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Squawk Box Sept 4 - Botnets, Blu-Ray, and Amazon Video on Demand Conference call organized by Alec Saunders
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Reports are emerging today that a 450,000 computer strong botnet has been built over the summer. We'll chat about this, including solutions for consumers.

Also, at the same time as the flood of new Blu-Ray devices hits the market, Samsung VP Andy Griffiths has said he figures Blu-Ray has five years left in the format. He also says this is the year the format will hit mainstream. Cognitive dissonance?

And what of the new Amazon Video on Demand? Amazon, now with downloadable movies and music, seems to be trying to make a move on iTunes. We'll discuss.
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Michael Graves said:
I'd buy it if it were available
oh wow...that is not bad at all
Michael Graves said:
about 3K per house
Michael Graves said:
its a project in Ottawa
consumer OWNED? How much does that cost?
Michael Graves said:
then why do I still have only 2 significant options for my broadband; DSL Or cable
Michael Graves said:
CableCo = totally lacking in passion for entertainment
William Volk said:
Really, it's simply that ... someone decided this was important.
William Volk said:
Because someone made it so
Michael Graves said:
We LOVE our TivoHD...and our two older Tivo Series 2 boxes
Michael Graves said:
I cancelled our Netflix subscription recently
William Volk said:
I wish Netflix would launch a Mac player
David downloads...he torrents ;)
h.264 or mpeg-4
William Volk said:
Tribute to the film studios
William Volk said:
they had to
Dan Rockwell said:
what i dislike about rent content online is the restriction on how long you can have it to watch, i hate the "you have x hours or once you watch it poofs, or you cant stop if you start"
William Volk said:
Sony spent a FORTUNE on winning the Hi-Def media fight
quality is key
don't use tivo....but I do think it's going away...and that it's happening very quickly!
William Volk said:
in a world where....
Ok...Ken and I do all the time....watch dvd's, but maybe it's just cause we're still old school, however our set is HD
Dan Rockwell said:
tivo, netflix, bit torrent, youtube
William Volk said:
if Netflix's player worked on the Mac, I wouldn't be using DVD's
Dan Rockwell said:
sometimes buy
Dan Rockwell said:
i rent it
William Volk said:
HD over the net
William Volk said:
physical media is going away
Physical media is non static
William Volk said:
agreed
Dan Rockwell said:
its the minidisk all over again
Dan Rockwell said:
thats a bad statement, 5 years left on bluray, thats like saying its dead already
Dan Rockwell said:
well you do take responsibility but you dont need an army of apps on your radar to tell you, you are safe, sure surf safe makes sense, but the mac also feels blissful in that it doesnt need all that added fear awareness, that is a great ux
Tom Orr said:
there will always be a greater fool
I know a few people who have been suckered
William Volk said:
Average users will fall for something eventually
It's that quality that suckers people in too.
I agree Bill.
not taking responsibility for yourself...that's lax
William Volk said:
The quality of the pishing emails, the bank emails, amazon etc... is impressive. They work HARD at this
Dan Rockwell said:
but i think thats a selling point, it keeps you safe, you expect it to do so, and it keeps you out of the communication loop on purpose, so you dont have to have those worries in your head as well
because it is innately more secure people don't expect anything to happen
Dan Rockwell said:
the mac could be walking into the fire, i agree with that
William Volk said:
Vista seems more secure in that it gives the user more chances to say no
I think though...mac is an accident waiting to happen
William Volk said:
when I use a Win-Box, the anti-virus stuff brings the performance down.
Dan Rockwell said:
I disagree you need a collection of defense products, thats just a bad user experience and its selling something that comes with a panic built in. The mac does a better job at communicating a sense of freakoutness. A general windows experience for the new user is a playground of fear and that experience sucks. You have a dozen apps to remind you, you are not safe, thats a terrible experience.
it is more secure!
mac is the kind of machine needed to help protect those who aren't savvy or paying attention
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