Happy 15th birthday to Internet Explorer and AT&T says Net neutrality is indeed onerous and it’s all for Verizon and Google’s proposal (um, duh). The Facebook dislike button finally launches, but it’s a scam. WiFi-sniffing aerial drones are the new black, and we celebrate 50 years of broadcasting to the world the following: looking for …
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BOL 1291: The Playboy app: it’s just for the articles
On today’s show, you can finally tell people that you read Playboy for the articles … and have it be the truth! At least if you shell out $5 for the Playboy iPad app. Also, Oracle sues Google over Android, and it doesn’t look good for Google. Plus, the brewing Apple vs. BBC cage match. …
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BOL 1290: Android says, Talk to me, baby
Google launches new voice control for Android. Apple breaks over-the-air Jailbreaking. Spock’s coffin has us spinning in our graves. And also, Rafe needs a new TV. Yeah, it’s kind of a slow news day. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done for SEO, …
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BOL 1289: Facebook’s momentary lapse of evil
The social network stands up to Googlezon’s net neutrality proposal, and meanwhile plots Foursquare’s demise. Also Farmville pulling up stakes at MSN, and your car’s tire pressure sensors can be hacked by drive-bys. Everybody panic! Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done for …
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BOL 1288: QWERTY booty and the end of the Internet
On today’s show, we invent a new kind of typing (booty type, QWERTY booty, that kind of thing), and look ahead to the end of the Internet as we know it. Plus, do ethics trump shareholder rights? The Mark Hurd HP scandal rolls on. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. …
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BOL 1287: Giant Angry Earth Fart
On today’s show, we’ve discovered the secret of the Bermuda Triangle — well, some scientists discovered it. We just call it a giant angry Earth fart, like the one that’s apparently going to destroy us all. Oh, and also, soft-core porn, falsified expense reports, and a vengeful board. It’s the HP Way! Buzz Out Loud …
BOL 1286: The Pentagon wants its stuff back
The big fight between the Pentagon and Wikileaks has gotten to the high school breakup stage: the Pentagon wants Wikileaks to put its mix tapes, photos, and t-shirts in a shoebox and mail them back. Also, another rousing argument on Net neutrality, this time with Brian Cooley’s uniquely capitalist viewpoint in the mix. Good times. …
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BOL 1285: You can’t handle the tech
On today’s show, a rousing discussion on the future of Net neutrality, whether you can handle the truth that is the forthcoming technological revolution, and whether glass-bottomed buses are going to start an upskirting revolution in China. (Ok, actually, that last is about the cleverest little traffic congestion solution ever.) Buzz Out Loud episodes are …
BOL 1284: Superman is faster than a foreclosing bank
On today’s show, Intel’s FTC antitrust settlement, Darren Kitchen explains the iOS vulnerability that makes all your devices belong to PDF, and the feds admit they’re storing some of your checkpoint body scan images … for … some reason. Yuck. Also, Facebook for Android finally comes into the modern age. Phew. Buzz Out Loud episodes …
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BOL 1283: Lying liars and the phones they sell us
On today’s show, Verizon tries to claim the Motorola Droid doesn’t have the hardware to support hotspot tethering with Froyo. And here’s the thing: that’s a lie. In other news, the BlackBerry Torch hits, Rdio lands, and the FBI is cracking down on coloring books. Or something. I’m a tiny bit incoherent today. Buzz Out …
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