Buzz Out Loud

Google rolls out its new Buzz feature and all we can say is this: don't even THINK of calling your new text-to-speech chat feature "Buzz Out Loud." Because we will come for you. Also, the Nexus One gets phone support ... for shipping questions only. Sad trombone. And Toyota can't catch a break. Poor Toyota. --Molly loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'ces2010-small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50083366',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio)Subscribe with iTunes (video)Subscribe with RSS (audio)Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1162 Top Stories Google to Add Social Features toGmail http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/technology/companies/09social.html http://www.businessinsider.com/google-is-set-to-launch-twitter-clone-for-gmail-2010-2 http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/02/09/live-blogging-googles-gmail-announcement/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20000057-248.html Google Launches Phone Support For The Nexus One, Lowers ETF By$200 http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/08/nexus-one-phone-suppor/ Android 2.1 With Multitouch Headed To MotorolaDroid http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/02/android_21_with.html;jsessionid=M2YEG52H4L4YPQE1GHOSKHWATMY32JVN?cid=techweb-twitter Other Stories Macworld Expo 2010 Caters to Apple Fans -- Without Apple http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/macworld-expo-2010 Prius recall is on and it’s a softwareproblem http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toyota9-2010feb09,0,2598342.story Panasonic does not plan fix for reported black level increases, CNET removes editors’ choice from the series. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10449939-1.html Microsoft denies Windows 7 battery problem http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10449395-56.html http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9153978/Users_dispute_Microsoft_s_explanation_of_Windows_7_battery_problems Kickers and Science Quantum trick for pressure-sensitive mobiledevices http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8504373.stm Stay home, let Texas Robot attend thatmeeting http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10382617-1.html Study toasts beer as being good for your bones http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6180B120100209 —— Voicemail Mac has some Droid tips Erica in Chicago on license plates —— Email Hi Tom and Molly, glad you are both together again. If you like google translate you should check “translation party” a site that will translate and English phase to Japanese and back over and over again. For example see what “hey mollly, let’s go grab some dinner” would become over an iterated universal google translation: http://translationparty.com/#6422059 That would be fun! Cheers, Alex, designer from Rio —— Hi there BeMoTo, I’ve been meaning to write in about this for a few days now, but I kept assuming someone else would bring it up first! I’m a day behind, so maybe this was brought up on Monday’s show after all. Anyway. This is the real background of the Amazon ebook pricing thing from what I’ve been told by friends in the publishing industry. Basically, it’s all Wal-Mart’s fault. Wal-Mart is the country’s largest bookseller (believe it or not), and their policy is to match their competitors’ lowest price point. This means that when Amazon prices a Kindle book at $9.99, Wal-Mart’s policy is to sell the hardback at $9.99 (if the two are released at the same time, which is also why authors fight to delay ebook release dates). Since Wal-Mart doesn’t want to take a loss like that, they will frequently decide simply not to carry a book rather than sell it for under $10. Wal-Mart, for good or evil, is the biggest bookseller in the country. Not having their book at Wal-Mart hurts publishers (and authors) much more than taking lower profit margins on Kindle books. (Which they do under the agency model.) So if a publisher can get their Kindle pricing up to a level where Wal-Mart will sell the paper copies at that price, they make more money overall even if they’re making less from Amazon. Love the show, -Jess in Brooklyn PS, can I just say how awesome it is to have Molly back on BOL full time? I love the rotating hosts too, but there’s really nothing better than a good old-fashioned Tom & Molly show.

