Best Damn Tech Show, Period.

Hey everyone! We’ve decided to make things a little more interesting here and we’re now doing a live feed of The Best Damn Tech Show at USTREAM.tv. We’re looking to do this every Thursday at 7pm.

So come check us out, log in and get in on the live chatting!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/best-damn-tech-show-period

Show Notes - March 18th, 2008

Best Damn News

Quarterlife Dies in the Ass on NBC

Only 3.1 million viewers gets the web-tv series the boot to Bravo

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/2/nbc_shifts__quarterlife__to_cable

Yahoo to open up search and support the Semantic Web
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_supports_semantic_web.php

Tech Biffo:
Wikipedia leader involved in sex and extortion scandal. Come talk to us Jimbo Wales, we’ll give you a fair shake.

According to Nine Inch Nail Ghosts I-IV logged 1.6 million in sales in the first week of release even though it was offered free and widely available via bittorent .
with more on the recording industry, we’re getting…

Schmidt Faced
RIAA

Iris on the Virus
Mass compromise via iFrame and site search
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/13/mass_compromise/
US copyright domain scam

Tech It Out

AOL to buy Bebo for $850 million
Substory, Bebo rips of Drew Olanoff for “Gap Year” show.

Calling all advertising wannabees. Make an ad for Obama. Head over to http://www.obamain30seconds.org/ brought by moveon.org

Geek Psychic report - after speaking with Jobsy, she leaks to us that Apple is creating a Tivo-like interface for the Apple TV, making it more user-friendly.

Some minor issues are being reported for the MacBook Air, mainly to do with overheating. They’re working on it.

Drews Gay News

ANNOUNCEMENT/Exclusive:
Drew Olanoff and other investors purchase Readburner (not to be distributed until after tomorrow)

SXSW Recap
Rock Band causes a stir (show Revision 3 video with Scoble)
People got Drunk (Alex Hillman CONFIRMED)
Zuckermans interview

Around the World Wide Web
Third generation Zune’s will be rolled out by 2009 and finally be available to Eurpoeans wanting an ordinary mutilmedia device
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/third-gen-zune-to-hit-in-2009-make-it-to-europe/

That’s me, yes the title was in the 3rd person. Shoosh.

Along with Adam Ostrow and Eric Kerr, I’ve purchased the site ReadBurner.com

I’ve been involved with startups through the show and through work for the past few years, so it was time to throw my hat into the ring. Put my money where my mouth was so to speak.

It’s go time. Check out the site for more info!

_drew

I got an email today, very official looking and sounding.   It was about one of my domain names.  I have tons.   It said that if I don’t register with them they can’t be held liable if someone screws with my site or trademark.

I almost freaked out for a second.   It seemed real?   What did i do?  I googled it and found this:

http://domainnamewire.com/2008/03/12/domain-scam-us-copyright-registry/

If you ever get an email you’re not sure about, google a block of text from it, or the name of the company, or the email address it came from.   If its a scam, other people will write about it, like in this case.

So beware of this scam.   And never click a link, reply, call a #, enter information, or do anything other than check more into it on the web if you’re not sure!

_drew

As you may have noticed, us folks here at the tech show are huge fans of beer and we are happy to invite everyone to a celebration of Philadelphia’s amazing beer culture and tradition. Over the next ten days, Philly Beer Week will showcase many of the fine Philadelphia pubs and brewers.

“From Day One, when William Penn started work on his own brewery in 1682, Philadelphia has been a great beer-drinking city. Today, the local scene is better than any time in its history. Fresh craft beer… authentic taverns… diverse styles… exotic imports… Belgian-style cafes… and a sudsy tradition unlike any other in America.”

You can find a schedule of events here. We’ll do our best to make it out to as many of these as possible, so come on out and have a few with us.