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Light hearted look at the latest technology news from Australia and beyond. We discuss the tech issues of today that matter to the average Aussie consumer.
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Episodes

Episode 434 - 23/04/2015

ATO asks eBay for help catching tax cheats MacBook Pro "staingate": Apple silent on screen corrosion business-friendly Apple Watch apps Office 365 and AWS first with new federal govt certification Xero tightens link with NAB Microsoft to open flagship store in Sydney, first outside USA AdBlock Plus defeats German publishers in court Manchester council considers plan for 'anti-wee' paint FM radio switch-off looms in Norway Man tears tendon after playing Candy Crush for weeks Dallas Buyers Club wa...

Apr 23, 20151 hr 5 min

Episode 433 - 16/04/2015

ISP takes a year to refund customer WWDC 2015 dates announced Leak reveals next version after Windows 10 Game of Thrones Periscope broadcasts anger HBO Podcast 'patent troll' faces blow after US ruling Netflix regrets signing unmetered deals with iiNet, Optus

Apr 16, 201555 min

Episode 432 - 09/04/2015

iinet - Dallas Buyers Club downloaders will be fined Goodle Apple and Microsoft face Senate Rechargeable aluminium battery more

Apr 09, 20151 hr

Episode 431 - 02/04/2015

Kogan sets up shop NBN relic unearthed Samsung's Galaxy Blade Edge thought-powered search iiNet blames Telstra for slow Netflix connection speeds Office 365 goes live from Australian data centres What free Office on Windows mobiles tells us Australian internet data usage breaks exabyte barrier NBN Co expands rollout by 550k Jay Z promotes 'artist-owned' music streaming brand Early Benchmarks Put Retina MacBook CPU Performance in Range of 2011 MacBook Air Apple Looking for TV Networks to Bear Str...

Apr 02, 20151 hr 3 min

Episode 430 - 26/03/2015

Android "on-body" feature stops you unlocking phone Australian IT duo tackle Minecraft addiction Taylor Swift buys .porn and .adult web domain names Turnbull introduces bill to block piracy websites Facebook offers Messenger to businesses Apple phases out dual-boot support for Windows 7 PayPal Launches Free Return Shipping Gold and other metals in human poo at levels worth mining

Mar 26, 20151 hr 13 min

Episode 429 - 19/03/2015

Greater oversight for Google’s app store Offshore storage to be allowed for Australian data retention Apple's Tim Cook offered liver to dying boss Steve Jobs Sotheby's auctions to be streamed live on eBay TPG to acquire iiNet for $1.4 billion Yahoo gets rid of passwords and brings in email encryption Windows 7 users report issues installing Microsoft update Microsoft launches Office 2016, Skype for Business previews Microsoft to offer biometric sign-in for Windows 10 Free upgrade to Windows 10, ...

Mar 19, 20151 hr 12 min

Episode 428 - 12/03/2015

Apple Watch of course Cheap 'Apple Watch' copies on sale via Alibaba site Apple iTunes, App Stores crash globally Apple quietly puts up local iPhone 6 prices Apple TV price slash makes it a more attractive proposition Australian Apple Watch prices and shipping dates confirmed Apple gets into medical research with ResearchKit Apple reveals MacBook Air killer, and it's a MacBook Google opens London shop as new marketing strategy Google CFO retiring, going backpacking Facebook removes the 'feeling ...

Mar 12, 20151 hr 13 min

Episode 427 - 05/03/2015

Ford shows off smart e-bikes Lenovo debuts US$149 Windows tablet, two Android models ABC exposes Apple's controversial working conditions Bill Gates is named world's richest person again Millions share new Chinese character Cut music to 'an hour a day' - WHO Apple event likely to be Watch launch Play’s 3rd Birthday Offer: Get 3 months of APC for just $3

Mar 05, 20151 hr 14 min

Episode 426 - 26/02/2015

US woman sues Lenovo and Superfish Lenovo website hacked, revenge for Superfish? Tasmanian school among world's first IBM-Apple deployments PC reseller lands Woolworths as distribution channel Aussie Microsoft partner joins Accenture on $100m home-buying system Police dept pays ransom after Cryptoware infection YouTube: 10 years in 10 videos Google's YouTube to launch kids' app Google machine learns to master video games Google Street View maps Greenland David Thodey steps down as Telstra chief,...