Today's BOL ushers in the dawn of ... a new drinking game! Whenever you hear us say "definitely" on today's show -- and it's going to be often -- take a swig. Also, we Monday-morning quarterback the Super Bowl ads and explore the many reasons people don't want to buy an iPad. Oh, and my Droid is definitely crashy (drink!). -- Molly loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'ces2010-small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50083360',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio)Subscribe with iTunes (video)Subscribe with RSS (audio)Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1161 Top Stories Barnes & Noble says Nook e-readers officially back in stock Survey: Majority of people don’t want aniPad http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10448755-71.html Apple Will Reject Apps Using GPS for Location-AwareAds http://www.pcworld.com/article/188740/apple_will_reject_apps_using_gps_for_locationaware_ads.html Google leaps language barrier with translator phone http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article7017831.ece China Heralds Bust of Major HackerRing http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703630404575052684021385828.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories Other Stories Google aims for cute with Super Bowl ad http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10448803-36.html T-Mobile for sale: Google shouldbuy http://www.glgroup.com/News/TMobiles-for-sale-%E2%80%93-Google-should-buy-46390.html Windows Phone 7 to dropmultitasking? http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/02/06/windows.phone.7.may.be.deliberate.step.backwards/ Game developers move to iPhone, ignoreWii http://games.venturebeat.com/2010/02/06/research-tracks-shift-in-game-industry-development-toward-iphone/ Kickers and Science 95% of User-Generated Content IsBogus http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/02/07/0126226/95-of-User-Generated-Content-Is-Bogus Physicists Discover How To TeleportEnergy http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/05/2239256/Physicists-Discover-How-To-Teleport-Energy —— Email Just to throw out one more idea for memorable passwords. This method was suggested by our corporate security team. Rather than use a dictionary word and then l33t sp33k it, use a memorable phrase and use the first characters then alter it. It is also good practice to mix cases and at least 1 number and punctuation character. So the phrase “BOL Cnet’s Podcast of Indeterminate Length” becomes the password b0lCp!l (zero replaces o and ! replaces i). It is easy to remember and reproduce and not subject to a dictionary attack. Using this as a base it could be customized for different accounts. -Jason in Chicago —— you know what makes a perfect password?? you’re license plates I have two cars and combine the plates. A single plate backwards combined with your regular password would work well too. call me anonymous! thanks

We cover Amazon's capitulation to another publisher, and Google's book deal comes under assault from the Department of Justice. Jeff Zucker appears to lie to Congress and Sling implies AT&T lied about their app. And the $9.99 eBook is declared dead by Gizmodo and Rafe declares eInk dead. Just another day on the Internet. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'ces2010-small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50083139',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio)Subscribe with iTunes (video)Subscribe with RSS (audio)Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1160 Top Stories The $9.99 Ebook Is Dead: Third Major Publisher Hachette Dumps onAmazon http://gizmodo.com/5464742/the-999-ebook-is-dead-third-major-publisher-hachette-dumps-on-amazon US Department of Justice objects to Google book plan http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8500022.stm But Author’s Guild is still OK http://authorsguild.org/advocacy/articles/riaa.html Other Stories Boxee responds to NBC's Jeff Zucker http://blog.boxee.tv/2010/02/04/boxee-responds-to-nbcs-jeff-zucker/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10447851-266.html Panasonic admits plasma TV black level change but says picture quality still ‘excellent’ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10447329-1.html Report: Apple paying 15 percent ’sorry money’ on broken 27-inch iMacs http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10447690-260.html Sling Media Denies Collaboration With AT&T on 3G Streaming http://www.macrumors.com/2010/02/05/sling-media-denies-collaboration-with-atandt-on-3g-streaming/ Sling: We didn’t ‘work’ with AT&T for 3G streaming to iPhone http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/02/sling-we-didnt-work-with-att-for-3g-streaming-to-iphone.ars Air Force taps IBM for secure cloud http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10447483-83.html Facebook's Project Titan: A Full Featured Webmail Product http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/05/facebooks-project-titan-a-full-featured-webmail-product/ Kindle display maker PVI promises touchscreens, color and flexibility in 2010 models http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/kindle-display-maker-pvi-promises-touchscreens-color-and-flexib/ Kickers and Science Craig Mundie Wants “Internet