I'm not sure how I feel yet about Halo ODST, but this looks like it could be good as well as give more details about what happened before the first Halo for those who don't like to read.

I'm now going to be transistioning the tech related content over to my new tech blog Tech Trekker. I'll still be updating Darker Nemesis, but the updates will probably be more personal entries and any other random stuff that might not fit in properly in a tech blog.

So feel free to go check it out and subscribe to the feed.

Tech Trekker [http://techtrekker.com]

I have no idea what his name is yet as I just got him, but he's almost 3 months old and a Puggle...

Well, this episode has been recorded for almost a month, but with how busy I've been I haven't gotten around to editing it until last night at my lonely hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I'm joined in this time around by Jay Fowler aka SilentJay74 of the Social Blend Podcast as well as Juicy Snake. This episode we go over Piracy and laws, Windows 7, lightspeed travel and more.

Apple

iTunes now DRM Free with Variable Pricing
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/04/07/itunes-drops-all-drm-adds-variable-pricing/

Apple Threatens to Sue the W3C Over Patent
http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2009/04/07/apple-widgets-patent

Microsoft

Windows 7 "Upgrade / Downgrade" to Windows XP Still Available
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Microsoft_Windows_7_Downgradeable_to_XP...

Windows 7 Release Candidate Leaked to BitTorrent
http://lifehacker.com/5203595/likely-windows-7-release-candidate-7077-lands-on-bittorrent

The Interwebs

Hulu Encrypts HTML to Try Again to Block out Boxee
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content...

Record Labels in Germany Realizing YouTube has Leverage
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090401/1915404347.shtml

So Now it's All Google's Fault
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/05/so-now-everything-is-googles-fault/

After Sweden's New Anti-Piracy Law Takes Effect -- Traffic Plunges
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/as-swedens-internet-anonymity..

Harvard P2P Lawyer - File Swapping Fair Use
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/harvard-p2p-lawyer-file-swapping...

Trickery Used to Pass French Piracy Law
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/04/hadopi-law-passed-by-12-votes-to-4
Update: This Has since been shot down

Using the DMCA to Block Reviews
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090328/1445494290.shtml

Mobile

Android G3 Due Late 2009
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/huawei-to-release-t-mobile-android-g3...

Space

Quantum Setback for Warp Drive
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23292/

Miscellaneous

US Electricity Grid Infiltrated
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB123914805204099085...

Barnes and Noble Looking at their own eBook Reader
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/barnes-and-noble-working...