Feb 26, 20151 hr 4 min

Episode 425- 19/02/2015

Apple Store revamp, Apple wins patent for a virtual reality device Hong Kong Telecom launches Asia’s first 10Gbps service US govt can spy on and sabotage computers HTTP/2 speeds up the web for the first time in 16 years Microsoft integrates Office with Apple iCloud Microsoft trademarks Windows 365 Facebook Patents Clever Way To Advertise Just To Important People FAA Proposes Rules To Open The Sky To Some Commercial Drones, But Delivery Drones Remain Grounded

Feb 19, 20151 hr 4 min

Episode 424 - 12/02/2015

South Australia looks at driverless cars Retina MacBook Air and final Apple Watch apps specs coming at the end of the month Apple Watch pre-sale and iOS 8 Victoria shamed as Australia's software piracy hotspot Apple, Google defend tax paid in Australia Hacker takes over baby monitor, terrifies nanny Rapidshare to close following long decline Telstra H1 to cross $2bn mark Better Call Saul’s successful launch on Stan takes away any pirating excuses Hackers steal millions of US health records The A...

Feb 12, 20151 hr 9 min

Episode 423 - 05/02/2015

Facebook refuses to remove images of Jordanian pilot murder Microsoft reveals what 'Windows-as-a-service' means Kogan expands from technology to groceries Entire websites now locked for ransom Microsoft gives away Office on Android tablets The Pirate Bay relaunches a month after being taken offline No Windows 10 for Surface RT devices Foxtel Broadband drops data limit for Presto You can buy the Sydney Monorail on Gumtree for less than a car

Feb 05, 20151 hr 10 min

Episode 422 - 29/01/2015

Our Guest this week is Frank Lucisano from scopeiteducation.com.au This week's show is brought to you by ScopeIT Education Amazon takes fight to Office 365 with WorkMail Apple cheered for "biggest profit in corporate history" Canalys: Apple finally tops China Microsoft's AutoCharge lamp can charge your smartphone Google makes every Aussie an Apps reseller Apple's Australian tax bill hiked as profits triple Child watch: The apps that let parents 'spy' on their kids Tim Cook Says Apple Watch Ships...

Jan 30, 20151 hr 5 min

Episode 421 - 22/01/2015

How Windows 10 will merge the tablet and PC Microsoft offers free upgrade to Windows 10 for one year Microsoft HoloLens After fine Marriott says it won't block guests' wi-fi networks Facebook clamps down on fake news stories Only 10pc use latest IE version: Cisco study Microsoft denies Minecraft server breach

Jan 22, 20151 hr 11 min

Episode 420 - 15/01/2015

UK govt wants to ban WhatsApp and iMessage TorrentLocker infections surge in Australia Phone bug wakes up Australians an hour early and more.......

Jan 15, 20151 hr 5 min

Episode 419 - 08/01/2015

Australian Internet and Social Media Statistics: The year of 2014 Sony boss "very proud" of standing up to hackers Netflix to block VPNs Microsoft unleashes new version of Office for Mac Apple to rush out first ever automatic security update Bill Gates drinks water distilled from human faeces TV in Australia is about to get a big shake-up Smartwatch market is on standby waiting for the Apple Watch Kantar Worldpanel ComTech report shows Apple iPhone 6 winning sales war Sony debuts answer to Googl...

Jan 08, 20151 hr 5 min

Episode 418 - 18/12/2014

NSW residents warned of free computer scam Lenovo follows HP, Toshiba in recalling same power cord Telstra penalised $102,000 for iPhone 6 ad How to boot to command prompt in Windows 8 Microsoft to accept Bitcoin payments Windows 10 "the next chapter" to be unveiled in January 21 Facebook thinking about 'dislike' function - Zuckerberg Jeans made that will prevent 'digital pickpocketing' Apple defeats $1bn court case alleging anti-competition Skype users to get real-time language translating tool...

Dec 18, 20141 hr 30 min

Episode 417 - 11/12/2014

Hacker Group Takes Down Xbox Live, PSN HEY HEY WE’RE ONLINE! Microsoft exec: Windows 10 coming in northern autumn Will Windows 10 be a free update? Office 365 to be hosted in Australia RIP Microsoft Clip Art Victoria to release real-time bus data Pirate Bay goes offline after Stockholm police raid Video-game pioneer Ralph Baer dies age 92 Netflix to offer 4K content in Australia

Dec 11, 20141 hr 6 min

Episode 416 - 04/12/2014

Surface dominates 2-in-1 shipments in Australia Apple Australia loses fight to have 'App Store' trademarked Aussie telcos struggling with IPv6 adoption Perth to Singapore SEA-ME-WE-3 cable severed again Eyeteq TV box helps colour-blind viewers Selfie-stick sellers face fines in South Korea Gangnam Style music video 'broke' YouTube view limit Shareholders approve Microsoft CEO’s $84 million pay package Hollywood heavyweights fear Sony hack and leaks

Dec 04, 20141 hr

Episode 415 - 27/11/2014

Intel promises 10TB SSDs within two years Recharge your phone in 30 seconds? No more 'free' apps in the Apple App Store Coles resells Windows 8.1 tablet for just $89 Kogan launches $329 Windows laptop Australian Govt rolls out cybercrime reporting site Qld Transport to replace core registration system Vinyl record sales hit 18-year high Steve Jobs biopic moves to Universal Pictures Google launches ad-free net experiment

