Today on the show, Erik was off, and Chris joined me to talk about everything from environmentally friendly datacenters to your privacy in the face of Dropbox. I’m not trying to paint Dropbox as the bad guy here, but you should be a little concerned. The 6-Bit Byte, Facebook Frackups and Science and Kickers rejoin our show today, as new concerns about Google Streetview cars and the power of 9-Volts are explored. Enjoy!
Greenpeace Criticizes Apple, Twitter, Facebook for ‘Dirty’ Data Centers
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383915,00.asp
Apple location tracker file: Congressman asks Steve Jobs to explain by May 12
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/04/congressman-asks-apple-about-location-tracker-file.html
Android users “hate” Apple
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20055181-71.html
EU Decides against Net Neutrality rules
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-eu-decides-against-stricter-net-neutrality-rules/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13134494
Oracle gives up Control of OOo
Facebook Ramps Up Lobbying Spend In Q1 2011, Up 400 Percent To A Record $230K
Facebook accidentally turns on all e-mail notifications for some users
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/social.media/04/20/facebook.email.glitch/
Obama at Facebook: let’s go science!
http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/20/obama-i-want-people-to-feel-the-same-about-the-next-internet-breakthrough-as-they-did-about-the-moonwalk/
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110413/full/472156a.html NASA Ponies up $270 Million for Commercial Spaceflight