Antuan Goodwin joins us today to discuss the ISP’s agreement to become the Copyright Cops of the internet. Should we fear them? We also talk about driving while talking on the phone and whether or not it is safe. And we continue to follow all of the hacking stories and possible vulnerabilities in our devices. …

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On today’s show, special guest Thomas Dolby drops in to talk with us about the state of the music industry and digital distribution, his new album, and the amazing sounding MMORPG that goes along with it. We’re pretty overwhelmed by his brilliance. But we recover a bit for tech news, like Hulu’s 1 million paid …

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Today we listened in on Mark Zuckerberg’s awesome announcement which we found to be not so awesome. Skype is being integrated into Facebook but I think we are more excited about Spotify finally coming to the U.S! Apple Passes RIM In U.S. Smartphone Market Share and Microsoft wants Samsung to pay a smartphone fee of …

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Today on Buzz Out Loud, we preview tomorrow’s awesome Facebook announcement — and we hope it’s not just Skype integration. Microsoft is getting in bed with Baidu in China, but Cisco is getting in a much dirtier bed with China’s government, helping build a massive surveillance system that we’re sure will just be used to …

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On today’s show, RIM responds — if you can call it that — to an open letter purportedly from a senior executive calling out the company on all its woes. RIM’s response? We’re fine. Well, we’re fine, but we will also agree to form a task force to investigate whether we need a better CEO …

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Myspace has been sold to Specific Media for a whopping $35 million & Justin Timberlake is reported to be one of the investors. Can Justin bring the sexy back to Myspace? Google’s Google Plus social media site opens & closes the invites within 1 day & Antuan Goodwin might be to blame. And Donald Bell …

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On today’s show, we’re kind of down on Microsoft Office 365 and poor MySpace’s future, but we feel a tiny bit positive about the overlapping circles of nerdiness that could be possible with Google’s new Plus social networking beta. Also, find out what you love on Google, if you can, and see all the movies …

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Microsoft patents Legal Intercept for Skype which allow users to listen in on private Skype conversations. This does not sound good as our privacy on the internet becomes less and less private. Google’s social media site Google Plus begins with little fan fair hoping to cause a mass migration from Facebook. And a clever Foursquare …

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The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down California’s attempt to ban the sale of violent video games to minors, arguing that the current ratings system is enough to let parents make informed decisions about what to buy. Unlike the MPAA’s rating system, which led me and my 4-year-old to Cars 2. Thanks for that, MPAA. Also, …

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Lytro’s Founder and CEO Ren Ng Ph.D. stopped by the BOL studio today to discuss his new product the Lytro Light Field Camera which allows you to focus different depths of field within one photograph. We picked his brain about how the technology works and how it will evolve into the art of photography and …

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