Tech News Today 290: Social Cockroaches

Shows / July 23rd, 2011

Apple buying Hulu, Google getting games, we find out what lurks in the heart of the MacBook Air, and more.

Guest: Stephen Johnson

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Hosts: Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane

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33:06

Tech News Today 289: Google Shuts Down Sesame Street

Shows / July 22nd, 2011

Skype wants to put ads in your calls, does congress want to kill WiFi? Google shuts down Sesame Street, and more.

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38:43

Tech News Today 288: Sprint Is The New RC Cola

Shows / July 21st, 2011

Is Lion toothless? Senators try to block ATT-T-Mobile merger, Lenovo bests the iPad, and more.

Brian Brushwood

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47:41

Tech News Today 287: Wait, That’s Not Funny

Shows / July 20th, 2011

Anonymous arrested, Murdoch bested, Google’s help requested, and more.

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41:30

S&L Podcast – #69 – 100% Dinklage

Shows / July 18th, 2011

We’re stoked about more than just A Dance with Dragons this week.  The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is going online for free next year! Comic-Con is coming, which means awesome YouTube videos! And we sing a welcome to the newbies in our GoodReads forum.  But you should listen anyway.

QUICK BURNS

George R.R. Martin confirms ‘Dunk and Egg Vol I’

Encyclopedia of Science Fiction online and free

All the Coolest Events You Can’t Miss at Comic-Con 2011

CALENDAR

7/19/2011 – Star Wars: Choices of One By Timothy Zahn
7/26/2011 Ghost Story (Dresden Files, No. 13) by Jim Butcher
7/31/2011 Troika by Alistair Reynolds
8/2/2011 The Diviner by Melanie Rawn
8/2/2011 Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

BARE YOUR SWORD

A Long Time & a Bad Memory

Tyrion: Chapter 1

From Singularity into La-La Land?

BOOK CHECK-IN

Veronica is at 36%. Tom is significantly behind her.

EMAILS

Starting at about 11:00 in the S&L podcast number 68, Tom said something like, “Those are three book trilogies, there’s lots of examples of those. Addams is at least a five book trilogy.” All with a straight face. Have fun, Rob

NEW MEMBER HELLOS

Don, Don, James, Sarah, Melissa, Jenny, LordofSquirrels, Maranas, Tom, Ricardo, Mike, Dave, Grant, Scott, Nix, Costa, Mario, Peter, Gheric, Robert, Mojo, Ian, Jim, Slowfox, Zach.

ADDENDUMS

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Tech News Today 285: Buried In The Website

Shows / July 16th, 2011

Microsoft to ditch Windows? Does Spotify suck? The Internet makes it hard to remember…. something, and more.

Guest: Ina Fried

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55:11

Tech News Today 284: Bandwidth Is Not A Bucket

Shows / July 15th, 2011

Microsoft to ditch Windows? Does Spotify suck? The Internet makes it hard to remember…. something, and more.

Guest: Scott Johnson

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44:40