Global Geek News Podcast #54
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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 #53
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Global Geek News #53
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Stories:
- E-reader owners buy more books
- New York Times will start charging for online news in 2011
- Microsoft asks users to dump IE6, XP because of security problems
- Microsoft merges Zune Software and Xbox teams
- Microsoft may drop points system from Xbox, Zune
- Study: Gamers have bigger brains, better learners
- Kids less happy as they are more plugged in to music/tv/web?
- Larry and Sergey plan to give up control of Google
- Judge cuts P2P lawsuit damages by 97%
- Court: WHOIS privacy is illegal for spammers
- Hulu considering $5/mo charge for older episodes
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Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner
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Global Geek News Podcast #52
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Global Geek News #52
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Stories:
- Judge: RealNetworks caused its own legal problems
- Politicians worldwide start asking questions about ACTA
- Prove piracy losses says digital economy bill
- BREIN shuts down 393 torrent sites, nobody notices
- Microsoft patents DRM’d torrents
- Site’s terms of service still enforceable even if users don’t read them
- Court unfriendly to the FCC’s internet slap at Comcast
- New scanners break child porn laws
- Judge: Subway system can’t ban violent video game ads
- Netflix coming to the Nintendo Wii
- DirecTV launching 3 dedicated 3D channels this year
- State of the vlogosphere
- Android demand up 250%, iPhone down
- Why Microsoft killed upgrade versions for Office 2010
Tips of the Week:
- Vacuum-seal your electronics for temporary protection
- Get free access to pay-walled content with a simple Google hack
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Host: Jeremy Bray
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Global Geek News Podcast #51
Here are the shownotes for episode #51 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
Global Geek News #51
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Stories:
- Seesmic acquires Ping.fm
- Avatar makes $1 billion in 17 days
- 2016 bug hits text messages, payment processing
- IE loses more marketshare as Chrome passes Safari
- Middle aged people unimpressed with modern technology
- Steve Jobs declared Person of the Decade
- The tyranny of government and our duty of confidentiality as bloggers
- China arrests thousands in internet porn crackdown
- Fugitive tracked down through WoW, arrested
- EA closing multiplayer servers for 20 games
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Global Geek News Podcast #44
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Global Geek News #44
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Stories:
- nVidia denies x86 chip rumors, pushes Fermi back to 2010
- Got friends? Now you can thank Facebook
- Myspace traffic drop costs News Corp. $100 million
- Sony’s PSPgo sells 28,000 units in Japan on launch day, physical media points and laughs
- Inventor of cell phones say they have become too complicated
- Apple’s hypocrisy continues, approves Mein Kampf for the App Store
- Why you should think twice before dating an iPhone user
- Comcast’s new throttling plan uses triggers to throttle bandwidth
- Secret anti-piracy treaty turns ISPs into cops or pirates
- Anti-piracy group throws in the towel, pirates walk free
Tip of the week: 100 Open Technology Courses
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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 #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
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 Podcast #29
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Global Geek News #29
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- Europe gets handset makers to agree to universal charger
- Next tech IPO: LogMeIn
- Acer set to overtake Dell as #2 PC maker
- The Simpsons gets higher ad rates on Hulu than on TV
- Netbook study finds most netbook owners don’t know what netbooks are
- EA’s new motto: Please pirate our games… er, storefronts
- Judge thinks linking to copyrighted material should be illegal
- Dutch government wants to tax online media to fund print media
- Google’s mobile Adsense now in public beta
- Ad networks the laggards in Jackson traffic spike
Not only that, but we will talk PC buying tips to save you money!
Hosts: Jeremy Bray and 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
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