Alternageek Episode 40: Happy Anniversary Pass The PIE

 

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In this week’s episode we celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the first AlternaGeek podcast. Yay! Linuxchic and TechMonkey cover quite a few topics in this episode and talk about Firefox 3 Download Day, Reddit going open source, employee SMS privacy, MPAA saying no proof needed for P2P lawsuits, AP and fair use, Steve Ballmer interview, Verizon blocking USENET hierarchy, LinkedIn billion dollar valuation, GOOG-411 for Canada, ‘Sporn’, vulnerable coffee and new Twitter based services TweetBeep and TweetWire.

• SpreadFirefox - Download Day 2008
• Hack A Day - Firefox 3 vulnerability
• reddit - reddit goes open source
• Wired - Court limits employer access to worker messages
• Ars Technica - X-rated case gives employees some privacy guarantees
• Wired - MPAA Says No Proof Needed in P2P Copyright Infringement Lawsuits
• MSNBC - One in three IT staff snoops on colleagues
• CenterNetworks - The AP vs. Everbody: Not So Clearly Fair Use
• paidContent.org - AP Says Drudge Retort Excerpt ‘Matter Closed’; No Official Policy Announced
• Ars Technica - alt.blocked: Verizon blocks access to whole USENET hierarchy
• TechCrunch - LinkedInCloses Its Round - Got That Billion Dollar Valuation
• Financial Times - Transcript: Steve Ballmer of Microsoft
• Webware - Aboot time: GOOG-411 comes to Canada
• MSNBC - Free EA software release spawns ’sporn’
• Slashdot - All Your Coffee Are Blong To Us
• TweetBeep - Twitter Alerts
• TweetWire - Twitter News

Click here to download this episode in OGG formatAlternaGeek.com Podcast, Episode 40 for the week of June 23rd, 2008 - Featuring Linuxchic and TechMonkey.