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This week the Tech Fetish crew sits down to discuss our wish list and expectations for Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, all the news about Windows 10's July release date, Steam Machine pre-orders, and more.

The Tech Fetish crew gathers to discuss Google I/O's most interesting announcements, Apple's iPhone texting bug, Oculus Rift pricing, and ... laundry service.

The Tech Fetish crew discusses rumored Google I/O announcements, what would best summarize humanity for inquisitive aliens, and the battle between privacy and convenience. (Tech talk begins at the 5:28 mark.)

This week the Tech Fetish crew discusses the tech they're most looking forward to in the near future, the latest announcements about Windows 10, and how they'd prefer A.I. be programmed when it comes to emotions.

This week the Tech Fetish crew discusses Microsoft Build's keynotes, some of NASA's latest exploits, Google's Project Fi, and more.

This week the Tech Fetish crew discusses Apple, Google, and Microsoft's upcoming developer conferences, why we plan to keep jailbreaking and/or modding our hardware even if it ever becomes illegal, why vampire power draw isn't a big deal to everyone, and more.

This week the Tech Fetish crew discusses NASA's claims of finding alien life by 2025, a phone battery that charges in 1 minute, Apple iPhone rumors, and more.

We're back! This week we dive into the backlog of news: the (potential) revival of woolly mammoths, the coming arrival of flying cars, watching a live human birth via VR, Microsoft's backpedaling on giving away Windows 10 to pirates, and more. But first, we start with tackling a listener question about the Nintendo NX. Hop to about the 3:40 min mark if you want to get right to it!

Apple's "Spring Forward" event has come and gone -- and now we know about the company's plans for the Apple Watch (well, some of them), as well as the launch of a new MacBook and a price cut for the AppleTV. We jump on all of these topics...after a bit of lighthearted banter at the start. [Tune in at about the 7-minute mark if you'd like to get right to the tech talk.]

Between the Mobile World Congress (MWC) and the Game Developers Conference (GDC) this week, there's a lot of tech to cover this week! We debate Samsung's choice of a unibody design for the Galaxy S line, consider the viability of Steam Machines and Nvidia's console in today's market, and spend quite a bit of time chatting about all of our GDC virtual-reality demos and what consumers can look forward to in the near(ish) future.

In the wake of this week's FCC Net Neutrality ruling, the Tech Fetish crew considers the potential mirror universes that we'll never know. We also discuss a wearable that harnesses kinetic energy, Pebble's next smartwatch, Hyperloop technology, and a smattering of news on bionic body parts. Oh, and Mark Ryan solved a long-running mystery. No big deal.

Alaina, Alex, and Mark Ryan convene to discuss this week's biggest news: privacy breaches on both the government and private corporation fronts, in the form of hard drives infected with NSA spyware and laptops shipped with man-in-the-middle adware that compromises encrypted browsing sessions. The Tech Fetish crew also chats about the latest space developments (fireball over Pittsburgh, y'all), hints that Sony could sell off its audio and video divisions, and why you should pay really close attention to what software you're downloading before manually updating firmware.

The Tech Fetish crew gathers this week to discuss the discovery that Samsung’s Smart TVs could be collecting voice data unbeknownst to users, the idea of taking a one-way trip to Mars, and the new requirement that allows US citizens to have their phones unlocked by their wireless carriers (finally).

It's a little bit of this, a little bit of that this week: Alaina, Alex, Mark Ryan, and Justin gather to discuss Ouya's $10 million in funding, rumors about the Samsung Galaxy S6, Twitter's internal admission that it's bad at dealing with abuse, and a smidge of space news. We also cover FCC chairman Tom Wheeler's plan to make net neutrality a reality for both standard broadband and cellular data, and an office in Sweden that lets workers microchip themselves to...open doors.

This week the Tech Fetish crew gathers to discuss Apple's Q1 profits of $18 billion USD (yup, billion with a "b"); Bill Gates also warning against the dangers of super intelligent A.I.; Spotify's imminent arrival on PlayStation consoles; and an update to the political situation with internet service in the United States.[NOTE: We recorded this episode on Wednesday, since Alaina's traveling this week. Today, the FCC did decide to reclassify the definition of broadband to 25Mbps down/3Mbps up in the U.S.]

Guest member Adam Barenblat joins The Tech Fetish crew this week to drill down into everything announced at Microsoft's Windows 10 event: we chat about Cortana, Continuum, the newly announced HoloLens augmented-reality headset, and a tradition of heartbreak.

And we're back! (Happy new year, everyone!) Alaina, Alex, Justin, and Mark Ryan discuss this year's Consumer Electronics Show, and all the tech Alaina and Alex practically swam in.

In this last episode for 2014, Alaina, Alex, Justin, and Mark Ryan gather to discuss Microsoft's upcoming Windows 10 event, Skype's pretty cool new translation preview, the Curiosity Rover's latest findings on Mars, and a very weird stain on Justin's pants. (Yeah, that happened.)

With Alex and Justin both out (slaaaaackers), the remaining diehard Tech Fetish crew is joined by a guest from the IGN ranks to discuss rocket-engine-powered cars, the FCC's new requirements for what constitutes "broadband," VLC for Android (FINALLY, YOU GUYS), as well as playing Pong at street corners, gizmos that let you shoot fireballs, and jetpack stunt flying, among other things. NOTE: This episode was recorded last Friday, but due to some mic level issues that needed fixing, we're posting this today.  Sorry about the delay!

