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Global Geek News Podcast #44

Here are the shownotes for episode #44 for the Global Geek News Podcast: * nVidia denies x86 chip rumors, pushes Fermi back to 2010 * Got friends? Now you can thank Facebook * Myspace traffic drop costs News Corp. $100 million * Sony's PSPgo sells 28,000 units in Japan on launch day, physical media points and laughs * Inventor of cell phones say they have become too complicated * Apple's hypocrisy continues, approves Mein Kampf for the App Store * Why you should th...

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[ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:37:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #43

Here are the shownotes for episode #43 for the Global Geek News Podcast: * Only 3% of Americans think it should be legal to text while driving * 5 million Star Trek pirates vs 1 FCC broadband plan * uTorrent 2.0 to eliminate the need for ISP throttling * The Pirate Bay founders are banned from running the site * NSA to store yottabytes of surveillance data in Utah * Britain in trouble over Phorm * Teen sues school over punishment for racy Myspace pics * Cellphon...

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[ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:17:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #42

Here are the shownotes for episode #42 for the Global Geek News Podcast: * Sheriff's lawsuit over craigslist erotic ads thrown out * Court orders The Pirate Bay to delete torrents * Copyright threats against compulsive singer withdrawn * Facebook users spend 8 billion minutes a day on the site * 28% of Twitter users click links to news and current events * Yahoo! shuts down Geocities * Barnes & Nobel announce dual screen e-book reader, the Nook * Walmart prepare...

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[ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:50:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #40

Here are the shownotes for episode #40 for the Global Geek News Podcast: * FTC: Bloggers must disclose paid reviews * Obama bans texting while driving for 4.5 million government employees * Man arrested at an Apple Store after threatening to shoot his iPhone with a 9mm pistol * Amazon clarifies Kindle deletion policy, can still delete books * The Pirate Bay will not be sold * Anti-piracy outfit forces scene group to apologize and spread FUD * Draft policy would OK t...

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[ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:37:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #39

Here are the shownotes for episode #39 for the Global Geek News Podcast: * Sony sets the PSP Go up for failure * Expect PS3 shortages this Christmas season * Two more Pirate Bay appeals judges accused of bias * Ignoring RIAA lawsuits is cheaper than going to trail * France gives final approval to three strikes law * Feds weigh cellphone bans for bus and truck drivers * Netflix CEO hopes to stream to PS3, Wii, iPhone * US wants UK hacker to pay for the security h...

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[ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:48:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #38

Here are the shownotes for episode #38 for the Global Geek News Podcast. * Pirate Bay appeals judge faces ban, works for Spotify * FCC Chairman wants net neutrality * Court: bad employees are not hackers * Lawyer demands jury stops googling * RIAA's elementary school copyright curriculum * Songwriters want paid for 30 second song previews * Amazon starts AmazonBasics, its private-label consumer electronics line * Blockbuster to close up to 960 stores * Hulu ...

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[ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:16:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #37

Here are the shownotes for episode #37 for the Global Geek News Podcast. * Vermont teen sentenced to prison in sexting case * Can a domain name be deformation? * iPod Touch doesn't have a camera because its a great gaming device * Monopoly goes global with Google Maps * Pentagon keeps watch on troop's blogs * DRM take II - Digital Personal Property * All your tweets are belong to you * 2010 could be the last year for IPv4 as we know it * 802.11n is finally f...

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[ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:27:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #36

Here are the shownotes for episode #36 for the Global Geek News Podcast: EA spends 3x more on marketing than development PS3 selling more units than the Wii after the price drop US Government says all music downloads are theft Utah law punishes texting drivers with 15 years in prison Don't like the results of a vanity search? Don't sue Yahoo Wi-fi cafe users love Apple and like to spend The Kindle is more environmentally friendly than actual books Amazon makes up for 1984 book deletion Watchi...

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[ Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:19:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast Show #12

Here are the shownotes for episode #12 for the Global Geek News Podcast.* Best Buy puts vending machines in airports * IE below 69% market share, Firefox over 21% * Microsoft's pay-as-you-go patent application rejected * Did Microsoft intentionally leak the Windows 7 beta? * The Israeli Army video blogs the fighting, gets censored by YouTube. *Game consoles using over $1 billion in energy a year * Sony tries to balance free speech and hate speech in PlayStation Home *...

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Global Geek News Podcast #35

Here are the shownotes for episode #35 for the Global Geek News Podcast. * Myspace close to acquiring iLike for $20 million * CBS, Amazon already sniffing around GDGT * Woman with police monitoring blog arrested * Gmail pushes past AOL email in the US to become #3 * Your Gmail address could soon become your ID * Domain tasting killed as fees put an end to the practice * Open textbooks win over publishers in California * Texting makes kids dumb according to scien...

