The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down California’s attempt to ban the sale of violent video games to minors, arguing that the current ratings system is enough to let parents make informed decisions about what to buy. Unlike the MPAA’s rating system, which led me and my 4-year-old to Cars 2. Thanks for that, MPAA. Also, …
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Lytro’s Founder and CEO Ren Ng Ph.D. stopped by the BOL studio today to discuss his new product the Lytro Light Field Camera which allows you to focus different depths of field within one photograph. We picked his brain about how the technology works and how it will evolve into the art of photography and …
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On today’s show, why horny Amish guys shouldn’t sext while driving their horse and buggies and why somewhere in the world, Martin Short is currently clenching his butt cheeks. Yep, it’s a Donald Bell show. Also, ISPs are adopting graduated responses to piracy and Apple gets a patent that may or may not be broad …
On today’s show, we fall in love with Lytro, the game-changing photo technology that we can’t wait to get our hands on. Get in line, geeks. Also, will Yahoo buy Hulu? And can we call it Ya-Hulu if they do-do? Plus, Apple scores the broadest patent ever, which makes us wonder if the patent office …
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The otherwise staid and professional Jason Hiner joins us from TechRepublic to discuss important issues like the amazing Yonanna machine, which turns your banana into froyo just like that! Ok, ok, in tech news, a 19-year-old is arrested in the UK, but LulzSec says he’s just the IRC moderator. Sounds important to us. Plus, your …
It’s both a fun game and a sad commentary on the state of our existence! On today’s show, the average user is caught in the crossfire of the hacker wars, but dammit, even LulzSec agrees that Sega is off limits. Speaking of which, Donald might have been right about Bitcorn, rather than Bitcoin. Ouch. And …
We are back online today and explain exactly what happened to the show yesterday when it blew up. We discuss Rims demise and the Senate passing a law making it a felony to stream copyright protected material on the interwebs while at the same time day dream about Spotify coming to the US in all …
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A power surge mid-show knocked us, Donald’s birthday celebration, and the rest of the episode offline. Here’s what we managed to salvage from the wreckage … at least you can read the stories and emails for yourselves! See you tomorrow! Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata supplementation and/or …
CNET’s Declan McCullagh reports that Google’s access point sniffing ways may also be slurping up Mac address information on mobile phones and laptops … and can be used to track your information. This is sewious. Also, Pandora’s IPO is bubblicious, we go deep inside the psychology of Apple’s retail experience, and smell-o-vision coming to a …
The most common iPhone passcodes are revealed on today’s show (no, not by LulzSec), but Tong has a pager-callback suggestion for all of us. A proposal in Congress would force U.S. companies to actually tell us when they’re hacked and our data is stolen (yes, please), and Rojadirecta becomes the people’s hero in challenging the …
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