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Ray from 2PStart.com returns to recap the Summer Movie Season with Noah and Eddie. If you don’t like the topic, don’t worry, we get off-topic at least three times.

Lame List nominations are handed out for the death of Don LaFontaine, the green screening of John McCain, and the Clone Wars (doesn’t rhyme).

Picks for this episode are the precursor to The Dark Knight, Google’s new web browser and Junior Senior’s “new” album, Hey Hey My My Yo Yo

Warner Bros. gets the first Lame List nomination of this episode for bumping the release date of the next Harry Potter movie. Then it’s on to text messaging Obama’s running mate.

Picks for this episode are a new search engine with a unique focus and a notebook mouse Microsoft has marketed in a new way.

Topics for discussion include Microsoft’s new $300 million marketing campaign starring Jerry Seinfeld, and Apple crushing its competition in the latest customer satisfaction survey.

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Apple gets a Lame List nomination in this episode due to the NDA of its iPhone SDK, KWIM? And the (lack of) availability of the Wii Fit is lame enough to warrant multiple nominations.

Picks for this episode are both available on the iTunes Store: the Watchmen Motion Comics and Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.

Topics for discussion include Microsoft’s “Mojave Experiment” and the “Google-killer” search engine, Cuil. Oh, and there are some diversions, such as American Gladiators, fake iPhone Apps, MobileMe and mai tais.

The folks behind Adium lead this week’s Lame List nominations, followed by Wikipedia, for reasons obvious and not-so-obvious.

Picks for this episode are music albums: one a non-commercial release from Rhymefest (for legal reasons) and the other a slightly more commercial album from a little band called Coldplay.

Topics for discussion include: Microsoft ends sales of Windows XP, Apple begins the MobileMe service (poorly) and the App Store opens for business.

Guest Josh Pigford from The Apple Blog  drops by to discuss Apple’s announcements at WWDC: the new iPhone, Snow Leopard, Steve Jobs’ weight-loss program…

But first they make their Lame List nominations: The iPhone is coming to Mexico, so why isn’t Noah excited about that? Can eBay actually get worse? What’s the deal with bugs?

Picks this episode include the new B-52s album, a new way to play retro videogames and iPhone games that aren’t just for the iPhone.

So will any of them actually buy an iPhone now?

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Ray from 2Pstart.com returns to debate the 2008 summer movie season with Eddie & Noah. You’ll be SHOCKED to hear what they aren’t looking forward to.

But first is the Lame List, featuring a summer movie that’s already been released, a Nintendo accessory that isn’t living up to its potential and perennial favorite Microsoft for Windows Se7en.

Picks for this episode include the ‘Siskel & Ebert’ of music podcasts, a music album that only Ray could recommend and the answer to the question ‘Where does Eddie get his wonderful shirts?’

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Backward is now the new forward, so things kick off with The Lame List. NBC is the target of ire this episode, for differing reasons.

Then Eddie and Noah both go back 10 years for their fruity picks.

News items discussed include the sellout of WWDC, rumors of the next generation iPhone and how well Blu-ray players are selling (not!). Does it relate to gas prices? Will anyone give a penny a day so Eddie can get an iPhone? Will college students pay back their loans?

Everything is backwards in this episode! Instead of being near the end, the Lame List is first, highlighting ‘the worst’ newspaper tech columnist and Microsoft accidentally letting one of its beta products expire without explanation.

Picks of the Week immediately follow, featuring some casual work-delaying games and an audiobook of a classic novel made into a major motion picture last Christmas.

Finishing things up are some news topics, such as the Safari web browser for Windows and the iTunes Store becoming the No. 1 Music Retailer (above Wal-Mart).

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Noah has returned from New York City, where he purchased Leopard from the city’s famed Apple Store. Now that both he and Eddie have upgraded, they compare notes on the latest update to Mac OS X and iLife.

Another of Noah’s New York purchases figures into the Lame List nominations, as does an application that doesn’t play nice with the big cat.

Top picks for this episode include an excellent To Do list application and some music to listen to while you’re doing those to’s.

PC guy Chris Gauthier visits The Lame Show to discuss with Noah and Eddie the supposed ‘Mac Mindset’ of superiority, iPhones being hacked around the world and the superiority of the Amazon MP3 store over the iTunes store. He also details a Linux-based home media centre.

Their top picks this episode include the most well-written movie of 2007, a newly-released animation effort and a way to learn new languages via an online social network.

Lame List nominations include both Apple and Microsoft, plus a subpar projector.