Microsoft dates Windows 8.1's demise Apple says no data compromised after Aussie teen hack Xiaomi's Poco F1 phone threatens a price war Gold Coast plans to open up expanded fibre network to telcos Microsoft clamps down on sick 'Momo suicide game' in 'Minecraft' ACCC whacks Trivago over misleading price listings Internet melts down over Liberal leadership crisis in Canberra Google-to-debut-display-equipped-AI-speaker-before-holidays huawei-zte-banned-from-australian-5g-networks
Aug 24, 2018•1 hr 21 min
Court orders Telstra to shelve 'Unlimited' ads for three years ACMA warns of fake Optus emails asking for credit card information Fair Trading sharpens teeth for consumer-reseller disputes Fortnite released on Android coming to Samsung devices first Foxtel taking the fight to free-to-air with plans for 4K footy Turnbull unveils a new bill to plant viruses on computer devices New Google One Storage Cloud is coming soon for everyone Apple reportedly held secret meeting with app devs to push a new ...
Aug 16, 2018•1 hr 12 min
Episode 596 - 09/08/2018
Aug 10, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Apple's,expensive,iPhones,pay,off,big,time Telstra,retains,Australia's,fastest,telco,crown Google,Chrome,,Mozilla,Firefox,and,Microsoft,Edge,have,all,adopted,biometrics,API Outlook,rolls,out,'Dark,Mode',inverted,colour,scheme System,Administrator,Appreciation,Day,,so,give,yours,whatever,they,ask,for huawei,is,the,worlds,second,largest,smartphone,maker,2018 facebook,instagram,to,introduce,time,limits an,open,letter,to,microsoft,about,poor,windows,10,update,experiences parents,paying,fortnite,tuto...
Aug 03, 2018•53 min
how to unlock windows 10 google stopped phishing and ditched passwords with this 20 device Steve Jobs was shocked by how successful the App Store was amazon alexa echo spatial perception apple iphone 2018 intel cellular modems qualcomm legal dispute Google Translate warns of apocalypse in bizarre 'end times' message The one move that made Fortnite creator a billionaire Australia's first computer moves into Melbourne museum Microsoft Google Twitter and Facebook to offer data transfer service...
Jul 26, 2018•1 hr 3 min
http://www.fixitfastelectronics.com.au/ Phone numbers lost in NBN migrations https://www.youtube.com/user/fixitfast74/videos Google cops A$6.8 billion fine from EU over Android practices Microsoft takes fight to Slack with free version of Teams 3D-printed gun blueprints given go-ahead by US government Amazon's Jeff Bezos beats Bill Gates in new rich list NBN Co asks $11k per premises in area switch upgrade
Jul 20, 2018•1 hr 15 min
Facebook unveils 'Here Together' campaign in Australia Microsoft unveils 10-inch Surface Go PayPal told customer her death breached its rules Twitter 'shuts down millions of fake accounts' Xiaomi's trading debut in Hong Kong AirPlay 2 arrives at last on Sonos here's 5 things now possible YouTube gives creators a way to flag stolen videos Dark Web Market is selling access to a major airport's security systems Telstra Switches On New Network Technology to Cope With The Growing Demand for Live Spor...
