On today’s show, McDonald’s has a data breach, although it’s not as bad as the one from the Mesa County, CO, sheriff’s office, which apparently keeps its lists of victims, suspects, and informants in a nice, big, unprotected plain-text database. So, that’s a few informants running for safe houses, then. Also, the Comcast Death Star turns its rays on Roku, Apple TV, and the like. and the Nook Color goes from awesome to officially awesome. –Molly

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 12/14/2010.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download