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April 19, 2011
Tech News Today 224: Bobsled on your Face…book
T-Mobile adds free voice calls to Facebook, Does WiFi violate the wiretap law? Samsung fights back against Apple, and more.
Guest: Becky Worley
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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell
Running time:
40:35
S&L Podcast – #59 – Throne Games
We're still agog over the premiere of HBO's "A Game of Thrones" television adaptation, but we also both got suckered into being spoiled and we're intrigued by the sexual landscape of "Blindsight'.
QUICK BURNS
Game of Thrones recap
HBO option Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS
Win a speaking role in the American Gods audiobook
CALENDAR
4/19/2011 "The River of Shadows by Robert V.S. Redick
4/21/2011 "The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham
4/26/2011 "Will Super Villains Be On the Final? Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
4/28/2011 "Titus Awakes by Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore
5/3/2011 "The Inheritance by Robin Hobb
BARE YOUR SWORD
Did you ever read a book that you really hated?
BOOK CHECK-IN
Our iTunes app is live! Thanks to Nicole Spagnuolo!!
Top 5 Google Search Terms Spring 2011 – Tom's Top 5
Who's winning the race for fastest rising Google search terms this spring?
April 18, 2011
FourCast 74: The Future Of No More
Hosts: Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson
No more I/O devices, no more copyright and no more URLs. But we will have ChromeOS!
Guests: Jeremiah Owyang and Joshua Caleb
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Running time: 58:09
Tech News Today 223: Quantum Corn Dog Entanglement
Machine-rated video games from ESRB, the white iPhone is real, Robots fight radiation, Quantum computer networking, and more.
Guest: Jason Hiner
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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar, Darren Kitchen and Jason Howell
Running time:
50:44
April 17, 2011
East Meets West 248 – Thrones Pre-game
We talk about the upcoming TV series Game of Thrones, and what makes for good stories. Can fluff be good sometimes?
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April 15, 2011
Tech News Today 222: Google Does Not Hurt Pandas
The truth about the Android Skype vulnerability, new Windows 8 features, Government wants to eliminate passwords, and more.
Guest: Chris Dehghanpoor
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Running time:
39:17
April 14, 2011
Tech News Today 221: You Can Learn A Lot From A Squirrel
The PlayBook is killing RIM, YouTube uses a squirrel to teach copyright, Apple TV coming this year, and more.
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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Running time:
43:13
April 13, 2011
Top 5 Most Owned Digital Cameras – Tom's Top 5
The best camera is the one you have, and these are the ones people have
S&L Podcast – #58 – Blindsight Kick-off
We're kicking off our brand new book selection, Blindsight, by Peter Watts! We don't have too many Quick Burns today… mostly just GoT news. Would you expect anything less?
QUICK BURNS
OMG GAME OF THRONES STARTS APRIL 17
Map of the free cities.
CALENDAR
4/12/2011 After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughan
4/12/2011 "All the Lives He Led, Frederik Pohl (Tor)
4/19/2011 "The River of Shadows by Robert V.S. Redick
4/21/2011 "The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham
4/26/2011 "Will Super Villains Be On the Final? Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
4/28/2011 "Titus Awakes by Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore
5/3/2011 "The Inheritance by Robin Hobb
BARE YOUR SWORD
The Kingkiller Chronicles > Penny Arcade Comic
Novels About People Playing Videogames
Geek Smackdown: George R.R. Martin disses on Lost
sword and laser question ( sales credit)
BOOK KICK-OFF
Blindsight by Peter Watts
From Wikipedia: Blindsight is a hard science fiction novel by Peter Watts, published by Tor Books in 2006. On 29 March 2007, it was nominated for the Hugo Award in the Best Novel category.[1] Watts has also released the novel online under the by-nc-sa Creative Commons license.[2] The novel deals with a crew of astronauts investigating an extraterrestrial entity and explores the nature of identity and consciousness. The title refers to blindsight, a neurological condition with implications for philosophy of mind.
The Chinese Room scenario features prominently in the book.
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