Geeks Interrupted

By 94.1FM 3WBC

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 n... more

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Geeks Interrupted episodes:

March 09, 2015 Episode #97: 9th March 2015
Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
Show Notes:
Guy Sebastian to represent Australia at Eurovision Song Contest [ABC News]
Virgin Mobile to offer Australian first with data rollover [Techly]
Telstra offers customers access to metadata for $25 [iTnews]
London hospital prank: High Court backs authority's power to find 2Day FM radio presenters broke law [ABC News]
Matt & Bruno: The Probe [iTunes]
'Worst app ever': Centrelink, Medicare apps slammed as 'truly awful' [Canberra Times]
Charity money promised by 'inspirational' health app developer Belle Gibson not handed over [The Age]
Fat-shamed Dancing Man to party with Moby, with Pharrell Williams' support [SMH]
uTorrent Quietly Installs Cryptocurrency Miner, Users Complain [TorrentFreak]
EA Shuts Down SimCity Developer Maxis [Kotaku]
Fridge caught sending spam emails in botnet attack [CNET]
WordPress Wins $25,000 From DMCA Takedown Abuser [TorrentFreak]
What to expect at Apple's 'Spring Forward' event on Monday [AppleInsider]
Neighbours reaches its 30th anniversary year with much to celebrate [The Age]
Netflix confirms launch in Australia on March 24 [mUmBRELLA]
iiNet & Netflix: I Don't Like Where This Is Going [Reckoner]
Quickflix founder downplays looming cashflow crisis and signals another capital raising [mUmBRELLA]
Harrison Ford Injured in Small Plane Crash [Variety]
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1h 60min
March 02, 2015 Episode #96: 2nd March 2015
Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
Show Notes:
Encryption hack downplayed by SIM card maker Gemalto [The Age]
Twitter has tripled the size of its team handling abuse reports [The Guardian]
Australians harass George Brandis as the true cost of metadata retention is revealed [The Age]
Metadata retention laws will pass as Labor folds [SMH]
Woolworths inks deal with eBay to drive online/offline sales [SMH]
News.com.au Launches On Youth App Snapchat [B&T]
Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge announced [News.com.au]
Huawei unveils its first Android Wear smartwatch [Engadget]
Pebble takes on Apple Watch with a new Kickstarter that's raised over $5 million in less than a day [BGR]
Finally, A Wearable That Lets You Charge Your Gadgets By Jerking Off [Gizmodo Australia]
Here are Apple's new, diverse emoji [Mashable]
Apple's new 'diverse' emojis are not diverse enough [The Age]
Apple to hold March 9 event ahead of watch's April release [The Age]
Apple Watch Prices Leaked: From $349 to $20,000 USD [Techfor.us]
Apple Ordered to Pay $533 Million for Patent Infringement in iTunes [Re/code]
Leonard Nimoy, Spock of 'Star Trek,' Dies at 83 [New York Times]
Disney XD Orders 'Ducktales' Animated Comedy Series For 2017 [Deadline]
Netflix is bringing back 'Inspector Gadget' and 'Danger Mouse' [Engadget]
Why Don't Australia's TV Channels Broadcast In HD? [Gizmodo Australia]
Something we mentioned in the...
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2h 1min
February 23, 2015 Episode #95: 23rd February 2015
Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Anthony Agius.
Show Notes:
Anthony Agius [Reckoner]
Optus switches on customers' global roaming automatically [The Age]
NSW Police Officers Will Use The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 On The Streets To Tackle Crime [Gizmodo Australia]
Tony Abbott Wants To Cancel The 2016 Census [Gizmodo Australia]
Keeping data vital to fighting child pornography: Tony Abbott [SMH]
Police insider slams proposed metadata laws [News.com.au]
Exclusive: police insider speaks out on mandatory data retention [ABC Radio National]
How Australian ISPs Will Start Busting Users For Piracy [Gizmodo Australia]
HTTP/2 standard has been finalized, paving the way for a faster Web [Neowin]
