FTC Regulations - a whole lot of buzz out nothing? Is it to target the late night advertisers that promise results with no accountability? Is it punishing everyone for the sake of a few? Will it raise the reputation of the blogosphere? Are these regulations targeted at bloggers that aren't accustomed to traditional print regulations?

Macworld and PC World don't disclose the sources? Were the products paid for out of pocket or provided by the manufacturer? Dave reviews products that he's paid for harder than those provided for review. Doyle recounts his days at Maxtor where they expected the review units back due to publication policy, but wished they hadn't had to deal with the returns. They end up losing money on the units. In Australia, several review units were shipped with no expectation of return.

Ultimately these regulations will have no affect. Though the precedent in cases is that they'll go after the larger fish, first.

Windows 7. Launch parties around? Microsoft is sending kits with the Ultimate version included. It's better than Windows Vista, and XP. Wait to make a purchase until it ships natively. This is a plumbing update to XP though Vista. Max OS X Snow Leopard is a plumbing update too, with little visible on the desktop. No PowerPC support in Snow Leopard. Did Leo Laporte call it a service pack? Snow Leopard has some small compatibility issues, nothing major. Dave had to install it twice.

We've all left Microsoft Office for Apple's iWork suite. Dave is having trouble adjusting from Entourage. Windows 7 has no email client - get Windows Live to get the missing software (email, anti-virus, etc.). Microsoft Antivirus has spawned a new free antivirus industry. Windows XP SP 2 turned on the firewall by default, ending many type of infections. None of use run anti-virus on our Macs. Time Capsule/Machine is the great undoer.

Google Wave. Flying blind. If your community isn't invited, it makes less sense. What is Google Wave. Is it profound? Scoble says it's a non event. Other say it's the best. Collaboration on a document - wiki with live comments? Interesting on an enterprise level? Doyle is afraid of the preview typing - afraid we'll see what he's really thinking. No one wants to. :)

Encapsulating conversation is interesting to Dave. Concerned that everyone would have to live in the Google universe. It's brand new, will other software integrate with the APIs? Chicken egg problem? It just opened to 100,000 people. Bottom line? Jury is still out.

Blogworld: Dave and Doyle are going, and are running a workshop. People will put you on Twitter or Linked in - they want to focus on what the C suite needs to know to get there and make it useful. Dave thinks BW is terrific, and can't wait to go. Michael isn't going, but his Twitter stream is. Doyle liked hanging with the leaders in the industry. Dave took his own Jones soda bottles last year (provided by Jones Soda, full disclosure :). Doyle drops an S bomb. If you're thinking about going, go, best show in 2008. Dave wasn't impressed with SXSW - he's old. Doyle and Michael haven' been. Dave's favorite show is CES and thinks you should still go to experience the back halls (which is hidden from most people.) They focus on the least expensive items, not the coolest, but the most innovative. We all watched the streams to find out what was going on. There's also the social side, the after parties and clubs. Apple is rumored to be attending.

Show called at 25 minutes. Thanks for joining us! Thanks to the B-Side Lounge in Boulder, CO.