http://boysoftech.com en-nz © 2010 Edwin Hermann An engaging and entertaining round-table discussion on the latest technology news from around the world hosted by Edwin Hermann and Brett King. Informative and sometimes provocative, this show is sure to provide new insights and make you think. A section of the show focuses on technology news from New Zealand. http://www.boysoftech.com/artwork.png http://boysoftech.com A weekly tech news commentary. Edwin Hermann and Brett King An engaging and entertaining round-table discussion on the latest technology news from around the world hosted by Edwin Hermann and Brett King. Informative and sometimes provocative, this show is sure to provide new insights and make you think. A section of the show focuses on technology news from New Zealand. technology, commentary, tech, news, discussion, round-table, New Zealand, Internet, opinion, talk, google, apple, microsoft, adobe, Twitter, Facebook Edwin Hermann boysoftech@www.co.nz no Al-Qaeda links behind closure of Blogetery, Facebook claims Zuckerberg's contract with Ceglia was forged, Dell motherboards ship with embedded malware, Samsung gives away free phones to disgruntled iPhone 4 customers, trading an old cellphone for a Porsche on Craigslist. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_076 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Al-Qaeda links behind closure of Blogetery, Facebook claims Zuckerberg's contract with Ceglia was forged, Dell motherboards ship with embedded malware, Samsung gives away free phones to disgruntled iPhone 4 customers, plus more. Al-Qaeda links behind closure of Blogetery, Facebook claims Zuckerberg's contract with Ceglia was forged, Dell motherboards ship with embedded malware, Samsung gives away free phones to disgruntled iPhone 4 customers, trading an old cellphone for a Porsche on Craigslist. 26:10 no Patenting a virtual page turn, Microsoft to release a range of tablet devices, a man claims he owns 84% of Facebook, Steve Jobs addresses the iPhone 4 reception issues, bit.ly links fail on Facebook, mystery shrouds the sudden disappearance of two sites. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_075 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Patenting a virtual page turn, Microsoft to release a range of tablet devices, a man claims he owns 84% of Facebook, Steve Jobs addresses the iPhone 4 reception issues, bit.ly links fail on Facebook, mystery shrouds the sudden disappearance of two sites. Patenting a virtual page turn, Microsoft to release a range of tablet devices, a man claims he owns 84% of Facebook, Steve Jobs addresses the iPhone 4 reception issues, bit.ly links fail on Facebook, mystery shrouds the sudden disappearance of two sites. 14:55 no iTunes accounts hacked to artificially boost app sales, soldier charged in connection with leaked video, Prince releases his new album as physical copy only, Swiss solar powered plane makes history with night flight, compression technology inventor charged with fraud. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_074 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann iTunes accounts hacked to artificially boost app sales, soldier charged in connection with leaked video, Prince releases his new album as physical copy only, Swiss solar powered plane makes history with night flight, plus more. iTunes accounts hacked to artificially boost app sales, soldier charged in connection with leaked video, Prince releases his new album as physical copy only, Swiss solar powered plane makes history with night flight, compression technology inventor charged with fraud. 22:43 no Google might come out with a Facebook killer, Facebook accidentally deletes BP protest page, the new HDBaseT standard, half a million Sony laptops overheating, the iPhone's signal strengh bars. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_073 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Google might come out with a Facebook killer, Facebook accidentally deletes BP protest page, the new HDBaseT standard, half a million Sony laptops overheating, the iPhone's signal strengh bars. Google might come out with a Facebook killer, Facebook accidentally deletes BP protest page, the new HDBaseT standard, half a million Sony laptops overheating, the iPhone's signal strengh bars. 31:11 no Australia proposes minimum security requirements for computers connected to the Internet, French data protection agency CNIL finds email passwords in Google Street View data, reception problems with the iPhone 4, a new top level domain for adult content, FullCodePress 2010 results, the YouTube vuvuzela button. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_072 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Australia proposes minimum security requirements for computers connected to the Internet, French data protection agency CNIL finds email passwords in Google Street View data, reception problems with the iPhone 4, plus more. Australia proposes minimum security requirements for computers connected to the Internet, French data protection agency CNIL finds email passwords in Google Street View data, reception problems with the iPhone 4, a new top level domain for adult content, FullCodePress 2010 results, the YouTube vuvuzela button. 