Comcast comes clean with its bandwidth cap: it’s coming, it’s coming in October, it’s 250GB, and they won’t give you any tools for monitoring their use, and if you exceed your cap twice, you get the boot for a year. So, we have a little fun with that. Also, a little fun with IE 8 …
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It’s a tortured analogy sort of day, including some confusing stuff about water and water bottles and then a whole long thing about a sandbox, poop, and dirty diamonds. You’ll love it. In the actual news today, the IE8 beta arrives (has it solved the malicious cross-scripting problem!?), and several judges seem to have actually …
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Today’s BOL Theory of the Day: the RIAA’s constant crackdown on sites and services that ought to be fair use is creating cockroach-like, drug-resistant strains … like Opentape. Also, we reveal the Internet’s biggest security hole, and iPhone ad is banned and an iPhone app is banned (Apple only did the second one). Buzz Out …
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In today’s show, we’re introduced to the concept of the banana phone (complete with drawings), China tells GoDaddy to Go Away, a Scottish bank sends a computer into the eBay abyss full of customer data, and Apple’s latest iPhone firmware shuts down copy-and-paste. As expected, Molly blows her stack. Like, a couple times. It’s crazy. …
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In the news today, NBC fails to medal in its online streaming of the Olympics, but Google never fails to meddle (by driving up and down your private roads). Ok, that was a Tom joke. Also, the Obama text dissected (but not in a political way), the Pentagon and its fake cat brains, and how …
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In today’s show, Brian Tong fills in for Tom Merritt, Molly chews on the inside of her cheek to a painful (and accidental) degree, and we actually do talk about some tech news. Like the possibility of actors in line at Orange Poland to drum up iPhone 3G i Buzz Out Loud episodes are released …
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In today’s episode, we learn that Facebook’s targeted ad system was apparently devised sometime in 16th century London. Also, a new PS3 bundle brings the pain (with voucher), Apple gets sued over its lousy 3G reception, the FCC is still all over Comcast a Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. …
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In the news today, eBay is going all fixed-price, Intel is going all Atom, hackers are all over the Chinese Olympics scandal, and U.S. consumers are all over smart phones. Plus, we learn a cool new phrase that we’re hoping you’ll forget you heard so that Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original …
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We’re joined today by special guest Wil Harris from ChannelFlip.com, in what he chooses to call British Invasion and we choose to call extremely welcome third voice. In the news today, MobileMe accounts are extended again, free beta style (hint hint), Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation …
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Natali Del Conte joins us today for a discussion of whether it’s more difficult, these days, to get FIOS installed, get a Netflix disc delivered, or find a decent man in New York. No, she’s not taking applications. Also, confirmation of iPhone 3G issues which Molly, stunningly, has not experienced. Buzz Out Loud episodes are …
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