks Amanda!)

http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/character-assasinations-aint-us.html

BlackBerry Storm buyers returning phones en masse?

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/blackberry-storm-returns

…or maybe not?

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/verizon-blackberry-storm-return-rates-lowest-of-any-smartphone

Why the BlackBerry Storm needs Wi-Fi: iPhone owners love theirs

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/blackberry-storm-wifi

Researchers test whether sharks enjoy Christmas songs

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F17%2F1622228

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/05/15/funny-pictures-sumfing-brushed-my-leg/

Voice mail

Shalin - time to buy a Shuttle

David in Colorado - About the billboard that watches you

E-mail

In these troubled economic times the outtakes should not be equal in length to the show. In fact, it wouldn't bother me if you lose the outtakes altogether. If Molly wasn't involved she would probably be ranting about it.

Danke.

Howard

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I'm so happy you guys included some extra chit chat after the podcast on episode 874. I love that stuff. Sometimes your 35-40 minute shows just aren’t enough to get me through the hell that is work. I think you should record everything from the time you guys get in the studio until you leave and just have that edition available as a download on the blog (so as not to create too much extra work for Jason, unless he really wants to create an extra iTunes feed for it). Love the show!

Have a Merry Christmas,

Daniel

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I agree with Kaadi, you guys are wrong and your insubstantiated rumours

are driving my feet into the ground!

I haven’t bought a pair of shoes in TWO YEARS! When are my fabled Steve

Jobs shoes coming? You led me astray BOL! Shame on you!

-ANkh, the computer engineering student in Dublin, Ireland.

Oh and tell Coolie to try Symbian.

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Hey guys. I just had a quick one. I am creating some policy rules in a device and have to use a web form to do it, and I am wondering something. Why the hell does Firefox on the Mac skip over drop down list boxes? Its a pretty big pain in the butt to be going along line by line (tab-tab-tab-tab-tab——mouse over to drop down click —–tab-tab-tab). I figured since Molly ranted so much about the Flash bug in FF, she’s want this one. As far as I know it has been this way for ever, and Safari doesn’t do it.

Love the show,

Jason in Cincinnati

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Dudes,

Regarding Monster and the whole company name controversy, the Linux

shampoo is one thing, but remember that video about the window wash I

found called ‘Vista — for windows’?

My argument still stands: that would still be a hilarious lawsuit. For

us, that is. Less funny for the company that makes the product (which

was called ‘Merrit’, in case you’d forgotten).

Nate
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On a very special Buzz Out Loud, we discover that we, much to our surprise and chagrin, are the cause for the ongoing economic crisis in this country. Who knew? Also, of course, we dissect at length the news that Apple is pulling out of future Macworld Expo conferences after this year, and the even bigger news that Steve Jobs won't be giving this last keynote. Heartbreak ensues.

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EPISODE 874

Without Macworld, how will Apple create the buzz?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10124956-37.html

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/12/16macworld.html

What went wrong?

http://www.macworld.com/article/137596/2008/12/apple_kills_expo_reax.html

Microsoft plans quick fix for IE

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7787445.stm

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212500756&subSection=Vulnerabilities+and+threats

Suit: Microsoft knew Xbox could damage discs

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/156941.asp

Report: Palm to battle iPhone, BlackBerry with new OS at CES

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081215-report-palm-to-battle-iphone-blackberry-with-new-os-at-ces.html

Yahoo updates privacy controls on search, pageviews

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-yahoo-updates-privacy-controls-on-search-pageviews/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10125132-83.html

Nvidia targets Netbooks, Intel with 9400M chip

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10125087-64.html

Clearwire’s $150 dual-mode WiMAX / Sprint CDMA modem launches Sunday

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/clearwires-150-dual-mode-wimax-sprint-cdma-modem-launches-su/

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/double-impact-s.html

MySpace quietly begins encouraging users to use their real names

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/17/myspace-quietly-begins-encouraging-users-to-use-their-real-names/

World’s first computer rebuilt, rebooted after 2,000 years

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/2000-year-old-a.html

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Hayden from BC: Steve is leaving!

E-MAIL

Hey guys,

I thought this article about the emotional reaction to the end of the Phoenix Mars Lander was rather interesting. This article talks about how Twitter was used to anthropomorphize the Phoenix Lander, and, thus, cause the mission to gain alot more interest.

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1270/1

Perhaps this technique can be used to humanize other things, like Brian Cooley.

