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ACTA and the history of IP piracy
1:30 PM.Adrian Johns has been studying the history of intellectual property rights from the Middle Ages to the present day. Audio
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Telstra Clear browsing problems
1:15 PM.Some of Telstra Clear's 300,000 internet customers have been having problems downloading videos from YouTube. We find out what's going on with Geekzone blogger Mauricio Freitas and John Bone, Telstra… Read more Audio
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Landfill deodorant
12:50 PM.Jonathan Watts lives in Beijing where illegal rubbish dumping means city authorities are looking at giant deodorant sprays to freshen things up. Audio
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Polaroid revival
12:30 PM.In 2007 Polaroid stopped making its massively popular instant cameras and then the film that went inside. Marlene Kelnreiter of the Impossible Project on its attempt to bring it back to life. Audio
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Self-shearing sheep
12:15 PM.In some parts of the world the wool market's tanking. So rather than spending money shearing sheep, Englishman Peter Baber's breeding some that moult instead. Audio
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Japanese women getting slimmer
1:55 PM.Unlike the situation in the rest of the developed world, Japanese women are actually getting slimmer! Blaine Harden's been finding out why. Audio
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Social media- good for consumers?
1:35 PM.How businesses are using social media like Facebook and Twitter to communicate with their customers and deal with consumer complaints. With Darren Barefoot and Jonathan Dodd. Audio
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iPad teardown
1:25 PM.Luke Soules queued up for ages to get one of Apple's new iPads and then immediately trashed it! Luke's a teardown specialist who takes the latest gadgets apart for an audience of geeks, DIY repairers… Read more Audio
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Vietnam: texting on mopeds
1:15 PM.Intrepid texters are taking their lives in their hands in Vietnam as they text on bikes and mopeds in heavy traffic. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports. Audio
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Amazon vs Canada
1:15 PM.Andrew Clark's been looking at the stand the Canadian government and booksellers are taking against the giant online bookseller Amazon. Audio
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Tech news: UK digital laws and election
12:45 PM.Bits and bytes from the world of technology with Bill Thompson. The UK Digital Economy Bill becomes law and with a general election looming on May 6th how will the parties be using technology to win… Read more Audio
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Selenium and Vitamin B12
12:30 PM.How do you know your brazil nuts have good selenium levels? Plus Vitamin B12 - why do we need it and what's the best way to get it? Nutritionist Jennifer Bowden has the answers. Audio
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Lactose intolerance
12:15 PM.Professor Mark Thomas from University College London's been studying when and how humans developed the ability to digest lactose, one of the main sugars found in milk. Audio
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Tech news: Powershop and mobile phone rates
1:45 PM.Tech correspondent Peter Griffin with an update on the online energy retailer, Powershop. Plus dropping call and text rates point to increased competition in the mobile phone market. Audio
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Priceless: what's a fair price?
1:15 PM.William Poundstone's the author of 'Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value'. Pricing psychology and the way shoppers are being manipulated over the price they pay. Audio
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Driver distraction: electronic billboards
12:50 PM.With more digital signage going up every day, flat screen technology's coming to a billboard near you. Matt Richtel on the debate over how distracting this will be for drivers. Audio
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Corned Beef
12:35 PM.Listener Don asks what the reddish liquid is you find left over in a packet of corned beef. Torben Sorensen is a food technologist who knows the answer. Audio
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Foraging: coprosma
12:25 PM.Foraging for free sweet treats with Johanna Knox. Coprosma has a tasty yellowy orange berry, but watch out for seeds! Audio
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Mexico: charity pawn chain
12:15 PM.Bill Booth lives in Mexico where the Mountain of Pity, a national pawnbroking chain that's run like a charity, has lent nearly 2 billion dollars. Audio
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India: Autorickshaws, coffee culture
1:50 PM.Jason Burke lives in Delhi in India where city authorities are trying to take the capital's 80,000 auto-rickshaws off the streets. Plus what social changes and the arrival of the big coffee chains are… Read more Audio
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Wireless access
1:40 PM.Vinny Kumar's leading a team of local inventors who've come up with a neat way to distribute information wirelessly using existing FM and AM radio networks. Audio
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What happens to our milk?
1:30 PM.Listener Heather want to know more about our milk- what goes into it, what gets taken out, and can humans drink rat milk?! Dairy expert Dr Alistair Carr from Massey University has the answers. Audio
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Tech news: Google and ACTA
1:15 PM.Bill Thompson beams in with the latest tech news and this week Google versus China. Plus global anti-counterfeiting talks come to New Zealand next month. Audio
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Jamaica: chicken pill diet
12:50 PM.The Kitchen Sisters and NPR explore a strange and potentially dangerous Jamaican dieting trend. To get more curvy, women are taking nutritional supplements normally used by farmers to grow bigger… Read more Audio
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Mineral collecting
12:35 PM.We visit Ian Godfrey and some of the other rockhounds at a local rock and mineral club. Audio