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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Turns out Dell says they never deleted complaints from their forums about throttled processors, and they’re working hard to fix the issues with updated BIOS. Donald suggested that the folks who claimed they were deleted by Dell probably lost a lot of street cred. We also speculate on the meaning of the Comcast acquisition of …
Facebook’s changing their privacy policy, and Molly and Rafe predict there will be groups. I don’t think anyone cares about regional groups, but hey, I could be wrong. We also talk about why Steve Jobs personally approved an app that currently doesn’t work. And Richard comes up with a brilliant idea for the future of …
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Yahoo and Google have released their top search terms of the year and no surprise, it’s full of pop culture icons and references. Which makes Natali mad. Also making people mad is the new Microsoft black screen of death which Microsoft still doesn’t see. Also YouTube wants back into the TV business. But this time …
One thing Droid users can lord over iPhone fanatics is the new porn app. Yes, with no Apple lording it over the app store Android users can go adult. We also debate the reality of Cyber Monday and congratulate Twitter on being word of the year. Also we know you’re all wishing for Macs for …
A new survey shows the messaging behavior of men and women on dating sites. And it leads Natali to the inevitable conclusion that you shouldn’t date dorks. We also talk over the WikiLeaks pager data from the 9/11 events. And BlackBerry gets an eBay app Why is this such big news? Buzz Out Loud episodes …
New netbook chips promise to increase battery life which sends Molly into a tizzy about battery life. But battery life does not keep pace with chip law as Rafe states so well. Also the phone ad wars heat…er… lukewarm up with some arguably limp responses from Apple. And Opera cooperates with China, sort of. Buzz …
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Microsoft is apparently willing to pay Rupert Murdoch to block Google from indexing any of his websites. Are we headed towards a world where the search engine you use determines what news you get? Probably not. We explain why Murdoch may be thinking in an old fashioned limited way rather than in the current infinite …
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Why the long Face…book? A woman battling depression put some pictures of herself having fun privately on Facebook. Somehow the insurance company found them and cut off her benefits saying she looked happy enough and must be cured. Really? We also get further impressions on Google’s Chrome OSD now that we’ve had more time with …
