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  • TTR Ep 1812: Optus Vs AFL and NRL, NBN News, Price gouging on Australian downloads, TPG pays fines over misleading bundles, and Google: We’re fine with slow Android updates
    On the show today, it looks like Optus, the AFL and NRL have had their final day in court - or have they? Talk about putting Australian copyright laws into absolute chaos!
    Senator Stephen Conroy signs off on inquiry into why Aussies pay more for apps, music and movies than other countries.
    It's TPGs turn to eye the wrath of the regulator in relation to advertising ‘500 free VoIP minutes' as part of a broadband bundle plan.
    As well, the cloud storage wars ignite with Google unveiling its drop box and Microsoft upping it's free quota,
    and maybe next time you fly with Qantas, you may pick up a iPad at the same time you pick up your headphones, as the company has flagged tablet devices like the iPad as an alternative to costly in-flight entertainment systems.
    There's gaming news with Leena Van Deventer as well as the usual odd spot, gadget, app and website of the week as well.
    1 hr 30 min
  • TTR Ep 1712: Flashback and Apple, iiNet and AFACT, Windows 8 update, Tim Fung and airtasker website, ACMA and the telco's try and find common ground.
    On the show today, it looks like the flashback security scare has shattered the myth of the in penetrable Mac, as Adam Turner will tell us about shortly. Apple, up until now has lived a relatively virus free life, but as their gadgets are now more widely in use, how will the worlds most valued company look after their customer base with an ever increasing threat of computer nasties?
    Also today, the iiNet and AFACT row has reached its penultimate conclusion with a ruling in the High Court of Australia last week. There are no further avenues of appeal, so what now for ISPs and Content owners?
    As well, there's more news on the pending release of Microsoft's Windows 8, scheduled for later this year, and would you use a website that allowed you to spruik odd jobs around your house, and have volunteers come your door to complete them for a small fee? Well, such a site has now been launched in Melbourne and Sydney, and we'll hear more about that later in the show when Tim Fung, CEO and founder of airtasker.com joins the panel live in the studio. Airtasker is a community marketplace where people can outsource everyday tasks and errands to friendly and reliable people.
    1 hr 30 min
  • TTR Ep 1612: iPhone 5? Flashback trojan infect 10,000 Australian users, Sony axe 10,00 jobs, Channel 10 takes a profit hit, DVD copying legalities, and Australian TV at the crossroads.
    Today on the show, just as the dust settles on the latest iPad, it's time to wind up the rumor mills again, this time with the pending arrive of the next Apple iPhone scheduled for around August, September or October this year.
    And while on the subject of fruit, Apple has released a second Flashback removal tool to help ripen those infected apples of which there are some 10,000 in Australia.
    Also, as we touched on last week, there are troubled times ahead for Sony as they plan to shed some 10,000 jobs and cut TV production by 40%, and the next generation of TV screens, the new OLED screens are about to hit the market. Also today,
    Adam Turner takes a look at copyright and backing up your DVDs at home.
    1 hr 30 min
  • TTR Ep 1512: LulzSec's day in court, 600,000 Macs infected with trojan, Facebook float nears, Adam puts Telsta's LTE a workout, and Twiiters growth spurt continues
    Remember the Sony hack not so long ago? Well a LulzSec hacker has pleaded guilty to the Sony breach. Twitter continues to grow at a record pace.
    The Facebook IPO nears as Nasdaq gears up. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has several gaping holes that need patching, Over 600,000 Macs infected with the Flashback Trojan, and parking inspectors are starting to CCTV to book people who overstay the park.
    Also tonight, Adam gives Telstra’s new LTE network, or 4G network a work out with a fist full of gadgets and a few hours to kill, and the results well stay tuned
    1 hr 30 min
  • TTR Ep 1412: ACCC and Apple, the CSIRO wifi settlement secures more than $220, Google to open an online tablet store, DNSChanger trojan nets 10,000 Aussies and Blackberry admits defeat in consumer market.
    The ACCC took Apple to court over misleading '4G' iPad claims last week but the dust hasn't settled just yet.
    The CSIRO wifi settlement secures more than $220 million for organisation, which invented the technology in the 1990s. Wi-fi technology is used in more than 3 billion electronic devices worldwide, including personal computers, video games and mobile phones.
    Google to open an online tablet store, DNSChanger trojan nets 10,000 Aussies and it comes with an ACMA warning which may result in some not being able to access the internet.
    As well, something that will come with as no surprise for some, Blackberry admits defeat in consumer market. Looks like Apple and Google got the better of them, so will windows go the same way?
    Also tonight Adam Turner will join us live in the studio to talk about the next 3 years of the NBN, Leena has the lasts on Games, Dr Ron has threatened to call in from Darwin, and there's the usual odd spot, gadget, app and website of the week
    1 hr 30 min
  • TTR Ep 1312: Win 8 to ship October, iPad running hot? Foxtel in a vicious circle of decline, Adam looks at trolls (a new form of spam), and on 50% of business have a website.
