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Tech Wired Australia - The Podcast     

Show notes @ http://techwiredau.com/?p=166

Episode: 65
Date: 16/07/2008
Host: Ben Grubb
Co Host: Brent Pudney

Streamed @ http://www.live.techwiredau.com 7:30 PM Wednesday

Topics Discussed:

1. Teenager brands himself with ‘laser tattoos’ | NEWS.com.au

2. Brazilians first to unlock iPhone - Mobile Phones

3. Queensland Government urges Google Maps to catch up | Australian IT

4. Huge compensation bill awaits Optus | Australian IT

5. Apple Finally Unleashes Lawyers, Force Lightning on Psystar

6. Twitter acquire’s Sumize

7. Telstra to sell broadband capacity wholesale

8. Optus cable fault causes widespread outage

9. New Microsoft Offer, Quickly Rejected

10. Yahoo’s Plan to Open Search Draws Mixed Reviews

11. Fluffy bunny: Nintendo Wii Music to mimic 60 instruments | NEWS.com.au

Show notes @ http://techwiredau.com/?p=164

Episode: 64
Date: 12/07/2008
Host: Ben Grubb
Co Host: Brent Pudney

Streamed @ http://www.live.techwiredau.com 7:30 PM Saturday

Topics Discussed:

1. Southern Cross Cable to quadruple traffic capacity

2. Australia bans video game “Fallout 3″ over drug use

3. Before the App Store “Opens”, it has already made Apple $55,000

4. Internet blamed for weight gain in teenage girls

5. Trek Stop: a vending machine for skinny people

6. Can’t Find a Parking Spot? Check Smartphone

7. Woman’s Cell Phone Turns Out to Be a Live Bat

8. Wisconsin paper will publish mainly online

9. Photonic Switching to Boost Internet Speeds

Show notes @ http://techwiredau.com/?p=161

Episode: 63
Date: 11/07/2008
Host: Ben Grubb
Co Host: Brent Pudney

Streamed @ http://www.live.techwiredau.com 7:30 PM Friday

Topics Discussed:

1. Alleged eBay fraudster living in car

2. Xbox 360 Pro for $299 all but confirmed

3. Water Found on the Moon

4. Aussies win tech prize for saving water

5. Google Launches Virtual World Called Lively

6. Fight Crime by Texting the Police

7. Google Teams up With eBay and PayPal to Combat Phishing

8. Bits: One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life

9. Telcos complain to ACCC about Telstra’s ULL service - again

10. Finger Mouse goes wireless, still swallows up your digit

11. Google Lets You Monitor Access To Your Gmail Account

12. User Charged With Felony For Using Fake Name On MySpace

13. Privnote Lets You Send Messages That Self-Destruct

14. ACCC still has its eye on eBay

15. Axel Springer switching 10,000 employees to Mac

16. Pioneer’s Blu-ray disc hits 400GB across 16-layers

17. Segway CTO becoming VP of Apple product design — yes, really

18. Aussies may get limitless downloads

19. Apple drops top Macbook Air price

20. British privacy group aims to roadblock Google’s Street View

21. Virgin Media warns 800 file-sharers

22. New report says SSDs are, in fact, more efficient

Listener Feedback:

Shaun:

“In regards to the computers in schools, I personally think that all school computers should be PeeCees (Even though I hate them, its just for compatibilty etc) and I think that the government should fund each school as much as the school needs, so if they have 500 kids then it really should be 1 computer per 4 kids for example. Also the school should be linked via WiFi 802.11n not Ethernet.

Also in regards to fibre/ADSL2+ I think that we should all use VOiP services, and only have ADSL2+ or Fibre available to the home, but with prices that are reasonable (ie 10GB total [no peak off peak junk] for ~$20)
If only stupid Te!$tr@ & the Government would allow it to go ahead… Oh that’ll be the day!

I totally agree with Brent with M!cr0$0ft owning NineMSN & now trying to buy Yahoo!7 as well. I am glad that they didn’t get to buy it, because then they would really take over power of our media, etc etc.

I also agree with the Yahoo page being cluttered & horrible, the main reason I only ever use Google. Its so much cleaner, and loads so much faster!

Also, I HATE Re@l Pl@yer too, when I tried a “trial” version of it, it made the PC as slow as a snail & it just kept pester pester pester at me “Buy now!! Get the full version!! Experience the full Real experience!! Buy now!! Just $40!!” Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!! I uninstalled it almost straight away. It wasn’t worth it.

Anyway, keep up the great work on TWAU, I am lovin it lately with Brent and all the new ways of reporting everything. Very nice.”
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TechJunkie.in.Cyberia:

“Hey guys,

Not that I’m going to get one but just thought I’d let you know that the iphone 3g is available from Telstra on july 11 ONLY in 15 locations… pretty sad really, I thought Telstra had more stores across our expansive country…. Our am I confused?!”
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Albert 3801:

Hi Ben and Brent,

I’ve been enjoying episode 61 and thought I’d drop a note while still on the train.

Regarding the standardisation of computers and software in schools I fully support that. Macs and PC’s should be available and all schools should use the same OS and applications. The actual specs and sourcing of the machines could be kept local to different schools or districts to take advantage of cheaper local deals while taking into account the potential for savings for maintenance contracts with large computer orders. However from a student point of view this is not important as long as software and OS are identical.

Regarding e-conveyancing I don’t think this is such a good idea. Conveyancing can be a minefield for the unwary with seller and buyer trying to rip each other off. When I bought my unit there were quite a few legal loop holes in the contract prepared by the vendor which would have cost me big time had my solicitor not picked them up. So a big NO to e-Conveyancing from me.

Love the show and keep up the good work.

Proudly Sent using a Sony Ericsson mobile phone and NOT an iPhone.

Show notes @ http://techwiredau.com/?p=158

Episode: 62
Date: 06/07/2008
Host: Ben Grubb
Co Host: Brent Pudney

Streamed @ http://www.live.techwiredau.com 7:30 PM Sunday

Topics Discussed:
1. iPhone 3G lines start at the Apple Cube… one week early

2. Principal sues parent over inflammatory email

3. Judge Orders YouTube to Hand Over User Data

4. Google Told to Turn Over User Data of YouTube

5. Thousands affected in Westpac IT glitch

6. Slashdot | AVG Fakes User Agent, Floods the Internet

7. Optus reveals iPhone pricing

8. iTunes K-12 launches with resources for students, parents

Fluffy Bunny: 9. Tyrant alarm clock dials your contacts if you refuse to wake

10. Tipit Lets You Transfer Money Over Twitter. Sort of.

11. Me For the Weekend in Byron Bay

You may have noticed that this weeks episode of Tech Wired Australia has been delayed.

The reason behind this was, I (Ben) went to BarCamp Gold Coast!

First of all let me just say that it was great.

I met a lot of people with the same ‘get it’ understanding for technology, which is what I usually find @ all these events.

The turn out was great also, 31 are in the group shot (including camera man) but there were more throughout the day!

Below is a picture of the turn out snapped by: djp photohraphy

This weeks Tech Wired Australia podcast will be released within the next 24 hours.

As the title suggests, Tech Wired Australia #62 will be recorded live @ 9am Sunday.