Braindead TechCast EP 120: Techmeme Friday and the power of farts

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Posted 1020 days ago

Yes folks it’s that time of the week – Techmeme Friday and all the hilarity that it entails which some weeks is more than others. On that scale this week is pretty good with plenty of sacrificial headlines to be slaughter on the alter of punditry.

Some of the headlines from this week’s Techmeme that came under pointed ribbing.

HP CEO Mark Hurd Resigns – HP
Beatles and iTunes Deal Still at Impasse — Yoko Ono – Reuters
Here’s the Big IPO You’ve Been Waiting For: Demand Media Files With the SEC – MediaMemo
Best Buy’s CTO Tweets Out Pics Of A Rocketfish Tablet. Seriously, A Best Buy Tablet. – CrunchGear
Bill Gates: Better software modeling is a key – CNET News
Google and Slide: building a more social web – The Official Google Blog
Facebook on ‘lockdown’ as it prepares for war with Google – VentureBeat
New ASUS Windows Phone 7 Device Appears in Pakistan – pocketnow
AT&T Downplays iPhone Pact Risks – Wall Street Journal
MTV loses Web videos from Universal Music – Media Maverick
The Irish Red Cross Sues Google To Silence Anonymous Blogger, Amplifying That Blogger’s Message – Techdirt

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Braindead TechCast EP 119: The the show

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Posted 1021 days ago

Uhm.

Wow.

Hello left field here we come.

I’m not really sure where tonight’s show went wrong but boy oh boy did we ever end up in the left field.

Posts that attempted to make it into the show.

Google denies deal with Verizon to end net neutrality – Guardian
FCC stops closed-door Internet policy meetings as Google, Verizon strike side deal – Post Tech
Investigation reveals massive conservative censoring of Digg – The Inquisitr
Apple opens “Try Before You Buy” section in App Store, Step to fight app piracy – 9 to 5 Mac

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Braindead TechCast EP 118: 5 exabytes of crap

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Posted 1022 days ago

Well the show starts out pretty normal with both Sean and I taking turns at ripping into some of the news of today but then at some point we suddenly found ourselves out in left field and decided to stay there. Which was actually a lot of fun.

Posts referred to in today’s show

Those Full-Body Scanners We Were Told Wouldn’t Save Images? Yeah, They’re Saving Images. Shock. – CrunchGear
Eric Schmidt: Every 2 Days We Create As Much Information As We Did Up To 2003 – TechCrunch
Wave good-bye to Google Wave – The Inquisitr
Not sure what Wave is for? No surprise there – Shooting at Bubbles

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TechCrunch: Analogy Hell

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Posted 1022 days ago

WWII analogy Michael? Seriously?

Braindead TechCast EP 117: Someone pass the aspirin it’s a Moronic Monday hang-over

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Posted 1023 days ago

As much fun as Sean and I have doing the Moronic Monday episode of the podcast we kind of expect that the rest of the week will give us enough non-stupid things to talk about. Unfortunately today wasn’t the case as we seemingly got hit with a double dose of really stupid things and we had no choice but to share.

So in the spirit of sharing here is some of the headlines that contributed to today’s hang-over from Moronic Monday.

BREAKING: New Blackberry features a working phone. – The Inquisitr
Rdio hits the US and Canada – slick but bargain bin time – The Inquisitr
Motorola and Verizon team up for TV tablet – Financial Times
F.B.I., Challenging Use of Seal, Gets Back a Primer on the Law – New York Times
Google Earth Used To Fine People With Pools, Again – TechCrunch
FOIA Denial All But Confirms FTC Probe of Apple’s Anti-Adobe Rules – Epicenter

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Braindead TechCast EP 116: Moronic Monday’s takes up taxidermy

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Posted 1024 days ago

Oh boy, do Sean and I have some moronic wonderfulness for you in tonight’s show folks. Everything from the little piggy that went to market to a couple of listener contributions that has one leaving me almost speechless.

So without any further ado here are the stories that surpassed our moronic metter for the past week.

Holycrapawesome: China planning giant buses that cars can drive under – The Inquisitr
USB Mail Box alerts you to deliveries - SlipperyBrick
The “Popcorn Hand” lets you eat popcorn, protects your fingers from getting greasy (video) – CrunchGear
Disturbing: Piggy Banks Made with Real Pigs – Geek O System
Street Fighter Condoms [Pic] – Geeks are Sexy
What? A Waterproof Power Strip? – Geeks Are Sexy

And our listener contributions (thank you Jonathan)

Nigerians Finally Decide To “Reimburse” The Victims Of Scam – MakeUseOf
Woman Watches As Dell Techs Remotely Download Nude Pics Of Her – Jezebel

And the bonus link I promised in the show : Mossberg smacks down MG Siegler with sexy fists of fury from WinExtra

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Braindead TechCast EP 115: Techmeme Friday and a whole lotta dumb news

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Posted 1027 days ago

Wow, it’s that time of the week already and just like all previous Techmeme Fridays we have a boatload of really dumb news headlines from which Sean and I can derive a few moments of hilarity.

Techmeme headlines that caught our funny bone’s.

Discovering Who To Follow – Twitter Blog
RIM Said to Plan Tablet for November to Take on Apple’s IPad – Industries
The Web’s New Gold Mine: Your Secrets – Wall Street Journal
Android Wallpaper Apps Falsely Accused of Spyware and Stealing Sensitive User Data [FUD] – Android Tapp
Facebook Said to Put Off IPO Until 2012 to Buy Time for Growth – Bloomberg
MoneyBall for Startups: Invest BEFORE Product/Market Fit, Double-Down AFTER. – Master of 500 Hats
Steve Ballmer on the iPad: The transcript – Fortune
New York Subway Stations Will Go Wireless, Catching Up With Tokyo, Berlin – Bloomberg
Microsoft Will Take Steps To Block The Google-Yahoo Japan Partnership – Silicon Valley Insider
Sony’s Response To New Kindle: Not Chasing “Cheapest E-Reader” Title – Velocity
Did we pronounce privacy dead this week? – CNET

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Braindead TechCast EP 114: Time to start stocking up on aspirin and Gravol

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Posted 1028 days ago

So are you ready for the tsunami of 140 character messages that are going to be going at you non-stop once Twitter, and all the Twitter clients, start using the real-time User Stream API?

It might sound like a great idea but in practice I think it will be a far different experience.

Posts referred to in tonight’s how.

Real-time Twitter streams – excuse me while I go smash my head against the wall – The Inquisitr
Sources: Spotify Reboots U.S. Label Negotiations – Billboard
Old Spice’s Echo Chamber – Shamable

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