Episode 1185

Veronica Belmont and Ben Huh join us on stage to talk about the brewing war between Apple and Google, pay walls on the web... and we also wage tiny cute little wars on each other as well.
==Stories Covered==
Gowalla Tops Foursquare at SXSW Web Awards (But Benson Smokes 'em All)
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/03/sxsw-web-awards/
Google admits Buzz mistakes, tries again at SXSW
http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/14/google-admits-buzz-mistakes-tries-again-at-sxsw/
Web guru Tim Bray takes Google Android job
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000423-264.html
…blogs about wanting to kill the iPhone
http://www.businessinsider.com/new-google-employee-blogs-about-wanting-to-kill-the-iphone-2010-3
Google Product Manager RJ Pittman Defects To Apple
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/14/google-product-manager-rj-pittman-defects-to-apple/
HTC shipping CDMA-version Nexus One to Verizon, says paper
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100315PB200.html
Pew: readers prefer ad-supported news to pay walls
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/03/pew-readers-prefer-ad-supported-news-to-keep-content-free.ars
U.S. Broadband Plan details are out
http://web.archive.org/web/20100318073827/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jN3JupGdrdshNasWwkMdsf5hQxWQD9EF5LUO2
…who hates it?
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361361,00.asp
Kickers and Science
Systems engineer deemed best job in America
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10468165-71.html
Rock Band Network Is Live
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2010/03/05/rock-band-network-is-live/
==Emails==
Hey all
Bob from VA here
I work as a server in a restaurant in Richmond, VA. I see all kinds of tech all the time. I see Iphones every once in a while. I saw a Kindle the other day, but one thing I see every day multiple times a day is the Droid. I counted today and I saw 4 different guests with them.
Next random thought: Opera whined enough to get the browser ballet into Windows, so they may be the ones up to challenging Apples app store rules.
Sounds like I am bashing Apple a bit here, but I have a touch and love it. Now I’m off to play Plants vs Zombies on it. Since your done reading this you should do the same.
LOVE THE SHOW!
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First I must say, I am not an Opera fanboy, and I apologize if I am
one of many who points this out.
Apple contacted Opera Software when they first announced Opera Mini
for the iPhone.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=no&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digi.no%2F835579%2Fapple-ringte-opera
(Translated by GoogleTranslate)
This does not nessisarily mean it will get approved, but how many
developers receeves a phone call from Apple.
The technical difference with Opera Mini and a real webbrowser might
be enought to get safely through the review process. When a page is
loaded in Opera Mini it goes through servers where it is rendered and
compressed. Your phone receeves a binary blob which is renderd by the
phone. From the endusers perspective there is no difference though. So
webrendering is not done on the phone but operas servers.
Website — (HTML/CSS/JS etc.) —> Opera servers, rendering and
compression — (Small Binary Blob) —> your ISP — (Small Binary
Blob) —> Mobile nettwork — (Small Binary Blob) —> Your phone
This means you can not have a direct encrypted connection with a
website though, So you should not use this with your bank. Though it
does reduce the data sendt over the carrier nettwork. (Not everyone
has an all you can eat data plan.)
Opera Mini should not be confused with Opera Mobile, a real
webbrowser, which will probably never get approved.
Love the show
Dan, from Norway
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Hi buzz crew,
I heart you (geekey voice).
Regarding Pink Floyd: What a bunch of whiners! Why don’t they just release the album as two large tracks like Mike Olefeild did for Tubular Bells (many years ago) or BT did for his latest album ( this year – ‘These hopeful machines’).
Your loyal minion, in Napa
Tony Vertrees
==After The Credits==