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Buzz Out Loud: Facebook is depressing (1111)

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:26:56 PST

Why the long Face...book? A woman battling depression put some pictures of herself having fun privately on Facebook. Somehow the insurance company found them and cut off her benefits saying she looked happy enough and must be cured. Really? We also get further impressions on Google's Chrome OSD now that we've had more time with it, and YouTube pulls a Hulu, but not in the good way.

Buzz Out Loud: Apple Tablet is the unicorn of tech (1110)

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:26:23 PST

The rumors about the Apple Tablet are getting crazy and special guest Cali Lewis nails it when she calls it a unicorn. We also get the first look at the Google OS, and nobody is very excited about Microsoft Office 2010. Except the one person who never uses it. Me. And we get some of the inside scoop behind the FAA outage.

Buzz Out Loud: In the future we'll all be cats (1109)

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:34:00 PST

IBM is working on an artificial brain which they think they'll have done by 2019. And we figure once that happens the robots will rise and we will become your pets. And like cats we'll think that we're in charge. In other news Modern Warfare 2 beats Harry Potter to a pulp and Verizon and AT&T are a courting! Actually they're in court. Being sued.

Buzz Out Loud: Tracker pulling (1108)

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:41:00 PST

No, no fellow residents of Southern Illinois, not tractor pulling, Tracker pulling. The Pirate Bay has pulled out the trackers. But that doesn't mean you can's download anything. The site's still up for now using a different technology. Also Google's book deal seems to have been changed but not enough to satisfy its opponents. And Natali and I get into a philosophical argument.

Buzz Out Loud: Vote for us or the chicken gets it (1107)

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:56:00 PST

The Podcast awards are on and we're up against TWiT again, so we decided to take drastic measures. We will no longer protect your chicken from Dokken if you don't vote for us. So there. Also Psystar is no longer protected from Apple and Modern Warfare 2 is no longer available in Russia. Whew! So much less availability these days.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1106: A tall drink of Moon water

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:16:00 PST

Turns out when we blew up the Moon a few weeks ago we found water! Yay the bottled water companies are presumably planning their trips now. THIS is how we motivate us to get back to the Moon! We also hear more from old man Murdoch on blocking Google from indexing his newspapers, and Dell launches a smart phone. Does anybody want it?

Buzz Out Loud: The New Testament of Torrents (1105)

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:33:00 PST

I'm very pleased that LegalTorrents.com has come along to prove that I'm not crazy when I say there are plenty of legal reasons to use torrents. And they even have a torrent of Bible 2.0. Probably with new commandments from the MPAA. We also chat about AMD and Intel making nice, and how long that might last. And Microsoft tries to patent sudo. Yes, they said, "Sudo grant me a patent," I'm sure.

Buzz Out Loud: Microsoft hides its hot new TV service (1104)

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:05:00 PST

Bing has taken over MSN video and it has videos from every network. Why aren't they trumpeting this? We also get really confused by Verizon's unlimited plan that has a limit of 5GB. Does it? Doesn't it? What the hell? And we debate the way Twitter retweets.

Buzz Out Loud: No cookies for you Europe (1103)

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:33:01 PST

A new law in Europe protects all citizens from the evils of cookies. Instead of relying on people to operate their own browser, Europe now requires all websites to notify users that they will set cookies. That certainly sounds annoying. Come on over to our freedom-loving US sites, y'all! We also check in on Motorola DROID sales and find out that the MILESTONE kicks the DROID int he butt. And Google has a holiday present for you. And it's free!

Buzz Out Loud: We're blocked in China! We made it! (1102)

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:35:43 PST

We received an e-mail telling us that our podcast RSS feed is being blocked in China after we talked about the dispute over World of Warcraft between two Chinese government departments. Really? That is what got us blocked? We also get a kick out of good old Grandpa Murdoch's latest ramblings. And happy birthday Firefox--you're vulnerable.

Buzz Out Loud: LHC-gull kills science with bread (1101)

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:21:03 PST

Apparently the Large Hadron Collider is doomed. It can't even survive a bread bombing by birds. The Droid arrived on the scene though, and people actually lined up. However tethering is gonna cost you on the thing. Are you still in love? And Gwen Stefani doesn't like you making her sing Honky Tonk Women.

Buzz Out Loud: The Internet is a human right... in Europe (1100)

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:56:55 PST

The European Commission has decided that every citizen has a right to the Internet but still made it fairly easy for the media industry to cut it off. We also see that Intel is in hot water again. And we ask that perennial question, why can't I own a Canadian. And Google answers.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1099: Secret ACTA treaty could break the Internet

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:51:47 PST

Leaks from the secret negotiations of the ACTA treaty allege that ISPs worldwide would be required to lose safe harbor protections, implement three-strike anti-piracy policies and worse. We think this is outrageous. AT&T thinks Verizon is outrageous for their commercials and they're taking them to court. Also EMI finally got around to suing BlueBeat.com for selling Beatles tracks online. But you can buy a Beatles USB stick for $280. So you got that going for you.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1098: Find TuPac and Elvis in Argleton

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:41:53 PST

The mystical city of Argleton in the U.K. appears on Google Maps, but presents a face of green empty fields to people in person. What is it hiding? Druids? Wizards? Copyright protection? We also discuss the hot new Xperia X10 and the less hot Droid Exchange data plan. Also, we can tell you when to watch Cougar Town on Hulu. We never stop our attempts to serve your every need.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1097: Beatles bargain basement blowout!