Chris the Commuter

It won’t be ready until at least 2012, but Los Alamos National Lab is demonstrating an MRI-based liquid identification machine for airport security. The press release is here

http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/home.story/story_id/15343

And a local news segment on the machine at the Albuquerque airport

http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/home.story/story_id/15343

2 interesting bits:

1) There’s a Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency now? And you thought DARPA was weird.

B) If you can quickly identify liquid chemistry in a shampoo bottle, what other things can you identify? Could be lots of medical or industrial uses beyond saving you $4 for a bottle of water at the airport.

Love the show,

-Mark the supercomputer repairman

Hello Buzz Crew!

I thought this would be a good time to drop you a mail, as it is clear to me that you do not realize your contribution to the economic crisis.

Every time you give credit to a stupid rumor about a nonexisting product (Apple tablet, some cool new iPhone killer smartphone) you are directly influencing the economic slowdown of your country. Consumers are already reluctant when it comes to buying useless/redundant gadgets, but when they hear that maybe, someday, somehow a better/cooler/sexier product will come out they will hold out and save their money for that nonexisting product, which may never even make it to the drawing board. You should urge buyers to just go out and buy the best of what is out there.

by the way, do you actually realize how stupid is to give credit and report unfunded rumors? A 12 year old “analyst” can come up with random ideas for products, put it on a blog and a large media outlet will bring it as “industry inside information”.

example:

HTC is going to launch a touch phone based on x86 microprocessor architecture that runs a componentized version of Windows XP with multi touch interface. It will come out in Q3/09.

Dell will sell a netbook based on the dual core Intel Atom processor starting february 2009.

Apple is going to make toasters and coffee makers with bluetooth connectivity. The devices will connect to the iPhone and make you breakfast in the morning.

Guess which one is fake?

PS: when you say the word ANALyst in the context of an unfunded/undocumented report, imagine the place the “information” was pulled out of. But of course you can always mask false reporting by making up reverse report, like “Intel decided to put on hold plans for launching 24 core desktop processors in 2009 as market research shows low demand for the segment”.

Kaadi (Romania)

Hey Molly Tom and Jason and Cooley or whatever other people join in,

I saw this story on Massively and found it interesting, apparently employers are saying thanks but no thanks to anyone they find that plays World of Warcraft, The story mentions a recruiter was told by companies to out right avoid anyone that is found to be a player of WoW. I guess this is because most anyone who plays WoW gets no sleep, gets angry easily when someone messes up something important (raids), and is likely to shout the name of Leeroy Jenkins before single handedly screwing up whatever project is underway.

http://www.massively.com/2008/12/16/employers-screening-wow-players-during-recruitment/

For the record I play Lineage 2 and many other games, and steer clear of WoW because I can’t stand Blizzard’s art style and the endless quests and raids which I so often hear about from friends who play it for months only to finally quit saying it was a mistake and cursing it endlessly.

Love the show Oh and a suggestion for the live stream, maybe Jason could find an image relating to each story, and put it in the empty corner where the BOL logo usually is, and change it as you go along. Not sure what use that would have but I like images, not that Molly isn’t pretty enough

Byebye!

-Kassandra
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Listen all the way to the end of the show in order to understand what this title is all about. Wow, it's been quite the week here at BOL. But in actual news, the latest IE zero-day exploit just keeps getting worse (use another browser, people), the iPhone 3G has been unlocked, and Twitter is making millions...for other companies.

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EPISODE 873

Major security alert for Microsoft Internet Explorer

http://www.obsessable.com/news/2008/12/16/major-security-alert-for-microsoft-internet-explorer/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/16/AR2008121601022.html

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/16/1319217

Apple will unveil Netbooks next month, says analyst

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9123578&intsrc=news_ts_head

New Mac mini to be announced at Macworld San Francisco 2009?

http://www.obsessable.com/news/2008/12/16/new-mac-mini-to-be-announced-at-macworld-san-francisco-2009/

http://www.pcworld.com/article/155554/latest_mac_rumors_netbooks_and_new_mac_minis.html

Report: Mac desktop sales hit a slowdown

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10123934-37.html

http://www.betanews.com/article/Analysts_PC_growth_rate_eclipses_Macs_in_November/1229442244

iPhone 3G unlocked by iPhone Dev-Team, codenamed “yellowsn0w”

http://www.obsessable.com/news/2008/12/16/iphone-3g-unlocked-by-iphone-dev-team-codenamed-yellowsn0w/

http://www.macworld.com/article/137576/2008/12/iphone3g_unlocked.html

Apple kills iPhone app, claiming API violation

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10123619-37.html

Twitter has made Dell $1 million in revenue

http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/15/twitter-has-made-dell-1-million-in-revenue/

So much for the digital audio revolution: Consumers are listening less

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20081210005653&newsLang=en

Legal papers served via Facebook

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7785004.stm

Japanese billboards are watching back

http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/index.php?q=article/270798/japanese_billboards_watching_back&fp=&fpid=

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Shane from Las Vegas: Photosynth is so … use … ful?

