Steve Jobs delivers: he delivers one less button, an all-new proprietary display port, annoyingly glossy screens, and a paltry $100 price drop on the new MacBook. Huzzah. We do have some other news to talk about today, luckily, like Microsoft sticking with Windows 7 as the official name of Windows 7, and Joost deciding it …
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On today’s show, the world of anonymous chatting gets even more confusing, thanks to the increasing numbers of computers passing the Turing test. Is it a pervert? Is it a computer? Is it both? In other news, Chrome breaks Molly’s heart, Sony breaks all the rules and keeps the PS3 prices high, and people keep …
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Financial markets will collapse, venture capitalists will cause a run on startups that lead to ever more financial collapses, companies that try to disable their DRM servers will inevitably reverse that bad decision, and Web redesigns will happen and you can’t opt out of them. Live with it. We’re jerks today. It’s Friday. Buzz Out …
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Natali Del Conte joins us today for a discussion of quantum mechanics, Apple laptop pricing, super satellites, click-jacking, and crowd-sourced baby names. It sounds kind of heavy, but it’s surprisingly goofy. We think you’ll enjoy it. Also: stop Skyping us! Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or …
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That’s the dog-sized Bluetooth headset you can buy to go with today’s REAL news item, the new BlackBerry Storm: announced but not released. Until it comes out, though, it’s basking in the warm glow of the meeting and maybe exceeding expectations judgments coming from the press. In sum, it sounds cool. And Google decides it’s …
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Apologies in advance for the slightly dirty word toward the end of the show. Now you’ll all listen, won’t you? In other news, Ford wants to make sure your kids don’t speed, that they wear their seat belts, and that they intensely hate your guts. And Google wants to make sure you don’t send mail …
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In today’s show, featuring co-host Dan Ackerman, we discuss the benefits of being an independent musician (Dan says it’s a great time!), the increasingly furious-yet-futile fight between the MPAA and RealDVD, Delta pre-emptively filtering porn on planes, and Kid Rock finding a home on the Web, whether we want him there or not. Buzz Out …
Whence comes the sad trombone and other questions of great worldly importance dominate today’s discussions, but there is, in fact, other technology news today. For example, Steve Jobs is ok but citizen journalism may not be, iTunes isn’t going to have to shut down after all (but copyright pricing remains outrageously stupid), and Microsoft extends …
Stuck with a stinky new Mac Pro? Good news: it might be toxic! (No proof of toxicity has been determined.) Also, Tom Merritt reveals himself to be a ruthless murderer of Firefox downloads. And the state of Pennsylvania takes it upon itself to make the streets safer by making old people smarter. Love it! Buzz …
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On today’s show, a big, fat present for long-time listeners (and Veronica Belmont fans): Veronica Belmont joins us! In the news, Real’s pre-emptive lawsuit fails to stop the studios from suing over RealDVD, Apple’s threat to close iTunes, Dell offering you Iron Man along with its computers, and Starz on Netflix! Buzz Out Loud episodes …
