Alternageek 45: Throttling Smackdown [62:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode we update you about the FCC deciding to lay some smackdown on Comcast’s P2P throttling, ISPs across the pond agreeing to throttle bandwidth of illegal filesharers, the recent DNS exploit in the wild, two controversial intellectual property bills being fused into one, network administration gone rogue in San Francisco and how passwords [...]

 

 Alternageek 44: SCO Got Pwnd [54:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode we update you on the latest antitrust charges being leveraged against Intel by the EU, SCO’s legal woes in the battle for Unix intellectual rights with Novell and what this all could mean for Sun, emails suggesting collusion between Nvidia and ATI, the new Linux MySpace PC, the availability of OpenMoko’s FreeRunner open source mobile phone, Google Android running on the Nokia N810, Google Android openness in question, the new T-Mobile Sidekick 2008. We talk about the DNS vulnerability that has everyone in a patch frenzy, discuss the new design on Last.fm, and review a new website, Twing.com.

 

 Alternageek 43: Shenanigans! [62:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this week’s episode we talk about a location bar bug in FireFox, FCC slams Comcast filtering, backlash on Google storing IPs, NebuAD defends web tracking, release of the iPhone 3G and the ensuing “iPocalypse”, the Pirate Bay wanting to encrypt all Internet traffic and Best Buy selling boxed Ubuntu Linux. We also review Swurl [...]