Techcast

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One week. A bunch of editors. Discussing the tech news of the week, with a bit of irrelevant opinions on the side.... more

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May 20, 2015 Techcast S02E09: Too Many Cooks

Welcome to this week’s edition of Techcast! Windows 10, Windows 10 and Windows 10 – It’s Windows Vista all over again! This week we talk about all the different versions of Windows 10, the Pacnet data breach and how Apple is ditching their supposed TV.
Join Stewart Wilson, Terence Huynh and Chris Southcott for a fun filled ride through the latest news in Technology, we’re on time this week! Be sure to subscribe to our podcast by using the links below. Let us know what you think of the new podcast by tweeting @techgeekcomau or commenting below.
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Show Notes
Top Stories
Telstra’s Pacnet Had A Data Breach, User Details Stolen
Introducing Windows 10 Editions
Microsoft says it’s taking over updates for Windows 10 Mobile devices
Microsoft is reportedly developing an iPhone chat app called Flow
Budget 2015: Labor proposes startup funding, axing STEM debts
Behind Apple’s Move to Shelve TV Plans
Would an Apple Television have an antenna?
Other Stories
PSA: The Raspberry Pi B+ just got a price cut
Optus: Netflix speed guarantees are about collaboration
Bigger than Heartbleed, ‘Venom’ security vulnerability threatens most datacenters
‘Apple Music’ Beats-based streaming service to have Ping-like social network for artists
Google’s standalone Photos service is reportedly almost here
Nest’s Tony Fadell says Google has ‘no sacred cows’ as it rethinks Glass
Uber threatens legal action against Australian Taxation Office GST ruling
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47min
March 21, 2015 Techcast S02E07: Retention of the Data’s!

Welcome to this week’s edition of Techcast! This week we talk about data retention (and how to get around it), Windows 10 and Nintendo.
Join Stewart Wilson, Terence Huynh and Chris Southcott for this slightly late and slightly shorter episode!. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast by using the links below. Let us know what you think of the new podcast by tweeting @techgeekcomau or commenting below.
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Show Notes
Top Stories
Microsoft delivers new Windows 10 preview without Spartan browser
Windows 10 will give you more storage space
Xbox Music can now play music stored in OneDrive
Other Stories
New evidence suggests Android Wear compatibility coming to iOS
NETFLIX WON’T CHARGE AUSTRALIANS GST. WHY?
TINDER BREAKS HEARTS: NO LONGER FREE, FORCES PAID USE WITH NEW PREMIUM SERVICE
NINTENDO WON’T PORT TITLES TO SMART DEVICES, ‘NO EXCEPTIONS’ ON WHAT IP APPEAR
Victorian government to sell $9.3 million in seized bitcoins
YouTube’s new ‘cards’ will now obstruct your videos instead of annotations
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40min
March 12, 2015 Techcast S02E06: $14,000 of Watch

Welcome to this week’s edition of Techcast! Yes, we are back for another week and we speak about everything Apple plus Terence speaks about this encounters with Revenge Porn. It’s a short episode this week of just 36 minutes!
Join Stewart Wilson, Terence Huynh and Chris Southcott for this weeks episode. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast by using the links below. Let us know what you think of the podcast by tweeting @techgeekcomau or commenting below.
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Show Notes
Top Stories
The Apple Watch will be coming out in Australia on April 24
Apple announce new 12” MacBook with Retina
Apple updates MacBook Air and Retina MacBook Pro with faster chips, Thunderbolt 2
Other Stories
Commonwealth Bank officially acknowledges Tap & Pay on Android is live – comments on Credit Card support
Optus to offer up to six months of Netflix to customers
This is Google’s new Chromebook Pixel
Twitter Just Banned Revenge Porn And Doxxing
Your Torrent Client Might Be Mining Bitcoin Without Telling You
You Can Now Play Cards Against Humanity Online With Anyone For Free
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37min
March 05, 2015 Techcast S02E05: Cards of House

