Here are the shownotes for episode #96 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Ballmer says 500 MILLION 'users' to 'have' Windows 8 in 2013 Microsoft Office for iOS and Android Arriving in November? BSA claims half of PC users are pirates Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom Refuses to Give Up Passwords File-Sharing Prospers Despite Tougher Laws New York Legislatio…

Here are the shownotes for episode #95 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Girls are not into the Pirate Bay or Bittorrent New PS3 Terms of Service ban class action suits Lawyer wants to wipe out anonymous speech online if it is critical of someone Netflix's DVD spin-off plan further infuriates customers Apple stock up 7.2% since Steve Jobs resigned …

Here are the shownotes for episode #94 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Larry Page to replace Eric Schmidt as Google CEO * Study confirms imminent death of the paper phone book * Facebook and Twitter 'make us less human and isolate us from the rest of the world' * Survey: Only 25% want to share tv habits with friends * Japanese court ru…

Here are the shownotes for episode #93 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: Study: As more people talk while driving, accidents are dropping 16% of AT&T customers ready to jump ship to Verizon after Verizon iPhone announcement Steve Jobs takes leave of absence for medical reasons, stock suffers Gamers raid medical servers to host Call of Duty…

Here are the shownotes for episode #92 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Borders struggles to pay its bills, will it be the first casualty of the e-book wars? * Study: 40% of iPad owners have a Kindle too * Apps don't generate profit for developers * Windows Phone 7 bug uses 3G data unnecessarily * 7 Trillion SMS messages to be sent in 2…

Here are the shownotes for episode #91 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Anonymous aims cyberattacks at PayPal for cutting off Wikileaks * Fed up with ICANN, Pirate Bay co-founder floats P2P DNS system * Congress passes CALM Act, loud commercials to die * Netflix willing to pay $100,000 per episode for new TV episodes * DOJ ramping up cr…

Here are the shownotes for episode #90 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * EU Parliament rubber stamps ACTA approval * Who needs COICA when Homeland Security can seize any domain names it wants? * The Pirate Bay appeal verdict: Guilty again * Dutch Court: Copyright owners are better off when people download from unauthorized sources * RIAA…

Here are the shownotes for episode #89 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Verizon bringing 150/35 mbps speeds to Fios customers * Wfi making trees sick * Netflix introduces stream only plan while hiking DVD rates * UK court says making available online only happens where the server lives * Put up or shut up time for US Copyright Group * P…

Here are the shownotes for episode #87 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Stories: #IAmSpartacus: Thousands tweet in support of airport joker TSA full body scanners: protecting passengers or padding pockets? Tumblr and 4Chan knock each other out FBI apparently investigating Anonymous' 'Operation Payback' denial of service attacks New speed cameras s…

Here are the shownotes for episode #87 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Google sponsors free in-flight wifi for the holidays Lawsuit: Apple turned the iPhone 3Gs into bricks to help sell the iPhone 4 Windows Phone 7 goes on sale in the US Microsoft: We expect …

Sorry for this show being released a couple weeks later than it should have been. Better late than never! Enjoy! Here are the shownotes for episode #85 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * IPv4 space shrinks to 5%, final addresses to be issued in early 2011 * Microsoft expands anti-crackdown licenses to 12 countries * Facebook apps leaking …

Here are the shownotes for episode #86 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Stories: * 1 in 7 people no longer wear a watch * Sprint plans to phase out iDEN * Android is now the top mobile OS, Apple is far behind * Microsoft posts record earnings but still losing billions on the web * Nintendo posts first six month loss in seven years * Supreme Court …

Here are the shownotes for episode #84 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * US intelligence agencies angry at France over 3 strikes law, worried it will drive encryption usage * French ISP 'Free' refusing to send out Hadopi notices to internet users * ACTA anti-piracy treaty not as horrible as feared * Senator Wyden asks Congressional Resea…

Here are the shownotes for episode #83 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Plane finder phone app called an 'aid to terrorism' even though its using public data * NPD: 13% of iPads are cannibalizing PC sales * Adidas dumped $10 million iAds campaign because Steve Jobs is a "control freak" * Cover Flow may cost Apple $208.5 million in damag…

Here are the shownotes for episode #82 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Studios prepping $30 movie rental service? * Blockbuster finally files for bankruptcy * EU ends investigation into Apple after iOS policy changes * US busts Google, Apple, Intel over secret employee poaching pact * Men sentenced to prison for Comcast hijack * Pirate…

Here are the shownotes for episode #81 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Study: In-game ads may actually work * 72% of adults support gaming laws? Well, kinda... * Appeals court guts landmark computer privacy ruling * School agrees to pay student $33,000 after teacher dug through her phone to find private nude photos * Cuil fails to be a…

Here are the shownotes for episode #80 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Apple is losing 20% of US iPhone 4 sales to Antennagate * Apple looks to officially close Antennagate on September 30th * Google Instant will save 350 million hours of user time per year * Google: mobile queries up 4x in the past year * Study: Users less interested …

