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This is the official tech podcast of geekactually.com. The tech show by geeks for geeks and non-geeks. Accessible tech for everyone is the motto we live by. This week on Tech Actually we discuss our lack of government in Australia, Apple’s new patent for a touch iMac, a Paul Shin Divine update and 3D TV’s you can touch!
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Tech News
Election Updates:
The NBN is frozen until election results known
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/nbn-co-in-freeze-until-new-government-formed-20100824-13j62.html
The Coalition is mulling over it’s broadband options
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/coalition-mulls-broadband-options-20100825-13qld.html
Other news:
Apple’s new patent, pipe dream or in the works?
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/08/the-mother-lode-welcome-to-the-imac-touch.html
New iPad case may cause the death of the netbook?
http://www.zdnet.com/news/ipad-case-gets-a-keyboard-end-of-netbooks/460028
3D TV you can touch???
http://www.news.com.au/technology/boffins-invent-3d-tv-you-can-touch/story-e6frfrnr-1225910619358
Paul Shin Devine Update
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/apple-kickbacks-probe-cash-found-hidden-in-shoe-boxes-20100825-13qy9.html
Jedi Mind is not the name you’re looking for.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100823/10375210741.shtml
The new Kindle 3 is supposedly everything that the iPad isn’t – really??
http://www.news.com.au/technology/new-kindle-3-everything-the-ipad-isnt/story-e6frfro0-1225910888163
Scantily clad ‘Meter Maids’ cause a scandal at Microsoft’s TechEd conference.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/meter-maids-stunt-backfires-at-microsoft-geek-gathering-20100826-13t2f.html
…but the ‘Meter Maids’ fire back at Microsoft.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/chief-meter-maid-hits-back-at-microsoft-20100826-13tlb.html
As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to some bad language.
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