E-MAIL

Seems Monster Cable is letting the Monster Mini Golf off “easy” with a settlement - Monster Mini Golf can continue to use “Monster” as long as they pay Monster Cable $100 a month. Monster Cable will then in turn donate the money to a charity. The details are up on the site http://monsterminigolftruth.com/

Be sure to scroll down about a few pages to enjoy the founder of Monster Cable trying to justify their legal target practice.

(Pulled this from: http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/15/monster-cable-still-evil-will-allow-monster-mini-golf-to-exist/)

smikwily

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http://alt1040.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/chromefirefox.jpg

Chrome replaced Firefox in Google Pack. FF is in trouble! It’s Yahoo! and Microsoft all over again…

Paco

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Walkstation - Not a Gym Car but a Gym Station

Run while you work.

http://store.steelcase.com/go/products/detail/A7T/

Brad

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Hey Buzz Crew,

Just wanted to comment on yesterday’s story on Online Voting in

Estonia. We have a limited version of this in Municipal Elections

this past October. You got a card with a code on it, had to

authenticate using your Birthday and where allowed to vote. However,

there where two problems with this. First, Online voting was only

allowed on days of Advance Polls, which fell on the two Saturday’s

before the election. Secondly, apparently they sent out cards to

people who had been deceased, and some people received more than one

card. So it’s not without it’s glitches. Now, if we could just move

Online voting to the Provincial and Federal levels.

Love the Show,

Nathaniel, the IT Student

Nova Scotia, Canada

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The sex vs. the Internet seems a little silly because for many guys their sex life is the Internet.

Great show,

Matt

P.S. Natali is awesome.
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It's a racy Buzz Out Loud as Natali Del Conte and Molly Wood double-team Jason Howell. Yes, by the way, that was the most blatant click-bait I've ever written. We discuss who's the bigger liar: Google or the Wall Street Journal. Plus, mobile news galore, including FCC approval of the Garmin Nuviphone. And then it gets too hot to remain in the studio and we flee to cooler climates.

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EPISODE 872

Does Google want Net priority?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122929270127905065.html

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/12/net-neutrality-and-benefits-of-caching.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081215-google-backing-off-net-neutrality-with-isp-deal-not-really.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10122935-38.html

Gmail views PDFs

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/fast-pdf-viewing-right-in-your-browser.html

Obama mobile application

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/obama_iphone_app_now_available.php

Microsoft releases its first-ever iPhone application

http://www.pcworld.com/article/155482/microsoft_releases_its_firstever_iphone_application.html

Nuvifone gets FCC approval

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/14/garmin-nuvifone-gets-fcc-approval/

Push to talk BlackBerry

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/15/sprint-launches-blackberry-curve-8350i-first-push-to-talk-black/

Estonia mobile voting

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_estonia_cellular_voting_1

Gym car looks ridiculous

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/12/get-pumped-up-o.html

A movie about Facebook?

http://gawker.com/5109810/facebook-movie-book-deals-confirmed-by-fabricating-boston-author

Internet or sex, which would you choose?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10123138-52.html

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Roger the therapist: Fast-talking WoW stuff

E-MAIL

Hi Buzz-town -

Although attributing the increased college drop out rate to World of Warcraft addiction being completely unsubstantiated, I too think she could absolutely be right (although it would be interesting to know if there has been an steep increase in WoW subscriptions). I graduated from a 5 year Engineering program in Canada in April, during my first year I had 5 friends who played Final Fantasy XI (although its not WoW, its similar) - 2 of them failed out in first year, and a third failed out 2 years later. During our last two years my remaining gaming friends quit playing FFXI and switched to WOW, although I wouldn’t describe most of their behavior as an addiction - it was a little excessive. My only friend who still plays the game after graduation from University, is very involved in game and is a the guild leader of a 100+ member guild - unfortunatly hes having trouble striking a balance between relationships online/ingame and those in the non-virtual world. We haven’t lost our friend yet, but I can see how easily it could happen.

oh and I love the show.

