Details are leaking out on a post-Windows OS from Microsoft code-named Midori that would use virtualization and the cloud to manage your computing life. Throw in the semantic Web and you have a buzzword threefer! But it brings up the interesting fact that Microsoft is thinking of an end of life for Windows someday. In …
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Here at Buzz Out Loud, we are shamelessly attempting to launch a meme, based on the awesome Twitter ramblings of a guy stoned off his gourd at the dentist. Quick, somebody make a Caf? Press shirt! Also, today?s show is rant-central, between the news that They can take our laptops for as long as They …
Google says there’s no such thing as complete privacy. And while we tend to agree, we don’t necessarily think that should mean Google can drive up into the driveway, take pictures of the inside of our houses, and put them on the Internet. Maybe we’re just not all on the same page. Also, new Mac …
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On today’s show, we discover that it’s hard to stand out in an orgy, only about a quarter of things Molly says are words, and EA poops all over you. That’s just the kind of show we have when Rafe fills in for Tom. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. …
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The wisdom of the crowds turns out to be simple mob rule, as Dark Knight fans not only mod up their new favorite movie but start modding down The Godfather on IMDB. Also, we do a probably wildly inaccurate (but, we think, hilarious) T. Boone Pickens impression because plain old financial stories are just not …
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On today’s show, we learn how we, too, can purchase an extreme cooling machine, we test out the new Cuil search engine, which is apparently already doomed by its incomprehensible name and the unreasonable hatred of our chat room, Steve Jobs calls to clear the air regarding his health (if you can call it clearing …
That?s sarcasm, I?m afraid. Lots of bad news today, including the tragic end to the Spam King escape story, the cell-phones-and-cancer debate makes a resurgence with some serious recommendations for careful use, and AOL starts up a fire sale. In good news, though, a new iPhone firmware upgrade is on deck, and it may bring …
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The recently imprisoned Spam King goes straight-up mint jelly and escapes from federal prison (check your barns and garages, Coloradoans), Yahoo Music makes the MSN Music mistake with the benefit of hindsight, and Walt Mossberg slams Mobile Me. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has …
We debunk yesterday’s story about how the studios are going to develop new 3D standards. That is, we like the standards idea, but we know there are glasses in there somewhere. Also, the San Francisco mayor makes a secret, underground visit to imprisoned I Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. …
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Oh man. Molly is out for one day and look what happens. Well the Monster story comes form the cable makers attempting to sue the makers of a deer salt lick. Seriously. And iron butt refers to a character from X-Men after we got schooled on Magneto by Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in …
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