Episode 892

After much thought and discussion, we here at BOL have decided to change the focus of the show from technology to carpentry. We think you're going to like it. Also, botnets 2.0 strike fear into our collective hearts, new cloaking technology seems awesome until Rafe buzzkills it, and it's my last day as a full-time host on BOL. See you in two Mondays! 
==Stories Covered==
Meet Son of Storm, Srizbi 2.0: next-gen botnets come online
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090115-meet-son-of-storm-srizbi-2-0-next-gen-botnets-come-online.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7832652.stm
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F16%2F142211
Video game industry roars in December
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10143990-235.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090115-king-of-the-hill-nintendo-dominates-final-2008-sales-charts.html
Intel profit sinks 90%
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/15/technology/Intel_earns/?postversion=2009011521
Circuit City fails to be wanted, will now be liquidated
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/circuit-city-fails-to-be-wanted-will-now-be-liquidated/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7834250.stm
UPDATE: Apple Mac Mini based on Nvidia Ion
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-mac-nvidia-ion,6849.html
Facebook has Whopper of a problem with Burger King campaign
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126098
New cloaking surface throws an electromagnetic curveball
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090115-new-cloaking-surface-throws-an-electromagnetic-curveball.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10143649-1.html
Where to watch the inauguration online
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10144072-38.html
Choices narrowed for first U.S. CTO
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2009/tc20090115_815265.htm
How many AAAAAs in Khaaaaaaaan?
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/16/how-many-aaaaas-in-k.html
==From The Phones==
*Ryan from Hawaii
Pull the plug!
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090115_mo_DTV.81dfa76.html
(from Greg in Baton Rouge)
*Patrick from NHcarpentry tip for Cooley 
==Emails==
Hi all. I am not a famous person. I have never voted for an idol. I’ve only been an AT&T customer for 3 weeks so I’ve only managed to send
less than 100 txt messages - not a heavy texter. Even after all that, I still got the American idol spam txt yesterday. You guys made me feel like I’m a “somebody”. Thanks!
Peter on the train in Chicago
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Hi BOL Crew, Long time first time, At&T said they were sending these texts to “heavy texters” and people who had voted for American Idol in the past. I fit in to both categories. I have voted twice from my phone and my sister, my mother, and myself send 8000, 5000, & 4000 texts a month respectivly. I’m a little hurt i didn’t get a message. :’( Love the show.
McAfee15
==Additional Notes==
*Molly Wood's last episode as podcast regular
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