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( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Vic Toews explains how hackers are a threat to us all . A threat to us all! Khaki Pants Facebook stands up for users’ rights ? That don’t sound right… Oh, they’re also trying to expand their trademark on the word “book” . All is well. Cana-duh DDoS delays NDP leadership e-vote. TPP vs. ACTA. Fight ! Election fraud update: Lawsuits filed to annul results in seven ridings . Goin’ Mobile Here come the Nano-SIMs . Canada cedes domestic smartphone market to iPhone , maintains status as mobile backwater. Tired Old Media Indie filmmaker: Please pirate my movie ! AnandTech takes seven pages to tell us what we already know: Blu-ray is doomed . It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews! Racist Hunger Games fans are disappoint . Our kind of reboot: Creative Commons Canada re-launched . Android user smokes Windows Phone, gets disqualified . The classy thing to do would be to not dredge this up again … Shout-outs Holy shit, we’ve got comments !!1! Thanks to our retweeters , as

( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble A choice sound bite from Copyright Math — the toast of TED, and rightfully so. Cana-duh 10% of Canadians use Netflix . Woo? How that last Federal Election could have turned out . Copyfight Megaupload seizure null and void , says Kiwi judge. Wanna share files? Watch the skies . Goin’ Mobile 10 notable telecom deals in Canada — see a pattern here? Don’t mess with Texas, or at least their smartphone address books . AppleAppleApple A dividend , you say? Well, this is unexpected … It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews! Another comedian discovers Internet distribution. Angry Birds jumps the shark (rather than crashing in to it to advance to the next level). RIM, Samsung sued over emoticons . Is that your muscles flexing or is your tattoo connected to your cell phone somehow ? Cell towers disguised as trees (as opposed to hangers for large advertisements). KONY creator not so good with criticism . Shout-outs This one goes to Mike Vardy, for obvious reasons . Thanks

( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble “… It’s just waiting for us to stop at nothing .” ?? Cana-duh Our man on the Hill Russell McOrmond joins us for a C-11 debrief. Khaki Pants Special Report Is KONY phony ? If you’re interested, Uganda Rising is a better and more timely doc from 2006. Copyfight UK offers sacrificial lamb to appease Hollywood. Despite that, here’s yet another reason why file-sharers won’t be thwarted . AppleAppleApple eBook collusion not an iPad app . About that “ Apple helps free software ” myth… This is also pretty fucked up. Tired Old Media Netflix’s latest disruption is — oh, never mind … Genie noms for best pic suck dick. A cinematic leap for the smartphone? It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews! Haven’t had a JoBlo link in a while… House parties used to be rockin’, not trendin ‘. Web-based FOSS collaborative publishing platform ftw! Homeless hotspots …? Shout-outs A special shout-out this week to our web designer Alex Blackie, who’s recovering from dental surgery . T

( direct link to mp3 ) AppleAppleApple Zomg, new iPad … WHAT DOES MIKE VARDY THINK ?!1! Too bad about that other announcement . Cana-duh 2012 Canada Digital Future in Focus report ? Sounds catchy. P.S. Fuck you , comScore… Uncle Sam seizes Canadian site . Goin’ Mobile 700MHz spectrum auction said to raise $3.5 billion . Tired Old Media Pretty sure this link is about how much digital music sucks. It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews! Cell phone rate calculator scrapped, thanks to lobbyists . Silicon Valley has an Asperger problem . Barack Obama, hipster podcaster . Canadian Ambassador pitches Loonie to Iceland …? Shout-outs High fives to Russell McOrmond , interviewed by Jesse Brown this week! Thanks to our retweeters , as well! Music Mike’s pick this week — Liisten and their track, New Directions . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatcher here . F

( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble A low-fi recording of an actual robo-call, courtesy of The Tronno Star . Cana-duh Election fraud? Call Robocop! I mean, cop robo-calls ? Vikileaks linked to Liberal staffer . But the good news about C-30: The other guy blinked . Priva-see Last day to skirt Google’s new data -collection policy. kinda . Facebook likes your SMS . Your tweets to be fondled by marketing firms. Copyfight CIMA takes on the internets . isoHunt takes on the labels . HTML5 can has DRM ? Goin’ Mobile Slideshow: Notable handsets from this year’s Mobile World Congress . Missing from that gallery: Nokia’s swan song . The best stats from Tomi Ahonen’s new eBook. AppleAppleApple Just don’t call it a 3-peat . Srsly, that shit’s trademarked. PR disaster relief efforts to begin at Foxconn. Tired Old Media Kickstarter to provide more funding than National Endowment of the Arts this year. Some Mac fag gets eBooks half-right . It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews! PayPal polices putrid porn e-pub