After an extended hiatus for the past few months due to the fact that, I have been concentrating on another podcast I do for a completely different audience. Well actually the primary reason was purely because I figured the Tech News Podcast arena was so flooded, I put this one on the back burner. Maybe a little too far back.

But, It is returning with a completely different feel. I explain with in this non planned, lack of notes episode.

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Don’t forget its time to let me know if you want the 2x 30 minute shows per week or if you would prefer a 1x 30 minute show. Next week will be a 1x 30minute show and we’ll take it from there.

My voice is really croaky and barely holds out to the end of this shorter than normal show, Hopefully by next Friday my voice will be back to 100%

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Show Notes:
Risky online habits common
Telecom going Android crazy
Duke Nukem’s PR threatens to punish sites that run negative reviews
Google Voice updated to improve battery life
Three jailed over iPad 2 leaks in China
Google introduces spoken word search to Chrome
Donors safe from Whale Oil breach
Labour won’t support Govt’s broadband changes
Hackers claim hit on CIA site
Internet call market set to double – report
Google Maps updates to v5.6.0
WordPress Now Offering Custom Designs
Internet users now have more and closer friends than those offline
Facebook Secretly Working On A Plan To Break Apple’s App Store Stranglehold On The iPhone
Citibank hack more widespread than originally thought
Telecom open to foreign buyer

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Show Notes:
LinkedIn, Foursquare and Netflix on Android Store Your Passwords in Unencryped Text Files
Digital TV switchover dates confirmed
Apple bans breath test apps
Net24 sells Cables Direct operation
Arrests in Spain don’t mean Sony’s troubles are over
Clothing Designer Tory Burch Wins $164M In Lawsuit Against Online Counterfeiters
Joomla Quietly Crosses 23 Million Downloads, Now Powering Over 2,600 Government Sites
$1.2 million iPad is full of diamonds
Google: Les Paul doodle is here to stay
Russian ATM uses voice analysis to tell when you’re lying
Apple sued over use of iCloud name
Check Out This Picture Of The First Laptop
Facebook tattoo video is viral marketing hoax
2degrees mobile service in Canterbury
Fedora 13 Linux Set to Retire
32 Anons arrested in Turkey after government website attacks

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Winter might have finally arrived, it’s pouring down with rain and it’s getting a lot colder than it had been. Getting motivated on such a crappy day is quite hard, maybe its just because I’m so use to the lovely sunshine. Anyway, there are things that must be done.

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Show Notes:
Appointment slots in Google calendar
25% of US Hackers Are FBI/CIA Informers
UN criticises NZ’s three-strike piracy law
Vodafone India Threatens Upset Customer With Defamation For Complaining About Bad Service
Facebook quietly switches on facial recognition tech by default
Facebook on Face Recognition: Sorry, We Screwed Up!
Skype goes down globally again, Microsoft starts wondering if it bought wisely
Words With Friends updated to version 4, promises ‘way less bugs’
Building a better password
IT flaws highlighted in Health Ministry RFP
Copyright law ‘will not change’
Flash fire hits Intel plant in Arizona
Twitter to auto-shrink links
More NZ Google pranks revealed
Woman Gets 152 Tattoos Of Facebook Friends On Her Arm
Has Linux Missed the IPv6 Day Train?
Google Maps Navigation to go offline
Google rolls out ‘safer and snazzier’ Chrome 12 web browser
How Facebook Can Put Google Out Of Business
Trade Me for sale?
Is your bus late? Check Google Maps

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Congratulations to the Manawatu Badminton U13’s Team 1 for winning the teams event at the Hawkes Bay Open on Sunday, Miss 11 also did did very well in the Individuals event on Saturday winning all bar one of her games.

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Show Notes:
You Now Can’t Say “Facebook” Or “Twitter” On French TV
Anonymous makes off with scanned passports from Iran, 10k e-mails
Do not download any anti-virus software called MacShield
BlackBerry Bold 9900 delayed until September
Microsoft sells 55 million Xbox 360 consoles, claims that’s console history
LibreOffice Moves Forward without Apache
Lulz? Sony hackers deny responsibility for misuse of leaked data
Twitter Photos Live For Twitter Employees, User Roll-Out Begins Next Week
Windows Phone 7 developer cheat sheet released
Garmin in talks to buy Navigon?
iTunes leak suggests ‘Automatic Download’ over-the-air updates are coming in iOS 5
Rhys Darby fronts anti-piracy DVD
FBI passwords posted on the internet
New Zealand’s oldest working telly found
Teen sells kidney for iPad 2
Token gesture puts limit on children’s TV time
National cyber centre likely as worries rise
Broadcasters lash out at BSA

