Social networking finally reaches its most underserved niche: the hobos. Look for Tom to officially join the Hobo Nation any day now. In other news of the day, Caroline McCarthy joins us for a rollicking discussion of the Washington Post’s war on spam, and Molly most likely gets herself fired from CBS and kicked off …
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We try to get all sentimental about the demise of the Mars Phoenix lander, but Brian Cooley ruins it with his outlandish assertions about the uselessness of space. Plus, he loses his mind about the crappiness of the BlackBerry Curve. In sum, a good time is had by all. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released …
A friendly member of Buzztown calls up to tell us how he named his Dungeons and Dragons characters after the core Buzz team. It all seems fine and dandy until he gets to Molly. Ahem. Not cool, guy. In actual news today, earbuds can be dangerous to your health (if you use a pacemaker), Circuit …
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We’re getting Windows 7 at the end of 2009! Although Microsoft won’t make that official. We’re getting USB 3.0! Though not until 2010. Songbird is almost out in a full version. But it’s still just a release candidate. Microsoft is going open source! Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some …
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The U.S. Army prepares to test and deploy ghost soldiers in MMORPGS and possibly also the real world. They may be decoys, folks, but remember: they’re still light-based projections that won’t stop a bullet. Also, it appears Apple will finally activate over-the-air podcast downloads for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Which, yeah. Ya think? Geez. …
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Think you’ve seen the worst of the global financial collapse? Well, you haven’t. Microsoft’s dipping its toe into sub-prime software lending, otherwise known as providing free software to startups making less than $1 million. We’d call it the crack dealer model, but it doesn’t have the same current events gravitas. Also today: we can now …
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Hey, here’s a thought: an free, open-source video codec that could be universally portable and playable. I’d vote for that, wouldn’t you? In other news of the day, Dash stops making hardware to focus on software, Apple brings in an IBM guy to run the iPod division (other than Steve Jobs), and BlackBerry sneaks the …
First if you’re a citizen of the US, go vote on Tuesday. Second, feel the pride of what we suspect to be our country’s lead in space junk. We also cover the new Nehalem processor details, uncover a few more details about Windows 7 and of course give you more details on the space junk …
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