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  • Episode #77: 8th September 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    NBN fibre rollout was going to be cheaper, sooner, pilot results show [SMH]
    Village Roadshow's Submission To The Government's Copyright Crackdown Consultation Is Bonkers [Gizmodo Australia]
    iiNet Lets Fly In Submission To Govt. Copyright Discussion [Gizmodo Australia]
    iiNet buys stake in IT services provider [iTnews]
    Leaked nudes of Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton to be displayed at 'Fear Google' art show [The Verge]
    Apple blames 'very targeted attack' for hack of nude celebrity photos [The Guardian]
    4 Things Movies Always Get Wrong About Computer Hackers [Cracked]
    Reddit Takes Down Groups Hosting Celebrity Nudes, Walks A Blurred Line On Free Speech [TechCrunch]
    Twitter trademark turmoil forces Twitpic to shut down [Engadget]
    Facebook's blue dinosaur is ready to help fix your privacy settings [The Verge]
    The Galaxy Note Edge is a flagship phone with an entirely new kind of curved display [The Verge]
    Industrial Designer Marc Newson to Join Apple Under Jony Ive [Mac Rumors]
    Apple iPhone 6 and iWatch Rumor Roundup [Mashable]
    Apple iWatch Will Reportedly Come in Two Sizes [The Next Web]
    Apple to stream its iPhone 6 and iWatch event live online [The Verge]
    Comedian and actress Joan Rivers dies aged 81 [ABC News]
    Remembering Joan Rivers: Quotes and quips [ABC News]
    Media buyers welcome potential of Freeview Plus, but warn networks not to over-promise [mUmBRELLA]
    New Foxtel Pricing:...
    2 hr 1 min
  • Episode #76: 1st September 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Commit to Community Television [Commit to Community Television]
    Coalition's NBN cost-benefit study finds in favour of MTM [iTnews]
    Telstra blamed for high Australian internet prices [AFR]
    Facebook fights clickbait articles, you won't believe what happens next [Engadget]
    Amazon buys Twitch for $970 million [The Next Web]
    Google backed out of Twitch deal because of competition laws [Polygon]
    The Creatures (Kootra) got SWAT Raided (SWATTED) #FreeKootra2014 [YouTube]
    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Ferguson, MO and Police Militarization (HBO) [YouTube]
    Google testing drones with Queensland farmers [iTWire]
    Nokia announces HERE maps for Android, launching exclusively for Samsung Galaxy smartphones with offline access [The Next Web]
    Porn more popular on Android than any other mobile platform [Cult of Android]
    Apple makes September 9 event official: 'Wish we could say more' [Cult of Mac]
    Apple reportedly building huge, three-story structure at site of September 9th event [The Verge]
    This Week's Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible [Wired]
    Apple Preparing New 12.9-Inch IPad for Early 2015 [Bloomberg]
    Conjecture Regarding Larger iPhone Displays [Daring Fireball]
    Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Ariana Grande Among Celebrities Exposed in Massive Nude Photo Leak [Variety]
    Yahoo!7 hires ABC digital guru Arul Baskaran [mUmBRELLA]
    Netflix Lands The Blacklist For $2 Million Per Episode [CraveOnline]
    Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
    Songs We Played:
    2 hr 1 min
  • Episode #75: 25th August 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Geeks Interrupted - Episode 68 - TX Date: 07-07-2014 [YouTube]
    5 Phone Charging Myths, Debunked [Mashable]
    Monkey selfies can't be copyrighted, federal office decides [LA Times]
    Malcolm Turnbull's piracy forum criticised by Village Roadshow chief [The Guardian]
    Village Roadshow Takes Piracy War To Print [Televised Revolution]
    Rantmodo: Village Roadshow's Open Letter, Doctor Who's Open Showing And Closed Doors For Fast Movie Pirates [Gizmodo Australia]
    Chloë Grace Moretz: 'I'm done with playing Hit-Girl' [Digital Spy]