Jul 12, 2018•1 hr 16 min
3 million .au domains transition to Afilias Australia from Neustar Apple rebuilds iPhone mapping app keeps TomTom as data provider Gmail messages 'read by human third parties' Foxtel turns to data to keep its customers secret settings hidden in your android phone will make it feel twice as fast
Jul 04, 2018•1 hr 8 min
Thousands of Android devices hit with ad-clicking bot malware ACMA rules that telcos must roll back customer internet if there are NBN delays https://computer-literacy-project.pilots.bbcconnectedstudio.co.uk/ The man who was fired by a machine Internet is losing its memory: Cerf NBN Co's top user downloads 23.6TB a month IoT-enabled cows Aussie startup develops implantable monitor. Smart locks lights and speakers are the latest weapons of domestic abuse
Jun 29, 2018•1 hr 11 min
The Google Podcast App has arrived Optus offers free subscription to sport service after World Cup streaming fail Apple fined $9 million as Federal Court finds repairs policy breached Australian Consumer Law Amazon brings Prime to Australia after geoblocking furore Optus is finally killing its dial-up internet in Australia Domain name businesses ordered to pay $2 million for "misleading and deceptive" correspondence YouTube Premium
Jun 21, 2018•1 hr 15 min
Kogan's latest business venture is smart home devices Microsoft is giving Office 365 a facelift Apple to block tool used by law-enforcement to crack iPhones Microsoft ends forum support for Windows 7 and 8.1 End of an era: Yahoo Messenger is being shut down next month Instagram May Soon Allow Hour-Long Video Uploads Addicted’ girl, 9, wets herself instead of taking break from playing Fortnite
Jun 14, 2018•1 hr 14 min
Amazon to block Australian shoppers from its US website Microsoft is now more valuable than Google Virgin Mobile stores will be gone in a month Microsoft brags as Edge beats Chrome in battery life in Microsoft video FBI warns "hundreds of thousands" of routers hacked by Russians Google Chrome 68 introduces HTTPS as the new security must-have School shooting game Active Shooter pulled by Steam Blue Note audio attack corrupts hard drives KODI CRACKDOWN
Jun 01, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Doctor Who on Twitch Court favours Optus rules Telstra's "unlimited" ads were misleading What to expect at Apple's WWDC 2018 conference Outage strikes Telstra 3G and 4G mobile services Australians lost hundreds of millions to online phone scammers in 2017 Independent podcasters chip in to support Salvos’ Red Shield Day Microsoft stops rollout of Windows 10 update for devices with select Intel Toshiba SSDs Optus will progressively close Virgin Mobile
May 24, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Google is introducing a new storage service for paid users called Google One 'Laurel' or 'Yanny'? People can't decide Australian Space Agency to launch on 1 July NSW to begin state wide digital licence rollout huge new facebook data leak exposed intimate details of 3m users twitter will start hiding tweets that detract from the conversation rollout of windows 10 april update halted for devices with intel and toshiba ssds security robot beaten up bbq sauce
May 17, 2018•1 hr 12 min
Microsoft,offers,better,margins,to,lure,Apple,,Google,devs firefox,moves,browsers,into,the,post,password,future,with,webauthn ticketmaster,hopes,to,speed,up,event,access,by,scanning,your,face abbott,addresses,life,threatening,flaw,in,a,half,million,pacemakers twitter,says,glitch,exposed,substantial,number,of,users,passwords,in,plain,text ios,will,soon,disable,usb,connection,if,left,locked,for,a,week
May 10, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Telstra Vodafone follow Optus by offering up unlimited data smartphone plans Telstra launches mobile repeater to improve coverage five biggest things coming in the latest Windows 10 update Xiaomi launches $10bn Hong Kong stock market listing facebook adds dating app launches oculus go google wunderkind is building a secret social gaming startup warranty void if removed stickers illegal xmarks to close
May 04, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Apple recalls certain MacBook Pro models Google gun emoji becomes water pistol Spotify tests filter to block swearing in songs Microsoft confirms Spring Creators Update crash bug Melbourne IT to rebrand as Arq Group another highly critical flaw in drupal but no details again youtube remix google play music/ video game loot boxes are now considered criminal gambling in belgium/ amazon will now deliver packages to the trunk of your car telstra fined $10 million after customers charged for ringtone...
Apr 26, 2018•1 hr 16 min
JB Hi-Fi Officeworks and Myer to resell Amazon's Echo Spot The printer that HP launched into space is up and running Donkey Kong champion loses title for 'using emulator'
Apr 20, 2018•1 hr 10 min
Kogan Is Now Flogging Unlimited NBN Plans For $2 Per Day NBN Co to relaunch HFC Apple now will warn you if your Mac has old 32 bit apps NAB signs on to Google Pay Mark Zuckerberg’s toughest questions in Facebook grilling anz shutting tap pay solution directing customers use google pay samsung pay google phone spam filtering new beta program spotify is said to plan new version of free music service apple owes 502 6 million to virnetx says federal jury in texas
Apr 12, 2018•1 hr 11 min
Apple could ditch Intel from Macs in favour of its own chips Intel launches new brand for eighth generation CPUs Users react to Google Map’s live shooting icon Microsoft launches 2 new Azure regions in Australia google renewable energy climate change mcafee finds that gamers are strong candidates for cybersecurity jobs latest macos update disables displaylink rendering thousands of monitors dead russia debuts postal drone crash into wall
Apr 05, 2018•1 hr 8 min
Five things to know a3bout Apple's new 9.7 inch iPad Telstra turns on 5G over wifi for Gold Coast locals Elon Musk pulls Tesla and SpaceX from Facebook Microsoft to finally retire Windows 10 1511 in two weeks New Android Cryptojacker Can Brick Phones Uber brings carpool service to Australia not 2009 verizon planning launch palm smartphone later year boeing aerospace/boeing hit by wannacry virus fears it could cripple some jet production microsoft_windows_meltdown_patch_security_flaw linux on win...
