Recent Episodes
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Repeat of Spark 157 – May 27 & 30, 2012
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Spark 183 – May 20 & 23, 2012
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Spark 182 – May 13 & 16, 2012
11 May 2012 10:37 AM | 4 Comments
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Tech Headlines from cbc.ca- Newly discovered malware most lethal cyberweapon to date
- Call them May flies, not June bugs, biologist says
- Facebook shares fall below $30 US
- Social media websites ignoring privacy laws, watchdog says
- Snake-like robots making surgery, search and rescue easier
- Waterbeds, chiropractic care make for more productive cows
- Narwhal tusk exportation case adjourned again
- Major RIM layoffs expected
- Ottawa commits $17M to stop Asian carp invasion
- New Facebook phone reports spark online speculation
books Archive
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![Text 2.0, reputation management, and Facebook privacy. Click to listen:
[audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20100530_33075.mp3|width=160]](http://www.cbc.ca/spark/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/text20.png "Spark 115 – May 30 & June 1, 2010")
Spark 115 – May 30 & June 1, 2010
Posted on May 28, 2010 | 7 CommentsText 2.0, reputation management, and Facebook privacy. Click to listen: [audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20100530_33075.mp3|width=160] -
Ancillary: DIY book scanning
Posted on March 17, 2010 | No CommentsLate last year, Nora interviewed Gabriella Coleman about digital book piracy. One of the reasons Gabriella cited for the increase in book piracy was new software and hardware that makes... -
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... -
Andy Kaplan-Myrth of Creative Commons Canada responds to the idea of “Open Textbooks”
Posted on August 26, 2009 | 1 CommentYesterday, I posted Nora’s full interview with Eric Frank from Flat World Knowledge, a company that publishes “open textbooks” — free remixable academic works published under a Creative Commons license.... -
Full Interview: Eric Frank on Open Textbooks
Posted on August 25, 2009 | 10 CommentsEarlier this month, I wrote about the future of textbooks — if traditional hard-bound books might someday be replaced be electronic editions, or if the industry might go the way...