Episodes will be released daily (as long as we can keep up on it).
On today’s show, Eric Schmidt appears to spout off wildly about fighting anti-piracy laws to the death, but frankly, we kind of agree. Also, LinkedIn’s IPO goes bonkers, Apple is close to signing all the necessary music labels to its hoped-for Amazon and Google killer, Kindle e-books outsell all print books on Amazon, and it …
Read the full post →“BOL 1472: The Internet and the end of snow days”
Multiple rage-fits on today’s show, as we discuss poor Sony’s PlayStation Network being hacked again, patent trolls going after the entire app store market, the Winklevoss twins taking their hurt feelings all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and sweet little elementary school kids unable to have a school talent show thanks to the …
Read the full post →“BOL 1471: Spoiler alert: Sony hacked again”
Brian Cooley invades the studio! Bing uses your Facebook social graph to help you make better…Decisions. T-Mobile lets you make Wi-Fi calls for free, but that will probably go away if the merger with AT&T happens. Another reason not to like it. Plus, the Power Point versus Keynote debate rages on! Buzz Out Loud episodes …
Read the full post →“BOL 1470: Amazon is bringing a quad-core tablet?…We hope.”
Sony is firing up the PlayStation Network again and most of America should have access by now. But the Japanese government says it won’t allow PSN back on in its country until Sony can ensure that it’s triple-dog-super-secure. Which, uh … I kind of want it to be that secure here, too, don’t you? Plus, …
Read the full post →“BOL 1469: PlayStation Network: safe enough for America!”
Facebook gets busted for actually hiring a PR agency to try to plant anti-Google stories in the press. Wow. What are you guys, like 14? Oh, wait. Kind of, yeah. In other rant bait, an FCC commissioner who blocked any conditions regulating the NBC/Comcast merger got a lobbying gig at Comcast! How … sleazy. Plus, …
Read the full post →“BOL 1468: Bad Facebook! No biscuit for you!”
Google keeps the news ball rolling, dropping two new Chromebook laptops and an enterprise-ready Chromebox. Plus, of course, they make Chrome OS official. Oh, and how could we bury the lead? Angry Birds is now available in the Chrome App Store! For free! Plus, it turns out 100,000 Facebook apps were accidentally leaking your data, …
Huge news day today, with Google’s I/O presentation packing about a day’s worth of news into a single hourlong presentation–and this is just the first day. We wonder whether Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Chrome OS can exist in the same world, and whether the music labels will ever again get a seat at the …
Read the full post →“BOL 1466: Google and the nine OS strategy, and Microsoft buys Skype”
Comcast and TiVo’s long-running negotiations (think five years, people) to bring TiVo software to Comcast’s set-top boxes is now officially dead. As are TiVo’s hopes, as far as we’re concerned. Also, CNET may have tipped off Sony to yet another planned attack this weekend, and good news! They stopped it! Bad news: PSN and Qriocity …
Read the full post →“BOL 1465: I left TiVo because TiVo left me”
Wilson Tang from the 404 joins us in studio to hack away at all the tech news along with host of the week Mr. Brian Tong. Hackers are threatening a third attack on Sony which may cause consumers to think twice about adding their credit card information onto any site in the future despite the …
NASA proves Einstein is still a genius, just in case you forgot. Anonymous officially denies being involved in hacking the Playstation Network, Facebook and Google want Skype, and we’re getting even closer to a world of digital distribution. Apple and EA are going to make sure of it. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in …
Read the full post →“BOL 1463: Imagine the Earth wrapped in Honey”
