On today’s show, it’s the Summer of Hackers: Anonymous hits the Spanish police website and threatens the Federal Reserve (which, frankly, we find to be a target that’s probably worthy of a little DDoS action). Plus, a nation-state may have hacked IMF, but they’re not saying much, and the Bitcoin market crashes (buy low!). Plus, …
Read the full post →“BOL 1488: Sharks with frickin’ lasers on their heads”
Carriers are freaking out because they might not be able to keep charging you exorbitant rates to send tiny little data bits over the same network all the other data goes over–i.e., texting is dead. Hurry up and die, testing. Also, how Windows Phone 7 might catch up to iPhone by 2015 (we’re skeptical) and …
On today’s show, scientists discover that shocking tiny artificial brains with electricity produces the equivalent of short-term memory. Apocalypse nigh. Also, the Supreme Court rules against Microsoft in the i4i patent case, Apple goes Calvinball with a NEW RULE that says they won’t take a cut of in-app subscriptions. Plus, Citibank got hacked … a …
Read the full post →“BOL 1486: Franken-mouse and up-skirting Roombas”
Steve Jobs pitches the city of Cupertino on a gigantic, circular office complex with its own power supply and, of course, a totally gorgeous design. Our question: does it come with its own Arc reactor? Also, World IPv6 Day is actually about preventing riots in the streets. Now do you care? And we found out …
Read the full post →“BOL 1485: Steve Jobs building the mothership?”
Brian Tong joins us live from the E3 show floor to try to explain this cool-looking new Wii U console/controller thing. Even Cooley seems at least slightly impressed. Also, Sony delivers an apology but kind of a snoozefest of a press conference, 25% of U.S. hackers may be informants (including Antuan Goodwin) and reasoned discussion …
Read the full post →“BOL 1484: The Wii U explained (kind of)”
On today’s show, an exhausted Molly and Brian Cooley wrap up the longest Apple keynote in years, and try to make sense of the things you can and can’t accomplish with iCloud. Plus, the latest from Microsoft at E3, a little bit of cursory science news, and finally time for pizza. Phew. Buzz Out Loud …
Read the full post →“BOL 1483: Apple’s iCloud is really iSync”
On today’s show, we discover that Sony may have stored more than 1 million user emails and passwords in clear text, which LulzSec happily took advantage of. Also, the Gmail hack may have targeted White House employees who were using their Gmail accounts for official off-books government business. And iCloud might only stream iTunes purchases …
Read the full post →“BOL 1482: iCloud details, LulzSec strikes again, and USA rules at cupcakes”
On today’s show, worms from hell a mile or more underground. We get a look at Windows 8 and we dig it, a lot. Google says a Chinese hacker got into hundreds of Gmail accounts, which China (not surprisingly) denies. Plus, Molly gets a new boyfriend to take to the bunker (which gets grilled cheese …
The World Health Organization semi-confirms what we’ve all suspected for years: it’s probably not a good thing that mobile phones cause the cells in your brain to wiggle and change. Also, Lodsys continues its patent trolling unfettered by matters of conscience or threatening letters from Apple, and the PBS hackers turn their attention to Sony, …
Read the full post →“BOL 1480: WHO: cell phones as cancer-causing as coffee”
Hackers are targeting everything from defense contractors (for obvious reasons) to PBS (for slightly less obvious reasons related to their journalistic integrity), and frankly, we were sad to hear that Tupac actually isn’t alive somewhere in New Zealand. Also, my report from Area 51, what Apple will deliver at WWDC, and the best Lady Gaga/KFC …
Read the full post →“BOL 1479: At Area 51, Tupac is still alive”
