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Tom Merritt
Why the long Face...book? A woman battling depression put some pictures of herself having fun privately on Facebook. Somehow the insurance company found them and cut off her benefits saying she looked happy enough and must be cured. Really? We also get further impressions on Google's Chrome OSD now that we've had more time with it, and YouTube pulls a Hulu, but not in the good way. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1111 Try out Chrome OS for yourself http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/download/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/google-chrome-os-available-as-free-vmware-download/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10401919-265.html Other Stories YouTube pulls a Hulu — yanking API access from Popcorn Hour, other TV-connected devices ...Tom Merritt
The rumors about the Apple Tablet are getting crazy and special guest Cali Lewis nails it when she calls it a unicorn. We also get the first look at the Google OS, and nobody is very excited about Microsoft Office 2010. Except the one person who never uses it: me. And we get some of the inside scoop behind the FAA outage. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1110 Liveblog today: Google Chrome OS press conference http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10401095-2.html Apple Tablet that has never been more than a rumour now delayed until 2H 2010 http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20091118PB201.html Ian Paul at PC World declares Tablet dead http://www.pcworld.com/article/182571/ ATandT loses first legal battle against Verizon ads http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10401094-266.html ...
Tom Merritt
IBM is working on an artificial brain they think they'll have done by 2019. And we figure once that happens, the robots will rise and we will become your pets. And like cats we'll think that we're in charge. In other news, Modern Warfare 2 beats Harry Potter to a pulp, and Verizon and AT&T are a'courting! Actually they're in court. Being sued. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1109 Modern Warfare 2 tops entertainment industry, not just games http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10400394-235.html Google-branded phone coming early next year? http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/google-branded-phone-coming-early-next-year/ Chrome OS demo event tomorrow http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10400012-265.html Azure goes live in January, paying customers in February. ...Tom Merritt
No, no, fellow residents of southern Illinois, not tractor pulling--tracker pulling! The Pirate Bay has pulled out the trackers, but that doesn't mean you can't download anything. The site's still up for now using a different technology. Also, Google's book deal seems to have been changed, but not enough to satisfy its opponents. And Natali and I get into a philosophical argument. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1108 Google book settlement revised, criticized http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/11/google-offers-revised-book-settlement-but-critics-unappeased.ars http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10398995-93.html AOL to spin off Dec. 9, begin trading Dec. 10 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10399445-93.html Amazon to launch Kindle in Canada ...
Tom Merritt
The Podcast awards are on, and we're up against TWiT again, so we had to get drastic. We will no longer protect your chicken from Dokken if you don't vote for us. So there. Also Psystar is no longer protected from Apple, and Modern Warfare 2 is no longer available in Russia. Whew. So much less availability these days. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1107 UPDATE: Apple wins important round In Psystar copyright case http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091115-703736.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10397876-37.html Apple relents on Mad artist’s caricature app http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10397895-93.html Russia bans Modern Warfare 2, recalls all copies of game http://www.destructoid.com/russia-bans-modern-warfare-2-recalls-all-copies-of-game-155211.phtml Zune to launch ...