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[ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:48:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #34

Here are the shownotes for episode #34 for the Global Geek News Podcast. * HDTVs are now in more than half of US homes * Modder arrest reminds that most console hacks are illegal * The Pirate Bay Dutch retrial * 14-24 year olds pirate over 8,000 songs each * People increasingly waking up to the internet * US Marine Corps bans social networking sites * Study: Facebook can threaten relationships * Twitter not so popular with young people * AT&T changes contrac...

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[ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:48:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #33

Here are the shownotes for episode #33 for the Global Geek News Podcast. * Department of Defense looking for new recruits at hacker convention * Researchers find insecure BIOS 'rootkit' pre-loaded in laptops * Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde resigns * Student hit with $675,000 fine after losing to the RIAA * Congressman calls for P2P ban after major security leak * Senate to introduce legislation to ban texting while driving * Archbishop cautions texting, email cou...

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[ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:06:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #32

Here are the shownotes for episode #32 for the Global Geek News Podcast: * Major war averted? AT&T restores access to 4chan * Netflix prize comes to a buzzer beater finish * AOL may spin-off Bebo into independent company * Skype threatens Russian national security * Facebook goes on the record about ad claims * Microsoft caves to the EU, offers browser ballot * Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing * Palm plays cat-and-mouse with Apple, re-enables iTunes...

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[ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:32:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #31

Here are the shownotes for episode #31 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Global Geek News #31 Podcast Feed: * The DiggBar commits career suicide, starts redirecting people to the Digg homepage * Comcast DNS redirection launched in trial markets * Commercials start showing up on the Xbox 360 dashboard * Kazaa does an about face, goes legit with subscription music service * Amazon remotely deletes 1984 and Animal Farm from customer's Kindles * Complete Yale courses availa...

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[ Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:39:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #30

Here are the shownotes for episode #30 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Global Geek News #30 Podcast Feed: * Google announces Chrome OS for netbooks * Amazon killing mobile apps that use its product data * Rumor: Amazon looking to buy Netflix * New algorithm guesses SSNs with your birth date and birth place * Chegg allows you to rent textbooks Netflix style * P2P collection costs man huge fine, suspended jail sentence * Judge rules P2P sites legal and should be pr...

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[ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:48:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #29

Here are the shownotes for episode #29 for the Global Geek News Podcast. * Europe gets handset makers to agree to universal charger * Next tech IPO: LogMeIn * Acer set to overtake Dell as #2 PC maker * The Simpsons gets higher ad rates on Hulu than on TV * Netbook study finds most netbook owners don't know what netbooks are * EA's new motto: Please pirate our games... er, storefronts * Judge thinks linking to copyrighted material should be illegal * Dutch gove...

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[ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:51:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #28

Here are the shownotes for episode #28 for the Global Geek News Podcast. * Pixar grants girl's dying wish to see Up. * Poll finds physical media is dying, HDDVD is as popular Blu-ray * Gamestop betting digital distribution is far, far away * Kindle DRM surfaces to deny user the books he paid for * Android users more dedicated to their apps than iPhone users * Biggest game publisher threatens to stop making PS3/PSP games * In round 2, Jammie Thomas jury awards $1.92 ...

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[ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:34:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #27

Here are the shownotes for episode #27 for the Global Geek News Podcast. * Student accused of cheating after releasing the code from a homework assignment * Windows 7 to be shipping without IE in Europe * Windows 7 starter edition could be priced into oblivion * Supreme Court rejects case over tech's right to search your PC * Top French court declares internet access a "basic human right" * Court rules that an IP address isn't enough to identify a pirate * Stern let...

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[ Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:24:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #26

Here are the shownotes for episode #26 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Global Geek News #26 Podcast Feed: * Russia launches anti-trust probe against Microsoft * Snow Leopard to launch in September at the upgrade price of $29 * 50,000 Palm Pres sold and 150,000 apps downloaded so far * Murder caught because of his "no cellphone left behind" policy * The Pirate Party wins big in EU elections and likely gets 2 seats * Publishers want a slice of the used game market *...

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[ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:29:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #25

Here are the shownotes for episode #25 for the Global Geek News Podcast. * Windows 7 to ship October 22nd * Microsoft announces Project Natal for the Xbox360 * Tetris turns 25 * Anti-piracy groups target Australia's children * The FCC reserves the right to search your home at any time * Texas blogger jailed after failing to turn her PC over to the judge * Time Warner's ToS changes could mean tiered pricing, throttling * Time Warner gives up on AOL * CircuitC...

