Tech News Today 39

Tech News Today Episode 39

Tech News Today 39: No Dongle, No Problem

New 'fair use' inclusions in DMCA, most iPhone users love AT&T, mobile phone industry sues San Francisco, and more.

Hosts

• Tom Merritt (@acedtect)
  • TomMerritt.com
• Sarah Lane
  • SarahLane.com
• Darren Kitchen
  • Hak5
• Erik Lanigan (@eriklanigan)

Topics

• Wikileaks: Afghan War Diary
  • Afghan War Diary, 2004-2010
  • The War Logs: An archive of classified military documents offers an unvarnished view of the war in Afghanistan
  • Wikileaks Afghanistan files: download the key incidents as a spreadsheet
  • In Disclosing Secret Documents, WikiLeaks Seeks ‘Transparency’

• Ruling on DMCA could allow breaking DRM for fair use
  • Ruling on DMCA could allow breaking DRM for fair use
  • Did the Fifth Circuit just make breaking DRM legal? Not quite. from Nilay Patel at Engadget
  • Federal judge says you can break DRM if you're not doing so to infringe copyright from Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing

• EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlockers
  • EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlockers from EFF
  • Library of Congress adds DMCA exception for jailbreaking or rooting your phone from Paul Miller at Engadget

• Most iPhone users love AT&T
  • Most iPhone users love AT&T from CNNMoney
  • Setting the record straight on iPhone and Android from Yankee Group

• CTIA Sues San Francisco Over Mobile Phone Ordinane
  • Wireless group sues San Francisco over cellphone ordinance from Washington Post
  • CTIA sues SF over cell phone radiation law from CNet

• Facebook Testing “Delete Account” Option. from The Next Web

• Firefox Just Perfected Tabbed Browsing. It’s Like Apple’s Expose Plus Spaces For The Web from MG Siegler
  • Tab Candy: Making Firefox Tabs Sweet from Aza Raskin

• WPA2 Hole196 Vulnerability from AirTightNetworks

Lightning Round

• Delay in Google getting City of LA Employees on Google Apps
• NY Post has Rumors about Google Music
• webOS Will Be the only HP Phones: HP not making Windows Phone 7 devices, focusing on webOS instead from Nilay Patel at Engadget
• British Royal Family Gets a Flickr Account

On The Calendar

iPhone 4 Arrives in 17 More Countries This Friday from Apple

Feedback

• Voicemail from Ryan about the imminent arrival of skynet
• Email from John about iPhone going to other carriers

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Production Information

• Edited by: Erik
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