Tech News Today 677: Vine Faceblocked

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Sarah Lane

Facebook shuts out competitiors, Lenovo wants RIM, Why the Internet is essential.

Guest: Darren Kitchen

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Running time:: 0:45:18

Tech News Today 676: Dell, You Need a Dude

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Why Apple’s record revenue is bad news, Google’s secret wireless project, Twitter’s Instagram for video, and more.

Guest: Danny Sullivan

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Running time:: 0:48:03

Tech News Today 675: More Mobile Butter

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Google turns it around, Nokia’s best camera yet, how Steve Jobs used patents as a weapon, and more.

Guest: Natali Morris

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Running time:: 0:41:37

S&L Podcast – #119 – Pronounce this…

We have a whole lot of award finalists to tell you about and Veronica bravely tries to pronounce their names. We also wonder how much said is too much said.

 
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
 
Tom: Car Men Air Camenere, Chile 

Veronica: Something red
 

QUICK BURNS
 
TOC: ‘The Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy’ Edited by Jonathan Strahan
  
Harper/Voyager UK to Release SF/F Classics with Beautiful Minimalist Covers
 
Tad Williams completes latest novel 
 
Great science fiction authors tell us which novels they wish they’d written themselves
 
FINALISTS: 2012 BSFA Award 
 
FINALISTS: The 2012 Kitschies 
 
CALENDAR
 
BARE YOUR SWORD
 
Veronica’s Reddit AMA 
 
The battle against ‘sexist’ sci-fi and fantasy book covers  
 
Jim Hines Group Cover Pose
 
Living in a Fantasy world 
 
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
 
New GAME OF THRONES video 
 
BOOK CHECK-IN
 
Use of “said”
  
ADDENDUMS
 
This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com the internet’s leading provider of audiobooks with more than 100,000 downloadable titles across all types of literature and featuring audio versions of many New York Times Best Sellers. For listeners of this podcast, Audible is offering a free audiobook, to give you a chance to try out their service. For a free audiobook of your choice go to audiblepodcast.com/sword.  

 

S&L Podcast – #119 – Pronounce this…

We have a whole lot of award finalists to tell you about and Veronica bravely tries to pronounce their names. We also wonder how much said is too much said.

 
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Car Men Air Camenere, Chile 
Veronica: Something red

QUICK BURNS
TOC: ‘The Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy’ Edited by Jonathan Strahan
Harper/Voyager UK to Release SF/F Classics with Beautiful Minimalist Covers
Tad Williams completes latest novel 
Great science fiction authors tell us which novels they wish they’d written themselves
FINALISTS: 2012 BSFA Award 
FINALISTS: The 2012 Kitschies 

CALENDAR

BARE YOUR SWORD
Veronica’s Reddit AMA 
The battle against ‘sexist’ sci-fi and fantasy book covers  
Jim Hines Group Cover Pose
Living in a Fantasy world 
 
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
New GAME OF THRONES video 
 
BOOK CHECK-IN
Use of “said”
  
ADDENDUMS
This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com the internet’s leading provider of audiobooks with more than 100,000 downloadable titles across all types of literature and featuring audio versions of many New York Times Best Sellers. For listeners of this podcast, Audible is offering a free audiobook, to give you a chance to try out their service. For a free audiobook of your choice go to audiblepodcast.com/sword.  





















 

S&L Podcast – #119 – Pronounce this

Autopilot S2E11 – Max Headroom

Max Headroom is a British-produced American satirical science fiction television series by Chrysalis Visual Programming and Lakeside Productions for Lorimar-Telepictures that aired in the United States on ABC from March 1987 to May 1988. The series was based on the Channel 4 British TV pilot produced by Chrysalis, Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future. It followed the adventures of Edison Carter, reporter for Network 23 and Max Headroom a virutal version of Carter as they struggled against the executives of the netowrk.

Tech News Today 674: Samsung Galaxy S Octo

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Mozilla puts out some phones, AT&T sucks up some spectrum, Steve Ballmer consolidates his power, and more.

Guests: Brian Dunning

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Running time:: 0:44:30

Tech News Today 673: Carve Out Their Own Path

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Kim Dotcom’s triumphant return, Sony’s getting thinner, Gigabit for everyone in the US, and more.

Guests: Dana Wollman

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Running time:: 0:45:29

Tech News Today 672: Gleegally Speaking

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Google beats Apple in Japan, Cable ISPs admit caps not about congestion, Congress says your apps need privacy, and more.

Guests: Darren Kitchen

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Running time:: 0:45:00