Jillian

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Hey buzz Crew:

Today, I finally gave up, and tried to download Google chrome to test if it's better than Opera (I think opera is so much better and cooler that Firefox), then what the .... ?

Google has blocked Iran's IP range or maybe as I have searched the whole middle east IP rang, and we can not download the browser, why Google why? Why? Why? Why Google why? We are blocked?

To make sure I connected a VPN with USA IP address that I use to watch Hulu.com and get past the stupid filtering, and then I was able to download it, so only USA? Or every where except Middle East and Iran?

Siavash

It’s true!

http://www.surfchrome.com/index.php/home/news-list-mode/89-google-chrome-blacklists-syria-iran-north-korea-and-more

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While it’s good to get it out of Beta, the real answer as to why - may be Android.

It is very likely Android will be moving to PC platforms in the next few years - maybe not in time for Windows7, but by 2010? Netbooks first, maybe low end desktops as well. The leap from smartphone to netbook cannot be that far away, with their closed and proprietary components(no dealing with every random driver out there, yet). Why not push hard to get it out before Windows7? Undercut them, remove a LOT of their thunder, and be a real competitor.

Once you do that, you get a netbook loaded with Google Apps, Docs, Gears, Talk, Chrome. Everything most basic users need. Keep an eye as to when Docs goes live, and Android development.

Of course, theory only - but sure does sound interesting, right?

–dave

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It’s been almost two years since the CES where we reviewed Digeo’s Moxi, a CableCard DVR that could finally bring some competition to the market that TiVo’s been holding. Last week, with little fanfare, Digeo soft-launched the Moxi on Amazon, and a full launch is expected next month. It’s a far sleeker device than what we reviewed last year–perhaps the outcome of the company’s refocusing efforts at the start of this year. The bad news is that it’s $800 (TiVo Series 3’s initial price point), and it won’t order pizza from Domino’s. The good news is that there are no additional monthly subscription fees for TV listings and updates, and it includes 500GB of storage that you can extend using any eSATA drive. Add that all up, and it’s actually cheaper than TiVo’s new high-capacity unit with lifetime service.

Whatever the price, I’m happy to see a new consumer DVR option in the market. TiVo’s been alone on retail shelves for quite some time now, and it’s time they see some competition in this space. In the long run, I think it will be good for everyone.

Richard Gunther

Washington, D.C.

P.S. I had to have it, so I ordered one, and it’s tracking to arrive today. Besides, I don’t really like Domino’s anyway.

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Wow - I listened to Thursday’s podcast (episode 870) as I was walking Sander (my dog) and all I can say is wow. When I got home I checked the mirror for my scarlet A.

I don’t know how it went from a funny idea I had while out “in the wild” with my NetBook to me looking to steal husbands, but dang - not what was intended! In fact, I wasn’t even thinking of the idea for myself - just as a funny idea. Mostly b/c it allowed me to suggest an online dating site with Matchbook in the name!

Also, while I’m complaining - I’m bummed that Molly wasn’t there on Wednesday to appreciate the fact that my netbook fits in almost all my purses - that’s almost the best part!

Cheers,

Hester (AKA Heather in Boston)

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Hey JaMoTo??,

In the last few weeks many of the members of Buzz Town have been creating there own vertions of “In the wild BINGO.” There have been many places that the BINGO cards can be found so, i created a category on the buzz town wiki where anyone can index there BINGO cards in one place. The index can be found at http://buzzoutloud.wikia.com/wiki/Category:BOL_Bingo.

lightningboy7

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Hey Guys,

I was browsing the internet when I can across a mug that says on one side “In These Troubled Times” and the other side it says “DRINK!”. Just thought that I should run this by you guys. LINK: http://www.zazzle.com/in_these_troubled_times_mug-168795800428642129

Steve
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In today's show, horrible ship-related pun-crimes are perpetrated and we learn that in Russia, emoticons wink at you and try to charge you for them. Also, we bash a ton of gadgets, like the still-overpriced Sony PlayStation 3, the $99-with-contract Acer Aspire, and the Android phones running apps that turn on roaming and data use without your knowledge. Then we bring it on home with puppies.

