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- 03 / 04 / 09 -

The fundraiser is over, the show did very well overall, the Pirate Bay trial concludes, an interesting analogy by one of the industry lawyers, the latest in a case involving a man being forced to decrypt his computer for the authorities, advice for people crossing borders, the Finnish parliament pushes a new law that would allow employers to get traffic information on employees' email, how this differs from current law in the States, Dot Gov of the Week: barney.gov, controversy involving illegal ring tones in Tibet, a Facebook user sues Facebook and people who allegedly said bad things about her, why it's a bad idea to take such things seriously, the "Camera Phone Predator Alert Act" would make it mandatory for camera phones to make an audible noise when taking pictures, how this bill came to be, Verizon's "wireless parenting" plan, new developments with electronic voting machines in Germany, a 14-year-old impersonates a cop for a full day in Chicago, a new service to supposedly protect stolen laptops, upcoming events, ideas for offensive ring tones, an update on Hacking At Random.

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March 4
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- 03 / 11 / 09 -

Renderman is visiting from Canada after having been to Norway, how Renderman's face was injected into various wireless connections, the SWL Fest is coming up this weekend, the show is back on shortwave via WBCQ, a report on pirate radio stations in England, disputing issues of safety, T-Mobile succeeds in preventing the resale of prepaid phones, a report of doctors forcing patients to agree not to criticize them online, feedback on the Camera Phone Predator Alert Act, Gus joins the discussion on the issue of certain things being erased from the net, Dot Gov of the Week: a children's page on Y2K from fema.gov, additional charges are filed against the person who hacked into Sarah Palin's email account last year, a man runs up a huge bill on his phone while watching a football game on a cruise ship that was docked, who should be held ultimately responsible, some words on MagicJack, how wireless connectivity works on long distance buses, it's the 133rd anniversary of the first telephone call, a phone-related bit from 1913.

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March 11
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- 03 / 18 / 09 -

Bernie's true story about robots chasing aliens in tunnels, a laser gun is being developed to kill mosquitoes, a prosthetic finger has a USB device attached to it, a documentary maker intends to use a camera in a prosthetic eye, a Facebook page is targeted in a court case, a proposed law in Georgia against teen use of cell phones while driving, Dot Gov of the Week: an update on fema.gov with a poem about a "wytookie" and the clandestine service section of cia.gov, Nick Farr arrives from Washington DC to explain a word, a crowd of Germans arrive in the studio, a tennis player learns about objects banned on planes, a long sentence for downloading child pornography from a website, clarification on how the pledge drives work, more on possible cell phone double billing, a new way of getting music for free while in a store, a caller has a problem with his line being tapped into.

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March 18
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- 03 / 25 / 09 -

A new move to outlaw the practice of spoofing, how spoofing works, violent video games are targeted in Germany after a mass shooting, a number of hacker events are scheduled for this year, Koen Martens discusses what Hacking At Random will be all about, the various tracks that will be offered, how the community is built, why people should go, how to become a speaker or volunteer, Hikari explains how ToorCamp came into being, the first American hacker camp will be held in an abandoned Titan missile silo, how various campsites representing parts of the hacker community will exist at ToorCamp, how it was considered impossible for a hacker camp event to take place in the States, how transit will work, ways in which people can become speakers or volunteers, Froggy from Notacon in Cleveland discusses the upcoming conference in April, some of the events that will be taking place, how to obtain discounted tickets.

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March 25
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