DigitalOutbox 090802 - Podcast #008
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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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Microsoft and Yahoo deal
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All about competing with Google
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Leaves Yahoo looking pretty weak - if they don't do search what do they do? Mail, Flickr. Link/lander page?
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Leaves Yahoo looking pretty weak - if they don't do search what do they do? Mail, Flickr. Link/lander page?
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10 year agreement - long time in internet timeline
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Windows 7
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10 Browsers will be given as an installable option in the EU
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Will also be applied to XP and Vista via an update
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Microsoft going the extra yard to please EU - crazy really
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Broadband UK
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Virgin Media found to be fastest
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Compared Virgin's 10MB to everyone else on 8MB
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Didn't take account of throttling and speed restrictions
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Palm Pre
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Web OS 1.1 resolves iTunes syncing problems
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Surely they should be spending time on providing a media solution rather than hacking into iTunes
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Twitter
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Released 101 guide for businesses
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1000's of spammers removed from service
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New homepage focussing on search and trends
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User sued for tweet
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O2 launched their text tweeting service
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Apple
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Tablet
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September launch
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10 inch screen
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Reported on FT
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Tied with exclusive media content deals
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If that's it then it's not enough for us to be interested
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Time Capsule
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Upgraded to 2 TB - same price as older 1TB (£349)
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1TB dropped to 500MB price (£229)
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Suicide Worker
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Foxconn worker accused of losing or selling next gen iPhone
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Committed suicide after bullying and beatings at work
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If Apple wasn't so secretive would this have happened?
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iPhone Text Hack
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Flaw involving iPhone SMS exposed
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Sends code in SMS that crashes and makes iPhone unusable
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Only have to receive the message to get hacked
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Presented last Thursday at the Black Hat conference
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Apple were told of this but the two experts who found the flaw heard nothing form them
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O2 (not Apple or AT&T) announced on Friday that a patch would be released to address the issue.
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Patch was released on Friday, a full OS download to fix this flaw
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A statement was then released by Apple stating that the fix was issued less than 24 hours since the flaw was demo'd - why they didn't get the fix out earlier we'll never know
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iPhone 3GS Security
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Encryption is easy to hack
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Hacked within 2 minutes and demo'd to Wired
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Very poor and a real kick in the teeth for any business users
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Google Latitude
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Released as a web app, not an actual application
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This was requested by Apple
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Works but limited
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Brightkite a better option
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Example of controlling Apple and the length they are going to to protect their interests
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Spotify iPhone App
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Allows you to stream music
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Allows you to browse and modify playlists - updated very quickly
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Can also download tracks to iPhone so once your 'offline' you can still listen to music
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For premium users only
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Apple still to approve - we don't think they will as it competes with iTunes and the iTunes store
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Google Voice blocked
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Official Google Voice app blocked from the App store
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Assumed AT&T behind the move
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AT&T deny this - say Apple block app's, not them
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3rd party Google Voice app's already on sale on the App store were also pulled with no explanation
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One third party developer released their app for free for jailbroken iPhone users
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Apple's communication with developer over this issue was horrible
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Now FCC have launched an investigation with Apple, AT&T and Google asking why the application was blocked, who blocked it and also asking Apple about guidelines for removing applications
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Results of this investigation will be very interesting
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Now seeing some iPhone developer backlash
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One of the Panic developers on why he wouldn't develop on the iPhone and why for phone use he is switching to Palm Pre
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Rejections and lack of communication from Apple is terrible
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Why don't Apple blog and communicate with their community
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Not releasing secrets ahead of time but afterwards actually engage more with their community
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Apple have said jailbroken phones can disable transmission towers
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Sounding more like Microsoft as the grow bigger
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Space Invaders Infinity Gene
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Great shooter for the iPhone
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Fantastic vector graphics
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Can select your own music track and it builds a level based on the music
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Great value - £2.99
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Secret of Monkey island
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On the iPhone
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Restyled graphics and voice - not so sure I like it
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£4.99 so not too bad
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Don't like the controls - tacked on feeling
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Games
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Wipeout Fury
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Add-on pack for Wipeout on PS3
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Add's 3 new game modes, 12 tracks, 13 ships
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New game modes change the feel of the game - makes it more like an arcade shooter
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Probably Ian's fav game on the PS3
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Xbox Dashboard Update
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Not much changed
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Full price downloads
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Avatar store - the suck
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Still some pauses while playing
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Picks
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LittleSnapper and Ember
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LittleSnapper
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Mac application that lets you snap desktop and web pics
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Can snap full desktop, partial desktop, windows and also timed snaps
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Can snap full web pages
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Create local collections and tag images
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Annotate, crop and highlight - vector based annotation is non destructive
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Share to Flickr or Ember, their web based viewing portal
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Currently $24 reduced from $39
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Ember
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Great website for design inspiration and current web and Mac development trends
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Can explore via collections and tags
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It's not flickr as there's very little photo's - it's great for designers and developers to share trends and designs that they really like and love
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Free to upload though limited to 30 uploads a month and three collections
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Ad supported for free users but for $24 a year removes ad's, gives you unlimited uploads and collections
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1Password
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Password management tool for the Mac
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Saves all website login details for you automatically
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iPhone app as well that syncs desktop and iPhone passwords
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Syncs between Mac's via MobileMe or DropBox
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Works in all browsers
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Will generate massive random passwords rather than you generating your own passwords
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Can save identities within the application to autofill in web forms
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Can save credit card details securely in both desktop and iPhone application
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Can store secure notes within the application and they are sync'd across all platforms
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$39.95 for Mac version
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iPhone app add's a bookmark in Mobile Safari so you can launch 1Password and then move back to Safari with the correct password
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Feedback
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E-Mails
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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 review
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