The Briefing 19: Week Ending 13 Jan 2013

The Briefing is back for another year, but with some sad news. Internet activist, Reddit co-founder and co-author of the RSS 1.0 specification, Aaron Swartz, sadly committed suicide on Friday.

The Briefing is your ten-minute-or-less news podcast on the news that you should know. We’re back for 2013, and I do hope you continue to listen and subscribe. Also apologies if there is a bit of a sound differences between stories.

As well, if you are, or know anyone that is contemplating suicide, please contact Lifeline Australia on 13 11 14.

Host: Terence Huynh
Length: 8:28

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http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/11/3867616/keith-ratliff-youtube-most-famous-gun-advocate-found-dead

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/01/09/razer-announces-the-edge-full-featured-pc-in-tablet-form-comes-in-core-i5-or-core-i7/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/01/07/nvidia-announces-project-shield/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/01/11/cnet-pulls-dvrs-best-of-ces-nomination-as-it-has-lawsuit-with-parent-cbs/

https://techgeek.com.au/2013/01/11/ninja-gaiden-3-razors-edge-to-be-the-first-r18-game-in-australia/

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/01/11/following-active-exploits-mozilla-adds-all-recent-versions-of-java-to-its-firefox-add-on-blocklist/

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/01/11/apple-blocks-java-7-on-os-x-to-address-widespread-security-threat/

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/01/11/latest-java-vulnerability-possible-since-oracle-didnt-properly-fix-old-one-now-pushing-ransomware/

http://www.zdnet.com/pakistan-to-unblock-youtube-after-building-content-filter-7000009571/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/11/3865166/facebook-testing-100-charge-to-send-messages-to-strangers

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3853804/microsoft-messenger-retirement-march-15th.