What Is HTTP/2? [Gizmodo Australia]
SIM card maker to investigate claims of hacking by NSA, British spy agency [The Age]
Telcos face mass SIM card recall after spy agencies' encryption hack revealed [SMH]
Apple will fight iOS bugs with first-ever iOS Public Betas: 8.3 in March, 9 in summer [9to5Mac]
Apple shot its Oscars ad with the iPad Air 2 [The Verge]
Apple hiring spree indicates the company is working on an electric car [The Guardian]
New 'Alien' Movie Confirmed with Director Neill Blomkamp [Variety]
Free TV looks to show adult content earlier and reduce complaints with new code proposals [mUmBRELLA]
Netflix Will Probably Launch In Australia On March 1, With House Of Cards Season 3 [Gizmodo Australia]
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2h 2min
February 16, 2015 Episode #94: 16th February 2015
Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
Show Notes:
GameLoading: Rise Of The Indies [Kickstarter]
Uber offers to share transportation data, create jobs in exchange for regulation in Australia [ABC News]
South Australia wants driverless cars on its roads [iTnews]
Gyde this: Aussie brothers Andrew and Scott Julian aiming for the Google of streaming video [The Age]
Hackers rob US and global banks of millions in one of the largest heists ever [The Verge]
Samsung's Smart TV Privacy Policy Raises Accusations Of Digital Spying, So What's The Deal? [Gizmodo Australia]
Samsung's smart TVs are inserting unwanted ads into users' own movies [The Verge]
Google and Mattel announce the next generation View-Master powered by Cardboard [Ausdroid]
Google Maps finds its way to a 10th birthday celebration [BetaNews]
Reuters: Apple may be working on a self-driving car after all [The Verge]
Apple becomes first company to reach market value of $700b as smartphones and soon-to-arrive smartwatch boost stocks [ABC News]
Smartphone theft drops in London, 2 U.S. cities as anti-theft 'kill switches' installed [Yahoo Finance]
iPhone 6 Plus Owners Use Twice As Much Data As iPhone 6 People [Gizmodo Australia]
Jon Stewart Announces His Retirement From 'The Daily Show' During Live Taping [Laughing Squid]
"IT Crowd" Creator Plans Sci-Fi/Comedy Show [Dark Horizons]
Australia (and Austria) to compete in Eurovision 2015 [The Age]
TISM Frontman On Eurovision Petition: 'All Bets Are On' [The Music]
Spider-Man...
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2h 3min
February 09, 2015 Episode #93: 9th February 2015
Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
Show Notes:
Why It's So Hard To Get Apple, Google And The Rest To Pay Enough Tax In Australia [Gizmodo Australia]
MCG to have high-speed wi-fi by the end of 2015 [The Age]
Uber Australia Is Delivering Kittens For You To Love And Hold Today In Six Different Cities [Gizmodo Australia]
PR experts warn Uber kitten stunt could come back to bite the company [mUmBRELLA]
Uber Geelong delivers kittens to homes and offices in the region as part of Lort Smith Hospital #uberkittens fundraiser [Geelong Advertiser]
Fairfax inks partnership with Huffington Post [The Age]
Why Arianna Huffington is bringing Huffington Post to Australia [SMH]
Australian Government Cyber-Security Video Is Painful To Watch [Gizmodo Australia]
Twitter CEO admits fault in failing to deal with trolls and abuse [The Age]
Under Armour Has Acquired MyFitnessPal and Endomondo [The Next Web]
Burlington, Vermont Runs on 100% Renewable Energy [Clean Technica]
First Impressions of Photos for OS X: 'Vast Improvement' Over iPhoto [Mac Rumors]
Apple testing mysterious cars with roof-mounted cameras [The Verge]
Chinese teen chops hand off to 'cure' internet addiction [The Age]
Teen pours acid on boyfriend's penis [Yahoo!7]
South Korean woman's hair 'eaten' by robot vacuum cleaner as she slept [The Guardian]
China's Web Junkies: Internet Addiction Documentary [YouTube]
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2h 2min