    Anti-piracy investigator calls for dedicated Australian court to prosecute web pirates [The Age]
    PlayStation Network is down; hackers claim they did it [Polygon]
    Reddit, Twitch, and Imgur have created a research partnership called DERP [The Verge]
    DERP [Know Your Meme]
    Apple activates iPhone 5 battery replacement program, to swap out affected parts for free [AppleInsider]
    Microsoft reportedly working on a Chromecast-like streaming device [The Verge]
    Microsoft Research's 'DeLorean' cloud gaming system can predict your next move [The Verge]
    Qantas, Virgin get green light for in-flight gadgets [The Age]
    Google Is Planning to Offer Accounts to Kids Under 13 [WSJ]
    Samsung mocks iPhone's lack of waterproofing w/ Galaxy S5 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video [9to5Mac]
    Richard Attenborough dead, aged 90 [The Age]
    2 hr 1 min
  • Episode #74: 18th August 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    H. Jon Benjamin Is Getting In On The Kenny Loggins Kickstarter Action [Uproxx]
    Australian teen uncovers security flaw in PayPal [The Age]
    Minister believed to be Malcolm Turnbull 'gave demo to explain VPN' [The Guardian]
    That Time When Probably Malcolm Turnbull Showed Maybe The AFP What A VPN Was Because Data Retention [Gizmodo Australia]
    EFA and GetUp! join forces to battle Abbott's data retention plans [iTWire]
    Internet routers hitting 512K limit, some become unreliable [Ars Technica]
    Google Has To Wrap Its Underwater Cables In Kevlar To Protect Them From Shark Attacks [Business Insider]
    Here's why famous people are dumping ice water on their heads [The Verge]
    Samsung to acquire SmartThings, the open connected home platform [TechHive]
    Apple Releases Employee Diversity Report, 7 out of 10 Workers Are Male, 55% White [Mac Rumors]
    Apple Adds Five Vice Presidents, Including Two Women, to 'Apple Leadership' Press Page [Mac Rumors]
    Ex-Apple executive says the App Store should be more like Reddit [Cult of Mac]
    Robin Williams Dead: Actor Dies of Possible Suicide [Variety]
    16 Ways You Can Get Help For Mental Illness In Australia [BuzzFeed]
    Seven out of 10 most pirated movies not available for legal purchase in Australia [News.com.au]
    Sorry EFA, You Can Legally Purchase 8 of the 10 Most Pirated Movies This Week [Reckoner]
    'David Bowie Is' Exclusively Coming To Melbourne [Pedestrian TV]
    Something we...
    2 hr 2 min
  • Episode #73: 11th August 2014
    Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guests: Katherine Carnell & Simon Nix.
    Show Notes:
    Quentin Tarantino, JJ Abrams help save old-fashioned film stock [The Age]
    Misogynist rants from Young Libs [The Age]
    George Brandis in 'car crash' interview over controversial data retention regime [SMH]
    JB Hi-Fi admits it has a bloke problem [The Age]
    Wikipedia refuses to delete photo as 'monkey owns it' [The Telegraph]
    Google gives secure, encrypted websites higher search ranking [CBC News]
    Apple Reportedly Planning iPhone Event on September 9 [The Next Web]
    Former Apple Employee Sam Sung Auctioning Business Card and Uniform for Charity [Mac Rumors]
    Ricky Gervais to return as David Brent in new movie [The Age]
    Will Arnett Confirms That Arrested Development Season 5 Is Happening [Vulture]
    Fans Petition for Weird Al Super Bowl Halftime Show, We Might Watch the Super Bowl [The Mary Sue]
    The Inside Story Of The 'Ghostbusters' Music Video [ScreenCrush]
    Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
    Songs We Played:
    Movits! - "Fel Del Av Garden" [iTunes]
    Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It" [iTunes]
    The B-52's - "Love Shack" [iTunes]
    Paul Simon - "You Can Call Me Al" [iTunes]
    John Lennon - "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)" [iTunes]
    Questions, Comments, Feedback and Suggestions are all welcome.
    Website - http://geeksinterrupted.fm
    Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GeeksInterrupted
    T...
