While every woman on Earth universally thinks the name iPad is stupid, Fujitsu still wants to own it. We’ll tell you about the Fujitsu iPad which has existed since 2002 and why Apple thinks they can still own the name anyway. We also look at the MSI tablet which may be much better than iPad. …
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Yes of course we rehash the Apple iPad. we find out how to pronounce it properly in Boston. We determine that it is the fundamental problem with Democracy. But there is other news. Including a class action suit against Microsoft over their points system on Xbox and Zune. And President Obama wants to kill the …
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We record right after Steve Jobs finished his 90-minute announcement of the Apple iPad, their new tablet computer. It’s variably impressive depending on who you are, but will anyone buy it? We discuss. Also it’s over for the Mars rover Spirit. At least the roving part is over. But it’s still alive and doing science. …
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The FAA has asked Boeing to prove it’s new connected airplane isn’t so connected it can connect hackers. We also discuss why folks think women aren’t as good at math when all the women we know are great at math. And we hash over some Apple tablet rumors. I mean how could we not. We …
Among the news of China picking a fight with the US over Google, and Jammie Thomas getting her fine reduced, there’s a goldmine idea for NASA. Gene wrote in to explain that instead of selling off the shuttles, they can just leave them parked at the space station. And we took it further with some …
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The FCC is coming for the schools and churches just like that crazy guy on the corner told you! June 12th they’ll require anybody using a wireless microphone that operators in the 700 MHZ spectrum, to stop using that mic. That’s right. the purge is coming! For microphones!. Actually it’ll affect Broadway shows too. Will …
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We had the pleasure of chatting with Jared Cohen, Senior Adviser to Secretary Hillary Clinton today. He gave us some more insight into Secretary Clinton’s speech about the freedom on the Internet, specifically relating to China. We also clarify that Verizon is not booting people off the Internet. But apparently Cox is. So take all …
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Breaking news during the show has Verizon admitting to cutting off the Internet access of people accused of illegal downloading. But hey, they don’t throttle,they say. Great! Except for cutting off people is really an extreme from of throttling. And also, Verizon isn’t getting proof for this, just accusations. The problems with this policy are …
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While Apple has officially announced an announcement, we don’t know what it is. So we speculate anyway. Sue us. Will you pay $2 for a new character that indicates sarcasm? Most of us won’t, either. We also discuss the meaning of privacy in search engines and Quicken hides it’s online service behind Mint, which oddly …
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The Google China drama continues with some startling revelations about an Internet Explorer 6 vulnerability. And Tim from Kansas has an intriguing suggestion for how Google could reverse the Chinese firewall to get back at them. We also witness the dominance of the Nintendo Wii and the cheapening of some of Verizon’s plans. Buzz Out …
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