The latest episode of the podcast is now available. The show notes are available below, along with downloads. If you prefer to stream it live, then the YouTube version is available at the bottom of this post. Don’t forget you can subscribe to techAU via iTunes and Zune.

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Tech.Ed Australia

• Strange year (Win8, Mango not quite here)
• Developer interviews
• Keynote
• Opening Party (Forza 4, Star Wars Kinect)
• Media Showcase
• Family HQ
• Green Button
• Ezi Data Solutions
• Cloud Media Roundtable (CTO MS AU)
• Soul Solutions
• Resonate Solutions
• Windows SDK
• Closing Party

Build Conference

• Starts Wednesday, Windows 8 detailed.
• Fast Boot times, Hyper-V support, ISO and VHD files, Ribbon UI in Explorer, Copying files, duplicate files. * Build Windows blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/b8/
• Long Zheng from iStartedSomething.com is at the event.

Review: MacBook Air

• Great buying experience
• Bootcamp 4.0 is awesome
• SD Card slot, battery life

TiVo Elite announced, we miss out again

• 4 tuners, 2TB hard drive
• CEO of Hybrid TV has left, CMO taking over.
• Business as usual – that’s the problem.

Yahoo CEO fired

• Carol Bartz, dumped by CEO
• Yahoo news, flickr still strong
• Skydrive making unlimited docs and photos.. impact on Flickr ?

The latest episode of the podcast is now available. The show notes are available below, along with download links. If you prefer to stream it live, then the YouTube version is available at the bottom of this post. Don’t forget you can subscribe to techAU via iTunes and Zune.

Downloads

HD 720p version (594MB)
iPod version (216MB)
MP3 version (24MB)

Telstra to launch 4G service end-August

· August 29
· Coverage limited to 5km from the GPO in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane initially.
· 4G USB modem will be dual mode, failing back to 3G.
· Available initially to select business customers
· $0 upfront on the $49 Telstra Mobile Broadband Standard Plan over 24 months inc 7GB data.

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Saturday 13th August, 2011

Revolt Theatre, Kensington, Victoria

Avatar Kinect available in labs

· Eyebrows, mouth, arms tracked.
· Fingers + movement side to side not tracked
· A number of environments

WP7 Mango Update

· Developers have the build, can’t talk about it
· Will be called 7.5
· Bunch of new manufacturers / phones coming at launch
· Launch expected around September

Google Plus Update

· Use case very limited
· Some reporting better engagement vs facebook and twitter
· UI holding it back
· Hangouts are cool, but rarely need to use them.
· +1 button is the best of all sharing buttons

Borderlands 2 confirmed

· 2012/2013
· First look at the game at Gamescom 2011 from August 17 – August 21, and at PAX Prime (Booth #3417) from August 26 – August 28

techAU going to Tech.Ed

· Microsoft tech conference
· 30^th Aug – 2^nd September
· WP7.5 should be on display
· 2 early for Windows 8, Build conference isn’t till Sept 13^th. (Sold out, streamed live)

Sensus night

· Tuesday 9^th August
· Will you complete it online?
· Estimations are that 1/3 of Australians will
· Government collects data to make planning decisions
· In your best interest to complete it accurately

Finding Twitter stats for your area is hard

· How many people are tweeting in your area ? Who is the most active ? What are they talking about (trends) ?
· Most twitter search services use data from tweets, not profiles
· http://Tweepz.com is closest, but data is out of date
· Opportunity for someone to create an app that services this need

JB Hi-Fi NOW Music streaming service

· Coming soon (before the end of the year)
· No pricing
· Unlimited access and listening to music from Mac, PC, Mobile
· 6 and 8 million tracks from 100,000 artists
· Microsoft Zune missed their chance ?

If your into technology and podcasts, you’ve undoubtedly heard of TWiT and its founder Leo Laporte. Today marks another major milestone in the evolution of the independent IP-based broadcaster. Months in development, the new TWiT studios, also known as ‘The TWiT Brickhouse’ cost around US$1.2 Million to build.

After a precession down the streets of Petaluma, California, around 50 lucky TWiT fans were treated to the first official show from the new studio and biggest show on the network – This Week in Tech. With guest hosts, Kevin Rose, Patrick Norton, John C Dvorak and Steve Gibson, Leo Laporte showcased just what we can expect from the new setup. Brand new higher quality cameras, phenomenal set designs and more.

