Zuke and Zohner have been left to themselves for a podcast episode . . . be afraid. Be very afraid.

• Windows Phone gets screwgled again.
• LulzSec hackers who attacked the CIA and Pentagon get sentenced
• Is Amazon starting their own virtual currency?
• Judge orders Internet to remove the video. Good luck with that.
• Pirates are the biggest spenders
• Horrible Windows 8 sales help propel Bill Gates back to the title of “richest man”

Blackberry Conference

• From the "We called it" book
• Blackberry does not like Android much

Google IO

• Android 4.3 confirmed
• Play Games announced, Google+ Games disappearing
• S4 gets Googlefied
• Play Music More
• New APIs
• Google Cloud Platform
• Hangouts have issues More
• Insert Nexus Q joke here
• Maps
• Google Fiber to The Shire?
• Search updated

Nokia Conference

• Lumia 925 & 928

The Return of Entertainment News!

• People REALLY didn't like Zombieland
• BBC to America, please don’t spoil Doctor Who with the early DVDs we sent you
• Is that Luke Cage?
• Angry Birds the Movie
• Dark Tower update
• Dredd 2?
• 24 is back
• Another unnecessary remake
• Amazon still in the works
• Fight between Star Wars fans and Doctor Who fans broken up by police

Are we offloading our ability to think?

Zuke’s Favorite: Facebook Updates IRL

Zohner’s Favorite: Arrested Development awesomeness

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Experiments in podcast sound engineering continue! We talk about money (gasp), Windows-hate, and stupid investors. Apologies for the cough in the recording; we kinda missed them until it was too late.

• EA gives object lesson on Darwinism
• Disney hates Star Wars gamers
• Durango might be offline-able after all.
• Google: "Well, THAT didn't go as planned!"
• Nokia shareholders are fairly clueless
• Windows 8 is only failing if you don’t understand numbers
• Yet Microsoft is already re-thinking Windows 8 with new Windows Blue?
• Nielsen: "Remember how people weren't watching TV anymore? Turns out they are."
• Welcome to the future of the internet; some of us have already been here awhile.
• It’s tough to be a Stormtrooper and a Ghostbuster on Free Comic Book Day.
• Fake Demonoid site is fake

Money is changing in the industry

• Goodbye, pirated Photoshop! More
• Facebook looking to spend more money
• So is Microsoft
• YouTube to start charging
• WoW...
• The internet tax is on its way

Zuke’s Favorite? Maybe it's because he's wearing it upside-down?

Zohner’s Favorite: Spock vs Spock

Schmidty’s Favorite: 8-bit HALO Theme

Stark’s Favorite: Honest Trailer - Star Trek (2009)

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Our latest interview is with a geek of our own heart, David Nett. Director, producer, actor, and all around awesome guy, David talks to us about . . . well, everything. No, seriously; we start on cancer and end up on 4th edition D&D.

Be sure to check out and keep up with David's work below!

Homepage

Gold The Series

Twitter

Facebook

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We've had funny people on the show before, but never an out and out comedian! Hailing from Last Comic Standing, we give you Marcus! For as long as we can, anyway (turns out we ran short on time, and he runs out on us)!

Be sure to follow him on Twitter @ComedianMarcus!

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Zuke is "wormholing", Stark is missing, and we bring up complicated legal questions. This can only end well!!

• Nothing says iFan like having an Apple-branded Beetle
• Online Sales Tax may be coming More
• Verizon following in T-Mobile’s footsteps
• Twitter malware in the wild
• Apple’s profits are down
• Huawei to the US: Yeah we don't actually care about you
• Fake tweet manages to kill the stock market
• There’s another hole in Java
• If SimCity gets an update and no one is around to hear it, does it work? No
• Salt Lake Comic Con

Can you use the 5th Amendment to leave technology encrypted?

Zuke’s Favorite: Still better than the prequels

Zohner’s Favorite: You’ve been warned

Schmidty’s Favorite: What does it cost to be Iron Man?

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The podcast is up on time! Which is amazing since Zuke is tripping on cough syrup. Everyone is amazed that Microsoft is making money since everyone was SURE they weren't selling anything. Speaking of selling, what would you be willing to pay for?

• People stream Netflix more than they watch any cable network
• Netflix likes HTML 5
• Google helps out the Boston Marathon bombings with a people finder
• A huge win for Google Fiber
• Google Fiber going to Provo, Utah
• Oracle releases statement: “Oh, you mean THESE vulnerabilities?”
• WordPress sites under attack More
• Aww, sad Motorola. Dumped already.
• Outlook.com app for Android gets overhauled (basically tells Google to suck it)
• EA knows how to make social gamers angry too

 Are we being ruined by “free” services?

Zuke’s Favorite: K-Mart says “Screw it; it’s not like anyone’s paying attention to us anyway.”

Zohner’s Favorite: Alison Brie is meme-tastic

Stark’s Favorite: This is how you do a Filibuster

Schmidty’s Favorite: Poster: The Evolution of Video Game Controllers

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We have feedback, Facebook, and the French. Well, who WOULDN'T be excited for all that? Also, potentially the most accidentally racist thing we've ever said. Yay us.

