So Apple bought LaLa and Ars Technica thinks they have a source who knows what they’re going to do with it. They’re going to make a website that sells music and stores it in the cloud. Kind of like what LaLa already is. But it’s going to be all iTunes-ified. And that has Rafe worrying …
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A new service uses the power of 400 virtualized computers in the cloud to test the security of your WPA WiFi password. They only charge $34. But Donald is afraid of how this penetration testing might show up on his credit card bill. But forget WiFi. WiGig is coming promising 7Gbps transfer speeds. Take that …
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AT&T announced they’re going to help San Francisco and New York with data coverage, but then blamed the children for all their bandwidth problems. We also take Facebook to task for their privacy handling. Nothing new there. And is the Apple Tablet coming in the spring? Will it be $1000? Buzz Out Loud episodes are …
Yahoo has a new program to spread kindness. But Cooley hates it. Why? There’s no app for that. We also discover the true meaning of holiday hate when Tom and Brian fight over the rights of the customer when shopping. And we review the JooJoo and Boxee. And Natali lets on that she hates Brooklyn. …
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Microsoft cancels their family licensing program and Molly decides they need a lesson in economics. Stop focusing on dimes Microsoft! We also plea for some common sense in the case of the woman jailed for recording some of the new Twilight movie at a birthday party. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original …
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Google is opening a DNS service that will provide the service of resolving those domain names you type in, into the website servers you want to visit. But that could really give Google a complete picture of who you are. Do you want that? We also chat about the World Cup coming in 3D and …
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Turns out Dell says they never deleted complaints from their forums about throttled processors, and they’re working hard to fix the issues with updated BIOS. Donald suggested that the folks who claimed they were deleted by Dell probably lost a lot of street cred. We also speculate on the meaning of the Comcast acquisition of …
Facebook’s changing their privacy policy, and Molly and Rafe predict there will be groups. I don’t think anyone cares about regional groups, but hey, I could be wrong. We also talk about why Steve Jobs personally approved an app that currently doesn’t work. And Richard comes up with a brilliant idea for the future of …
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Yahoo and Google have released their top search terms of the year and no surprise, it’s full of pop culture icons and references. Which makes Natali mad. Also making people mad is the new Microsoft black screen of death which Microsoft still doesn’t see. Also YouTube wants back into the TV business. But this time …
One thing Droid users can lord over iPhone fanatics is the new porn app. Yes, with no Apple lording it over the app store Android users can go adult. We also debate the reality of Cyber Monday and congratulate Twitter on being word of the year. Also we know you’re all wishing for Macs for …
