By Anonymous (not verified) , 16 February, 2007
Author
John Anderson

A weekly review of news at the intersection of media and democracy.

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In this week's program: The FCC fudges the numbers with regard to broadband availability in America. Public broadcasting is back on the chopping block. Sony settles with the FTC over zealous copy protection practices. And AT&T's merger mania has been great for the company's bottom line.

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By Anonymous (not verified) , 16 February, 2007
Author
HIMC

Hitachi announces world's smallest RFID chip. HIMC report.

Hitachi has out done itself this week by introducing the world's smallest and thinest Radio Frequency ID (RFID) chip. So small it can easily be incorporated into many kinds of materials, or "dusted" on groups of people. Again, privacy issues are a concern not addressed by any regulations or monitoring of the RFID technology.

Lorie Kramer reports for HIMC on the story
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By Anonymous (not verified) , 16 February, 2007
Author
Dan Roberts

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, China, Cuba, and Russia.

By Anonymous (not verified) , 16 February, 2007
Author
Radio Sabotaje

Promocional absurdo de la radio + eriza, Radio Sabotaje desde México

By Anonymous (not verified) , 15 February, 2007
Author
joe broadhurst

Canadian farmer fights back against Terminator seed giant (15:30)

Percy Schmeiser is a farmer from Bruno, Saskatchewan Canada whose Canola fields were contaminated with Monsanto's Round-Up Ready Canola. Monsanto's position was that it didn't matter whether Schmeiser knew or not that his canola field was contaminated with the Roundup Ready gene, or whether or not he took advantage of the technology (he didn't); that he must pay Monsanto their Technology Fee of $15./acre.

By Anonymous (not verified) , 15 February, 2007
Author
joe broadhurst

Greg Harkin, of the Independent UK, revealed in 2005 that IEDs in Iraq were the same as those used by the IRA. (9:00)

Author of "Stakeknife", a book which revealed how the UK Security Services had infiltrated the IRA, wrote his article on October 16, 2005. Three months later, the UK retracted statements about Iran supplying bomb materials in Iraq. Now the Bush Admin. is trying to use the same tired old "evidence".