Natali has an internal Twitter dialogue about whether to let the world know that the last pumpkin scone has been sold. The Zune HD will only be available in the U.S., and Facebook launches a lite version of the site sans apps.
VOICE MAIL Chris in Atlanta – why I still want the iPod Classic
E-MAIL Podcast categories in iTunes I just use search, it does a pretty good job. I searched “Triathlon” for kicks and got a full page of podcasts, refine the search “triathlon training” and it drilled down. “Triathlon tips” got different results. Works for me.
People want things better and different, but don’t like change. Randy
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Hey Buzz crew,
You discussed on episode 1060 regarding Google checkout getting involved with paying for newspaper articles on the web. Tom discussed making it as simple as the Apps store, and figuring .02 would be ok, and not seeing how it could possibly added up without our knowing. Another solution to this problem could possibly be paying for points, just like XBOX does to pay for downloadable content. How many Rockband songs have you added, without even giving thought to how much money you have actually spent on the game. This would keep you logged in, and to read the rest of this story it would require ‘x’ points, and if you don’t have the points available, your redirected to a site to add points.
On her way back from the airport the other day, our photo editor Sarah found a Kindle in the back seat of a New York City taxi cab. Being the honest person she is, she asked me if there was any way to get it back ...
A 4GB file can traverse 60 miles in 2 hours by pigeon, but that gets you only 4 percent of the file over the South African Internet. We also keep you up to date on new Android phones from Motorola as well as open-source map info from TomTom.
VOICE MAIL Bob from DC about new podcasts in iTunes
Josh in SLC about Utah broadband
E-MAIL Hay Buzz Crew
In regards to the Comcast 100MBs service
In Brooklyn, NY Cablevision is offering a similar service for $79.99 a month it's called Optimum ULTRA @ 101MBs
Its sweet except for the $300 installation charge but I'll eat a onetime charge rather than a progressive $300 bill.
Thank You Matthew C
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Hey Buzz crew,
As I was installing the new version of iTunes today (version 9.0), I saw something interesting. I had to accept a new EULA (which usually happens), but this time, they had a summary of the important changes over the actual legalese. This appears to be an easy way to get around the fight between a EULA that the lawyers want and one that we can understand. The only issue: you have to trust the company (in this case, Apple), that they are doing a fair job summarizing the changes.
Love the show!
Andy the biological engineering grad student from Utah
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hey buzzards!
you mentioned how 3D TV is being used to prevent piracy and how it will eventually circumvented.
yes, that’s true… but it would still essentially eliminate the distribution of cam and telesync copies of films still in theaters as cammers wont be able to record films in this fashion. you wouldnt even be able to film a 3D image with a 3D camera for obvious reasons (unless it were some kind of crosseyed lens setup to somehow pinch the alternating perspectives into a single image, a la “magic eye” stereoscopic images. just kidding).
pirates wouldnt be able to release anything until a screener is able to be ripped at the very least, therefore putting more reluctant viewers into the theaters if they just cant wait for it.
Most of the time, you get everything BUT the kitchen sink. But being that we're the Gadgettes, we've decided you deserve a little something extra. So we decided to give you a kitchen sink too.
E-MAIL After searching around for more Bugatti related appliances I found that they are all part of a set of appliances that Bugatti make, to complement the Coffee maker, tea kettle and toaster there is also the Bugatti Vela Blender.
Unfortunately I think these the only appliances left in the Bugatti line so I don’t think this warrants it’s own segment on the show
Much love Khalid from England
Jason, What’s up with the same t-shirt 2 weeks in a row?
Love the guys Ross
were you aware that you have a wiki? I didn’t make it, and it has almost nothing on it. The real reason that i brought it up is that you guys commonly mention how many segments you have. There is a page that manages to keep track of the common ones. with a little housekeeping, it could be an interesting way to take care of that mess of things like “golf crap” that are very uncommon. Daniel
Apple announcements were a little mundane. The One More Thing was an iPod Nano with a camera. We were more impressed with the fact that they added an FM radio. But really that's the No. 2 story. The Palm Pixi caught our eye for top billing. Should it catch yours?
VOICE MAIL Richard in Santa Monica guy wants the love
E-MAIL Hey Buzz Crew-
I was at Wal-Mart last night when I saw a couple of movies that I wanted to add to my Netflix queue, so I pulled out my HTC Touch Windows Mobile phone (which I haven't been real impressed with by the way) and added the movies to my queue using Netflix's mobile site. On my way home I was thinking...what if Netflix came out with an app that allowed you to use your phone to scan the barcode of a movie while in a store to add it to your queue? Love the show as always!
Big Bear Outlet Team
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Hey guys,
I decided to test out querying for the term ’search’ to see altavista pop up in google as no.1 like brian mentioned in yesterdays podcast. (I used to like altavista also), but waddayaknow!!! Bing is actually the no. 1 result, followed by altavista!
Is there any reason why google hasn’t put http://www.google.com as a search hit on the list when looking for the term ’search’ anyway?
