Episode 165 - Have a Jolly Rogers Xmas!

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Oh Cana-duh

• Bell to stop Internet Throttling. Related: Dyscultured to stop linking to HuffPo…
• Canadian parents, you so crazy.

Copyfight

• Homeland security and (wait for it) the RIAA caught downloading torrents.
• And in case you were wondering, nothing for CRIA.ca … yet.
• SOPA says follow the money. That money comes from us, you know.

Navel-Gazing 2011

• The parable of RIM.
• The Canadian who wrecked Nokia.
• My kind of holiday wish list.

Goin’ Mobile

• Great news: The other guy blinked.
• Potentially not so great news (could be, though).
• Mobile “phone” is now a misnomer.

AppleAppleApple

• Alarmist headline of the week: If Apple wins, we all lose.
• Not content to sue device makers, Apple goes after the W3C.
• But I’m totally getting that graphic novel when it comes out…

Pew Pew

• Who will save us from the app-ocalypse?
• Like we didn’t see this coming…
• SRSLY, @ $500 UR CUTOFF.
• How is this even a story?
• Don’t call it a comeback. Seriously, don’t.
• Channeling FARK: Tomorrow’s SOPA hearing has been cancelled!

Music

• Straight from the pages of TorrentFreak we bring you Dan Bull and his new track SOPA Cabana.

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