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Braindead TechCast EP. 143: About the keeping my data private thing

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Posted 1008 days ago

YA! Twitter got a new home page. Let’s all go out and party like it is 2007 and get all warm and fuzzy. In other words for the millions of people using non-Twitter clients nothing has changed but for those developing for Twitter services it is yet another lesson that maybe you should all go back to writing email clients or “Hello World”.

Then’s there’s Google ….

Post referenced in the show

A Better Twitter – Twitter
Apple Says The Steve Jobs Ninja Stars Story Is “Pure Fiction” – Business Insider
GCreep: Google Engineer Stalked Teens, Spied on Chats (Updated) – Gawker/Valleywag

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Braindead TechCast EP 142: Moronic Monday has Steven eating his mic

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Posted 1009 days ago

Not that anyone will notice but I got me a new mic to do my shows with which should result in a better quality audio, which when it comes to podcasts is a really good idea. Other than that it was just another normal Moronic Monday where we get to see Sean’s head approach the exploding point once more.

Posts referred to in the show

Football Player Gets Hair Insured for $1 Million – Neatorama
Listen To A Drawing With The Rec & Play Pens – CrunchGear
Meat smoker texts you when your meat is done – SlipperyBrick
Extreme Superhero Chest Tattoo – Geeks are Sexy
Lil’ Vampire Pacifier for Your Favorite Bloodsucking Baby – Neatorama
The MacBook-Shaped Cutting Board – Geek O System
Office Saddle Seat – Random Good Stuff
‘World’s Rarest and Most Expensive’ car wax – gizmag
10 Pictures Real Life Super Heroes - The Inquisitr
Witness airlines’ horrifying vision for the future of air travel – DVICE

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Braindead TechCast EP 141: Techmeme Friday so full of DUH

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Posted 1012 days ago

It’s amazing. Even though there are two timezones involved both Sean and myself had our schedules totally thrown to the dogs at around dinner time putting both of us behind the eight ball. This is of course the reason why the show is a little late getting to you tonight but never fear it is full of all kinds of good Techmeme chain yanking.

Headlines from Techmeme referenced in the show.

Android Will Blow Past Apple And RIM To Become Second Biggest Mobile OS This Year – Silicon Alley Insider
Microsoft workers celebrated Windows Phone 7 RTM with iPhone hearses – Neowin
GoDaddy Is on the Block – Wall Street Journal
Exclusive: IAC Finally Kills Off Bloglines – TechCrunch
A Time Capsule of Mark Zuckerberg From 2005 – GigaOM
Google: ‘Android not optimised for tablets’ – TechRadar
Stanford student creates YouTube Instant, gets job offer from YouTube CEO – VentureBeat
Newsday’s Ad For Its iPad App Is Brilliant – Silicon Valley Insider
Police: Thieves Robbed Homes Based On Facebook Posts – WMUR
Facetime coming to iChat, Windows? – 9 to 5 Mac

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Braindead TechCast EP 140: Our very own Old Spice moment

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Posted 1013 days ago

In a moment so unlike Sean he has a bit of a rant about button clickers being nothing more than mindless lemmings but it doesn’t last long and we get to the meat of the show.

Much of the tech blogosphere has been going on and on about the news that Apple finally released its Apps design and best practices guideline today – we take a look at it, and contrary to what some people might think one of my opinions will surprise you.

Plus we have our very first audio comment.

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Braindead TechCast EP 139: Sean disappears into the night

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Posted 1014 days ago

Things were going so well tonight as Sean and I talked about a whole bunch of cool stuff before his Venus Flytrap voice and memories got the better of him and he disappeared into the night leaving me to attempt closing out the show.

Oh we also took a few minutes to talk about the great and fantastic changes that Google brought to the web today.

Posts referenced in the show.

Time-Lapse Video of the Earth Rotating Under an Astronaut – Neatorama
TAT 2014 concept looks like AMAZING, like Windows Phone 7 – WMPoweruser
Swiss researchers show off brain-controlled, AI-augmented wheelchair – Engadget
Those sci-fi tractor beams getting closer all the time – The Inquisitr

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Braindead TechCast EP 138: A new contender for the Apple kiss-ass crown

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Posted 1015 days ago

The day must come when even the reigning king of Apple ass-kissing must hand over his crown and MG Siegler’s 1,932 lovefest post to Apple’s new line of iPod goodness is definitely a salvo across the bow of the Daring Fireball of Apple adoration.

But before Sean and I got to that gag inducing subject we took a look at the current ménage à trois of the te3ch world that is Oracle, HP and Mark Hurd.

Posts referred to in the show.

BREAKING: HP Files Civil Complaint Against Hurd; Includes Statement and Link to Full Complaint – Data Central
Could Oracle make a play for HP? – The Inquisitr
Updated: Could Hurd + Oracle Acquire HP? – Silicon Valley Watcher
The New iPod Order: Click Wheel Dethroned, Touch Screen Crowned – TechCrunch

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Braindead TechCast EP 137: Techmeme Friday and horrors that can’t be unseen

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Posted 1019 days ago

The end of the week and the beginning of a long weekend, it doesn’t get any better than that unless of course it’s Techmeme Friday – which it is. While I am not sure if Sean’s keyboard will survive the horrors that he feels are being thrust upon us on this lazy night of Techmeme goodness but I think it was fun.

Especially when it came to Duke Nukem Forever.

Techmeme headlines for the night.

Apple gets Ping’d with comment spam – They didn’t see this coming? – Chester Wisniewski’s Blog
The Leaning Tower of Ping: How iTunes Could Be Apple’s Undoing – Xconomy
Trimming our privacy policies – Official Google Blog
BREAKING: Facebook Now Displaying All Liked News Articles In Search Results – All Facebook
Texas Attorney General Investigating Google & Antitrust Issues – Search Engine Land
Controversial ‘Duke Nukem Forever’ Will Finally Be Released – Speakeasy
Digg’s Decline, Illustrated – MediaMemo
BUSTED: Anti-Google Privacy Group Consumer Watchdog Is Tracking Your Clicks With Google Analytics – Silicon Alley Insider
Apple TV isn’t 1080p and you shouldn’t care – Crave
Apple Building 2 Million iPads Per Month, But Shooting for 3 Million – Digital Daily
iOS browsing is bigger than Android (6x) and Linux says NetApps – 9 to 5 Mac
Mint Sets Spending Data Free – GigaOM
Coinstar Builds Apple Ties as It Seeks Online Partner – Bloomberg

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Braindead TechCast EP 136: Beware the skitterbots

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Posted 1020 days ago

Running a little late tonight due to unforeseen problems with another project but never fear your nightly dose of tech news with liberal dose of humor and snark is here to fill your boring evening with a few laughs and cool stuff.

Posts referenced in the show

Personal Watercraft Looks Like a Shark Jumping out of the Water – Neatorama
Wall Tentacle – Neatorama
Steampunk Cell Phone Actually Works – Neatorama
Skitterbot Is A Creepy Electronic Cockroach – CrunchGear
Google Shows Off Chrome, HTML5 With Interactive Music “Experience” – ReadWriteWeb
Fruit Flies Control Lego Robot with Virtual Reality: Yes, Really – Geekosystem
Say Hello to My Little Heat-Seeking Nerf Machine Gun – Geekosystem

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