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February 10, 2016 Byte Into IT - 10 February 2016
The Byte is Back!
In the studio this week:
Dr Suelette Dreyfuss, Melbourne University academic and author of "Underground", is here helping us stay secure online and get the government away from your browser.
And Bonnie Shaw from the City of Melbourne gives some insight into the concept of "Smart Cities". Presented by:
Vanessa Toholka, Warren Davies and James Noble.
50 min
December 02, 2015 Byte Into IT - 2 December 2015
This week on Byte into IT:
Alice Glenn of 'No lights, no Lycra' is in the studio talking about their new app 'Dance Break' and Laura is talking with Cap Watkins from Buzzfeed for Web Directions.
Presented by Warren Davies, Dan Salmon and Simon Brown.
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45 min
November 25, 2015 Byte Into IT - 25 November 2015
On this week's Byte:
Chris Burgess from Clickify chats about open source communities and Tom Loosemore is interviewed in the latest instalment of 'Wed Directions'.Presented by Vanessa Toholka, James Noble and Laura SummersKeep up with all things Byte on Twitter, Facebook, and G+
53 min
November 18, 2015 Byte Into IT - 18 November 2015
This week on Byte,
Dan attends "Future Assembly" Technology festival in Melbourne and Laura speaks with Majeic Ceglowski about the web and all the things it could be.
Presented by:
Dan Salmon, Warren Davies and Simon Brown.
Keep up with all things Byte on Twitter, Facebook, and G+
44 min
August 05, 2015Byte Into IT - 5 August 2015
On this week's Byte:
Guests:
Envato is the leading marketplace globally for a whole lot of useful creative assets - Venessa Paech joins the team to discuss the amazing stuff you can find on Envato, as well as the upcoming Swarm Conference, two days of community management goodness, in Sydney September 2-3.
Machine Learning and neural networks are only getting more exciting (and confusing) - Melbourne Machine Learning and AI Meetup Organiser Andy Kitchen comes into studio to help get our heads around the possibilities.
News in Depth:
It's official - Macs are now vulnerable to firmware worms - no-one is safe anymore.
Wireless charging is here - check out uBeam.
A host of eminent people (including Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking) have written an open letter urging a ban on military robots.
News in Brief:
Remember Mr. Burger's 2014 YouTube joke about delivering burgers via drone? Well, Monash University's IT and Engineering departments, working with Right Angle Studios, gave it a go at their recent Open Day.
Events and Opportunities:
While we're on drones, Matthew Sleeth's A Drone Opera, presented by Arts House and Experimedia Arts, explores the rapidly developing technology through an experimental multimedia performance featuring drones, their pilots, and opera singers (!), Arts House at Meat Market, 5 Blackwell St North Melbourne, Thursday 10 - Sunday 13 September, 7:30pm.
Join in Finland's global Quantum Game Jam, taking video prompts from quantum scientists and creating games out of them in 48 hours! Media Lab Melbourne, 136A Cromwell St Collingwood, Friday 18 - Sunday 20 September.
Presented by Vanessa Toholka and Simon Leo Brown.
Keep up with all things Byte on Twitter, Facebook, and G+ - see you next week!
46 min
July 29, 2015Byte Into IT - 29 July 2015
On this week's Byte:
Guests:
That Startup Show is a local webseries poking fun at the huge (and extremely earnest) startup culture in Melbourne. It's filmed at the Savoy Tavern in the city, and producer and co-creators Sally Gatenby and Ahmed Salama joined the team in studio. It's awesome - check it out.
Laura recently was in Paris (yeah, it's a hard life) for OuiShare Fest, a conference celebrating the sharing economy and a huge range of ideas, and caught up with a few interesting peeps:
Dennis Boehresof GoPopUp, linking client's pop-up ideas with spaces to play them out in cities around Europe;
Rajesh Makwana of Sharing As Our Common Cause, creating a platform to build a global sharing economy;
Allison Cook of The Story of Stuff, the documentary-turned-movement based around the lifcycle of material goods.
News in Depth:
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), founded by Tim Berners-Lee and tasked with developing standards to ensure the future of the web, is setting up a branch in Australia, which will be hosted at the Australian National University in Canberra.
We're one step closer to ISP monopoly, with iiNet shareholders approving a takeover by TPG, having recently also merged with Internode. The ACCC will be reviewing the deal before it any approvals happen.
