Episodes will be released daily (as long as we can keep up on it).
We have synthetic life! Craig Venter’s new bacterium is alive and is blue… because that’s what it’s programmed to be. Also, Google says Happy 30th Birthday Pacman by putting a playable game into the Google banner. Tech support calls ensue. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or …
Read the full post →“BOL 1233: Synthetic life is oh so blue”
Apparently, Australian border guards can now search your laptops for porn when you enter the country. Um. Ok. As a protest, we suggest everyone flying there just declare that they have porn. Why not? Also, tons of news coming from Google I/O, including the very interesting Google TV and the latest on Android 2.2. Let …
We wanted Google to announce its set-top box at Google IO today, but what do we get? A new video codec, an app store in Chrome, and (yawn) Google Wave going into open beta. And, oh yeah, homeland security seals (the marine mammals, not the hulky military guys) protecting our harbors. Buzz Out Loud episodes …
The indignities start with problem in the New York studio that keep Molly from being visible on today’s show, and then end with the realization that all those browser preferences are basically a trackable fingerprint that’s further eroding any illusion of online privacy you might have ever had. Also, Google’s getting into the phone business. …
Read the full post →“BOL 1230: The accumulation of little indignities”
Did Paramount actually issue a DMCA takedown to some people who filmed Transformers 3 while it was being filmed outside their window!? Well, yeah. But Molly thinks that particular brand of stupidity almost had to be an accident. I mean, come on. Also, Google accidentally (!) collected data from open WiFi hotspots while taking pictures …
Read the full post →“BOL 1229: Too stupid even for Paramount”
The Buzz Crew gathers into the small studio to roast and toast Tom on his last episode of Buzz Out Loud. You will be missed by many, sir. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done for SEO, clarification, or as a product of …
(Do I really need to justify a Flashback for this episode?) The Buzz Crew gathers into the small studio to roast and toast Tom on his last episode of Buzz Out Loud. You will be missed by many, sir. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction …
Read the full post →“FLASHBACK! BOL 1228: We salute you, Tom Merritt”
As promised in Episode 1228, here is the unabridged montage of Tom’s best moments on BOL. If your podcatcher only downloads the most recent episode, you will want to go back and manually download Episode 1228! Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or correction has been done …
We just did that to blow out your pun sensors. It’s Tom’s next-to-last show, and we have a big announcement: Rafe Needleman will be taking over his co-host duties! Listen for more, and also, hear about the escalation of the global thermonuclear patent wars, Adobe’s passive-aggressive attack on Apple, and why Tom and Molly are …
In the Soviet Union oil leaks get nuked. That’s not a Yakov Smirnoff joke, it’s apparently history. So we discuss whether we should do that in the Gulf of Mexico. But Steve in the chat room points out it might summon Cthullu. We also discuss the impending release of Office 2010, and the appearance of …
