http://boysoftech.com en-nz © 2009 Edwin Hermann A weekly round-table commentary on the week's technology stories, hosted by Edwin Hermann and Brett King. http://www.boysoftech.com/artwork.png http://boysoftech.com A weekly tech news commentary. Edwin Hermann and Brett King A weekly round-table commentary on the week's technology stories, hosted by Edwin Hermann and Brett King. commentary, tech, talk, discussion, opinion, news, technology, internet, google, apple, microsoft, adobe Edwin Hermann boysoftech@www.co.nz no More woes for Toyota, Amazon buys touch-screen company, Apple's 15 percent cash payout, Telecom's CDMA and ISDN networks both suffer outages. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_052 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann More woes for Toyota, Amazon buys touch-screen company, Apple's 15 percent cash payout, Telecom's CDMA and ISDN networks both suffer outages. More woes for Toyota, Amazon buys touch-screen company, Apple's 15 percent cash payout, Telecom's CDMA and ISDN networks both suffer outages. 25:08 no Apple's iPad announcement, Google wants to change the DNS protocol, reverse engineering a spam bot to defeat spam, the new MusicDNA file, another Internet Explorer vulnerability, new standards may mean quieter television ads, Telecom's XT mobile network crashes again. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_051 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Apple's iPad announcement, Google wants to change the DNS protocol, reverse engineering a spam bot to defeat spam, the new MusicDNA file, another Internet Explorer vulnerability, new standards may mean quieter television ads, plus more. Apple's iPad announcement, Google wants to change the DNS protocol, reverse engineering a spam bot to defeat spam, the new MusicDNA file, another Internet Explorer vulnerability, new standards may mean quieter television ads, Telecom's XT mobile network crashes again. 58:33 no A new punctuation mark to denote sarcasm, French and German governments issue warnings over Internet Explorer, Baidu.com sues US domain name registrar, the long-rumoured Apple tablet, gadgets at CES, Bill Gates is now on Twitter. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_050 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann A new punctuation mark to denote sarcasm, French and German governments issue warnings over Internet Explorer, Baidu.com sues US domain name registrar, the long-rumoured Apple tablet, gadgets at CES, Bill Gates is now on Twitter. A new punctuation mark to denote sarcasm, French and German governments issue warnings over Internet Explorer, Baidu.com sues US domain name registrar, the long-rumoured Apple tablet, gadgets at CES, Bill Gates is now on Twitter. 55:03 no Cameron Slater from Whale Oil talks about name suppression in the Internet age, Google hints at pulling out of China, users complain about problems with Google's Nexus One phone and also criticise Google's support model, France considers taxing Google and others to subsidize music, Europe's private copying levy, a patent filing from Google suggests virtual billboard ads in Street View, Facebook denies that it will begin charging for use, the concept of online privacy in the twenty-first century. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_049 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Cameron Slater from Whale Oil talks about name suppression in the Internet age, Google hints at pulling out of China, users complain about problems with Google's Nexus One phone and also criticise Google's support model, plus more. Cameron Slater from Whale Oil talks about name suppression in the Internet age, Google hints at pulling out of China, users complain about problems with Google's Nexus One phone and also criticise Google's support model, France considers taxing Google and others to subsidize music, Europe's private copying levy, a patent filing from Google suggests virtual billboard ads in Street View, Facebook denies that it will begin charging for use, the concept of online privacy in the twenty-first century. 1:05:46 no Live video feed from US drones intercepted, up to 33 million passwords compromised from users of Facebook and MySpace widgets, Google loses French copyright case, playlists for the Web make for a better way of searching the Internet, demonstrating the six degrees of separation, Telecom's XT network meltdown. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_048 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Live video feed from US drones intercepted, up to 33 million passwords compromised from users of Facebook and MySpace widgets, Google loses French copyright case, playlists for the Web make for a better way of searching the Internet, plus more. Live video feed from US drones intercepted, up to 33 million passwords compromised from users of Facebook and MySpace widgets, Google loses French copyright case, playlists for the Web make for a better way of searching the Internet, demonstrating the six degrees of separation, Telecom's XT network meltdown. 20:08 no Why Apple has blocked over a thousand apps from its store, Chinese woman tries fingerprint transplants to avoid detection, Google and Yahoo now include real time data in their search results, Americans consume a lot of data, an airport security manual finds its way onto the Internet, allegations that a florist maliciously changed contact details of competing businesses using Google Maps, concerns over ACTA, name suppression and the Internet. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_047 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Why Apple has blocked over a thousand apps from its store, Chinese woman tries fingerprint transplants to avoid detection, Google and Yahoo now include real time data in their search results, Americans consume a lot of data, plus more. Why Apple has blocked over a thousand apps from its store, Chinese woman tries fingerprint transplants to avoid detection, Google and Yahoo now include real time data in their search results, Americans consume a lot of data, an airport security manual finds its way onto the Internet, allegations that a florist maliciously changed contact details of competing businesses using Google Maps, concerns over ACTA, name suppression and the Internet. 