Driver’s Licenses” http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/04/2249241/Craig-Mundie-Wants-Internet-Drivers-Licenses —— Voicemail Mike truck driver on cheap Internet Dwight the keygrip – On HTML 5 vs. Flash Twitter ScottEVest has the iPad pocket already http://twitter.com/mcoley/status/8667651959 —— Email Hey Buzz Crew, I was listening to episode 1158 and the discussion about secure passwords. The impression I got was that secure and memorable passwords have to be mutually exclusive. Not true, the trick is to use things that you have already memorized. So work with me on this, so let’s say that you like “cherry” as a password, terrible right, well let’s add the last 3 digits of our SSN to the end “cherry659″ ok still not the best but then let’s do some substitution and we sill come up with something great “cH3rr4659″ so now that is a lot more secure, ok, but we don’t want to use the same password at every site, well simple solution for that, give your password a prefix or postfix that is related to the site, again with this you will want to make it non obvious, like “W1tcH3rr4659″ for twitter “t3NccH3rr4659″ for cnet and so on, so then you have broken down your password into parts, some of which you have already memorized which would be hard for someone else to guess or hack. Hope this helps everyone have more secure passwords love the show Jonathan The Computer Scientist from Saskatoon

We discover that the Internet is just as dangerous as outside, which means you need to wear clean underwear. Natali also invents the IPADBJÖRN for all you iPad-wanters who need to use it hands-free. And we declare Donald Bell Emperor Pimp of portable entertainment devices. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'ces2010-small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50083138',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio)Subscribe with iTunes (video)Subscribe with RSS (audio)Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1159 Top Stories iiNet slays Hollywood in landmark piracycase http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/iinet-slays-hollywood-in-landmark-piracy-case-20100204-ndwr.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8498100.stm Meanwhile Italy goes in the opposite direction http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/italy-preparing-to-hold-youtube-others-liable-for-uploads.ars Amazon buys TouchCo http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/technology/04amazon.html Monster buys HotJobs http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/technology/04monster.html Other Stories Government Investigating Prius Brakes http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/04/national/main6173425.shtml iPad gets many textbook publisher deals http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10446865-37.html AT&T will allow Sling over3G http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/att-gives-green-light-to-sling-tv-over-3g/ Young people don’t really blog anymore http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10446816-93.html Kickers and Science Jailed Mobster Plays Real-Life Mafia Wars on Facebook http://mashable.com/2010/02/03/mobster-facebook/ USPTO Won’t Accept Upside DownFaxes http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10005104/uspto-wont-accept-upside-down-faxes-demands-resends/ —— Voicemail Mike in Dayton on the portability of the iPad —— Email Hey JaMoTo: Wednesday you talked about how negligent certain enterprises are to continue using IE6. Well my current employer makes me use IE6 and will not let me upgrade. It’s so frustrating, espectially since dozens of websites — including facebook and twitter and youtube – remind me right at the top that I “may want to upgrade my browser.” I may want to, but I cannot. J.R. in Philly —— Tom, You posed somewhat of a question in yesterday’s BOL episode about who still uses Netscape. If Netscape Messenger is considered part of Netscape the Browser, then look no further than your friendly neighborhood National Security Enterprise (formerly known as Nuclear Weapons Complex) facility. Just a few months ago, we were still using Netscape to process classified emails. We finally switched to Lotus Notes. Now we’re waiting to get upgraded from IE6 and Office 2003. Vinita

Nexus One gets multitouch but the rest of the Android universe is left out in the cold. Plus, Motorola's not using the "Droid" name for its upcoming Android phones. What's going on here? Plus, we revel in the intellectual awesomeness of imagining Windows 7 running on an iPad (even in virtual mode). --Molly loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'ces2010-small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50083137',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio)Subscribe with iTunes (video)Subscribe with RSS (audio)Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1158 Top Stories Nexus One gets a software update, enablesmultitouch http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/02/nexus-one-gets-a-software-update-enables-multitouch/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5111 http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/apple-improves-battery-level-indicator-with-iphone-os-3-1-3-update-2010023/ Other Stories Apple kills USB syncing for apps, but alternative