    2 hr
  • Episode #72: 4th August 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Hydraulic fracturing [Wikipedia]
    Listen to Geeks Interrupted [Omny]
    Melbourne comic book store voted world's best [The Age]
    Malcolm Turnbull Has The Answer To Online Piracy [Gizmodo Australia]
    Japan wants to see robot competitions in 2020 Olympics [Digital Trends]
    Coub is Russia's answer to the GIF, and it's coming to America [The Verge]
    Prolific Smartphone Leaker @Evleaks Has Retired [The Next Web]
    Some Guy Wants Your Money For A Private Kenny Loggins Concert [Uproxx]
    Does Apple deliberately slow its old iPhones before a new release? [Daily Mail]
    Sousveillance [Wikipedia]
    Apple taps Beats Music CEO to run iTunes Radio [Cult of Mac]
    Apple pares 200 jobs from Beats [New York Post]
    Guardians of the Galaxy Lands $94 Million [Collider]
    One Theater's Guardians of the Galaxy Mistake [/Film]
    Big Bang hoping to settle contract negotiations by Wednesday [TV Tonight]
    'Ghostbusters' reboot will reportedly feature an ass-kicking team of women [The Verge]
    Sneak Peek: Utopia [TV Tonight]
    Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
    Songs We Played:
    Prince - "Let's Go Crazy" [iTunes]
    Little Dragon - "Paris" [iTunes]
    The Members - "Radio" [iTunes]
    Pearl Jam - "Even Flow" [iTunes]
    2 hr 1 min
  • Episode #71: 28th July 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Catch of the Day failed to inform AFP on data breach [ZDNet]
    HP and musician Chubby Checker settle lawsuit over penis-measurement app [The Verge]
    Leaked discussion paper reveals Australian online piracy crackdown in full swing [The Age]
    Leaked: Australian Government Plan To Deal With Piracy [Gizmodo Australia]
    Watching TV in Australia: The Australian Delay Under The Microscope [Reckoner]
    Microsoft will merge separate versions of Windows into one unified operating system [The Verge]
    Microsoft made a terrible parody of 'Sexy and I Know It' to promote Surface Pro 3 and OneNote [The Verge]
    Apple's $425 million spike in R&D spending points to new products in pipeline [Cult Of Mac]
    Apple Close to Acquiring Radio Streaming Service Swell for $30 Million [Mac Rumors]
    Bose sues Beats 'to protect' noise-canceling headphone technology [The Verge]
    Apple makes its new OS X Yosemite available for free download [The Guardian]
    'Guardians of the Galaxy 2' is coming July 2017 [The Verge]
    'Skull Island' movie will explore King Kong's monstrous home [The Verge]
    This is what Wonder Woman looks like in 'Batman v. Superman' [The Verge]
    Wonder Woman // a short by Rainfall Films [YouTube]
    The first trailer for Kevin Smith's horror film 'Tusk' is here and it's bizarre [The Verge]
    Watch the first trailer for the next season of 'The Walking Dead' [The Verge]
    Here's the new cast of 'Game of Thrones,' and a blooper reel from last season [The Verge]
    2 hr
  • Episode #70: 21st July 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    Ingress. The Game. [Ingress]
    Catch of the Day waits 3 years to reveal data breach [ZDNet]
    Rupert Murdoch calls NBN 'ridiculous' [iTWire]
    Moon Webcasts Celebrate Apollo 11 Lunar Landing [Yahoo News]
    NASA's iconic moon boots are now a sick pair of sneakers you can buy [The Verge]
    Telstra Just Tweeted About The Moon Landing...But They Got The Date Wrong [BuzzFeed]
    Twitter Acquires CardSpring To Power In-Tweet Commerce And Offers [TechCrunch]
    Kim Kardashian could make $85M from her mobile game this year [Polygon]
    Rob Lloyd - Who, Me. [Facebook]
    Microsoft announces biggest-ever job cuts: 18,000 in the next year [The Verge]
    Apple and IBM Partner to Sell iPads, iPhones to Businesses [The Next Web]
    Apple and IBM partner for Enterprise mobility [The Loop]
    Apple hits back at China over privacy fears [iTWire]
    Apple May Part Ways With Ad Agency TBWA, Plans to Tap Beats' Jimmy Iovine for Marketing Revamp [Mac Rumors]
    Actor James Garner dead at 86 [SMH]
    'Mandatory Fun', A New Album by 'Weird Al' Yankovic Featuring Parodies of Robin Thicke, Pharrell, Iggy Azalea, & More [Laughing Squid]
    Every Episode Of Aussie Comedy 'Frontline' Is Now Free To Stream On YouTube [Gizmodo Australia]
    Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
    Songs We Played:
    Rare Earth - "I Just Want To Celebrate" [iTunes]
    Noiseworks - "No Lies" [iTunes]
    Blancmange - "B...