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Show Notes:
Linus Torvalds releases Linux kernel version 3 to celebrate 20 years of penguin-powered computing
Twitter to release own photo sharing service
Malicious apps removed from Android Market
Samsung’s lawyers demand to see the iPhone 5 and iPad 3
German Rights Holders Go After 300,000 P2P Users Per Month
Introducing the Follow Button
WHO warns of possible link between cell phone use, brain cancer risk
Mobile phones are great for phishers?
Microsoft joins anti-patent troll body
Endeavour’s Final Mission in Pictures
Twitter photo integration rumored for iOS 5
Google pulls gaming system emulators from Android Market
Apple Wants iPods.com
Senators Want To Put People In Jail For Embedding YouTube Videos
Vodafone Follows in Farmers’ Footsteps
Licensing change means greater access for schools
Supreme Court: “willful blindness” to patent infringement not OK
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) End of Life

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I have had a number of emails from people concerned about upgrading their Telecom NZ GT i5503T smartphones to Android 2.2 via the Kies application, I talk briefly about the whole process at the beginning of this show and how easy it was and also why I didn’t load a non Telecom rom onto my phone.

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Show Notes:
IE Flaw Could Allow Hackers Access to your Facebook, Gmail, Twitter Accounts
Spirit No More: NASA Bids Mars Rover a Final Goodbye
IP-Addresses of the 24,583 Hurt Locker ‘Victims’
Official Wall Street Journal App for Android released
HTC Pays Microsoft $5 Per Android Phone, Says Citi
Microsoft to showcase new tablet OS next week?
Sony Is Already Working On PlayStation 4
LEGO Ukulele is fully playable
OLED display unlikely for iPad 3
Google Wallet spurs trade-secrets lawsuit from PayPal
Twitter revamps ‘following’ pages
WordPress 3.1.4 Gets Clickjacking Protection
Skype Updates Windows Clients for Outage Flaw
ANZ plans to keep largest network
FBI, Aussie police target poker websites
Police yet to charge Facebook stalker Natalia Burgess
Wellington’s wi-fi claims ‘absolutely, positively wrong’
Wifi operators are ISPs so not liable for copyright breaches: Computer Society

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This week I talk about some of the issues I’ve noticed with my android phone after upgrading to android 2.2, while they’re not detrimental to the use of the phone, I talk about some of the apps down falls and what I am now using instead.

Don’t forget, I want your feedback on the shorter show format, Do you like the 2x 30 minute shows or would you prefer the 1x 1+ hour show. email me xtnpodcast (.at.) gmail (.dot.) com

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Show Notes:
Blackboard Collaborate Boosts Support for Sakai and Moodle
Security experts go to war
Where in the world is our information?
Motorola Droid X 2 turns up on Moto and Verizon sites, confirms qHD screen and 1GHz dual-core processor
The meida got played by Vodafone
Dislike the ‘dislike’ button, Facebook users told
Shhh! Don’t Tell Google News You’re a Blog!
Filmmakers bet on BitTorrent for a hit
France halts “three strikes” IP address collection after data leak
Netflix Now The Largest Single Source of Internet Traffic In North America
The First New Home For Humans
Facebook trade in female images
Nine Features We May See in Ubuntu 11.10 ‘Oneiric Ocelot’
Facebook attempts to educate its users on app permissions
IOIO-Android based Cellular Wall Printer
Help test Dolphin Browser HD
Android security flaw now being fixed for all users
One in 14 downloads malicious
Barcamp Auckland 5
AppleCare support told not to help remove malware
Facebook to use Microsoft’s PhotoDNA technology to combat child pornography

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In this episode I discuss the upgrade of my phone to Android 2.2 and the one issue I had after the upgrade was complete. The answer didn’t come from the telco as I stumbled across a fix before they replied or even possibly before they saw my tweet.

Don’t forget, I’m wanting your feedback on whether I should keep the show at 2 shorter shows per week or if I should revert back to a single longer episode show. You can contact me via email xtnpodcast (.at.) gmail (.dot.) com or @kimmynz on twitter.

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Show Notes:
New For Flip Videos: An Expiration Date
Swype keyboard on Telecom GT i5503T Android 2.2
Computer glitch forces redo of US visa lottery
Phone-scam plague rampant again
New Motorcycle Safety Technology for Motorists Could Help Prevent Accidents
No yMedia Challenge in 2011
Judge issues gag order for Twitter
Google Android malware surges 400 per cent
Morgan leads $2.5M funding boost for Auckland social gaming firm
Bank robbers busted by bragging on Facebook
Microsoft explains recent hosted email outages
We may get free wireless Internet in the Manawatu
Mobile health provider Vensa Health receives gov boost
President takes on Twitter critic
Canadian copyright group pushes for levy on memory cards
Photo of shuttle a Twitpic hit
Lady Gaga first to reach 10m Twitter followers
Facebook-loving couple name baby ‘Like’
Windows scareware fakes impending drive disaster

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Thanks Telecom NZ, you successfully stuffed up an entire day and then some. In this episode I talk briefly about an internet outage caused by Telecom upgrades done at the exchange, this could effect you in the near future so don’t get caught out like we did. Telecom will not tell you when / if this will happen to you. I do have to give the techies we dealt with some credit though. They were very helpful, a shame an international call centre let you down though.