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Episode 871

Chrome breaks outta beta

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10120965-2.html

Nintendo Wii outsells Xbox 360 more than two-to-one

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/peripherals/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212500018&subSection=All+Stories

Sony’s PS3 A sinking ship: Sales plummet (SNE)

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/sonys-ps3-a-sinking-ship-sales-plummet-sne

Acer Aspire One goes official on AT&T’s 3G network

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/acer-aspire-one-goes-official-on-atandts-3g-network/

http://www.jkontherun.com/2008/12/acers-99-netboo.html

Android susceptible to apps that turn on roaming

http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F12%2F149242

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/11/g1_roaming/

Cellphone jammer crammed into key fob, ends texting / talking while driving (thanks, Greg and Michael and Jordan et al)

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/cellphone-jammer-crammed-into-key-fob-ends-texting-talking-wh/

FCC Commissioner blames World of Warcraft addiction for huge college dropout rate

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/fcc-blames-college-dropout-rate-on-world-of-warcraft-addiction

Five PC power myths debunked

http://weblog.infoworld.com/sustainableit/archives/2008/12/pc_power_manage_1.html

NFL launches “Game Rewind”, every game on-demand in HD with no commercials

http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2008/12/nfl-launches-game-rewind-every-game-ondemand-in-hd-with-no-commercials.html

Russian hopes to cash in on

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7778767.stm

Puppy Cam: Viewed 15 million times, for 773 years

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/puppy-cam-viewed-15-million-times-for-773-years

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Hello Buzz crew,

Since you talk about it SO MUCH, yesterday I finally signed up for Twitter . And looking for CNET celebrities to follow, I went to see who does Rafe Needleman follow. Guess who. Yahoo’s top search term for 2008. That’s right, Rafe Needleman follows Britney Spears on Twitter. I just can’t imagine Rafe listening to "Baby One More Time," so, may I ask why?

Love the show.

Regards,

Bernardo

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Have you all been following the USPS outages? I am 2 episodes behind (been to cold and rainy to walk my dog), so apologize if you've mentioned.

http://www.usps.com/homearea/onlinesysteminterruptions.htm

Seems it is affecting small business, too:

http://cbs3.com/local/Loca.l.Business.2.884808.html

LTS,

/John in Fairfax

AAAAAND its fixed.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10121982-38.html

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Hey JaMoTo / buzz crew +1,

I think the whole ‘In The Wild’ bingo game is great, and I’m just

waiting for someone to run up and snap a picture of me, being that I

bring my Kindle everywhere and I am a ‘Kindle in the wild’.

Anyhow, after yesterday’s show where Molly mentioned a Retro Edition

of BOL Bingo would be fun, I decided she shouldn’t be denied and I

made one up and attached it below. I’ve also uploaded it to my Flickr

account so it can be shared with the citizens of Buzz Town. It can be

found here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/98865482@N00/3102895508/

I hope you enjoy it. Love the show!

-Aaron the Delorean driver (and Kindle in the wild)

New York

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Hi guys!

In the last show, Molly made a comment about how the ustream

video-page “isn’t an RSS-feed”. Well, now it is! I used Yahoo! Pipes

to create an RSS-feed of your live video shows. I wrote it up in the

forums, at:

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-10152_102-0.html?forumID=97&threadID=320004&messageID=2926270&tag=forums06;forum-threads

Hope you like it!

–Oskar

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Ahoy Buzz Brigade,

Regarding episode 870 on LTE, y’all made a few missteps about the facts.

First off, the commonly held misconception is that LTE has anything to do with GSM. This is similar to the misconception that WCDMA, more commonly known as the tech behind UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA and HSPA+, has anything to do with GSM. While the tech that preceded GSM for AT&T, TDMA, was the technical precursor to the speaker-buzzing wonder iPhone fans know and love, HSPA (the 3G in the iPhone 3G, etc.) is only GSM’s successor because that was the preferred upgrade path of most GSM carriers. LTE is OFDM-based (as is 802.11g WiFi and…gasp…WiMAX in higher-speed modulations), and is thus another completely different underlying technology with no built-in backward compatibility to either GSM or HSPA. However, the majority of GSM carriers across the world, plus many CDMA carriers (Verizon being one of them) have chosen LTE as their upgrade path. It’s like saying that Mac OS X is a technical upgrade to OS 9…while the same company is going with the precedent as the successor, OS X is based on BSD/Unix while OS 9 is based on some witch’s brew Apple cooked up eons ago.

