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 #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 #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 #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
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 #10
Here are the shownotes for episode #10 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #10
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- 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!
Global Geek News #7
Here are the show notes for episode #7 of the Global Geek News Podcast:
Global Geek News – Show #7
Podcast Feed:
- Yahoo-Microsoft Battle Bolsters Google
- Does Ballmer Need To Go?
- File-Sharer Convicted in Sweden’s Biggest P2P Case
- Zune 2.5 Update Brings TV Shows, More Social Networking, Improved Software Features
- CompUSA: It Lives!
- Yahoo To Flag Malware Sites In Search Results
- Activision/Blizzard leaves, still hopes to profit from ESA
- Blu-ray hits bumps in the road to HD market dominance
- NBC using YouTube clips to drive Hulu traffic
- RIAA: Piracy fight more important than net neutrality bill
- New Microsoft law enforcement tool bypasses PC security
Hosts: Jeremy Bray & Larry Miller
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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