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Show Notes:
Information Commissioner publishes advice on EU cookies law
Sony faces over 25 class action suits over data breach
Facebook’s smear campaign against Google exposed
Facebook adds new user security features
Netflix releases Android app for select HTC phones, Samsung Nexus S
Microsoft Insider: Here’s Why We Bought Skype
Adobe Flash 10.3 available in the Android Market
Scammers Are Offering Fake Google Music Invites
Google launches Chrome PCs, takes on Microsoft
Groupon launches in New Zealand
Accounts at risk after Facebook privacy breach
Cyber-thieves use ‘marketing-like’ tactics says Microsoft
Cost of standard data roaming rates in Australia cut in half
NASA May Launch Boat to Saturn’s Largest Moon
Gingerbread for unlocked UK Desire HD and Incredible S coming May 16, says HTC
Electronic Cigarettes Alert You When Other Smokers Are Nearby
Apple Releases iOS 4.2.2 for Apple TV 2G

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Android 2.2 is coming to the Samsung Galaxy GT i5503T. If you’re like me and having an issue with the phone going into the coma, you’ll want to listen to what I have found out from @telecomnz on twitter.

Changes to the release schedule, I have decided to trial a new release structure for the next month. Over the next 4 weeks, I’ll be releasing the show twice a week. The show will be released on Tuesday and Friday for the next month. That’ll be 8 shows in the space of what use to be 4. I will be aiming for around 30 minutes for each show for this period. Please let me know what you think of the release schedule, Do you prefer 2x 30-40 minute shows per week, or 1x 1+ hour show per week.

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Show Notes:
Cutting-edge NASA technology helps Christchurch
Telecom ‘behaving badly’
Tax change threatens software development
Gen Y finds life goes on without gadgets
Row brewing over privacy ‘crime’
Laptop catches fire during use
Fortune’s ‘Inside Apple’ describes a furious Steve Jobs after MobileMe launch
Kill Osama yourself in new video game
Is ‘open’ killing the Android?
Netguide Web Awards
Auckland man finds stolen iPad with application’s help
World’s most valuable brand revealed; and it’s not Google
Windows Phone 7 updates Bing to find music and barcodes, provide turn-by-turn directions and send speech-to-text SMS?
AC/DC Says Their Songs Will Never Be Available For Download; Rest Of Internet Laughs
Microsoft’s next major release of Windows Phone will be previewed on May 24th
Samsung Galaxy S II source code now available
Microsoft TV ads to target old PCs with anti-’good enough’ angle
Security firm exploits Chrome zero-day to hack browser, escape sandbox

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This weeks show nearly ended up being recorded on a Saturday again. But I managed to get my A into G and get it recorded.

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Linux Wins Big in Three Coups
Survey reveals the average Kiwi Facebook user has 124 friends
Telecom offering up to $800 when you make the switch
RIP Typewriters: Last Manufacturer Closes Its Doors [REPORT]
Fake “MacDefender” Brings Malware to Macs
Internet Explorer and Firefox Continue to Slide
Coming Soon: A Faster Firefox for Linux Users
iOS 4.3.3 said to address location issues
Facebook Exec Canned For Insider Trading Lands Similar Gig At Twitter
Carriers crack down on Android tethering apps, rain on our mobile hotspot parade
Facebook app for BlackBerry PlayBook announced
Cobalt Technologies Raises $20 Million To Make Plant-Based Jet Fuel And Paint
Internet users face flood of warnings under copyright law
The oddest places to find Linux
TelstraClear TV campaign slams ‘UFB Bill’
Twitter buys TweetDeck – what’s the fate of the Android clients?
WikiLeaks: US offered to bankroll New Zealand piracy crackdown
Sony attacked again, 12,700 non-US CC numbers feared stolen
How To Transfer And Restore Data From One iPhone To Another
News agencies don’t race Twitter on bin Laden
How to avoid sharing personal info online
Facebook is a spy machine
Trying To Limit Net Access, Dutch Telcos Accidentally Force Government To Speak Out On Net Neutrality
Loowatt generates electricity from human waste
Latest Windows 8 leaks reveal cloud-based settings, more app store evidence
Facebook: We’re Not A “Spying Machine”
Can You Disappear on the Web?
IBM hopes to bring Watson technologies to enterprises
Infoblox upgrades DNS appliances to ease move to IPv6
Osama scams: FBI sounds alarm
Report: Mobile app stores a $3.8 billion biz in 2011
Microsoft aims to woo developers to Windows Phone with iOS porting tool
Sony hires firms to clean up after breach
Hunt for Holocaust loot goes online
Former MySQL boss: Code ‘in better shape than ever’ under Oracle
Boeing’s Phantom Ray soars like a terrifying, unmanned eagle
Amazon seller lists book at $23,698,655.93 — plus shipping
End of an Error: Termination Rates terminated
Invisibility: seeing is believing
How long does it take before you end up before the Copyright Tribunal?
Couple accuses retailer of webcam spying

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In this episode I tell you why I am a loyal Ink Post NZ customer (http://www.inkpost.co.nz). You’ll have to listen to find out, but I highly recommend Ink Post for your Ink and Printer supplies.

