Podcast Notes: Russian Elections, Virtual Shakespeare and a School for Hackers

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• Veronica Khokhlova on the Russian elections and the sale of Livejournal


• Adam Green of MoveOn.org on Facebook privacy battles


• Edward Castronova spoke about Arden, the Viritual World of Shakespeare


• A mention of this blog and then..The Britblog Round-up with Natalie from Philobiblon.


• Andrew Heavens spoke about the Sudan teddy-bear crisis. And how bloggers responded


• David Axe is back safe and sound from Mogadishu. Via the Nairobi bureau we learned about the conflict and the difficult role of African Union peacekeepers


• And could hacking be another martial art? We explore the zen of the hack with a Russian master - Ilya Vladimirovich Vasilyev of the aptly named Civil Hackers School

Oh and in case you missed it I've an article out about CCTV and logo recognition software out on news online.

UPDATE As mentioned in the Podcast Dan Ackerman Greenberg, the author of the hugely controversial blog post The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos, was kind enough to grant us an interview. We've mentioned the row about the post before on the show. Here Dan makes explains how in his view the context of the post was misconstrued in the ensuing row and also clarifies some of the ethical issues surrouning video marketing as he sees them. Listen to the interview on Blip.tv here

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