Author: Kevie Macphail

Discussions

• With millions of sources of information & each of us filtering it to our own tastes, is there such a thing as “common knowledge”?
• Why have podcasts not caught on more than they have?

Additional Cast

• Gavin (Chalkahlom)
• Mikael (Inscius)

Tunes

1. Waxin b/w No Diggity by T Bird and the Breaks
2. Gloomy Talkings by BURNOUT

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Discussion

• The surveillance state allows us to watch Big Brother more than at any time in history, as much as them watching us
• Cop Harasses Photographer, Steals His Cellphone Battery And Attempts To Get YouTube To Pull The Incriminating Video
• For those inside and outside of Ukraine and Venezuela, social media is the only media that matters
• Mass surveillance proves law and government can’t be reconciled

Links

• Sony to Film Sega/Nintendo Console Wars Movie
• Hacker defaces website of IT security certification body EC-Council
• Industrialised cyberfraud is keeping businesses awake at night

Also Worth A Read

• Revealed: The Secrets of YIFY-Torrents’ Network
• Why YouTube’s Automated Copyright Takedown System Hurts Artists
• Reminiscing the Wonderful ZX Spectrum
• Ford to ditch Microsoft for BlackBerry in cars say insiders
• Authorities Raid Large Torrent Site Again…aaand it’s Back Online

Tune

1. 100 Days by Juice Big City
2. Upside Down Inside Her Head by Dazie Mae

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Discussion

• Are we ignorantly spreading misinformation? And what can be done to avoid it?
• Coder Radio 89 – The Cost of Comments
• Believe it or not, a social media lie detector is being developed

Links

• Canonical Drops Upstart for systemd in Ubuntu Linux
• Ubuntu Community Council Explains Why Linux Mint and All Other Distros Must Sign a License Agreement
• BSA Offers Facebook Users Cash If They Rat On Software Pirates
• If You Use Steam, Valve Might be Tracking Every Website You Visit
• Game Dev Derek Smart (Again) Responds To A Negative Review By Making Vague Legal Threats And Banning Commenters
• US woman arrested over nine-year overdue rental video

Also Worth A Read

• Why Open Source Is Disappearing From Open Source Companies
• Copyright needs a dramatic rethink for digital realm
• De La Soul Gave Away Pirated Copies of Their Own Music

Tunes

1. I’m Doin’ Fine by Lorenzo’s Music
2. Smell by Cracked Heroes

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Links

• EA steers angry customers away from reviewing games at Google Play
• Flappy Bird Piracy Surge: Ok to Download it off The Pirate Bay Now?
• Minecraft-makers cancel film inspired by game
• French Privacy Agency DDoS’s Itself In Ordering Google To Link To It From Google France Home Page
• Debian inches towards new init system decision amid fallout
• After Tizen, Vodafone puts a foot in the Ubuntu camp
• Busted Android Store Founder to Crowdfund Battle Against U.S. Govt

Also Worth A Read

• Lego creates three minutes of British ads worth watching
• Linux For Everyone
• Is Tizen struggling already? Networks reportedly pull out of launch
• A closer look at the 22-hour Eve Online battle that cost gamers over £180,000

Tunes

1. Sfioro by Roberto Billi
2. Les Chemins de Traverse by Contreband

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Discussion

• What are the knock on effects of the end of Windows XP?
• Windows XP support cutoff poses data breach risk for retailers

Links

• Kentucky law could let kids swap foreign language classes for coding lessons
• Anti-Piracy App Aims to Educate People About the Music Biz
• Snowden Docs Show GCHQ Tried To DDoS Anonymous
• BitTorrent Sync Used to Create Decentralized Web Browser

Also Worth A Read

• Who actually develops Linux? The answer might surprise you
• Google Refuses to Remove Links to Tarantino’s Leaked Script
• Silicon Valley billionaires believe in the free market, as long as they benefit
• Podcasting Patent Troll Files Bogus Subpoena To Intimidate Donors To EFF’s ‘Save Podcasting’ Campaign

Tunes

1. Surfing In My Head by Deathcats
2. Black Eye Friday by Frankeneinstein

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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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