Welcome to this week’s edition of Techcast – the worlds best indeterminate release schedule podcast. This week it’s all about Mobile World Congress and Smart Watches! Plus a few tangents here and there. Also, HTC does a thing (and Terence isn’t happy!)
Joining you on this journey is Stewart Wilson, Terence Huynh and Chris Southcott. We hope you enjoy their smooth sounding voices. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast by using the links below. Let us know what you think of the new podcast by tweeting @techgeekcomau or commenting below.
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Show Notes
Top Stories
MWC 2015: Samsung reveals the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge
MWC 2015: Samsung updates Gear VR for Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge
MWC 2015: Microsoft accidentally reveals Lumia 640 and 640 XL before press conference
Valve’s VR headset is called the Vive and it’s made by HTC
PS4 Morpheus Core Hardware Has Been Finalized, Says Sony
Huawei’s Watch is priced into the stratosphere, exclusive details here
Other Stories
Pebble Time Steel is a dressed-up version of Pebble’s latest watch
Pebble’s new smartwatch looks a little familiar
IT’S HAPPENING! Netflix officially launching in AU and NZ on March 24
Google reverses decision to ban adult content on Blogger
Mozilla just announced flip and slider phones at a press event in 2015
Tinder Plus launches with tiered payment system set to penalise older daters
The head of Google+ has reportedly quit his job
Apple releases public beta of OS X 10.10.3 with new Photos app
Zane Lowe moving on from BBC Radio to work with Apple
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43min
February 16, 2015 Techcast S02E04: Just the little things

Welcome to… last week’s edition of the Techcast? Apologises for not releasing this last week. We have been very busy. Join Terence Huynh and Chris Southcott as we discuss the Smart TV privacy debacle, Uber as a disrupter and Falconman – the superhero that we definitely deserve. See you this/next week?
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Show Notes
Samsung Smart TVs will listen to, capture and transmit your private conversations
Australian Government Cyber-Security Video Is Painful To Watch
Samsung’s streaming service Milk Music is coming to Australia
Samsung Galaxy S6 design supposedly leaked by case manufacturers
Google I/O will take place May 28-29
Apple will reportedly focus on stability and bug fixes with iOS 9
Boston Dynamics’ newest robot has a dog’s name but walks like a horse
Fitbit Acknowledges Latest Devices Are Causing Rashes, Advises To “Give Your Wrist A Rest”
Uber – A Brilliant Example of Technology Disruption
Google’s latest Android ‘Be Together, Not the Same’ commercial is all kinds of cute
Meet Falconman – the hilarious crappy ripoff of Batman
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51min
February 06, 2015 Techcast S02E03: It’s a slow news week

Welcome to this week’s edition of Techcast! We’re talking about what Samsung could be releasing on March 1, HTC’s weird rap diss video on its rivals, and the Raspberry Pi 2 supports Windows! As well – in a surprise – Chris has some nice words about Microsoft. I know, what a shock.
Join Terence Huynh and Chris Southcott for (something here). Be sure to subscribe to our podcast by using the links below. Let us know what you think of the new podcast by tweeting @techgeekcomau or commenting below.
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Show Notes
Top Stories
Expect Samsung’s next flagship Galaxy phone on March 1st
HTC’s First Smartwatch To Launch Alongside The One M9 In March
HTC Made A Rap Video To Diss Apple And Samsung, And It’s The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Seen
Raspberry Pi 2 is faster, better and will run Windows 10
Apple testing mysterious camera-equipped vehicles in the Bay Area
Other Stories
Microsoft Office touch apps now available on Windows 10 Technical Preview
Microsoft reportedly buys Sunrise, the best calendar app for iPhone and Android
Twitter CEO: ‘We suck at dealing with abuse’
Twitter and Google reportedly just made a big deal to put tweets in search results
Google Glass’ new boss wants to redesign the headset ‘from scratch’
Apple Watch will be released in April, according to CEO Tim Cook
PlayStation, meet Spotify – PlayStation.Blog.Europe
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January 28, 2015 Techcast S02E02: I should’ve left my hologram at home

Microsoft enters the Hologram business, Stan finally launches to everyone, and BlackBerry has a way to recruit developers to produce apps for their platform: by forcing them to produce apps through “app neutrality”. That – plus installing a browser live on air – on this week’s edition of the TechCast.
Join Stewart Wilson, Terence Huynh and special guest Jason Murray from Ausdroid as they discuss the latest news this week and other tidbits. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast by using the links below. Let us know what you think of the new podcast by tweeting @techgeekcomau or commenting below.
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SHOWNOTES

