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Which is the lamest: Microsoft makes its last keynote presence at CES, Macworld continues its metamorphosis into iWorld, or SOPA & PIPA fail to slow online piracy? Google gets nominated to the Lame List for its Google+ Your World and is joined by America’s ‘honorable representatives’ for calling people “nerds.” Picks of the Episode are [...]

This year-end episode delivers the Lamest of the Year 2011 (cough, Netflix, cough, Google TV) and also the Picks of the Year (iOS Developers and The Muppets) Plus Santa delivered an early Christmas gift to Noah: Adobe ending development of Flash for phones and other mobile devices. And both Eddie and Noah raise a glass [...]

Steve Jobs has died; the iPhone 4S and its digital assistant Siri live; and Netflix can’t make up its mind. Lame List nominations go to Wired magazine for its frustratingly unusable iPad app, and to the overly misused word “real” as a modifier. Picks of the Episode are the Portland Timbers and the recently rediscovered [...]

Ray from 2PStart! returns for our annual Summer Movie Episode, featuring Cars 2, The Hangover Part 2, Transformers 3, and Harry Potter 7.2. But first the trio dish out Lame List nominations to Netflix, OS X Lion, and patent troll Intellectual Ventures. Plus: Noah extols the virtues of Marathon for the iPad, Eddie explains how [...]

According to one of our listeners in Taiwan, a 14.0 earthquake was predicted as truth. But maybe that was just Microsoft buying Skype. Another listener’s question prompts a discussion of Google’s new Chromebooks and Music Beta. Lame List nominations go to the poor uses of QR Codes and iPad Apps that don’t support dual orientation. [...]

Amazon and Time Warner are streaming music and TV to the chagrin of some. Meanwhile Noah is distracted by his new iPad 2. And is Android still open? Lame List nominations go to David E. Kelley for his Wonder Woman TV pilot and Apple for failing to include a Calculator on the iPad. Picks are [...]

The New York Times starts to charge online readers, states want Amazon to charge sales tax, and Twitter tries to find some way to make money. Lame List nominations go to Daylight Savings Time and anyone who called the launch of the iPad 2 a “failure.” Picks are the Tron Legacy soundtrack and the death [...]

Listener feedback starts off this episode (including a listener-submitted Lame List nomination), followed by the return of our SkyMall segment and a discussion of HP’s newly-announced phones and its upcoming TouchPad. Portland television station KGW and the Maryland Department of Corrections earn Lame List nominations from Eddie and Noah, while Noah recommends the Oscar-nominated “Exit [...]

Hear all about Noah’s experiences with Google’s Cr-48 Chrome Notebook. And unlike the iPad, it supports Flash (but soon won’t support the H.264 video format). Plus, find out what is the most ‘not lame’ thing of 2011 to date! Lame List nominations go to blink® and professional Apple analysts, both of which don’t provide a [...]

Look back at the Lamest items of 2010 in this final episode of the year. (Both of them begin with the letter G) Of course, there were also winners, including browsers and the iPad. And if you’re still looking for gifts, Noah and Eddie give some recommendations for what’s Lame and what’s Not Lame.

TV on the Internet or the Internet on TV is the theme of this holiday season episode, as Eddie and Noah scrutinize Google TV and Hulu Plus. Lame List nominations are given to the “free” Find My iPhone feature and Qwest’s unconscionably slow Internet service. Picks of the Episode are Mashup Breakdown and Put This [...]

Microsoft takes center stage this episode, from its new Kinect gaming technology to its “To the Cloud!” commercials. But don’t forget about iTunes Ping! (or maybe do forget about it) Lame List nominations also go to the new Smurfs and Yogi Bear movie trailers. Picks of the Episode are Amazon Remembers, Grooveshark and Damn You [...]

Returning from a break, Lame List nominations abound: Gap, iTunes 10, MySpace, and even Disney Windows Phone 7 and the new Apple TV face Noah and Eddie’s new Lame/Not Lame gauntlet. Plus there are the typical diversions discussing Pixar, The Social Network and more. Picks of the Episode are Scala’s haunting cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” [...]

Ray joins Noah and Eddie to answer the summer’s biggest question: Are Videogames Art? Oh, and iPhone 4-Gate. Dunh, dunh, DUNH! Lame List nominations include Skype, “starting at $5″ stickers and parodies of parodies. Picks of the Episode are Inception, Jamba Juice’s Cheeseburger Chill smoothie and Thao with the Get Down Stay Down.

The new iPhone 4 hasn’t jumped on the 3D bandwagon, but that doesn’t mean no one’s interested. Plus we verify listener feedback, and there’s a new SkyMall Selection you can nail into a tree. Eddie can’t decide whether to nominate Walt Mossberg or Steve Jobs for the poor interview at D8. Noah nominates people who [...]

After the latest vacation, it’s time for another SkyMall Selection, this time featuring headbands and earclips. And Google seems to think it’s taking over the world with its Android operating system. Is it? Noah nominates Evernote to the Lame List for not fulfilling its basic premise and Eddie nominates music labels who thought their latest [...]

Canada (home of the real Vancouver) is the latest listener-submitted Lame List Nomination, because of its iTunes Gift Card regulations. Eddie nominates Pixar for announcing a sequel to his least favorite Pixar film and Noah nominates Gizmodo for ‘outing’ the Apple employee who ‘lost’ his iPhone prototype. And speaking of iPhone prototypes, what do we [...]

Our first listener-submitted Lame List Nomination is given to Eddie based on his opinion of the prefix “bi,” and another listener prompts a discussion of the amusing Viacom v. YouTube legal battle. Lame List nominations are given to craigslist for stubbornly sticking with a poor interface and movie theater chains for raising prices without a [...]

Newspaper web sites are beginning to charge for access to their web sites and both Noah and Eddie have some thoughts about that. But not before Noah shares another Mexico Moment. Lame List nominations are given to ‘more’ links and Microsoft’s name for their next mobile phones (Windows Phone 7 Series). The lone pick for [...]

Eddie recaps the (last?) Macworld Expo for Noah but not until after the two of them respond to listener feedback from recent episodes and Noah promises not to bring up politics anymore. Lame List nominations are given to iSuppli’s “teardown” of the iPad and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg for ending the age of privacy. Picks include [...]