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  • Episode 41: HMFICOMFDS

    A Florida state senator was caught looking at porn on the senate floor.  A manual transmission gear sensor for use with a remote starter ensures that your car is in neutral before attempting to turn the engine over.  We discuss an article written about why everyone should learn to be a hacker.  The greatest, nerdiest “We’re Expecting” announcement you will ever see.  Google announces the Google Apps users will get all Google services later this year.  A security researcher is disclosing a rootkit for ATMs at this year’s Black Hat conference.  All this plus the Fark Headline of the Week and this week’s Off-Air Discussion.

    Show notes available at http://wiki.whatstherumpuspodcast.com/41

  • Episode 26: Was That It?

    A Russian billboard was hacked to show porn to passerbys.  The FBI has a new forensic tool: Google Image Search.  A kid builds a network router out of Legos.  Canceling a Nexus One contract costs more than the phone itself.  Listen in to find out how AT&T generates support for its anti-Net-Neutrality stance.  Fake log cabins and Pants on the ground.  Barnes & Noble starts a textbook rental service.  Facebook adds comment reply by email feature.  Plus, the Fark Headline of the Week and the Question of the Week.

    Show notes available at http://wiki.whatstherumpuspodcast.com/26

  • Episode 10: Godwinned

    This week we talk about the new Star Trek movie, the Icy Hot Stunnaz, and Cash for Clunkers.  A high school student is suing Amazon over book deletions. Cold Stone Creamery has developed a no-melt ice cream.  A chinese man was beaten to death in an Internet Addiction camp.  Find out what the 25 most useful car technologies are and a new way for vending machines to bill you.  Plus, this week’s Fark Headline of the Week and some Dumbass Apple News.  Also, the Slave Leia Appreciation Society… You’re Welcome!

    Show notes available at http://wiki.whatstherumpuspodcast.com/10