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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

When Joe Met George

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

Blindsight > Post-Sex Society

Did you ever read a book that you really hated?

BOOK CHECK-IN

Blindsight by Peter Watts

ADDENDUMS

Our iTunes app is live! Thanks to Nicole Spagnuolo!!

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Published on April 19, 2011 04:36

Top 5 Google Search Terms Spring 2011 – Tom's Top 5

Who's winning the race for fastest rising Google search terms this spring?

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Published on April 19, 2011 04:00

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

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Published on April 18, 2011 18:50

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

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Published on April 18, 2011 15:47

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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Published on April 17, 2011 20:34

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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Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

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Running time:

39:17

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Published on April 15, 2011 15:37

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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Running time:

43:13

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Published on April 14, 2011 16:22