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  • Episode 103: Liking Something Makes You Hate It

    Facebook decides your email address for you.  An Olympic dead heat finish stumps high speed cameras.  Scientists crack RSA’s SecureID 800.  Other scientists plan to hack Stephen Hawking’s brain.  Apple no longer claims to be immune to viruses.  Is Google Plus a ghost town or a developing company town.  Orbitz gives higher priced hotel rooms preference for Mac Users.  A publisher intends to make books using disappearing ink, to force people to read them quicker.  Homeless Mo is a new internet star.  A new task completion service opens in the New York City area.  A new website allows you to argue with politically opposed people on the phone.  The Nexus Q has been hacked to run Android games within 24 hours.  All t hat, plus Dumbass Apple News, a Recent Study, an Epic Fail!, and an Oh Asia, You So Crazy!

    Show notes available at http://wiki.whatstherumpuspodcast.com/103

  • Episode 91: Back to Our Pimpin Ways

    The FBI can’t crack Android’s Pattern Lock. The Sanford Airport says no to the TSA. March Madness will be streamed to all of the Internet. Encyclopedia Britannica ceases production of encyclopedias. People are sending money to the RIAA and MPAA in droves, listen in to find out why. Homeless people in Austin, TX have become 4G hotspots for SXSW. Is your ISP spying on you? If they aren’t they will soon start! All this, and a Recent Study, a couple of Epic Fails, and an Oh Asia, You So Crazy!  Plus, Ryder says Things!

    Show notes available at http://wiki.whatstherumpuspodcast.com/91

  • Episode 25: The Adventures of Documento

    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 gadgets that purportedly defined the decade.  All this plus Dumbass Apple News, the Fark Headline of the Week, and the Question of the Week.

    Show notes available at http://wiki.whatstherumpuspodcast.com/25