Here are the shownotes for episode #79 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Pirate Bay receives a notice to keep a torrent * Blockbuster ready to die, plans bankruptcy for mid-September * Google in talks with major studios to rent movies on YouTube * Bing now powers Yahoo! search * Xbox Live price increase coming November 1st * Sony bans PS…

Here are the shownotes for episode #78 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Geek Squad sends cease & desist to God Squad * Hulu considering an IPO * George Lucas announces Star Wars on Blu-ray in 2011 * Justin Bieber tweets enemies phone number to 4.5 million people. * Facebook launches live streaming channel * Drunk driver mugshots feature…

On this special, I interview former 1 vs 100 Live (Xbox Live) host, Chris Cashman. We talk about everything from the demise of 1 vs 100 Live to the future of media consumption.

Here are the shownotes for episode #77 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Stories: * Windows 7 overtakes Windows Vista in marketshare * Microsoft losing big to Apple on campus * Phone calls are for old people? Just not efficient enough? * RIM works out a deal with Saudi Arabia, can you still trust your Blackberry? * Defcon speaker calls IPv6 a secur…

Here are the shownotes for episode #76 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Stories: * Pirate Party ramps up to invade Swedish politics * Android may not be the largest smartphone platform in the US * Windows Phone 7 to reach US by November, Europe in October * Only Bill Gates can fire Steve Ballmer * Hacker snoops on GSM cell phones in demo * UK Gove…

Here are the shownotes for episode #75 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * IP addresses will be depleted within a year * Spam filtering? Patented! 36 companies sued * Apple loses big in DRM ruling: jailbreaks are "fair use" * AT&T hopes to attract the security conscious with Encrypted Mobile Voice * Senators supporting anti-FCC bill have a…

Here are the shownotes for episode #74 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Kinect to be a cash cow for Microsoft, analyst says * Microsoft kills 1 vs 100 for Xbox Live * Microsoft to keep Windows XP downgrade option until 2014 * Windows Phone 7 to have MobileMe style cloud storage, tools * Microsoft paying cash to prop up the Windows Phone…

Here are the shownotes for episode #73 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Nearly half of all Windows 7 installations are 64-bit * Xbox Live revenue likely tops $1 billion * Reddit struggling with finances, asks users for donations * Court: ISPs don't have to block the Pirate Bay * Judge slams RIAA; $675k fine ruled unconstitutional * P2P …

Here are the shownotes for episode #72 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * YouTube hacked, Justin Bieber videos targeted * iTunes account hacking more widespread than thought. The facts and what you should do * Bittorrent only TV show becomes huge success * RIAA warns 1 million copyright infringers a year * UK rejects ACTA calls to crimina…

Here are the shownotes for episode #71 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Stories: * Government workers: 4th Amendment won't protect your sexy texts * Juror didn't disclose Myspace friendship with defendant... because it was Myspace * Scope of French 3-strikes p2p monitoring confirmed * China bans military personnel from blogging * Study: Video game…

Here are the shownotes for episode #70 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Report: Facebook "like" button increases traffic to blogs by 50% * Microsoft Kinect, Xbox 360 "slim", and more early highlights from E3 * Study shows low purchase intent for Natal, Move * Adobe expects flash to be on 205 million phones by the end of 2012 * FTC to in…

Here are the shownotes for episode #69 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Stories: * Apple announces iPhone 4 * Survey: Up to half of all media sites look to support video on the iPad and HTML5 * Majority of consumers not interested in purchasing tablets * Every Google search to be logged for 2 years under new EU plan * Microsoft kills Bing Cashback…

Here are the shownotes for episode #68 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Comcast to offer Extreme 105mbps broadband package starting in June * Hollywood considering $20-30 movie theater sidestep * 7% of consumers "very likely" to buy an iPad * US Department of Justice investigating Apple's music tactics * Twitter bans all 3rd party ad pl…

Here are the shownotes for episode #67 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Nintendo's no-transfer policy could burn Wii's biggest fans * EA Sports to charge $10 to play used games online * Microsoft's Project Natal could cost $200 * The Pirate Bay goes down again following continued legal pressure, vows quick return * Limewire sliced by RI…

Here are the shownotes for episode #66 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Stories: * 93% of Australia getting government run fiber * Court: Internet filtering at public libraries is not censorship * Major university dumps Gmail over security concerns * Microsoft's free, online version of office to premier this week * Mark Cuban foretells Netflix dem…

Here are the shownotes for episode #65 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! $5/mo subscription Stories: * No Hulu love for the UK after all * Avatar buyers facing big DRM problems * Fox News, Rupert Murdock...All Pirates! * BREIN wants Usenet provider to start filtering * …

Here are the shownotes for episode #64 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Supreme Court to decide if states can regulate video games * College students struggle to go without media for 24 hours * Study: teen girls average 80 texts a day * Senator doesn't "Like" Facebook's instant personalization features * Sony to kill floppy disk sales i…