Nov 27, 20141 hr 14 min

Episode 414 - 20/11/2014

Microsoft releases out-of-band Kerberos patch Netflix in Australia: will telcos play along? Samsung to cut one-third of smartphone models Five-year-old passes Microsoft Certified Professional exam Telstra offers free trial for first 1000 wi-fi hotspots Google, Telstra trial balloon internet in Queensland Google rents world's biggest digital billboard in Times Square

Nov 20, 201454 min

Episode 413 - 13/11/2014

unsecured webcams Apple lets local resellers mass-configure devices The internet of things will now make your coffee Beer in the cloud? Coopers ramps up online DIY BlackBerry Passport puts company back on road to survival A Solar-Powered Glow-in-the-dark Bike Path YouTube's Music Key NBN Co reveals new broadband mix Woman busted for importing meth in printer cartridges Largest Microsoft 'patch Wednesday' coming this week No NBN rollout planned for Parramatta sees internet users left with third-w...

Nov 13, 20141 hr 2 min

Episode 412 - 06/11/2014

Australia's answer to Facebook Aust Post sets up warehouse in US New malware targets Apple devices Tech firms get new tax breaks in Ireland Apple eyes bond offer to raise even more cash, report says Taylor Swift pulls music from Spotify, to celebrate birthday in Australia Specs leak of Apple's alleged Surface killer Original Apple to go under the hammer Telstra to pay $18k to judge following privacy breach

Nov 06, 20141 hr 10 min

Episode 411 - 30/10/2014

Lenovo launches tablet with built-in projector Microsoft gives unlimited storage to Office 365 users Microsoft Surface revenue hits $1 billion in a quarter Two-factor authentication coming in Windows 10 Google secures logins with USB Security Key Microsoft unveils $199 wearable fitness device Google's Alan Eustace beats Baumgartner's skydiving record McDonald’s Australia to roll out iOS, Android ordering app Microsoft slates Office 16 for second half of 2015

Oct 30, 20141 hr 15 min

Episode 410 - 23/10/2014

A Good ol Reminisce ‘POODLE’ vulnerability affects web browsers using old SSL encryption Google launches email do-over Microsoft Azure Australia coming next week Microsoft Azure Australia coming next week

Oct 23, 20141 hr 7 min

Episode 409 - 16/10/2014

Apple, Facebook pay women to freeze eggs Vodafone gives away free international calls Apple overtakes Asus in top five best-selling PC brands iPad Air 2 expected at Apple event this week Microsoft CEO apologises over women pay gaffe Women execs are prominent in Microsoft overhaul Google's public DNS goes offline Ireland set to close 'Double Irish' tax loophole Bono apologises for U2's iTunes album release Devices being remotely wiped in police custody

Oct 16, 20141 hr 21 min

Episode 407 - 02/10/2014

Switching on first Wi-Fi hotspots in iconic locations this November Join us as we build Windows 10 Acer launches new convertible notebook Bash bug could be 'worse than Heartbleed' Apple iOS 8 reset bug deletes iCloud Drive files

Oct 02, 20141 hr 14 min

Episode 406 - 25/09/2014

Windows 7 products End of License date Steve Ballmer's legacy: the Blue Screen of Death 'Bendgate' strikes iPhone 6 Plus Apple pulls iOS 8 update after complaints 'Bendgate' strikes iPhone 6 Plus $199 Windows 8.1 tablet to go on sale in Target OneDrive lures iPhone 6 users with 30GB offer Apple's iPhone 6 sales "shatter" past records Windows 9 Technical Preview launch date confirmed Apple releases U2 album removal tool BBC takes strong line on Australian online pirates

Sep 25, 20141 hr 7 min

Episode 404 - 04/09/2014

Samsung unveils Galaxy Note 4 Apple sets big date for 9 September Time for iPhone 6? What to expect from Apple's big event next week Unofficial Windows XP service pack released Hockey calls on Tax Office to target ‘Australia Apple washes hands of celebrity iCloud hack Free pies at the MCG to tempt fans over to iBeacon Turns out the Queen is not a fan of the royal selfie Fuji Xerox printer 'comes to your desk' with documents

Sep 04, 201440 min

Episode 403 - 28/08/2014

DOCTOR WHO COMES TO MINECRAFT ON XBOX Dropbox slashes prices to match Google Drive Telstra, JB Hi-Fi, Dick Smith to sell Jabra Sport Pulse "smart" earbuds Seagate ships world's first 8TB HDD Apple to replace faulty iPhone 5 batteries Microsoft to announce Windows 9 in September? Time for the iWatch TWO YEARS OF IWATCH RUMOURS

Aug 28, 20141 hr 12 min
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