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We’ve already seen lawsuits over skipping commercials on
television via VCRs and DVRS. Is the humble pop-up blocker next? Legal
experts say “almost certainly.” Sigh. Meanwhile, in other news about
overreaching, California says teens can’t have cell phones, pagers, or
laptops in their cars, …

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The standard kilogram apparently has lost a few micrograms of
weight. Not such a bad thing, I suppose, but it makes all the other
kilograms look fat. Also, fair use makes us trillions of dollars a
year, so why don’t I ever see any of it? I hear fair use has a posse.
Maybe they have all t…

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Don’t worry, Tom and I are actually feeling quite chipper today.
We’re referring to the darkness of Vista’s new antipiracy technique, the
“Black Screen of Death.” Or ARE we? Hold those e-mails; listen first. We’re
also hoping the darkness of restrictive cell phone carrier networks will
soon be …

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Apparently, turning off an iPhone isn’t as easy as, um, pressing the
power button. But could it be as easy as HTC teaming up with Google for the
long-awaited, hotly rumored gPhone? That’s the word from one HTC ‘insider’
via…well, via some blog. We’ll see. Also: porn takes on piracy, and a
thi…

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There should be a law against this. Apple, Net neutrality, and
fair use, all in the same day. As you can imagine, we had some things to
say on the trifecta of rant-itude, to the tune of about 46 minutes. But
hey, think of it this way: it’ll get you through pretty much the entire
weekend. En…

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Steve Jobs says he had to take your $200 in suckers’ rent,
because the holidays are coming and he can’t move the holidays. Wall
Street says it’s really not too comfortable with a sudden, 30 percent
iPhone price drop that reeks of desperation for sales. Molly says it’s
just plain mean, and T…

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Apple unleashes a whole slew of iPod gadgetry just in time for the
holidays. Meanwhile, Tom dials in from an old phonograph machine, and
Jasmine France gives her insight into the Apple announcement.

–Molly

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EPISODE 554

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Duh! Apple anno…

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We get to the bottom of the idea that we’re all living in a simulation with the source of the theory himself.

–Molly

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