3D TV? Augmented reality in your contacts? The world is getting awesome. Unless you have an Xbox 360. But it’s birthday season too. 40 years ago today the first bits were sent over the nascent Internet. One year ago today Google Chrome gave out comic books to announce Google Chrome.

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 data migration. Please report errors to buzztownrecovery@gmail.com. This episode originally published by CNet on 9/2/2009.

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