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(direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Rowan Atkinson talks free speech, via YouTube . Cana-duh Bell-Astral deal denied by CRTC . Cyber-security in Cana-duh: office hours only . Priva-see Office drones entitled to privacy on workplace computers, says Supreme Court . Freedom! Icelanders approve crowd-sourced constitution . Arduino Due is here! Khaki Pants Microsoft gambles on a touch-based future . Going Mobile WIND now 100% foreign-owned . Square is coming to Cana-duh; here’s what you need to know . AppleAppleApple (insert mandatory iPad Mini discussion here) Cupertino’s secrecy dashed by Canadian bloggers ? reddit FTW Amazon user gets account suspended , then restored . Free online education deemed illegal in Minnesota , then not so much . OpenMedia does an AMA . Pew-Pew Samsung plays to Korea’s strengths . Shout-outs You had Currie at “ questions about cell phones “… Music Here’s the first track from the new Brad Sucks album. Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in

(direct link to mp3 ) Preamble SNL in a rare moment of relevance, via Gary Miller . Cana-duh When Cana-duh cops can’t, Anonymous can . TL;DR Secret trade agreements = dubious copyright reform. Again . Copyfight Digitizing books fair use , says federal court in US and A. Priva-see Of Gawker reddit and creepshots . Khaki Pants  Wikileaks introduces paywall, with predictable results . Going Mobile WIND vs hot air in Whistler . P.S. If there’s a Mobilicity tower nearby you might want to consider this deal . Freedom! BC to offer free textbooks online . Save your forks for a generous helping of Raspberry Pi . Thanks For The Memory Who is was Paddy Roy Bates , anyway? Pew-Pew Another consultation ? Yay! Phone company to woman: “You owe us more than the GDP of France .” UK does the right thing, blocks extradition of l33t h@X0r . There’s DRM for 3D printers now. Shout-outs Music Jonathan Coulton re-records Code Monkey for Slashdot’s 15th Birthday. Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment

(direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Congressman Mike Rogers on Huawei, via 60 Minutes . Cana-duh TPP to be CanCon-free . Priva-see RFID chips? Attendance-based funding? Must be ‘mericuh . Khaki Pants You had me at Pinteresque … The Before Time, The Long Long Ago Remembering your first computer? Who cares ! Going Mobile More on Huawei’s struggles in Cana-duh. Fun facts on mobile from Tomi Ahonen’s new book . Freedom! The dramatic growth of Open Access . It’s the Humble eBook Bundle . Pew-Pew Mobile phones now cheap enough to be magazine inserts . For your empty life, the Facebook jacket . Suing Google for data retention ? Good luck with that. Chicago cab companies sue Uber . Shout-outs Currie is dying to know how this turned out … Music Ambient + Reggae = herr gau, with the free track always the sun . What was that Y again ? Arduino the Documentary is here  http://vimeo.com/18539129  . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ i

(direct link to mp3 ) Preamble A rare Jesse Brown sighting on TVO’s The Agenda, via YouTube . Cana-duh All about Wentegate (with apologies to JJarmasz ). CRTC is changing , cronyism maybe not so much … Speaking of Journalism US Military classifies Assange, Wikileaks as “ Enemies of the State “. Copyfight Lessons learned from K-pop . Sound familiar? Pirate Bay Founder remains in custody without charges . Going Mobile The cost of charging up that iPhone (and other mobile devices). Mobile patent wars take an unexpected turn . Freedom! Finnish teachers, students create copyleft textbook (direct link here ). Largely irrelevant info for Linux n00bs; better links here and here . Pew-Pew Canadian Government caught “sponsoring” The Pirate Bay . Employers treat border guards like they treat us . Patent Absurdity reaches GoDaddy . Meanwhile in Europe, the road train . Shout-outs Commenter Mark ST wants more e-waste (or discussion thereof). Music Elliott BROOD with their cover of Ziggy Stard