Jeremy Bray episodes:

• August 18, 2009Global Geek News Podcast #35

  Here are the shownotes for episode #35 for the Global Geek News Podcast.

  * Myspace close to acquiring iLike for $20 million

  * CBS, Amazon already sniffing around GDGT

  * Woman with police monitoring blog arrested

  * Gmail pushes past AOL email in the US to become #3

  * Your Gmail address could soon become your ID

  * Domain tasting killed as fees put an end to the practice

  * Open textbooks win over publishers in California

  * Texting makes kids dumb according to science

  * Crazy prices on Xbox 360 hard drives screw gamers and Microsoft

  * Xbox 360 to be the only console that gets Netflix streaming

  Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner

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• August 11, 2009Global Geek News Podcast #34

  Here are the shownotes for episode #34 for the Global Geek News Podcast.

  * HDTVs are now in more than half of US homes

  * Modder arrest reminds that most console hacks are illegal

  * The Pirate Bay Dutch retrial

  * 14-24 year olds pirate over 8,000 songs each

  * People increasingly waking up to the internet

  * US Marine Corps bans social networking sites

  * Study: Facebook can threaten relationships

  * Twitter not so popular with young people

  * AT&T changes contracts to prevent class action lawsuits

  * You can now text message 911...in parts of Iowa

  Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner

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• August 07, 2009Global Geek News Podcast #33

  Here are the shownotes for episode #33 for the Global Geek News Podcast.

  * Department of Defense looking for new recruits at hacker convention

  * Researchers find insecure BIOS 'rootkit' pre-loaded in laptops

  * Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde resigns

  * Student hit with $675,000 fine after losing to the RIAA

  * Congressman calls for P2P ban after major security leak

  * Senate to introduce legislation to ban texting while driving

  * Archbishop cautions texting, email could lead to suicide

  * Podcasting patented by VoloMedia

  * Apple tried to silence owner of an exploding iPod with a gag order

  * Orbit your own satellite for $8000

  Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner

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• July 28, 2009Global Geek News Podcast #32

  Here are the shownotes for episode #32 for the Global Geek News Podcast:

  * Major war averted? AT&T restores access to 4chan

  * Netflix prize comes to a buzzer beater finish

  * AOL may spin-off Bebo into independent company

  * Skype threatens Russian national security

  * Facebook goes on the record about ad claims

  * Microsoft caves to the EU, offers browser ballot

  * Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing

  * Palm plays cat-and-mouse with Apple, re-enables iTunes sync

  * AMD ships 500 millionth x86 processor

  * Online ad revenues at the New York Times dropping like a rock

  Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner

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• July 21, 2009Global Geek News Podcast #31

  Here are the shownotes for episode #31 for the Global Geek News Podcast.

  Global Geek News #31

  Podcast Feed:

  * The DiggBar commits career suicide, starts redirecting people to the Digg homepage

  * Comcast DNS redirection launched in trial markets

  * Commercials start showing up on the Xbox 360 dashboard

  * Kazaa does an about face, goes legit with subscription music service

  * Amazon remotely deletes 1984 and Animal Farm from customer's Kindles

  * Complete Yale courses available on iTunes U

  * Ebay drops listing fees for 5 items a month

  * iTunes 8.2.1 break's the Palm Pre's much advertised syncing feature

  Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner

  Guests: Walt Ribeiro & Randall Bennett

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• July 14, 2009Global Geek News Podcast #30

  Here are the shownotes for episode #30 for the Global Geek News Podcast.

  Global Geek News #30

  Podcast Feed:

  * Google announces Chrome OS for netbooks

  * Amazon killing mobile apps that use its product data

  * Rumor: Amazon looking to buy Netflix

  * New algorithm guesses SSNs with your birth date and birth place

  * Chegg allows you to rent textbooks Netflix style

  * P2P collection costs man huge fine, suspended jail sentence

  * Judge rules P2P sites legal and should be presumed innocent

  * Teenagers losing interest in illegal file-sharing as streaming gains momentum

  * Assaulted by somebody you met online? Don't sue the website

  * Teenager falls down a manhole while texting and walking

  Host: Jeremy Bray & Wesley Faulkner

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• July 02, 2009Global Geek News Podcast #29

  Here are the shownotes for episode #29 for the Global Geek News Podcast.

  * Europe gets handset makers to agree to universal charger

  * Next tech IPO: LogMeIn

  * Acer set to overtake Dell as #2 PC maker

  * The Simpsons gets higher ad rates on Hulu than on TV

  * Netbook study finds most netbook owners don't know what netbooks are

  * EA's new motto: Please pirate our games... er, storefronts

  * Judge thinks linking to copyrighted material should be illegal

  * Dutch government wants to tax online media to fund print media

  * Google's mobile Adsense now in public beta

  * Ad networks the laggards in Jackson traffic spike

  Not only that, but we will talk PC buying tips to save you money!

  Hosts: Jeremy Bray and Wesley Faulkner

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• June 23, 2009Global Geek News Podcast #28

  Here are the shownotes for episode #28 for the Global Geek News Podcast.

  * Pixar grants girl's dying wish to see Up.

  * Poll finds physical media is dying, HDDVD is as popular Blu-ray

  * Gamestop betting digital distribution is far, far away

  * Kindle DRM surfaces to deny user the books he paid for

  * Android users more dedicated to their apps than iPhone users

  * Biggest game publisher threatens to stop making PS3/PSP games

  * In round 2, Jammie Thomas jury awards $1.92 million to the RIAA

  * FTC to crack down on undisclosed "sponsored" blogging

  * Bill looks to ban ISP caps in the US

  * Comcast to be first ISP to roll out IPv6 in 2010

  Hosts: Jeremy Bray and Wesley Faulkner

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• June 20, 2009Global Geek News Podcast #27

  Here are the shownotes for episode #27 for the Global Geek News Podcast.

  * Student accused of cheating after releasing the code from a homework assignment

  * Windows 7 to be shipping without IE in Europe

  * Windows 7 starter edition could be priced into oblivion

  * Supreme Court rejects case over tech's right to search your PC

  * Top French court declares internet access a "basic human right"

  * Court rules that an IP address isn't enough to identify a pirate

  * Stern letters from ISP not enough to stop p2p use after all.

  * DVD, game sales hurting the music industry more than downloads

  * EA exec: 360 has already been maxed out

  * California to move to online textbooks

  Hosts: Jeremy Bray and Wesley Faulkner

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• June 10, 2009Global Geek News Podcast #26

  Here are the shownotes for episode #26 for the Global Geek News Podcast.

  Global Geek News #26

  Podcast Feed:

  * Russia launches anti-trust probe against Microsoft

  * Snow Leopard to launch in September at the upgrade price of $29

  * 50,000 Palm Pres sold and 150,000 apps downloaded so far

  * Murder caught because of his "no cellphone left behind" policy

  * The Pirate Party wins big in EU elections and likely gets 2 seats

  * Publishers want a slice of the used game market

  * Nintendo: We could be stuck with the Wii for 8 more years

  * Most blogs now abandoned

  * Super Chirp brings paid streams to Twitter

  * 80% of Twitter accounts have less than 10 followers

  Hosts: Jeremy Bray and Wesley Faulkner

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