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NASA spinoff 2005-All-Terrain Intelligent Robot Braves Battlefront to Save Lives

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Microsoft counting down the days until Windows XP dies
Stripper stalker broke into Google
PSN outage: credit-card compromise “uncertain”
PlayStation Network hacked, data stolen: how badly is Sony hurt?
PSN users ‘should cancel credit cards immediately’ says expert
Kaspersky Labs confirms release of founder’s kidnapped son
The dangers of not locking your wifi
Software patents and FUD
Police communications network restored
Facebook Calls User A Spammer, Gets Sued For $1 In Return
Steve Jobs On Location Data: “We Don’t Track Anyone”
Google Video shutdown halted for now, Google slinging content over to YouTube itself
FBI child porn raid a strong argument for locking down WiFi networks
The gadgets police use to snarf cell phone data
Yahoo acquires TV check-in app IntoNow
How To Use Chrometa To Monitor Your Activity On Your Computer
Wii 2 might ditch long “Friend Codes”
NZ’s first ‘talk as much as you like’ plan – 2degrees makes groundbreaking offer permanent
Sony unveils two Android 3.0 tablets
We’re sorry, but SETI can’t take your call right now
Cloud Girlfriend Launches As A Dating Site, NOT A Virtual Girlfriend Service
Extending WiFi to one mile, thanks to empty TV channels
Windows Phone and BlackBerry struggle to attract developer attention
Google Chrome Can Now Clean Up Flash’s Cookie Mess
Beastie Boys Embrace Many Different Platforms In ‘Leaking’ Own Album
NASA Technology Looks Inside Japan’s Nuclear Reactor
Cisco offers early retirement to older employees
Check Point Takes Aims Facebook Security
Google: New Apps Customers Will Have To Pay Beyond 10 Users
Qik Video Connect gets Android and Apple users seeing eye-to-eye
Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 rumored to have native video calling
Android Gets A (Sort Of) Native Google Docs App
FBI: businesses lost $11M over 12 months to China-based phishers
Baidu relies on Android to crush Google
T-Mobile’s Speed Challenge bets you $1,000 that your iPhone is slow
Microsoft issues phishing alert for Xbox Live
Are fraud reports related to Sony breach?
Visa backs Twitter co-founder’s mobile venture
Fomal investigation into cellphone roaming rates launched

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If you are travelling over the long weekend, take care on the roads. Our road toll is too high as it is. As you can tell, even though today is a public holiday I am in the studio. As with most podcasters, I will always make the effort to get the show out, no matter if the day of recording falls on a public holiday or not.

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Fibre ready homes ‘anything but’
Gmail now allows custom background images
New Zealand struggling to be IPv6 ready
Gingerbread for the Galaxy S reportedly rolling out in Europe
Intubation bot lets doctors safely shove tubes down unconscious human throats
Do domain seizures keep streaming sites down?
Google Video issues shut down notice
Oracle: OpenOffice.org to become “a Community-based Project”
Sitting Can Kill You
Rockchip powers Android-powered netbooks
iPhone 4 Nano clone spotted in China
Microsoft takes patent battle to Supreme Court
Angry Birds Easter now available
Twitter Offering $50 Million To Buy TweetDeck
Microsoft opens up Office 365 as public beta
iPhone 5 is dual GSM+CDMA, looks like an iPhone 4
Facebook app updated, brings friend tagging to mobile
Galaxy Tab 10.1v up for pre-order at Vodafone Australia, shipping to start May 1st
Samsung sells HDD division to Seagate for $1.375 billion
AT&T Blocks Tethering To BlackBerry PlayBook
Microsoft goes 100 percent recycled, but not paperless
New Distribution Partnership Announced
Evernote gets major update to v3.0, bringing better sharing, location support
Samsung: Galaxy Icons Look A Lot Like iPhone Icons
Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) reaches end-of-life on June 1 2011
Rural NZ set to receive world-class broadband
Anonymous targets NZ Govt over copyright laws
Kiwi online security lacking?
How to go Completely Invisible on Facebook
Scary: Your iPhone Secretly Tracks Everywhere You Go
Kindle Lending Library comes with strict terms, preserved notes
Android 2.2 Froyo for Verizon Fascinate finally announced
Foursquare Shifts Focus From Present Tense to Future
Yahoo Pointing Finger At Microsoft For Search Revenue Shortfall
Brazilian Police To Use Facial Recognition Glasses To Spot Criminals… But Does It Even Work?
Russian software tycoon Kaspersky’s son ‘missing’

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Wow, School holidays start at 3pm this afternoon. Two whole weeks of having both my children at home, on one hand I am looking forward to spending time with them both, but on the other hand there is the issue of what happens when they aren’t kept busy enough.