27:06 no Security software provided by French ISP turns out to have a significant security hole, Microsoft's new Internet Fraud Alert system, Google and Rumblefish plan to announce a new service, the GoogleCL command line tool. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_071 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Security software provided by French ISP turns out to have a significant security hole, Microsoft's new Internet Fraud Alert system, Google and Rumblefish plan to announce a new service, the GoogleCL command line tool. Security software provided by French ISP turns out to have a significant security hole, Microsoft's new Internet Fraud Alert system, Google and Rumblefish plan to announce a new service, the GoogleCL command line tool. 16:51 no Apple launches the iPhone 4, a zero-day exploit for Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash is out in the wild, police department domain name snapped by campaigner against speed cameras, privacy concerns over threat to publish photos on Facebook, Google may be investigated over privacy issues, the United States proposes a kill switch for the Internet. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_070 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Apple launches the iPhone 4, a zero-day exploit for Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash is out in the wild, police department domain name snapped by campaigner against speed cameras, privacy concerns over threat to publish photos on Facebook, plus more. Apple launches the iPhone 4, a zero-day exploit for Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash is out in the wild, police department domain name snapped by campaigner against speed cameras, privacy concerns over threat to publish photos on Facebook, Google may be investigated over privacy issues, the United States proposes a kill switch for the Internet. 34:13 no ISPs in the UK may start collecting information on filesharers, China to become a supercomputer superpower, Jetstar to trial in-flight iPads, rumours that Google is ditching Windows on its staff computers, Microsoft voices concerns over Google's dominance in the search market, mum reunited with daughter after tracking her down through Facebook. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_069 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann ISPs in the UK may start collecting information on filesharers, China to become a supercomputer superpower, Jetstar to trial in-flight iPads, rumours that Google is ditching Windows on its staff computers, plus more. ISPs in the UK may start collecting information on filesharers, China to become a supercomputer superpower, Jetstar to trial in-flight iPads, rumours that Google is ditching Windows on its staff computers, Microsoft voices concerns over Google's dominance in the search market, mum reunited with daughter after tracking her down through Facebook. 35:08 no Microsoft issues a warning about the Parallels Windows migration tool, Mozilla pushes for VP8 to be included in the HTML 5 specifications, Time Warner and Universal refuse to change Flash based interface for iPad users, the person behind the fake BP Twitter account is still a mystery, the live video feed of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, Microsoft responds to rumours that Steve Ballmer will be at WWDC, what Microsoft needs to do to get ahead. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_068 Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Microsoft issues a warning about the Parallels Windows migration tool, Mozilla pushes for VP8 to be included in the HTML 5 specifications, Time Warner and Universal refuse to change Flash based interface for iPad users, plus more. Microsoft issues a warning about the Parallels Windows migration tool, Mozilla pushes for VP8 to be included in the HTML 5 specifications, Time Warner and Universal refuse to change Flash based interface for iPad users, the person behind the fake BP Twitter account is still a mystery, the live video feed of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, Microsoft responds to rumours that Steve Ballmer will be at WWDC, what Microsoft needs to do to get ahead. 43:09 no Dr Stephen Hughes from Queensland University of Technology talks to us about the inaccurate definition of the word siphon in many dictionaries, 9 year old MCSE holder Marko Calasan joins us from Macedonia, Kate Carruthers gives her side of the dispute over the geekgirl trademark, Google's open source codec that could rival H.264, Skype on Panasonic televisions, Facebook identifies the hacker Kirlos, Amazon's next generation Kindle, a new ebook store for Australia, Firefox possibly heading for a steady decline in popularity, mistakes that Linux newbies make. