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( direct link to mp3 ) AppleAppleApple iBooks 2, not cool . Can Apple even be stopped at this point? Copyfight Hollywood bites back; MegaUpload shut down ., with predictable results . Lobbyists gone wild . Great, there’s a RE-copyright now… Canada-duh Fincky-dink is gone; where the fuck did they get this guy ? A SOPA to call our own . They always come in Cs … A whistleblower’s open letter to Canada . Canadian resident sentenced to death for writing a computer program . Priva-see Can’t opt out of that , no can do. Goin’ Mobile RIM’s co-CEOs resign , with predictable results . Pew-Pew! Hashtags gone wild . Windows Phone tops in 2015, says Microsoft-commissioned study . Rogers’ new cancellation policy in da house! CRTC has strong words for Rogers (and not much else). So that’s why Apple Stores are so popular… Shout-outs Currie needs more direction on this tweet from SimonLR . Thanks to our retweeters , too. Music This week w...

( direct link to mp3 ) Copyfight And… blackout ! SOPA/PIPA sponsors drop like flies . Yet it’s business as usual at Facebook, Google (Canada), HuffPo, Twitter… Canada-duh Election laws they are a-changin ‘… Identi.ca’s Evan Prodromou offers a hand to Google . iWeb begets Funio . Funny story about that… Goin’ Mobile Samsung not a suitor for beleaguered RIM. AppleAppleApple Cupertino responds to This American Life . “ I visited the Apple campus but that’s all I’m allowed to say. “ “Wow, this iPad 2 sure is heavy …” But this has to be TEH BEST APP EVAR !!1! Pew-Pew! The continuing pornification of tech. Early candidate for understatement of the year: Rogers price hike not well received by users . Meanwhile, Shaw fucks over Mountain Cable refugees (like Anth). Bell Media the king of streaming video in Cana-duh. For those who know better, The Pirate Bay has good news . More on magnet links here . H...

( direct link to mp3 ) Canada-duh OpenMedia to bring spectrum auction issues to a wider audience . A dystopian future for Canada’s Internet . TPP — another acronym to be afraid of. “Storied” Canadian Indie publisher gobbled up by Bertelsmann AG . Copyfight Some of the stuff that should have entered the public domain on January 1st but didn’t . From the obvious department: “ Hollywood must build a better BitTorrent .” Another petition to stop SOPA. From Hollywood Unions . Goin’ Mobile Activism comes to Android with Boycott SOPA app . Upstart Canadian carrier Mobilicity is becoming a train wreck . Social data too ? Jesus… Barnes & Noble an unlikely hero in pushback to Microsoft protection racket — some background and the latest developments . AppleAppleApple Siri to dominate CES ? Mmkay… Why Canada should care about iPhone for T-Mobile USA . Anybody catch This American Life recently? Pew-Pew! Bell assigns escort service n...

( direct link to mp3 ) Andrew isn’t here, Anth is here but in Vegas and all things considered it’s amazing we connected this week at all. But we did, and we talked about Canada, mobile and more movies and TV stuff than usual. Not to mention bringing back a really old segment. We’ll be here with another with a live episode next Wednesday, so join us for Episode 168. Off the Top We’ve told you had bad Rogers is…now let Floyd Canada-Duh New Internet pricing rules spark jump in customer bills If Canada is Google’s sweetheart, why is access still a problem? How a Montreal company won the race to build the world’s cheapest tablet Mobilicious Apple Didn’t Invent the All-Touch Phone Wheel of Pop First up: Movies Then: Television Then we finish up with music…which is finished in its present state of distribution, by the way Pew Pews Occupy-tional Hazard I wonder how many people care about this one. My “Curiousity” is piqued. PayPal: B...

( direct link to mp3 ) The Annual Stocking Stuffer Episode In the tradition of Stocking Stuffer episodes past, the boys all pitch in for a holiday-themed Drop-Boxing Day episode. It’s a shorter episode than most, so grab a cup of holiday cheer and enjoy! We’ll be back with a live episode next Wednesday, so join us as we ring in 2012 with Episode 167. (Incidentally, Mike does not do what Anth asked. Not in the least.) 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 podcatcher here . Follow the team on Twitter: @acurrie @anthonymarco @mikevardy @shanebee

( direct link to mp3 ) 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...

User Message/Tweet When @therealmichaelm RT @anthonymarco : RIM turns down Amazon merger advancements: sources http://t.co/B02u9jbk #dys165 really RIM? You dumb A**es about 14 hours ago @anthonymarco RIM turns down Amazon merger advancements: sources http://t.co/C0uUhrO4 #dys165 about 15 hours ago @Dyscultured RT @thenextweb : Tomorrow’s SOPA hearing has been cancelled http://t.co/IHf5ZjhD by @CBM on @TNWinsider #dys165 about 16 hours ago @acurrie Damn. RT @MobileSyrup : WIND “in talks to buy Mobilicity”, says Bloomberg http://t.co/vNaG6K5i #dys165 about 20 hours ago @jjarmasz Suddenly glad I went with WIND… #dys165 RT @MobileSyrup : WIND “in talks to buy Mobilicity”, says Bloomberg http://t.co/qHkjxDGU about 20 hours ago @Dyscultured What to expect at CES this year (and in Canada 6-12 months later). | @TechCrunch http://t.co/ER9aU3iS #dys165 ^AC 1 day ago @Dyscultured Bell To Stop Internet Throttling… who said what now? http://t.co/y9wTnPW6 ...