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Adobe announces Photoshop Touch SDK, connects Android tablets with CS5
Ubuntu 11.04 beta testers divided over Unity
Still guilt on accusation: Copyright and section 122MA
Google preps Android for its corporate interview, adds new encryption and security measures
How Kids Consume Media
CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Sony’s Jack Tretton says Nintendo makes ‘babysitting tools’
Man sued by Apple support firm for complaining gets new iMac
How Worried Are Consumers about Privacy?
Adobe And Zend Launch Flash Builder 4.5 For PHP Development
Rogue modder rips off stingy consumer, puzzles repairmen… all with a USB thumb drive
Adobe Creative Suite 5: Why buy when you can rent?
LEGO tower is the tallest in Brazil
Authorized biography of Steve Jobs to arrive in early 2012
Google Latitude, now with 100 percent more check-in deals
Twitter Investor Says Twitter’s Valuation Is “Ridiculous”
Ubuntu 8.04 reaches end-of-life on May 12 2011
Facebook foes lose appeal
Ad-supported Kindle to ship May 3rd: saves $25, includes lot of enticement
Bing Director: Google Is Teaching Users Bad Habits
Screenshots allegedly reveal Windows 8 app store?
Android Quick App: Enhanced Email
Microsoft previews IE10 at Mix11 show
Google Docs now has Pagination
AutoCad for Android set for launch on April 20
Facebook Comments, Now On Over 50K Sites, Get More Social With Latest Upgrade
Jajah Brings Its Facebook Calling To Android, iPhone Coming Soon
Dutch Gov’t Speaks Out Against Exporting Internet Filters; Then Introduces National Internet Filter
Google Maps updates to v5.3.1, doesn’t bother with a changelog [update: Got it!]
Nintendo Wii rumored to get price cut?
NASA announces where space shuttles go to rest
Twitter: Robots are becoming good
Twitter’s Biggest Twitter Appmaker Prepares To Destroy Twitter
Drum kit jeans are a real knee-slapper
New Zealand Uses Earthquake As An Excuse To Sneak 3 Strikes Law Through
Adobe to fix Flash Player hole this week
Goo.gl URL shortener updated
Apple: White iPhone 4 By The End Of April, Iphone 5 In September, Report Says
Tweetbot might replace your iOS Twitter client (video)
New Zealand Politican Tweets How She’s Violating Copyright Law Night Before Supporting Three Strikes Copyright Law

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I have a couple of rants in this episode, namely using mobile phones while driving. Yes, you know that law that now says we can’t use handheld mobile phones while driving? well, seems some don’t care. Some moron just about crashed into me the other day while on her phone. Get off the phone Idiots…

Also, I have a quick (and yes it is a quick) rant about our crap broadband speed provided by our ISPs, In my case Telecom. Which is also linked to a story I cover near the end of the show about how we should be complaining louder about our inferior broadband speeds. Speak up New Zealand, we deserve faster more reliable broadband that what we are getting.

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The orb: reporting online crime, online

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Teacher suspended for alleged ‘future criminals’ Facebook post
Telecom launches Android tablet
The secret history of Super Mario Bros. 2
Google settles over Buzz, but who gets the cash?
Acer replaces CEO after selloff
NASA Endeavour Shuttle Launch Delayed Ten Days
10 Hilarious Vintage Cellphone Commercials
Net scammers target Napier family
Invisible Ink Printer Mod
Sony Android tablet on sale by the end of summer?
It could be worse: data caps around the world
Next iPod Nano to get camera?
Peek at Firefox 5′s Social Sharing, Identity Management, and File Previews
“Anonymous” attacks Sony to protest PS3 hacker lawsuit
Is Forwarding A Single Sentence Email From A Mailing List Infringement?
Google Maps updates to v5.3, focuses again on Latitude
Larry Page is Now Google’s New CEO
Android Fragmentation: a real problem, developers say
Facebook For iPhone Gets Event Check-Ins, Maps, And Unfriending
Android now the UK’s favorite smartphone OS
Milestone Froyo Update; NZ may just miss out.
Canon prepares for supply shortages
iPhone, Android apps target of privacy probe: Pandora
Animated movies enter the ‘uncanny valley’
Commodore C64, Officially Reborn
Schoolboy’s parking app an iPhone hit
Skype downgrade available for Mac
China’s dead affected by iPad 2 shortages of a different sort
Xbox Development Kit arrives with ‘significantly reduced price,’ Sidecar attachment
The Libyan War Derails Letter.ly, Will More .ly Startups Be Threatened?
Frieling kitchen scale has iPod dock
Pacific Fibre seeks tenders to build second cable
Aussie bully buster’s viral video game debut
Red Hat opens New Zealand office
Why Windows could seriously injure Microsoft’s cloud strategy
U.S. can conduct offsite searches of computers seized at borders, court rules
Google Chrome Browser Will Block Dangerous Downloads
Coming Soon: Office for Mac 2011 SP1
Kiwis urged to make fuss on slow internet
Where Will Linux Be in 20 Years?

