Hosted by: David McVay & Josh Philpott
This week on Geek Actually David and Josh take a look at the announcements at Google IO 2011, discuss the sale of Skype, wonder at the future of eInk and marvel at Viagra condoms! All this plus a review of the game “Brink”, weird geek food and the picks of the week, so get comfortable and turn the volume up for your weekly geek out.
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But first… a little feedback.
Last week we didn’t get to this one about Windows Phone 7
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2011/05/04/all-updated-windows-phones-are-not-alike.aspx
And JamesFromMelbourne wanted to share the zombie proof house
http://www.news.com.au/technology/a-zombie-proof-house-thats-using-the-old-noodle/story-e6frfro0-1226055251261
Google IO Stuff
Google had their big announcements for this year including Chrome OS laptops, Google Music, Android’s movie rentals and automated homes. Let’s take a look at some of these new products.
The overview
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/all-the-great-stuff-from-google-io-2011-live/
The automated house, google style
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/android-home-will-turn-your-house-into-an-automated-smartbox/
Google music is really just on online harddrive?
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/google-music-an-island-in-the-cloud/
How about those Chrome OS laptops
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/live-from-google-io-keynote-ii-chrome/
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/google-chrome-os-lands-on-hardware-you-can-actually-buy/
…plus great student pricing
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/google-to-sell-chrome-laptops-to-students-for-us20-per-month/
Google thinks computers are broken
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/googles-latest-revolution-fixing-the-broken-pc-20110512-1ejti.html
Other Geek News
Microsoft buys Skype in a truly spectacular fashion.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/05/microsoft-buys-skype-2/
Our government slashes the budget on web censorship – yay!
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/the-government-has-axed-support-for-voluntary-filter-schemes/
What is the future for eInk, remember the TV series Caprica?
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2011/05/03/what-e-ink-have-been-doing-instead-of-working-on-their-next-screen-video/
And what about paper thin phones?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1383903/PaperPhone-The-smartphone-paper-shape-pocket.html
Anonymous, the other side of the Sony story.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/anonymous-fears-nerd-backlash-from-playstation-hack/
For those that are worried about Facebook security, you have grounds to be.
http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/facebook-applications-accidentally-leaking-access-third-parties
Viagra condoms, now here’s an interesting idea.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/will-viagra-condoms-convince-men-to-use-rubbers/
Interesting concept, the Kinect fitting room.
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/05/11/kinect-fitting-room-video/
Weird Food!
The bacon alarm clock – build one today
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/wake-up-to-the-smell-of-sizzling-bacon-and-oinks/
Don’t answer ads asking for cannibals. Just saying.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/man-answers-cannibal-ad-shocked-when-cannibal-wanted-to-eat-him/
Geek Picks of the Week
Every week Josh, DeltaKnight and/or I will give you our geek picks of the week, these could be anything from iPhone apps to a great sandwich recipe (more likely to be an app though).
David recommends the iPhone app “Super 8” by Paramount Digital Entertainment: It’s Free. Also need a little security? Try “1Password” from Agilebits for Mac or Windows: $39.99 (single user) or $69.99 (family) and their iPad/iPhone Pro App for $17.99.
Josh tells us a little about the future of online gaming with the game “Brink” by Bethesda.
Google improves it’s app store
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/finding-good-android-apps-just-got-way-easier/
Need more battery life on your iPhone, you could try this janky device.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/third-rail-mobility-system-slim-power-kinda/
…and to finish off today, a little bit of trivia.
The iPad 2 is as powerful as the most powerful computer in the world in 1985.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/the-ipad-in-your-hand-as-fast-as-a-supercomputer-of-yore/
As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to possible bad language.
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