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
For more news, check out the Global Geek News Blog
Global Geek News Podcast #43
Here are the shownotes for episode #43 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #43
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Stories:
- Only 3% of Americans think it should be legal to text while driving
- 5 million Star Trek pirates vs 1 FCC broadband plan
- uTorrent 2.0 to eliminate the need for ISP throttling
- The Pirate Bay founders are banned from running the site
- NSA to store yottabytes of surveillance data in Utah
- Britain in trouble over Phorm
- Teen sues school over punishment for racy Myspace pics
- Cellphone holsters may reduce bone density
- Nokia kills off n-Gage
- Nintendo earnings fall for the first time in six years
- PC manufacture bloatware ads minutes to boot time
Tip of the week: 10 Apps that boost your media center
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Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
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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 #25
Here are the shownotes for episode #25 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #25
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- Windows 7 to ship October 22nd
- Microsoft announces Project Natal for the Xbox360
- Tetris turns 25
- Anti-piracy groups target Australia’s children
- The FCC reserves the right to search your home at any time
- Texas blogger jailed after failing to turn her PC over to the judge
- Time Warner’s ToS changes could mean tiered pricing, throttling
- Time Warner gives up on AOL
- CircuitCity.com comes back online
Hosts: Jeremy Bray and Wesley Faulkner
Global Geek News Podcast #20
Here are the shownotes for episode #20 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #20
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- Dice.com shows a 45% drop in tech jobs
- Blockbuster is on its deathbed
- Circuit City looks to rise again
- Time Warner Cable says it singled out Austin’s geeks
- Apple and Stanford offering free iPhone development classes on iTunes
- Apple’s legal showdown over multitouch begins
- FCC asked to investigate AT&T for Skype iPhone restrictions
- Radiohead to testify against the RIAA
- Microsoft boasts that 96% of netbooks run Windows
Hosts: Jeremy Bray and Wesley Faulkner
Global Geek News #15 with special guest Walt Ribeiro!
Here are the shownotes for episode #15 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #15
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- Google Earth lets you explore the oceans and Mars
- Google launches Latitude, a Loopt competitor
- Report claims 14.6 million netbooks shipped in 2008 with more growth expected
- One in three broadband subscribers is a pirate
- Vuze calls for FCC probe of Cox Cable’s traffic management
- Court: No right to shout “douchebag” in a crowded blog
- What you get with a $5 Garageband Artist Lesson
- Video games outsell DVD and Blu-ray for the first time in 2008
Hosts: Jeremy Bray and Wesley Faulkner
Special Guest: Walt Ribeiro
Music: Rush by Walt Ribeiro
Global Geek News #14
Here are the shownotes for episode #14 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #14
Podcast Feed:
- 2/3 of Americans without broadband don’t want it
- Windows 7 App Store hinted at by Microsoft survey
- Obama looking at Open Source
- YouTube to let big content providers bring their own ads
- FCC asks if Comcast slows rival VoIP traffic
- 6 million households still not ready for the DTV switch
Hosts: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray & Wesley Faulkner
Music by Walt Ribeiro
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