I know our title sounds alarming, but we thought it was important for you to know that there are 150-foot-long earwigs roaming the German countryside. Oh, in other news, Sony is doing a worldwide recall of batteries. But we won’t need batteries when our earwig overlords take over. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 09/29/2006 – Earwigs in space”
See what happens when you get all high and mighty, Lenovo? Yeah, your laptop batteries start exploding. We tried to warn you, but I guess karma is giving you some payback now! Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done for SEO, clarification, or …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 09/28/2006 – Never say never Lenovo”
We all know that at Microsoft, they’re creatures of habit, so we were a little surprised that they actually released a security patch out of cycle! But that probably means that they just have too much pride to let other people fix their problems for them. Whatever works, guys. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 09/27/2006 – Microsoft protects your porn”
Surgery…in space! I guess we have to figure it out at some point, but do we really need to test it in 30-second intervals? That’s going to be a long surgery. They should probably just test it on a roller coaster to up the fun value. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 09/26/2006 – Three words: zero-gravity surgery”
Wal-Mart is continuing to throw its weight around with the movie studios about underselling it for DVDs. Steve Jobs even gave the retail behemoth’s CEO a call to smooth things over, but to no avail. We love a good titan battle here at Buzz Out Loud, and this one could turn out to be one …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 09/25/2006 – Wal-Mart on the warpath”
When I heard that the Census Bureau had lost 1,137 laptops in the past few years, it got me to thinking: where did they all go? Did they spontaneously combust? And in other confusing news, Sony is lowering the price of the PS3–but only in Japan. Gotta win back those fan boys from Nintendo, I …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 09/22/2006 – The government’s disposable laptops”
OK, we’re not actually going to Yale, although the campus is lovely. They’re offering some courses online for anyone to take! Of course, then you miss out on all the really great parts of college, like the cafeteria food, the early classes, and the term papers…hey, where do I sign up? Buzz Out Loud episodes …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 09/21/2006 – We’re going to Yale!”
We’re hanging our heads in shame today for accusing the Zune of terrible, horrible things like being more expensive than the iPod and wrapping non-DRM’d music in its own DRM. We feel bad, seriously. The PS3 is also trying to make us apologize by helping the Folding@home project to find cures for diseases. It’s going …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 09/20/2006 – Sorry, Zune. Our bad.”
Arrr, did you know today is Talk Like a Pirate Day? ‘Tis harder than ye think. More batteries be explodin’, the Zune’s price was leaked by those scurvy dogs at Wal-Mart, and Microsoft launches its beta video site, shiver me timbers! Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 09/19/2006 – You’ll ne’er get me buried boo”
The battle for video online continues! Warner Music gets onboard with YouTube for music videos, but they can also watch for copyright violations in the meantime. And Wal-Mart is going against Apple with movie downloads of its own at kiosks. Kiosks? Well, I guess millions of people go to Wal-Mart every day! Buzz Out Loud …
