Jere announces a hiatus on July 21st, Guru looks for replacement co-host. Show Notes In Other News Men would rather give themselves electric shocks than sit quietly NSA may have classified the Linux Journal as an extremist forum. Goldman Sachs has demanded a court order to get  Google to unsend an email that the bank accidentally sent to a Gmail… Read More »

Google I/O Recap Show Notes In Other News Facebook experiments on users…alters news feed for psychology experiment Facebook threatened with contempt for fighting NY over user privacy. New York was investigating a disability fraud scam. Aereo declared illegal by Supreme Court GE launches $15 connected lightbulb Google starting its own domain registration service. Woman electrocuted and killed while… Read More »

Google I/O is this week. Stay tuned for our recap next week…. Show Notes In Other News Google and Nest buy Dropcam for $555 million Tim Wu, the man who coined the term net neutrality and the author of the Master Switch, running for lieutenant governor. Supreme Court unanimously restricts “Abstract” software patents. Platform News How to Get… Read More »

Jere and Guru discuss the issues of the week. Show Notes In Other News Expedia to take Bitcoin. U.S. Appeals Court rules that police must have a warrant to track your cell phone location, but this is by no means nationwide. Author and illustrator of Spot the Dog, Eric Hill, passes at age 86. P.F. Chang’s is bringing… Read More »

Return to New York for Guru, Jere has an awesome wife. Show Notes In Other News Tetris hits 30 years… The CIA cannot confirm or deny it has joined Twitter and looks forward to sharing great unclassified content with everyone. Platform News Google Now has an alarm that can wake you up to keep you from missing your… Read More »

Guru records live from Florida. Show Notes In Other News The Laptop…not dead yet. At the least…the experience of a hardware keyboard is not something easily replaced with a touchscreen. Levar Burton seeking to bring back Reading Rainbow, including an Android app. For $400, Levar will record you a customized voicemail…. Fernando Corbato, age 87, one of the… Read More »

Steve Gibson didn’t reach out to us. Show Notes In Other News Springpad is shutting down June 25th. Export your data now. Ikea is building a museum next year in Sweden. Wonder how many boxes it comes in. Platform News An early look at Android in the car and what the design might look like. Google adds mobile… Read More »

We need some help on understanding SSL. Show Notes In Other News New York State Supreme Court strikes down law that makes it a felony to communicate with someone “in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm,” claiming it was too vague and overbroad. The defendant in the trial commented to the Verge, and is unrepentant for… Read More »

200 Episodes… Show Notes In Other News Bill/Account Management service Manilla to shut down July 1st. Web hosting company puts FCC in the ‘slow lane’ in net neutrality protest NSA Spying is causing Americans to self-censor their Internet activity. Platform News Google debuts Classroom, which unifies Docs, Drive, and Gmail to help teachers create and collect assignments. Google… Read More »

Next episode is our 200th. Show Notes In Other News Toronto Library asked to remove Hop on Pop because it “encourages children to use violence against their fathers,” as well as issue an apology to fathers in the Greater Toronto Area and pay any resulting damages. Flaw discovered in OpenID and OAuth, solution would require whitelisted domains. Maryland… Read More »