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August 5, 2011

Tech News Today 300: A Warm Fuzzy War

Google robot car crashes, Court won't give back seized domain name, Tablets are dead, and TNT is 300!


Guests: Clayton Morris, and Eric Olander


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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Iyaz Akhtar









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44:38


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Published on August 05, 2011 23:18

August 4, 2011

Tech News Today 299: Sea Monkeys On Mars!

Microsoft and Google in slapping fight, facial recognition gets scary, AT&T trying to kill any competition and more.


Guests: Natali Morris


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Published on August 04, 2011 23:17

Triangulation 18: Kevin Kelly


Hosts: Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt


One of the founders of Wired Magazine and author of What Technology Wants, Kevin Kelly, is this week's guest.


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Published on August 04, 2011 21:50

August 3, 2011

Tech News Today 298: The Circle Of Tech

Opera people aren't so smart, BlackBerry avalanche!!!, and Android es muy mal and more.


Guests: Mark Turpin, and Joanna Stern


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53:44


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Published on August 03, 2011 23:15

Current Geek Episode 171: Now that's bloging old school

Current Geek Episode 171: Now that's bloging old school

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Published on August 03, 2011 15:15

August 2, 2011

Tech News Today 297: Rip Your Heart Out, UK!

US ISPs lie much less than they did in 2009, Android has an eavesdropping trojan, Amazon's app store is rotten, and more.


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45:13


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Published on August 02, 2011 23:14

East Meets West 258 – Humanity is lazy

We talk politics, the fate of humanity… and Thundercats.


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Published on August 02, 2011 19:50

FourCast 85: Distributed Everything


Hosts: Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson


We all share Internet, power and brains, but how long now will be really smelly and social.


Guests: Brad Grzesiak and Laurent LaSalle


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Published on August 02, 2011 15:13

Top 5 RIDICULOUS Planet of the Apes Scenes! – Tom's Top 5

With the Rise of the Apes reboot releasing this week, now's the perfect time to look back on some of the most awesome, ridiculous and LOLworthy moments from the original franchise.


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Published on August 02, 2011 04:00

August 1, 2011

Tech News Today 296: Your Wallet Is 404

AirBNB offers to give you $50,000, Adobe gives up on Flash, and Diablo III pisses people off and more.


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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Darren Kitchen









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39:12


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Published on August 01, 2011 23:12