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<h1 style="text-align: center;">tnt - 2015-02-04</h1>
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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://mashable.com/2015/02/04/fcc-nuclear-option-net-neutrality/?utm_cid=hp-hh-pri" target="_blank">FCC chairman comes out in favor of strong net neutrality,</a> w/Jason Abbruzzese @mashable.com</strong></li>
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<li>] FCC chairman Tom Wheeler detailed his plan for Net Neutrality(NN) on wired.</li>
<li>] will reclassify ISP's as&nbsp;common carriers&nbsp;under title 2, of the communications act</li>
<li>] these enforceable "brightline rules" will ban paid prioritization and the blocking and throttling of lawful services</li>
<li>] surprisingly his proposal&nbsp;will also include wireless networks</li>
<li>] this is a "nightmare scenario" for the&nbsp;AT&amp;T and comcasts of the world</li>
<li>] imagine they have their lawyers preparing to goto court to challenge the rules, they have already said as much</li>
<li>] if rules do get voted into place later in February</li>
<li>] will this stop ISPs from investing in/improving their networks,</li>
<li>] one indicator -&nbsp;stock market - the stocks of providers (comcast, time warner, cablevision ) shot up in value after the news,</li>
<li>] language isnt as aggressive as expected, forebearance - we(FTC) can choose to apply only certain peices of title 2, while&nbsp;not subjecting companies to practices that would hurt&nbsp;their bottom line&nbsp;</li>
<li>] additional details from the FCC CALL</li>
<li>] there is a&nbsp;fact sheet on the FCC website with more</li>
<li>] network interconnections (aka peering) are going to be looked at very closely</li>
<li>] what to expect going forward?</li>
<li>] there is going to be a big fight, this is close to the worst case for carrier companies, best case for net neutrality advocates</li>
<li>] is this good for consumers or will it hold us back form becoming a 22nd century internet</li>
<li>"] proposal ensures the rights of internet users to go where they want when they want and the rights of innovators to introduce new products without asking anyones permissions</li>
<li>*] facebook is 11 years old today - the monster that ate the internet</li>
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<li><strong>[07:45] <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-to-enforce-real-name-registration-for-internet-users-1423033973" target="_blank">new&nbsp;nationwide "real names" policy&nbsp;for all internet users in China</a></strong></li>
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<li>] chinese gov introduced new laws that require users to register with their legal names.</li>
<li>] law bans the posting of any content that runs counter to chinese interest as defined by the chinese gov</li>
<li>] the laws apply to blogs, micro blogs, instant messaging services, discussion forums, news comments sections and more ..</li>
<li>] gov says "social posts and&nbsp;comments by people using fake names " have&nbsp;polluted the internet ecology, harmed the interest of the masses, violated core socialist values</li>
<li>] all isp's will be required to hire dedicated people to implement the laws</li>
<li>] laws go into effect March 1</li>
<li>] adding another draconian law to a growing list of theme</li>
<li>] will this affect their economy negativly ?</li>
<li>] chinese and us internet companies give in to the demands,most companies(apple,linkedin,facebook) want to be in china so badly that they will do whatever it takes to operate their</li>
<li>] people in china were talking about 2 things that would make china a better place, the internet and capitalism</li>
<li>] many chinese professionals have been hampered by the recent laws regarding the use of VPNs</li>
<li>] chinese economy was transitioning from being a copycatter nation&nbsp;to being an innovator nation, similar to how Japans&nbsp;economy did in the past</li>
<li>] but how do they innovate when they arent able to follow what is happening in other parts of the world.</li>
<li>] laws include anything that ] violates the law ] harms nation security, ] national secrets, ] national unity ] promotion of porn, gambline, violence, terror, superstition or&nbsp; rumours</li>
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<li><strong>[12:45] <a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/311018/apple-may-take-google-search-engine/#A6zLvxR6ufX664Jy.99" target="_blank">Apple may be getting into googles territory</a></strong></li>
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<li>] a blog reported that a "street view like car" was spotted,&nbsp;</li>
<li>] confirmed that the car was&nbsp;leased to apple, maybe a&nbsp;"street view" like feature for apple maps</li>
<li>] cult of mac blog reported an apple job listing</li>
<li>] position is to manage a search platform supporting hundreds of million users</li>
<li>] apples long running deal with google for search in their Safari browser</li>
<li>] apple has tons of cash on hand (150B),</li>
<li>] people underestimate how much data Apple has on us,</li>
<li>] where you been, when your sleeping, your credit card</li>
<li>] <a href="http://claycord.com/2015/02/03/update-the-mystery-van-driving-around-claycord/" target="_blank">UPDATE with PICS/VIDEO: The Mystery Van Driving Around Claycord</a></li>
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<li><strong>[17:00] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmybXG_GlzY" target="_blank">alibaba joins growing list of companies testing drones for delivery</a>&nbsp;[02:30] VIDEO</strong></li>
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<li>] companies testing include - amazon, google, ups, dhl, le post and now</li>
<li>] alibaba - will be testing using quadricopters</li>
<li>] 3 days of testing, involves delivering actual products to actual customers, they will be delivering "ginger tea"</li>
<li>] driverless cars are also another possiblity in the world of human less deliveries - the race is on there as well</li>
<li>] both(drones and driverless cars) face regulatory challenges</li>
<li>] solving the PROBLEM of removing the PEOPLE from the LOGISTICS NETWORKS</li>
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<li><strong>[20:30]&nbsp;instagram UPDATE&nbsp; </strong></li>
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<li>] all videos on the site, will be looping infinitely</li>