To be clear, I’m not bashing LTE, though WiMAX is out in the field now whereas LTE has so far not ventured out of lab doors. But to say either technology is the technical successor to either GSM/HSPA or CDMA (which has a direct 3G upgrade, EvDO) would be flawed. Though the same standards board responsible for GSM and WCDMA also dreamed up LTE (3GPP)…

Second and finally, though tests confirm that LTE, at similar range to WiMAX it seems, can provide link speeds comparable to WiFi, you won’t see speeds like those in the wild for quite awhile. The reason is mostly that of backhaul. To provide 100 Mbps to a subscriber, LTE not only needs a liberal swatch of spectrum (something only ClearWire, the WiMax guys, has), but it needs a tower connected to some serious backhaul. To give you an idea of how serious this backhaul would need to be, think about your local cable company’s node, that serves a few hundred people. If your cable operator is Comcast and you just got a speed upgrade, they can offer a total of 114 Mbps over an entire node on the downstream, and 30 Mbps on the upstream. This would be enough for a single LTE customer to get full-speed access. Then again, AT&T U-Verse and Verizon FiOS have the infrastructure for LTE at the node level, but you’re still looking at more bandwidth than anybody is pushing over copper or cable right now. Of course, if Verizon rolls it out in FiOS areas (WiFiOS anyone?) it’ll work on the backhaul side, but…

…you have the problem of femtocells. Anyone using a femtocell for LTE has their internet connection as the bottleneck for service. You can’t get 100 Mbps over a 6 Mbit cable connection. Of course, if Verizon allowed femtocells to hook directly into customers’ FiOS installs, independent of the 10-50 mbps download and 2-20 mbps upload limits on users’ accounts, that’d work. But that’s about the only solution if they want to actually get the speeds they’re boasting about.

Hope this clears things up and love the show!

Ian (the Colorado college student, iansltx on Twitter)
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On today's show, we discover that "scareware" is a thing (that never should have been) and that you can tell a bad business idea by the bad name. Also, PlayStation Home comes out (in beta) after a year and a half in development, and it seems kind of lame, and we talk about the few folks making money in TTT (These Troubled Times).

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EPISODE 870

PlayStation Home opens its doors

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7777122.stm

http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_SONY_PLAYSTATION_VIRTUAL_WORLD?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-12-11-07-55-27

Reselling MP3s: The music industry’s new battleground?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10120951-93.html

Verizon ups ante on LTE deployment: 2009

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081210-verizon-says-early-lte-deployment-in-2009.html

U.S. district court puts scareware on ice

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081211-us-district-court-puts-scareware-on-ice.html

Report: Tumblr rolls into new financing round

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10121055-93.html

YouTube videos pull in real money

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/business/media/11youtube.html

iPhone copy and paste now working between Safari and Mail

http://gizmodo.com/5107138/iphone-copy-and-paste-now-working-between-safari-and-mail

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10121068-37.html

Apple and AT&T bring back iPhone home activation

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-and-atandt-bring-back-iphone-home-activation/

Google doubles Street View coverage in U.S.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10120351-2.html

VOICEMAIL

Jason from Georgia: gimme that song

Jomo? the Janitor: riding robots, yippee!

Roy: Spare a thought for the Kiwis

http://roythekid.tumblr.com/post/63980981/my-voicemail

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Hi Guys,

Just listening to Tuesdays show and wanted to chime in, myself a being Java developer by profession. The promise of write once, deploy anywhere actually did pan out, but only on the server side. Java is still the number one most used programming language and many of the most popular web applications are powered by a Java back-end.

Now, to the point you made in the show, it did fail as a client/presentation layer for a few reasons. Firstly, the overhead of downloading the entire JVM and the fact that the browser would block while loading an applet made it obnoxious to load an applet based page, especially for those with slower machines/connections. One major reason why Flash took off was because the plugin was small in size and the overhead of install and running were/are negligible. It is unfortunate, because there are a ton of people with proficieny in the Java language, which is arguably superior to Flash and definitely has a much richer developer toolset.

GNC may take off if it can avoid the pitfalls of client Java while giving a more familiar programming environment than Flash does, but it should be noted that a huge part of the upcomming Java release is focused on browser performance. The new version of the JVM will give the ability to download components on an”as need” basis, and the applet initialization will now be non-blocking. This could be a huge step forward for Java in the browser, though I fear the bad reputation is already ingrained in the minds of the average web user, and it may be too little too late.

Love the show!

Nick the Software Engineer from Boston

Nicholas Bonatsakis

Software Engineer

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hi guys,

The google list was “fastest *rising* google searches” right? The Yahoo list was just plain old “most searched” terms. Maybe Google gets 10 000 000 brittney searches last year and only 1000 more than that number this year, meaning it didn’t make the “fastest rising” list. Perhaps Yahoo’s gets a consistent 90 000 000 and that would qualify brittney for the list cus their list isn’t about rising searches.

