Quick catch up – three weeks’ shows

Quick catch up – three weeks’ shows

Aug 4, 2014

Time marches on, and it waits for no man. Not even me. So here I’ll post some brief details about the last three weeks’ shows, along with their podcasts. We’ve spoken about all manner of different things during those last few weeks. Gadget Grill Podcast, July 13 2014 podcast here Gadget Grill Podcast, July 20 2014 podcast here Gadget Grill...

Foodologists, flavourologists, and the chef.

Foodologists, flavourologists, and the chef.

Jun 23, 2014

This week De De Cup went along to see how Cadbury can predict, using a Facebook app, what your chocolate preferences might be. And then we look at Sony’s newest soundbar, the HT-CT370.This is a compact unit with a wireless sub-woofer, and a very rich sound. Settle down with your favourite music streaming device, grab some chocolates, and munch on this...

Motorola Concept Car For Police

Motorola Concept Car For Police

Jun 8, 2014

I recently had the opportunity to see Motorola’s new concept car for the Police. This vehicle incorporates and combines a number of different technologies, such as video, audio, and wearable computing, within the one unified interface, and as well as see the vehicle, I was able to spend some time with Motorola’s Stephen Crutchfield and learn, first...

Technology and Museums

Technology and Museums

May 25, 2014

Gary and De De Cup are back from their travels, and listening to some great music at the annual New Orleans Jazzfest. Along the way, this year we called in to Washington DC and spent some quality time at a couple of the world’s great museums. First up is the Newseum, a museum dedicated to the processes of gathering and the dissemination of the news. If...

AVG’s Michael McKinnon on Password Reuse

AVG’s Michael McKinnon on Password Reuse

Apr 14, 2014

Recently I had an opportunity to chat with AVG’s security expert about password reuse, and why it’s really a good idea. In this two part chat with Michael, we explore ways to get ensure that, in dealing with the myriad of different passwords that we all need to have these days, we can try to have passwords that are unique for each site that we visit,...

Ultimate Ears Mini Boom, Mark Levenson Audio in the Lexus IS350

Ultimate Ears Mini Boom, Mark Levenson Audio in the Lexus IS350

Apr 1, 2014

From the sublime to the ridiculous is one way to describe this week’s show. In this week’s news coverage, as well our usual coverage of the week’s news in tech, we remind our listeners that Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP in less than two weeks. If you’re still using XP, that can mean problems for you further down the track....