December 31, 2011

It’s Microsoft’s last CES, we say goodbye, and will it have any major impact on the worlds largest electronics show. Short answer. No. The vote on SOPA gets delayed until 2012, just in time to try to make people forget. Plus, some of the Top 10 lists from the internet meme world! We love you Nyan Cat!

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EPISODE 1571

NEWS

-Mystery: Who killed the Microsoft CES keynote?

-The truth about microsoft and CES

-How SOPA’s ‘circumvention’ ban could put a target on Tor

-All the Companies Supporting SOPA, the Awful Internet Censorship Law–and How to Contact Them

-Apple nears German court rebuff in row with Samsung

-Hasbro sues Asus over Transformer Prime

-Checking in on the Kindle Fire: over-the-air update not a fix-all

-Kindle app update brings some Kindle Fire features to iPads

-Kindle Fire, Nook driving 7-inch display demand

ALSO THIS WEEK

-People: Steve Jobs awarded a Grammy

-Construction to begin soon on ‘prototype’ Apple store in downtown Palo Alto

-Google activating 700K Android devices every day

-Intel Shows Off Its Smart Phone and Tablet for 2012

-In-Car Video Chat And 4G Streaming From OnStar – at CES 2012

-Surprise — The Most Popular Facebook Game of 2011 Wasn’t Made by Zynga

-YouTubes 2011 greatest hits hosted by Rebecca Black

-The Best Viral Videos Of 2011: A Retrospective

STEPHEN’S VIDEO PICK OF THE YEAR

CNET TV BLOOPER REEL

http://cnettv.cnet.com/bloopers-2011-best-worst-cnet/9742-1_53-50116870.html

EMAILS

To make the gmail layout legible you have to click the gear (settings)
and pick compact. This makes it not look so bright. This should be the
default.

Now the redesign doesn’t make you dizzy at all.

Sent from my iPhone Joshua

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Hey Buzz Crew,

In a recent voicemail, Champ asked if the AT&T website made a mistake claiming the iPhone 4S is 4G. BT said yes, but it’s no mistake. AT&T includes HSPA+ in their definition of 4G. That said, how long are we going to keep counting the number of Gs in a phone? I’m over it.

Brad from Phoenix

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Hey its Blake ! Love the show…I was listening to some of your old episodes. And in ep.1556 y’all metioned that people send about 3200 or so texts a month. Well I JUST got a new phone Wednesday. I already have sent 7,421 Texts. Todays Saturday. That mean I sent about 1800 texts a day since wednesday. I also have an Unlimited 4G plans, so ontop of all the webbrowsing/streaming/apps/etc. I still text like a boss. Infact it took me about a minute to write all of this #TeenageSwag

Blake

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Mr. Stephen Beacham,

We are the 10 percent. We are getting forced to “convert” in elementary school. We have to choose between products that work well, but cost more, or products that work for everyone but us. We are denied quality cooking utensils. Our iPhones refuse to get service. We are seen as sinister. We have been ignored by the 90%.

On Thursday, December 8, 2011, we took the first step towards recognition. We occupied Twitter. By reversing the position of your tweet stream and sidebar, the 90% are forced to endure what the 10% must go through on a daily basis. So Mr. Beacham, when you call the new twitter “backwards” you are giving us just what we want. Who are we? We are the left handers of the world, and whether you like it or not, we are here to stay. We are the 10%.

~Joseph (southpaw spokesman)

P.S. If indeed you are left handed, those righties have gotten into your head. You’re not sitting at our table at lunch.

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