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:21:24 PST

BlueBeat.com, the best MP3-selling Web site you've never heard of, has got the entire Beatles catalog in MP3 for just 25 cents each! Get them while you can (which won't be long). In other news, file sharers might buy more music, BitTorrent might save the Internet, and Apple could save the networks (but kill cable).

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1096: Unzipping your genes

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:19:17 PDT

Turns out those terrahertz scanners in the airports are mostly safe, but they do a little unzipping of your DNA. Derek says it's nothing to worry about. You won't grow a third arm in the airport. Even if it would be handy in carrying baggage. We also find out email isn't private. Did we need the courts to tel us that? And Facebook gets $711 million it will never see.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1095: The phrase that pays from Amazon

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:23:44 PDT

Amazon's trying to compete with PayPal with a new service that brings one-click shopping into the rest of the non-Amazon world. We also kick around a rumor of Netflix coming to the Wii and discuss Google and Yahoo music searches. Oh and then Cooley and I get deep about business models and copyright. That's near the end though. If you don't like lectures.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1094: Crushing on the Droid

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:15:24 PDT

Rafe Needleman is drawn in to a love story with the new Motorola Droid. Dare we call it a Dro-mance? It's certainly a flashy new phone for Verizon, which hasn't always been known for flashy new phones. We also congratulate Google on getting the contract to provide e-mail to the city of Los Angeles. Well, congratulations and we fear for them. Because if they mess this up, it is so over.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1093: eBook Mania

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:33:02 PDT

MySpace and Facebook are hooking up? In a way. Maybe. But the real meat of the news today is all the e-book hype. Barnes and Noble will sell the Que, Bridgestone has a color one coming out, and Barnes and Noble may not always have its own Nook eReader. But does anyone want them?

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1092: The slippery Slate

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:18:09 PDT

Bill Keller from the New York Times let slip he's been working on a version of the New York Times for the Apple Slate. Great! What the hell is the Apple Slate? well obviously it's a much-rumored Apple Tablet. We also discuss T-Mobile's unlimited plans and hope against all hopes that they are truly unlimited.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1091: The French Disconnection

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:50:08 PDT

So the French have passed a three strikes law that will disconnect your Internet if accused three times of piracy. At least there's some judicial review. Also John McCain moves against Net Neutrality and Windows 7 seems to truly be good news for Microsoft.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1090: Screw Win 7 time to hype Windows 8

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:57:08 PDT

OK yeah we talk about Windows 7 and it's lovefest but it's so over. Time to get into the rumour mill again for the Windows 8 release. Why is Microsoft being so quiet about it?! We also cover the unnatural marriage of Verizon and Google over Net Neutrality. And Craigslist is not a pimp according to the law.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1089: Net neutrality double rant

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:13:16 PDT

Molly and I go off on the Net neutrality debate, not so much about what the meaning of it is, but why you shouldn't use lies to defend your position. We also discuss the attractiveness of the Nook from Barnes and Noble and Molly and Rafe have a BlackBerry fight. About the phones. Not the fruit.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1088: RAID your brain server

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:37:56 PDT

New technology allows organic brain cells to control robots leading us to conclude that eventually we'll all be brains in a data center. Also Apple announces a bunch of updates to their computer line as well as a new magic mouse. And the PS3 is now the King of the console hill. Who saw that coming?

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1087: Google's leaky cloud

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:09:52 PDT

Have a Google Voice account? Have some voice mails in there? I may have listened to them today! Thanks to some leaks in the Google cloud (rain?), it seems some folks voice mails are searchable on Google. Glad that eye appointment went well! Also Verizon and Motorola are bringing it to the iPhone. But will Verizon have to make a switch next year if the rumors are true?

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1086: Beating a dead parse

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:30:56 PDT

Mozilla is upset about the browser ballot screen because it's alphabetical, left to right, by manufacturer. That means Apple gets the prime spot. We think that's parsing the screen too closely. So we decide to parse it even more! And we also reinvent battery technology and solve America's Internet problems. And can you believe it? We even do more. It's true.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1085: Amazon, I need a refill

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:35:18 PDT

Amazon announced same-day delivery for certain areas today, although we're not sure if you can buy wines by the glass. We also cover the BlackBerry Storm and Motorola Cliq announcements. Guess which one we like better? And the Danger Sidekick tale continues.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1084: TI don't be a 8008

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:58:59 PDT

Calculator hackers have figured out how to run independent OS's on TI calculators. Unfortunately TI wants to stop them. Why? We have no idea. Also we play fast and loose with physics when discussing black holes and Higgs Bosons. We also totally redefined the word mint. In a bad way unfortunately.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1083: MP3 is a lie

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:44:04 PDT

Yes, Nokia launched a new Netbook, and yes, Twitter fought the law and won. But it wasn't until the end of today's show that we finally get to the bottom of a long-running controversy. MP3s don't do what they promise. Jason and Brian explain why.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1082: Just another outage Monday

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:13:45 PDT

First, apologies for the song that will be stuck in your head for at least a week. Blame the chat room. In the news today, the T-Mobile Sidekick outage, the ongoing Facebook outage, the IBM outage that briefly crippled Air New Zealand, and the unbelievable failure that is the PSP Go launch. It's a fun show.

Buzz Out Loud: BOL 1081: Rafe's last day on Comcast

bol@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:40:21 PDT

Rafe wonders what could possibly go wrong with Comcast monitoring its users to protect them from malware. In the process, Rafe makes a few comments that have us wondering whether he'll return home to any internet at all. Barnes and Noble is rumored to be rolling out an Android E-book reader while Steve Ballmer claims that the PC is the best E-book reader.