We have two awesomely inexplicable voice mails today, we discuss the rise of Zeus (the botnet), and Ubisoft’s new DRM scheme sends us into a synchronized rage. We also chat with Peter Brantley, co-founder of the Open Book Alliance, about the latest twist and turn in the Google Books settlement attempt. Short version: copyright law …
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0Well, ok, 3D might not make you go blind, but we think the issue warrants further study. At least, Molly and Rafe think it warrants further study. Tom’s just baiting us. Also, AT&T gets a Windows Phone 7 victory, Warner is still keeping DVDs on life support, and PDFs are just plain dangerous. Also, our …
Spoiler: it’s Veronica! Also, gambling prostitutes. Ms. Belmont joins us today to talk about Google’s abject apologies and speculate about what’s inside that Google-Aid they’re drinking down there. Plus, we think Windows Phone 7 looks pretty cool despite that odd naming convention, and after that it’s all mobile news all the time. –Molly Buzz Out …
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The rumor mill has it that Amazon wants to give its Prime subscribers a free Kindle. Like, all of them. We think that fails the sniff test, but we might be hypersensitive because of the ridiculous rumor mill that briefly killed off the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi this week. Oh, and Google’s working on …
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We think, due to the magic of search-engine optimization, that this episode is about to become our highest-rated ever. P.S. Attention, visitors from Google: this is not the Facebook login page. Sorry about that. In other news today, we tear down Google Buzz’s privacy options, Bill Gates can barely be bothered to diss the iPad, …
When botnets do battle for your desktop, you lose. But we still find it kind of cool. Google Buzz on the other hand, we’re not so sure about — mainly because we just want to try it out and it turns out we’ve now been opted in to all kinds of public information and sharing …
Google rolls out its new Buzz feature and all we can say is this: don’t even THINK of calling your new text-to-speech chat feature Buzz Out Loud. Because we will come for you. Also, the Nexus One gets phone support … for shipping questions only. Sad trombone. And Toyota can’t catch a break. Poor Toyota. …
Today’s BOL ushers in the dawn of … a new drinking game! Whenever you hear us say definitely on today’s show — and it’s going to be often — take a swig. Also, we Monday-morning quarterback the Super Bowl ads and explore the many reasons people don’t want to buy an iPad. Oh, and my …
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We cover Amazon’s capitulation to another publisher, and Google’s book deal comes under assault from the Department of Justice. Jeff Zucker appears to lie to Congress and Sling implies AT&T lied about their app. And the $9.99 eBook is declared dead by Gizmodo and Rafe declares eInk dead. Just another day on the Internet. Buzz …
We discover that the Internet is just as dangerous as outside, which means you need to wear clean underwear. Natali also invents the IPADBJ?RN for all you iPad-wanters who need to use it hands-free. And we declare Donald Bell Emperor Pimp of portable entertainment devices. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio …
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