The Tech Fetish crew gathers to discuss reader letters on password security and battery life, as well as news of the week - it's all about impending doom from robots and space. Oh, and space exploration, too. (The latter part's pretty great; the former, not as much.)

This week we're breaking from discussing tech news to gab about something on all our minds: Black Friday shopping. (Well, okay, that'd be Alaina and Alex.) We cover the best deals out there, while also mixing in some talk about general bargain-hunting tips, men's fashion, and some amazing apple juice.

The full Tech Fetish crew assembles to revisit net neutrality briefly, then we move on to discussing options in Justin's hunt for a new TV, an update on the Rosetta lander's status, and storing Bitcoin in your hands (!). (For those curious about that Amazon image we mention, here's the link.)

Alaina, Justin, and Mark Ryan gather this week to take strong stances on Net Neutrality (and the possibility of broadband internet getting classified as a utility), chat about the ESA's landing of a spacecraft on a comet (and this pretty neat .gif), and boggle over Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew (ew), among other things.

In the aftermath of last week's #overthetop vs. #throughthegate face-off, the Tech Fetish crew discusses just how much of a shocker the flap vs. no flap question was to most everyone, as well as the Amazon Echo, Google's Inbox app, and 3D printed pizza. It's not as, shall we say, over the top as our last podcast, but few things are.

Alaina (@morphingball), Justin (@errorjustin), Mark Ryan (@mrsallee), and Alex (@alexlroth) chat about Alex's iPad Air 2 review, getting an Xbox One for $250, Amazon's hardware news, and underwear. Yup, you read that right.

We're back!  This week Alex, Alaina, and Justin convene to respond to reader letters, as well as talk about sci-fi come true in the form of hoverboard technology (well, in limited capacity), science at work (no cake, though), and yet more smartwatches, among other news bits.

After being bombarded with a pile of news by Google and Apple this week, the Tech Fetish crew gathers to discuss the new Nexus gadgets and iDevices coming for our money. (Sadly, Justin leaves partway through and imprints the fear of abandonment upon Alaina and Mark Ryan.) Also, we discuss a very...interesting...development in burger technology.

It's a full house in this episode: Alaina, Justin, and Mark Ryan are joined by Alex Roth and Ryan McCaffrey to chat about Tesla's new D-variants of their Model S, what Apple might reveal this week during their event, Microsoft's upcoming release of Windows 10, and more. And in case you were wondering...Fresca returns.  Sorta.

Justin, Alaina, and Mark Ryan talk about Apple's iPhones, the usefulness of the Apple Watch, Vizio's new affordable 4K TVs (spoiler: Justin doesn't care about 4K), Oculus's new Crescent Bay prototype, and much more.  Also: fresh blood alert!

Justin, Alex, and Mark Ryan chat about a $1,400 motorcycle helmet, iPhone 6, and Google's plan to use sharks to shut off Syria's Internet. That last part probably isn't right. But we've brought back weird science news!

The new Oculus Rift hardware, Development Kit 2, is in the office and we've all had a go. We discuss the improvements in the new hardware, the persistent problems, and whether or not the average Joe should buy one now. We also discuss baby monitors and procrastination. But not at the same time. Don't worry, the baby is well-cared for.

The Tech Fetish crew asks, is now the time to buy a Wii U? Why does Samsung want to make a VR headset? And really, on IGN's review scale, how good is a farmers market peach in July? The exclusive ruling is rendered on this week's episode of the podcast.

Tune in as the group discusses E3's biggest tech and Scott says goodbye to the Tech Fetish podcast.

We discuss Apple's acquisitions of Beats, what to expect from WWDC next week, Google's self-driving car, and more!

The crew welcomes a new guest, discuss the Surface Pro 3, Samsung's rumored VR headset, and more.

Apple's rumored Beats acquisition, Oculus' software plans, and more.

The crew crosses a Fresca-fueled milestone by discussing Zenimax's lawsuit against Oculus, Sony's dire FY13 results, and more.

We discuss the latest and greatest in tech, including Microsoft's Nokia acquisition, FTC's clearing of Facebook's purchase of Oculus, the new OnePlus One smartphone, Amazon's rumored smartphone, streaming media, and more.

We talk Google's modular phone, Oculus and VR, and more.

Amazon's Comixology acquisition, Fire TV, the end of XP, and more.

We discuss Amazon's Fire TV, Windows Phone's Cortana, and more!

Facebook's Oculus acquisition, the new HTC One, listener questions, and more.

We talk Morpheus, Oculus, Valve controllers, and more.

We discuss baby tattoos, PS4 VR, laptop GPUs, iOS 8, and more!

The crew discusses Microsoft's new Xbox One updates, Spotify's Echo Nest acquisition, Ouya's leap to other hardware, and more.

We discuss the Galaxy S5, the new Gear line, Google's modular smartphones, and more.

We discuss Facebook's $16 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, Google Fiber's potential expansion, Project Tango, Samsung Galaxy S5, and more!

Evil ISP conglomerates, new Apple rumors, and more.

The crew talks PlayStation Now, says goodbye to the Vaio, and more.

We discuss Apple TV gaming rumors, Alienware's Steam Machine, and more.