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Here are the show highlights for episode #39 of the Geek News Daily podcast for November 18, 2008.

• Flash demonstrated on Android based G1
• Android hacked to be a garage door remote
• Apple releases firmware fix for MacBook trackpad problems
• Get out of your Sprint contract with no early termination fees
• Facebook rolls out Verified App program while making themselves an interesting revenue model
• Chinese pirates crack Blu-ray DRM to start selling HD disks
• Nintendo attempts to kill homebrew on the Wii yet again
• The New Xbox Experience is available for all who signed up, everybody else tomorrow
• Jerry Yang steps down as Yahoo CEO

Cool Link of the Day: 20-Foot-long Lego battlecruiser

Bargain of the Day:  Corsair Flash Voyager 16GB Flash Drive for $20 after rebate and free shipping!

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #39

Here are the show highlights for episode #15 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for January 24, 2008:

• Soutwest Airlines testing satellite broadband internet access
• American Airlines to join mile-high WiFi club
• Goodbye, 30-second song clips. Last.fm offers limited full-track streaming and moves towards subscriptions
• FTC defents Ethernet, forces patent troll back under bridge
• Facebook IM client Social.im now available for Mac
• ICANN issues plea for liberty
• Uh oh: Microsoft says Vista is more secure than XP, OSX and Linux
• Yahoo may offer DRM-free music for free
• Virgin Galactic unveils spaceships that will take passangers up in space

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #15

Here are the show highlights for episode #3 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for December 19, 2007:

• Turn in a software pirate, Collect $500
• Nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones
• $3.2 Billion lost to phishing in 2007
• Feds readying for 2008 IPv6 deadline, but not for actual use
• New trojan software swaps Google Ads for malware
• Sony offers $100 credit
• Facebook settles text-messaging suit
• 73% of Americans havn’t heard of Google Docs

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #3

Here are the show highlights for episode #2 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for December 18, 2007:

• BBC launches iPlayer service for Macs and Linux
• Apple plugs 42 security holes
• E3 returns to Los Angeles
• Privacy is no defense when Circuit City find child porn
• $8,000-per-galon printer ink leads to antitrust lawsuit
• 1,000 pages of bad news: Ohio e-voting report released
• Porn Spammers’ lust for Facebook data lands them in court
• Universal, XM settle suit over reciever’s ability to record

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #2

Here are the show highlights for episode #1 of the Geek News Daily Podcast for December 17, 2007:

• Blogging celebrates 10th birthday
• Nintendo and GameStop to guarentee Wii’s in January
• Playstation 3 gets DivX and WMV playback
• Microsoft responds to Opera’s antitrust complaint
• Google sued over Chinese name
• Windows Mobile makes changes to compete with iPhone
• Ads-Click introduces MicroSocialAds in Beta. Get paid to spam your facebook friends

Host: Jeremy “pcnerd37″ Bray
Geek News Daily #1