It’s Friday, and that means Steven and I pack extra doses of cynicism in this episode as we do every Friday as we take on all of the TechMeme headlines.  Ah yes, what a great way to end the week every week!

Listen in and enjoy the show!

(Links by Steven for some of the stories we discuss in this episode)

Apple Starts Accepting iPad Applications; Launch Apps Must Be Submitted By March 27 – TechCrunch
Apple Swears iPad Partners to Secrecy – Business Week
One on One: Christopher Poole, Founder of 4chan – Bits
Hope You Enjoy the Smell of Napalm in the Morning – Daring Fireball
Twitter Search Results to Show Popular Tweets On Top – Mashable
Apple CEO Steve Jobs joins Schwarzenegger to push organ donor registry – Mercury News

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The Braindead Techcast Ep. 28: TechMeme Friday and Apple’s prenup chains developers to dark room

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- An update on Dexter.

- Why is Tiger Woods still in the news every time I turn around but hardly a word here in the states about David Beckham’s possibly career-ending injury? You have to love our press.

- Is that a green ring on Ryan Reynolds finger? Have a look.

- Some more thoughts on the Mississippi prom case. (Link to PDF of the motion for the injunction.)

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Scattercast Episode 87: If I Say Sex In The Headline, Will More People Listen?

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Steven and I take a look at the latest news from Google: Google TV.  When is everyone going to stop getting excited about new Google products?  They haven’t had a hit new product in ages, and yet the blogosphere goes all nuts every time they announce a new one.  Folks, name the last hit product Google built.  That’s okay … we’ll wait for you to think back to Gmail.

$334 million for selling YouTube … never knew that … and it makes Steven and I wonder if we are in the wrong line of work.

More thoughts on location based services.

Someone lost their job -cough-

Listen in and enjoy the show!

(Links by Steven for some of the stories we discuss in this episode)

Google Coming To Your Television Via Google TV – StarterTech
Google TV Should Finally Push Apple TV Beyond A “Hobby” – TechCrunch
It’s Inevitable: Google TV – Technologizer

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The Braindead Techcast Ep. 27: Google TV – yet more spaghetti thrown against the wall

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Steven and I are joined tonight by our long-lost hosting buddy Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins tonight as he discusses how his SXSWi experience differed greatly from Jolie O’Dell’s, and why he wonders what she was really up to during the show.

We also turn briefly to this constantly trumped up story about Gowalla and Foursquare being locked in a cage match.  Mark presents some really interesting real life case studies of why all of this location stuff is a bunch of hot air.

A brief mention of Mark’s fanboy moment upon meeting Leo Laporte … can’t say as I blame him.

Listen in and enjoy the show!

(Links by Steven for some of the stories we discuss in this episode)

Why SXSW Sucks – Jolie O’Dell
Why SxSW Doesn’t Suck – SiliconANGLE

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The Braindead Techcast Ep. 26: school’s us on the SXSWi that Jolie O’Dell missed

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Steven and I take a look at SXSWi (South By Southwest Interactive) tonight, a technology conference neither of us attended, but yet we feel qualified to comment on … because that’s how we roll.

What we both long for is a tech conference where bloggers can go and exchange ideas without everyone and their brother coming to market to us.  There needs to be a place for us to exchange ideas without having swag thrown at us constantly as companies try to get their startups covered or want to get a syndication deal.  Oh well, maybe some day.

Listen in and enjoy the show!

(Links by Steven for some of the stories we discuss in this episode)

Why SXSW Sucks – Jodie O’Dell
Chris Brogan at SXSW – 1938Media
The Great Privacy Con of Social Media and Web 2.0 – The Inquisitr

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The Braindead Techcast Ep. 25: SXSW: Bring on the sponsorships never mind the sharing & learning

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Mondays mean one thing around The Braindead Techcast office … MORONIC MONDAYS!

Yes ladies & gents, it’s Monday, and that’s when Steven and I take a look back at the past week and point out the extra stupid stories we see through out a week.  And, as always, there were a bunch.

We also name the Baindead Award Winner of the week.  It’s a service … represented by a bird … any guesses yet?

Listen in and enjoy the show!

(Links by Steven for some of the stories we discuss in this episode)

Any of the hundreds of stories about SXSW and especially when it came to the so-called location war
Andreessen’s Advice To Old Media: “Burn The Boats” – TechCrunch
Eighty percent of corporate bloggers stop after 5 posts max – VentureBeat
Sex.com domain to be auctioned off – Globe and Mail
iPhone Addiction Is for Real, Says Stanford Study – New York Magazine
Harry Smith Undergoes Live Colonoscopy with Encouragement from Katie Couric – mediabistro

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The Braindead Techcast Ep. 24: It’s Moronic Monday with our own Moronic General and his pretend war

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Ah, Fridays … also known as TECHMEME FRIDAY!

Steven’s and my little reward to ourselves at the end of the week where we go down the TechMeme page and do rapid fire commentary on each of the headlines.  As always, it’s a fun time as we realize that people really wanted to talk about the iPad … a lot.

Listen in and enjoy the show!

(Links by Steven for some of the stories we discuss in this episode)

Apple Estimated to Have Taken 50,000 iPad Orders in First Two Hours – MacRumors
Apple iPad — model A1337 — phreaks the FCC – Engadget
iPad ‘Mute’ button magically turns into ‘screen rotation lock’ – 9 t0 5 Mac
Google to strip unique client ID from future Google Chrome installs – Download Squad
Tim Cook Receives Bonus of $5 Million and Stock for Performance During Jobs’ Absence – MacRumors
Formspring prank story plagues Twitter – The Inquisitr (OMG did some-one goof?)
Brightkite’s Sneaky Plan To Get Regular Users Into Location: Group Text – TechCrunch

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The Braindead Techcast Ep. 23: Techmeme Fridays and no obscene bonuses for us

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- … I have another dog. More info on it later.

- The Oscars had some interesting things going on with the winners.

- Some thoughts on the Mississippi prom case. (updated thoughts since I recorded this)

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Scattercast Episode 86: Prom Isn’t All That Great Anyway

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You know what says “successful web app” like nothing else?  When said app announces that it will be limiting the access of attendees of conferences such as SXSW based on the IP address they are accessing the site from.  They are now saying this will be applying it to large corporations.

Are you kidding me?

We then talk about the recent fascination with location inside of applications and phones.  Is it really this important to share your location at all times?

Enjoy the show!

(Links by Steven for some of the stories we discuss in this episode)

Twitter to SXSW: You’re Using Our Product Too Much. – New Comm Biz
Revenge of the Cable Guys – BusinessWeek

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The Braindead Techcast Ep. 22: Location, location, location … eh who cares

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Hey … want to literally work for pennies?  Well, now you can!  And it’s specifically for bloggers!  Oh, happy, happy days!  (really hope you get sarcasm …)

If you live alone, feel free to go get a 3D TV!  Oh, wait, you have a spouse and two kids?  Well, those “extra” pairs of glasses will cost you $150 a pop … enjoy!

Twitter launches a new service that will kill a third-party service probably … what do we keep saying about setting up a business like this?

Enjoy the show!

(Links by Steven for some of the stories we discuss in this episode)

Out: Blogging for dollars. In: Blogging for pennies – VentureBeat
Cost of glasses show just how ridiculous this idea of 3D TV is – The Inquisitr
Trust And Safety - Twitter Blog

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The Braindead Techcast Ep. 21: Blogging for pennies. Ya that’ll work.

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