AusTech news - Episode 21: Zune launch

Episode 21: Zune launch

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Shownotes:

- Shaun talks about his holiday
... bangkok then phuket! haha

- Gun prices in Cs:S will be affected by in game demand!
Got to love the big changes

- The Ken Kutaragi puts another nail in PS3's coffin at Tokoyo game show
Note the hilarious DS pictures in this Joystiq story

- Playstation 3 Price cut... or is it
Read and weep.

- Intel pledges 80 cores Processers by 2011
When dual core just isn't enough.

- MySpace Trumps YouTube in Video watches
Make more sense out of it than us here

- Hidden Program of Windows XP Discovered
A working link for you to check it out!

- The myth of the 40 hour game
Trust wired to come up with the good stuff

- New phones announced: the nokia n95 and n75 phones
Of course this wouldn't slip by me, now you can goggle at them too.

- Zune launched
Now the price has been confirmed as 249.95 U.S too.

This weeks video pick
Macintosh parody ads:
These are parodies or "rejected versions" of the
"Hi I'm a pc - and i'm a mac" ads apple have been putting out. Great video!
Link to watch it at clipupload.com

This weeks tip:
PDF conversion via a website for free
If you would like to convert your resume to a much neater format for printing and keeping all of it in the right spot, give this web app a go. You simply upload almost anything, and it spits out a .pdf file out for you.
Link to pdfonline.com

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AusTech news - Episode 20: Butt Cooler

Episode 20: Butt Cooler

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Shownotes:

- Segway PTs recalled
Two wheeled fun

- Top 5 Strangest Japenese USB Gadgets
You have to see these!

- Throw away your pens, OCR hits mobiles phones
Scanner-up, scotty! (*groan*)

- Let Tekken Decide
Link to the game

I rant on a bit about news, such as Parappa the Rappa coming to PSP, the Shoutcasted match for battlefield 2, and a few other points.

- Unreleased Gizmodo game has ButtRape in it!
Hilarious photos inside

- TV Show "Good game" is a video game show in australia
See son, back in my day, we had a show called "the zone" on channel 9...

- New secret discovered from the original N64 version of Super smash bro
See for yourself and decide if its true or not



This weeks video pick
Throw a screwdriver like a shuriken
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DFty431
(.... because I had to balence against the pirate theme somehow!)


This weeks tip:
Writeley.com - for Best described as a notepad that you can save on the net, this lets you share the file and work on it together with a few people - and possibly the best and easiest registration to get started I've ever seen! I am using it to both update clan rosters, and for the shownotes when I am making them...
Link to writeley.com

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AusTech news - Episode 19: Apple + Wii!

Episode 19: Apple + Wii!

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Shownotes:

- Breaking news Nintendo Wii conference with Release date and pricing!
Typical Joystiq being up to the minute

- See your website in 30+ different ways
Useful for developing websites

- Eco Roadster faces identity crisis
Its the new Mr Bean car!

- The Pizza man always rings twice
Yes, yes he does.

- Top 10 Game name shockers
And the appropriately huge website link

- Game prototype with Doom 3 Level graphics is under 100kb!
Well, this isn't a file you need to queue overnight

- New Supercars of 2007
Vroom vroom

This weeks video pick
Light emiting tshirts wtf.. like moving picture T-Shirts!?
Link on youtube

This weeks tip:
PodTube and iTube for Mac and PC
Use this small and simple program to download files from youTube! Just put the youtube link in it, press go, and it saves it to your pc!
Link to the authors page to download it

Me me, over here! - our email address is at austechnews@gmail.com

Episode 19 is due out soon!

Well, Its getting a bit too late so I had to stop editing... sorry guys!

But I will definately get it out first thing tommorrow, and its a great episode.. I talk about apple's new products, Wii's announcements and more.

AusTech news - Episode 18: R.I.P Steve Irwin

Episode 18: R.I.P Steve Irwin

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Shownotes:

- Breaking news PS3 PAL launch delayed to March 2007
Thanks to Digg for the up to the minute update.

- Aussie "bionic eye" doing well in clinical trials
I can't wait until this replaces a TV screen one day

- SanDisk promises a RAW deal
Holy bad puns batman!

- Battlefield 2 v1.4 is out now!
Link to internodes mirror - probably the fastest, 530meg.

- Katrina: guy who saved 200 with boat sued by boat's owner
Oh the irony in the USA...

- Australian scientists working on "suspicious behavior" monitoring
Big brother knows you are packing some bacon.

- Simones rant and discussion on security!
Simone talks about WEP's weak security, and some new exploits out there, be careful with your wireless connections..

- And The Best Antivirus Is…
Guess who came first?

This weeks video picks
Oldie but a goodie - It's a NINTENDOOOO SIXTEEEYYY FOURR!!
Link on youtube

This weeks tip:
53 Photography tips for professionals
Have a gander at these tips, lots of ways and examples of a pro taking great landscape and portait photos.
Link to the source on dg28.com, well worth the clickie

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AusTech news - Episode 17: MMO Sabotage!

Episode 17: MMO Sabotage!
Shaun is going on a holiday, Brett loves plane sabotage, and more

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Shownotes:

- Airplane Toilet IPod Causes Chaos
Have a laugh with this story

- Google to Allow Free Downloads of Books
Link to businessweek.com

- Product sabotage "helps customers"
BBC Website story

- Biggest scam in an MMO
The scoop on this cracker

- Got Lightning?
Click here for the picture

- Microsoft investigates leak of "office" videos
Yahoo story

- Fairplay/DRM on itunes 6 has been cracked
Engadget link

- Universal backs free music offer
BBC News story

This weeks video picks
911: Do you want us to shoot her?
Link to nothing toxic

The office leaked video - Microsoft employee training video!
Google video link

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Coming in a few hours!

Episode 17 is due out in a few hours :) Stay tuned!