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Discussion

• Has Canonical bitten off more than it can chew?
• Rarin’ to buy an Ubuntu phone? Maybe not until 2015, Canonical man says
• Firefox OS beats Ubuntu to smart TVs

Links

• Why The Copyright Industry Is Doomed, In One Single Sentence
• Scottish company Maidsafe claims to have built a Bitcloud-like system
• The FBI Seized all of TorMail’s Data and is Using it to Catch Hackers
• Parents sue Uber over daughter’s death, claim its app is illegal

Also Worth A Read

• Everything Is A Remix maker is back with the VHX-distributed This Is Not A Conspiracy Theory

Tunes

1. Burn Away by Other Noises
2. Long Black Coat by SadMe

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Discussion

• Are the public ready for the internet of things?
• Fridge sends spam emails as attack hits smart gadgets
• CES 2014: Connected tech raises privacy fears
• Who should we fear more with our data: the government or companies?

Links

• Adware vendors buy Chrome Extensions to send ad- and malware-filled updates
• Ouch: HP brings Windows 7 ‘back by popular demand’
• Microsoft removed Tor remotely from botnet-infected systems
• Firefox OS gains Foxconn dev tablet

Also Worth A Read

• Why The All-In-One Smartwatch Isn’t Happening Any Time Soon
• Why you should be angry about changes to NHS patient data policy
• Diplohack: where diplomats admit they’re sick of talking and want a digital revolution for the people
• Hackers Leak A Disturbing Walmart Guide on ‘How to Silence Workers’
• Pirate Bay Founder Can’t Shut Down Russian Pirate Sites
• US tech firms make eleventh-hour attempt to halt tax avoidance reforms
• U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Internet shopping patent case

Tunes

1. Personal Jah by White Owl
2. U can get it by ProleteR

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Links

• 16-year legal battle over laptop reaches UK supreme court
• UK ‘Porn Filter’ Blocks Legitimate File-Sharing Services (And TorrentFreak)
• EU Offers Public a Chance to Fix Copyright Law
• The Day We Fight Back – February 11th 2014

Also Worth A Read

• Hollywood Needs The Internet More Than The Internet Needs Hollywood… So Why Is The W3C Pretending Otherwise?
• Violett, GhostControl Inc And More Linux Games New On Desura

Tunes

1. Woman in the Corner by The Search
2. Silver Screen Love by Lyonn

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Discussion

• A few 2014 predictions, Chromebooks, Microsoft woes & the NSA

Links

• Ubuntu Will Add Torrent Search to Embed Free Culture Into User Experience
• Good ‘Pirate’ Reviews More Important Than Piracy Itself, Game Devs Say
• Dan Bull Takes On YouTube’s ContentID Changes, Stolen Revenue, With A Diss Track
• Music sales decline for the first time since the iTunes Store opened

Tunes

1. Drumland – feat. BabsBaumgartner – alone by Drumland
2. Fuck Content ID by Dan Bull
3. Good Night and Shut Up by Amity in Fame

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Links

• German Copyright Troll Sends Thousands Of Shady Demand Letters To Users Of Streaming Porn Site, Redtube
• Prenda’s Paul Duffy Claims To Be ‘Too Devastated’ By Nelson Mandela’s Death To Comment
• Zavvi threatens shoppers after accidental PS Vita deliveries
• Norway To Digitize All Norwegian Books, Allowing Domestic IP Addresses To Read All Of Them, Irrespective Of Copyright Status
• EU regulator warns Nokia against starting a new career as a patent troll
• ‘Revenge porn’ site owner arrested in San Diego
• How Google Should Respond To Revelation That NSA Uses Its Cookies To Track And Exploit
• Tuxmachines Tentatively Sold to Techrights
• MPAA to Settle With Pirates For $2 Billion Plus Blood of First Born Child
• Valve Joins the Linux Foundation as it Readies Steam OS
• Valve renews Linux commitment, Microsoft and Sony should worry

Also Worth A Read

• Beastie Boys Not Letting Goldieblox Off; Launch Massive Countersuit

Tunes

1. I Wish You Were Here by Teresa
2. On The Run by PiLicAN

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