    Today on the show, Windows 8 is to hit the shelves by October. The Windows 8 release date has leaked: General Availability will be in October, while Release To Manufacturing is 'Summer'. Microsoft is expected to confirm the schedule next month.
    Optus look like shedding staff in the short term to help lift the company's bottom line. Apple's iPad is hot for the wrong reasons, Vandals hit Telstra fiber and Angry Birds theme parks become a reality. Mark Diggins joins the panel to talk about the confusion surrounding mobile phone operating frequencies in Australia.
    Also this week, we're starting to see traditional content providers starting to hurt as online content delivery starting to take hold.
    This is evident with the Foxtel admitting it is in a vicious circle of decline and its imminent merger with Austar. Also, would it surprise you that half of small businesses is still without a website? Adam has a view from the couch and Leena has the latest from the gaming world.
    1 hr 30 min
  • TTR Ep 1212: Vodafone up for sale? Freeview PVRs with CRID. Will they deliver what they promise. New Firefox. iiNet Anytime Quotas, Paypal's new merchant app for iPhone and more...
    Today on the show, there are rumors circulating that the owners of embattled telco Vodafone Australia are looking for buyers, which is not all that surprising considering their problems over the past few years.
    iiNet, Australia's 2nd largest ISP, has removed it's Off Peak quota for some customers creating an Any Time quota which is the accumulation of Off Peak and Peak.
    Apples new OS Mountain Lion or 10.8 preview 2 for those counting has hit the developer website. Hackers release Norton Antivirus source code and IE10 looks like Metro. Also today, Leena has the latest from the gaming world and Adam looks at the new Freeview PVR with CRID Data. Will it change the way we record TV?
    1 hr 30 min
  • TTR Ep 1112: Solar Flares, iPad (not 3) announced, Optus release a new usage app and trial introduce location based ads. The FBI find Lulzsec, and 3 and Vodafone technically become 1
    This week on the show, the world manages to survive 2 massive events this week, firstly the biggest solar flare for the past decade, and secondly the launch of the next generation iPad. Now it's just an iPad. Not an iPad 3 just an iPad, which will no doubt be remembered in history as the iPad 3, or the iPad 2 as you'll hear later in the show.
    Also today, for all you lucky Optus customers, the telco is looking to serve ads to your mobile phone based on your location. Now there's one you didn't sign up for, and while we're talking Optus, they had a bit of a win over the penalty imposed on them last year for misleading advertising. After 8 years, 3 customers will finally roam onto Vodafone's network and one has to ask why it took so long?
    There's the usual odd spot, gadget, app and website of the week, gaming news with Leena, and Adam's on the couch. So who needs cheap movie tickets when you can sit back, log in to the chat, and relax for the next two hours with Tech Talk Radio.
    1 hr 30 min
  • TTR Ep 1012: Gerry Harvey's poor online sales, Telstra's NBN offering - beware the leopard. Windows 8 consumer release, Conroy's Filter not dead yet, but maybe, Demetriou calls Optus thieves and more
    Today on the show, the Cupertino giant Apple is in the news with the acquisition of a search engine for it's App Store. As well the iPad escapes a ban in Singapore, but gets dumped as a US military tool.
    There was a high level of incompetence demonstrated over at Dodo last week, with the dead bird taking out most of Australia's internet for about half an hour or so and Optus has sought a Federal Court ruling preventing AFL chief Andrew Demetriou from claiming the telco's TV Now recording service is a form of "stealing". Them's fight'n words if ever I heard.
    Also, Adam catches up with the Beeb to find out about a new News offering, and Leena will have the latest on gaming news from around the globe.
    1 hr 30 min
  • TTR Ep 0912: IPad good for Singapore but not for US Military, News from the BBC, Optus Vs AFL back in court, Dodo breaks the internet, Telstra's new broadband plans, Google privacy concerns...
    Today on the show, the Cupertino giant Apple is in the news with the acquisition of a search engine for it's App Store. As well the iPad escapes a ban in Singapore, but gets dumped as a US military tool.
    There was a high level of incompetence demonstrated over at Dodo last week, with the dead bird taking out most of Australia's internet for about half an hour or so and Optus has sought a Federal Court ruling preventing AFL chief Andrew Demetriou from claiming the telco's TV Now recording service is a form of "stealing". Them's fight'n words if ever I heard.
    Also, Adam catches up with the Beeb to find out about a new News offering, and Leena will have the latest on gaming news from around the globe.
    1 hr 30 min

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Tech Talk Radio is an informative and entertaining technology talk show heard on free to air radio across Australia as well as streamed to the world live, and via podcast. Each week we present current news and views from Australia and abroad. We're independent, non biased and are now in our seventh year of providing consumers with valuable information to help make educated decisions when it comes to technology. Tech Talk Radio originates from the studios of 94.1 3WBC in Melbourne live every Monday night at 8pm. Join Andrew McColm (ABC Radio), Dr. Ron (ABC Radio), Graeme Callaghan, Leena van Deventer (freelance games writer), Adam Turner - journalist for the Age and SMH amongst others.