ausTech news Episode 87: SOUNDCARD WARS

Episode 87: SOUNDCARD WARS

We have a few people in the live show thanks to gamestah, and discuss about if the newest updates to windows are worth it, and if you should hold back. Lots of shoutouts, and input from people listening to the show, and a tip for the social blogger or facebooker (gah!) in you.

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Shownotes:

Asus and Creative go to waaarrrrrr
tgdaily.com - source

Vista SP1 and XP sp3 - the aftermath
I talk in detail about the new updates, after the dust has settled.
Bit-tech : core SP1 Update Performance
Bit-tech : Vista SP1 Gaming Performance
Bit-tech: Windows XP SP3 Performance!

Mini PC news
dailytech.com - source
Asus EEE 900 To have Bluetooth, Maybe GPS, and a touchscreen!

Tip of the week:

twitter
Think Facebook is a load of hogwash? Twitter looks set to be a social site that doesn't suck.
You send short messages, which say what you are up to. People can comment, or your friends can follow. You can send updates via your phone, and subscribe to others and have their updates sent to your phone from/via SMS, seperating the explicit need for a PC. Privacy isn't as important, because you don't write your life story. Twitter itself is kept very simple, and is a dream to code with and for. In about an hour, I have a xml feed which shows it on any website I like. Great future!
Twitters website

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ausTech news Episode 86: NO DARK SECTOR FOR YOU

Episode 86: NO DARK SECTOR FOR YOU!

Joining a very small list, Dark Sector has become the latest game in Australia to be refused classification.

This episode has a large amount of live audience in here, Including Ripperlord, Hooti3, Bdad119, and Sgt.Smithy, as well as others present. As a result, this episode is more casual, but still covers a large range of topics.


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Shownotes:
Valve gets all three fps founders in its steamroom
tgdaily.com - source

Solid State Fan kicks normal fans butt
dailytech.com - source

Dark Sector Banned in australia
1up.com - source


Sony bring the fail brigade - charge you to clean your laptop
engadget.com - reference

Bad Company beta on xbox360 reveals buyable weapons
shacknews.com - source

Tip of the week:

xepc.org - free up your Asus eee pc space!
With the current way that the eee works, It has two partitions. One hidden, one writeable, where all your files and updates go. This means that if you for example install skype 2.0, you now have two copies of skype on your mini laptop, wasting space. This update will commit updates to that hidden partition, freeing you up more space, and making you a happy little eee user again. Woot!
eeeuser.com - information link

Video of the week:

Dark Sector
Want to see the game you are missing on,
and see for yourself if it is too violent?
Gametrailers link

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ausTech news Episode 85: CANT STAND THE HEAT?

Episode 85: Can't stand the heat?

After coping with the boiling Victorian weather, and a awesome meetup with friends in Melbourne (images were blogged live here ), I pick the pieces up and talk about Asus's new mini device, as well as other things. A tip involving a multi touch capable wiimote for your pc, and a vieo about parking you won't expect.

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Shownotes:

OCZ Announce mega quick 32 and 64 gig Solid State discs
tgdaily.com - source

Mixed reality technology promises neo like whoa
dailytech.com - source

mp3 players celebrate their 10th Anniversary today
reghardware.co.uk - source

Play on linux
digg.com - referring source

Mini PC
www.dailytech.com - source

Tip of the week:
Use your wiimote as a Multitouch/tablet device
This clever guy uses a led device, and a mounted wiimote to be able to turn any screen or projector surface into something you can draw and interact with. Easier than you would think to do!
"Incredible wiimote hack"

Video of the week:

Extreme parking
You have to give it to him, the dedication this guy brings to
the "sport" of car parking is admirable...
Go watch on youtube

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Next episode - tommorrow!

Next episode, tommorrow!


the next episode of ausTech news will be done live, either through gamestah.com or talkshoe tommorrow between 9pm and 10pm.

Also, I just returned from Melbourne. See last episode or its shownotes for information on how to see the live blog we ran while I was there. I went great!

ausTech news: Live blogging in Melbourne

Episode ??: Live blogging in Melbourne

Just a quick note and show mentioning that I'll be meeting up with a group of buddies in Melbourne, and I'll try to be blogging it live at this website:

http://www.news.clanheat.com.au

Lets see how I cope with the heatwave up there at the moment!

