Global Geek News Podcast #50
Here are the shownotes for episode #50 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #50
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Stories:
- RIAA’s three-strikes rule just a “scarecrow?”
- Piracy surcharge set to force 40,000 households offline
- Court: Cellphone searches require a warrant
- Girl gamers geekier than guys
- Barnes & Nobel expects to ship 60,000 Nooks in 2010
- Kindle the most gifted item in Amazon history, e-books outsell physical books on Christmas day
- nVidia’s DirectX 11 cards pushed back to at least March
- AT&T says NYC can’t handle iPhones, stops selling them
- Microsoft barred from selling Word, workaround in the works
- New flying rules post crotch bomber
Tips of the Week:
- Search multiple torrent sites from your desktop
- How to improve your blog and social media strategy
- Access Facebook updates from a feed reader
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Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
Guest: Maya Grinberg
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We want your 2010 predictions!
Greetings Listeners!
As we announced on this week’s podcast, next week’s show will be our 2010 prediction show! While our predictions will certainly be interesting, we want to hear your predictions as well! What do you think will happen in 2010 in the MET (media, entertainment and technology) space? Share your predictions with us and we will share some if not all of them on next week’s show. Leave your predictions in the comments!
Global Geek News Podcast #49
Here are the shownotes for episode #49 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #49
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Stories:
- DirecTV sued by Washington State
- Netflix sued for privacy invasion
- The fourth most used search term by toddlers this year? Porn!
- Installing Linux will void your warranty
- Microsoft seeks patent on shaming fat gamers
- Microsoft: Our Windows 7 call center isn’t so busy
- The iPhone overtakes Windows Mobile in the US in October
- Texting more popular than calling in the US
- Legislator wants cancer warnings on cell phones
- Supreme Court takes texting privacy case
- Twitter may be profitable
Tip of the week: The complete in-flight WiFi cheat sheet
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Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
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Global Geek News Podcast #48
Here are the shownotes for episode #48 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #48
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Stories:
- Report: Sony still losing money on every PS3 sold
- LCD price fixing investigation reaches $860 million in fines
- Mozilla exec urges users to ditch Google for Bing
- Microsoft invents price gouging the least influential
- Anti-piracy group wants to ban you from talking about Usenet
- Damned pirates: Hollywood sets $10 billion box office record
- Court says fair use may hold in some RIAA cases
- Record labels face $60 billion in damages for pirating artists
- Judges can’t “friend” lawyers in Florida
- Western Digital’s “Advanced Format” promises slight boost in usable space
- AT&T CEO wants iPhone users to limit data usage
Tips of the week:
- Windows 7 USB download tool lets you install Windows from a thumb drive
- Get a better deal from your ISP
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Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
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Global Geek News Podcast #47
Here are the shownotes for episode #47 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #47
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Stories:
- EA CEO: Digital game sales will overtake console numbers next year
- Windows 7 share grows at XP’s expense
- Unconfirmed: Amazon’s secret play in the retail space
- TV executives are terrified of streaming video
- Blu-ray sales more than double while DVD slips
- Mininova traffic plummets after going ‘legal’
- Anti-piracy group to DRM breaker: OK to break the law
- Woman filming sister’s birthday party get charged with felony movie piracy
- FCC wants to know why Verizon’s early termination fees went through the roof
Tip of the week: The complete guide to avoiding online scams
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Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
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Global Geek News Podcast #46
Here are the shownotes for episode #46 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #46
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Stories:
- Kindle outsells every other product on Amazon
- The end of the CrunchPad
- EU formally adopts file sharing rights
- IsoHunt asks court to legalize its operations
- Mininova deletes all infringing torrents, goes legal
- Swedes starting to buy music. Are anti-P2P laws working?
- MPAA to FCC: Critics of video blocking proposals are lying
- Microsoft issues takedown notices over spilled COFEE
- Microsoft-Yahoo search/ad deal approved in Australia and Canada
- Blogging vs Microblogging: Twitter’s global growth flattens while Wordpress’ picks up
- Verizon whines over Sprint’s “Most Dependable” claims
Tip of the week: How to Un-Google Yourself
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Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
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