<li>] applys to user created videos and ads&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>[21:30]&nbsp;security - internet explorer vulnerablity reported</strong></li>
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<li>] enables attackers to steal login credentials and inject malicous content into the browser</li>
<li>] even in fully patched versions of IE</li>
<li>]&nbsp;bug affects users of ie 11 running on win 7 or win 8.1</li>
<li>] users would get infected by visiting malicous websites, through a phishing attack or social media posts</li>
<li>] msft is working on a fix</li>
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<li><strong>[22:00] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkRAu2xcuTU" target="_blank">avast antivirus reports many google play apps infected with malware</a></strong></li>
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<li>] some redirect users to legit antivirus software tools, suggesting companies may be paying for this</li>
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<li><strong>[22:45] yahoo spinning off alibaba shares</strong></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;created a new company which will be called spinco, which will recieve yahoo's 384M alibaba share</li>
<li>] shareholders happy with move, will give them a tax break ]</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] <a href="http://androidheadlines.com/2015/02/xiaomi-hold-press-event-san-francisco-february-12.html" target="_blank">rumour - xiaomi announcement on feb. 12</a></strong></li>
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<li>] there is speculation the compnay&nbsp;maybe coming into the US market</li>
<li>] unstoppable in china, with phenomanal growth</li>
<li>] company president posted on social media - about a&nbsp;new team, and expansion in the coming months</li>
<li>] maybe coming into US market or maybe new research</li>
<li>] ? around the app situation for xia</li>
<li>] #1 chinese brand is ___, you couldnt think of any&nbsp;</li>
<li>] maybe "xiaomi" in the not too distant future&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] BIG NUMBERS</strong></li>
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<li>] $ 15M - the cost of the sony hack</li>
<li>] $ 20.2B attracted in Venture capital last year, according to the silicon valley index</li>
<li>] 214K people banned from google ad network</li>
<li>] 524M ads banned</li>
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<li><strong>[27:00] SXSW will have debut of newest Steve Jobs documentary</strong></li>
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<li>] will host the world premier of the&nbsp;new-est - steve jobs documentary</li>
<li>] hopefully NOT just the same stuff, days in wilderness, trip to india, launching in the garage</li>
<li>] alex gibney&nbsp;- is a respected documentary maker</li>
<li>] made the "smartest guys in the room"&nbsp;enron documentary,&nbsp;and the investigation into&nbsp;elliot spitzer - client 9</li>
<li>] also made "getting clear" the&nbsp;current scientology documentary that is controversial</li>
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<li><strong>[29:00] <a href="http://bushostelreykjavik.com/last-mcdonalds-in-iceland" target="_blank">mcDonalds closed&nbsp;its last restaurant in&nbsp;finland 5 years ago</a></strong></li>
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<li>] bought a happy meal, put it in a glass case, pointed a webcam at it</li>
<li>] it still looks almost the same today</li>
<li>] might not be healthy food</li>
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<li><strong>[30:00] opinion ON <a href="http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-02-03/why-amazon-covets-radio-shack-s-stores" target="_blank">WHY: Amazon considering buying Radio Shack stores.</a></strong></li>
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<li>] amazon hardware drives shopping on amazon.com, people who use kindle,etc are more inclined to shop more at amazon</li>
<li>] have not had any big hardware hits, part of the problem there may be</li>
<li>] currently there is no Amazon store, like there is&nbsp;for Apple,&nbsp;MSFT, Samsung, ...&nbsp;</li>
<li>] amazon stores could also be used as pickup and drop off locations</li>
<li>] amazon is a logistics company, always looking to take out as many middlemen/layers as they can in the delivery process</li>
<li>] Amazon has just opened 2 stores on campus at Perdue and Amherst Universities</li>
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<li><strong>[00:00] </strong><strong>FOLLOWUP -&nbsp;on PREVIOUSLY REPORTED STORIES</strong></li>
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<li>] none</li>
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<h2>[objects]</h2>
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<h2>[systems]</h2>
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<li>] us.gov - FCC proposal for net neutrality</li>
<li>] china.gov - Real name policy</li>
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<h2>[people]</h2>
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<li><strong>] <a href="/view/people?id=88" target="_blank">twit.tv - tnt show</a></strong></li>
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<li>] host -&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=202" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></li>
<li>] producer - <a href="/view/person?id=307" target="_blank">Jason Cleanthes</a></li>
<li>] guest host&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="/view/person?id=305" target="_blank">Katie Benner</a>&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[events]</h2>
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<h2>[places]</h2>
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<li><strong>] twit.tv - tnt show</strong></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/show/tech-news-today/1189" target="_blank">show url</a>&nbsp;- shows home page with video of show and links</li>
<li>]&nbsp;show notes&nbsp;- detailed show notes, transpcript, links to resources&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://twit.tv/content/top-news-february-4-2015" target="_blank">show notes summary</a>&nbsp;-</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://irc.twit.tv/" target="_blank">twit chat room</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;</li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technewstoday/" target="_blank">subreddit</a> -&nbsp;News item submissions for TWIT's Tech News Today</li>
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