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Best Damn Tech Show Period 03.18.08
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/
Best Damn Tech Show, Period 03.18.08
Best Damn News
Drew has an announcement.
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
Beware of the “US Copyright Registry” Scam
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
Philly Beer Week launch
Some of the crew from The Best Damn Tech Show, Period attended the opening night of Philadelphia’s Beer Week as members of the press crew. While the initial dinner was held at Monks Cafe (and was apparently awesome according to Schmidt and Plante), this video includes footage taken from Nodding Head, a favorite of Duchess Plante and some damn fine beers to boot.
Philly Beer Week 2008- March 7-16
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.
Best Damn Tech Show, Period 02.21.08 UPDATE
The crew has tried to record new shows over the last few months… The writers union strike has left us without the written word, our shoots were terrible at best. Paul walks us through a few of the bad attempts and promises better shows to come…
Lindsay Lohan IS Tech News
Why? Because I’m sure the shots were taken with a digital camera. Enjoy Lindsay Lohan recreating Marilyn Monroe’s famous last shoot for the New York Magazine. Yes, she is nude. No they’re not photoshopped. (NSFW, unless you’re cool like some of us and work for themselves)
_drew
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