The FAA has asked Boeing to prove it’s new connected airplane isn’t so connected it can connect hackers. We also discuss why folks think women aren’t as good at math when all the women we know are great at math. And we hash over some Apple tablet rumors. I mean how could we not. We …
BOL 1151: NASA, park the shuttle on blocks
Among the news of China picking a fight with the US over Google, and Jammie Thomas getting her fine reduced, there’s a goldmine idea for NASA. Gene wrote in to explain that instead of selling off the shuttles, they can just leave them parked at the space station. And we took it further with some …
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BOL 1150: Up the creek without a Bible
The FCC is coming for the schools and churches just like that crazy guy on the corner told you! June 12th they’ll require anybody using a wireless microphone that operators in the 700 MHZ spectrum, to stop using that mic. That’s right. the purge is coming! For microphones!. Actually it’ll affect Broadway shows too. Will …
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BOL 1149: Secretary Clinton plans to free the Internet
We had the pleasure of chatting with Jared Cohen, Senior Adviser to Secretary Hillary Clinton today. He gave us some more insight into Secretary Clinton’s speech about the freedom on the Internet, specifically relating to China. We also clarify that Verizon is not booting people off the Internet. But apparently Cox is. So take all …
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BOL 1148: Verizon cuts off alleged illegal downloaders
Breaking news during the show has Verizon admitting to cutting off the Internet access of people accused of illegal downloading. But hey, they don’t throttle,they say. Great! Except for cutting off people is really an extreme from of throttling. And also, Verizon isn’t getting proof for this, just accusations. The problems with this policy are …
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BOL 1147: Mint Fried Quicken (sarcmark!)
While Apple has officially announced an announcement, we don’t know what it is. So we speculate anyway. Sue us. Will you pay $2 for a new character that indicates sarcasm? Most of us won’t, either. We also discuss the meaning of privacy in search engines and Quicken hides it’s online service behind Mint, which oddly …
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BOL 1146: Fighting firewalls with firewall
The Google China drama continues with some startling revelations about an Internet Explorer 6 vulnerability. And Tim from Kansas has an intriguing suggestion for how Google could reverse the Chinese firewall to get back at them. We also witness the dominance of the Nintendo Wii and the cheapening of some of Verizon’s plans. Buzz Out …
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BOL 1145: China to Google: Suck it
The Google-China drama continues as China makes a veiled response that only law-abiding companies are welcome in the People’s Republic. More information came out indicating the Gmail hacking was done by the government in China. This isn’t over folks. We’ll keep on it. But there is other news. Apple lawyers strike back over tablet rumors, …
BOL 1144: What’s Google really doing in China?
Due to some Gmail attacks, Google has said they will remove their filters and possibly pull out of China altogether. There’s definitely a lot more going on behind the scenes of this than we know. But we try to get to the heart of the matter as the nation of China negotiates with the nation …
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BOL 1143: Google is sorry… you feel that way?
Google apologized to China for miscommunication over their scanning of books. But that didn’t stop them from scanning the books. Or even get them to apologize for scanning the books. Also Microsoft Word is no longer sold, at least for a brief period of time. And the Apple rumors are ramping up. Buzz Out Loud …
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