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This update will only be effective for those using Sync Services (ie: via a cable), sync will not be available to those using MobileMe (over the air) updates

This update is reported to bring increased stability, security and performance improvements.

Source: Office for Mac

New workflow is implemented, and the show did run a little smoother and no computer crashes this week which is always an added bonus. I did however, have an issue with a phone ringing that was silenced. Need to look into that issue before next week so that doesn’t happen again.

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Show Notes:
Mobile phone snooping software now available for parents
Hacker jailed for 1.5 years after hacking video billboard with porn
Facebook Tries To Squash 21 Squatted Domain Names
Latest news from the NZIPv6 Task Force: it’s crunch-time for IPv4…
“Cloud Girlfriend” Provides Users With Fake Facebook Mate
Docs warn about Facebook use and teen depression
NetHui 2011 now almost free to attend
Dick Smith drops Need A Nerd
McAfee: Change In Corporate Culture Leaves Businesses Vulnerable To Hackers
Paul Baran, Internet founding father, passes on
Sprint officially opposes AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile
Firefox 4 leads IE9 in downloads and usage
Kimball steps down as RealNetworks CEO
Microsoft shows off 234″ touchscreen in Germany
Don’t tar all of Anonymous with the same brush
Microsoft rejects WP7 Twitter app for “Graphic Content”
Acer Releases Dual-Screen Iconia “Touchbook”
Amazon launches Cloud Player
Kindle subscription to the New York Times will net you free web access as well
Google’s Answer to Facebook Likes: +1
Angry Birds Rio coming to the Android Market this week
IE9 is the most energy-efficient modern browser, according to Microsoft’s own testing
Google finally launches in-app billing
Check iTunes’ Free Section to Discover New Music
Microsoft’s Chief Marketer Steps Down After 22 Years
Half of all tweets come from only 20,000 people
Fake Android app steals data, takes shot at pirates
Slingshot’s 15% ‘surcharge’ for Red Cross Christchurch Earthquake Appeal TXT Donations
Samsung’s ‘secret spyware’
Microsoft to file antitrust complaint against Google
Turn your iPhone into a microscope
Netflix beefing up service center in preparation for global launch
Kansas to receive ultra high-speed broadband from Google
UK Government Cost-Cutting Plan Embraces Open Source
Windows Phone 7 app developer hits the jackpot
Phishing scam masquerades as Adobe upgrade
Twitter warning to UberSocial users: Your DM’s might be public

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Having spent the past week on ‘dial up speed’ broadband, apparently we used in excess of 20gig this past month, although I find that hard to believe I have a bit of a rant at Telecom New Zealand and question why we are still in the stone ages as far as internet connectivity is concerned. Will I ever get a reply from Telecom, Highly unlikely!

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Show Notes:
AT&T cracks down on unauthorized tetherers
The Sun Will Set For Yahoo’s AlltheWeb On April 4
RIM and Microsoft Partner Up to Bring Cloud Services to BlackBerrys, PlayBook
The Year in Android Phones — So Far
Revolver USB flash drive is not the smartest gadget idea
Nanoparticle inks print 3D antennas ‘orders of magnitude’ better than your boring 2D antenna
Intel promises next-gen Atom chips at IDF Beijing
Death of the Internet predicted, film at your local cineplex
HTTPS is more secure, so why isn’t the Web using it?
New site tells you what your Facebook friends really think of you?
NZ Man arrested for allegedly stealing wireless
Facebook for Windows Phone 7 updated
Flash 10.2 Lands on Android Honeycomb Tablets and Improves on Phones
Twitter turns five
Woman spends $10K on fake boyfriend: Cyberbullying or 419 scam?
France fines Google for collecting personal data over Street View
Leaf deliveries delayed by Japanese quake, but Nissan and Sony already reopening factories
Mozilla Firefox 4 Release Candidate for Android and Maemo Now Available
Microsoft Alleges Patent Infringement On Barnes & Noble E-Reader Devices
Dutch Court Says Breaking Into An Encrypted WiFi Router To Use The Connection Is Legal
Endomondo lets your friends heckle workouts (and help you get in shape)
Nintendo doesn’t want games from “garage developers”
Apple sues Amazon over ‘App Store’ trademark
2degrees rapid growth continues – one in eight New Zealanders makes the move
How Copyright Filters Present A Serious Challenge To DJ Culture
Court Rejects Google Book Scanning Settlement With The Authors Guild
On Firefox 4 Day, Chrome 11 Hits Beta With The Ability To Talk To Your Computer!
Engineers create 3D microscope lens, see the tiny elephants in your ear
Skype gets banned in Burma
In China, you can’t say the word “protest” on the phone
Hacker nets two years in jail after pilfering £7 million in virtual poker chips
Casio G-Shock Bluetooth watch revealed
Google receives patent for Google Doodle
RIM says it will pull drunken-driving apps
Apparently the iPod Classic won’t be discontinued
Only 9% (and falling) of US Internet users are P2P pirates
Unauthorized Netflix app now working on Android [update -- not any longer]

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In this episode I discuss the audio playback issue I was noticing on my mobile phone when playing my audio back through the phones internal speaker. I finally figured out what the cause was and I have no solved that little issue.