February 02, 2015 Episode #92: 2nd February 2015
Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
Show Notes:
Ruslan Kogan promises half-price groceries with Kogan Pantry, has Coles and Woolworths in sights [The Age]
Robots are processing your Catch of the Day orders this Christmas [The Age]
No CHOICE but to 'HideMyAss' for global content access? [iTWire]
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay back online with reports of 'staff' rifts [The Age]
Jay-Z takes on Beats and Spotify with acquisition of music-streaming services Tidal and WiMP for $56M [VentureBeat]
Twitter finally delivers group messaging and video [Engadget]
AOL To Lay Off About 150 People, Mostly In Sales; Folding Joystiq, TUAW Into Engadget [TechCrunch]
GOOGLE: Glass Didn't Have The Impact We Had Hoped For [Business Insider]
Apple announces record profits, earnings, and iPhone sales [Six Colors]
7 biggest revelations from Apple's historic earnings call [Cult of Mac]
Apple's $80.3 million Australian tax bill revealed [SMH]
Ghostbusters Officially Finds Its Female Leads [Vulture]
TENplay cracks Apple TV in TV Everywhere push [SMH]
Red Dwarf Season 11 Confirmed With Filming Date [What Culture]
Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
Songs We Played:
Rick Springfield - "Love Is Alright Tonight" [iTunes]
Magic Bones - "Anytime Anywhere" [iTunes]
Bob Welch - "Ebony Eyes" [iTunes]
Walk The Moon - "Anna Sun" [iTunes]
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2h 1min
January 26, 2015 Episode #91: 26th January 2015
Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
Show Notes:
Australian websites offline as Melbourne IT struggles with migration of 350,000 customers [The Age]
Australia's internet lags behind despite NBN [The Age]
Telstra's supercharged 4GX network in 1,000 new towns and suburbs [Telstra Exchange]
Telstra security codes introduced after lax ID checks exposed [The Age]
Melbourne vigilantes claim to expose paedophiles in Tinder experiment [The Age]
Man dies after three-day internet gaming binge [The Age]
Microsoft to deliver free upgrades to Windows 10 [CNET]
Apple Pay May Launch Internationally By March [Gizmodo Australia]
Apple Says App Store Billings Up 50% In 2014. Total Of $25BN Now Paid To iOS Devs [TechCrunch]
Apple Watch will reportedly go on sale in March [The Verge]
Absolutely Fabulous movie WILL happen in 2015 - 20 years after Jennifer Saunders started writing script [The Mirror]
Stephen Fry marries boyfriend Elliot Spencer [The Age]
All the best television shows that are due in 2015 [The Age]
ABC unveils TV line-up for 2015, readies for Netflix [Crikey]
Australian Netflix pricing and launch date revealed [The Age]
Stan Goes Beta - Initial Thoughts [Televised Revolution]
Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
Songs We Played:
Men At Work - "Down Under" [iTunes]
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2h 4min
December 08, 2014 Episode #90: 8th December 2014
Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
Show Notes:
Target Australia Pulls GTA V Due To Depictions Of Violence Against Women [Kotaku Australia]
Target's Grand Theft Auto V Ban Leaves Us With No-One To Blame [Kotaku Australia]
Games aren't just for kids any more. By pulling Grand Theft Auto from stores Target sets the medium back [The Guardian]
Professor Stephen Hawking warns development of artificial intelligence could mean end of human race [ABC News]
Mark Zuckerberg defends free Facebook, fires back at Apple and Ello [Engadget]
Twitter releases improved tools for reporting abuse and harassment [The Verge]
Meet Google's ambitious new CAPTCHA that makes it easier to prove you're human [The Next Web]
New Windows 10 leak shows desktop Cortana in action [Digital Trends]
$350 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Apple After Company Deleted Competitors' Songs from iPod [CraveOnline]
Apple loses appeal to trademark 'app store' in Australia [SMH]