Have fun! See you next episode, which is due Sunday or Monday

ausTech news Episode 84: VIRAL GAMING

Episode 84: FREE YOUR MIND

A (unintentional!) focus on alternative input devices this episode, with joysticks able to give true forcefeedback and input devices able to use your mind - are we on the brink of a gaming revolution?

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Shownotes:
If you think your lucks ever bad with computers, try being this 12 year old kid who breaks every computer he touches. ( link )


MSI make a heat driven cpu cooler... err?
slashdot.org - source

Cosmo says..
digg.com - social link

Brain controlled input devices this year?
tgdaily.com - the larger headset...
engadget.com - source, and the much sexier OCZ version.

More info on Battlefield Heroes
shacknews.com - source

The best virus you can get
gizmodo.com - source

New nine inch nails record available on the net - for free!
digg.com - source

Could a Maglev joystick rock
newscientist.com - source


Mini PC watch
Engadget:
8GB in the XP-equipped model, up to 12GB or 20GB in the Linux versions, "atom" processor
Nova (mini pc) promos.asus.com - more glossy info, and cheesy porn music. (thanks to charliebrown)
engadget.com - wind pc



User questions:
Parts of the show bring up some questions I'd like feedback on - if you can add your two cents, feel free to leave an email at austechnews@gmail.com !
What do you think about the idea of neural input devices - do they have the potential to become as common as a mouse?
Best place to catch up with gamers, besides a lan - how would you do it?

Video of the week:

Pure Pwnage Episode 16 - Duty Calls
Because the breaks between episodes are so huge, It's worth linking to it.
Video gaming, on a medium suited for it - the internet
Go purepwnage, go!

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ausTech news Episode 83: GOT R RATING?

Episode 83: Got R Rating?

This week we talk about the Australian potential to have a R18+ Rating for gaming, in order to put it in line with the movie industry. Is having such a rating going to have a positive or negative impact on the industry itself though? we Discuss.


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Shownotes:

Metal Gear 4 Has a release date
kotaku.com - source
June 12th. Bundle in option of 499usd w/Game + 80gig PS3

Your next screen may be powered by blood
dailytech.com - source

Nintendo set to charge for online gaming
tgdaily.com - source

Sonys secret game
yahoo.com - source

Australia: Got R18?
games.internode.on.net - source
"Mr. Michael Atkinson"

Australian ISP filtering enters trial stage
australianit.news.com.au - source

Video of the week:

You suck at photoshop
This is comedy gold, don't let the photoshop title scare you
if you have never used it - this guy is a master at making you laugh!
Go watch on youtube

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ausTech news Episode 82: VIRAL GAMING

Episode 82: Viral Gaming

On our third live show, I push the envelope further, having multiple guests in, and even talk to Adam live, a gameOP on Gamearena about a interesting area that he is pursuing.

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Shownotes:

Fatality Camp: $3500 to get good at Unreal Tournament 3
esreality.com

Spore - viral gaming?
gamespot.com

Tip of the week:

Launchy
Have you heard of quicksilver for the Mac?
It lets you launch programs by typing a few letters, and is much faster than the start menu.
Here is a light (runs ultra quick) version that is for windows!
http://www.launchy.net/

Pandora alternative
Although pandora is great, its also locked to anyone outside of the U.S.
Here is a version that will work in australia, and lets you type in an
artist you like, and it will play songs from them, and similar! great for
background listening, with no ads or annoying talkovers.
http://www.finetune.com/wii/player.php

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Next episode, tonight!

Next episode tonight!

Join me and others in, with me going live at 9:15pm AEST tonight. That's Melbourne time, you Aussies ;)

If you have Ventrillo, you can speak live on the air. Otherwise, on irc.gamesurge.net , #gamestah I will be in there answering questions too.

Look on http://www.gamestah.com for more details!

ausTech news Episode 81: CALL OF DUTY 5

Episode 81: Call of Duty 5 Announced

In our second live show, I continue to experiment with the technology of presenting live, and bring down the big news of Red Alert 3 and Call of Duty 5 being announced. One of them looks destined to fail, one has a chance - can you guess which?