Mar 29, 2018•1 hr 15 min
Govt opens Sydney cyber threat sharing centre Autonomous cars to be trialled across Sydney's busiest roads Woman dies in Arizona after being hit by autonomous Uber Toll deploys driverless forklifts to shift pallets Google adds top Aussie sports info to Google Search Assistant and Home Telstra and Samsung go gangbusters with 1.03Gbps S9/9+ speeds in 'Aussie first' Cairns to introduce mind boggling three dimensional pedestrian crossing google introduce new way subscribe websites subscribe google/ ...
Mar 23, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Microsoft Blocks All Windows 7 Security Updates Unless You Have Antivirus Stephen Hawking died on a day that is cosmically connected to Albert Einstein and pi The top 20 richest tech billionaires in 2018 Research firm reveals critical vulnerabilities in four AMD processors Cortana vulnerability allows hackers to bypass Windows passwords NBN to detail HFC relaunch next month Apple's WWDC Set for June youtube information cues conspiracy theories susan wojcicki sxsw amazon power banks recalled for ...
Mar 15, 2018•1 hr 8 min
Vodafone Nokia building mobile network on the moon Amazon brings third-party delivery and fulfilment to Australia Apple admits using Google for iCloud Apps to help you keep stock of your pantry ACT govt still running unsupported operating systems Aussies report $1.3m in losses from Bitcoin Ethereum scams Turnbull signs up to 100Mbps NBN plan NBN Co pushes back crucial HFC status update Silk Road
Mar 01, 2018•59 min
Google's Project Zero discloses Microsoft Edge bug Amazon overtakes Microsoft in market capitalisation thanks to booming AWS revenue How an Apple staffer leaked the iPhone source code iMessage outage: Telstra customers unable to send messages on iPhone NBN reports progress but no timeline for HFC fix Drop everything and download: THRIVE apple is said to negotiate buying cobalt direct from miners preservation or theft historians publishers argue over dead game servers utorrent client affected by ...
Feb 22, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Google to debut emails that automatically update in Gmail Apple iPhone source code leaks on GitHub Google sued for "knowingly" selling faulty Pixel and Pixel XL phones Search tool accesses firms' documents in the cloud Twitter posts its first quarterly profit as ad sales rise Chrome 68 to condemn all unencrypted sites by summer Facebook’s two-factor authentication system auto-posts replies on your profile Don’t use Huawei phones say heads of FBI CIA and NSA Facebook’s ‘Protect’ feature on iOS es...
Feb 15, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Energizer claims 16 day battery life with smartphone launch Tablet sales decline for the 13th straight quarter Superloop's CyberHound tackles kids' screen addiction in exclusive deal for Circle by Disney Reseller jailed for selling dodgy tablets in indigenous communities Tesla and Australia will turn 50 000 homes into a virtual solar power plant apple music may soon become the most popular music streaming service in the us Apple Shipped a Record 18M Smartwatches in 2017 WordPress update breaks f...
Feb 08, 2018•1 hr 10 min
Episode 568 - 25/01/2018
Feb 01, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Major reform agenda for Australia’s .au domain launched for discussion Apple pays largest Australian tax bill in years Hangry and ransomware added to Oxford English Dictionary Microsoft disables 'buggy' Intel patch YouTube caught out by coin mining adverts Indian rideshare platform Ola announces Australian launch to challenge Uber Uber rival Taxify offers half price fares for Melbourne launch on Thursday Brisbane Airport retailers to accept crypto coins fitness tracking apps expose activity on s...
Feb 01, 2018•1 hr 17 min
Bitcoin slides 18 percent on crackdown fears; crypto rivals also plunge Vodafone busted for failing to check customer identities Visa to ditch signatures for cards Apple's Health app is being used as evidence in a murder trial in Germany Facebook plans major news feed changes ‘to improve your well-being’ YouTube prankster to face court over Brisbane bridge jump
Jan 18, 2018•1 hr 18 min
