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Tech Stream 053
21 May 2010
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Is using a mobile phone like this actually safer than we think? (Flickr: André Hengst, aka Vectrus)
In the Tech Stream this week we’ll revisit the privacy and safety debate around the use of social networking websites like Facebook; hear about new research into the link between mobile phone use and cancer; get the inside picture on internet censorship in China; and while we all love the TV program Good Game, are games… good? Listen to the radio program via the MP3 link above, or read on for more information.
Tech Stream 036
22 January 2010
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Flowers lay on a sign at the entrance to Google’s China headquarters in Beijing’s university district. Photo by Josh Chin from Flickr.
We’ll be looking forward, on this the first Tech Stream radio program of 2010, at the gadgets, technology trends and ideas set to dominate over the next twelve months. We also wrap up some of the news around Google rethinking its strategy in China, which may involve it pulling out of the country altogether, and find out why governments in Europe are advising their citizens to abandon Microsoft’s popular web browser. Follow the MP3 link above to hear the program or continue on for more…
Tech Stream 031
18 September 2009
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Photo from Flickr by Martin Hopkins.
The splitting of Telstra, 3D technology in the loungeroom and does the iPhone stack up as gaming platform? It’s in the Tech Stream, program #31. Full details after the jump or get stuck straight in with the MP3 link above.
New technology for the modern traveller
23 April 2009
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Many inflight entertainment systems feature USB and power outlets for mobiles and portable media players. Photo from Flickr by Alan Chan.
We’re focusing on changes in the technology being used to research, book, document and enhance our travels this week. Joining us for the journey is Peter Marks, technology editor for ABC Radio National Breakfast, Angus Kidman, Australian editor of Lifehacker and Venessa Paech, community manager at Lonely Planet online. A shortened version of our chat will be in the Tech Stream radio program and podcast, but you can listen to the full discussion now via the MP3 link at the top of this story.
If you have any tips for new travel related technology or travel community websites we’d love to hear them!
Review: The Google phone
30 March 2009
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The G1 running Google’s Android operating system. Image from Hexus
We spoke with Ruslan Kogan on Friday about delays to his plan of releasing a mobile powered by Google’s Android operating system in Australia. HTC Corporation are still the only manufacturer to release a smartphone running Android, with their HTC Dream (pictured above and usually just called the G1) unit appearing in the US in October last year. It is also now available in Australia as well as a few other countries in our region.
Peter Marks, technology editor for ABC Radio National Breakfast, spoke with Fran Kelly about the G1 smartphone. You can listen to his review via the MP3 link at the top of this post.
HTC unveiled their next handset running Android, HTC Magic, at the recent Mobile World Congress. The G2 will be available in April in parts of Europe with the rest of us to follow at some point this year. And we should see some more phones or personal media devices coming out with the operating system very soon as well.
Universal chargers for our gadgets
10 March 2009
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We spoke on Friday in the Tech Stream about ways to reduce our impact on the environment. Using our gadgets and electrical devices in more sensible ways can help cut our electricity use. This saves us money and since most of our electricity comes from burning fossil fuels, it is also better for the planet. We can also do our bit by thinking about what kind of gadgets we buy and how we dispose of them.
Having different chargers and power adapters for our different bits of gear seems like such a giant waste. It takes energy and materials to make them, and then there are more of them to dispose of when we upgrade to the next bit of equipment that often uses a different plug! It’s also annoying when you lose one or have to travel with two or three different types of charger.
Fran Kelly from ABC Radio National Breakfast spoke with their technology editor Peter Marks about a better solution to power our gadgets. You can listen to the interview through the MP3 link above.
President Tech
18 February 2009
Barack Obama’s use of the internet during last year’s US presidential campaign transformed politics. In terms of online marketing, organisation, and fundraising – the campaign was a watershed. And the statistics are amazing: Online donations totalling AU$750 million dollars and the campaign social networking site mybarackobama.com attracted 2 million registered users.
Managing this online presence, was Ben Self, the founder of Blue State Digital, and until last week, the Technology director of the Democratic National Committee.
He spoke late last week with Fran Kelly from ABC Radio National Breakfast. You can download the interview as MP3.
President Barrack Obama seems to be quite the tech savvy president too. Former-President George W Bush claimed he never used email, but Obama is a self-confessed ‘Crackberry addict’ (meaning he uses the Blackberry as his mobile device of choice, which is lucky since there’s no computer in the oval office. Weird.)
There was also a minor scandal before Christmas when a writer from the Philadelphia City Paper claimed he saw Obama at the gym working out with a Zune, Microsoft’s portable MP3 player. It caused a few tech-snobs to gasp in horror, but we were quickly reassured that in fact the President elect rocked an iPod. Now, if only we can find out what tunes he has on it? We do know that he now has acces to the White House Record Library: several hundred pristine LPs that include landmark albums in rock, including an Obama favourite – Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run. Bush had his iPod stocked with country and baby boomer pop artists as you can see in this classic video on Youtube.
Peter Marks, the technology reviewer on ABC Radio National Breakfast, spoke with Steve Cannane just after the inauguration about technology in the White House. Download the interview as MP3.