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_067 Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Dr Stephen Hughes from Queensland University of Technology talks to us about the inaccurate definition of the word siphon in many dictionaries, 9 year old MCSE holder Marko Calasan joins us from Macedonia, plus more. Dr Stephen Hughes from Queensland University of Technology talks to us about the inaccurate definition of the word siphon in many dictionaries, 9 year old MCSE holder Marko Calasan joins us from Macedonia, Kate Carruthers gives her side of the dispute over the geekgirl trademark, Google's open source codec that could rival H.264, Skype on Panasonic televisions, Facebook identifies the hacker Kirlos, Amazon's next generation Kindle, a new ebook store for Australia, Firefox possibly heading for a steady decline in popularity, mistakes that Linux newbies make. 1:35:35 no Facebook privacy concerns, Adobe's disasterous Flash demo, rumours are that Apple are developing an alternative to Flash, Google is rumoured to be working on an alternative to the iPad, Android phone sales in the US outdo those of the iPhone, a possible second iPhone 4G leak, Skype may start displaying third party ads, an Australian physicist corrects an error in the Oxford English Dictionary that went unnoticed for 99 years. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_066 Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Facebook privacy concerns, Adobe's disasterous Flash demo, rumours are that Apple are developing an alternative to Flash, Google is rumoured to be working on an alternative to the iPad, Android phone sales in the US outdo those of the iPhone, plus more. Facebook privacy concerns, Adobe's disasterous Flash demo, rumours are that Apple are developing an alternative to Flash, Google is rumoured to be working on an alternative to the iPad, Android phone sales in the US outdo those of the iPhone, a possible second iPhone 4G leak, Skype may start displaying third party ads, an Australian physicist corrects an error in the Oxford English Dictionary that went unnoticed for 99 years. 51:10 no The Courier and Slate tablets won't be released to market, the new Joojoo tablet, Google asks for an extension over the Groggle trade-mark dispute, Internet Explorer 9 will natively support H.264, Facebook hacker rumoured to be in New Zealand is not in New Zealand, Javascript performance in Chrome 5 Beta, non-Latin domains activated, text messages on the Telecom network arrive scrambled. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_065 Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann The Courier and Slate tablets won't be released to market, the new Joojoo tablet, Google asks for an extension over the Groggle trade-mark dispute, Internet Explorer 9 will natively support H.264, plus more. The Courier and Slate tablets won't be released to market, the new Joojoo tablet, Google asks for an extension over the Groggle trade-mark dispute, Internet Explorer 9 will natively support H.264, Facebook hacker rumoured to be in New Zealand is not in New Zealand, Javascript performance in Chrome 5 Beta, non-Latin domains activated, text messages on the Telecom network arrive scrambled. 45:49 no Cameron Collie from Groggle talks to us about the battle between his company and Google over trade marks, Lufthansa offers Gray Powell a free flight to Germany, police raid the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen, McAfee announces it will compensate users affected by its recent blunder, Sony plans to stop manufacturing floppy disks, a well known Russian hacker may be living in New Zealand, Whitcoulls to launch ebooks later this month. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_064 Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Cameron Collie from Groggle talks to us about the battle between his company and Google over trade marks, Lufthansa offers Gray Powell a free flight to Germany, police raid the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen, plus more. Cameron Collie from Groggle talks to us about the battle between his company and Google over trade marks, Lufthansa offers Gray Powell a free flight to Germany, police raid the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen, McAfee announces it will compensate users affected by its recent blunder, Sony plans to stop manufacturing floppy disks, a well known Russian hacker may be living in New Zealand, Whitcoulls to launch ebooks later this month. 46:57 no Jake Briggs recounts how his webcam set-up alerts him to a burglary at his house while he is at work, McAfee's big blunder, the lost iPhone 4G, Adobe and Apple don't see eye to eye over Flash, the Downfall movie meme may come to an end, Android on the iPhone, TVNZ On Demand on the PS3. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_063 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Jake Briggs recounts how his webcam set-up alerts him to a burglary at his house while he is at work, McAfee's big blunder, the lost iPhone 4G, Adobe and Apple don't see eye to eye over Flash, the Downfall movie meme may come to an end, plus more. Jake Briggs recounts how his webcam set-up alerts him to a burglary at his house while he is at work, McAfee's big blunder, the lost iPhone 4G, Adobe and Apple don't see eye to eye over Flash, the Downfall movie meme may come to an end, Android on the iPhone, TVNZ On Demand on the PS3. 1:08:00 no The Kin phone from Microsoft, eBay ordered to pay out over fradulent user, Nikkei bans unauthorised hyperlinks to its site, Google rankings to depend on server response speeds, TelstraClear announces that Ziln is now unmetered. