- Fri Nov 20 11:53 AM PST 2009 Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1111: Facebook is depressing
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.
- Thu Nov 19 2:06 PM PST 2009 The Real Deal 188: Tech Turkeys
Tom and Brian name the tech they think was a turkey in 2009 and get a few turkeys from listeners of the show as well.
- Fri Nov 13 10:18 PM PST 2009 Weekly Utilities Update: Pixel Tester, ClamXav, Cocktail, more...
Our Weekly Utilities Update report is a list of all the updates for many Mac utilities that have been released in the past week. This week we're taking a look at "Pixel Tester", which is useful for finding dead or stuck pixels.
- Thu Nov 12 12:10 PM PST 2009 Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1105: The New Testament of Torrents
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 AM
- Wed Nov 11 11:55 AM PST 2009 Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1104: Microsoft hides its hot new TV service
Bing has taken over MSN video and it has videos from every network. Why isn't Microsoft trumpeting this? We also get really confused by Verizon's unlimited plan that has a limit of 5GB. Does it? Doesn't it?
- Tue Nov 10 11:50 AM PST 2009 Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1103: No cookies for you, Europe
A new law in Europe protects all citizens from the evils of cookies. Instead of relying on people to operate their own browsers, Europe now requires all Web sites to notify users that they will set cookies.
- Mon Nov 9 4:37 PM PST 2009 Microsoft releases SDK for Facebook
The software giant releases a software development kit for Facebook, allowing developers to make applications for the social-networking site with Silverlight and WPF.
- Mon Nov 9 2:43 PM PST 2009 Apple plugs holes for domain spoofing, other attacks
Security update for Mac OS X addresses 43 specific issues, including holes that could allow an attacker to take over the computer.
- Mon Nov 9 1:36 PM PST 2009 Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1102: We're blocked in China! We made it!
We get an email telling us our podcast RSS feed is now blocked in China after talking 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 Mu
- Thu Nov 5 1:57 PM PST 2009 The Real Deal 186: Essential software for a new PC (or Mac)
Tom and Rafe discuss the apps they put on first thing when they get a new computer.




