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Episode 191 - It's a TraPP!

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( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Just some racial profiling at an AppleAppleApple Store in the US and A. WSBTV News, you’re doing it right! Cana-duh Harper desperately wanted in on Pacific trade pact that doesn’t include China. Senator’s social media fail . Copyfight Woz dishes on his Dotcom bromance . So BitTorrent is apparently illegal now ? Priva-see Stay classy, United Nations . OpenMedia’s first international campaign ? Khaki Pants How much data we generate every minute . Farcebook’s latest faux-pas . AppleAppleApple Genius Bar = Foxconn ? Now with bonus blowback link ! Racial profiling and now wallet profiling too? Goin’ Mobile So Google I/O started today . Mobile retail in western world to finally catch up to Japan . Thanks For The Memory Search Engine goes out in style . The NeverEnding Story Toews: So privacy at the airport is an issue, then? Trent U. says no to Access Copyright. Nvidia’s binary blobs cost it a big chip deal in China . ACTA almost dead in EU. Shout-outs

Episode 190 - Backwater Bitches 7

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( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Linus Torvalds has some strong words for Nvidia, via YouTube . Copyfight How thousands of Canadians changed the copyright debate (only thousands?). Currie’s still working on converting that Share Or Die book to EPUB; here’s what he’s reading in the meantime. Cana-duh Thanks to Charest we’re now on the UN’s human rights watchlist . Charest & Harper’s response? Condemn the UN . Cana-duh invited to “prized” TPP talks . Why we won’t be saying much at Ottawa’s airport . Oh, and our government has asked Google to censor the Internet , too. Tired Old Media Netflix: “We own your viewing history, bitches …” Paramount halts TMNT reboot, cites “ script issues “. Goin’ Mobile Microsoft Surface and the Nexus Tablet are coming; does anybody care ? Finally, a use for WiMax . It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews! The thing about Internet memes is that they’re usually funny . Domain name madness, by the numbers . NSA: “We could tell you how we violated your privacy, b

Episode 189 - Wood is Dead

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( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble The Verge’s Joshua Topolsky owns Hollywood’s Ari Emanuel . Copyfight Copyright in Canada goes batshit insane . SOPA, Canada style ( Geist version ). Cana-duh Québec’s summer of unrest . We’ll put Toronto on lockdown lest our feelings get hurt . Tired Old Media More like Jean Pierre Bias — amirite? TV biz “ starting to collapse “. Starting to…? Goin’ Mobile Mobile Internet sharing a great idea; in practice , not so much. Some more fun stats from everyone’s favourite Nokia-hating Finn. It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews! Smart judge is smart . Well, so much for Ultrabooks . New Ninja something something — whatever, it’s a JoBlo link . Here come the supertrees . Shout-outs Props to Jim Henshaw for the next title on my reading list . Thanks to our retweeters , as well! Check out Anth’s new Facebook project . Music From Rathole Radio 79 here’s unsigned artist Sam Page with his free download track, Lottery . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Com