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Episode 200 - Automatic for the Earbuds

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( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble History in the making, as Anth and Mike kick-off Episode #1 . Full Dysclosure (!!!) Apple wins big against Samsung — or does it ? Techdirt turned 15 this week. Dr. Geist is running for a spot on the CIRA board . Wait, border agents can torture us now …? What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been A look back at some of our favourite moments, including… Currie’s cat takes the mic . A historic meetup at Podcamp Toronto . Mike makes the unfortunate choice to mention the speakers’ room . You asked for it, Ontario Liberal Party… Five live from PAB 2011 . Mike and Shane go at it over Mike Daisey’s one-man show . Pew Pew! Oh, HELL no … The future of App.net, today ! I see what you did there . Only in Japan: The poo-powered motorcycle . Shout-outs A special thanks to the redditors who gave us direction on this anniversary podcast. Music 20lb Sounds, with their pay-what-you-want track, Change . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc chann

Episode 199 - Bite Moi

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( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Julian Assange calls for the release of Bradley Manning , via YouTube . Might as well chat about this for a bit… Cana-duh Politically correct? Racist? Why not both ? Jesse Brown proves it yet again: we’re a backwater . Priva-see Rise of the license plate readers . Cana-duh version here . Copyfight How Hollywood money put a Brit behind bars . Khaki Pants Hope y’all like Tweetdeck … Goin’ Mobile In the absence of a verdict in Apple v. Samsung , we’ll give you ours. P.S. Shit just got real for Apple . Ego Stroke How podcasting hijacked radio . Pew-Pew! Pussy Riot’s Canadian connection . Android powers Nikon now — or at least one of ’em . FSF gets into the logo biz . Worst social media gig ever . Shout-outs Our humble subreddit, now thirty members strong . Here’s a little token of Mr. Currie’s appreciation. Music From Jamendo, This Public Life with their free track bombs away . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel

Episode 198 - Frenemy Of The State

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( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble An excerpt from Kirby Ferguson’s “ Embrace the remix ” TED Talk. Cana-duh Open WiFi hotspot equals dead end on the hunt for Pierre Poutine. Survey of BitTorrent throttling — how did Cana-duh fare ? Copyfight Surfthechannel… in prison . Google updates search juju to nix “pirate sites” (except YouTube ). Priva-see Creepy spying system revealed by Wikileaks, followed by DDoS . I know what you downloaded on BitTorrent this summer. The Before Time, The Long Long Ago Ars Technica tracks market share over 35 years of personal computing. An unexpected ass-kicking . Goin’ Mobile Tomi Ahonen describes the forthcoming “ mobile moment “. The NeverEnding Story How is this even a doomsday device? Assange finds safe haven in Ecuador . Google’s autonomous cars log 300K accident-free miles . Policing for local sock puppets ftw! Shout-outs Feedback on our last podcast from our man on the Hill . Have you joined r/dyscultured yet? Music From their album Departing , h

Episode 197 - Be Vewy Vewy Quiet...

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( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Mission Control reacts to Curiosity’s landing on Mars, via YouTube . Copyfight Dark days for Demonoid . New French government not impressed by Hadopi . MPAA uses “ surrogates “…? Priva-see How to protect yourself in the cloud . IP Nightly (too obscure?) Shit’s about to get real over Cana-duh’s postal codes . Patent wars: the silly and the sleaze . We’re The UN, Bitch! Should The United Nations control our Internets ? Goin’ Mobile Fear and loathing… of Huawei . Two takes on the Chatr debacle. Thanks For The Memory The TRS-80 turns 35 . Pew-Pew! Mobile phones are ruining stand-up comedy (except that they’re not)! When WiFi hotspots go rogue . Creative Commons makes choosing copyleft easier . A million new torrents from the Internet Archive . Shout-outs Freedom beards… fight ! Have you joined r/dyscultured yet? Music The Wavers with their free track, Surf-o-nauta . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime —

Episode 196 - I Trained My Entire Life For This

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( direct link to mp3 ) Preamble NBC on Tim Berners-Lee, via Ethan Klapper’s Tumblr . Goin’ For Gold Twitter account suspended in US&A. Twitter user arrested in UK. Everyone at the games ask to tweet only when absolutely necessary . Tired old broadcaster posts results of race 12 hours before airing it . Blast Into Books Won’t someone think of the professional writers ?!! Here’s someone who had a book deal, then self-published anyway . Copyfight Music cartel uses Pirate Bay booty to fund future lawsuits . The more you know: Most file-sharing happens offline . Priva-see Cute chat site can save lives, overthrow governments. Goin’ Mobile Apple and Microsoft’s plan to destroy Android . New “for life” promos on the way from upstart carriers. It’s Not News, It’s Pew-Pews Great idea , will never happen. Zomg, Cana-duh’s Senate is hiding information about the Senate ! A stay of execution for the penny . Kopimism kovered in The New York Times . Shout-outs No idea who this seraphic77 char