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- 01 / 03 / 07 -

The first show of 2007, hopes for the new year, AT&T gets approval to take over BellSouth, naming the original RBOCs, a limited pledge of net neutrality from AT&T, the "OneDOJ" program and the threats it poses, how cops abuse this kind of access, New York City's problem with cell phones in the classroom and some proposals on how to deal with it, some listener feedback to YouMail, a further demonstration of some YouMail capabilities, a funny recording, suggestions for new features, an earthquake near Taiwan disrupts communications around the globe, a collection of stupid comments regarding technology, more airline security issues, an online hacker publication needs submissions, feedback from someone in the surveillance camera industry, Jim announces more events concerning voting machines, a listener suspects foul play on her cell phone, Bernie is accused of constantly talking about Faraday cages, Redbird determines that cell phone transmissions are safe.

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January 3
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- 01 / 10 / 07 -

New York State takes a big step towards lowering phone call prices for prisoners, which prisoners this would apply to, analyzing the origins of the mysterious smell in New York City earlier in the week, MI5 launches an email service to notify people about possible terrorist acts, a new twist on an email money scam, downtime for Verizon Wireless services, Ken Brickley from YouMail discusses their new voice mail service, expiration of voice mail messages at other companies, examples of some creative personalized greetings that can be used, suggestions for YouMail features, why the service isn't compatible with Sprint PCS, the possibility of using the service with landlines, whether YouMail will remain a free service, CALEA implications, who has access to the databases, upcoming electronic voting events, the mysterious #DOOR number at Verizon Wireless and what it sounds like, plans are announced to demolish the Hotel Pennsylvania where the HOPE conferences are held, Bernie's discovery the last time he stayed at the hotel, efforts will begin shortly to save the hotel, a special email address has been set up, a famous song that's linked to the hotel.

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January 10
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- 01 / 17 / 07 -

The show won't be on next week, Phil from Make Magazine and Mitch Altman are the guests, a new forum for the HOPE conferences and the drive to save the Hotel Pennsylvania makes its debut, some upcoming hacker events around the world, a major advance in the New York subway system, why the "L" train has been shut down so frequently, new bomb resistant trash cans are proposed for the subway, a cell phone catches fire in a man's pocket, Verizon plans to sell off its New England branch, trying to make sense out of all of the phone company mergers and renaming, Sprint PCS voice mail can be found on Amazon, the varying alert levels in the U.K., an update on last week's MI5 story, suggestions on ways to save the hotel, Mitch discusses the latest with the TV B Gones, how television affects people in a negative way, some TV B Gone stories, Bernie recollects a potato gun incident in Ohio, what Make Magazine is all about, some recent projects featured in the magazine, a rundown of available premiums, people to thank, upcoming electronic voting events. This show includes fundraising.

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January 17
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- 01 / 31 / 07 -

The city of Boston is thrown into panic by the appearance of "mysterious packages," what a Mooninite is, the stupidity demonstrated by the reaction to these advertising devices, Phil describes how Make Magazine got part of the blame, where the devices were placed in New York City, a statement from the Graffiti Research Labs on the whole incident, a special promotion for tonight's fundraising edition, an excerpt from the Steve Rambam talk, the story of Steve's arrest, some of the highlights of the conference, how people get attracted to WBAI, the sacrifice being made by 2600 to offer the premiums tonight, Bernie describes the Prometheus Radio Project, an excerpt from the Prometheus talk, people to thank, an update on the plans to destroy the Hotel Pennsylvania, shock at the amount of money being raised, an excerpt from Jello Biafra's talk, Jim talks about how he once possessed the architectural plans to Logan Airport, the show won't be on next week.

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January 31
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