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November 25, 2009
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Ep. 1114: Dorks will break your heart

Show summary: A new survey shows the messaging behavior of men and women on dating sites. And it leads Natali to the inevitable conclusion that you shouldn't date dorks. We also talk over the WikiLeaks pager data from the 9/11 events. And BlackBerry gets an eBay app Why is this such big news?

Category: Buzz Out Loud

November 25, 2009
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Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1114: Dorks will break your heart

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November 24, 2009
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Surf the Net like it's 1991 with Gopher

Show summary: The old Gopher protocol is not dead. In fact, it even has Twitter! Here's how to access it.

Category: How to

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    Ep. 1111: Facebook is depressing

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    Ep. 1110: Apple Tablet is the unicorn of tech

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    Enable Ctrl-Alt-Del log-in window in Windows 7

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    Ep. 1109: In the future we'll all be cats

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    Ep. 1108: Tracker pulling

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March 6, 2009 Cool, but crashy

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November 25, 2009 Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1114: Dorks will break your heart

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November 24, 2009 Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1113: There's no Moore's law for chemistry

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November 23, 2009 Top 5 tech turkeys

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    September 10, 2004
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    Journalism degree from University of Illinois ; Grad School at University of Texas, ran www.subbrilliant.com, worked at TechTV and now under the lights for CNET.
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