DigitalOutbox 090705 - Podcast #005
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Welcome
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About
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Welcome to DigitalOutbox
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A podcast all about digital technology - computing, gadgets, gaming
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UK based podcast with a real world take on the digital trends
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News
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Pirate Bay Sold
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Sold to Global Gaming Factory X
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Can buy shares in the company
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Going legit?
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Tracker to change
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Sold out on the surface with all illegal content to be removed....but Pirate Bay have argued for years that they don't host illegal content?
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Something doesn't smell right and Pirate Bay have loved to dance in the face of authorities in the past
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If it's all true it's Napster 2.0
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Mobile Charger Standardisation
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Across Europe, from 2010, 90% of phone producers will use MicroUSB as the standard way to charge your phone.
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At last - common sense
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Apple also on board but doubt they will drop the dock connector - another add-on perhaps?
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Palm Pre
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O2 Exclusive again - surprising - expected it would have went to a non iPhone carrier
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Palm Pre build issues - looks very poor
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gdgt.com
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Great new gadget site
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Not a blog but wikipedia/review site
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Great community already
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Forums are very busy - great potential
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Sick Microsoft Add
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IE8 advert which features projectile vomiting
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Ridiculous - who thought this was in any way good
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We blame Balmer
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Dean Cain - well remembered Shak!
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Apple News
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Steve Jobs is back
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Birdfeed for iPhone
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Nice, clean interface like Tweetie
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£2.99
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Has a caching mode
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Purplera1n released - jailbreak for iPhone 3GS
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Augmented Reality
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Makes use of 3GS compass
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Pocket Universe for iPhone 3GS
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Plot position of planet and stars
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Uses compass so as you turn the position of the stars are plotted
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Nearest Tube
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Plots where the nearest London tube station is
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Video shows best
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Games
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Worms 2
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Great game on Xbox Live Arcade
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Bargain for 800 MS points
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Battlefield 1942
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Out on the 8th July
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PS3 and Xbox 360
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1200 MS Points or $9.99
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Based on four levels from Battlefield 1942
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Rolando 2
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Out now but not bought...yet. looks very good.
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Zenonia
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Zelda'esque game
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Good ratings
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Again we've not bought...yet
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Japanese Robots
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How cool are these
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Raptor Photo
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Great picture of a supersonic fly by
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MobileMe
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Lot's of features but questionable value
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Other options to replace MobileMe
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Dropbox
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G-Mail
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Flickr
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Calender sync via Google Calendar
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Using CalDAV in iCal and iPhone
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LogMeIn
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XMarks
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Renew in a few months but have switched off MobileMe and replaced with above services
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Advantage of MobileMe is that it's very easy to set-up compared to free services
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Also can't replace Find My iPhone with anything else
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Will report back in 3-4 weeks on how I got on
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Can buy MobileMe cheaper on Amazon - £45 - not that bad really
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Picks
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GeekTool
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Great customisation tool for the Mac
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Flexible way of showing system information on your desktop
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Also show images, internet info etc
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It's free!
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Doesn't seem to impact on performance
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Flogr
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Photoblog software that displays your pictures from Flickr
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Easy to setup - upload to website and add in your Flickr ID
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Can pull back all photo's, a set or a certain tag
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Front end can be fully customised
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See mine here
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Close
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Contact the Contributors
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Ian
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Ian's personal blog
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Follow Ian on Twitter
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Facebook
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Shakeel
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Shakeel's personal blog
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Follow Shakeel on Twitter
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Facebook
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