TIOLI 40 – Everybody Bust!




Tech It Or Leave It show

Summary: (http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gonebust-189x300.jpg) This week it seems everybody is going bust and shutting down. Sad times indeed. Shownotes after the break. Internet: A Fleet Of Pirate Bay Aerial Server Drones? Why Not? http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/19/a-fleet-of-pirate-bay-aerial-server-drones-why-not/ (http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/19/a-fleet-of-pirate-bay-aerial-server-drones-why-not/) Pirate Bay servers going airborne in tiny drones http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pirate-bay-servers-going-airbo.html (http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/pirate-bay-servers-going-airbo.html) Pirate Bay Sets Course for Un-Killable Cloud http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/03/pirate-bay-cloud/ (http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/03/pirate-bay-cloud/) Mozilla caves, will support H.264 to avoid 'irrelevance' http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/19/mozilla-caves-will-support-h-264-to-avoid-irrelevance/ (http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/19/mozilla-caves-will-support-h-264-to-avoid-irrelevance/) YouTube wants to make your crummy video slightly less crummy http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/21/youtube-wants-to-make-your-crummy-video-slightly-less-crummy/ (http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/21/youtube-wants-to-make-your-crummy-video-slightly-less-crummy/) Phones/ Tablets/ eReaders: RIM Falls Short: BlackBerry Shipments Down 21% From Q3, Former Co-CEO Jim Balsillie Resigns http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/29/rim-falls-short-blackberry-shipments-down-21-from-q3-former-co-ceo-jim-balsillie-resigns-from-board/ (http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/29/rim-falls-short-blackberry-shipments-down-21-from-q3-former-co-ceo-jim-balsillie-resigns-from-board/) RIMour: RIM Is Laying Off Execs As Dust Settles Post-Earnings http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/29/rimour-rim-is-laying-off-execs-as-dust-settles-post-earnings/ (http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/29/rimour-rim-is-laying-off-execs-as-dust-settles-post-earnings/) Blackberry maker posts $125m loss http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17557177 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17557177) Windows Phone Inches Past Near-Dead Symbian In U.K. Market Share http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/20/windows-phone-inches-past-near-dead-symbian-in-u-k-market-share/ (http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/20/windows-phone-inches-past-near-dead-symbian-in-u-k-market-share/) Samsung Exec Says Galaxy S III Could Launch In April After All http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/21/samsung-exec-says-galaxy-s-iii-could-launch-in-april-after-all/ (http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/21/samsung-exec-says-galaxy-s-iii-could-launch-in-april-after-all/) Unnamed Samsung exec says quad-core Exynos inside Galaxy S III, LTE on-chip http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/19/unnamed-samsung-exec-says-quad-core-exynos-inside-galaxy-s-iii/ (http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/19/unnamed-samsung-exec-says-quad-core-exynos-inside-galaxy-s-iii/) Unraveling the next exciting Android phone: Samsung Galaxy S III http://dvice.com/archives/2012/03/unraveling-the.php (http://dvice.com/archives/2012/03/unraveling-the.php) Rejoice, Twitter Power Users: “Next Generation” Tweetdeck Apps Coming For Android And iOS http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/17/rejoice-twitter-power-users-next-generation-tweetdeck-apps-are-coming-for-android-and-ios/ (http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/17/rejoice-twitter-power-users-next-generation-tweetdeck-apps-are-coming-for-android-and-ios/) Visualized: new iPad burns 10 degrees hotter than its predecessor http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/19/new-ipad-10-degrees-hotter/ (http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/19/new-ipad-10-degrees-hotter/) Apple: don't worry about hot iPad reports, it's cool http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/20/apple-dont-worry-about-hot-ipad-reports-its-cool/ (http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/20/apple-dont-worry-about-hot-ipad-reports-its-cool/) Heatgate or Hype? Thermal imaging of new iPad vs. iPad 2 (photo) http://boingboing.net/2012/03/22/thermal-imaging-of-new-ipad-vs.html