"Where the topics of the day are rarely the topics of the day"@en . . "Follow my logic here. The only thing keeping you interested in high-def DVDs might be the format war. What if a war ends and nobody cares? Plus, we predict winners in the console war, and we get a turtle named after us! Yay for turtles!"@en . . "The Oscars were just meh, Be Kind Rewind was meh + 1 and Melinda Stewart of The Other Baldwins is the opposite of Meh."@en . "The three guys today talk about Street Fighter being the best game ever...We wax reminiscent over old video games. Plus, Stanford drops tuition, XNA gets more open, Gears of War 2, and three actors replace Heath Ledger."@en . . . "The day The 404 went insane. Today's show with guest David Carnoy gets out of hand real fast. First we talk about the Grammy's--specifically Amy Winehouse and Kayne West. Then, after the break, all hell breaks loose. Enjoy this rare episode while you can, because something like this probably won't happen again."@en . "Today we joke with Natali Del Conte about Valentine's Day, why Facebook is helping people know what's going on with Tennessee tornadoes, the Arrested Development movie in early talks, and unlimited phone plans."@en . . "The Wii hates smokers"@en . . "After a contentious morning with an almost late Wilson Tang and a false office fire, the 404 hosts kick off the show with a look at billboard defacing, MyVu already showing up on Woot, prizes given away, and not so fantastic movies coming out this weekend!"@en . "By the time you read this, Yahoo--and the world--may know its fate. However, Steve Ballmer, who likely would call it destiny, says Yahoo will stay around as a brand. What does that mean for poor MSN? And by extension, MSNBC? Will they go the way of Bob? Or Clippy? Only time and a few earnings calls will say for sure. Mea"@en . "2008-02-22"^^ . . . "2008-02-26"^^ . . . . "A three-fer means there were three stories about ISP filtering. Three. Which means filtering is turning into an epidemic, which isn't very cool--times three. In other news, Apple finally updates the MacBook Pro and Yahoo has decided \"Buzz\" is cool. But they don't mean our podcast."@en . . . "Wikileaks got a gun"@en . . "2008-02-28"^^ . . . . "Where we're Loaded"@en . "2008-02-04"^^ . . . . "From rainy New York City--today we talk about how the new Hobbit movies won't suck because Guillermo del Toro will be behind the camera, this weekend's movies, reactions from last night's Lost premiere, and the whole Microsoft and Yahoo! merger thingie. Plus, we'll recall TV shows we miss and the time when MTV wasn't awful."@en . "2008-02-15"^^ . "Who cut the cables?"@en . "Is it Yahoo's fate...or destiny?!"@en . . . "Today, we actually get it right! We sucker in Tom Merritt to talk about Amy Winehouse's drunken badness, a guy gets denied an all-star game marriage proposal, unlimited cell phone minutes, and N+, like stick figure lemmings...but for Xbox 360, and Pimp My Ride for Wii. Listen in on the fun!"@en . "Where we let the chatroom pick the show name, and this was the best they did"@en . . "2008-02-05"^^ . "In the news today, Microsoft says no to Yahoo's no, Verizon says there's no need to degrade P2P traffic, and Bill Gates says no to 8,000 Facebook friend requests. Also, analysts say a 3G iPhone is coming \"soon,\" which is probably good news for all the BlackBerry owners suffering yet another unexplained critical outage. Get it together, RIM!"@en . "We'll help you, Rush!"@en . "The RIAA does what it does for the artists. That's why it sues their fans. It's just trying to help out the artists. Like songwriters. Although songwriters make a little too much money. That's why the RIAA wants the Copyright Royalty Board to reduce the mechanical rate, so the artists get less money per song. Something isn't making sense to me here. But I'm sure I just don't understand the complexities of the music business. Meanwhile, the N-Gage is back. Woo-hoo!"@en . "Electronic Arts isn't taking no for an answer from Take-Two, and Pakistan gives us an object lesson in why censorship is bad: in an effort to block YouTube in that country, they took out YouTube for the entire world and then got themselves taken offline altogether. Wow. That's a day's work, right there."@en . "Today we wax reminiscent as we always do, talking about the 15 most annoying video game characters. Jenkem... it's awful. Speaking of awful, some of us don't want to see \"Bourne Legacy,\" and Seth Rogan has a new stoner comedy coming out. Shocker."@en . . . . "You're Twitter-fired!"@en . . "Today CNET Senior Editor David Katzmaier joins us as we talk about how Steven Spielberg doesn't want Indy 4 DLP'd, why no one watched the Web-to-TV show Quarterlife, and Let's Fighting Love!"@en . "Take-Two gets a bear hug"@en . "2008-02-25"^^ . "Not like \"@acedtect, pack up your stuff.