DARPA creates synthetic creatures that can never die.  Microsoft finally patches a 17-year-old bug.  deleteyouraccount.com helps you properly delete your identity on various websites.  All this plus the Fark Headline of the Week, the Question of the Week, and Bonertron. Show notes available at http://wiki.whatstherumpuspodcast.com/29

Come hang out with us a BasementCast next week!  We’ll be recording live in the basement of 1201 College Ave, Houghton, MI.  See our Facebook page for details. Stealing Youtube videos, stealing on BitTorrent, stealing from EVERYBODY!  The iPad has been announced and we discuss why it sucks and what it could be good for.  … Continue reading "Episode 28: Cool Story Bro"

Sony puts a quad-SSD RAID 0 in a laptop.  We discuss Conan O’Brien’s last episode on NBC.  Microsoft confirms a 17 year old Windows vulnerability.  The Nexus One censors your voice-to-text input.  Spike Jonze released a short film about robot love.  Garmin Voice Studio lets you create custom voices for your GPS device.  Star Wars … Continue reading "Episode 27: Super Podcast"

A Russian billboard was hacked to show porn to passerbys.  The FBI has a new forensic tool: Google Image Search.  A kid builds a network router out of Legos.  Canceling a Nexus One contract costs more than the phone itself.  Listen in to find out how AT&T generates support for its anti-Net-Neutrality stance.  Fake log … Continue reading "Episode 26: Was That It?"

A forum where they turn the tables on 419 scammers.  The GSM algorithm has been cracked.  Synthehol could be a real thing.  A British prisoner escapes from jail and then taunts the police via Facebook.  Google Earth comes to the Audi A8’s in-dash navigation system.  Geek Squad’s CES ads are surprisingly honest.  We discuss 10 … Continue reading "Episode 25: The Adventures of Documento"

This week, we give you 5 whole minutes of outtakes and bloopers.  Enjoy! Show notes available at http://wiki.whatstherumpuspodcast.com/24

This week we show the relation between World of Warcraft guilds and real world gangs.  We talk about Google Goggles, HUD ski goggles, and how the Square payment system will work.  Wacky devices galore!  A clock has been created, based on the Weasley’s clock in Harry Potter, that shows the location of your family members, … Continue reading "Episode 23: MICHAELJORDANSPACEJAM"

“Unfriend” was declared the Word of the Year.  We discuss online backups.  Astronauts sneak a turkey onto the ISS.  Dagobah isn’t a system for droids or pussies.  Justin Bieber was jailed for refusing to use Twitter.  Comcast’s TV Everywhere service will be available for free for subscribers.  The British Royal Navy uses the Sony PSP … Continue reading "Episode 22: Dagobam"

Michigan Tech makes up stupid words.  A british man has a bionic, remote-controlled bum.  Photochromic contact lenses are soon to be publicly available.  AXE’s new “Night & Day” ad lets you see a lady in her undergarments with your phone, but only after 9pm.  A teen has been cleared from criminal charges because of a … Continue reading "Episode 21: 21 Rump Street"

From the department of “I Can’t Believe They Got a Grant For This,” a study was done that reveals that 64% of men don’t read the manual before calling tech support.  EA Sports has released footage from their new MMA game.  Apple rejects Macworld iPhone Superguide from the App Store because it used the word … Continue reading "Episode 20: Old Man Cusack"