An interview about social network convergence with Ryan Merket, a co-founder of ping.fm – http://www.ryanmerket.com
See http://techwiredau.com/?p=103 for show notes – Topics discussed: Optus to offer iPhone before other carriers – Microsoft offers cash back search – Analysis: Should YouTube censor al-Qaida? – PIN authorisation to be available on credit and debit cards. – From 19 May 2008, calls to the emergency call service Triple Zero (000) cannot be made from mobile phones without a valid subscriber identity module (SIM).WA only – Apple iTunes targeted by phishers – Apple fails to patch serious iCal flaws – Man posts his own crimes on YouTube – Apple takes delivery of 188 mysterious ocean containers – New MP3 Revolutionizes Way You Listen to Music – Aussies lose millions to Nigerian scams – Myki delayed in $216m hit – Mobile phones used by half the world’s population – Google, Facebook in stalemate over data – How to become a fan of data back-up – Telstra’s 3D hologram party trick – Macquarie Telecom extends ADSL 2+ network to WA and QLD – eBay responds to 700+ submissions to ACCC – Dude Crashes Bike On Google Street View (PICS) – Fluffy Bunny: Queensland Uni to become research hub for e-recycling – Site of the week: Whirlpool.net.au – Recent upgrades have given the site a new lease on life
Hacker shuts down government computers – Mom indicted in MySpace suicide case – MySpace wins $234 million award in spam case – Google starts to blur faces in Street View photos – Ants cripple computers in Texas – Telstra reacts to high fibre pressure – Crucial broadband bill opens up secret network info – Budget 08: Business slugged with $1.3b software tax Cool websites of the week: http://www.vimeo.com/658158
Internet filter applied to senators and staff – Google aims to make web sites more social and connect friends – Budget allocates $207m to subsidise rural broadband – Japanese Internet Satellite Hits 1.2Gbps – HBO Shows May Sell on iTunes, for $1.99+ – Hewlett-Packard Acquires E.D.S. – Virtual Iraq Don’t expect you to read all of this – Online Via Sewers: First Town Unveiled – Great gaming debate point: http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/8858/mariogg7.jpg – Fluffy: Could Apple, NBC Be Patching up Differences? – Water lily plan for solar power – Cool websites of the week: http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/
