One thing Droid users can lord over iPhone fanatics is the new porn app. Yes, with no Apple lording it over the app store Android users can go adult. We also debate the reality of Cyber Monday and congratulate Twitter on being word of the year. Also we know you’re all wishing for Macs for …
Month: November 2009
BOL 1114: Dorks will break your heart
A new survey shows the messaging behavior of men and women on dating sites. And it leads Natali to the inevitable conclusion that you shouldn’t date dorks. We also talk over the WikiLeaks pager data from the 9/11 events. And BlackBerry gets an eBay app Why is this such big news? Buzz Out Loud episodes …
BOL 1113: There’s no Moore’s law for chemistry
New netbook chips promise to increase battery life which sends Molly into a tizzy about battery life. But battery life does not keep pace with chip law as Rafe states so well. Also the phone ad wars heat…er… lukewarm up with some arguably limp responses from Apple. And Opera cooperates with China, sort of. Buzz …
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BOL 1112: Rupert Murdoch battles infinity
Microsoft is apparently willing to pay Rupert Murdoch to block Google from indexing any of his websites. Are we headed towards a world where the search engine you use determines what news you get? Probably not. We explain why Murdoch may be thinking in an old fashioned limited way rather than in the current infinite …
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BOL 1111: Facebook is depressing
Why the long Face…book? A woman battling depression put some pictures of herself having fun privately on Facebook. Somehow the insurance company found them and cut off her benefits saying she looked happy enough and must be cured. Really? We also get further impressions on Google’s Chrome OSD now that we’ve had more time with …
BOL 1110: Apple Tablet is the unicorn of tech
The rumors about the Apple Tablet are getting crazy and special guest Cali Lewis nails it when she calls it a unicorn. We also get the first look at the Google OS, and nobody is very excited about Microsoft Office 2010. Except the one person who never uses it. Me. And we get some of …
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BOL 1109: In the future we’ll all be cats
IBM is working on an artificial brain which they think they’ll have done by 2019. And we figure once that happens the robots will rise and we will become your pets. And like cats we’ll think that we’re in charge. In other news Modern Warfare 2 beats Harry Potter to a pulp and Verizon and …
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BOL 1108: Tracker pulling
No no fellow residents of southern Illinois, not tractor pulling, Tracker pulling. The Pirate Bay has pulled out the trackers. But that doesn’t mean you can’s download anything. The site’s still up for now using a different technology. Also Google’s book deal seems to have been changed but not enough to satisfy its opponents. And …
BOL 1107: Vote for us or the chicken gets it
The Podcast awards are on and we’re up against TWiT again, so we had to get drastic. We will no longer protect your chicken from Dokken if you don’t vote for us. So there. Also Psystar is no longer protected from Apple and Modern Warfare 2 is no longer available in Russia. Whew. So much …
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BOL 1106: A tall drink of Moon water
Turns out when we blew up the Moon a few weeks ago we found water! Yay the bottled water companies are presumably planning their trips now. THIS is how we motivate us to get back tot he Moon! We also hear more from old man Murdoch on blocking Google from indexing his newspapers, and Dell …