Welcome to session number six! We are back after a little week-long summer hiatus, with some fresh and interesting topics for you to digest. On the table this week is the death of a Chinese child in an Internet-addiction camp, the Green Dam Youth Escort project losing steam, Comcast’s acquisition aspirations, and a discussion of IP and P2P fines. Also, we talk fond memories of Nickelodeon, Fred’s first PC, and Patrick reviews the Hurt Locker. Enjoy!

Supplemental:

The Moviewatch Blogspot
Anthony’s Personal Blog
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The opening theme is by Lunar. It is titled “Polar Bear,” from his first album Hybrid Awaken.
The closing theme is Stringdub by Gautam from Anthems of a Bygone Era, compliments of the Mevio Music Alley.

First, I hammer out some quick news topic at the top of the session:

• Eric Schmidt Resigns from Apple’s Board
• Mother FCC steps in to handle the crazy Apple-Google-AT&T love triangle
• Microhoo! 3.0
• Bing gains a % point
• Skype’s founders won’t let eBay play with their toys

Then we move on to deeper discussion about Generation Y and their relationship with their elders, as well as Firefox’s billionth download and our first Internet experiences, Big British Brother putting CCTV cameras inside their citizens’ homes, the high schooler who is suing Amazon for their own Big Brother behavior, the Tennenbaum trial, and of course the Take Back the Beep campaign and how cell phone companies are colluding.

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As always,
The opening theme is by Lunar. It is titled “Polar Bear,” from his first album Hybrid Awaken.
The closing theme is Stringdub by Gautam from Anthems of a Bygone Era, compliments of the Mevio Music Alley.

Welcome back to round 4! On the slate this week are the rumors of Apple’s tablet, plus updates to their pro application suites: Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio, Microsoft going soft in the EU, the art of manscaping, Amazon nabbing Zappos, E-bikes in China (and around the world), new multi-shot TASERs, deciding what to do about killer robots, 4chan being blocked by AT&T, and, of course, hugs.

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As always,
The opening theme is by Lunar. It is titled “Polar Bear,” from his first album Hybrid Awaken.
The closing theme is Stringdub by Gautam from Anthems of a Bygone Era, compliments of the Mevio Music Alley.

This week, we talk about a human rights activist murdered in Chechnya, Gorbachev’s opinion regarding U.S. – Russian relations, the death of Walter Cronkite, the 40th Anniversary of the first lunar landing, the potential love relationship between LA County and Google, and the on-again, off-again relationship between Yahoo and M$FT, Amazon acting a little too much like Big Brother for comfort, and monkeys showing us the meaning of life (or at least giving us some insight into our dieting habits.)

Supplemental Links:

Last week’s Twitter-hack story
Patrick’s Movie Project
The Nestor Goldfarb Pub Crawl

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As always,
The opening theme is by Lunar. It is titled “Polar Bear,” from his first album Hybrid Awaken.
The closing theme is Stringdub by Gautam from Anthems of a Bygone Era, compliments of the Mevio Music Alley.

This week, we talk about a possible ban on tobacco products in the U.S. Military, a few tidbits about North Korea (including the CurrentTV journalists imprisoned there), Twitter getting hacked, the RIAA and their evil, Google Chrome OS, geek fashion, baseball, hockey, and Harry Potter.

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Patrick’s full review of Harry Potter 6.
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The opening theme is by Lunar. It is titled “Polar Bear” from his first album Hybrid Awaken.
The closing theme is Stringdub by Gautam from Anthems of a Bygone Era, compliments of the Mevio Music Alley.

Here are the links for the show:

• Are N. Korea’s short-range missile tests a prelude?
• Missile experts see Soviet parts in N. Korean rocket
• North Korea may fire more missiles: report
• U.S. plans coordinated response if North Korea fires missile
• FACTBOX – North Korea’s missile arsenal
• PC Makers Part On China’s Green Dam
• Green Dam and the Politics of Consent
• Green Dam’s day not done
• Bing: Not Really Gaining on Google
• Facebook criticised over privacy
• US wants privacy in new cyber security system
• With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengers

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The opening theme is by Lunar. It is titled “Polar Bear” from his first album Hybrid Awaken.
The closing theme is Stringdub by Gautam from Anthems of a Bygone Era, compliments of the Mevio Music Alley.