In this week’s episode, we return to talk about stuff and things! We also change the way some of the things work when it comes to sponsor reads. All in all, a jolly good episode. Success was had by all and so on and so forth and things and stuff.
Shownotes and links:
- Inspired by Snowden, more NSA insiders are blowing the whistle – Boing Boing
- More NSA Leakers Followed Snowden’s Footsteps, Whistleblower Lawyer Says – ABC News: By BRIAN ROSS and RHONDA SCHWARTZ Several more current and former National Security Agency insiders, inspired by American fugitive Edward Snowden, have come forward as whistleblowers with details of the shadowy agency’s operations, according to an attorney at a whistleblower protection organization. “I think the government hopes to chill speech by employees in the national security and intelligence fields, especially those at the NSA and CIA, but the unintended consequence is [that] more and more whistleblowers are coming through the doors of the Government Accountability Project (GAP),” said Jesselyn Radack, referring to the organization where she works as the National…
- Japan Likely To Pass New Secrecy Law That Would Put Whistleblowers And Journalists In Jail | Techdirt
- Snowden invited to testify in Germany (with safe passage) over NSA spying – Boing Boing
- German Green party ends coalition talks with Merkel’s CDU | World news | theguardian.com : Green party leaders say there is no resilient basis for entering coalition with conservatives and they can’t find common ground
- John Kerry Admits That The NSA Has Gone Too Far; Will He Take Back His Labelling Ed Snowden A Traitor? | Techdirt
- Apple, Microsoft, Google, and others urge Congress to enact NSA reforms | The Verge: Much as they did a month ago with a previous bill, several tech giants have signed on to an open letter in support of the recently-introduced USA Freedom Act. AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google,…
- Bill Gates says putting worldwide internet access before malaria research is ‘a joke’ | The Verge: Bill Gates is once again speaking out against the internet-first approach many tech leaders have taken to philanthropy. “As a priority? It’s a joke,” Gates tells the Financial Times, when asked…
- Malaria in United States Is at a 40-Year High – NYTimes.com: Of the 1,925 cases detected in 2011, almost 70 percent were in people who had visited Africa.
- Google Glass Milestone: Driver Ticketed For Wearing Google Glass | Techdirt
- Tom Hardy is Elton John: Actor to Play Singer in New Biopic | Variety
- Is Cornish Beaming Up to Direct ‘Star Trek 3′? | nerdbastards.com
- Scroll Down to Riker
- Orson Scott Card Won’t See a Penny of ‘Ender’s Game’ Flick Profits | nerdbastards.com
- Oh Those Poor Kids: CBS Working on âHow I Met Your Motherâ Spinoff âHow I Met Your Fatherâ | nerdbastards.com
- Xbox One will play audio ‘compact discs’ (ask your parents) | Joystiq
- Google and Samsung sued for patent infringement by major tech consortium | The Verge: A new front opened today in the patent wars between large technology companies, as a consortium that owns thousands of patents from the Nortel bankruptcy auction filed suit against Google and…
- Nintendo losses continue despite slight Wii U sales bump | The Verge: Nintendo made an operating loss of ¥18.4 billion ($187 million) on sales of ¥115 billion ($1.17 billion) this quarter as Wii U sales continued to lag. The company sold 300,000 Wii U consoles…
- Wow – Want to know what happens next?: Thanks to a very loose-lipped bunch of employees in the Versailles office I can confirm 100% that:The upcoming expansion is called Warlords of Draenor and will feature Grom as the antagonist, although for legal issues he will be refered to as Grommash. This expansion will see the heavy use of time travel.Reforging is changing, soon you will no longer need to keep hold of an item to “own” the transmogrification appearance.
- Grom Hellscream – WoWWiki – Your guide to the World of Warcraft: Grommash Hellscream Buried in Demon Fall Canyon, Ashenvale Grommash "Grom" Hellscream was the…
- JW GROM – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Steam passes 65 million active users milestone • News • PC • Eurogamer.net: 65 million people are now using Steam, Valve has announced, a rise of 30 per cent from this time last year. He’s happy. 2013 has seen the […]
- Xbox Live Gold – Xbox.com: Get the most from Xbox with Xbox Live Gold.
- Xbox Statistics | Statistic Brain: Statistics and facts on business, consumer, sports, financials, world news
- PlayStation 3 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Fake Word Generator For Great Made-Up Words!
- Ubisoft ditches Uplay Passport after Assassin’s Creed 4 furore • News • Eurogamer.net: Ubisoft has axed its Uplay Passport scheme after Assassin’s Creed 4 players complained about locked out content.A Uplay Passport code was included in new […]
- Microsoft outlines Xbox privacy policy amid Kinect concerns • News • Xbox One • Eurogamer.net: Ahead of the launch of Xbox One and the new and improved Kinect, Microsoft has published its revised Xbox Privacy Statement. Of particular interest is the […]
- Warner apologises for Batman: Arkham Origins technical problems • News • Eurogamer.net: Warner Bros. has acknowledged the technical problems that have affected Batman: Arkham Origins, and vowed to fix them.In a statement issued yesterday […]
- PS4 pre-orders “much, much, much higher” than past consoles | GamesIndustry International: Sony is very encouraged by the early response from consumers to its soon-to-be released PS4