iscoming http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/02/apple-kills-usb-syncing-for-apps-but-alternative-is-coming.ars Twitter reveals torrent scam details http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10446586-83.html Internet Explorer 8 Officially Becomes World's Most-Used Browser http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2010/02/02/internet-explorer-8-officially-becomes-world-s-most-used-browser.aspx Office 2010 hits the release candidate stage http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10445880-56.html Verizon Drops ‘Droid’ Brand For Newest Android Phone – the MotorolaDevour http://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-drops-droid-brand-for-newest-android-phone-2010-2 Citrix to help users run Windows 7 on the iPad http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10446112-17.html Displax film could turn nearly any surface intotouchscreen http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/02/displax-film-could-turn-nearly-any-surface-into-touchscreen-mak/ Kickers and Science Hubble spots first asteroidcollision http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/02/hubble-asteroid-crash/ ====== Voicemail Skyler proves everything has a fanboy ====== Email You probably received a few emails about this already, BUT, according to the LA Times, Apple didn’t request Stanza to remove the USB syncing due to ebook competition, but apparently due to an API violation: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/02/stanza-ebook-app-maker-says-apple-nixed-usb-transfer.html Basically, there are no public APIs that allow for USB syncing. Stanza was using a private API in violation of the agreement. And come to think of it, I was actually quite surprised to hear that Stanza had a USB syncing app in the first place — I’ve heard of apps that are forced to use the WiFi syncing route because USB syncing isn’t allowed. Whether or not Apple will change this stance remains to be seen.. Anyway, FYI. Nicole (Lee, our own) ====== Hi buzz crew, CreateSpace gets them halfway there! Is it too late to make a prediction for 2010? If not… I predict that Amazon will start their own publishing company, Amazon Publishing Co. Ltd. (copyright and registered trademark, David Yamasaki 2010). They will recruit as yet unpublished authors or authors that are not satisfied with the current business model (no longer under contract) and create Kindle only versions which they could heavily publicize on their own site Kindle Publishing Co. Ltd. also copyright and registered trademark, David Yamasaki 2010). They could charge whatever they want and give writers a larger percentage of the sale price because there’s no middle man. PS I would also like Amazon to have an orbiting space distribution center so that they could just launch everything I buy from orbit and it could just crash on my lawn. How do you like that, Cooley? David Yamasaki http://www.flickr.com/photos/dyamasaki ====== I'm looking at Adobe's own blog about iPad excluding Flash, the user comments are downright venomous against Adobe's product quality, CPU consumption, and closed code. Several posts even express hope that the iPad will move people to HTML5 more quickly, and nail the coffin on Flash altogether. Many of the posts are actually from Flash developers who are welcoming the opportunity to move away from Adobe altogether, and blaming them directly for poor implementation and support of their products on the apple platform as a whole. Maybe this controversy over the lack of Flash be a flash in the pan. (Pun intended...). http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplatform/2010/01/apples_ipad_–_a_broken_link.html Joey

On the Internet, the only thing harder to fight than frivolous copyright infringement accusations is comment trolls. Nevertheless, we're all going to give it our best shots. In other news, Woz hacks its Prius, the Internet comes up with wishful-thinking rumors to turn the iPad into the thing we all wanted it to be, and we just cannot get excited about the Nexus One on AT&T. Or the JooJoo tablet. --Molly loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'ces2010-small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50083128',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio)Subscribe with iTunes (video)Subscribe with RSS (audio)Subscribe with RSS (video) Top Stories Wozniak cites ’scary’ Prius acceleration problem http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10445564-64.html Apple Rumourpalooza Rumour mill: New iPad with full OSX and camera on Verizon http://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-ipad-is-happening-verizon-source-says-2010-2 http://blog.missionrepair.com/2010/02/01/ipad-camera-rumor-becoming-a-reality-we-think-so/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/01/apple-tablet-os-x-ipad/ Google shows off Chrome OS tablet ideas http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000034-264.html And now time for Google tablet rumors. Wonderful http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/01/google-tablet-photos/ Other Stories AT&T getting its own Nexus One soon http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10444986-266.html Microsoft investigating Windows 7 batteryissue http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/160081;_ylt=Au7LX4TsZixx4JlFJ5VGdPB0fNdF