Adel

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Hi Tom, Molly and Jason +1,

I was listening to the BBC World Service this morning and came across a story that would tie in very well with Jason’s idea of having the holograms in your car, from a few episodes ago. Although, this seems like a scary slippery slope to head towards. Scientists in Japan claim the can “read images from the human brain.”

Here is the link:

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/20081211TDY01306.htm

I, for one, am not entirely sure I’d want to “see” what’s going on in someone else’s brain, but I can only imagine where that might go…(I’ll keep those thoughts to myself).

Anyway, thought you BOL chieftans might enjoy the story and run away with it (and please do).

Always love the show and keep up the great work.

Nuno, nthsquare in the chat and forums.

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Okay, okay, okay

That dude by the trian called in about the singing captcha, but I’ve got a better idea- RAPTCHA! A couple lines pop up from a popluar hip-hop song and it uses the built-in mic to validate what you rap! Amazing! Surely that would fool the phishbots. LOL

(T&C’s): warning, may cause immediate removal from current location and user may be relocated to a place with pearly gates.

Love the show

Chris the Designer from Bristol, UK

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Bonjour Dame et Messieurs,

This is Katie Noor, Elam’s wife!

Yesterday you decided that you might have created/discovered a “love

connection” between Elam and Heather from Boston because of a comical

cut & paste error.

Just wanted to say that, in the future, I would appreciate it if you

would at least…consult me before trying to set my husband up with

random citizens of buzz town. I mean, I don’t even know this Heather

from Boston. I disapprove. Back off Heather, he’s taken!

Love you guys!

Katie

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Hi JaMoTo and Guest

I am sick of hearing about BOL Bingo. I cant contribute because there are a few products on the list that are unavailable here in OZ. So I made one for us. Presenting BOL Bingo Australia!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23696006@N08/3099539782/

Sam

Melbourne, Australia

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Hey Buzzards,

In regards to the no smiling policy for Indiana driver’s licenses, they will continue to allow facial hair right? Because my friend (photo attached), and every Hoosier who can grow one, should be entitled to the half-beard.

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/33/l90579e347fa2d74bb8136fob2.jpg

btw, i’m subscribed to the audio/video combo podcast through itunes but i never receive a video version… am i doing something wrong??

~dave (indianapolis, in)

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Buzz Out Loud Video (Past episodes!)

http://www.ustream.tv/cnetstudio/videos
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A high school teacher finds it inconceivable that any software could be free. I wonder if she uses Internet Explorer? We also talk about the failure of not one but two big Internet filters, and get the scoop from Caroline McCarthy on why YouTube isn't in decline.

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EPISODE 869

Google to take Chrome out of beta

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/10/google-takes-chrome-out-of-beta/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10120049-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Australian plan to censor Internet in shreds

http://www.theage.com.au/news/home/technology/labor-plan-to-censor-internet-in-shreds/2008/12/09/1228584820006.html

IWF backs down on Wiki censorship

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7774102.stm

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10119879-93.html

ComScore: 100 million YouTube viewers in October

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10120027-93.html

TV has license to kill movies at iTunes, Netflix

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10119509-93.html

Bebo launches Social Inbox aggregation service

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10119389-2.html

Quantum memory in the cloud--a cold, metallic gas cloud

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081209-quantum-memory-in-the-clouda-cold-metallic-gas-cloud.html

When teachers are obstacles to Linux in education

http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F10%2F001236

Linux Defenders to protect open source from patent suits

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081210-linux-defenders-to-protect-open-source-from-patent-suits.html

Maybe I’m Code 11 but I haven’t heard any of this so-called ‘tech’ slang

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7775013.stm

Google’s 2008 Zeitgeist lists of most popular searches

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13953_3-10120008-80.html

BONUS:At the end of today’s show is a song that Buzz citizen Amanda French wrote!

http://allmyinternetfriends.com/

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Jason in Cincy

BOL fights crime. (He reviewed the TiVo)

Tom in Colorado

I have a brilliant idea.

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Hi JaMoToGu(est),

While listening to BOL 868, I noted Molly and Brian’s brief exchange, concluding that Sony are not producing smartphones. A solitary tear fell as unavoidably as a failed marketing initiative onto the 800×480 resolution touchscreen of my new Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, then rolled disconsolately across it onto the full QWERTY keyboard. Maybe you’re not ’smart’, but don’t worry little guy - you’re trying your best.

