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June 30, 2011

Tech News Today 275: Harvest Your Circles

An indestructible botnet, RIM in public spat with employee, Google Plus TOO popular for its own good, and more.


Host: Patrick Beja


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Published on June 30, 2011 22:32

June 29, 2011

Tech News Today 274: Tunder-beardo?

HP wants Samsung to make WebOS? All the Twitter founders are gone, AntiSec has Anonymous on a rampage, and more.


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June 28, 2011

Tech News Today 273: Happy Tau Day!

Google gets social…again, Sony tries to one-up the MacBook Pro, the FCC has an unsatisfactory report on wireless competition, and more.


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Published on June 28, 2011 22:28

FourCast 81: Robot Everything


Hosts: Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson


Humans grow the eff up, get happy, replace our body parts and get happy.


Guests: Darrell the TrekNerd and Alex Gumpel


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Published on June 28, 2011 18:18

Top 5 Ridiculous Tech FAILS! – Tom's Top 5

Tech promises us the world, but often leaves us with nothing but broken promises!


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Published on June 28, 2011 04:00

June 27, 2011

Tech News Today 272: My Possessed Hand Did It

Supreme Court strikes down anti-game law, e-readers leaving tablets in the dust, AntiSec in a post-LulzSec era, and more.


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June 24, 2011

Tech News Today 271: Relic From The Future

Lulzsec identities revealed? Apple says iWeb's out so deal with it, microtransactions coming to Xbox, and more.


Guest: Wil Harris


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Published on June 24, 2011 22:23

June 23, 2011

Tech News Today 270: Do Not Look Directly At The Sea Ray

Goodbye Tesla Roadster, Netflix teams up with Facebook, Google gets subpoenaed, and more.


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Published on June 23, 2011 22:19

June 22, 2011

Tech News Today 269: Dagnabit Tabbit

Is Hulu jacking up it's price? An amazing new camera, Apple patent hullabaloo, and more.


Guest: Lance Ulanoff


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Published on June 22, 2011 22:19

Current Geek Episode 166: That's a lot of Bat mobiles!

Current Geek Episode 166: That's a lot of Bat mobiles!

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Published on June 22, 2011 09:46