While the Apple Tablet is much more fashionable to hype, the Microsoft Courier turns out to be very hype-worthy. We also find out once again that Rafe knows where he works. And the US has relaxed its grip on the Internet. Good thing? Bad thing? Irrelevant thing? Or over hyped like an Apple tablet. Buzz …
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A Google Android mod received a cease and desist for including Google apps in the mod. Seriously? Google may not be a walled garden with a high wall but it’s a walled garden nonetheless. And it’s pretty sad when your open source project gets protested for not being open. We also discuss whether the Dell …
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As AT&T tries to accuse Google of violating net neutrality, Molly wonders if they really just want to be seen as a villain. Also while you should never call anything unhackable, the netbooks being given to students in Australia are pretty tight. Physical-layer BIOS protection is unusual in an educational situation like that. And we …
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Twitter trades hype for a huge cash infusion, Windows 7 attempts to create hype with a spectacularly awfsome video, and we cover all the hype falling out of the Demo conference. Speaking of falling, Honda’s new Segway-style unicycle looks amazingly easy to fall off of. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio …
Microsoft shows Pink (sort of), MMS disaster, er, feature about to launch on iPhone, Wii gets price cut, Archos new Win7 tablet looks great – too bad nobody will notice, and MIT has a synthetic eyeball on the way that amazes us. Oh yeah… and about that cuddle party. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released …
We’re not real sure about the iRex reader, Microsoft’s Courier is a lot of smoke, Palm gets told to sit down and be quiet about iTunes syncing, and a PlayStation2 for you car. And finally, Brian imparts a valuable life lesson for everyone listening. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. …
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AT&T let’s you pay for their network holes, Chrysler puts auto manuals on DVD (and how are you supposed to use that in the car?), MySpace says it’s video portal now, USB 3.0 is here, Europe gives Google a green light to sell ads to the black marketers, and when you’re dead on the web, …
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A listener reports that NFL.com subjected him to a 75-second pre-roll ad. Not funny, NFL. In the news today, the FCC proposes codifying Net neutrality rules, and much as we’d love to leave it to the market and the telcos, well, we just don’t trust the telcos. Rules, FTW! Unless it’s rules on selling energy-hog …
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We finally get to the bottom of why Apple rejected the Google Voice App, how not to get caught for being a thief over Facebook, and we have plenty of sympathy for Palm. Also, Rafe hates libraries and culture. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction …
The new DreamScreen tablet from HP looks like what everyone wants from Apple at first glance. Until we dig deeper and find out it may be what nobody wants. The music publishers also seem like they’re full of stupid too wanting to get a performance right for you watching a TV show alone in your …