• Samsung announces new large-format phones, Galaxy Mega
• Skype malware likes to mine Bitcoins
• Remember the attacks on Sony, Nintendo, and the Arizona State Police? British Hacker admits guilt.
• PC Sales plunge as Windows 8 flops More
• Google accused of being evil. Again.
• EA wins. Or loses.
• Congress to go after video games
• Google Fiber goes to Austin but it's not alone
• The IRS is stalking you on Facebook and reading your email
• Well, that’s ONE way to hack, I guess.
• Firefly controversy
• RIP Plasma TV’s

• A French Intelligence Agency recently tried to have “sensitive information” on a military installation removed from Wikipedia by coercing a French national editor to do it for them. When he refused, they went to Wikipedia directly, claiming that it was a breach of their national security. Wikipedia refused, stating that the information in the article all comes from public sources on the internet, including a walkthrough of the facility by its commander on YouTube. To date, the page is still up and the news surrounding it has caused a huge jump in page views. So good job keeping that secret, France!
• For people who don’t know what an actual “burner phone” is, there’s a new app coming down the pipe for Android users that lets you create fake numbers to call from. the app has been very popular on iOS and will be seeing some upgrades and a new pricing scheme with its move to Android. With access to all these fake numbers, now people won’t even know it’s YOU they’re screening when they sent that weird number to voicemail.
• An artist is suing the NFL for use of a logo he designed without permission, though a judge has deemed it to be considered “Fair Use”. Since this is a copyright case, it’s not surprising that the MPAA has stepped in.  However, they decided to side with the NFL’s definition of “Fair Use”! This should be solid proof that the MPAA is less about protecting copyrighted material and more about just screwing you over.
• In news that many are considering to be stunning and unbelievable, the Syfy network has announced that they are actually developing science fiction shows. Mind. Blown.

The Always-Connected Living Room

• No idea who to cheer for in this case More on Aereo and MVPDs
• Broadcasters are worried about Zero TV homes.
• Always on? Always annoying? Microsoft apologizes but refuses to comment.

Zuke’s Favorite: It’s Hip To Be Square

Zohner’s Favorite: The Galactica is “friendly”

Stark’s Favorite: Starlog Magazines now online

Schmidty’s Favorite: Memory Rug

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It's our unofficial 2 year anniversary! To celebrate we have animated gifs and an unexpected amount of echo. Sorry, we really didn't expect that!

• Zombies from Amazon could be another title.
• Welcome MySpace+
• T-Mobile shakes things up More Too good to be true?
• IE thinks it’s Firefox
• Biggest. Attack. Ever. (though not the most effective)
• Netflix may not know how to name itself, but man can it make shows!
• Google Glass to be made in the USA (those of us who get one, anyway)
• SimCity doesn’t really have any form of DRM
• More always online madness?
• Facebook may be taking Android seriously
• IRS: OUCH

Wearable Tech

Zuke’s Favorite: An HONEST cable commercial

Zohner’s Favorite: The Walking Dead is Toy Story

Stark’s Favorite: Kirk vs The Gorn Part Deux

Schmidty’s Favorite: Forekast

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This podcast features resigning CEO's, mobile phones abound, zombies, and Zuke fighting off a sinus infection! Joy!!

• EA getting a new CEO probably has nothing to do with being one of the worst companies in America. Again.
• Just when you thought it was getting better for SimCity...
• Drugs just want to be free, man!
• ABC streaming for free . . . if you pay. Why this doesn't work.
• Verizon is tired of paying for your cable, that you pay for.
• Google may be evil, but I’m willing to give them a chance if they can fix chat!
• The Galaxy S4 is popular
• Confusion surrounds the HTC One and Verizon
• More patent infringing from Samsung
• RapidShare to delete user files
• Google Keep released - Should Evernote be worried?
• T-Mobile merger moves forward
• Rep. Gohmert wants a law to destroy hacker’s computers.  Facepalm times infinity

When is it appropriate to use social media, and when isn’t it?

Zuke’s Favorite? Possibly best/worst headline ever

Stark’s Favorite: Luke’s Change

Zohner’s Favorite: Run! And never stop!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Dead Yourself

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This podcast is brought to you by Squarespace.com. You should really write to them or call them sometime; they worry about you.

Since we can't play our new copy of Sim-City, I guess we've got nothing better to do than record a podcast! As it turns out, Google is not actually the internet . . . who knew? We also talk about EA's latest shortcoming, and why the EU doesn't have its head on straight.

• White House: "Well, why CAN'T we unlock cell phones?!"
• Another day, another Java vulnerability
• The EU still hates Microsoft
• Microsoft relents to user's protests for Office 2013
• More bad news for BlackBerry
• What is Twitter doing to itself? (more)
• Google wants to take on Amazon, through shipping?
• You can't make fun of how we sue people! We'll sue you for it!
• Fake DCMA notices used against photographers.
• That was not the droid they were looking for.
• Chicago judge ruled that Google is not the internet, so stop using it!

• Another DRM failure
• SimCity off to a rocky start
• More
• And more
• Users who request a refund may get banned
• ...More like SimS*itty

Zuke’s Favorite: Beyond awesome in every way

Zohner’s Favorite: Best. Interview. Ever.

Stark’s Favorite: The Button Affair

Schmidty’s Favorite: Pixlr online photo editor

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