\" No, we mean all these poor Yahoo folks are getting pink slips this week, and we're voyeuristically following their misery on Twitter. It feels sort of wrong. In other news, we discuss mergers and acquisitions, then pretty soon we can't take it anymore, so we talk about what space smells like. It's a jam-packed day."@en . "Tickle me and die"@en . . "Perhaps the tech giants of the world are all hopped up on the Clear, and that's why they're trying to create MicroHoo/GooNet super-teams. Actually, Yahoo isn't on board unless Microsoft sweetens the pot, so Microsoft was forced to go buy Danger while it waits. In other news, we saw some Android but it was the Nokia N96 that really made us drool. A lot."@en . "Take-A filter three-fer"@en . . . "2008-02-20"^^ . "Where everytime you go away, you take a piece of me with you"@en . . "Where if you listen to this, you've played Mortal Kombat in a bowling alley"@en . . "2008-02-12"^^ . "30"^^ . "Today, we talk about Valentine Day's best and worst dates with ace reporter Caroline McCarthy. Also, Time Warner and Viacom are coming to Hulu, Spielberg's new video game Boom Blox, and EA's GameShow. We also hear from some our loyal listeners about Optimash Prime."@en . "31"^^ . "28"^^ . . "What to name a company resulting from the merger of Yahoo and Microsoft is probably the least of their concerns right now. First, Yahoo has to accept the bid. If they don't, Microsoft may get pushy. Then they have to merge two very different companies. Who does this benefit? You? We'll discuss that on today's show."@en . "29"^^ . "2008-02-13"^^ . "27"^^ . . "38"^^ . "39"^^ . "36"^^ . . "37"^^ . . "Today, we rant about how J.R.R Tolkien's estate took home a whopping $62,000 from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. $62,000--that's like your dad's salary for a movie trilogy that grossed over $8 billion worldwide. Plus, we talk Fight Club reborn on Broadway, and Thriller's 25th anniversary netting some awful bonus tracks."@en . "34"^^ . . "35"^^ . "We nuked Yahoo Live. That's it for that. Anyway, what's the fuss with Google Sites and yeah, when WILL the iPhone get more business friendly? In other news, there just ain't much news today, so we're going to spend some time on baby robots and Sprint's awesome new $100 all-you-can-eat plan. Yep, I said awesome."@en . "32"^^ . "Friday, the end of the work week, the denouement, if you will, which means it's the perfect time to get Hepatitis A! Or at least that's what happened to some A-list celebrities at Ashton Kutcher's birthday party. D'oh! Also, Portal 2 might be in the works and Jonathan Coulton's \"Still Alive\" will be included in a Rock Band downloadable content pack."@en . "33"^^ . "46"^^ . "44"^^ . . "45"^^ . "42"^^ . "Where Randall promises he won't walk out this episode"@en . "43"^^ . "40"^^ . "41"^^ . . "Looks like Jeff Bakalar is out again, HD DVD is finally dead so we're a little sad on this show, but on the bright side Justin Yu, CNET's newest editor, joins us, and MTI fills in for Jeff...which makes the show 2/3rds better. Also, Listen in for Jumper hitting it big and Knight Rider the TV movie. The HOFF makes a guest appearance!"@en . . "Rumor-palooza"@en . . "2008-02-08"^^ . . . "--05-19"^^ . . . "Just in time for the devil's episode, the Elmo doll from hell makes the news today. Also, Microsoft's SP1 accidentally possesses some PCs, the UK is threatening to bring Satan's hammer down on ISPs, and yeah, we know they changed the number from 666 to 616, but at this point, we just can't stop ourselves."@en . "Where you can make a record if 5000 people like your band"@en . "Where Wilson hasn't quite got a handle on the whole \"escalator\" game"@en . "Vista Price Patch 1"@en . . "We care about the artists"@en . "Windows Vista may be maligned, enterprise-unfriendly, and seemingly without compatible drivers, but hey, at least it's cheaper! In other not-at-all-surprising news, it looks like Apple's iPhone SDK might be a little locked down, they might micromanage the apps that end up on the phone, and don't even get us started on the accessories situation. In sum, your basic Apple stuff."@en . "JaMoTo lays an egg"@en . . "2008-02-06"^^ . . "Today we welcome Pim Betist from Sellaband.com. He talks to us about his revolutionary music website that puts bands' success in the hands of the you, the internet. We also talk about Oscar winner Marion Cotillard's questionable past, as well as when exactly the world will end. Plus, we chat about the amazing Gary Busey interview that's floating around the ol' interweb."@en . "Where we didn't start the fire"@en . "The power of Blu-Ray compels you"@en . "2008-02-27"^^ . . "654"^^ . "655"^^ . "Where this weekend we're going waterboarding!"