Alternageek Episode 40: Happy Anniversary Pass The PIE

techmonkey — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:54:36 +0000

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.

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Alternageek Episode 40: Happy Anniversary Pass The PIE