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Shownotes:

According to networkworlds predictions, 2.2billion text messages were sent on Valentines day... Lady sues best buy 54million dollars for her $1,100usd laptop. Claiming identity theft, I'm still not sure she has a big chance. Super Smash Brothers Brawl Sells 1 million copies in tokyo in two weeks, smashing the previous record set by Wii Fit, at 7 weeks. Again overseas, a californian judge has ruled that anonymous trollers like 4chan and the like are allowed to stay anonymous, and you can't be tracked down by making trolling statements on the web. The Bluetooth SIG group are looking to piggyback Wifi, by using wifi signals on devices with it - when it needs to send larger files. Microsoft since asking yahoo to be bought out, have got angry and are now directly going to ask their stakeholders to "sell out". Team fortress 2 has an update available, the biggest change being a new map called Badlands (a vertically based map which should be interesting). Lastly, On the phones front, a Nokia N96 overseas has been announced. Look forward to a 2.8inch screen, More leds for the flash (but still not xenon), and massive 16gig inbuilt memory. Doesn't have that wow factor though... Oh well, My Nokia n93 is still barely hanging on, I can wait. From experience, this means you will see this in the latter half of the year in aussieland.

Housekeeping:
The PhysX buyout by nvidia has some news - 8xxx Series will be getting phsyx software for their cards
tgdaily.com - source

The HD-DVD war looks over!
tgdaily.com - source

Intel Ships first Phase Change Memory chips
dailytech.com - source

Red Alert 3 Announced
pcgamer.com - source

Call of Duty 5 Confirmed for the Wii and DS
computerandvideogames.com - source

More Grand Theft Auto IV Media released
shacknews.com - source

Microsoft plans to deploy friendly worms
it.slashdot.org - source

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Episode 81: Coming live, Sunday 8:30pm AEST!

Episode 81, Coming live to you, Sunday 8:30pm AEST.

Thats Melbourne time, for those confused - +10 GMT, so if you know your timezone, you might be half an hour to an hour different.

You will be able to speak to us live in the Ventrillo Channel by joining us on Ventrillo, or talking in IRC at irc.gamesurge.com , on #gamestah . We will read out any questions you have for us in there as well.

After the show, it will be available as a downloadable podcast just like normal, so don't be afraid if you miss it!

ausTech news Episode 80: Microsoft likes Yahoo

Episode 80: Microsoft likes Yahoo

In our first official live show, we go live to the world! The podcast was available live on gamestah.com and anyone was welcome to come in and ask a question, or put in their opinion.

It was a lot of fun, and I'll let people know in advance next time, so they can jump in! Thank you to everyone that was in the actual podcast tonight, as well as people listening in live that I gave shoutouts too.

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Shownotes:

Short news

The most expensive pcs that you can get! Includes a case with a swing open door that puts lamborghinis to shame for between 40-$70,000usd, and to top that off, pcs that have gold plated cases ( don't believe me ? ) Which sap away your wallet with a mind meltingly high price of over $500,000 and a not so skyhigh graphics card of a Nvidia 8400 (That doesn't look like a misprint), Microsoft offers $44.6 Billion for yahoo in a what the heck kind of moment. In other news, google searchers ask whats yahoo, and if its still a search engine these days. Call of Duty 4 has a 1.5 patch, which says to fix the bugs with the server browser. A quick test of it so far shows its not really that much different. Duke Nukem forever said to come out in 2008, according to some random newspaper.

The real price of SMS messages
slashdot.org - source

NVIDIA to buy AGEIA
dailytech.com - source

3DMark enters the game business
futuremark.com - source

EB Australia at war with Microsofts 360?
kotaku.com - source

Video of the week:

5 Video game rage clips
Have you ever had a friend that's taken it a bit too far in their game,
shouting and screaming at their virtual enemies? if you thought it was funny then go
see these people taking it a step further.
Go check them out

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ausTech news Episode 79: Battlefield Heroes

Episode 79: Battlefield Heroes

With the big news being Battlefield Heroes being a new free (ish) game announced by EA, I go through that, and cover Nvidia's next few graphics cards coming soon as well.