Lavin
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Hi Buzz Crew,
You are making so much fun of the idea of Windows 7 installation parties. Well actually... this kind of parties are VERY popular and called: install fest (just type into Google). What you will see is a LOT of Linux install fest parties Microsoft communities also organize install fests. Usually they take place in some bar/pub where you sit with a bunch of geek friends and install a new release of some product. And after that you sum up the finished installations, unfinished once, also there are some disasters like a burned laptop etc. So to finish this email - the idea is not new, not only MS does it but a lot of user communities
We realize the problem with an OS installation party is there's nothing to do. We also warn you about the great iPod camera shortage of 2009. If it's real. And we all like the Asus Eee-reader. Too bad that and the glasses-free 3D TV aren't real... yet.
EMAIL I called all my friends who might be interested, but they ALL wanted to be hosts to get the free Windows 7 Ultimate Edition.
Thinking about it, it is obvious that Microsoft wasn’t thinking. All of us who might get excited about this program would ALL want to be hosts! Those not interested in hosting would probably not be excited about Windows 7 let alone an installation party.
Love the show.
Tom in Huntsville, AL
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Google front page patent – Please do not call this a patent, I know you all love to poke fun at us but be a bit fair. Design patents are more like a trademark then a standard patent. Design patents only protect the appearance and not any of the tech behind it, they are used for anything from packaging to buildings. The design patent only provide very limited coverage as they only protect against near exact copies. Still love the show.
The Commodore 64 emulator application for iPhone, previously rejected by Apple, was approved for availability in the App Store over the weekend, only to get pulled days later.
Apple blocked the sale of the iPhone app, dubbed C64, from the store on Tuesday without explaining why, according to developer Manomio. And while Apple was not immediately available for comment regarding the C64 app, which is designed to enable users to play classic Commodore 64 games and run applications, Manomio says it believes that the yanking is related to an available work-around that enables users to activate the Commodore BASIC interpreter, a feature behind the application's initial App Store rejection.
As outlined in the iPhone Blog on Sunday, the BASIC interpreter could be accessed via the C64 app by enabling "always show full keyboard," starting a game, paging over to the Extra keyboard, then tapping Reset.
"Unfortunately, with all the submitting and changing we made for Apple, we inadvertently re-enabled the Reset button," Manomio CTO Stuart Carnie said. "And since all the games have a custom control panel, we completely missed the keyboard issue. I'm not sure how we can address this...It was actually quite a surprise that the release happened on Saturday."
Leaving an opening for that Reset work-around was a "simple mistake" on Manomio's part--it "wasn't intended to be an Easter egg," as some media outlets are touting it, said Carnie, who added that the back door to the BASIC interpreter has been blocked in a subsequent update to the C64 app that the company has submitted for review. In the meantime, iPhone users who purchased the C64 app before it was pulled can continue to experience retro gaming and experiment with the BASIC interpreter.
Anything capable of allowing the entry of programming code and generation of an offshoot app could be a security risk to the iPhone and its users. Apple is strongly opposing such capabilities in iPhone applications, but if a BASIC interpreter is implemented properly in a sandbox environment, there should be nothing to worry about, according to Manomio.
Although the BASIC interpreter enabled via the work-around, according to Manomio, indeed operates in a sandbox environment that completely separates the two operating systems, the developer has yet to convince Apple that it is incapable of harming the iPhone's operating system. If the developer continues to meet opposition on that point, it will be forced to develop a new release that effectively removes access to BASIC permanently.
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Commodore International released the Commodore 64 in 1982. Originally priced at $595, sales eventually totaled 30 million units, making it the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. The 8-bit home computer featured advanced video and audio hardware, as well as a whopping 64K of RAM and a zippy (for its time) 1.02MHz central processing unit.
Perhaps proving the Commodore 64's lasting popularity, Manomio sold more than 7,000 copies of the $4.99 app between its release on Saturday and its pull-down on Tuesday, meriting temporary placement in the App Store's Top 50 category for paid apps in 28 countries, according to Carnie. C64 had been bundled with five licensed titles: La Mans, Dragons Den, Arctic Shipwreck, Jack Attack, and Jupiter Lander.
Are you are former Commodore 64 user who is interested in reliving the past by coding in Commodore BASIC, spending long hours typing a program in from your favorite magazine, or running a favorite retro game? Let us know in the comments.
The app hits the ground running--make that scrolling--with a slick Ken Burns-style slideshow of hand-picked images from the site.
An initial tap of the Recent, You, or Contacts button along the bottom leads you through a one-time authorization process (which requires a visit to Safari), after which you gain access to the respective user-account features on Flickr.
You can also search for photos and videos, of course, and do all the usual stuff with whatever you find: add to favorites, share via e-mail, leave a comment, etc.
Of course, the main appeal here is uploading: You can snap and upload a photo on the fly or choose an existing snapshot from your library. The app lets you assign the photo to a set, add tags (including a geotag from your current location), and choose a privacy level.
In short, the official Flickr app does just about everything you'd want it to (except batch uploads, that is), and with simplicity and style. It's free, of course, and it works with both free and Pro accounts.
So this begs the question: is there an existing third-party app that "does Flickr" better than Flickr's own app? Share your thoughts in the comments.