28:33 no The DARPA balloon challenge, Switzerland's solar plane test flight, malware asks for SMS as ransom, Psystar ceases selling Mac clones, Mac Pro versus Macpro, Google's new front page. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_046 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann The DARPA balloon challenge, Switzerland's solar plane test flight, malware asks for SMS as ransom, Psystar ceases selling Mac clones, Mac Pro versus Macpro, Google's new front page. The DARPA balloon challenge, Switzerland's solar plane test flight, malware asks for SMS as ransom, Psystar ceases selling Mac clones, Mac Pro versus Macpro, Google's new front page. 21:52 no Mathew Peterson explains why he has had to rename his popular iPodRip software to iRip, music sales in Sweden soar, collisions at CERN, pub offering free wireless is fined for copyright infringement, stories from the Kiwicon hacker conference. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_045 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Mathew Peterson explains why he has had to rename his popular iPodRip software to iRip, music sales in Sweden soar, collisions at CERN, pub offering free wireless is fined for copyright infringement, stories from the Kiwicon hacker conference. Mathew Peterson explains why he has had to rename his popular iPodRip software to iRip, music sales in Sweden soar, collisions at CERN, pub offering free wireless is fined for copyright infringement, stories from the Kiwicon hacker conference. 1:01:50 no Google wants to speed up the Web, Switzerland takes Google to court, guessing the purpose behind Apple's new patent, Psystar loses case against Apple, Chinese military site attracts millions of hackers, Twitter ads. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_044 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Google wants to speed up the Web, Switzerland takes Google to court, guessing the purpose behind Apple's new patent, Psystar loses case against Apple, Chinese military site attracts millions of hackers, Twitter ads. Google wants to speed up the Web, Switzerland takes Google to court, guessing the purpose behind Apple's new patent, Psystar loses case against Apple, Chinese military site attracts millions of hackers, Twitter ads. 40:50 no Hundreds of thousands of Xbox Live accounts cancelled, security firm takes out botnet, Jetstar to trial SMS boarding passes, disappearing content on Apple TV, Frank McCabe talks about Google's Go name clash, hijacking Facebook groups, Blu-ray's DRM, printing more than just colour, YouTube tests skippable pre-roll ads, Microsoft's pseudo sudo patent, Taiwanese invention prevents Lithium ion batteries overheating, browsing iTunes catalogue without iTunes software, BNZ to introduce chip and PIN credit cards. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_043 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Hundreds of thousands of Xbox Live accounts cancelled, security firm takes out botnet, Jetstar to trial SMS boarding passes, disappearing content on Apple TV, Frank McCabe talks about Google's Go name clash, hijacking Facebook groups, plus more. Hundreds of thousands of Xbox Live accounts cancelled, security firm takes out botnet, Jetstar to trial SMS boarding passes, disappearing content on Apple TV, Frank McCabe talks about Google's Go name clash, hijacking Facebook groups, Blu-ray's DRM, printing more than just colour, YouTube tests skippable pre-roll ads, Microsoft's pseudo sudo patent, Taiwanese invention prevents Lithium ion batteries overheating, browsing iTunes catalogue without iTunes software, BNZ to introduce chip and PIN credit cards. 1:11:21 no EMI's post-concert downloads, bugs in cameras, psychoacoustic simulations, a dangerous Mac game, skewing online polls. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_042 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann EMI's post-concert downloads, bugs in cameras, psychoacoustic simulations, a dangerous Mac game, skewing online polls. EMI's post-concert downloads, bugs in cameras, psychoacoustic simulations, a dangerous Mac game, skewing online polls. 38:17 no The Internet is 40 years old this week, DNS goes beyond the Latin character set, country-specific DNS hierarchies, the Golden Joysticks awards, Geocities closes its doors for good, this year's New Zealand Computerworld Government ICT award. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_041 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann The Internet is 40 years old this week, DNS goes beyond the Latin character set, country-specific DNS hierarchies, the Golden Joysticks awards, Geocities closes its doors for good, this year's New Zealand Computerworld Government ICT award. The Internet is 40 years old this week, DNS goes beyond the Latin character set, country-specific DNS hierarchies, the Golden Joysticks awards, Geocities closes its doors for good, this year's New Zealand Computerworld Government ICT award. 37:32 no Microsoft and Google strike deals with Twitter, another cloud storage failure, Monty Widenius says Oracle should let go of mySQL, Apple's new Magic Mouse, France adopts its three-strikes piracy law, live Twitter billboards in Auckland and Wellington, greater surveillance powers to Government departments in proposed law change. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_040 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Microsoft and Google strike deals with Twitter, another cloud storage failure, Monty Widenius says Oracle should let go of mySQL, Apple's new Magic Mouse, France adopts its three-strikes piracy law, plus more. Microsoft and Google strike deals with Twitter, another cloud storage failure, Monty Widenius says Oracle should let go of mySQL, Apple's new Magic Mouse, France adopts its three-strikes piracy law, live Twitter billboards in Auckland and Wellington, greater surveillance powers to Government departments in proposed law change. 