-Mike in Perth, Western Australia

Hey Hot ToMolly, (and Jason:)

Sony denies Netflix is coming to the PS3, we buzzards know what that means riiight? Netflix is coming to the PS3!

What was the rule? 1 month from denial a feature/change shows up?

http://gizmodo.com/5105558/sony-has-no-plans-to-put-netflix-on-ps3

Elam

Owner of an Asus Eee PC 900HA

Hi T,M,J and ?,

I was sitting at a local bar tonight, working on my netbook and thinking about the recent rash of near miss encounters with netbook users. This may present a matchmaking opportunity! I’m envisioning “matchbook.com” - online dating for netbook owners and the people who want to love them. What do you think?

Cheers,

Heather in Boston

Owner of an Asus Eee PC 900HA

PS: I’d love for someone to chat me up about my netbook, I L-O-V-E it and welcome any opportunity to show it off.

PPS: Molly, it fits in almost ALL my purses!

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We rename Google's boring-sounding Native Client project to let you know what it really is: Java from Google. You know, Joogle. Also, HP unveils flexible paper using e-ink and a roller design that inspires version 3 of the Kindle: the Spindle. In non-funny-word related news, we also engage in a nice long conversation about music piracy and college campuses. Feels just like old times.

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Episode 868

The mouse hits 40-year milestone

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7768481.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7761262.stm

http://news.cnet.com/2300-1041_3-6248261.html

Rumor: Apple’s iTunes going DRM-free starting Tuesday

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/08/rumor_apples_itunes_going_drm_free_starting_tuesday.html

(Or not, says News.com)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10118706-93.html

Voluntary campus-wide music licenses could stop the lawsuits

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081208-voluntary-campus-wide-music-licenses-could-stop-the-lawsuits.html

Google’s answer to Java, Flash, Windows: Native Client

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10118792-92.html

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F09%2F1459230

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10118019-16.html

Sony to lay off 16,000

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10118970-92.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aiP0oocLk1KY

Tech Spending to Grow 1.6% in 2009

http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/12/09/tech-spending-to-grow-16-in-2009/

Free crapware removal from Support.com

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10118333-1.html

Indiana bans driver’s license smiles, for security

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F09%2F1315248

MySpace ‘Connects’ with Google for MySpaceID

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10118553-2.html

HP unveils displays that yields to the touch

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10118330-1.html

Voice mail

Joe from Boston: Singing by the train

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Hey Tom Molly Jason and Guest, B from New Orleans I just wanted to

comment on the bingo like game that we are all playing ( to get

pictures of certain items in the wild). I just heard someone say, get

a picture of Steve Jobs with a g1 in his hand and natali said that

someone was gonna have to force it in his hand. This disturbed me a

bit, does the movie fight club ring a bell. This is how it all starts

first pics of kindles in the wild, then netbooks, then someone

kidnapping Steve Jobs and putting a g1 in his hand to get the picture.

This must be all apart of Molly's evil plan.?.?.? Love the show

Sent from B’s iPhone

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In response to your hunt for Android phones [Android chaser jingle

anyone?], engadget reported on Sunday that China has announced a new

phone running on the OS. It’s going to be called the QiGi i6. Pricing

hasn’t been announced yet but the touch screen looks every bit as

responsive as the G1. However, in these troubled economic times [drink]

they did have to cut a major part of the phone’s design out: the

keypad. As Android doesn’t natively have an onscreen keyboard this

seems like a fairly big omission because when you buy it you’ll have no

way of making any sort of text input like URLs, text messages,

phonebook entries, etc. Here’s the original article:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/07/video-of-chinas-android-running-qigi-i6-in-action-unearthed/

Oh, and if you haven’t already heard, Wal-Mart has officially announced

it’ll be carrying the iPhone in 8GB and 16GB but mentioned nothing of

the illusive 4GB one.

http://www.pmptoday.com/2008/12/08/official-walmart-iphone-3g-starts-at-197/

Love the show

Alex from the UK

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Hey for those of us in rural areas, the bingo is impossible. How

about a little cultural bias to help us with the last mile problem,

like:

guy on a tractor using a cell phone

Cows with headphones

opportunistic wifi deer

someone surfing on a 26K dial up in the wild

Love the show!

Anthony Soucek [so-check]

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Hey Jamoto+1,

Do you guys remember when molly was talking about netbooks with 3g

capabilities and how it would be better then the gigantic cell phone

thats trying to be a netbook? Well here you go

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/contract-laden-3g-acer-aspire-one-hitting-us-at-just-99/

love the show

Brad from buffalo
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