AusTech news - Episode 12: Websites from the dead

Episode 12: Websites from the dead

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Shownotes:

- AMD buys graphics maker ATI for $5.4 Billion
Link to source (yahoo)

- Portal, the clever puzzle game by Valve
Link to further information as well as a video showing it off (youtube)

- Youtube popularity explode
Link to youtube... no not really, the source

- Intel Conroe chip is out! E6700 oc'ed from to 2.66 TO 3.5ghz
Link and benchmarks

- Half-life 2 "survivor" is a FPS in the arcades
Link to website containing pictures

- Corporate Websites from 1996
Link to website.. haha.

- And a video by myself! Unreal Tournament with the new X-fi sound patch
Link to download file off fileplanet.com
Leave a comment there if you like it, it shows off what the new features are very well.

This weeks video pick -
"The Ring" creature unleashed on japanese school girls
link to youtube link

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AusTech news - Episode 11.11: Urine control

Episode 11.11: Urine control

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Shownotes:

- Microsoft, Yahoo link IM systems
Link to website

- Skype protocol Reverse engineered and cracked
Link to website

- Valve to ship Halflife 2 on PS3 and Xbox 360 in an updated form
Link to slashdot source

- Urine controlled video games!
umm... just see it

- Podcasts from your busstop!
Link to website

- Massive Price Drops next monday for the AMD Cpu series in wake of Conroe
Link to website

- 18 Tricks to teach your body
Link on msn - have a look!

- Multi touch sensing screen is like a intuos tablet on steroids
Link to website

*NOTE - sorry about the mess up with the episodes! I've been out of action on the weekend and couldn't fix it straight away*

This weeks video picks -
First 24 Minutes of A Scanner Darkly available online - for free!
link to ign.com hosting it

and the mighty Retro Rob - bring back your NES memories here!

Don't forget the email to shoot of anything at austechnews@gmail.com

Episode 11 mess up

Sorry about this guys! Episode 11 was uploaded without some sound effects and the introduction in... I'd prefer it to be perfect, So i've pulled it and it will be in the next blog post after this - again, sorry about that, and hope it doesn't stop your enjoyment of the show!
- Brett

"oops, I made a booboo message"

AusTech news - Episode 10: Tenz0r!

Episode 10: Tenz0r!

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to download it directly (43:05, 17.2mb), click here

Shownotes:

- Call of Duty 3 Gameplay footage
Link to video webpage

- PSP shenanigans including 2.5 downgrade
A rant with Brett and Shaun

- Olympic swimsuit design uses supercomputers
Link to slashdot source

- Moving house and comparing internet VOIP plans / what is VOIP?
Link to.... oh wait, its us talking again!

- 715 Megapixel Sydney photo
Link to photo on his website

- Rocketboom video blog face Amanda Congdon sacking cover up
Link to Wikipedia info

- DoD:S free weekend impressions take 2
Link to steampowered.com

- Sony PS3 Q/A reveals lots of secrets
Link to original Q/A

This weeks video picks - Leaping Lizard man and McDonalds "I LOVE IT!"

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AusTech news - Episode 9: Turkey Slap

Episode 9: Turkey Slap

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to download it directly (48:28, 19.8mb), click here

Shownotes:

- Kevin Rose launched digg on a $99-per-month server + $700 for development cost
Link to source

- Big brother scandal! - Camilla gets John and Ash kicked out
Link to source where you can watch the video!

- Mysterious Website "eon8" Actually elaborate Social Experiment
Link to source

- Top Ten Video Game Weapons
Link to video

- 1000's of free ebooks
Link to website

- OH NOES! Internet Explorer 7 beta 3 may have memory advantages over firefox
Link to source

- Eefoof.com helps you earn money posting
Link to website

- Seagate's leaking hard drives for 10x the fun
Link to website

No tip this week, sorry for being slack ;)

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Don't forget the signatures are still around if you want one for yourself (including your name!)
I will edit in Shaun's one soon too.