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This week’s podcast leads with Kenya. In the wake of ongoing post-election violence, we highlight two technology stories that are of importance. Also, South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, known as the Blade Runner, got some bad news this week about his bid to try to run in the Beijing Olympics. And we end with a report from the one panel discussion at CES the World’s Technology Podcast found remotely interesting.

And you thought I had forgotten all about the Warner Brothers announcement, tisk tisk. Seriously though I’ve received several emails asking why I hadn’t commented on the announcement and it simply boils down to waiting for the other shoe to drop, (read other studios following in kind) but it seems as if Paramount and Universal are holding steady (at least for now) so here it goes. Firstly this was a huge win for the BDA, no two ways about it; this was very likely the decisive factor in the format war. I’ve said for quite some time now that Warner’s loyalty was worth its weight in gold, I still believe that but in the weeks since the announcement a couple of things have been gnawing at me. Someone else summed it up best at lunch a few days ago with the comment “if they (the hardware manufacturers) were just going…

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