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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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EBay Sued
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Follow up to the previous story - Joltid, the licence holders for technology underlying Skype
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They say the 100,000 or so downloads of Skype made every day are seeing the suite grow by $75m per day for continued breaches of licence.
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Story details updated that eBay sourced unauthorised copies of the Joltid source code, made unauthorised amends and made the code available to third persons.
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EBay say it's nonsense
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PAF Leaks Online
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Postcode Address File (PAF) leaks online. 241mb, 1,841,177 postcodes - no names and addresses in each file
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Useful - should this data not be free?
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Data will quickly go out of date - 4000 new entries, 2000 removals per month
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Be good if this was available alongside OS maps
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BBC Watchdog claims PS3 suffers from manufacturing fault
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Watchdog report suggests a manufacturing defect in the 1st gen 60gb PS3's after being contacted by 155 viewers with faulty consoles, and from the opinion of 3 commercial repair technicians.
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Sony claims the 'YLOD' is non-specific indicator of a fault and doesn't necessarily mean the console has died.
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Watchdog criticised for wasting tax-payers money on producing an inaccurate and biased report
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Looks like an article that is way over the top from the BBC
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One option if concerned - trade in old S3 for new slim
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We wouldn't recommend - newer console is lesser than original, doesn't look as good, needs a stand and for many is noisier than original
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BBC to protect HD content
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BBC have approached Ofcom to request the ability for them to encrypt TV listings for their HD content.
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Request made in response to content providers fears for illegal pirating of content.
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BBC aren't allowed to encrypt their actual broadcast but by encrypting the channel listings and only permitting licences for trusted hardware manufacturers they are effectively render the station useless to users with non-trusted hardware.
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Usual arguments about the fact that this will not be effectual at all in stopping someone looking to pirate but will massively effect the everyday user and low end/cheap hardware manufacturers using open source operating systems for their products.
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Pay for News
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Wall Street Journal to charge weekly fee for web and mobile access
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$1 - applies to iPhone and Blackberry app's on top of paying for web access
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Details emerge about the MS App Store
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There was concern over a "kill switch" that had been implemented to allow MS to pull apps off of users devices. This has since been clarified by MS to only relate in cases where software causes harm or "unforeseen effects" and refunds will be issued in such cases. Most cases where the app is removed from the store for whatever reason will not remove the app from the users device.
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Revenue shared 70% / 30% in favour of the developer. Any carrier costs will be taken off MS share.
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$99 for first 5 submissions - then $99 for each subsequent submission
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Apps replacing core functionality - including mapping and navigation - will be rejected
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However, any apps rejected are still supported by the platform - just not via the app store.
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Video of free app on Zune - 30 sec video add everytime you start chess but not this isn't related to MS App Store
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12 hours to convert an iPhone app to the Zune HD - impressive
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MS release their Online Office suite to early testers
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MS response to Google Docs.
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Excel and Powerpoint both functioning. Both good online representations of the full PC apps. But slower than Google Docs because of that.
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Word Online not yet available for anything other than viewing word docs. View looks fine. Apparently, when editing is released it won't add collaborative simultaneous editing on release, although it is on the roadmap.
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Sharing is currently achieved in a arse about tit way and needs addressing ASAP - based on folder shares rather than doc shares.
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Won't work on Google Chrome - although will work on IE, Firefox and Safari. MS say that's about "prioritising" ready for 2010 release.
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Summary - should be good for individual users looking for feature rich apps but slower than Google Docs and doesn't have the simultaneous collaboration in Word. Sharing is terrible and needs to be addressed.
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Google News
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Google Data Liberation
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How to get your data into and out of Google tools
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Important consideration for cloud computing
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Google FastFlip
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Labs app - read the news by flipping quickly between sites
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Quick, works on iPhone and Android too
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Shares advertising revenue between Google and partner sites
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Can't click on links on a page which is frustrating - good for tablets?
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Google Chrome 3
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Faster, omnibox improvement, HTML support, themes
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Still no mac version (by year end)
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Currently 3% market share, in the next year 5%, within 2 years 10%
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Google Voice
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Google remove redacted statements from their FCC statement
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Google claim that it was rejected by Apple (Phil Schiller)
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This is going to get messy
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Someone is lying - who?
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We think Apple is lying and the app will end up in the App Store
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Apple
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Apple TV Price Drop
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$229 in US for 160GB, no more 40gb
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£219 in the UK for 160gb - was £263 in UK for 160GB, £195 for 40gb
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iMac and Macbook refreshed rumoured
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2 years since iMac updates
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Would Macbook see changes now though?
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iPhone OS 3.1 blocks tethering on all unlocked handsets
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The latest iPhone OS (3.1) now blocks the teathering option on any unlocked handset.
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This affects officially unlocked handsets legitimately being used on alternate carriers, as well as unofficially unlocked and jail-broken.
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Apple Customer Support = "Nothing we can do to help".
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iPhone OS 3.1 causing problems
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Random shut downs (yes, I've been a victim of this)
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Occasional screen freezes
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Poor(er) battery life
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Friendfeed link shows that many people have been affected
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LP Thoughts
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No DRM, large and graphically nice
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Not portable - be great if there was an iPhone or Apple TV view
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Change extension to zip - html and javascript
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Nice but not a home run really.
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Meteor Blitz
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Great game on the iPhone
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If you've played Super Stardust HD on the PS3 you've played this game
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It's very, very slick but looks like it rips off not just Super Stardust idea's but also the actual assets from the game
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Still on the App Store but for how much longer
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Gadgets n Games
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Copyright in games gets sneeky
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Code inserted into Batman: Arkham Asylum removes essential controls from the game if you are running a pirate copy.
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Caught out a person on Eidos forum who posted about a bug in the game only to be told he had a bug in his moral code!
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Uncharted 2
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Initial reviews, glowing. French site 21/20. US Official PS Mag - 5/5
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Will tweet your trophies, connections to a multiplayer game etc
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Trine
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Finally out on PSN but at a shocking £16.99
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Will this be the new premium price point for games?
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Microsoft reveals 250GB 'Super Elite' XBox 360 bundles
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Bundle 1: XBox 360, 2 wireless pads, headset, 250GB HDD, Forza 3 @ £249.99 - out on Oct 23
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Bundle 2: similar to above, but Modern Warfare instead of Forza. No price confirmation (yet) but probably £249.99 too - out Nov 10th
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Great price and bundle, shame wireless isn't included
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Picks
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Shakeel
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Create your own iPhone/Touch dock
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French designer Julien Madérou, has designed a template which can be downloaded and printed to a card.
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Then cut and fold into shape of a sturdy dock - cool!
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Ian
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Runkeeper
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Great for tracking your runs, cycles, walks etc on the iphone
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Great website, can edit routes, export to Google Earth
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Can auto tweet on completed runs/walks
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RunKeeper Free is ad-supported and RunKeeper Pro is ad-free. RunKeeper Pro also has audio cues (hear your stats via your headphones), and we recently added training workouts as well (hear intervals via your headphones).
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100% reliable - can't fault it
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Chris
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Jing
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Create screencasts on Mac / PC for free
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Capture microphone as well for commentary
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Save as SWF - either host on screencast.com or save locally (Mp4, youtube possible in Pro version)
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Limited to 5 mins.
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Take a look at the Google Chrome overview to see the outcome!
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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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Chris
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Chris's personal blog
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Follow Chris on Twitter
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