Google considers funding a Yaho buy-out, Nokia and the tablet market, the new Nokia Lumia 800, Samsung does well with smartphone shipments, Apple intends to get tough with online sales of Samsung phones in Australia, rumours that Apple is working on a prototype television, Brisbane City Council rolls out free wireless Internet access, the United States may introduce a new three-strikes law against Internet piracy, a new mobile payment system to be launched in New Zealand.

The new Wiredoo search engine, Dennis Ritchie passes away, a throw-in-the-air 360-degree panoramic camera, government use of spyware, Bangladesh's low-cost Doel laptops, Myki cards hacked, the Sony PSN hacked again, Apple wins case preventing the Australian launch of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, leaked Google memo suggests Google+ may be struggling, ethical hacker surprised at legal threats, 10 trillion digits of pi smashes previous world record, New Zealand survey shows Internet performance is better at home than at work, New Zealand to attempt the world land speed record.

The iPhone 4S, HTC confirms a security flaw in its Android smartphones, bringing recent cinema releases to the home, geographically constrained credit cards.

On 5 October 2011, Steve Jobs passed away. This episode is a reflection on the contributions that he and Apple have made to the world.

Tracking logged out Facebook users, the Dead Sea Scrolls go online, Apple hosting an iPhone event this week, the world's most attractive employers.

Facebook's redesign, Samsung prepares a case against the as yet unreleased iPhone 5, security flaws in Mac OS X Lion, Google+ is now open, changes at HP.

ReactOS asks for a €1 million grant, Windows 8 promises faster boot times, Microsoft and Google both experience cloud outages, rumours of AOL and Yahoo merging, Intel partners with Google, jail sentence for an Internet troll, the trademark that Twitter wants, arguments for a two-level .nz domain name system.

NBC Twitter account hacked, the first manned electric helicopter flight, Carol Bartz resigns from Yahoo's board of directors following her sacking as CEO.

The anti-PowerPoint party, Google page rank may include +1 votes, Pakistant to ban use of VPNs, Anonymous member claims credit for Wikileaks attack, Microsoft sued for location data gathering, rumours that Apple loses another phone in a San Francisco bar.

Steve Jobs steps down as Apple CEO, Samsung Galaxy phones not available in Europe, HP pulls out of the consumer PC market, Google to start Amazon Street View, rumours that Facebook may enter the search market.