On today’s show, we celebrate the dubious holiday that is Foursquare Day (coming tomorrow), Skype has an Android vulnerability that Donald thinks might just be a feature, and Nintendo is going HD just in time for people to stop buying video games. Also, Best Buy says DVD windowing is totally working, if you enjoy manipulating …
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On today’s show, Donald Bell gives us his in-person BlackBerry PlayBook review, why Twitter is like your freeloading, couch-surfing bum of a brother, and how the FBI’s command and control server could end up taking Elvis off life support. What, you didn’t know Elvis was still alive? The things you learn on BOL. Plus: the …
Read the full post →“BOL 1448: How the FBI might kill Elvis (again)”
Brian Cooley joins the show today to talk about the new privacy bill of rights–which apparently does nothing that browser Do Not Track buttons don’t do, and exempts the federal government while doing it. It being nothing. Also, T-Mobile tries to win new customers with new unlimited plans, Apple may get into the Netflix-killing game, …
Read the full post →“BOL 1447: Mirrored boats and 3DTV hate”
Two years ago Cisco bought a little video camera maker. Today it’s letting it go, sniff sniff. Also lots of legal laffs today: The Winklevii refuse to give up. Microsoft calls out Google on Federal approval of Google Apps. and a blogger hits HuffPo with class-action suit. Plus, future Macbooks to be made from bicycles? …
The U.S. Navy demonstrates how it can set a boat on fire remotely using a laser. Which is super awesome as a video, and slightly terrifying as a demonstration of future military capabilities. Also, Steve Jobs finally agrees to an authorized biography, Sony blinks in the George Hotz PS3 jailbreaking lawsuit, smart phone users are …
We all want to stream video on our devices but the big companies are saying NO! Bring on the parade of lawyers! and the Department of Justice approves Googles dream to help us plan our vacations so that we can travel freely about the world connected to our clouds & Google social media of course, …
Hey, Buzz Crew … Google seems to be building out a version of Chrome OS for tablets, which we’re calling their double rainbow strategy: it breaks your brain. Plus, what Epsilon knew about their social phishing vulnerabilities, and when they knew it. Samsung cuts tablet pricing again, why we’re never using Pandora again until we …
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Netflix reportedly will pay about $100 million to stream every episode of Mad Men: chump change, if predictions of an $800 million streaming TV market turn out to be true. Also, it seems that everyone wants to get in on the tablet market, but given reported XOOM sales of only about 100,000, it’s possible the …
Read the full post →“BOL 1442: Netflix streams to the top, Xoom zooms to the bottom”
In the news today, Google is coming under the antitrust microsope, your privacy is breached left, right, and center by everyone from Pandora’s mobile apps to the growing Epsilon email breach scandal. The MPAA files the least shocking lawsuit ever (sorry, Zediva), two venerable tech names become one, and the leaky ship of the NY …
Read the full post →“BOL 1441: In: Living Social. Out: Groupon. So five minutes ago: Your privacy”
It’s the latest internet webcam sensation that has taken over the BOL crew. Google is bidding for some sweet telecom patents, but is anyone bidding on MySpace? We don’t think so. Plus, Computer Love returns to brighten up this Monday. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or …