@en . . "Rush Limbaugh is asking Steve Jobs for help with his Mac Pros. Hey, Rush, give us a call! We'll help! In other news, Microsoft is teaching kids how to crack down on their intellectual property before they're even out of knickers. Oh, and Twitter hits the New York Times Fashion and Style section. Apocalypse is nigh."@en . "652"^^ . "653"^^ . . "The following is a list of The 404 episodes that were recorded in February 2008."@en . . "Today we talk about how Monster cables are overpriced , how much Paris Hilton sucks, and how to \"hack\" T-Mobile. Plus, Comcast is covering its ass by amending the company's Terms of Service to allow for throttling of BitTorrent traffic."@en . "662"^^ . "663"^^ . "660"^^ . "661"^^ . "2008-02-07"^^ . "658"^^ . "659"^^ . "The following is a list of Buzz Out Loud episodes that aired in February 2008."@en . "656"^^ . "657"^^ . "Nintendo says cigarette ash is causing problems with the gameplay of \"Super Smash Brothers Brawl.\" Funny, I would have thought that would be more of a problem with Wii Sports, and with players' lungs, not the optical drive. Plus, we keep you up to date on the Yahoo-Microsoft merger prospects and how Google is being a third wheel now."@en . "670"^^ . "671"^^ . "668"^^ . . "669"^^ . "666"^^ . "667"^^ . "664"^^ . "Where the Hobbit movies will be better than LoTR"@en . "665"^^ . . "Where Jeff isn't man enough to be in our presence after his Valentine's shenanigans"@en . . "Run, Alex, run!"@en . "Where Phil Ryan says you're nothing if you don't have integrity"@en . "2008-02-29"^^ . . . . . "Null error"@en . "We rant about eBay abandoning negative feedback, what happened to Heath, retro Internet, why Red Bull makes you cop a feel, Marky Mark and console gaming. By the way, lots of retro."@en . "The following is a list of The 404 episodes that were recorded in February 2008."@en . "Where Bakalar isn't just his name...he's actually Back-a-lar"@en . "2008-02-14"^^ . "2008-02-11"^^ . "Wikileaks gets some serious legal firepower to help in its domain-name-takedown case. Comcast is in trouble for hiring seat fillers, not at the Oscars, but at an FCC hearing. Adding insult to injury: the seat fillers totally fell asleep! Oh, and Microsoft has to pay more money to the EU--as usual."@en . . "Sometimes there's just no news. And sometimes there's just rumors of news. Today is an example of the latter. Half the stories today are rumors of somebody coming out with some products or somebody buying somebody else. Plus we critique my resume."@en . "HD DVD dies, kills Blu-ray?"@en . "Microhoo or Yahsoft?"@en . "Now, we hear that a fifth Internet cable has been severed in the Middle East. One cable is fine. Even two is not that unusual. But five? Let the conspiracy theories begin! We also review some goings-on with Wikipedia editors, and unveil Sprint's totally-unlimited-everything cell phone plan."@en . "Where 11:30 is the new 11:00"@en . . . . . . "What's the only thing worse than Vista? Vista SP1. In other news, we wonder what the world is coming to, as Microsoft and Sprint both make big, powerful moves toward openness and interoperability. We feel so off- balance and yet strangely thrilled. Also, are social networks totally over? We investigate."@en . . . . "Super Tuesday isn't as super for us, plus two of us hate New Jersey, the iPhone and the iPod Touch get larger, and MySpace finally adds third-party app support."@en . . "2008-02-01"^^ . . . . . "Where we had to beat them to death with their own shoes"@en . . . "Episode Guide - February 2008"@en . . . "Blu-Ray wins, we try to exorcise our studio of its many demons, and speaking of demons, the digital photo frame infestation turns hellish. In other news, we think we've figured out the mystery of What Made Scoble Cry, and much to our surprise, it wasn't \"The Bucket List.\" It just might be a Microsoft-made map of the universe. Cool."@en . . "Hostile growth hormone"@en . "Where all your Valentine are belong to us"@en . "Where we've got yellow fever"@en . "The following is a list of Buzz Out Loud episodes that aired in February 2008."@en . . "Where we want to shout-out Blake; who's incarcerated"@en . . . "--09-07"^^ . "Microsoft: No means yes"@en . "2008-02-21"^^ . . . . "2008-02-19"^^ . . "Where we're not crying, it's just raining on our faces"@en . . "With Jeff Bakalar on Valentine's Day workout recovery, Dan Frommer of Silicon Alley Insider fame joins us in studio to talk about Microsoft's after school special program to stop kids from pirating, the Xbox 360's high failure rate, plus Indiana Jones 4's trailer hits the Interwebs, and please...oh please for the love of God...do not see Jumper."@en . . "Today we talk Super Bowl XLII and its lame-ass commercials, CNET TV's new show LOADED, our iTunes rankings, and signs of the end of Western Civilization beginning with Hannah Montana."@en .