I also talk about the Telecom topup promotion. You know the one where for every $20 you top up your prepaid phone then get a code to enter into a website for instant prizes. Yeah. I have some questions regarding said promotion.

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Show Notes:
Twitter tells developers to stop developing new Twitter clients
Hulu for Android coming soon, destined for ‘select’ phones with Android 2.2?
Theatre Breaks Creative Commons Licence
Infamous hacker says latest PS3 firmware is secure
Is AT&T’s new 150GB DSL data cap justified?
Angry Birds Rio will be exclusive to Amazon Appstore on Android launch
Goo.gl URL Shortener Is a One-Click URL Shortener and QR Code Creator for Chrome
Android app ‘Caribou’ cracks IP-based Cardkey security locks
Microsoft reportedly kills off Zune hardware, will focus on software instead
Turn Chrome’s Popup Windows Into Tabbed Windows
iPhones screw up daylight savings switch – again
Trade Me launches Treat Me
And I Thought Rupert Murdoch Thought Copying Stories From Other Publications Was ‘Stealing’
Automattic Launches Jetpack, Gives WordPress.org Users WordPress.com Perks
Dual-screen Android phone Kyocera Echo arriving on April 17th for $199.99
Jon Bon Jovi accuses Steve Jobs of putting a shot through the heart of music
Tweet In Haste, Repent At Leisure-First Twitter Libel Damages Award In A UK Court
Google’s Blogger Is About to Get an Overhaul
Russian rocket ride: $85m per astronaut
Gowalla CEO: Location Apps Must Be About More than Games and Badges
Pinguy OS 11.04 Pre-Alpha
Linux 2.6.38 Boosts Performance
Adobe Flash flaw exploited in targeted attacks
BlackBerry Social Platform goes public
Netflix For Android APK Leaked; Probably Won’t Stream Anything Yet
Facebook for Andoid Update
Range anxiety gets real: Nissan Leaf drivers run out of juice on the road
Some Hard Facts About Wi-Fi and Its Future
Google Docs Gets a Real-Time Upgrade
Google Search for iPhone updated
Android Market data shows Froyo on 61% of devices
Visa taking on PayPal in personal payments game
Broadband fault sends customers back in time
Apple moves to stop kids racking up iTunes bills
Chip Makers Sacrifice Accuracy for Energy Efficiency
Nuclear Power Plant Locations and Global Seismic Activity

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If you’ve been following the Facebook for Android page, or simply have auto notifications of updates via the Android market. You will have noticed there is an update for Facebook for Android. Although not everyone is happy.

This update brings the version up to 1.5.2 and claims to improve the following

• Added the ability to upload photos to friend’s Walls
• Upload photos to Groups
• Photos will always upload with the correct orientation
• Improvements to landscape mode
• Improved security using SSL
• Various bug fixes

I was too quick to install the update and should have read the comments first. It seems that while Facebook fix one issue, they introduce more.

This update seems to have lost the ability to display images correctly. Personally, I seem to only have the issue of it not displaying my own profile picture, but others are reporting problems with it displaying photo’s anywhere.

Uninstalling then Re-installing the application appears to have no effect, nor does rebooting the phone. Time will tell to see how long it takes Facebook to resolve these issues being reported in version 1.5.2.

In the meantime, if you haven’t updated to version 1.5.2. I’d suggest you wait until 1.5.3 and then, I’d read the comments on the Facebook Android App wall before applying any future updates to the application.

Telecom has stated that the credit will be applied to calls made from midday Friday 11 March, to midnight Sunday 13 March, which will be applied to customers’ accounts in their next billing cycle.

“it was important for people to be able to communicate with family and friends in a time of crisis.” said Alan Gourdie, Telecom Retail CEO,

“As we have recently experienced a severe earthquake in our own country, we know only too well how essential it is for people to be able to connect easily with loved ones in the immediate aftermath of a tragedy. Telecom is therefore crediting all landline calling to Japan for the two days following the disaster,” said Mr Gourdie.

Telecom is also assisting members of New Zealand’s Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team who are using Telecom mobiles in Japan.

Roaming credit will be applied so USAR team members can stay connected with family and friends in New Zealand while they assist in Japan’s recovery effort.

Japan’s telecommunication networks remain under strain following Friday’s earthquake and tsunami, so people should be patient and keep their calls short where possible, particularly when calling Japan’s worst affected areas.

Source: Telcom New Zealand

The Palmerston North City Council has now installed the first of the new parking technology with the installation of 100 bay sensors in King Street.

The new system moves away from the Pay-and-Display tickets to an electronic system. Motorists will no longer need to place a ticket in the vehicle windscreen.