    2 hr 2 min
  • Episode #69: 14th July 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    ASIO's bid for internet data retention on hold [SMH]
    NBN: Lengthy wait for outcomes of FTTB, FTTN trials [Computerworld]
    Don't hold back: Angry contestants label Jeep contest a 'scam' [Drive]
    JEEP -The World's Most Remote Dealership [Whirlpool]
    New Zealand ISP admits its free VPN exists just so people can watch Netflix [Engadget]
    Google's Australian ad revenues exposed [iTWire]
    FCC has received over 647,000 net neutrality comments as deadline approaches [The Verge]
    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Net Neutrality [YouTube]
    Elon Musk pledges $1 million to help build Nikola Tesla Museum [Engadget]
    Man Fined $2,700 In Unprecedented Facebook 'Fraping' Case [VICE]
    Samsung factory robbed at gunpoint, $36 million in smartphones, tablets and laptops stolen [9to5Google]
    Big changes and possible cuts prompt Microsoft to publicly air Nadella memo [Computerworld]
    Satya Nadella's email to employees: Bold ambition and our core [Microsoft]
    Microsoft, Past and Future [Daring Fireball]
    Google Brings its Ingress Augmented Reality Game to iOS [The Next Web]
    YouTube, following Netflix, is now publicly shaming internet providers for slow video [Quartz]
    Google Video Quality Report [Google]
    iTunes Extras coming to iOS 8 and Apple TV [SMH]
    China's state-owned media calls iOS location tracking a 'national security concern' [AppleInsider]
    2 hr 3 min
  • Episode #68: 7th July 2014
    Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
    Show Notes:
    New Victorian taxi rules are Uber cool [iTWire]
    Watchdog takes on Spreets [iTWire]
    WTF Story of the Week: Eat Pray Tweet [#eatpraytweet]
    Facebook tinkered with users' feeds for a massive psychology experiment [The A.V. Club]
    Sheryl Sandberg apologizes for Facebook's News Feed experiment: 'we never meant to upset you' [The Verge]
    Facebook emotion study breached ethical guidelines, researchers say [The Age]
    Former exec sues dating app Tinder for sexual harassment [SMH]
    Google Buys Songza [TechCrunch]
    Google Is Shutting Down Orkut, Its First Effort at Social Networking [WSJ]
    Emojli, the first emoji-only social network (smiley face?) [CNET]
    Apple to cease development, support of pro photo app Aperture [Ars Technica]
    Hi-res image of Photos for OS X [ApertureExpert]
    Apple hires Patrick Pruniaux, VP of Tag Heuer Sales and Retail, for iWatch marketing [9to5Mac]
    'Community' to Return for Season 6 on Yahoo Screen [The Wrap]
    Will Netflix launch in Australia, or not? [Delimiter]
    Village Roadshow confirms Netflix is coming to Australia [ZDNet]
    Netflix is already giving schedules the flick [The Age]
    To Be Takei trailer celebrates the eclectic career of George Takei [The A.V. Club]
    To Be Takei Official Trailer (2014) George Takei Documentary HD [YouTube]
    Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
    Songs We...
    2 hr 3 min

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Geeks Interrupted is a weekly 2-hour tech show broadcasting live from the studios of 94.1FM 3WBC in Box Hill near Melbourne, Australia. Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Mark Macdowell discuss the latest…