Chinese police have shut down a huge counterfeit iPhone factory, after complaints from customers.
Events and Opportunities:
Registrations of Interest are open for International Electrical and Electronic Engineering Women in Engineering, Victorian Section's Wearable Technology and e-Textile challenge, RMIT Story Hall, Swanston St Melbourne, Saturday August 22, 2:00pm
Rocketconf 2015 for modern web development, is happening in Amsterdam - excellent excuse to head to the Netherlands, .November 11-13
Presented by Warren Davies, Laura Summers and Dan Salmon
Keep up with all things Byte on Twitter, Facebook, and G+ - see you next week!
53 min
July 22, 2015Byte Into IT - 22 July 2015
On this week's Byte:
Guests:
Gareth Hayes recently raised over $80,000 on IndieGoGo to fund his software-defined radio project - he joins the team to discuss exactly what software-defined radio is (think accessing the radio spectrum using - you guessed it -software).
RMIT's Design Research Institute is presenting the Design for Impact Festival - the Centre's Bianca Vallentine comes in to give us a rundown on what's happening at the Festival!
News in Depth:
Fiat Chrysler have been working with security experts to discover vulnerabilities in their connected cars - with some scary results.
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has announced a new social network and phone service to make it easier to donate to charity
The "have an affair" dating site Ashley Madison has been hacked, with thousands of users' details being compromised.
Weird News of the Week:
Google knows where you've been and what times - and now they're telling you.
Events and Opportunities:
The next Envato Talk - "Learning how to build an engaged community for any business" - Envato HQ, Thursday July 23, 6pm
Laneway Learning's Blogging for Beginners workshop, Embiggen Books, Tuesday August 4, 6:30pm
RMIT are partnering with AUC to host /dev/world/2015 - Australia's longest-running conference for OSX and iOS developers - RMIT, August 31 - September 1.
Presented by Vanessa Toholka, Cassie Wright and Dan Salmon
Keep up with all things Byte on Twitter, Facebook, and G+ - see you next week!
47 min
July 15, 2015 Byte Into IT - 15 July 2015
On this week's Byte:
52 min
May 13, 2015Byte Into IT - 13 May 2015
Guest: Gareck Packer, one of the Directors of Consul8, speaks to us from Brisbane about the Guardian emergency response app to facilitate evacuations.
News in brief:
How the Federal Budget affects the technology sector
Keeping electronic devices sanitised while delivering Ebola medical assistance.
Netflix reporting on Australian ISP speeds
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner participating in the Global Provacy Enforcement Network Privacy Sweep.
Events and Opportunities:
Google Anita Borg Scholarship
Metadata in the Networked Society
Presented by Vanessa Toholka & Cassie Wright.
41 min
April 15, 2015Byte Into IT - 15 April 2015
On this week's Byte:
Guests:
Co-organiser of the Data Science Melbourne Meetup group Phil Brierly joins the team to discuss data science and its far-reaching uses and implications.
News in Brief:
iiNet users have been experienceing significant slowdowns since the launch of Netflix in Australia - iiNet is blaming their lack of bachkaul capability.
Scientists at Stanford University in the US have developed a mobile battery that can charge in one minute - seriously!
Apple have announced that they will attempt to eliminate queues by allocating customers wanting an Apple Watch a time to come in and pick them up.
Have you seen clothes that you love in movies or on TV? Now you can find it and buy it using Spylight - a Shazam for clothes!
Google Loon - the Google balloon that is designed to bring the Internet to remote areas - has been trialled in remote parts of Australia.
Infamous 1990's hacker Kevin Mitnick is coming to Australia for CeBIT - but should we be endorsing his attitudes?
Advice:
If you're having issues with your WiFi at home, James has some suggestions for you (Hint: it's all in the placement).
Events and Opportunities:
Mini-Make Day - bringing people together from all over Melbourne to share inventions, talents and discoveries, Sunday April 19, 2pm-4pm, Library At The Dock, Docklands
Melbourne Electric Vehicle Expo - explore the future of vehicles, Sunday April 19, 10am-4pm, The Atrium, Swinburne University of Technology, John St, Hawthorn
Melbourne International Design Week is seeking event submissions, aimed at celebrating international design excellence, May 11-17.
Presented by Vanessa Toholka, James Noble and Cade Diehm
Keep up with all things Byte on Twitter, Facebook, and G+ - see you next week!
51 min

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