NASA is sending a rocket into the Moon Friday morning in order to study the composition of lunar material. But really, you stopped listening when you heard ‘blow up the Moon.’ And so did Cooley. Which for one small second, made him love space. We also talk about the world’s largest Phishing sting and Windows …
BOL 1079: Bing’s still pooping his diapers
There’s a little panic over the fact that Bing’s marketshare dropped last month, but you have to remember folks, Bing is young. Rafe puts it in perspective for us. Also Kindle gets a price cut and goes worldwide, yo. That’s big. What is also big is the keylogger network that’s hijacking everyone’s web mail accounts. …
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BOL 1078: Smokinger gun
Viacom may have found a smoking gun in their billion-dollar case against YouTube, but on the other hand, we speculate YouTube may have a smokinger gun. Also the FTC wants you disclose all that money you’ve been paid to blog about cleaning products. Or whatever. Even if you just posted on Facebook. You need to …
BOL 1077: Analysts : cyberproving the obvious
An analyst from Morgan Stanley asserts that Apple would sell more iPhones if they offered it on more carriers. Really? Wow. We also have an example of a church leader misusing the prefix cyber. But that’s not as crazy as IBM taking on Google. Or is it? Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their …
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BOL 1076: You got served, through Twitter
In the UK you don’t have to be in the presence of someone to serve them with legal papers. So now Twitter has become a way to get served. We also are happy that the US government is taking cybersecurity seriously but maybe they could lay off with the cyber prefix a little. And we …
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BOL 1075: One laptop per felon
Or perhaps we should call it OLPC. One laptop per criminal. But the idea of letting prisoners use computers is good, but fraught with peril. Also we start a new PSA campiagn where Billy learns that email can be dangerous. And that’s one to grow on. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original …
BOL 1074: Forget the tablet, let’s hype the Courier
While the Apple Tablet is much more fashionable to hype, the Microsoft Courier turns out to be very hype-worthy. We also find out once again that Rafe knows where he works. And the US has relaxed its grip on the Internet. Good thing? Bad thing? Irrelevant thing? Or over hyped like an Apple tablet. Buzz …
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BOL 1073: Open Android Alliance to fight Google’s evil empire
A Google Android mod received a cease and desist for including Google apps in the mod. Seriously? Google may not be a walled garden with a high wall but it’s a walled garden nonetheless. And it’s pretty sad when your open source project gets protested for not being open. We also discuss whether the Dell …
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BOL 1072: Mustache-twirling jerks at AT&T
As AT&T tries to accuse Google of violating net neutrality, Molly wonders if they really just want to be seen as a villain. Also while you should never call anything unhackable, the netbooks being given to students in Australia are pretty tight. Physical-layer BIOS protection is unusual in an educational situation like that. And we …
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BOL 1071: Falling off the hype cycle
Twitter trades hype for a huge cash infusion, Windows 7 attempts to create hype with a spectacularly awfsome video, and we cover all the hype falling out of the Demo conference. Speaking of falling, Honda’s new Segway-style unicycle looks amazingly easy to fall off of. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio …