Rumors are that next year Google will add a netbook to its phone and possibly begin a line of consumer electronics. Is that a good thing for them? We kick around that old football. Also Patrick from France joins us with his distinctly European perspective and we refrain from insulting each other for once. It’s …
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So the EU and Microsoft have finally settled their differences and will begin the browser ballot with no less than 12 browsers to choose from. Is this a good thing? Also Intel is now under the gun from the US FTC. What did they do this time? Listen to find out. And Cherrypal is selling …
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Among the news of new URL shorteners and Australian Internet filters comes one of the darkest moments in microblogging. Microsoft has pulled down their new Twitter-like site in China because it turns out it wasn’t Twitter-like at all. It was in fact more like Plurk. In fact it looked like maybe they stole Plurk’s code. …
Some enterprising hackers have rooted the Barnes and Noble Nook giving them unrestricted access tot he underlying Android operating system. Black and white tablet FTW! We also get the exclusive from Jason Howell about the new Google phone known as the Nexus One. And those crazy Scandinavians get to try out LTE first. Good on …
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So Apple bought LaLa and Ars Technica thinks they have a source who knows what they’re going to do with it. They’re going to make a website that sells music and stores it in the cloud. Kind of like what LaLa already is. But it’s going to be all iTunes-ified. And that has Rafe worrying …
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A new service uses the power of 400 virtualized computers in the cloud to test the security of your WPA WiFi password. They only charge $34. But Donald is afraid of how this penetration testing might show up on his credit card bill. But forget WiFi. WiGig is coming promising 7Gbps transfer speeds. Take that …
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AT&T announced they’re going to help San Francisco and New York with data coverage, but then blamed the children for all their bandwidth problems. We also take Facebook to task for their privacy handling. Nothing new there. And is the Apple Tablet coming in the spring? Will it be $1000? Buzz Out Loud episodes are …
Yahoo has a new program to spread kindness. But Cooley hates it. Why? There’s no app for that. We also discover the true meaning of holiday hate when Tom and Brian fight over the rights of the customer when shopping. And we review the JooJoo and Boxee. And Natali lets on that she hates Brooklyn. …
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Microsoft cancels their family licensing program and Molly decides they need a lesson in economics. Stop focusing on dimes Microsoft! We also plea for some common sense in the case of the woman jailed for recording some of the new Twilight movie at a birthday party. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original …
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Google is opening a DNS service that will provide the service of resolving those domain names you type in, into the website servers you want to visit. But that could really give Google a complete picture of who you are. Do you want that? We also chat about the World Cup coming in 3D and …
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