Well, life comes at you fast, as they say in the insurance commercials. And today came at us like a pack of cheetahs on speed driving a Ferrari. It started with a crashing Audacity program, that broke our first attempt at the podcast into little pieces. Veronica attempted a very valiant Humpty Dumpty but to …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 01/31/2007 – Podcast, take two”
We’re feeling a little more secure today for a couple of reasons: Bill Gates is letting everyone know that Microsoft Vista is going to be much more secure, and that’s always good news! Another company is making new lithium ion batteries that are less likely to, uh, explode. Yay? Buzz Out Loud episodes are released …
YouTube is not only adding commercials, but they’re going to start a revenue-sharing program for creators of original content. That’s great, but the program also takes into account how creative the video is! For my sake, I hope they think videos of cats are super interesting. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 1/29/2007 – YouTube goes commercial”
The new operating system doesn’t come out until Tuesday for home users, but we’ve been playing with Vista and it has some drawbacks. We discuss those as well as diving again into the moral and ethical debate about torrenst. Best of all, there’s a new t-shirt that will absolve you from all EULAs. Buzz Out …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 1/26/2007 – Windows Vista, DOA?”
Just kidding! But it is Opposite Day, so be prepared for some wackiness. The big news is that researchers are predicting that universal disc players, like the LG BH100, will be the solution to the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray problem. Sounds like a good solution, if they knock down the price a bit! Buzz Out …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 01/25/2007 – This is not Buzz Out Loud”
Norway has an ombudsman who seems to understand the Internet and how digital society differs from real society. That’s bad news for Apple. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done for SEO, clarification, or as a product of data migration. Please report errors …
Microsoft is already anticipating its first Service Pack update for the new version of Windows–which is pretty funny, considering Vista hasn’t even come out yet. I’m all for them being prepared, but maybe they should worry about making it a little less high-impact. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 01/23/2007 – High-impact Vista”
Apparently, everything we knew about snowflakes is wrong. And if that weren’t big enough news, it seems there’s a shift happening in the music industry toward DRM-free music! We can take the good with the bad, I suppose. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 01/22/2007 – Attack of the snowflake clones”
We know the iPhone is going to be pretty expensive, but now Apple wants us to pay two whole dollars to upgrade wireless to 802.11n! Couldn’t we just get that as a free firmware upgrade? Please? Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 01/19/2007 – Apple gets all nickel-dimey”
We’re having our second Photoshop contest, so stay tuned until the end of the podcast for all the details! In other Photoshop news, we’re not sure what we think of the images we’ve seen of the Google Switch: is it clever digital art or an iPhone killer? Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their …
Read the full post →“BuzzCast 01/18/2007 – Announcing new Photoshop contest”