* Microsoft is still crazy: meet the HoloLens
* Windows is now a service, latest release to become a free update for Windows 7, 8, and Phone users
* Windows 10’s new features: Cortana, a ‘Spartan’ browser, Xbox streaming, and more
* BlackBerry wants Congress to force everyone to make BlackBerry apps
* Stan launches!
* Former Opera CEO Launches Vivaldi, A New Browser For Power Users
* Twitter’s war on developers continues: Tweetbot for Mac falls victim to token limit, gets pulled from App Store
* A Massive Attack Against Facebook, Instagram Happened Last Night
* Saints Row IV: Re-Elected recall in Australia after classification snafu
* Australia Ratings Board Bans Hotline Miami 2; Developers Tell Australians To ‘Just Pirate It’

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1h 7min
January 15, 2015 Techcast S02E01: CE Smart

Wow, it’s been so long since our last episode. Welcome to the first episode of Techcast for 2015! This week, Join Technology Genius Terence Huynh with his colleagues Stewart Wilson and Chris Southcott for this exciting episode. We talk about CES 2015, Google patches and more.
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Show Notes
Top Stories
The Sony Walkman is apparently still a thing, new model to cost $1000+
A Stainless Steel Smartwatch: Sony’s SmartWatch 3 given more air-time, new style
Alcatel’s Pixi 3 series of phones has a unique feature; choose your OS
Alcatel OneTouch wants to be the Zara of smartwatches
Samsung reveals new SUHD TVs at CES 2015 – all running on Tizen OS
Samsung’s new T1 SSD drive packs a terabyte in a very small package
Seagate brings out super-slim Seagate Seven hard drive for CES
CES 2015: Lenovo refreshes ThinkPad X1 Carbon
Acer Chromebook 15: a first look at the biggest Chromebook on Earth
Razer Forge TV wants to bring Android and PC gaming to the living room
Other Stories
Telstra WiFi Payphones
Tinder Experiment
Google refuses to patch vulnerability affecting 930 million users
Report: Samsung in talks with BlackBerry about potential buyout, company responds with ‘Oh No You Didn’t’ statement
Netflix to launch in Australia on March 31
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1h 4min
September 07, 2014 Techcast S01E18: Never record on a Saturday

Welcome to this week’s edition of Techcast! Apologises for the delay, it has been a crazy week for all of us personally – and it’s only to get crazy next week with more gadget news coming out from Apple. But we cover the major points of the week – such as selfie cameras, selfie cameras, and smartwatches.
Join Terence Huynh and Chris Southcott for a conversation – and I can only apologise for the “relaxed” nature of the show. We recorded it on a Saturday night. We’re never doing that again. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast by using the links below. Let us know what you think of the new podcast by tweeting @techgeekcomau or commenting below.
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1h 1min
July 23, 2014 Techcast S01E16: Stuff Up Of The Day

Welcome to this week’s edition of Techcast! This week we speak about Catch Of The Day and their illegal cyber attacks, Microsoft’s job cuts and DisasterCon – a tumblr convention.
Join Stewart Wilson, Terence Huynh, Chris Southcott and special guest, Jason Murray from Ausdroid for this rather long, rantish episode. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast by using the links below. Let us know what you think of the new podcast by tweeting @techgeekcomau or commenting below.
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Show Notes
Top Stories
Catch Of The Day reveals user data was stolen – three years after it occurred
Catch of the Day failed to inform AFP on data breach
Catch of the Day had chance to disclose breach in 2012, chose not to
Microsoft announces biggest-ever job cuts: 18,000 in the next year
Nokia X, Asha and Series 40 are no longer
Leaked ‘Windows 9’ screenshots reveal more detail about reborn Start Menu
DisasterCon: how a fan convention’s big dream became a nightmare
DashCon organizers tell their side of the con disaster story
Other Stories
Pirate Survey: Channel Nine Finds Half Of Pirates Surveyed Would Pay For Content If It Was Available In Australia
New Australian-Made Watermarking Tech Could Kill Music Piracy
Google is planning to no longer call Freemium games ‘Free’
Chrome bug guzzling battery power since 2010
Coles introduces mobile wallet app for existing Coles Credit Card users
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1h 14min

FAQs about Techcast:

How many episodes does Techcast have?

The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.