Mozilla is upset about the browser ballot screen because it’s alphabetical, left to right, by manufacturer. That means Apple gets the prime spot. We think that’s parsing the screen to closely. So we decide to parse it even more! And we also reinvent battery technology and solve America’s Internet problems. And can you believe it? …
Month: October 2009
BOL 1085: Amazon, I need a refill
Amazon announced same-day delivery for certain areas today, although we’re not sure if you can buy wines by the glass. We also cover the BlackBerry Storm and Motorola Cliq announcements. Guess which one we like better? And the Danger Sidekick tale continues. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata …
BOL 1084: TI don’t be a 8008
Calculator hackers have figured out how to run independent OS’s on TI calculators. Unfortunately TI wants to stop them. Why? We have no idea. Also we play fast and loose with physics when discussing black holes and Higgs Bosons. We also totally redefined the word mint. In a bad way unfortunately. Buzz Out Loud episodes …
BOL 1083: MP3 is a lie
Yes Nokia launched a new Netbook, and yes Twitter fought the law and won. But it wasn’t until the end of today’s show that we finally get to the bottom of a long-running controversy. MP3’s don’t do what they promise. Jason and Brian explain why. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio …
BOL 1082: Just another outage Monday
First, apologies for the song that will be stuck in your head for at least a week. Blame the chat room. In the news today, the T-Mobile Sidekick outage, the ongoing Facebook outage, the IBM outage that briefly crippled Air New Zealand, and the unbelievable failure that is the PSP Go launch. It’s a fun …
BOL 1081: Rafe’s last day on Comcast
Rafe wonders what could possibly go wrong with Comcast monitoring its users to protect them from malware. In the process, Rafe makes a few comments that have us wondering whether he’ll return home to any internet at all. Barnes and Noble is rumored to be rolling out an Android E-book reader while Steve Ballmer claims …
BOL 1080: Blow up the Moon
NASA is sending a rocket into the Moon Friday morning in order to study the composition of lunar material. But really, you stopped listening when you heard ‘blow up the Moon.’ And so did Cooley. Which for one small second, made him love space. We also talk about the world’s largest Phishing sting and Windows …
BOL 1079: Bing’s still pooping his diapers
There’s a little panic over the fact that Bing’s marketshare dropped last month, but you have to remember folks, Bing is young. Rafe puts it in perspective for us. Also Kindle gets a price cut and goes worldwide, yo. That’s big. What is also big is the keylogger network that’s hijacking everyone’s web mail accounts. …
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BOL 1078: Smokinger gun
Viacom may have found a smoking gun in their billion-dollar case against YouTube, but on the other hand, we speculate YouTube may have a smokinger gun. Also the FTC wants you disclose all that money you’ve been paid to blog about cleaning products. Or whatever. Even if you just posted on Facebook. You need to …
BOL 1077: Analysts : cyberproving the obvious
An analyst from Morgan Stanley asserts that Apple would sell more iPhones if they offered it on more carriers. Really? Wow. We also have an example of a church leader misusing the prefix cyber. But that’s not as crazy as IBM taking on Google. Or is it? Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their …
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