Alternageek Episode 42: RSS Webapps And Routers

 

 AlternaGeek 42: RSS Webapps And Routers [69:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this week’s episode we talk about Google indexing Flash files, Google/YouTube being ordered to expose user viewing habits in Viacom case, recording industry saying that AM-FM broadcasting is a form of piracy, LUGRadio podcast calling it quits and laptops missing from airports. We review Toluu and Feedly for RSS feeds and DailyMile social training site for athletes. Linuxchic talks about open source Linux router firmware OpenWRT, DD-WRT and Tomato. Finally we both talk about our favorite Linux firewall distribution IPCop.

• Google learns how to crawl Flash
• Mashable - Again, One Clueless Person Destroys the Privacy of Millions
• Computerworld - Judge orders YouTube to expose user viewing habits and history
• CenterNetworks - I Swear You Honor, I Didn’t Know That Video Was Copyrighted!
• Techdirt - RIAA Also Tells Judge That Proof Shouldn’tBe Necessary To Sue For Infringement
• Wired - Recording Industry Decries AM-FM Broadcasting as ‘A Form of Piracy’
• Feedly - Social and magazine-like start page for RSS feeds
• Toluu - Free service for sharing your feeds
• DailyMile - Social training for runners, triathletes and cyclists
• TechRepublic - Netgear launches open source wireless router with support for third party apps and firmware
• Linksys - GPL code center
• OpenWRT
• DD-WRT
• Tomato
• IPCop - Linux firewall distribution geared towards home and SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) users
• TuxTraining - Beating Sandvine on Linux with iptables
• Slashdot - LUGRadio Decided To Call It Quits
• Slashdot - 12,000 Laptops Lost Weekly At Airports

Click here to download this episode in OGG formatAlternaGeek.com Podcast, Episode 42 for the week of July 7th, 2008 - Featuring Linuxchic and TechMonkey.