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_062 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann The Kin phone from Microsoft, eBay ordered to pay out over fradulent user, Nikkei bans unauthorised hyperlinks to its site, Google rankings to depend on server response speeds, TelstraClear announces that Ziln is now unmetered. The Kin phone from Microsoft, eBay ordered to pay out over fradulent user, Nikkei bans unauthorised hyperlinks to its site, Google rankings to depend on server response speeds, TelstraClear announces that Ziln is now unmetered. 23:07 no Shane Williamson talks to us about Microsoft losing his entire blog of six years, Apple launches a new mobile advertising network, the future of Bebo is unknown, one third of Australians have lost their mobile phones, Telecom XT problems continue, Google directs pedestrians through a bus tunnel. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_061 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Shane Williamson talks to us about Microsoft losing his entire blog of six years, Apple launches a new mobile advertising network, the future of Bebo is unknown, one third of Australians have lost their mobile phones, plus more. Shane Williamson talks to us about Microsoft losing his entire blog of six years, Apple launches a new mobile advertising network, the future of Bebo is unknown, one third of Australians have lost their mobile phones, Telecom XT problems continue, Google directs pedestrians through a bus tunnel. 52:59 no The iPad is launched, YouTube updates its user interface, uncertainty about the cause of search outage in China, why you shouldn't necessarily trust SSL connections, Sony removes the Linux option on its Playstation 3 devices, users of touch screen phones more satisfied than other smart phone users. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_060 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann The iPad is launched, YouTube updates its user interface, uncertainty about the cause of search outage in China, why you shouldn't necessarily trust SSL connections, Sony removes the Linux option on its Playstation 3 devices, plus more. The iPad is launched, YouTube updates its user interface, uncertainty about the cause of search outage in China, why you shouldn't necessarily trust SSL connections, Sony removes the Linux option on its Playstation 3 devices, users of touch screen phones more satisfied than other smart phone users. 35:39 no Internet users mysteriously redirected to Chinese servers, a bot defeats Microsoft Live audio Captchas, the rumoured tablet from Microsoft, no Web browser is secure, a new user interface upgrade for Wikipedia, Visa to issue chip and PIN credit cards in New Zealand, yet another Telecom XT outage. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_059 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Internet users mysteriously redirected to Chinese servers, a bot defeats Microsoft Live audio Captchas, the rumoured tablet from Microsoft, no Web browser is secure, a new user interface upgrade for Wikipedia, plus more. Internet users mysteriously redirected to Chinese servers, a bot defeats Microsoft Live audio Captchas, the rumoured tablet from Microsoft, no Web browser is secure, a new user interface upgrade for Wikipedia, Visa to issue chip and PIN credit cards in New Zealand, yet another Telecom XT outage. 38:26 no Microsoft's Waledec take-down was successful, more infected HTC Magic phones, Google is interested to hear what Microsoft has to say about Buzz, when your iPad battery no longer holds its charge, no clipboard for Windows Phone 7 Series, Google is no longer the most popular Web site, sex.com is for sale. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_058 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Microsoft's Waledec take-down was successful, more infected HTC Magic phones, Google is interested to hear what Microsoft has to say about Buzz, when your iPad battery no longer holds its charge, no clipboard for Windows Phone 7 Series, plus more. Microsoft's Waledec take-down was successful, more infected HTC Magic phones, Google is interested to hear what Microsoft has to say about Buzz, when your iPad battery no longer holds its charge, no clipboard for Windows Phone 7 Series, Google is no longer the most popular Web site, sex.com is for sale. 15:40 no Microsoft improves its browser ballot randomness, fake Intel processors, HP reveals its answer to the iPad, malware is found on a new HTC Android phone, the Pentagon trains workers to hack, Sony's new wireless game controller, Vodafone's turn to experience an outage. boysoftech@www.co.nz (Edwin Hermann) http://media.boysoftech.com/Boys_Of_Tech_057 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1200 Edwin Hermann Microsoft improves its browser ballot randomness, fake Intel processors, HP reveals its answer to the iPad, malware is found on a new HTC Android phone, the Pentagon trains workers to hack, Sony's new wireless game controller, plus more. Microsoft improves its browser ballot randomness, fake Intel processors, HP reveals its answer to the iPad, malware is found on a new HTC Android phone, the Pentagon trains workers to hack, Sony's new wireless game controller, Vodafone's turn to experience an outage. 39:36 no