We asked. You answered. Our listeners provided not seven, not eight, but nine real legal legitimate uses for BitTorrent. Plus Apple’s getting in an old fashioned spat with IBM. Just like 1979 all over again. Plus Rafe says stop whining about Windows 7. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some …
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Google has joined the OpenID crowd, but just like Microsoft and Yahoo, you can’t use the OpenID on Google, but you can use Google credentials other places. Unlike Microsoft and Yahoo though, Google has decided to tweak the OpenID implementation a little to make it better. That means that it’s non-standard and won’t work for …
Microsoft is putting Office online. No time soon, but it will happen. Also Netflix will stream movies in HD. Not until mid-November. And only for Xbox Live paying members. But hey, why would we want to satisfy anyone now. Of course quantum cryptography has also been hacked. So nothing’s sacred. You still need to listen …
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Hey, this sounds like a good idea! Create an artificial intelligence that’s the incarnation of pure evil and immorality. You know, just to study it. It’ll never get out. (Ugh.) So, that’s happening today, along with Microsoft’s announcement of its cloud OS, Azure. Chevy determines that hybrid SUVs won’t make money no matter how you …
What? What’s wrong with you people? We’re talking about Netbooks. Dell has a new Mini Note, but it’s a 12 laptop. So, the question is: what is going on in the Netbook world these days? Also, the Internet makes you both smarter AND dumber, Google Earth shows up for iPhone, and Oprah gives out a …
On today’s show, it appears that the person who caused Apple’s stock to drop like a stone on reports of a Steve Jobs heart attack was just doing it for the lulz. So, he didn’t even short-sell the stock? Wow. Stupid trolls. Also, Oprah declares the Amazon Kindle her most favoritest gadget of all time. …
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Comcast offers faster Internet speeds, but doesn’t raise its data transfer caps, studies show that gamers aren’t that nerdy (ruining future punch lines for generations of comedians), Microsoft goes outside the lines to issue a critical security patch (yikes!), and Samsung tries to entice you to Blu-Ray by offering Netflix streams. Eh? Buzz Out Loud …
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It looks like Wii Fit will outsell Grand Theft Auto IV this year, Apple’s already sold 10 million iPhones, people are lining up for the T-Mobile G1 Android phone (much to our surprise), and just when we started to think the economy might be turning around after all, we got the news about Yahoo laying …
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Several organizations including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (aka EFF) sent public letters asking the broadcast networks and YouTube to ease up on the copyright takedown notices. Maybe this campaign season will help shed some light on the issues with the way the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is implemented. As long as it’s fixed for all …
There’s a new smart phone from LG called the Cookie. It has a little more juice than the Palm Centro. But Natali doesn’t like juice in her cookies. But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t like this smart phone. We also cover the new mobile browsers and Apple’s attack ads against Microsoft. Buzz Out Loud episodes …
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