HockShow Episode 33: $40 Nigerian Scam Cards

1. The Yahoo Rumor Mill Has Gone Batshit Insane. Rumors now have them:

1) Merging with AOL
2) Accepting a limited partnership with Google
3) Being bought out by a joint NewsCorp/Microsoft group
4) Being purchased by Microsoft outright.

For what it's worth, Gates and Co. want an answer in three weeks or they're cutting out.

2. Network Solutions Is in a Spot of Trouble. In addition to offering poor customer support, reselling customer's domain names, and generally not doing a great job with domain registry, it seems as though they're putting on a little show behind the scenes of their websites also. Thanks to a little blip in their huge EULA, they can turn any dead links on your site into links for one of their partner sites, reaping advertising benefits of your clueless visitors. That's just swell!

3. So...Is Resident Evil 5, racist? Political commentator N'Gai Croal thinks so, and he's pissed as hell about it. You see, he's mad that all the zombies in the game seem to be black. In a game that takes place primarily in Africa and Haiti. And he's upset that none of these black zombies seem to be particularily articulate. Um...Yes. That would solve everything.

4. You Know That Plane Ticket You Bought for Your Trip to Bermuda? Start Walking. Over 3,000 flights have been cancelled this week over FAA reports that many planes currently in service by the major airlines don't meet airworthyness standards. Which means that a quarter of a million passangers have been left sitting on their ass hoping that somebody has a plane that can actually fly. People are even taking trains. TRAINS! Welcome to 1850, America!

5. Apparently, Nobody Is Less Informed About the Digital TV Revolution, Than the People in Charge of the Digital TV Revolution. The FCC is handing out millions of dollars in fines after almost none of the TV manufacturers or retailers were found to be urging customers to "make the switch" to digital TVs. Apparently, federally mandated signage and warnings that were supposed to be attached to TVs and displays informing customers that the TV's would essentially be useless in less than a year were never put on older sets. Oops!