• Turn OFF all cell phones. Switching your cell phone to vibrate won’t help, you can still hear that in the podcast.
• Turn of your system sounds. Your listeners do not want to hear your new mail notification, etc.
• Turn of your PDA(s). Your listeners do not want to hear your reminder sounds, etc.
• Get a Pop Screen. Really. I mean it. Either buy one, or build it yourself. It will make your recording more understandable. Believe me.
• Use a wind shield if the microphone is right in front of your mouth (headset). There is not much that is more annoying than the constant breathing noises in the podcast.

„The Commission maintains that, without the directive, patents on computerised inventions will continue being granted by national offices and the European Patent Office,” said the Commission in a statement. „It [the EPO] does not grant ‘software patents’ — computer programs per se, algorithms or computer-implemented business methods — that make no technical contribution,” said the EC.

Moreover, with respect to the particular cases mentioned by the Honourable Member, the draft Community patent Regulation confirms in its Article 28.1(a) that patents granted for a subject matter (such as computer programs), which is excluded from patentability pursuant to Article 52 EPC, may be invalidated in a relevant court proceeding.

VeriChip chairman Scott Silverman's appearance on American TV this week has raised fears of the introduction of RFID technology.

According to RNIF, he "bandied about the idea of chipping foreigners on national television Tuesday".

RINF said Silverman appeared to be emboldened by the Bush Administration call to know "who is in our country and why they are here". He told Fox & Friends that the VeriChip could be used to register guest workers, verify their identities as they cross the border, and "be used for enforcement purposes at the employer level". He added: "We have talked to many people in Washington about using it..."