So far we’ve seen the set for TWiT, Tech News Today and over the next week, we’ll see the rest of the TWiT podcasts recorded in the brickhouse. The initial reaction from the TWiT Army has been incredibly positive. About 30,000 viewers tuned in live today, around 2,500 in the chat room and millions will download the first show in podcast form.

The technology used in the new studio is amazing, something Leo says wouldn’t have been possible just a couple of years ago. With more than 30 consumer grade HD cameras in use, connected to a Tricaster 850 video switcher being just the start of it. The real brains of the operation is in the basement, to shift the heat and noise away from the action.

Watch a behind the scenes walkthrough of the new studio on YouTube.

I’ve watched and learnt so much from absorbing TWiT podcasts and the live stream for years now and am very glad to have visited the TWiT Cottage last year before its decommission today. Congratulations to Leo and the rest of the TWiT crew which has grown to more than a dozen staff.

http://twit.tv

The latest episode of the podcast is now available. The show notes and download links are available below. If you prefer to stream it live, then the YouTube version is available at the bottom of this post. Don’t forget you can subscribe to techAU via iTunes and Zune.

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Internode announce NBN pricing higher than ADSL2
http://blog.internode.on.net/2011/07/21/nbn-retail-pricing-pressure-points
http://www.internode.on.net/news/2011/07/236.php

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Apple releases new Macbook Air, Mac Mini, OSX Lion

• White Macbook discontinued
• Core i5 / i7 processors, SSD’s, no Optical drives
• OSX A$31.99 – LaunchPad, Mishion Control, Multi-touch gestures, Inverse scrolling, Full-screen apps, not all apps are supported, hosed Bootcamp Win7 partitions

ManaBar Melbourne Opening

• 4hrs there, 4hrs back, 30 minutes inside
• Small, but awesome place, made by the people

Google + a few weeks in.

• 10M users confirmed.. reports of closing in on 20M.
• Hangouts the best feature

Australia getting R18+ rating for games

• In-principle agreement from all states except NSW.
• http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-22/games-rating-agreement/2806200

Back again for another episode of the podcast, show notes and download links below. If you prefer to stream it live, then the YouTube version is embedded for your convenience.

ICANN to allow new TLDs from 2013.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/06/20/domain.names.explainer/index.html

Nokia announce the N9
http://swipe.nokia.com

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WP7 Mango update details
http://www.winrumors.com/windows-phone-mango-secret-features-demo-video

Display Port 1.2
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/22/displayport-1-2-adds-active-cable-support-brings-longer-cords/

Firefox 5 released
http://www.bgr.com/2011/06/22/mozilla-launches-firefox-5-with-even-more-awesomeness/

Voluntary Internet Filter coming next month to BigPond and Optus
http://tinyurl.com/3fx6x8y

Gaming – Dirt 3 / Duke Nukem Forever

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Its time for another instalment of the techAU Gamecast, where your host James Goldsworthy takes you through the latest in gaming news. Get excited for all the news coming out of E3.

Show Notes

• EB Games expo publisher announcement, VIP tickets SOLD OUT! – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucALonpqZ58
• Uncharted 3 BETA july 4 – july 13th. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_rjgOKEAzE
• Nintendo’s new console tablet-like 6-inch touch screen and camera
• $15 Escalation DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops PlayStation Network next Friday, June 10.
• High-definition remake of Halo: Combat Evolved

TRAILERS!!!

FIFA 12 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C95lxSw9Hbc

SoulCalibur 5 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz4V5zWG1cs

Tomb Raider – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFBrgeSjj-0

Gears of War 3 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrjvrHaOOpw

sc2 – Heart of the swarm – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=846TFzmmigs

Duke Nukem – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIwQyaFsDPs

Aliens colonial marines – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cFMMQie5RU

Call of Duty Elite Beta. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-46KvsXUc1g

Age of Empires Online will be launching late this winter on August 16 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuHxnzAOENM

Diablo III "PlayStation 3 Specialist" on Blizzard’s job portal

This edition of the podcast covers a number of great tech stories from the week gone by. The full show notes are shown below. If you can’t wait for the downloads, then skip to the bottom and watch the episode on YouTube now!