Apple Announces 'Hour of Code' 2014 Campaign for Students, Offers Free Programming Workshops in December [Mac Rumors]
Sketchy Rumor Claims Apple Planning New 4-Inch iPhone for 2015 [Mac Rumors]
Stella Young, writer, comedian and disability activist, dies aged 32; tributes flow for 'passionate advocate' [ABC News]
Can You Take This Photo Please? - Episode 136 - Stella Young [Justin Hamilton]
The Sony Pictures Hack Was Even Worse Than Everyone Thought [Gizmodo Australia]
Sony Hack Reveals 25-Page List of Reasons It Sucks To Work at Sony [Gawker]
Online exhibition celebrates 20 years since Muriel's Wedding [Sa...
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1h 60min
December 01, 2014 Episode #89: 1st December 2014
Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
Show Notes:
Intertwined - The Game [Neon Tales Blog]
NBN Co announces first rollout map for Coalition's multi-technology NBN [The Age]
NBN satellites to allow for in-flight Wi-Fi on Qantas and Virgin [SMH]
Airline passenger stuck with $1300 Wi-Fi bill [The Age]
NBN Co to charge thousands for fibre-on-demand broadband connections [The Age]
Westpac, Seven fund Australian social network Nabo [AFR]
ACORN launched to call out Australian cybercrime [ZDNet]
'Australia Post' delivery scam holds PCs to ransom [The Age]
Hack at Sony Pictures shuts computer system [LA Times]
After Huge Hack, Fury And Other Unreleased Sony Films Leak On The Web [Gizmodo Australia]
Sony Pictures investigating possible ties between hackers and North Korea [The Verge]
GoPro is Reportedly Launching a Line of Personal Drones [The Next Web]
This is the most amazing drone we've seen yet [YouTube]
CBD 'attacker' identified on Facebook [The Age]
#MitchyIsADick: How The Internet Caught A Melbourne Phone Thief With The Power Of Memes [Junkee]
Foster care tragedy: Karmah Jayne Hall's family learnt of her death on Facebook [The Age]
Apple Reportedly Shutting Down Production On The IPhone 5C Next Year [Business Insider]
iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Changing Users' Reading Habits as iPad Usage Declines [Mac Rumors]
FingerKey app let...
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2h 3min
November 24, 2014 Episode #88: 24th November 2014
Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek.
Show Notes:
Google, Telstra trial balloon internet in Queensland [iTnews]
Australia rejects electronic voting - are US elections rigged? [iTWire]
Banks using social media to assess loan applications [ABC News]
Uber exec Emil Michael threatens to dig dirt on company critics, unleashing torrent of criticism [The Age]
Uber Executive Is Uber Jerk, Suggests "Digging Up Dirt" On Female Reporter Who Criticized Company's Sexist Practices [The Mary Sue]
Snapchat launches Snapcash to let you pay friends through the app [The Next Web]
Did Snapchat Just Accidentally Monetize Nudes? [Motherboard]
Google tests subscription service for ad-free websites [CNET]
Sony Drops Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs Movie, Universal May Take Over [Mac Rumors]
App Store swaps 'Free' download buttons with 'Get' label [Cult of Mac]
Apple Just Revealed Lots More Info About the Apple Watch [TIME]
Oscar- & Tony-Winning Director Mike Nichols Dead At 83 [Deadline]
It's Official: Netflix To Launch In Australia And New Zealand In March 2015 [Gizmodo Australia]
Netflix launch in Australia won't be a game-changer for TV market or turn tide on piracy, analyst says [ABC News]
SBS And World Movies Join Stan [B&T]
Netflix picks up Tina Fey's first show since '30 Rock' [The Verge]
Screen Aus unveils first major profile of Australian VOD behaviour [Inside Film Magazine]
Online and On Demand: Trends in Australian online video use [Screen Australia]
Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page.
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2h 3min

FAQs about Geeks Interrupted:

How many episodes does Geeks Interrupted have?

The podcast currently has 344 episodes available.