DigitalOutbox 090722 - Podcast #007
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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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Windows 7
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On sale now - pre-order sites were very busy last week
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Lots of friends picking it up for cheap price
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Lot's of anticipation for the new OS
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MS to launch Spotify rival
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Not much news on platform or product but could be an interesting development
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Virgin media
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Reducing price of 50MB service to £38 without phone line, £28 with
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No throttling or bandwidth caps on the higher priced service
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Trials of 10MB uploads and also 200MB download
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Amazon purge
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Pulled two Orwell books form Kindle owners
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People had bought the books but Amazon removed the books and refunded the cost
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Also removed notes held against the book
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Bad PR, could have been done so much better
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What do you really own?
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Apple
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Apple phone MS to complain about Laptop hunter ad's - bull
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iTunes 8.2.1 blocks Palm Pre - GET OUT
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Least surprising news this year
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Will there be a tit for tat
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Palm SDK - released but weak compared to iPhone's but quick release compared to iPhone
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Google search on iPhone Safari switch on location search
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Google App voice search - does it work for you? Doesn't for Shakeel
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D45 launched on iTunes - 2 songs from the same artist - like a B-side or live version
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Slow 3.0 on 3G and worse battery life - same for you?
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Tunewiki
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Lyrics of currently playing track
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Show world map of who else is currently playing track
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Youtube top 100's of music
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Horrible interface but it is free
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Twitbit
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Another twitter app on the iPhone
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Push notification of ALL tweets
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Further update to move to DM only
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Resident Evil Degeneration
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Now on the iPhone
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Shooter only
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Don't buy Worms on the iPhone - controls are awful
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Sweet FM
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Mac client for Last FM
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Integration with iTunes
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Capture stream to iTunes
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Was $29.99, now open source and free
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Games
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Wipeout HD Fury
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Out on July 23rd
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12 new tracks, 13 new vehicles, 3 new modes
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Cant wait
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Battlefield 1943 - issues resolved - plays wonderfully well
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Modern Warfare 2 - RRP £55 - Hopefully not start of new UK pricepoint for consoles
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Streaming Media
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Console Streaming
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Easy to use
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Can use from Mac:
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Connect 360
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Medialink
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Rivet
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PS3MediaServer
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PC:
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TVersity
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PS3MediaServer
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Great way of watching content
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Some codecs (mkv's) not supported
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Folder structures
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Picks
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Parachute Panic
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59p, great simple graphics and sound
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Stop your guys form dying by opening their parachutes and landing them on the ship
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Simple but addictive
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Makes me laugh which is a good thing!
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Appminer
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Tracks app price reductions
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Can set up watch lists
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Free - great way of saving money on the iPhone
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PhotoForge
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Photoshop on the iPhone
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Lets you crop, adjust, apply filters to photo's on your iPhone
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Brush tools, masks
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Control exposure, vibrance, hue etc
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Powerful
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Feedback
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E-Mails
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Twitter
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Follow us on Twitter
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Skype
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Leave us feedback or questions via Skype
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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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Next week
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Boxee
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