01-SyFy is BS

This is it, episode one, it all goes downhill from here.  We start off with the news, and then we discuss the current state of Scifi, or should I saw SyFy.  In particular, we give our love to Doctor Who.

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Episode 1:

http://www.archive.org/download/TWIBS/TWIBS-01_vbr.mp3

Show notes:

EU Strips out IE from Windows http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10295334-56.html

Microsoft tweeks laptop hunter ads: http://www.pcworld.com/article/169009/microsoft_tweaks_ad_after_apple_complains.html

Machines smarter than humans:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/science/26robot.html?_r=1

Google Plans to Eliminate Viruses: http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/google-promises-the-end-of-viruses–617790

Yahoo-MS deal: http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/174546.asp

“I think actually Bing is a good product. It actually extends sort of the experimentation around search and how people use it instead of just thinking like a standard blue link,” “I think they have done a good job. Unfortunately it is only a month into it so it is pretty hard to understand whether it is just curiosity driving what is happening or they are actually going to gain share. I think Microsoft should be given kudos for Bing. I think they have done a nice job.” Carol Bartz

Cell phone ban in car: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32035670/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/

Google Voice + iPhone: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/apple-rejects-google-voice/

Government and Google Health: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/plan-ahead-document-and-share-your.html

Organic food is not good for you: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8174482.stm

“This study does not mean that people should not eat organic food.

“What it shows is that there is little, if any, nutritional difference between organic and conventionally produced food and that there is no evidence of additional health benefits from eating organic food.”

Gill Fine, FSA director

Should Fast Food be downsized: http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=6811&edition=2&ttl=20090729152444

Utah is 3^rd in kids ‘well being’: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705319673/Utah-ranks-3rd-in-kids-well-being.html?pg=1

Utah ranks fourth in both the infant-mortality and child-poverty rates, compared with other states. It is seventh in the percentage of 16- to 19-year-olds who were not in school and not working; eighth in the percent of low-birthweight babies and ninth in the teen death rate, according to 20th annual accounting conducted by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Mercury in your fillings are safe: http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12933275?source=rss

Office 2010 on the web: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8148969.stm

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