Ballarat GiG Expo - 25-26th May 2007!

Ballarat GiG coming this weekend!

Although its not confirmed, it look episode 50 might be put off officially until next week, but for a good reason, the Ballarat GiG (Get Into Games) is on!

Starting Friday in Ballarat at 10am, it will finish Saturday. You can look forward to me talking there in some shape and form, as well as being with and helping the Gamestah guys shoutcast the matches.

This includes a special guest appearance by two of the famous Immunity clan, such as Edison, and Jackal - a asian super star who has one and become number one in Singapore and Malaysia.

And you get to sit down and play a 2 versus 2 match and win prizes if you can beat them!.

As well as all this, there will be developers such as Auran to chat about games, and universities will be there showing off their latest courses. Lots to do! It is at the mining exchange, by the way

Think your up for the challenge?

More information is available here -
CPL Official statement:
http://www.cplaustralia.com/news/guf-cpl-victorian-dota-championships.html

Ballarat's statement about launching the event:
http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/Your_Council/Publications/Media_Releases/April/Media_Release_City_Launches_Innovation_Festival/indexdl_2574.aspx


See you there!

ausTech news - Episode 49: STARCRAFT 2

Episode 49: STARCRAFT 2

Well, the big thing happened this week - Starcraft 2 was announced! on top of that, Apple's lukewarm macbook updates.

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Shownotes:

The pirate bay to create youtube competitor
slashdot.org - source

A4 Colour Paper - bendable LCDs!
theage.com.au - pictures and story

AMD 2900XT Reviewed
slashdot.org - original source
a meaty review from techreport.com

Microsoft might sue linux!
tgdaily.com - source

New apple macbooks announced
apple.com - its on their frontpage

Starcraft 2 announced!
ign.com - full information
maxfreak.com - lots of info about it

Video of the week:

Team Fortress 2- Heavy weapons guy
A great video showing the impressive facial animation in Team Fortress 2 (its funny!)
Gamearena.com - streaming and download available

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Get ready for the big one, 50 Episodes next week!

ausTech news - Episode 48: SOUL CALIBUR

Episode 48: SOUL CALIBUR

On this show I take the time to have a chat with CharlieBrown, ad fan of the show that has a lot of neat information to share, as well as the usual tech news this week that you've come to expect.

Remember you can always subscribe by clicking the podcast icon in the top right, or by putting this link into your iTunes/podcast program: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AustechNews - Its easy and free to subscribe, and gives you the show as soon as we make them!



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Shownotes:

Soul Calibur Legends Coming to the Wii
tgdaily.com - info

Scientists double the capacity of rechargeable lithium batteries
tgdaily.com - info

AOL trunicates passwords?
tgdaily.com - info

Aussie uses pants to hide stolen projector
engadget.com - story and funny picture

13 and 15in LED MacBooks coming
itwire.com.au - more rumors

Vista vs XP for gaming
hardocp.com - graphs and more graphs

iPods and Pacemakers Don't Mix
slashdot.org - info

New Domain names on the way
good for them...

Digidesk!
Link to video on engadget, WELL worth watching!

Aussie books for the lose
ttheage.com.au - a good read. HA. I get it.

Video of the week:

EA Interviewed over upcoming Simpsons game
What? a simpsons game that looks like it won't suck?
Go watch on pspupdates.qj.net

Our email address is austechnews@gmail.com . However feel free to leave a voice mail for feedback and comments on the show as well. Thanks for supporting the show and listening to it!

ausTech news - Episode 47: GOATS

Episode 47: GOATS

On this episode we take a peek at Call of Duty 4, Sony's sacrificial goats, and being put in Jail for making a counterstrike map

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Shownotes:

Sony's topless sacrifice party!
thisislondon.co.uk - link

Ken Kutargi Quits ony
1up.com - story

Duke nukem celebrates its 10th anniversary to its original announcement
bluesnews.com - hip hip hooray!

Kid makes map for game, gets arrested!
fortbendnow.com (?) - what the!

Real life windows bugs
dvorak.org - when f-22's go wrong

Digg revolt highlights shortcomings of Web 2.0 view
itwire.com.au - Full story

DirectX 10 may be coming to Windows XP
techpowerup.com - lets hope so!

Nvidia unveils $830 GeForce 8800 Ultra graphics card
tgdaily.com - Thats right, over $1,000 AUD...

Console logos throughout the ages
videolamer.com - sweet website name!

The 660 Gallon Brewery Fuel Cell
slashdot.org - thats a lot of beer

Microsoft Drops Hints on IE8
slashdot.org - here we go again..

Video of the week:

Call of Duty 4
Modern warfare at its best
Direct 480P Quicktime link
or youtubey

Our email address is austechnews@gmail.com . Please support us by getting more people onto this, and let us know if you'd like anything on the show!

Episode 47: Coming soon

We are looking to record the show right now! so look for it soon

If anyone would like to be inside the episode, be sure to email us on austechnews@gmail.com
- we are looking at doing a skypecast at one point too!