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Alternageek Episode 47: Robotic Dreams

techmonkey — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:19:57 +0000

In this episode we talk about Comcast bandwidth caps, Veoh prevailing in infringement lawsuit, iPhone security flaw, RedHat security breach, RedHat Perl bug, Flash/Firefox bug, Google dropping features from Android SDK, Android Market, specs on the Android G1 phone, Internet Explorer 8 beta 2, Mozilla’s Ubiquity and SIMable cell phone unlocking device.

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Alternageek.com Podcast, Episode 46 for the week of September 1st, 2008 – Featuring Linuxchic and TechMonkey.

Alternageek Episode 45: Throttling Smackdown

techmonkey — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:06:27 +0000

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 were made public, the newest release of IPCop, the Techcrunch Web Tablet project and safer Google mail with HTTPS.

We also address listener requests and talk about the Free Geek project and the difference between Gobuntu and gNewSense.

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AlternaGeek.com Podcast, Episode 45 for the week of July 28th, 2008 – Featuring Linuxchic and TechMonkey.

Alternageek Episode 43: Shenanigans!

techmonkey — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:08:38 +0000

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 a new social network aggregator and Grouply.Finally we talk about attending this year’s Linux World Expo out in San Francisco August 4th – 7th. We will be providing daily coverage and hope to have a chance to meet some listeners at the event!

*Update: At the time of recording we mentioned that a Last.fm app was not available from the iTunes App store. As of this post there has been one released and is a free download.Click here to download this episode in OGG format AlternaGeek.com Podcast, Episode 43 for the week of July 14th, 2008 – Featuring Linuxchic and TechMonkey.

Alternageek Episode 35: Managing Online Forums

techmonkey — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:50:57 +0000

In this week’s episode, we feature an interview with Patrick O’Keefe, author of “Managing Online Forums“. We also talk about Linuxchic’s recent interview with TechRepublic, the 30th anniversary of SPAM, handy mobile texting tools and a quick note about the recent release of Ubuntu 8.04 – “Hardy Heron”.

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Alternageek Episode 34: Just Monkeying Around

techmonkey — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:10:36 +0000

In this week’s episode, TechMonkey talks about the new Wordpress 2.5 release, Comcast’s new top speed Internet service, Aircell getting FAA approval for Wifi on airplanes, Google’s AppEngine announcement and AT&T jumping on the Android bandwagon.

Click here to download this episode in OGG formatAlternaGeek.com Podcast, Episode 34 for the week of April 7th, 2008 – Featuring TechMonkey