40:09 no Sidekick's massive data loss, Apple's data loss, DVD Jon's DoubleTwist project, Tim Berners-Lee apologises for superfluous slashes, ringtones and royalties, the 2010 Olympic medals, how Windows 7 compares with Snow Leopard. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_039 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Sidekick's massive data loss, Apple's data loss, DVD Jon's DoubleTwist project, Tim Berners-Lee apologises for superfluous slashes, ringtones and royalties, the 2010 Olympic medals, how Windows 7 compares with Snow Leopard. Sidekick's massive data loss, Apple's data loss, DVD Jon's DoubleTwist project, Tim Berners-Lee apologises for superfluous slashes, ringtones and royalties, the 2010 Olympic medals, how Windows 7 compares with Snow Leopard. 23:36 no Nobel Prize for Physics, Wii Balance Boards for airport security, Google Native Client, disclosing payments behind biased blog posts, when free upgrades aren't really free, Apple takes on Woolworths over its logo, Sony sued for bricking consoles, Bruce Simpson's take on why Google is pushing Chrome, why the FBI director no longer uses Internet banking. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_038 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Nobel Prize for Physics, Wii Balance Boards for airport security, Google Native Client, disclosing payments behind biased blog posts, when free upgrades aren't really free, Apple takes on Woolworths over its logo, plus more. Nobel Prize for Physics, Wii Balance Boards for airport security, Google Native Client, disclosing payments behind biased blog posts, when free upgrades aren't really free, Apple takes on Woolworths over its logo, Sony sued for bricking consoles, Bruce Simpson's take on why Google is pushing Chrome, why the FBI director no longer uses Internet banking. 40:38 no ICANN to lose dependence from US government, ad-funded music download service, zero-touch wireless pedometer, IBM's entry into cloud-based email services, social network auctions. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_037 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann ICANN to lose dependence from US government, ad-funded music download service, zero-touch wireless pedometer, IBM's entry into cloud-based email services, social network auctions. ICANN to lose dependence from US government, ad-funded music download service, zero-touch wireless pedometer, IBM's entry into cloud-based email services, social network auctions. 22:13 no What we pay for when we pay for news, Google is against the idea of paying for news, Microsoft ramps up its fight against piracy, Google's solution for Internet Explorer, why text-speak can be a good thing, a blogger is told to stop giving advice without a licence. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_036 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann What we pay for when we pay for news, Google is against the idea of paying for news, Microsoft ramps up its fight against piracy, Google's solution for Internet Explorer, why text-speak can be a good thing, plus more. What we pay for when we pay for news, Google is against the idea of paying for news, Microsoft ramps up its fight against piracy, Google's solution for Internet Explorer, why text-speak can be a good thing, a blogger is told to stop giving advice without a licence. 54:34 no Addiction to technology, the Zune HD, performing rights groups demand more from iTunes, developing iPhone applications using C# and .Net, the book being published on Twitter is sold, new technology to power wireless heart pumps. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_035 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Addiction to technology, the Zune HD, performing rights groups demand more from iTunes, developing iPhone applications using C# and .Net, the book being published on Twitter is sold, new technology to power wireless heart pumps. Addiction to technology, the Zune HD, performing rights groups demand more from iTunes, developing iPhone applications using C# and .Net, the book being published on Twitter is sold, new technology to power wireless heart pumps. 30:23 no Concerns over Oracle killing mySQL, providing a micropayment service for online news, Google's sneaky ad technique, iPod Nano now comes with an FM tuner, Panasonic's new LED light bulbs, an Internet TV first for New Zealand, IRD considers open source, digital cop cars. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_034 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Concerns over Oracle killing mySQL, providing a micropayment service for online news, Google's sneaky ad technique, iPod Nano now comes with an FM tuner, Panasonic's new LED light bulbs, an Internet TV first for New Zealand, plus more. Concerns over Oracle killing mySQL, providing a micropayment service for online news, Google's sneaky ad technique, iPod Nano now comes with an FM tuner, Panasonic's new LED light bulbs, an Internet TV first for New Zealand, IRD considers open source, digital cop cars. 56:32 no Google's outage, why Wikipedia will soon fail, Microsoft wants a global patent body, higher insurance premiums for users of social networking sites, AMD's new CPU, New Zealand Post expands its open source trial. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_033 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Google's outage, why Wikipedia will soon fail, Microsoft wants a global patent body, higher insurance premiums for users of social networking sites, AMD's new CPU, New Zealand Post expands its open source trial. Google's outage, why Wikipedia will soon fail, Microsoft wants a global patent body, higher insurance premiums for users of social networking sites, AMD's new CPU, New Zealand Post expands its open source trial. 15:57 no