Everyone these days has a computer, and since our security is one of the most obvious things on our minds, we looked at backing your data up online this week.
It’s always important to make sure your important files are backed up so you probably didn’t realise that the ISP you use to connect to the [...]

 

 April 26, 2009 - Online back-ups and a brand new phone... [32:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In a move that will probably come as a surprise to absolutely no one and annoy all 10 or 15 people in Australia who bought one, makers of the robotic dinosaur toy Pleo - Ugobe - are looking like they are themselves going extinct.

The robot which was originally designed to be a self-aware being has [...]

As technology gets better, more compact, and a hell of a lot more powerful, developers & manufacturers will come up with ways to make computer parts smaller & more energy efficient.
One of the developments in this area is in storage technology, so on this show we’re looking at Solid State Drives versus Hard Disk Drives. [...]

 

 April 19, 2009 - Soft takes on Hard (drives, that is) [33:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

As digital SLRs become more mainstream, so too does the need for lighter and more capable lenses.
Both the Nikon D60 and D90 cameras have proven in sales that people want what Nikon are creating and the new 35mm F1.8 lens take the desire for a proper portrait angle & low light, merging them without any [...]

In an attempt to strangle some of the control from Apple’s iPhone, LG have today announced the new LG KM900 Arena, a phone that borrows a few design elements here and there while giving users a unique control scheme that should set the stage for future LG handsets.
Running off of an AMD chip and using [...]

With TV about to change in this great nation of ours, we thought we’d talk about what the Internet has in store for the future of television.
Sure, you might think that Digital TV and HDTV are sitting pretty advertised as the next big thing, but just go and check out IPTV, otherwise known as Internet-Protocol [...]

 

 April 12, 2009 - The future of TV... [32:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

With April Fools Day now past us, we’re looking at two things that sort of go hand-in-hand.
Sort of.
This week, we’re looking at keeping your passwords secure (because you never know when someone’s going to play a mean prank on you and steal your passwords). In a time when you constantly have to watch out for [...]

 

 April 5, 2009 - More than just Fido123, April Fools, and more! [34:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Apple have today announced a partnership with Nikon in Japan to release the Nikon iPod or what we’re affectionately calling the “niPod”.
The move apparently comes as people expect quality cameras to be blended with their music players, a trend that Apple looks to be following in the footsteps of companies like Samsung who previous had [...]