Empire Avenue – (e)TECHAU

• Social stock market
• iPhone app
• PSN back online
• Rolled out across the world.
• All users forced to change their password.
• Forced Firmware update to PS3.
• PlayStation Store, still not available. No ETA.

Gears of War 3 beta

• All over till September
• Awesome game, destructible environments
• Chainsaw from behind = ultimate kill

Dirt 3 due next week

• Ken Block, drifting
• Loved Dirt 1, will buy Dirt 3.
• Release date: 26^th May (next Thursday)
• Available on Xbox360, PS3 and PC

Review: A.C Ryan PlayOn!HD2

• SATA HDD bay, 2.5” or 3.5” drive.
• Ridiculous amount of formats.
• USB3.0 port, 2x USB2.0 ports, SD, SDHC (SD High Capacity), MMC, MS, MSPro
• Full review at http://www.techau.tv/blog/review-playonhd2-by-a-c-ryan/

Samsung Omnia 7 getting Nodo

• Finally getting March update in Mid may
• Technical problem.
• Will arrive in the next couple of days.

Coming up

• CeBit & ReMix conferences
• Sydney 30th May – 2nd June, catch up for a coffee

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• Check out the website – http://techAU.tv
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Its time for another instalment of the techAU Gamecast, where your host James Goldsworthy takes you through the latest in gaming news. With a backing track from 8 Bit Love, this week Gamecast talks about:

• EB Games Expo
• PS3 unavailable till end of May
• Diablo 3
• Shrinkage
• Call of Duty: Activision makes bank
• Bungie not attending E3
• Wii 2 playable at E3
• Assassins Creed Revelations

Check out all sun-filled, musically challenged action below.

After many months of hiatus, the techAU Podcast is back in action ! Episode 53 of the podcast is now available. In this episode I discuss the following stories:

Catch up

• North America International Auto Show – Ford January
• Top Geek
• techAU expanded, new writers
• Started Constructiv (see below)

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• You don’t pay for postage
• Portal players are still unable to play co-op or use steam account.

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New iMacs released

• CPU / GPU upgrade
• Thunderbolt on-board
• Still has USB2.0

Analog TV Switch off

• Most of VIC now Digital only.
• Buy a new TV or get a set-top-box
• All to be switched off by 2013
• 700Mhz spectrum used for 4G mobile networks

Review: Sonos Music System

• Multi-room, play different audio on each or all the same in party mode.
• iPad / iPhone applications
• Play music from local / internet streams
• Alarm, sleep timer.

Sony’s PSN is STILL down.

• More than 2 weeks (April 21st to May 7th)
• Missed their own self-imposed deadline
• Compensation – 1 month free of PSN Plus + game.
• Will you pull your credit card when PSN returns ?
• Portal 2 users got screwed.

Constructiv

• Change the way products are developed
• Looking for developers / advisors
• Raising funding
• Lynda.com for training
• http://constructiv.co

Coming up

• CeBit & ReMix conferences
• Sydney 30th May – 2nd June, catch up for a coffee

Feedback

• Send links to your video questions
• Check out the website – http://techAU.tv
• Follow me on twitter – @techAU

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Its time for another instalment of Gamecast, the show where James ‘Golds’ Goldsworthy take you through the latest gaming news. This week there’s plenty of lust-worthy trailers to digest. Check out all the action below.

Show Notes

Portal 2 New Trailer – http://www.youtube.com/user/valve?blend=2&ob=4#p/a/u/0/AZMSAzZ76EU

Arrival Mass Effect 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPXpikoWAo

FEAR 3 Official Story trailer – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf9rq-Au3Mk

Battlefield 3 Trailer Fault line – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsHIHxYXeLs

Rockstar Games’ ‘Max Payne 3′ ‘He’s coming.’

Gears of War 3 – Multiplayer Beta April 25 – May 15, 2011.

Resistance 3 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7PHXyLp7aI

AFL Live 2011 trailer – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwT-YBu4vQ8

Duke Nukem Release Date Pushed Back – 10 June internationally and 14 June in the US.

Leaked Forza 4 Video Confirms Kinect Features – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UDbjkePJa0