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Global Geek News Podcast #32
Jul 28th
Posted by Jeremy Bray in podcast
Here are the shownotes for episode #32 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
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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
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
Global Geek News Podcast #21
Apr 24th
Posted by Jeremy Bray in podcast
Here are the shownotes for episode #21 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
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Stories:
- 83% of businesses won’t deploy Windows 7 next year
- Twitter worm attacks continue
- Skype founders looking to buy Skype back from Ebay
- CompUSA comes back from the dead with 30 new stores
- Systemax buys Circuit City’s brand and domain name
- Sony in talks to offer free, full-length movies on YouTube
- France slaps down proposed anti-piracy bill
- Court: Your Myspace page isn’t private
- Barnes & Noble may jump into the e-reader market
- 72% of guys prefer gaming to their girlfriend
Hosts: Jeremy Bray and Wesley Faulkner
3 strikes anti-piracy bill, Barnes & Nobel e-reader, Best Buy, Circuit City, Circuit City could be coming back, CompUSA, CompUSA opening stores, Ebay, France 3 strikes law, Guys prefer gaming to sex, Microsoft, Myspace posts aren't private, Playstation 3, PS3, PSP, Skype, Skype to be bought by Skype founders, Sony, Sony putting free movies on YouTube, Systemax, Tigerdirect, Twitter worm, Windows 7, Windows 7 corporate adoption, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Global Geek News Podcast #20
Apr 13th
Posted by Jeremy Bray in podcast
Here are the shownotes for episode #20 for the Global Geek News Podcast.
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Stories:
- 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
anti-competitive, Apple, Austin Texas, Blockbuster, Blockbuster dies, Blockbuster dying, Circuit City, circuitcity.com, Dice.com, economy, Elan Microelectronics, FCC, fewer tech jobs, Geeks, iPhone, Microsoft, multitouch, netbook, netbook os marketshare, Radiohead, recession, RIAA, Skype, Stanford, Synaptics, Time Warner Cable
