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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Technolotics #6 – Aids in Uganda, Hurricane Katrina
[audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/06_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 6 Feed: RSS Notes Filesharers buy more music Guardian Reviews Study – which alleges filesharers buy more music [1] – Fileshares spend 4.5 times more on (downloaded) music, according to music research firm ‘The leading question’ – Controversy exists as to whether music sales have really fallen, for 2 reasons. Sales are calculated by Read more
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Technolotics #5 – Attack dogs, magnetic supermen and the death of the library
[audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/05_technolotics.mp3] In this episode we discuss: Who’ll mind the mainframes is mainframe programming a dying art? Researchers use Transcranial magnetic stimulation to uncover change blindness Lancet metastudy finds homeopathy doesn’t work Europe Russian and Japan may unite to build manned craft – while nasa picks new booster for return to the moon Is google getting Read more
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Technolotics #4 – Epigenetics, and other reasons not to choke your chicken
In this episode we discuss… The jokers on who in the Nolan Batman sequels? Coke aint so sweet in India Stimulating stimuli cause temporary blindness Epigenetics, the science which transcends genetics Gvisit.com – website stats meets google maps FCC want to track your wifi ip phone Feds want flyer background checks Google’s new share offer Read more
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Technolotics #3 – Yuppie for South Korea
In this episode we discuss.. Gaming addiction claims another Korean life Republican conflict over stem cells Snuppy the cloned puppy Ipodsubwaymaps.com – shows up Apple, shines on google Google implements wildcard natural language questions Mobile phones in UK to spy on their users British licence plates get RFID tagged [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/03_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 3 Feed: RSS Read more
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Technolotics #2 – Privacy Bites Back
In this episode we discuss.. 10 year sentence in UK for keeping your private key private MacTel to use TCPA/Palladium ‘treacherous computing’ How to protect your privacy with TOR, Privoxy, and Peerguardian What’s wrong with Wikipedia? – The flaw in folksonomy systems First conviction in UK for using an open access point Irish Music Rights Read more
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Technolotics #1 – Welcome to Technolotics
First episode of technolotics. In this episode we discuss.. Bag searches on the NY subway John C. Dvorak (no relation the keyboard) doesn’t understand CC Windows Vista to require secure monitor ‘Oil Barton’ of the House of representatives committee on Energy and Commerce investigates environmental researchers Japanese researchers create worlds most lifelike android Bush administration Read more
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