http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10445767-56.html JooJoo tablet may come as early as this month http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100202/tc_pcworld/joojootabletpcpromisedbyendoffebruary;_ylt=AtejygaFobO.GOqgAPVgkvl0fNdF Grandma endures wrongful ISP piracysuspension http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10444879-261.html http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/dropping-car-analogies-and-finding-common-ground-on-copyright.ars New reality show coming to PlayStation Network http://mashable.com/2010/02/01/the-tester-psn/ Engadget turns comments off http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/02/were-turning-comments-off-for-a-bit/ Kickers and Science Twitter reduces our grasp on spelling and grammar http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/01/31/12686831-cp.html http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/02/student-grammar-failure-capability-or-context.ars —— Voicemail Max from Fresno on contact lenses for 3D Anonymous on price fixing —— Email Hi JaMoTo (glad that I can use that abbreviation again): I ran across this story on paidContent.org that suggests that Amazon might be the winner in their battle with Macmillan. Basically, the article suggests that because Amazon was losing money on Kindle books, they’ll now stop losing money on Macmillan books (and on books from any other publisher that adopts the agency model). In the end, the prices will naturally go down, but Amazon will no longer be taking a loss on Kindle books. If this is true, then Amazon just lured all of the publishers into a trap. Still, I don’t buy every argument made in the article. (The author suggests that if e-book prices go up, piracy won’t increase. I disagree with that statement). I seriously think that $9.99 is the sweet spot for new e-books. At prices higher than that, customers will buy the physical copy instead. Only at under $10 does is it appealing to me, at least, to give up my right to loan or sell the book when I’m done with it. The article presents an interesting theory, and I can’t wait to see how this all turns out. http://paidcontent.org/article/419-in-amazon-vs.-macmillan-amazon-is-the-winner/ Joe AKA dOgBOi —— Hey Buzz Crew I’m a big fan of Stanza, I love the ability to share any document no matter what format onto my iPhone, which is perfect for my job. However it looks like Apple has made the devs take away features from the app. An update hit yesterday and all it does is remove the ability to share books from your pc to the iPhone app via USB. This is pretty darn suspicious as Apple just announcement their own iBook platform for the iPad. On the Stanza forums the devs explained that if they don’t remove the feature they risk being booted from the App Store ! Love the show. Feroze From London, England EPISODE 1157

On today's show, Amazon gets called out on price-fixing, even though Macmillan wants to charge too much for e-books. AT&T redefines "unlimited," and Microsoft is redefining the bar code, Apple got the fake Flash out of its iPad ads, and big news! Jason had his baby, and Molly's coming back to Buzz Out Loud full time as of next week. Yeah, you read that right. Not a punk. See you Wednesday! -- Molly loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'ces2010-small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50083073',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio)Subscribe with iTunes (video)Subscribe with RSS (audio)Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1156 Congrats Jason Howell! http://www.cnet.com/8301-19709_1-10444573-10.html Amazon Caves To Macmillan's eBook Pricing Demands http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/31/amazon-caves-to-macmillans-ebook-pricing-demands/ (Molly Rants) Amazon: get out of the e-book pricing business http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-10438385-256.html http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-hey-john-sargent-ceo-of-macmillan-books-screw-you-2010-1 Apple excises the false Flash in its iPad promo video http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/apple-excises-the-false-flash-in-its-ipad-promo-video/ Other Stories 8.9-inch ExoPC Slate has iPad looks, netbook internals, Windows 7 soul http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/31/8-9-inch-exopc-slate-has-ipad-looks-netbook-internals-windows/ Zune Phone to Debut at MWC, Will Use Nvidia Tegra http://gizmodo.com/5461215/ Microsoft tries to reinvent the bar code http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10444432-56.html Foursquare Teams With Bravo TV http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/foursquare-partners-with-bravo-tv/ Southwest Airlines is getting WiFi http://www.blogsouthwest.com/blog/it-is-official-wi-fi-is-on-the-way Kickers and Science Grammys: Imogen Heap Accepts Award Wearing "Twitter Dress" http://mashable.com/2010/01/31/grammys-imogen-heap-twitdress/ Colbert starts iPad campaign at the Grammys http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10444898-71.html —— Voicemail Gonzo’s theory on the iPad microSIM —— Email Dude, You guys totally missed why samsung beat out hp in sales last year. Kinda low tech but so true! Appliances! Have you looked at refridgerators