Recent Episodes
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Spark 172 – February 12 & 15, 2012
10 February 2012 2:55 PM | 14 Comments -
Spark 171 – February 5 & 8, 2012
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Spark 170 – January 29 & February 1, 2012
27 January 2012 5:34 PM | 10 Comments
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Tech Headlines from cbc.ca- Environment group testifies on charities' tax status
- Online surveillance bill targets child porn: Toews
- U.S. weighs steep nuclear arms cuts
- Groups to take Ottawa to court over vanishing sage grouse
- Nortel hit by suspected Chinese cyberattacks for a decade
- New iPad anticipated in March
- Higgs boson hunt aided by energy boost
- Google's $12.5B Motorola bid cleared by U.S. and EU
- Canada dropping the ozone ball, scientists warn
- CBC digital music service launched
Archive for November, 2009
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![Too much information, digital pack rats, and Wikipedia's digital blind spots. Click to listen:
[audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20091129_23715.mp3|width=160]](http://www.cbc.ca/spark/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Spark 93 – November 29 & December 1, 2009")
Spark 93 – November 29 & December 1, 2009
Posted on November 27, 2009 | 24 CommentsToo much information, digital pack rats, and Wikipedia's digital blind spots. Click to listen: [audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20091129_23715.mp3|width=160] -
Full Interview: Clay Shirky
Posted on November 26, 2009 | 4 CommentsHave you ever played around with a gadget or application, only to discover it’s absolutely perfect for something different from its original design? This kind of inventiveness, or playfulness, happens... -
Full Interview: Gabriella Coleman on digital book piracy
Posted on November 26, 2009 | 48 CommentsOver the past decade or so, digital piracy has been a major headache for the music business, the movie business, and the television business. Less so for the book publishing... -
Holiday remote access toolkit
Posted on November 25, 2009 | 26 CommentsToday, it’s exactly one month from Christmas. In a few weeks’ time, I’ll be sitting at my in-laws’ house, and I’ll wish I had access to my home computer. Sure,... -
Full interview: Mark Graham on Wikipedia’s geographic blind spots
Posted on November 24, 2009 | 7 CommentsThe map above shows the geographic distribution of Wikipedia articles. Darker blues mean more geotagged articles per country. According to researcher Mark Graham, who created the map, Wikipedia has some...