Two podcast exclusive interviews this week, folks. We hear about Herdict, a new tool that anyone can use to help track what websites are being filtered globally. Also, text messaging and data collection on the front lines of health, development and human rights work. Plus, one Belgium university trials an on-line voting system. Meanwhile, Italians try to give up text messaging for Lent. Good luck!

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Great show this week. We hear how the technology to capture and distribute images of those who have died in war has changed over the years. Also, inside Iran's nuclear program. Is it for energy purposes only? Then, Facebook opens its terms-of-service up to community comment and voting. Meanwhile, is social networking bad for your brain? Duh...And finally, how Twitter and other Web 2.0 tools are helping reshape the fusion cuisine scene in Los Angeles.

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A new, listener-created track launches the 'cast this week. Then, we hear from a reporter who bought a US military laptop, fully loaded, in a market in Pakistan. Also, the Pirate Bay trial in Sweden. Then, Iran launches a satellite, adding to the space junk that's floating around up there. We end with news of a very cool program called Galaxy Zoo. We also find an excuse to play a HUGE piece of music. AC/DC's Angus Young and bagpipes.

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WTP turns four, and we reluctantly delve into Valentine's Day. But first, H1-B visas and the Obama stimulus plan, and how the Internet is chaning Icelandic politics. We also hear about an Egyptian blogger who was recently jailed. Then, we hear about a guy who is using his blog to "speed-date" 37 languages. We also check into a Twitter translation service called Twitrans. And we have a user-generated piece of audio from Tajikistan. Cool.

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A podcast that starts with a Skype message from Rangoon has got to be good folks. We talk Presidential technology, and NATO cyberdefense. We read out some great emails and Facebook messages, and we also hear about Estonia's bid to use technology to boost tourism. In addition, assessments of two new Google products, Ocean and Latitude. Also, a hidden track after the funder.

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One company that's not gloomy at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is Google. We have an assessment. Also, the governor of Texas wants ordinary people to stake-out the border with Mexico from the comfort of their own homes, via webcams. Then, we take a test drive in a new kind of electric car. Will it catch on? We follow that with a look at what life is like, without any electricity at all, in Nepal. We also dip into the old email bag.

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America has a new President, and he likes his Blackberry. And apparently, the press corps wants to know all about it. Also, an online petition stirs up trouble in China. We also hear about some cool technology to help detect cardiac problems. And we end with a piece about the problem of electronic waste in Ghana. Scots Wha Hae. We hope you have a nice Burns Supper this weekend.

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This tech podcast comes on location from Raleigh, North Carolina, site of the ScienceOnline09 blogging unconference. We bring you a number of different angles and views on how technology is shaping the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. We also have a brief OLPC update, and shhh...a secret airborne extra segment.

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And so...on to 2009, with a tech podcast theme sent in by Dave Asma of Spunkshine. We head first to the mid-east to hear from bloggers on both sides of the conflict, and hear about a website that uses short videos to bring the two sides together. Also, China tackles web porn, and Italy cracks down on Facebook. We also hear about a novel use of cell phones in Germany....and shhhh (hic) a secret track.

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In honor of the leap second being added to the end of 2008, we bring you this special podcast. It's been a pleasure bringing you the Tech Podcast this year. We wish all of you all the best in 2009.

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