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CNET | Buzz Out Loud Show Notes
August 30, 2007   
Molly Wood and Tom Merritt

Today's Buzz
That's right. AT&T has finally pulled the ultimate fast one on us, and killed time itself. OK, calm down. They're discontinuing the "call for time" service that's still only available in Nevada and California. Other things to calm down about? A possible iCar, cell phones and cancer, municipal Wi-Fi, and Viacom copyright insanity. Actually, get fired up about that last one. We are.

--Molly



EPISODE 550

TODAY'S LINKS:


TODAY'S VOICE MAIL:
Alex in Las Vegas
Got display casings for new iPods.

Bill in New Jersey
Blue light is brighter in the dark.

Anonymous
About the DVD service. And ha ha Jeff!



TODAY'S FORUMS:
Leopard
Hi Molly and Tom,

Looking For My Leopard

As you can see Tom, you are the only one waiting and looking for the new Mac OS.

Thomas the programmer from Poland

Good one!
I, like the caller in episode 549, also listen to BOL as I am falling asleep. I was about to drift off into blissful REM when I heard the sound of an alarm. I was confused as to why my alarm was going off at 1 a.m. and even hit the snooze button; then it clicked! Nice one guys! I actually laughed out loud. Love the show and, for the record, I have listened to all 549 episodes.

Jody G.

BOL: The delicious midnight snack of podcasts
Hey TMJ,

Love the podcast, I also listen to it every night as I go to sleep. However, you guys are not the warm milk of tech podcasts, you are the delicious midnight snack. Also, Jason, not cool with the alarm, I think your "gadget noise" ruined my otherwise deep sleep.

Love the show,
Woody

Bastardly
I just wanted to let you know that the alarm at the end of the last episode was bastardly. I know it was meant for Dan, but I was just starting to doze off to the siesta that Tom suggests. It was going to be timed perfectly with the end of the show ... and then that.

The (now) fully awake Erik from Tulsa

Mobile-Review.com is down due to angry Apple iPhone fans
Hi Tom and Molly,

Devin here from The Nokia Guide Blog.

The guys over at Mobile-Review.com wrote a piece about the iPhone that pissed off a lot of people so much that they started a denial of service attack on his site. The owner of the site writes:

"We received warnings from Apple fans that they could close site. Today, we are under DOS attack and site is not available for readers. We try to filter traffic but too much computers send empty requests. I receive message from someone that this attack will show how iPhone is supreme above all other mobile phones. We try to solve this problem, but it takes some time."

In the article found here they conclude that iPhone is a mere fashion device and nothing else. Never knew that Apple fans were this aggressive.

I listen to your podcasts all the way down here in Curacao!

Love the podcast,
Devin

I have the Nokia n95 5gig with 3G ...
And I HATE it.

It's a pain to navigate. It's a hassle to sync files, photos, and music. It's heavy. It's fat. The shifting face plate is just stupid. Moreover, the battery plate broke almost as soon as I got it.

The phone I have is a demo unit, and I have to return it. However, I would NEVER EVER buy this overpriced P.O.S. phone.

FYI: I don't have an iPhone, but I would prefer one over the n95 because it's easy to set up and I don't have to jump through hoops to add a song or download a photo.

Thank you,
Robert Hazelrigg


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Molly Wood
Molly Wood engages in ruthless industry analysis (that is, ranting) in the form of the Daily Buzz, the Buzz Report video, and, of course, the Buzz Out Loud podcast.
Tom Merritt
Tom Merritt is the author of CNET's The Real Deal column, the star of many CNET.com how-to videos, and of course, the sometimes outnumbered cohost of Buzz Out Loud.


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