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Tech News Today 756: Ubuntu On Your Face
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Yahoo wants to buy Tumblr, Congress targets Google Glass, but hey apps! The CW comes to Apple TV, and more.
Guests: Shannon Morse and Len Peralta
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Running time:: 0:45:38
East Meets West 311 – Ethicsy and Nobelish
We start with Doctor Who and Benghazi and end with awards shows. How do we get from one to the other? Listen!
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Tech News Today 755: No Country for Larry Page
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Alex Gumpel
Google’s most impressive announcement, Who’s winning 3rdplace in smartphones, Why the USA network is better than Twitter.
Guest: Sasha Segan
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Running time:: 0:48:19
Tech News Today 754: Waiting for the supercloud
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Google’s subscription music service, Homeland Security blocks BitCoin, Netflix eats the Web
Guest: Aaron Newcomb
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Running time:: 0:45:07
S&L Podcast – #128 – Awards season!
It’s awards season! We have nominees for the Campbell, Sturgeon, and Locus awards and Veronica’s heading over to the Nebula Awards. Who is she wearing? Probably whoever got in her way. She’s a Demon Hunter, after all.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Fat Weasel Ale
Veronica: Cathedral Ridge Syrah
QUICK BURNS
Neil Gaiman to publish a new NEVERWHERE story (with some help from George R.R. Martin)
R. Scott Bakker update
WORLD OF ICE AND FIRE delayed by a year
FINALISTS: 2013 Campbell and Sturgeon Awards (with Free Fiction Links)
FINALISTS: 2013 Locus Awards (+ Free Fiction Links!)
Watch the intense first trailer for Ender’s Game right now!
Tor Books says cutting DRM out of its e-books hasn’t hurt business
The Real Reason Readers Might Love a Book that You Find Fatally Flawed
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Starz moving forwards with adaptation of OUTLANDER
BOOK CHECK-IN
Wool by Hugh Howey
Casting
June Pick: Among Others by Jo Walton
BARE YOUR SWORD
May I Ask a Favor From Those Posting Book Links in Threads?
Renegade read section
ADDENDUMS
Veronica will be at the Nebula Awards this weekend with Josh to interview Kim Stanley Robinson, Gene Wolfe and Joe Haldeman. Got questions? Post them in the Goodreads forum!
Tomorrow ends submissions for the Anthology. NO submissions received after midnight Pacific tomorrow will be considered. We need time to read through everything, so please be patient. We expect to make our final selections by August 15, 2013. And HUGE thanks to everybody who submitted.
Congratulations to PanamaJack and Misti, winners of our Adam Christopher limited edition books!
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Tech News Today 753: Republic of Absurdistan
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
BlackBerry for iOS and Android, Nokia’s sexy new Lumia, NVidia’s game console, and more.
Guest: Dana Wollman
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Running time:: 0:45:14
Frame Rate 124: Herky Jerk, the Fancy Dancer
Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt
Commander Chris Hadfield wins all the internets, ABC streaming plans, Yahoo meets Hulu, and more.
Guest: Scott Sigler
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Running time:: 1:25:25
Tech News Today 752: Naughty Snatches of Time
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
What to expect from Google I/O, ABC launches live streaming, Sony’s humongous new e-ink slate, and more.
Guest: Sharif Sakr
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Running time:: 0:49:03
Federation hear from hometown Dick
Dick Schaefer at Dragon Sports Talk 970 KDSF lays into his hometown team, predicting fewer than 4 wins for the Feds. Schaefer can’t remember where SF plays (It’s Presidio Park, aka “The Headquarters”) but he’s tired of hearing his hometown fans being hopeful about the Federation’s chances in it’s first season after elevation to the FSL.