Episode 214 - How Does a Ferret Explain Its Needs to a German?

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Preamble

• Privileged brats hurl $700 iPhones at Justin Bieber, with predictable results.

Cana-duh

• A sad sign of the times from Teksavvy. What’s a torrenter to do? Try this, this or possibly this.

Copyfight

• Darknet predicted by Microsoft engineers a decade ago.

Priva-see

• Differing opinions on the ITU’s secret meetings in Dubai.

Freedom!

• Bitcoin adoption is right on schedule.

Going Mobile

• Ingress, the future of location tracking — er, “gaming”?

Tired Old Media

• Radiohead donates program sound to fan-sourced concert film.

Pew-Pew

• Barnes & Noble’s DRM fail.
• Are smartphones computers? Almost.
• Whoops, there he is…
• Amidst opposition, Germany does right by our furry friends.

Shout-outs

• Our producineer explains this tweet.

Music

• Clayton Blizzard, “New Strings On An Old Guitar“.

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