latley? Samsung has great reliability and style. I’m lusting after a jet black fridge by them with dual compressors, led back lights and a computer controlled quad climate system plus, a touch screen. All this for the low price of $1100.00 My 13 year old daughter has beat her samsung phone to hell and back with no problems. A company that can bear the abuse that a 13 year old compulsive texter can put out, (4000 a month average!) probably knows how to make a reliable icemaker too. Been listining for two years, Love the show (most of the time) The other Josh from Denver. —— Buzz Crew, Love the show! There is a problem to polarized contact lenses (ep. 1155) beyond the cold of Maine. Polarized lenses must be oriented in order to be effective as sunglasses (decreasing sun glare off the ground or other horizontal surfaces), and one lens must be oriented 90° different than that for use in 3-D viewing. Yet contact lenses tend to slip around, losing their orientation. Possible solution: Magnets? But you’d have to have some electromagnetic field on your eyes, generated by something nearby. Temple implants? I’m not sure it’s sellable. Keep up the good work! Scotty Mechanical Engineer Cupertino, Ca Brian Tong Dear BOL … ? Dear Bollers? Dear Bowlers? Dude.. Okay. Has a replacement for the JaMoTo name ever been agreed upon? LVN

While every woman on Earth universally thinks the name iPad is stupid, Fujitsu still wants to own it. We'll tell you about the Fujitsu iPad which has existed since 2002 and why Apple thinks they can still own the name anyway. We also look at the MSI tablet which may be much better than iPad. But will you buy it? And we hear from a man who is drunk and frozen in Maine. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'ces2010-small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50082963',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio)Subscribe with iTunes (video)Subscribe with RSS (audio)Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1155 Fujitsu Readies Lawsuit Over “iPad” Name http://slashdot.org/story/10/01/28/2055209/Fujitsu-Readies-Lawsuit-Over-iPad-Name The iPad has Adobe’s Flash on Apple’s video http://www.9to5mac.com/apple-flash-ipad-3954934055 Why You Can't Use Your Phone's SIM in the iPad http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/01/ipad-mini-sim/ MSI’s 10-inch Tegra/Android tablet coming this year for $500 http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/01/msis-10-inch-tegraandroid-tablet-coming-this-year-for-500.ars Samsung takes top spot from HP http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c48d477a-0c3b-11df-8b81-00144feabdc0.html Wikileaks temporarily shuts down due to lack of funds http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jan/29/wikileaks-temporarily-closes-lack-funds McGraw-Hill on iPad launch: We didn’t get booted; we weren’t part of it http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10444004-37.html IAB's Rothenberg: iPad Is A Threat To Online Ads http://paidcontent.org/article/419-iabs-rothenberg-ipad-is-a-threat-to-online-ads/ 80% of Cell Phone Encryption Solutions Insecure http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/01/28/2317254/80-of-Cell-Phone-Encryption-Solutions-Insecure Kayak.com lets you book ‘Lost’ flight http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10443751-36.htm VOICEMAIL Scott has a brilliant idea for 3D TV Janna will love the iPad. EMAIL Hey Buzz Crew, I just finished listening to your coverage on the Apple iPad and found myself thinking Apple is taking its fan base and popularity for granted by not innovating, even when technology is readily available. My brother is a CMOS image sensor designer, and was the senior engineer on the project that created the first credit card sized digital camera. The sensor had also been employed for rear facing cameras in many newer automobiles an is a proven viable technology. About two years ago he had a meeting with some VP at Apple regarding including a forward facing camera on the iPhone. The idea was to have a low powered, lower resolution video feed to use for streaming video calls at lower bandwidths. My brother didn’t partner with Apple on the project, opting to go with imaging DNA sequences instead, but it confuses me that Apple hasn’t found and implemented this solution yet. Maybe they need to readjust their spending away from bashing Windows constantly and start innovating again. Love the Show, Chad the Professional Ballroom Dancer in Portland ********** Hello Buzzers… I think the most interesting thing about the iPad and iBooks announcement is the fact that they will be using the ePub format. If publishers start making textbooks in ePub format, then the accessibility issue may be wiped away by the recent announcement at the ATIA conference. At ATIA the makers of the Victor Reader Stream announced compatibility with ePub books so if blind users can use iTunes to buy books and import to the Stream then issue resolved. The Victor Reader is an iPod like device for reading books and playing other audio formats. These developments could be a huge move in the right direction, until publishers figure out a way to screw it up with permissions or such. Love the show! Rodney http://techaccessweekly.com “A podcast of unspecified length concerning news and events in accessible technology.”

