Episode 135 - A Whole New Level Of Suck

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Show Notes:

Off The Top

• Happy Towel Day! WTF is Towel Day?
• Zomg, Jon Stewart features Canada on The Daily Show!!1! Oh, I see…
• Doctorow declines Sarkozy’s invitation to Paris, calls it a “whitewash“.
• Victoria Newspaper goes behind paywall. Link unavailable (jk).
• Go, um… ‘Nucks? And now, Currie will explain everything that’s wrong with hockey and how to fix it.

Copywrongs

• As recording industry “crumbled”, top execs made millions.
• Not content to sue single moms, RIAA takes on the cloud.
• Head of Canada’s largest theatre chain says digital movie law would protect jobs. Now mop up that vomit!
• Hangover 2 can still be released, but tattoo artist’s copyright claim may prevail.
• When is sharing stealing? Answer: NEVER.

AppleAppleApple

• But you know, it’s totally not a cult…
• Court orders Samsung to show his Steve-ness their unreleased devices. How is this even possible?
• Two more deaths at Foxconn factory.
• But this makes it all worth it: Yup, iPad Games for Cats.

Non-Hipster Tech News

• Skype-rosoft: It begins.
• This Transformer is not a movie and doesn’t suck.
• No movie rentals from Google on rooted devices.
• Mobilicity backs Bill 133. WTF is Bill 133?

Pew Pew!

• The Crapture postponed until October.
• Frickin’ lasers for internets.
• I see last week’s Linux-terminal-in-a-browser and raise you one GUI-open-source-desktop-OS-in-a-browser.
• Tablets, smartphones used more in bathrooms than boardrooms.
• Headlines that wouldn’t have made any sense 10 years ago: Twitter acquires TweetDeck.
• ‘Neuromancer’ goes into pre-production.
• CBC cools on 3D.
• Fuck you, Funnyjunk — I already read it on reddit.

Music

• Girl Talk: “On and On” from his latest album, All Day.

Shout-Outs – Holy Shit!

• Linux Outlaws 208.
• mintCast Episode 66.
• Canadian Podcast Buffet 183.

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Up Next:

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