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#33: The Ranting Quarter

Monday, March 8th, 2010

One the day that Andy and Nik were ranting even as they walked tot he cafe…..

Privacy whilst Browsing http://www.hidemyass.com/
EBuyer ( @EbuyerDotCom ) and their Social Media reach http://blog.ebuyer.com/
Twitter Phishing and Bit.ly Protection
Progress on Digital Economy Bill and The Open Rights Group

GO READ THIS : COADEC Which follows on well from our DEBill rant.
Rantingly [...]

 
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#31: The wrong breakfast show

Monday, February 1st, 2010

On the day that Andy bought the wrong breakfast for Nik, we present:

Blogger visited by police
Councils Warned about tweeting
The Apple iPad. Saviour of the Universe ?
Wikileaks temporarily shut down while it seeks funds
Starbucks puts flickr group on hold after confusion about in-store photography policy

Non-savory-breakfastly recorded at Wargames Heaven, 11 Imperial Arcade, Brighton, UK.

 
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#28: The Gatwick flash mob

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

On the day that neither of our listeners showed up at Gatwick:

Woman 22, faced 3 years in prison for unintentionally recording 3 minutes of New Moon – charges later dropped
Twitter used to assess earthquake severity
Twitter DNS attacked,
Amazon Cloudfront now supports streaming media (you know this is a Will Harris TM segment)
WordPress 2.9 released. Dont jump [...]

 
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#27: Three Strikes Bill Madness

Monday, December 7th, 2009

On the day that Andy was so shattered after his morning run that he just let Nik rant on and on and on, we present:

Disconnection without trail
Take Action with the Open Rights Group
Lawyers intimidate ‘illegal’ file sharers
Send Mandleson your message
UK Pub fined for drinkers WiFi download
Video snippets of us recording Social Media White Noise episode [...]

 
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#6: Rubber Hamster Rant Fest

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Stuff mentioned in today’s rant-filled geekversation:

The history of Twestival
The Gumball Style
Australian Bushfire Appeal
Transparency in charity event accounting
The meaning of privacy and transparency
Cameron Direct event
The National ID Card Scheme
The new counter terrorism law on photography
@edent’s video of his stop and search by the police at Waterloo Station
The power of the blog
Patents as a stealth tax on [...]

 
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#4: Big Police Guys with Guns

Monday, January 5th, 2009

And very scary is was too. In todays coffee-soaked conversation:

Twitter phishing scams and personal password policies
Is Nik addicted to Twitter?
iPhone and SaiSuke Google Calendar Sync
The Mac mini and it’s power supply foot warmer
The home office looking at ways for the police to see your PC over the Internet
Linkedin sees a surge and it’s use as [...]

 
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