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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September 10, 2014 Special Episode - Apple Special Event, September 2014
Phil Edwards and Andy Blume are back in the studio with a roundup of the Apple Special Event which unveiled the iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Pay and Apple Watch on September 10th 2014.
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1h 2min
September 08, 2014 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:...
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2h 1min
September 01, 2014 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:
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2h 1min
August 25, 2014 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]
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2h 1min
August 18, 2014 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...
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2h 2min
August 11, 2014 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
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1h 60min
August 04, 2014 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]
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2h 1min
July 28, 2014 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]
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1h 60min
July 21, 2014 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...
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2h 2min
July 14, 2014 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]
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2h 3min

FAQs about Geeks Interrupted:

How many episodes does Geeks Interrupted have?

The podcast currently has 344 episodes available.