Episode 16/2008 TX: April 21, 2008 Ep: 176

Episode 16/2008 TX: April 21, 2008 Ep: 176

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On Today’s show:

We take a look at mobile phone history in Australia and the passing of CDMA

Adam Turner looks at the problems of kids and computer games

More from RSA and Lid; talking malware with Chris Boyd of FaceTime about new generation hackers and their social media tactics

Telstra becomes the teacher for older Australian’s

Rent videos – on your iPod and

A New spam outbreak says it’s seen you naked

The following links were of interest to us this week!

• Users demand the choice of either XP or Vista well beyond June 30
• Get ready for the Mac pirates Apple
• Malware writers cash in on Olympics
• Employers block Facebook at their peril
• PayPal action from ACCC to be watched globally
• Japan’s high-tech displays give paper a cutting edge
• Apple patches critical Safari holes
• Boffins promise 500,000GB iPod
• Google Earth 4.3 offers better navigation

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TTR Episode 15/2008 TX: April 14,2008

Episode 15/2008 TX: April 14, 2008 Ep: 175

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On Today’s show:

The power of e-mail marketing

Melbourne radio personality, Brett de Hoedt joins us to talk about e-mail marketing, social networking and blogging.

Microsoft says it made a fair offer to Yahoo

Telstra expects broadband win

PayPal mandatory, says eBay Australia

Adam Turner talks about the 3G iPhone or lack of it

Patrik Runald, security response manager for F-Secure, talks about the vulnerabilities facing consumers today with Lid at RSA 2008

The following links were of interest to us this week!

• Microsoft says made fair offer to Yahoo
• Dr. Ron on ABC Radio National
• Microsoft to launch intelligent traffic system
• Amazon gives US$50 to each HD-DVD customer
• Former Apple reseller doubts iPhone rumours
• Will Apple delight – or disappoint – with the 3G iPhone?
• Symantec’s latest security report: Web attacks getting much worse
• Telstra completes 900 exchange ADSL2+ upgrade
• XP SP3 faster than Vista SP1: report
• eBay members cry foul

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TTR Episode 14/2008

Episode 14/2008 TX: April 7, 2008 Ep: 174

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On Today’s show:

The Federal Government scraps the OPEL WiMax network on April 2

Tech Talk’s own mobile data expert, Mark Diggins talks to us from Boston

Adam looks at embedded mobile phones – in your body!

Secondary school kids asked to give fingerprints as ID for exams

Mozilla Firefox 3 beta 5 hits the streets

Microsoft’s OOXML now a standard

Lid is at RSA 2008 San Francisco so we’ll hear from her next week

The following links were of interest to us this week:

• XP reprieved until 2010, maybe later
• How to be the king of your domain (and others) and make a killing
• OPEL death splits rural Australia
• Mozilla unleashes Firefox 3 beta 5
• Microsoft’s OOXML now a standard
• Websites win right to show Games clips
• Telstra on trail of copper thieves
• Mac easiest to hack, says $10,000 winner

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