Short News:

WoW hits 10million users (roughly the same as the online list in skype!), Team fortress 2 plans: you will get unlockable weapons! The first being the medic class. They are unlocked for completing half, then all acheivements for them. The only one revealed so far will permenantly give the healee %200 max health, but its ubercharge takes much longer to get there. Crysis soundtrack comes out on january 29th, and has over an hour of neat orchestral music done by Inon Zur. It has not been confirmed if you need to update your CD player in order to hear it, Super Smash Brothers Brawl announced that it will be shipping a lot of demos of games the charecters originally came in, for example the NES version of legend of Zelda, Kid Icarus and Kirby. Sadly so far they look to be just demos, but still they will come on the disc that has the game for the Wii. For those worried about GTA IV and its delay, Rockstar have said that the Xbox 360 and PS3 Versions are now identical, besides the live content of the xbox 360.... Is that a good or bad thing?

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Shownotes:

EA to release free game "battlefield heroes"
dailytech.com - source

Nvidia unveil plans for the first half of 2008
megagames.com - source

Mass effect seen as porn by auther, net fights back
nytimes.com - source (needs registration)

qTrax now lets you have 25 million songs for free
timesonline.co.uk - source

Video of the week:

Force Technology demo
A great video showing how they've put three technologies together to let you
carve through the scenery, and have charecters that want to survive
kotaku.com for the win

Video of the week:

Puppy vs Roboquad
What do you get when a spider looking robot tries to
take on a cute little puppy?. Hilarity.
Go watch on youtube

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ausTech news Episode 78: Macbook - load of air?

Episode 78: Macbook - load of air?


On this show I catch up with the Macworld Expo, go past the gloss and find a diamond in the rough, as well as catch up with how Call of Duty 4 is going as I played a ladder match in it.

Short Stories
Alex Navarro also leaves gamespot after the kane and lynch contraversy, 2015 may see UDHTV, which is 7680 x 4320, 22.1 channel or 33 megapixel ( just how big is that? ), Playstation 3 now costs $400 to manufacture, Sun just bought MySQL for 1 Billion (here ), Anyone who hasn't played quake and are about to download the demo? dont, as it has a glitch in the installer. Doh. ShackNews have a trailer of Uwe Bolls Postal, available here, Command and Conquer screenshots have emerged of a mobile version called Tiberium Wars, World of Warcraft has a Signed Integer for its gold value, which means that you can have a max of 214,748 gold, 36 Silver and 48 copper.

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Shownotes:

New Gen media costs $5 to make
cooltechzone.com - source

Windows Vista SP1 Patch available to the public
wired.com - source

Bodyheat can charge your cellphone
tgdaily.com - source

amBX for Supreme Commander
fangaming.com -source

Ex Midway Guy invented the wiimote?
gonintendo.com - source

It's illegal to take photos of Ford Cars
boingboing.net - source

Video(s!) of the week:

Life as a turret in portal
Even if you don't like Portal, this is a great parody that should reach out to
most gamers who do the smack talk.
Go watch on youtube

What happens when last googles parents leave town
A party with all the big names on the internet.
I'm talking Myspace, eBay (warning: swearing)
cracked.com for the win

Meet the Spartans
You should watch this for the Britney spears parody alone!
Another movie that takes the mickey out of others
meetthespartans.com

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Macworld and next episode is on tommorrow

Next Episode!

After trying out a skypecast, I realised I need a bit more practice in pulling it off, as well as having a high quality show. So, I am taking the time for that, and releasing next episode, tommorrow. Approximately 8pm (AEST)! So stay tuned, and I will see you on then!

ausTech news - Episode 77: New Year, New Gear, New CES

Episode 77: New Year, New Gear, New CES

What a way to open up the year! I take for a drive a completely new podcast setup, with the advantage being the ability to go live, and to easily put other people in the show. Its going to bring a new dynamic to the show, and I like to both welcome new listeners, and older veteran's who've joined up sometime in the past 76 Episodes. Look forward to great new things soon!

This week on the show, I Cover The CES coverage from the major outlets, and sift through to see things which are worth talking about. For example, 150 Inch Screens anyone?

