Global Geek News Podcast #55
Here are the shownotes for episode #55 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #55
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Stories:
- Google looks to launch smartphones with real time translation
- Microsoft outpaces Apple in customer satisfaction
- Microsoft killing Xbox Live for the original Xbox
- Game devs migrating to the iPhone, away from the Wii
- Comcast rebrands itself as Xfinity
- Publishers continue fighting Amazon over e-book prices
- University finds free, online classes don’t hurt enrollment
- Italy prepares to hold YouTube, others liable for uploads
- Pirate movie privacy case set for the Supreme Court
- FBI calls for 2 year retention of ISP data
- US gives Chinese man 2.5 years over fake Cisco kit
Tips of the Week:
- 5 Best podcast managers
- Don’t buy Microsoft Office until at least March 5th
- Extensions broke your browser? How to enter “safe mode” in Chrome
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Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
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Global Geek News Podcast #54
Here are the shownotes for episode #54 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #54
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Stories:
- Bans on phones and texting while driving shown ineffective
- 70% of employers have rejected applicants over online information
- 3 Strikes coming to the US via the back door?
- RIAA to appeal Thomas ruling
- Microsoft sues prominent bittorrent tracker for $43 million
- Microsoft sued over Xbox Live points
- IFPI loses deep-linking case against Baidu
- CompTIA backs down, old certs still good for life
- War of words between Apple and Adobe heats up
- Amazon caves to Macmillans eBook pricing demands
Tips of the Week:
- 64 things every geek should know
- How to write a viral blog post: 7 real examples
- Reminder: Windows 7 RC shutdowns begin in a month
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Host: Jeremy Bray
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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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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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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
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Global Geek News Podcast #38
Here are the shownotes for episode #38 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #38
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Stories:
- Pirate Bay appeals judge faces ban, works for Spotify
- FCC Chairman wants net neutrality
- Court: bad employees are not hackers
- Lawyer demands jury stops googling
- RIAA’s elementary school copyright curriculum
- Songwriters want paid for 30 second song previews
- Amazon starts AmazonBasics, its private-label consumer electronics line
- Blockbuster to close up to 960 stores
- Hulu tests subscription based service internally
- Student kills intruder with samurai sword after Playstation and laptop are stolen
Tips of the week:
- Identify which end is up on plugs with a drop of glue
- 16 tips for being productive and finding time for everything
Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
Global Geek News Podcast #36
Here are the shownotes for episode #36 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #36
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Stories:
- EA spends 3x more on marketing than development
- PS3 selling more units than the Wii after the price drop
- US Government says all music downloads are theft
- Utah law punishes texting drivers with 15 years in prison
- Don’t like the results of a vanity search? Don’t sue Yahoo
- Wi-fi cafe users love Apple and like to spend
- The Kindle is more environmentally friendly than actual books
- Amazon makes up for 1984 book deletion
- Watching TV while surfing the net? You aren’t alone
- Top developer reveals sad Android Market sales figures
Tip of the week: How to fix the YouTube jumpiness in Firefox
Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
Global Geek News Podcast #35
Here are the shownotes for episode #35 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #35
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Stories:
- Myspace close to acquiring iLike for $20 million
- CBS, Amazon already sniffing around GDGT
- Woman with police monitoring blog arrested
- Gmail pushes past AOL email in the US to become #3
- Your Gmail address could soon become your ID
- Domain tasting killed as fees put an end to the practice
- Open textbooks win over publishers in California
- Texting makes kids dumb according to science
- Crazy prices on Xbox 360 hard drives screw gamers and Microsoft
- Xbox 360 to be the only console that gets Netflix streaming
Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
Global Geek News Podcast #31
Here are the shownotes for episode #31 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #31
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Stories:
- The DiggBar commits career suicide, starts redirecting people to the Digg homepage
- Comcast DNS redirection launched in trial markets
- Commercials start showing up on the Xbox 360 dashboard
- Kazaa does an about face, goes legit with subscription music service
- Amazon remotely deletes 1984 and Animal Farm from customer’s Kindles
- Complete Yale courses available on iTunes U
- Ebay drops listing fees for 5 items a month
- iTunes 8.2.1 break’s the Palm Pre’s much advertised syncing feature
Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
Guests: Walt Ribeiro & Randall Bennett
Global Geek News Podcast #30
Here are the shownotes for episode #30 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #30
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Stories:
- Google announces Chrome OS for netbooks
- Amazon killing mobile apps that use its product data
- Rumor: Amazon looking to buy Netflix
- New algorithm guesses SSNs with your birth date and birth place
- Chegg allows you to rent textbooks Netflix style
- P2P collection costs man huge fine, suspended jail sentence
- Judge rules P2P sites legal and should be presumed innocent
- Teenagers losing interest in illegal file-sharing as streaming gains momentum
- Assaulted by somebody you met online? Don’t sue the website
- Teenager falls down a manhole while texting and walking
Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
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