Here are the shownotes for episode #63 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Stories: * Hate speech corrodes online gaming experiences * Starcraft II given adults only rating in Korea * Microsoft accused of using teenage slave labor to build Xboxes in China * Why aren't SSD prices going down? * Amazon fights back against book publishers with sales tax …

Here are the shownotes for episode #62 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Stories: * No linking to Japanese newspaper without permission * eBook piracy surges after iPad launch * iPhone OS 4.0 brings multitasking, ads * Study: Your kids will use touchscreens by 2015 * Silverlight heads to set-top boxes, blu-ray players * Netflix renews agreements wi…

Here are the shownotes for episode #61 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Developers turn sour on the iPad * iPad numbers announced: 300k sold, 1 million apps downloaded, 250k books downloaded * New Moto Droid commercial challenges Apple's "app for that" spots * Windows 7 passes 10% market share * 90% of Windows 7 flaws fixed by removing …

Here are the shownotes for episode #60 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * No more Linux on the PlayStation 3 * GameStop sued over one-time use codes and deceptive advertising * Warner Bros. recruiting students to spy on pirates * Judge orders blocking of torrent sites in Spain * Piracy up in France despite the new 3 strikes law * World Wa…

Here are the shownotes for episode #59 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * P2P and P2P links ruled legal in Spain * Sailors beware: Piracy will sink you job by 2015 * Simultaneous web and TV use is surging * YouTube defense: Viacom "secretly uploaded" content and tried to buy us * Too little too late? Universal cuts CD prices to combat poo…

Here are the shownotes for episode #58 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Amazon terminates Colorado based associates over new taxes * Music biz hopes to stop piracy by tempting ISPs with millions * Ubisoft's DRM servers go down, only pirates can play games * Sony's great new idea: Game demos that are less fun over time * Study links viol…

Here are the shownotes for episode #57 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * 1/3 of Americans don't use fast internet * Survey: More Americans get news from the internet than newspapers or radio * EU tells Google to warn cities before sending in the Street View cameras * Open wi-fi outlawed by Digital Economy bill in UK * US Government endin…

Here are the shownotes for episode #56 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Stories: * Windows Phone 7 official, lacks flash and multitasking * France votes Tuesday on net censorship * NBC plots crackdown on Olympic pirates * Australian judge rules facts cannot be copyrighted * Racist content on US server 'within UK jurisdiction' * Record 13 year sent…

Here are the shownotes for episode #55 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Stories: * Google looks to launch smartphones with real time translation * Microsoft outpaces Apple in customer satisfaction * Microsoft killing Xbox Live for the original Xbox * Game devs migrating to the iPhone, away from the Wii * Comcast rebrands itself as Xfinity * Publis…

Here are the shownotes for episode #54 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Bans on phones and texting while driving shown ineffective * 70% of employers have rejected applicants over online information * 3 Strikes coming to the US via the back door? * RIAA to appeal Thomas ruling * Microsoft sues prominent bittorrent tracker for $43 millio…

Here are the shownotes for episode #53 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * E-reader owners buy more books * New York Times will start charging for online news in 2011 * Microsoft asks users to dump IE6, XP because of security problems * Microsoft merges Zune Software and Xbox teams * Microsoft may drop points system from Xbox, Zune * Study…

Here are the shownotes for episode #52 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * Judge: RealNetworks caused its own legal problems * Politicians worldwide start asking questions about ACTA * Prove piracy losses says digital economy bill * BREIN shuts down 393 torrent sites, nobody notices * Microsoft patents DRM'd torrents * Site's terms of serv…

Here are the shownotes for episode #50 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * RIAA's three-strikes rule just a "scarecrow?" * Piracy surcharge set to force 40,000 households offline * Court: Cellphone searches require a warrant * Girl gamers geekier than guys * Barnes & Nobel expects to ship 60,000 Nooks in 2010 * Kindle the most gifted item …

Here are the shownotes for episode #49 for the Global Geek News Podcast: Stories: * DirecTV sued by Washington State * Netflix sued for privacy invasion * The fourth most used search term by toddlers this year? Porn! * Installing Linux will void your warranty * Microsoft seeks patent on shaming fat gamers * Microsoft: Our Windows 7 call center isn'…

Here are the shownotes for episode #48 for the Global Geek News Podcast: * Report: Sony still losing money on every PS3 sold * LCD price fixing investigation reaches $860 million in fines * Mozilla exec urges users to ditch Google for Bing * Microsoft invents price gouging the least influential * Anti-piracy group wants to ban you from talking abou…

Here are the shownotes for episode #47 for the Global Geek News Podcast: * EA CEO: Digital game sales will overtake console numbers next year * Windows 7 share grows at XP's expense * Unconfirmed: Amazon's secret play in the retail space * TV executives are terrified of streaming video * Blu-ray sales more than double while DVD slips * Mininova tra…