Dyscultured

(direct link to mp3 ) (Google+ Hangout here ) Preamble Seth MacFarlane hosts the Oscars, with predictable results . Cana-duh Security threat: user-generated Counter-Strike map of a Montréal Metro station . Priva-see Put another way, cops need a warrant for password-protected phones. By the way, here’s what the cops can get from a typical cell phone search. Khaki Pants “ Hey Craig, do you like penis-shaped waffles ?” Freedom Ontario Greens lead the way with their policy for open-source software . Copyfight “Six strikes” scheme underway in the US and A . Going Mobile Firefox OS officially official at MWC. Pew-Pew Rogers support rep states the obvious on reddit AMA. Internet Archive salaries to be paid in Bitcoin . Bonuses by Flattr? Boffins closer to a socially responsible mobile phone . Yes, I said “boffins”… Motherfucking 3-D printed car ! Shout-outs Our Facebook page stays (WARNING: link to Facebook). Music The Beatles’ first s...

(direct link to mp3 ) Preamble RMR just over a few week behind on Canada’s Wireless Charter . Cana-duh Apparently Canadians can now Google a lawyer . Copyfight IIPA’s demands for a compliant Cana-duh . Privacy The rise of Russian dash-cams , and what it means for everybody else. Going Mobile The latest failings of Android , iOS and BlackBerry. Khaki Pants Facebook gets a multibillion-dollar tax break . Thanks For The Memory Posterous put out to pasture . Pew-Pew Camover crosses the pond to the US and A . Support for Aaron Swartz from a surprising quarter. Sleep texting . Everybody panic! Chubby Checker sues two companies for $500 million over wang-measuring app downloaded 84 times . Shout-outs Mark ST on kiddie porn and censorship . Music Fuck the Harlem Shake. Here’s the Berlin Grünt . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. Stay in Touch Subscribe to the blog here . Point your podcatc...

(direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Just Celine Dion singing in Mandarin for Chinese New Year. Cana-duh Bill C-30 is finally dead . Or is it ? Privacy Cryptocat author finds himself with backdoored computer . Links to relevant high-level discussion here . Copyfight TPB AFK. Watch on YouTube , or BitTorrent that shit like a boss. Patently Absurd So patent trolls are after podcasters now . Khaki Pants William Shatner exposes the darker side of reddit . Going Mobile “Customers don’t want caps on monthly bills”, say douchebag carriers . Pew-Pew BlackBerry’s new creative director tweets from iPhone, blames hackers . From the obvious department: The Real threat to Internet Piracy . G4 rebranded as (wait for it) “ The Esquire Network “. AOL’s main revenue source is dial-up service. Still . Shout-outs Mark Blevis schools us on tithing . Music Hayden’s got a new album out and Currie paid for the lead-off track, called “Motel”. Dyscuss So...

(direct link to mp3 ) Preamble Meanwhile,  in ‘Murica …. Cana-duh Revenue Canada drone fired over video game he made about being a drone at Revenue Canada . Copyfight RIAA set for historic 10,000,000th website takedown . Khaki Pants HuffPo and The Verge attempt to make blog comments smarter . Tired Old Media How Netflix turns users into puppets . Going Mobile Tomi Ahonen weighs in on “upstart” mobile OSes , including Jolla, BlackBerry (!) Pew-Pew Windows on Android? Wine not ? Nokia’s latest innovation: reviewing its own products . Redditor waitress seeks justice on interwebs, gets fired instead . Haw-haw! CES fires CNET , spurned journo gets better gig . Shout-outs A reminder that we’ve at least one listener in the Northwest Territories. Music Jamendo tweet yields awesome dubstep track — DJ Rapture, Start of a New Wub . Dyscuss Something to say? Leave a comment below. Come hang in our irc channel anytime — #dyscultured @ irc.zeronode.net. St...