6Oct/090
Global Geek News Podcast #40
Here are the shownotes for episode #40 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #40
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Stories:
- FTC: Bloggers must disclose paid reviews
- Obama bans texting while driving for 4.5 million government employees
- Man arrested at an Apple Store after threatening to shoot his iPhone with a 9mm pistol
- Amazon clarifies Kindle deletion policy, can still delete books
- The Pirate Bay will not be sold
- Anti-piracy outfit forces scene group to apologize and spread FUD
- Draft policy would OK troop’s tweets
- The battle continues, Palm re-enables Palm Pre sync with iTunes
- Hidden fees discovered in “free” Windows 7 upgrade
- Linux saves Australia’s electrical grid
Tip of the week: How to turn a spare Linux machine into a media server
Global Geek News is giving away a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate!
Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
Tagged as: $1100 fine, Amazon, Apple store, blogger ethics, blogging, Department of Defence, disclosure, electrical grid, Facebook, FTC, government employees, iTunes Sync, Kindle, Kindle book deletion policy, Linux, national texting while driving ban, Obama, paid reviews, Palm Pre, piracy pyramid, Scene group, shooting an iPhone, social media, The Pirate Bay sale, Twitter, US troops, virus, Windows 7 free upgrade fees
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