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Also on this weeks show:

• Darth Vader in Soul Calibur IV
  
• CES info
• Top 10 Movies this year
• And a brand new podcast, for a new year

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Shownotes:

Dog kills man with shotgun
breitbart.tv - source
Boeing 787 - now hackable!
engadget.com - source

Australia to enforce ratings system online
arstechnica.com - source

Darth vader will be in Soul Calibur IV!
1up.com - source

Darpa is inventing a nasal spray that lets you stay awake for days
Gizmodo.com - source

Top 10 Anticipated movies
yahoo.com - article

CES - Ces.engadget.com
Lots of mp3 players, like a 32gig Sansa View
Creative inpersion looked good until it was 700 + monthly fee
Hybrid SLI Technology launched by nvidia
Bill gates is going part time July 1st
Wireless usb devices have video on them, cool future tech
Samsung shown off a 150inch tv
Pictures of a prototype asus eee 8 inch: http://blog.pixnet.net/crazyje/post/12637970
SuperSoaker Guy looks to double solar effiency
Shuttle launch KPC

Asus With wimax, bigger screen
pocket-lint.co.uk - pictures

Tip of the week:

Tip: Free portal sample for nvidia owners
Got a nvidia card? well, Steam are giving you a very sample of Portal.
Give it a go, as its definately a must play game for 2007.
steampowered link

Tip: Free portal sample for nvidia owners
An alternative to meebo.com, which is a internet messaging program, It is a
fast and effective way to use MSN on the go.
koolim.com

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ausTech news - Episode 76: DUKE NUK-WHA?

Episode 76: Duke Nuk-WHA?

With wOOt now being titled the word of the Year by the us dictionary, you know that this year has been a boon of a year, with gamers having something regardless of what they like playing available for them - even rare fruit like team fortress 2, and gems like Call of Duty 4!

On the show itself, I was shocked to cover a real piece of Duke Nukem forever info, and many other companies were festive, with ATI giving away free stuff, As were microsoft (with a catch). As a bonus, I have a chat with Charlie brown on Asus EEE tips and resources, and comment on the results of the Google Zeitgeist search results for this year (hint: Hi5 is now the most popular growing music group in the world!)

Christmas time is here, and I wish you all a merry christmas, presents for your family (and yourself!) and the usual joy that you should be getting pumped over.


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Shownotes:

Flirting robots pass human test
itwire.com - source

Microsoft giving away Vista ultimate - with a catch
slashdot.org - source

ATI is to give away more steam content for free
steam.com - source

Command and Conquer FPS announced
shacknews.com - source

Nintendo Wii gets gifty
gamespot.com - source

Next jackass movie coming to the internet
yahoo.com - source

No new highend ATI Graphics cards in 2008?
xbitlabs.com - source

Video of the week:

Duke Nukem Forever teaser
I'm not kidding... its 50 seconds of joy
Go watch on shacknews.com

Another Video of the week:

A podsafe christmas song, by Jonathan Coulton
Youtube. Love it. This is a very catchy, chipmunky song tune
Go watch on videosift.com

Yet Another Video of the week:

New Batman trailer
Moody, actiony
Go watch on their site

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ausTech news - Episode 75: BITS AND PIECES

Episode 75: Bits and Pieces

This week I am a bit baffled that someone gushes about World of Warcraft being able to save their life, but get my feet back on the ground when I discover a video of the vaporware Optimus Keyboard - quite a sight!

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Shownotes:

Boy Survives real life attack using MMO skills
wired.com - source

Pirate bay goes open source
digg.com - info

First video of the Optimus Maximus Keyboard!
gizmodo.com - source

No more open wifi?
techdirt.com - source

Facebook tells everyone what you like
techcrunch.com - source

Asus says: go ahead and upgrade your eee!
eeuser.com - source

Linux is going to take over the low end pcs
digg.com - source

Tip of the week:

Hidden installer program helper on your pc
Did you know Windows XP has a piece of software, that helps you package up
a bunch of your stuff to make it easy for someone else to install, called iexpress?
pcmechanic for the rescue

Video of the week:

24 hour pizza delivery
What if Jack beur, delivered pizza?
Go watch on youtube

Another Video of the week:

Speed Racer
Cheesey, nostalgic (not), and by the Matrix guys. I'm a bit unsettled.
Go watch on youtube

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ausTech news - Episode 74: TRASH TALKING REVIEWS

Episode 74: Trash talking reviews

The video and technology industry are definately not in the christmas spirit, with backlashes, choice words, and a lot of general monkeying around is happening.

