In the fine tradition of subject lines that tell you nothing about the show or clue you in to the fact that this is, in fact, a tech show. But sometimes, we also like to talk about cowboys. And dogs. And extra-malicious hackers at Black Hat, Vista security rendered useless by same, and the low, …
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Why buy the Lordship when you can just choose the title from the drop-down? Also on the show today, Black Hat 2008 shatters our faith in all that is technology (just like it does every year) and we engage in a lively discussion about the relative crappiness of the apps on the App Store, as …
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You can lead a cow to the dance-hall, but you can’t make him two-step. Unless, that is, you’ve got a dollop of artificial intelligence and some wrap-around earphones. In technology news of the day, universities fight back against the RIAA, a cut-and-paste Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. Some metadata …
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Ok, we mean it’s reborn, thanks to an appeals court reversal of charges that its remote-storage DVR violates all kinds of copyright laws. But born again has some nice drama to it. In other news of the day, Steve Jobs admits Apple seriously biffed the Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio …
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Details are leaking out on a post-Windows OS from Microsoft code-named Midori that would use virtualization and the cloud to manage your computing life. Throw in the semantic Web and you have a buzzword threefer! But it brings up the interesting fact that Microsoft is thinking of an end of life for Windows someday. In …
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Here at Buzz Out Loud, we are shamelessly attempting to launch a meme, based on the awesome Twitter ramblings of a guy stoned off his gourd at the dentist. Quick, somebody make a Caf? Press shirt! Also, today?s show is rant-central, between the news that They can take our laptops for as long as They …
Google says there’s no such thing as complete privacy. And while we tend to agree, we don’t necessarily think that should mean Google can drive up into the driveway, take pictures of the inside of our houses, and put them on the Internet. Maybe we’re just not all on the same page. Also, new Mac …
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On today’s show, we discover that it’s hard to stand out in an orgy, only about a quarter of things Molly says are words, and EA poops all over you. That’s just the kind of show we have when Rafe fills in for Tom. Buzz Out Loud episodes are released in their original audio form. …
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The wisdom of the crowds turns out to be simple mob rule, as Dark Knight fans not only mod up their new favorite movie but start modding down The Godfather on IMDB. Also, we do a probably wildly inaccurate (but, we think, hilarious) T. Boone Pickens impression because plain old financial stories are just not …
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On today’s show, we learn how we, too, can purchase an extreme cooling machine, we test out the new Cuil search engine, which is apparently already doomed by its incomprehensible name and the unreasonable hatred of our chat room, Steve Jobs calls to clear the air regarding his health (if you can call it clearing …
