Episode 1281

Steve Ballmer admits Apple knows a thing or two about tablets. The U.K. government says it's sticking with IE 6 despite the entire world saying it's full of security holes. And the U.S. Congress, realizing it's out of money, wants to bring Internet gambling back to the U.S. so it can be taxed.
==Stories Covered==
Ballmer says Microsoft at work to rival iPad
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20012123-56.html
Ballmer on iPad: ‘they’ve sold certainly more than I’d like them to have sold’
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/ballmer-on-ipad-theyve-sold-certainly-more-than-id-like-them/
Microsoft: We are focusing on eight core businesses
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-we-are-focusing-on-eight-core-businesses/6937
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 beta due in September
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-internet-explorer-9-beta-due-in-september/6943
UK Government rules out upgrading from Internet Explorer 6
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/pda/2010/jul/30/internet-explorer-6-uk-government
Congress Rethinks Its Ban on Internet Gambling
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/us/politics/29gamble.html
Apple Patents Travel, Hotel and Fashion Applications
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/apple_patents_travel_hotel_and_fashion_applications.php
Facebook: No Plans To Give Search Engines Access To Facebook Questions
http://searchengineland.com/facebook-questions-no-search-engine-indexing-47671
Google adds weather to Google Earth
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/07/rain-or-snow-now-you-can-see-weather-in.html
RIM Said to Plan Tablet for November to Take on IPad
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-30/rim-said-to-plan-tablet-for-november-to-take-on-ipad.html
Copia announces $99 color e-reader
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20012145-1.html
Sprint set to release 3G-enabling “case” for iPod touch
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/07/sprint-set-to-release-3g-enabling-case-for-ipod-touch.ars
7 DNS keyholders – named
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-10152_102-0.html?threadID=403708
When 2 dinosaurs become 1
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/29/when-2-dinosaurs-bec.html
Today’s featured Buzz Out Loud remix at the end of the show:
Chris!'''
http://podcast-files.cnet.com/podcast/BOLremix_Chris.mp3
==Voicemail==
Anonymous – Android auto-update
==Emails==
As I watched episode 1278, I saw yet another example of people not seeing the big picture. WHY oh WHY are we trying to make robots that imitate human actions? Why not train a snake to flip a pancake? It makes just as much sense.
ROBOTS ARE NOT HUMANS! Stop wasting countless hours and money trying to make them walk on 2 legs like us! Put some tank treads on those bad boys and be done with it. Screw flipping pancakes, put heating elements in both of the robots "hands" and let him grab a handful of batter and whip out a perfect pancake in any shape that you want!
The whole idea behind robots is to accomplish things that we as humans can't or won't do.... Stop limiting them to human standards...
Thanks and love the show!
Chris J. Sellers
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The new blackberry, the 9780, is a slider phone featuring a physical keyboard AND a touchscreen able to be used while the phone is open or closed. There is a press conference featuring ATT on August 3rd I believe.
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
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Friday: What was the last pic taken on Kodachrome?
Two people: A picture of the new digital camera he'll be using from now on
Monday: What would you do with the Higgs Boson if you found it? ”
KotaKity: If I could do anything with it, I would EAT it!
Anonymous: If I find it, it's going right in a box and being shipped to 235 Second St!
Tuesday: Trackpad, mouse, or nubbin?
Mouse, resoundingly.
Nubbin in second
Trackpad in third.
Wednesday: Should a jailbroken phone cancel the warranty?
Resounding no, though there was one yes?!
Thursday: What would you prefer in the new era of Blackberry? Stick with the hardware keyboard? Or touchscreen?
EVERYONE voted to for the hardware keyboard… but most people added that the ideal Blackberry is a combination of both.
==After The Credits==