28Jul/090
Global Geek News Podcast #32
Here are the shownotes for episode #32 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #32
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Stories:
- Major war averted? AT&T restores access to 4chan
- Netflix prize comes to a buzzer beater finish
- AOL may spin-off Bebo into independent company
- Skype threatens Russian national security
- Facebook goes on the record about ad claims
- Microsoft caves to the EU, offers browser ballot
- Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing
- Palm plays cat-and-mouse with Apple, re-enables iTunes sync
- AMD ships 500 millionth x86 processor
- Online ad revenues at the New York Times dropping like a rock
Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
Tagged as: 4chan, ads, AMD, Apple, AT&T, broswer ballot, choose your browser on Windows 7, EU, Facebook, hunger strike, iTunes, Microsoft, music industry, national security, Netflix, Netflix million dollar prize, New York Times, Online ad revenues, Palm Pre, piracy, recommendation improvements, Russia, Skype, sync, Windows 7, Windows 7 RTM, x86 processor
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28Apr/090
Global Geek News Podcast #22
Here are the shownotes for episode #22 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #22
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- Study finds pirates buy 10x more music online than non-pirates
- $62,000 movie download a result of poor travel planning
- Gamefly: USPS handles DVD rentals with kid gloves, ignores us
- Sony sued for cheating man out of rumble patents
- Facebook users get worse grades in college
- BYU Professor: Universities will be irrelevant by 2020
- Apple lays off 1600 employees
- Yahoo quietly pulls the plug on Geocities
- Journalism Online: Time to start paying for online news
Hosts: Jeremy Bray and Wesley Faulkner
Tagged as: $62000, AMD, antitrust law, Apple, Apple layoffs, baby shacking app, bad college grades, Blockbuster, BYU, DualShock, dvd rentals, EU, European Union hits Intel with antitrust violations, Facebook, game rentals, Gamefly, Immersion, Intel, mobile data card fees, Netflix, patent lawsuit, pay per article, paying for online news, PDP/Electrosource, pirates by more music, rumble, Sony, subscription fees, universities to be replaced by technology, US Postal Service, USPS, Yahoo kills geocities
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2Jan/090
Global Geek News #11
Here are the shownotes for episode #11 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #11
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- Windows XP gets 4 more months of life
- Australia to block BitTorrent
- EA comes to Steam with no DRM
- Abit closing its doors
- “I’m a Linux” videos coming
- Using speed cameras to send tickets to your enemies
- New York City to get LED street lighting
- Video games may be good for aging brains
- The RIAA Changes tactics
- Warner Music Group and Youtube can’t agree, music pulled from YouTube
- Teen file-sharing up 46%
Hosts: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray & Wesley Faulkner
25Dec/070
Global Geek News Podcast #4
Here are the show notes for episode #4 of the Global Geek News Podcast:
Global Geek News – Show #4
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- Britons sending A Billion text messages weekly
- FTC fines Do Not Call registry offenders
- Blu-ray’s DRM defeated with crack of BD+
- P2P war continues; Demonoid knocked out again
- P2P users buy more music
- Target won’t carry Manhunt 2
- Google at the gas pump
- AMD taps graphics chip for date-crunching
- Microsoft to release two security updates next week
- Tivo to offer advertisers user data
- Blockbuster tests pricing, new format in stores
Hosts: Jeremy Bray
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