Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott and Celine Roberts
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 talk about selfish iPad owners, legal jailbreaking, face transplants, the possible beginning of Skynet and huge Earth destroying asteroids plus much more.
Now, if you are new to Geek Actually you are probably wondering why this episode of Tech Actually is numbered 95. No, we are not insane, Tech Actually and Film Actually (our movie podcast) used to be one show called The Geek Actually Podcast and this week we split them into two shows. We kept the numbering continuity across all three of our shows (this includes Geek Actually After Show). All the information on the re-structuring of the shows can be found here at geekactually.com.
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I guess I’m just a highly educated, wealthy, selfish, unkind person – wish someone had told me that?!?!
http://www.news.com.au/technology/ipad/ipad-owners-over-achieving-selfish-elites/story-fn5knrwy-1225897805225
Remember Face/Off, well the first full face transplant has now been successfully done.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/first-full-face-transplant-patient-appears-in-public-in-spain/story-e6frfro0-1225897251785
Leave it alone Sony, we just upgraded!!
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sony-working-to-make-blu-ray-obselete-with-discs-that-hold-25-times-more-data/story-e6frfro0-1225897468382
Jailbreaking your iPhone in the US no longer illegal.
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/iphone/jailbreaking-iphone-now-legal-in-us-20100727-10ta9.html
Nintendo R4 chip now illegal in UK – what is the Australian status Josh?
http://www.news.com.au/technology/piracy-tool-for-nintendo-ds-the-r4-mod-chip-ruled-illegal-in-uk/story-e6frfro0-1225898334450
Aussie robots used by US military for target practice.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/us-target-practice-the-57m-aussie-fall-guys-20100727-10tpu.html
A new international internet pipeline in the works, thank god.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/enterprise/400m-cable-to-double-internet-capacity-out-of-australia-20100728-10vbg.html
Facebook Questions is launched
http://mashable.com/2010/07/28/facebook-questions/
It’s Booty Time on Face Time!
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/adult-industry-sees-pocket-porn-market-in-iphone-4-20100730-10ybi.html
In 50 years it is Michael Bay’s Armageddon for real!
http://www.news.com.au/technology/weve-got-just-50-years-to-deal-with-latest-threat-from-asteroid-1999-rq36-report/story-e6frfro0-1225898823737
“Hey dad, can I have the key to the internet?” “Now son, you know that is not a toy.”
http://www.news.com.au/technology/seven-smartcards-to-rule-us-all-as-internet-keys-handed-out-across-the-globe/story-e6frfro0-1225898260889
Topic of the week
Product launches, midnight queues and the new iPhone 4
David went to the iPhone 4 launch at midnight on Thursday. We talk about our collective experiences with this kind of event (game launches, movie premieres etc.). Is it really worth the lines, crowds and waiting?
Also, David’s first day with the iPhone 4 and now we can test it, is the antenna issue really that big a deal?
Are Australians getting their free bumper or case?
As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to some bad language.
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