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Global Geek News Podcast #54
Feb 3rd
Here are the shownotes for episode #54 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
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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 #48
Dec 15th
Here are the shownotes for episode #48 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
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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
Dec 8th
Here are the shownotes for episode #47 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
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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 #10
Oct 21st
Here are the shownotes for episode #10 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #10
Podcast Feed: 
- P2P traffic to grow by 400% in 5 years
- P2P compliance: Schools seeing red as they shell out the green
- Global Anti-Piracy Day
- Sony says all your actions are belong to us
- Google releases Android source code
- E3 goes back to the big show, opens up to the public
- iList debuts social classifieds
- Kentucky judge upholds state’s gambling domain grab
- New PSP units suffer from major interlacing problem
- Microsoft proposes phones that tap and rub to get your attention
Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray – Follow me on Twitter!
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