ausTech news - Episode 25: IE7 Launch

Episode 25: IE7 Launch

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Shownotes:

- New Apple macbookpro slipped in
Here is apples swank site as well as the pricing for the original and new Macbook Pros

- IE7 Launch
Do you dare visit microsoft's site?

- Sony thinks the Xbox 360 costs $925aud to match the ps3!
More sony shafting. And yeah, they stuffed up again

- Interview

A interview with the current top H*EA*T battlefield 2142 player, Nemisis_ace.

We talk about the game itself, and if its worth buying. On top of that, the future of Gamearena's ladder with the game too! A great listen for both pro and casual gamers.

- The 20 worst video games of all time
Hilarious reading

- 5 Reasons why games based on movies suck
Point by point!

This weeks tip:

Paint.net
This program is a lightweight and freeware version of Photoshop. It is extremely fast and has layers - give it a go!
http://getpaint.net

Video of the week:

Ben takes a photo of himself everyday
A parody of all those "guy takes a photo for X years" - funny, and has a story too!

Link to the youtube video

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AusTech news - Episode 24: iJoke 7

Episode 24: iJoke 7

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Shownotes:

- Firefox 2.0 about to ship - here’s what’s happening
a list of the things Firefox 2 will bring to the table (techcrunch)

- MySpace Makes Subtle Shifts to Emphasize Video
.. featuring their evil efforts against youtube (techcrunch)

- MySpace predator caught by code
how 1,000 lines of code caught a online predator

- Laser TV unveiled
Come on, admit it - its more practical than sharks with them.

- 20 Things the average person may not know about XP
Dive on in and see if theres any you've missed!

- Generate an essay on anything
Link to the generator

- Exetel to shape Bittorrent downloads
I feel sorry for anyone on Exetel now.

- The NEW Sony BRAVIA ad is online!!
Link to the front page of their site, which has the ad


- Your Favorite RSS Readers
Link to wired.com article

- Debate: does iTunes 7 suck?
w/ Shaun and Brett

- The NEW Sony BRAVIA ad is online!!
Link to the front page of their site, which has the ad

This weeks tip:

VideoDownloader Firefox Extension!
Download and save videos directly from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, Music and more. Its only a 20kb add-on, and is in the bottom right of your firefox window. It's very handy!

http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php

Video of the week:

Shaun:

A quality documentary about hacking from the 1960s to date. Takes a historical approach, looking at the role of the hacker during this time.

Link to page with the video on it (techeblog)

Brett:
Flat sinks, waterfall shower heads? Yep, and its by an australian designer.
Link to the video

As usual, our email address is austechnews@gmail.com . However feel free to leave a voice mail for feedback and comments on the show as well - scroll down a bit and there it is.

AusTech news - Episode 23: Googletube

Episode 23: Googletube

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Shownotes:

- Google Has Acquired YouTube
someone's rich..

- The Rarest, Most Valuable, and Desirable Video Games Ever
It's like kryptonite, only it plugs in to a console and isn't deadly!

- Confirmed Games that use DirectX10 - get ready to upgrade!
Stop drm from infecting everything..

- Red iPod Nano now shipping
..And its for a good cause too

- EA says yes to ingame Ads
First the story... then pictures of where the billboards are

- 13 Photo Sizes Compared - Megapixel Chart explains the Megapixel Myth
A good chart is in here

- vista Rc2 is out - launch is getting closer
not long left now.

- Brett's N93 experience
Homebrewed by myself ;)

This weeks video picks
"Eat like a snake" Seeing as the videos so short, that description will do
Youtube link yet again..

Don't forget we have lots of new things here now - you can scroll down a small bit, and you will see our voice message system. Your able to leave them without any hassle, so we are hoping to round up some real users and so we can say hi. Try playing the one I left there too!
Well, time to start celebrating my birthday!



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Delays in Episode 23!

Sorry about this everyone, there has been a short delay in getting episode 23 done. In short, everything went wrong - my internet provider nCable went down for about 2.5 days, and without access to writely or the articles, I couldn't get a story done.

Look forward to one being produced today. Hopefully it gets finished today too - its my birthday tommorrow!

AusTech news - Episode 22: Sony still sucks

Episode 22: Sony still sucks

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Shownotes:


- The Battle Over YouTube
Warner brothers says: war!

- Another sony stuff-up: 2001 inspired kiosks
This thing is mammoth!

- 10 Ways to stop DRM from spreading
Stop drm from infecting everything..

- 10 Youtube videos that will make you want a Wii
Great for proving the Wii rocks

- Uber leet place to replace GoDaddy.com
Link to dreamhost.com's hosting page

- OLPC invites hackers to test, break 2B1's security systems
Thats One Laptop Per Child, by the way

- My snowball microphone eBay scam
Where my personal eBay scammers hell begun

- Wal-Mart to use infrared to track shoppers
Bzzzt: we're watching!

- Google hits its 8th anniversary

This weeks video picks
Mega64 - a bunch of guys who re-enact video games in real life!
mega64.com

This weeks tip:
Hamachi
A great program that makes setting up LAN's just that little bit easier - this program lets two people appear as a normal windows network, with its shares and everything accessable, even if the other person is on the other side of the world. Can also be used to connect multiple computer groups together for a great big national LAN!
Link to hamachi's site

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Episode 22 will be recorded soon

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