With Jeff Gerstman getting fired for alledgedly writing a bad review on gamespot, does this mean the end of game reviews which are honestly worth reading? and what about one of the largest gaming mergers happening in history to break up a dreary sunday news day?

That still not enough? Well, the Asus EEE pc's finally made it out into at least Myer in small quantities, just like the One Laptop Per Child project having its first successful deployments in third world countries. Phew!

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Shownotes:

Microsoft Santa robot starts swearing and getting jiggy with it
theregister.co.uk - source

Activision and Blizzard to merge
kotaku.com - now this is a suprise announcement!

AMD gets annoyed at intel
itwire.com - source story

Microsoft sued 140million for multiple passwords
techdirt.com - source

Microsoft Trash talks Firefox
dailytech.com - source

Write a bad review? get fired
primotechnology.com - Jeff Gerstman, you will return.

Secret Mailing list clouds Wikipedia
slashdot.org - source

The OLPC project
cbsnews.com - source

Myths in gaming
gamepro.com - source

Tip of the week:

Warzone 2100 for Free!
That's right, a Real Time Strategy which was made open source in 2004, has been
updated to better run on newer computers (openGL support),
as well as be a good game in its own right.
Highlights include customizing your units heavily, and a futuristic dead world type setting,
This is almost a steal at under 16megabytes.
More information, and downloads available at http://wz2100.net

Video of the week:

B*stard boyfriend breakup
With lines like this, who needs girlfriends
Go watch on youtube (ok, that tag line sucked)

Asus EEE Tip: Enabling Advanced mode
Your bundle of joy comes with a lot of future potential. To get at most of it,
Asus have provided an "advanced mode" where you are able to change your
theme, add new applications and tweak your mini-machine.

To do this:

1. Launch file manager (its in the work tab)
2. Click on tools at the top, then Open Console Window
   
3. type sudo bash (this lets you hack around) after each next step, press enter.
   
4. type apt-get update (this updates the list of apps you can update)
5. type apt-get install kicker , and press y and enter when it asks to install
6. type apt-get install ksmserver , and press y and enter when it asks to install
7. Type exit, enter to exit your sudo acces. Do this again to leave the terminal.
8. Done! Now when you tap the power button, there is a full desktop option on the far left. Enjoy...
   

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ausTech news - Episode 73: ASUS EEE REVIEW

Episode 73: asus EEE madness

With Gadget Madness running through my veins, I review the Asus EEE Laptop before it reaches australian shores and give a verdict on what may be a gadget lovers dream device. I also talk about Service Pack 3 for Windows XP and how it may affect people moving to Vista - and even have some room to fit in an excellent video to watch this week, and tips to help troubleshooting a friends pc even easier

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Shownotes:

MS Explorer crashes
news.bbc.co.uk

Seasame St: not for kids!
boingboing.net - where else would this be from?

Testers say XP Sp3 is faster
computerworld.com - soruce

Top 10 IT Disasters
zdnet.co.uk - list

Asus EEE Review
By Brett (thats me!)

I talk about using the EEE, its Specifications, and why this laptop may be one of the most fun gadgets you may ever purchase - its a lot of fun!

(note the 50cent coin to compare the size of the laptop)

Tip of the week:

Theme: Support and diagnostics
These two tools are sure to make showing people your latest photoshop trick or running through a problem when you can't be there yourself easy, as well as finding out what is in your computer much easier in a pinch.
Camtasia Studio 3 - for free
Go watch on youtube

Adia32
Find
Go watch on youtube

Video of the week:

I feel fantastic!
Written by Jonahton Coulton, who also wrote "still alive" for Portal,
this song is catchy and will make you smile
Go watch on youtube

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Secret link - If you don't tell your wife you won the lottery, prepare to get your butt kicked!
miamiherald.com - source