Today on Buzz Out Loud, we preview tomorrow’s awesome Facebook announcement — and we hope it’s not just Skype integration. Microsoft is getting in bed with Baidu in China, but Cisco is getting in a much dirtier bed with China’s government, helping build a massive surveillance system that we’re sure will just be used to …
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On today’s show, RIM responds — if you can call it that — to an open letter purportedly from a senior executive calling out the company on all its woes. RIM’s response? We’re fine. Well, we’re fine, but we will also agree to form a task force to investigate whether we need a better CEO …
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Myspace has been sold to Specific Media for a whopping $35 million & Justin Timberlake is reported to be one of the investors. Can Justin bring the sexy back to Myspace? Google’s Google Plus social media site opens & closes the invites within 1 day & Antuan Goodwin might be to blame. And Donald Bell …
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On today’s show, we’re kind of down on Microsoft Office 365 and poor MySpace’s future, but we feel a tiny bit positive about the overlapping circles of nerdiness that could be possible with Google’s new Plus social networking beta. Also, find out what you love on Google, if you can, and see all the movies …
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Microsoft patents Legal Intercept for Skype which allow users to listen in on private Skype conversations. This does not sound good as our privacy on the internet becomes less and less private. Google’s social media site Google Plus begins with little fan fair hoping to cause a mass migration from Facebook. And a clever Foursquare …
The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down California’s attempt to ban the sale of violent video games to minors, arguing that the current ratings system is enough to let parents make informed decisions about what to buy. Unlike the MPAA’s rating system, which led me and my 4-year-old to Cars 2. Thanks for that, MPAA. Also, …
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Lytro’s Founder and CEO Ren Ng Ph.D. stopped by the BOL studio today to discuss his new product the Lytro Light Field Camera which allows you to focus different depths of field within one photograph. We picked his brain about how the technology works and how it will evolve into the art of photography and …
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On today’s show, why horny Amish guys shouldn’t sext while driving their horse and buggies and why somewhere in the world, Martin Short is currently clenching his butt cheeks. Yep, it’s a Donald Bell show. Also, ISPs are adopting graduated responses to piracy and Apple gets a patent that may or may not be broad …
On today’s show, we fall in love with Lytro, the game-changing photo technology that we can’t wait to get our hands on. Get in line, geeks. Also, will Yahoo buy Hulu? And can we call it Ya-Hulu if they do-do? Plus, Apple scores the broadest patent ever, which makes us wonder if the patent office …
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The otherwise staid and professional Jason Hiner joins us from TechRepublic to discuss important issues like the amazing Yonanna machine, which turns your banana into froyo just like that! Ok, ok, in tech news, a 19-year-old is arrested in the UK, but LulzSec says he’s just the IRC moderator. Sounds important to us. Plus, your …
