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hi I'm Molly wood and welcome to the buzz report this week trouble in electric carlin net neutrality blockbusters crazy business plan and there's no time for the gouge of the week because I've got a new segment coming up with Brian Cooley but first some headlines Tesla Motors which has finally started commercial production on the electric cars we've been waiting for for like three years is suing Fisker Automotive for stealing trade secrets and design ideas and introducing a competing vehicle in response Fisker said hey let's be honest who you thought Tesla was ever actually gonna put out a car so ants the incoming CEO of Virgin Media Neal Birkin recently announced that net neutrality is a load of let's say hooey and that he totally plans to tear his internet service and anybody who wants their content delivered to users in a speedy and efficient way better pony up or else they're gonna end up in the bus lane wait he said that bustling huh you must not live around here because on my freeways the bus only lane is cruising and they don't stop for tolls either I guess he understands the highway system about as well as he understands the Internet let's take a quick look at what's clogged in the tubes an internal Microsoft sales video hit the web hard this week featuring the most embarrassing fake music video you've ever seen in your life Microsoft sales team brats and we're gonna keep rocking with SP and in the big news of the week struggling movie rental giant blockbuster made an offer to buy struggling retailers Circuit City because blockbuster things that can build a set-top box that will deliver movies on demand and then that plus a new TV bought at Circuit City will combine for a killer 18 billion dollar company no word yet on what their plan is for the millions of you who have TiVo Apple TV Vudu Xbox 360 a cable company that provides movies on demand or just a computer that you stream Netflix movies on or all the rest of you who just don't want another stupid box on the shelf or what Circuit City is gonna do with all the merchandise that they have that isn't a TV that they haven't really been selling very much of I think actually the plan boils down to this - dinosaurs are much more likely to survive an asteroid hitting the earth than just one dinosaur because they can snuggle and finally I'm pleased to announce a new segment on the bus report this week what the hell with Ryan Cooley I recently started seeing pink unicorns and too many martinis so I had to quit Facebook I joined the second most talked-about social network after it seemed like most of the grown up fully formed mentally balanced colleagues of mine were also doing so I saw it as the perfect middle ground between the sewer that is my space and the often dull tool that is LinkedIn and within hours I was getting networked news items about my colleagues trickled into my profile page John wanted to know if he's like me Jane sent me a pink unicorn huh done bought me a martini and Jim was flinging poo at Debbie and of course they were all playing Scrabble Asst what the hell is this up until Facebook these were normal interesting working pros I respect it and enjoy being in contact with but I thought millions can't be wrong yeah they can look how many BOTS Chevy Vegas now they say Facebook connects as a society no it reminds us that many of us never really left college we just graduated so I'm off Facebook if you need to connect with me buy me a real martini in a real bar or just ride on over on your pink unicorn I'm Hollywood and I am NOT a poof roller thanks for watching