The 404 Show (MP3)
Summary: The 404 Show is CNET's longest-running podcast of all time. Now hosted by Jeff Bakalar and Russ Frushtick, The 404 Show is a pop-culture and tech mix covering movies, comics, video games and more. Tune in every Friday as Jeff and Russ welcome a wide variety of engaging guests for compelling conversations that can't be found anywhere else.
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Podcasts:
Today Jeff and Iyaz discuss Marvel's phase 3 movie ambitions, the legalities of Spider-man, cancellation bear and the Google VP that now holds the skydiving world record.
Today we're trying to understand why the Night Cable is so popular, uncover some new NFC controversy and take a look at the new Amazon Fire Stick. Also, this week we're debuting a few contests, so be sure to tune in to find out how you can win prizes!
We're finishing up the week with the question: is Hollywood's superhero factory comic book overkill? Plus we'll talk about Christian Bale's confirmed role as Steve Jobs in a new biopic, Uber flu shot delivery and confirmation that Google Glass people still freak us out.
Bridget Carey returns to the show to talk about ApplePay double-charging some Bank of America customers, a new Kickstarter for a company that created a working hoverboard and the recent controversy over Toys R Us selling Breaking Bad action figures.
On today's show we'll discuss Chicago's planned "smart corners" project, gasp at a Comic Sans typewriter, wonder why speedometers list illegal speeds and usher in the future of porn with Oculus Rift.
It's a super clean show today! We'll talk about the real-life social implications of "FOMO" and how the most successful people poop at work. Oh, and there were some Apple products announced yesterday, too.
Bridget Carey is here today to talk about HBO offering an a la carte subscription in 2015, why you shouldn't buy a PlayStation TV, Google's announcement of a Nexus 6 and 9 tablet and which companies are offering egg-freezing services to their female employees.
Bayonetta 2 is a Wii U exclusive title that is getting near-perfect scores across the board, though a few reviewers take issue with the amount of objectification towards women the game has. We'll ask a woman what she thinks. Also, a New York Comic Con review!
Aggressive behavior from video games is caused by gameplay mechanics not violent content, a Napster co-founder is in hot water for Jerk.com, Uber Rush usurps career bike messengers, and a motley crew is playing "flip the smart car" in San Francisco.
Amazon Dash takes online shopping into the meatspace, Philly gets treated to the world's biggest game of Tetris, an unearthed email from Steve Jobs, and the White House could soon ban selfies with Obama.
Today, we'll tell you how Microsoft is breeding the next generation of exterminators, why you'll never see the words "epic" and "amazeballs" on Gawker sites again, and how seasonal affective disorder can impact crowdsourced local business reviews.
We usually stay clear of celebrity gossip, but hearing about James Franco getting caught inviting a 17 year old to his hotel room on Instagram is too oily to ignore. We'll also tell you about the genius marketing strategy of Wu-Tang's next album and why it's well worth $5 million, the reason you should steer clear of Harvard's library, and what it looks like to physically enter someone else's social media feed.
Amazon throws their Fire streaming video box into the ring, a camera for pervy creepshots getting well-funded on Indiegogo, a brand new Homestar Runner cartoon after four years of radio silence, and there's a disease spreading on Tinder!
Changing typefaces on government printouts could drag us out of national debt, a Mommy app that checks in on you that you can also delete, debunking the trend of teens smoking coffee beans, why you can't put foil in the microwave, and a machine that can read your mind with creepy accuracy.
Google will put its employees under a microscope for the next 100 years, a pill that helps us learn like children, suspended animation comes to real life, and HTC did something super shady with their One M8 benchmarks!