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[ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:58:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #24

Here are the shownotes for episode #24 for the Global Geek News Podcast: * Freemium model to predominate in mobile apps with VAS revenues reaching $14Billion by 2014 * One in five families are cellphone only * Can Android save Motorola? * Twitter believes we are too stupid for @ replies Update! * France passes "three strikes" anti-piracy law * Trolling somebody online? Bill would slap you with jail time * FTC Chair: We may jump into the net neutrality fray * I...

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[ Sat, 23 May 2009 14:54:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #23

Here are the shownotes for episode #23 for the Global Geek News Podcast. * Sprint loses 182,000 customers, $594 million; may outsource network to Ericsson * Newspapers only get 33% of Kindle sales * Stuff you can't do in the Windows Mobile Marketplace * Microsoft to distribute Windows Vista until January 2011 and end mainstream support April 2012 * Seeqpod fire sale to Microsoft not a done deal * South Carolina tells craigslist to remove prostitution or face criminal ch...

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[ Sat, 09 May 2009 12:43:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #22

Here are the shownotes for episode #22 for the Global Geek News Podcast: * Study finds pirates buy 10x more music online than non-pirates * $62,000 movie download a result of poor travel planning * Gamefly: USPS handles DVD rentals with kid gloves, ignores us * Sony sued for cheating man out of rumble patents * Facebook users get worse grades in college * BYU Professor: Universities will be irrelevant by 2020 * Apple lays off 1600 employees * Yahoo quietly pulls...

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[ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:10:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #21

Here are the shownotes for episode #21 for the Global Geek News Podcast: 83% of businesses won't deploy Windows 7 next year Twitter worm attacks continue Skype founders looking to buy Skype back from Ebay CompUSA comes back from the dead with 30 new stores Systemax buys Circuit City's brand and domain name Sony in talks to offer free, full-length movies on YouTube France slaps down proposed anti-piracy bill Court: Your Myspace page isn't private Barnes & Noble may jump into the e-reader market...

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[ Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:37:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #20

Here are the shownotes for episode #20 for the Global Geek News Podcast. * Dice.com shows a 45% drop in tech jobs * Blockbuster is on its deathbed * Circuit City looks to rise again * Time Warner Cable says it singled out Austin's geeks * Apple and Stanford offering free iPhone development classes on iTunes * Apple's legal showdown over multitouch begins * FCC asked to investigate AT&T for Skype iPhone restrictions * Radiohead to testify against the RIAA * M...

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[ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:33:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #19

Here are the shownotes for episode #18 for the Global Geek News Podcast: * IBM to reportedly buy Sun for $7 billion * Phoenix police raid home of critical blogger * Texas bans Vista from government computers * Study: Facebook and YouTube at work makes for better employees * Virtual gaming leagues fold, forcing gamers to find real jobs * Sony Drops the price of the Playstation 2 * Time Warner monthly data caps spread beyond Texas * ABC/Disney looking to join Hul...

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[ Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:49:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #18

Here are the shownotes for episode #18 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Girl refuses to stop texting in class, gets arrested Are games too expensive? The life of an iPhone app Netflix might have streaming only subscriptions next year Sprint has the Palm Pre locked up for a year New bill would force ISPs to retain user data for 2 years Dell files to have "netbook" stripped of its trademark status P2P and porn traffic falls while games and flash increases Judge throws out lawsuit against Google ...

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[ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:10:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #17

Here are the shownotes for episode #17 for the Global Geek News Podcast: New York looks to tax downloads Microsoft to open retail stores Microsoft announces Windows Marketplace and My Phone for Windows Mobile Apple says that jailbreaking the iPhone is illegal Palm Pre gets Flash support Google now accepting paid apps for Android Marketplace YouTube tries micro-payments, more download options Online thieves scam the state of Utah out of $2.5 million Facebook's new terms of Service causes outrage...

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[ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:07:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #16

Here are the shownotes for episode #16 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Google bans the term 'netbook' from its ad network Pioneer gets out of the TV and DVD business Eye-tracking studies are more than meets the eye 10 Registrars responsible for 83% of all spam Time Warner placing bandwidth caps on more cities Hackers use fake parking tickets to get into computers Gmail could pass Hotmail in 2009 Acer caught giving 10" Aspire One reviewers larger batteries than they sell with Kindle 2 announc...

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[ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:24:00 EST ]

Global Geek News Podcast #15

Here are the shownotes for episode #15 for the Global Geek News Podcast: * Google Earth lets you explore the oceans and Mars * Google launches Latitude, a Loopt competitor * Report claims 14.6 million netbooks shipped in 2008 with more growth expected * One in three broadband subscribers is a pirate * Vuze calls for FCC probe of Cox Cable's traffic management * Court: No right to shout "douchebag" in a crowded blog * What you get with a $5 Garageband Artist Lesson ...

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[ Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:07:00 EST ]

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