Motorists using the new parking system will need to take note of the parking bay number which can be found on the edge of the footpath, directly in front of the vehicle. Instructions will be clearly displayed on each meter to guide people through the new procedures.

Motorists will notice that parking signage in King Street has changed. Parking times are not displayed on street signage, but are now displayed on the meters. Parking in King Street still remains at two hours.

Parking charges also remain the same and receipts will still be available from the parking meters for those who require them.

PNCC staff with the aid of parking machine technicians have worked hard to ensure a smooth transition to the new system, but some delays may be experienced. PNCC would like to thank the public for their patience.

It is anticipated that all parking meters in the city will be upgraded to the new system by June 2011.

Source: Palmerston North City Council.

I’ll be using the Audacity created mp3 for this episode, however I will be returning to only recording my digital recorder as it does make my life much easier. Not having to switch between application as much to deal with the recording is nice.

In this episode I briefly talk about analogue television being turned off next year. Now is the time to upgrade your family if you haven’t already done so.

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Show Notes
Greens hail new Federal journalist shield laws
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 steps out with an FCC certification
Microsoft’s iPad Competitor Not Due Till 2012?
Finding Google’s apps in the Market
Android apps purchased from Amazon will work on multiple devices, use Amazon DRM
Add QR Codes To Your WordPress Blog
Air Force launches second mysterious space plane
Google Responds To Android Malware, Will Fix Infected Devices And ‘Remote Kill’ Malicious Apps
Facebook Comments Have Silenced The Trolls — But Is It Too Quiet?
Skype Opens Platform to Ads As IPO Looms
Google Maps Navigation For Android Now Routes Around Traffic
Samsung TVs stream video wirelessly to Galaxy products
The 64GB iPhone 4 exists?
Windows Phone 7 not boosting Microsoft’s mobile market share?
Study: Interactive exercise games qualify as exercise?
Use smells to make games more immersive
Facebook switches on ‘Places’ for New Zealand
Foursquare Grows Up and Beyond the Check-In
Music Publishers Settle With Limewire; Afraid To Have To Prove They Actually Owned Copyrights In Question
iOS 5 arriving in April?
Facebook Comment Leads To Arrest In Zimbabwe
Apple releases iOS 4.3 ahead of schedule
Facebook Primary Evidence Source in Divorce Proceedings
Google claims better Web video with new VP8
Apple releases Safari 5.0.4 with improved stability for plug-ins
Microsoft sells 10 million Kinects, 10 million Kinect games
Space Shuttle Discovery returns from final trip, immediately begins search for final resting place
EVOtainment System – Only serious gamers need apply
Google Pushes Out Chrome 10 Security Update
Drupal Founder Outlines Version 8 Goals
SSD vs. HDD: How low will hard drives go?
Home wi-fi ’30% slower’ than fixed broadband

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It appears Wellington is starting to have shaky legs a little more often recently too.

Been a busy week, but I’m pleased to be able to bring you another episode of the Blog it Today Tech News Weekly Podcast. Congratulations to my Sister Amy and her Partner Aaron on their wedding last Saturday. It was lovely to have shared your special day with you both.

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Show Notes
Facebook tests souped-up privacy policy
Man builds machine to push phone buttons from half a world away (video)
Nintendo 3DS launches in Japan, populace tears through initial 400,000 unit shipment
Some Christchurch techies want out
Apple adds pattern locking to an iPhone app that you can’t have?
Facebook beefs up Like button
Google probing lost Gmail messages, contacts
Gingerbread (Android 2.3.2) leaked for the Galaxy S i9000
New Trojan infects Mac OS X and Windows
Facebook plans to resume address, phone sharing
Firefox 4 Beta 12 Fixes Many Bugs, Returns Mouse-Over URLs to Status Bar
Add Contact Information to Your Mac’s Login Screen
Advertising watchdog to monitor website words
Android 2.3.3 to allow screenshots without rooting
Programmer Faces 15 Years In Jail For Planting Virus That Automatically Broke Whac-A-Mole Games
Facebook buys Beluga messaging app
Windows 8 tablets to be demonstrated in June?
Gingerbread update for Nexus One causing problems with Google Voice
Android Will Soon Allow Screenshots Without the Painful Setup
Charlie Sheen, Now On Twitter
Meet the new and improved Flickr
Infected Android app runs up big texting bills
How to back up your Gmail account (video)
Android 2.3.3 reception concerns, Motorola Atrix issues
St. Patrick’s Day to get Angry Birds treatment
Is “App Store” As Generic As Microsoft’s “Windows”?
HeyTell Hopes SXSW Will Become One Big Walkie-Talkie Party
Apple Unveils Thinner, Lighter iPad 2
Google Maps updates to 5.2, focuses on Hotpot and Latitude
Twitter app TweetCaster hits the iPhone
WordPress hit by ‘extremely large’ DDoS attack
iWallet keeps your cash and cards secure
Windows Phone update for Samsung users fixed

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