Gadgetory

hi i'm molly wood and welcome to the buzz report the show about the tech news that everyone is talking about this week androids on TV your shilling for facebook and the booger heard round the world but first it's the gauge of the week the gadget of the week is the facebook phone maybe rumor has it that HTC will launch to Facebook branded phones running android at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month neither HTC nor Facebook is commenting on the rumor but unnamed sources say the phones will be decked out in facebook blue and they'll integrate with your facebook contacts and show status updates on the home screen so now you'll be able to see exactly when your friends post their CityVille development updates and you can call them and tell them to please stop it was not interesting with farmville and it is not interesting now and now for the news Eric Schmidt stepped down as CEO of Google last week as you know since then the tech world has been abuzz with news of his 100 million dollar stepped down payout it plans to sell 334 million dollars worth of Google stock and the fact that apparently he shot a TV pilot for CNN that by all accounts was a disaster no real surprise there actually though with that kind of cash and Hollywood aspirations Eric Schmidt's dream does not have to end in fact maybe we could call the casting directors for the real rich white guys of Silicon Valley the real rich white guys of Silicon Valley every thursday at nine eight central only by Bravo watch what happens moving on in the news the Department of Justice is hinting around again at a law to make ISPs keep records of user activity users means you and justice is being disturbingly vague about what information how long is PS would have to keep it and how it might be used to help criminal investigations in previous years the DOJ has suggested saving data for a minimum of six months and up to two years best case they would just save IP addresses worst case they'd save the emails IMS SMS search history and IP addresses of everyone in America what could possibly be wrong with that not cool alright a couple of quick tech headlines from the week cnet best of CES winner the motorola xoom is reportedly launching at best buy stores februari 17th for 699 dollars ok now that price isn't actually that high compared to an ipad with the same memory it's actually better considering the hdmi flash support dual core processor and dual cameras but it's still causing major sticker shock with everyone who hears it point ipad we'll see but here come the tablet wars egypt is reportedly blocking access to twitter and maybe facebook in an effort to quell demonstrations against government corruption good try guys but the internet always finds away and I know you were worried but the Pope has issued a statement saying that Facebook and social networking are not a sin not the actual act of using the sites anyway just probably everything you say and post on any given day speaking of Facebook everybody's favorite privacy violator just rolled out sponsored stories it takes your likes and interests and turns them into ads for the things that you liked it's kind of like they're selling your content to advertisers not your personal information just your content oh and you can't opt out of it you're just a little unpaid ad generating mule what are you complaining about Facebook is free all right now let's take a look at what's clogging the tubes this week youtube was loving this classic moment from the AFC championship game between the Jets and the Steelers the moment when cameras caught Jets quarterback mark sanchez picking his nose and wiping a booger on teammate Mark Brunell no really check it out got one here again today it was quarterbacks leg stay well enough to bloody perform now Sanchez told ESPN radio it was a fake wipe but I am not buying it let's review the play you can see his setup is perfect here he goes in hard with the booger blitz steps back to throw and his delivery is right on the money let's see that again there yep no booth review necessary that is a score the defense had never had a chance o our show nothing but class and that's the buzz report for this week everyone I'm Molly wood and thank you for watching hi I'm Molly where I stepped on my card they're being disturbingly vague about what information they want how long I let me just I don't know where I'm going to that word salad