Hosts: David McVay & Josh Philpott
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Follow Up:
Remember the Stuxnet worm? Iran has confirmed that systems at their Nuclear facility have been compromised. Suprise Suprise.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/malware-infects-iran-nuclear-station-20100927-15t06.html
This Week:
Is this the future of mobile internet, I hope so – but why Telstra?
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/review-telstra-ultimate-usb-modem-20100927-15u0a.html
In ‘is this really news?’ news – New iPads in the new year might be slimmer and have a camera!?!?!
http://www.news.com.au/technology/goldman-sachs-analysts-say-new-lighter-ipad-will-include-camera-and-min-usb-port/story-e6frfrnr-1225932204061
Do I really want people knowing where I am? Another reason to hate Facebook?
http://www.news.com.au/technology/facebook-launches-places-in-australia-not-identical-to-foursquare-at-all/story-e6frfro0-1225932299348
We here at Geek Actually love Nazi Zombies – Soon you may be able to shoot them
http://www.news.com.au/technology/black-ops-zombie-rumours-refuse-to-die/story-e6frfro0-1225929859034
The gaming beast! Is $23,000 too much to pay for a computer?
http://www.news.com.au/technology/customisable-23000-pc-xbox-360-hybrid/story-e6frfrnr-1225931593269
In really sad news, Segway boss James Heselden drove off a cliff on his Segway.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/segway-boss-dies-after-riding-scooter-off-cliff-in-northern-england/story-e6frfro0-1225930507509
Only in Australia – Space Beer!
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/beam-me-up-shhhcotty–the-aussie-space-beer-with-zero-gravity-20101001-15zzh.html
Topic of the Week – What’s new with the NBN?
Things are not quite all roses for the NBN
Roll out of fibre is kinda held up by legislation
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/vital-nbn-legislation-caught-up-in-senate-delays-20100927-15ssl.html
Telstra doesn’t care about NBN, of course not it’s the competition
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/telstra-nonchalant-on-nbn-20100930-15xux.html
Carlos Slim, the world’s richest telco mogul has slammed the NBN, Conroy fights back
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/conroy-hits-back-at-slim-you-dont-know-what-youre-on-about-20100930-15xqe.html
Just in case you had forgiven Conroy and thought he was on our side now, he still wants the censorship filter
http://www.news.com.au/technology/conroy-not-dropping-internet-filter-despite-being-unlikely-to-get-anywhere/story-e6frfro0-1225930783196
iPhone Apps
Continuing on from last week: Listener DeltaKnight reminded me that we forgot Apple Remote. This is an awesome app for iTunes and AppleTV users. Josh recommends the Drop Box app for online storage.
As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to some bad language.
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