Yes of course we rehash the Apple iPad. We find out how to pronounce it properly in Boston. And we determine that it is the fundamental problem with democracy. But there is other news, including a class-action suit against Microsoft over its points system on Xbox and Zune. And President Obama wants to kill the moon program for now. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'ces2010-small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50082912',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio)Subscribe with iTunes (video)Subscribe with RSS (audio)Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1154 Apple’s iPad: What you need to know http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20000020-37.html Apple lifts VoIP over cellular restrictions in new iPhone SDK http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/apple-lifts-voip-over-cellular-restrictions-in-new-iphone-sdk/ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apple-lifts-3g-voip-restrictions-icall-with-3g-support-available-immediately-82842957.html Microsoft roadmap has Windows 8 shipping in 2011 http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/01/27/tentative.leak.has.windows.8.rtm.july.2011/ Class action suit filed over “fraudulent” Microsoft points http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/01/class-action-suit-filed-over-fradulent-microsoft-points.ars Ubisoft’s new DRM solution: you have be online to play http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/01/ubisofts-new-drm-solution-you-have-be-online-to-play.ars Jammie Thomas rejects RIAA’s $25,000 settlement offer http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10442482-261.html Even without cookies, a browser leaves a trail of crumbs http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/01/even-without-cookies-a-browser-leaves-a-trail-of-crumbs.ars 3D TV coming to British pubs this weekend, can expect chilly reception http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/3d-tv-coming-to-british-pubs-this-weekend-can-expect-chilly-rec/ Obama Choosing NOT To Go To the Moon http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/01/27/1725236/Obama-Choosing-NOT-To-Go-To-the-Moon VOICE MAIL Pete from Boston clears up the whole New England iPad pronunciation question. Jefferson (Jeff) from Sydney has an iPad question Orad the physics student has an answer E-MAIL Tom, Just wanted to comment on Wednesday’s caller about me. The account wasn’t “stolen” by any definition but in an attempt to protect the person responsible for the account I used, I purposefully kept that information light. And, as you suggested, I did indicate several times in the piece that I was not under an NDA and that I was operating with OnLive’s consent. Just don’t want you guys to think I was acting inappropriately regarding the issue or anything like that but the other criticisms are indeed fair. Have a good one! Ryan ********** Hi everyone, I heard there was going to be a protest outside the Apple event yesterday by the Defective by Design people (I read about it here http://www.defectivebydesign.org/) over the locked down nature of the device. Did anyone at the event run into this to your knowledge? What are your thoughts on the implications of Apple bringing this locked down infrastructure of the iPhone/iPod Touch into the typically open world of home computing? It probably wasn’t a huge group though I do agree with them on a number of points. Love the show, Josh Miller Grad student (though not for much longer)

We recorded right after Steve Jobs finished his 90-minute announcement of the Apple iPad, Apple's new tablet computer. It's variably impressive depending on who you are, but will anyone buy it? We discuss. Also, it's over for the Mars rover Spirit. At least the roving part is over, but it's still alive and doing science. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'ces2010-small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50082830',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'left'}); Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio)Subscribe with iTunes (video)Subscribe with RSS (audio)Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1153 Apple iPad tablet http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10440943-260.html After three months, only 35 subscriptions for Newsday’s Web site http://www.observer.com/2010/media/after-three-months-only-35-subscriptions-newsdays-web-site McNealy’s bittersweet memo bids good-bye to Sun http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000017-264.html Oracle buys Sun, becomes hardware company http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000019-264.html Oracle’s Sun strategy: What to expect http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=29982 Microsoft working on a Zune Phone? http://www.pcworld.com/article/187859/microsoft_working_on_a_zune_phone.html End of the road for Mars rover http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/deltav/24719/ Antarctica needs a network engineer http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/01/27/1342220/Antarctica-Needs-a-Network-Engineer VOICE MAIL Anonymous takes us to task for not being hard on PC Perspective E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew, Just listened to episode 1511 where Miles from Texas describes the Pixel Qi (pronounced “chee”) display. Many people don’t realize that Pixel Qi’s technology is already used in over a million devices: the XO Laptop from Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop per Child. I got an XO in 2007 from the first Give 1 Get 1 program, and while the display isn’t perfect — the colors aren’t as rich as an LCD, and the black-and-white mode isn’t as reflective as e-ink — it’s certainly impressive. I’m sure this proven technology has advanced quite a bit over the years, and am excited to see commercial success branching from the innovative OLPC project. Love the show! Adam from Chicago PS: the XO is also widely regarded as spurring the netbook trend in low-cost, internet-connected laptops. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: 'ces2010-small',lumiereQueryType: 'id',lumiereQueryValue: '50082775',useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo: false,preRollAd: true,hideLeftTab:true,wrapperFloat:'none'}); --