Buzz Out Loud 692: Shine on, Chumby
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EPISODE 692 |
Yahoo targets women with 'Shine'
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9905786-7.html
http://www.calacanis.com/2008/03/31/
content-owners-should-drop-yahoo-for-google/
Dignan: Yahoo brings media sense to the table
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8329
Vista eventually goes down in pwn to own
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/03/29/
pwn_to_own_vista_finally_falls_when_adobe_flash_is_installed.html
Report: Complaints trigger rewrite of Photoshop Express terms
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9906064-7.html
But Facebook, and many other sites, have the exact same terms
http://www.facebook.com/terms.php
Don’t sign up for that $40 DTV coupon yet!
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9906407-7.html
Creative irate after modder spruces up Vista X-Fi drivers
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/
20080331-creative-irate-after-modder-spruces-up-vista-x-fi-drivers.html
Exec sounds death knell for games consoles http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/03/31/duncan_console_death/
April 1: Day without Google?
http://altsearchengines.com/2008/03/31/
tomorrow-is-the-annual-day-without-google/
Chumby gets $12.5 million
http://www.centernetworks.com/chumby-series-b-funding
Another 12 years of U2
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9906330-7.html
Voicemail
Smaran from Warner:
Tax solution: make it opt-in!
Aaron in Chicago:
It’s America: we all subsidize each other.
(Warren said the same thing!)
E-mail:
No wonder Yahoo is in trouble
Hello again JaMoTo,
No wonder Yahoo is in trouble.
If this is their idea of content they can monetize, they’re about a decade behind. Not only is the page ugly, but I don’t see a single woman on that page with a weight problem. Is Yahoo saying all women in America are skinny and can eat giant chocolate bars (see the picture on the page) without gaining a pound?
So not cool.
In its own way, this is just as bad as Miss Bimbo, just a little sneakier about it.
Joe
AKA dOgBOi
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NBD Direct...easy
Jeez, Merritt...you blind? Go to: http://www.nbc.com/Video/ and in the center column, you'll see right away the steps necessary to get up and running. Here's a shortcut to the playback utility...http://www.nbc.com/Video/NBCDirectInstaller.exe
Have fun...ya blind "old guy."
R,
Doug - Pasadena, MD
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Two from #691
No. 1:
Regarding the world's oldest sound: I have no interest in this sound unless I can download it in lossless FLAC. For free.
No. 2:
Regarding the comment about body-driven Wi-Fi causing humans to need more food, she obviously isn't in sales: "The WiFi Diet!! Upgrade to 802.11n and watch those pounds melt away!! 3G? Hah; more like 3Gorgeous!! Act Now!"
"Love the Show" (copyrighted?)
Tim in Kansas
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Bell Canada
Hi Jason, Molly & Tom,
Thought I'd pass on some more info about Bell Canada making sure that we all get an equal share of bandwidth up here in Canada.
Union urges CRTC to curb Internet interference by Bell, Rogers
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=407117
P.S. : Great show...I listen every day.
Rob
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Hotel Internet access
Buzz Crew -
If all hotel guests who are upset at paying $11 per day for Internet access would send a letter to the Hotel's customer service like the one below, maybe things would change:
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Dear Hilton Customer Service,
My family and I stayed in two rooms for 3 nights at the following Hilton network hotel:
Doubletree
100 The City Drive,
Orange, California 92868
Check-in: 3/24/2008 / Check-out: 3/27/2008
Rooms: 620 (Walker) and 619 (Davidson)
I was appalled at the rate charged for in-room Internet access. The desk clerk explained I could access the Internet free in the lobby, to which my reply was that doing such is inconvenient and would require that I abandon my family. Because of your inconsideration to hotel guests regarding charges for in-room Internet access, I was forced to pay the exorbitant fee of $10.95 per day--$32.85 in total.
I understand you incur costs related to providing Internet access, but a more reasonable fee would be in the area of $2.95 per day. Other hotel chains manage to offer in-room Internet access and charge nothing for it.
I am a frequent hotel guest. Your staff was kind and treated us with respect and we tipped them accordingly; but due to Hilton's price gouging on in-room Internet access, which demonstrates the utmost in disrespect for your guests, we will no longer stay at Hilton network hotels.
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Great podcast.
-Tom in Littleton, Colorado
As host of the Buzz Report video series, Molly provides a fresh and funny perspective on the latest consumer electronic products to hit the market, as well as commentary on the stories and development that she thinks are truly buzz-worthy. She is also co-host of Buzz Out Loud, CNET's "podcast of indeterminate length," which entertains listeners with a funny and skeptical take on the day's technology news. Her other podcast, Gadgettes, is proof that girls can be geeks too.
Tom Merritt appears on
CNET TV, specializing in help and how-to and the ever popular Top 5
lists. He also co-hosts CNET's The Real Deal podcast. 
Jason Howell can
often be found producing Buzz Out Loud from the audio studios at CNET,
updating XML feeds from the comfort of his cubicle, and saying "uh-oh"
from time to time. 
I've been out of the audio business for a long time, but way back when, Dolby Labs never cared if you built a chip to decode surround sound. The would only charge if you were to use the Dolby tm or "Double D" logo on your product.
If Creative is not allowing their cards to decode Dolby and someone is hacking them to enable this functionality, maybe Creative is worried that they may (in some way) be open to a licensing lawsuit?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Nation
Both companies control various facets of the music in many of countries (trust me, you cant escape their tentacles in at least 6-7 europeans countries and partly in almost a dozen more. I have more respect for Microsoft for their ethics !?!.)
They control every aspect of the industry, production, artist management, touring, advertising, media,etc.. so the record business (especially as it becomes more and more digital) is their next logical step.
Btw, U2's agent's London-based Solo Agency is owned by ClearChannel and now they are going to LiveNation. Oh my... how bold.
When CNET TV spins off, would you consider it bold if people went from one company to the other?
This is like some horror movie where this giant parasite is growiing and growing and then it splits and now there are two giant parasites. I tried hard to find another analogy but this one works fine.
Cry havoc, Molly.
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by biergeliebter
April 4, 2008 7:34 AM PDT
- Wait a minute Molly! Are you sure its not the job of the government to prop up a failing industry? Someone forgot to tell the government this. Since they are working on bailing out the stupid decisions made by the mortage industry, Bear Stearns and others, doesn't this set a precedent that they should financially support an industry or company that is suffering such as the RIAA?
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