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Podcast Episode #52 – Merry Christmas

Posted Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 9:31 pm by Jason Cartwright

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NBN update

Governments Business Plan released
Entry-level wholesale plan of $24 expected to be $52 ?
8 year build, now 9.5
Opposition still opposes, what happens next election

Skype down

CES2011

January 6th – 9th 2011
Technology previewed for release later in 2011
Big themes – Tablets
http://www.cesweb.org/

North American International Auto Show

- January 9th – 12th
Watch techAU.tv for coverage and #NAIAS
Guest of Ford

Year in Review

Trip to America, visited TWiT, San Diego Zoo, Hot air balloon ride in Phoenix, Helicopter ride over Grand Canyon, week in San Francisco, bought iPad. Tech.Ed on the Gold Coast.
New tech this year – Kinect, Boxee Box, iPhone 4, iPad, Audio Mixer, Logitech Pure-Fi Express Plus, Canon 500D, Angry Birds, Words with Friends.
Kogan TV for my parents (first TV online)

Survey

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Podcast Episode #51 – Kinect Ops

Posted Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 9:38 pm by Jason Cartwright

techAU 51 - Kinect Ops

Episode 51 of the podcast is now available. In this episode I discuss the following stories:

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops

2. Xbox 360 Dashboard update / Kinect
http://insiderx.com.au/2010/11/08/foxtel-on-xbox-360-launch-faq

3. Nvidia releases GTX580
http://www.crn.com.au/News/238109,nvidia-launch-a-new-flagship-fermi-gtx580.aspx/0
http://pcper.com/article.php?aid=1034

Fastest video card available
Build on new Fermi architecture

4. Twitter hits 175 million users
http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/31/twitter-users

5. Windows Live Messenger coming to every connected Samsung TV
http://www.liveside.net/2010/11/13/windows-live-messenger-coming-to-a-tv-near-you

6. Review Padacs iPad case with Bluetooth keyboard
https://www.padacs.com/cart/product.php?id=93

7. Tablets + Phone + Home + Data + Internet
Can we have one bill please ?

8. Audience survey from Podtrac
http://techAU.tv/survey

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Podcast Episode #50 – The Facebook

Posted Monday, November 1, 2010 at 6:47 am by Jason Cartwright

Episode 50 of the podcast is now available. In this episode I discuss the following stories:

1. Windows Phone 7

Messy launch
All 89,000 Microsoft employees are getting one free
All paying attendees of PDC10 got one free
Multitasking is badly needed
Copy and Paste coming early 2011

2. The Social Network

Great movie
Expects a lot from the audience, doesn’t treat you like an idiot
Justin Timberlake a distraction

3. Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare Pack

Zombies !
800 Microsoft Points

4. MetroTwit update

Version 0.3.0.0 Technical Beta
Stable, Fast, generally awesome.

5. Windows 8 may have 3D gesture support

Boy Genius Reporting that Microsoft have acquired Canesta
Video shows a guy performing different tasks by gestures and touch
At tech.Ed I spoke to August about Natural User Interfaces, this could be a serious entry into that world.

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