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We did a short show this week. Well short as in we talked about 2 topics. Go ahead and enjoy the show...
Direct download: theITChannel_Podcast_Episode_24.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:53 PM
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Stories this week: 1. A week of outages. Looks like lots of outages this week. Facebook, Sidekick, Twitter.
a. Are we relying to much on technology?
b. What is the backup when these happens?
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10373349-36.html
- http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/twitter-warns-users-not-change-log-in-data-until-further-notice-815
- http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/oct09/10-15sidekick.mspx
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4245
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10375186-56.html
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/12/ibm_new_zealand/

2. E-Books how useful are they? Everyone seems to be pushing it. We talked about this last week and we are revisiting the viability of e-Books and e-book readers. Including an announcement by Google to launch a new Bookstore/Remote Download. With Google coming in, it will help other ebook readers compete with amazon as an alternative ebook provider. Online Stores Rules.

Google's Announcement
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-10-15-google-editions_N.htm?csp=34
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173749/google_online_bookstore_fuels_ereader_war.html

E-Books Avaliable/Announcements
http://gizmodo.com/5379050/ebook-craze-goes-outside
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/5-inch-bebook-mini-now-shipping-in-the-us-for-199-hands-on/
http://gizmodo.com/5378234/why-i-think-e+ink-readers-are-dumb

3. Malaysia Step up to protect Personal Data
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/10/8/technology/20091008134431&sec=technology

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Direct download: theITChannel_Podcast_Episode_23.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:48 AM
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Here are the topics we rambled about this week:
1. Google Wave Revisit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ&feature=autoshare
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/09/google-wave-is-easier-to-understand-than/

2. Windows Launch Party
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/10/09/unboxing-the-windows-7-launch-party-kit/
http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/09/28/2136255/Mainstream-Press-Cringes-At-Win7-Launch-Parties?from=rs
http://lifehacker.com/5077690/get-windows-7s-best-features-right-now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ&feature=player_embedded#t=148

3. Kindle to go worldwide
http://www.pcworld.com/article/173392/amazon_already_taking_international_kindle_orders.html
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/09/amazon-confirms-international-kindle-dx-is-on-the-way-too/

4. HTC Touch 2 and HTC Leo http://mytechnews.info/b/2009/10/and-the-htc-leo-is-official.html
http://mytechnews.info/b/2009/10/some-pictures-from-the-htc-touch2-offer.html

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Direct download: theITChannel_Podcast_Episode_22_1.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:41 PM
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Here are the topics we rambled about this week: 1. Google wave preview launches
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/missed-the-google-wave-beta-weve-got-hands-on/
http://lifehacker.com/5370738/google-wave-first-look

2. Chrome OS Launching next month?
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/chrome-os-coming-to-netbooks-as-early-as-next-month/

3. Apple buys MapMaker ditches Google Maps
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/30/apple-gets-a-mapmaker-where-does-that-leave-google/

4. Microsoft Essentials Free, A Threat and Down Play
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/first-look-microsoft-security-essentials-impresses.ars
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/kaspersky-pragmatic-about-microsoft-s-free-security-639336
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/interviews/352018/microsoft-free-security-essentials-is-a-threat-to-symantec
http://mytechnews.info/b/2009/10/microsoft-security-essentials-impresses.html

5. Maxis Brand Refresh
http://mytechnews.info/b/2009/09/maxis-launches-hotlink-brand-refresh.html

Direct download: theITChannel_Podcast_Episode_21_1.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:01 AM
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Here is what we talked about. Have a listen to what we have to say about these topics:

1. Google Sidewiki http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/help-and-learn-from-other-as-you.html

2. Microsoft Courier http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet http://mashable.com/2009/09/22/microsoft-courier/

Additional Information: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/inkseine/index.html http://community.research.microsoft.com/blogs/alpineinker/archive/2008/10/01/microsoft-research-codex.aspx

3. Google Push Email http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/push-gmail-for-iphone-and-windows.html

4. Celcom’s Downtime http://nst.com.my/articles/4svc-2-2a/Article/index_html http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/9/25/nation/4782983&sec=nation http://www.lowyat.net/v2/latest/celcom-users-face-major-service-disruption-4.html

5. Ruumz http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/9/8/technology/20090908150057&sec=technology

7. Beware Illegal Dowloaders or they will pull the internet rug from under your feet http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/9/25/technology/20090925094503&sec=technology http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/9/16/technology/20090916134824&sec=technology

Direct download: theITChannel_Podcast_Episode_20.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:21 PM
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Topics we talked about:

1. Happy Internernational Talk Like a Pirate day - Pirate Pickup Lines:
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/howto.html#pickup

2. Microsoft Visual Seach - Bing
http://mashable.com/2009/09/14/bing-visual-search/

3. Microsoft Zune HD - Does it have it to challenge the iPod?
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/18/review-zune-hd/

4. Palm Abandons Windows Mobile
http://www.precentral.net/palm-abandons-windows-mobile

5. Twitter readies the new ReTweet API - Facebook - Twitter Wars Heat Up
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/18/closing-in-on-launch-twitter-tweaks-its-retweet-api-and-a-picture-of-how-it-will-look/

6. Twitter Change Terms of Service ala Facebook
http://www.techcrunch50.com/

8. Top 10 Google Searches in Malaysia - The Sad state of Malaysia Tech News
http://technu.nst.com.my/Current_News/techNu/Monday/Notebook/20090914104527/Article/index_html

Direct download: theITChannel_Podcast_Episode_19_-_Aye_Ye_Podcast_with_No_Rum.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:25 AM
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We came back with a bang with Toh of http://www.mytechnews.info/ Sheldon Goh - http://sheldongoh.deviantart.com and Andrew Kok - http://www.twitter.com/andrewkjs/

We took a look at the "Its only Rock and Roll" Apple event and didn't think it was that eye opening, jaw dropping as its usually is. We ended up talking more about Norah Jones than the event itself. How weird is that?
http://gizmodo.com/5356723/apple-roundup-ipod-nano-video-cam-itunes-9-jobs-gets-healthier
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/09/steve-jobs-says-ipod-touch-didnt-get-a-camera-because-its-a-g/>

We also talked about the premium content and how google is helping newspapers to use micropayments to charge for their premium paid content.
http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/09/google-developing-a-micropayment-platform-and-pitching-newspapers-open-need-not-mean-free/
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/google-plans-tools-to-help-news-media-charge-for-content/

Pixi wasn't that impressive and yes the Palm Pre is not even in our shores, yet we urge Palm to reconsider the markets beyond the US and how asia can help them sell more.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/09/the-palm-pixi-is-official-headed-to-sprint-this-holiday-season/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/08/source-palm-to-unveil-pixie-phone-this-week/

We took a swing at the unnecessary statement from Symantec urging users to think twice when using freeware. No advice was really given and there were no compelling reason as to why we should not be considering a freeware program when it comes to security or any other software that Symantec meant to say.
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/9/9/technology/20090909164516&sec=technology

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1. Ebay to Sell Skype
http://www.techmeme.com/090901/p4#a090901p4
http://www.meettheboss.com/ebay-acquisitions-and-investments.html

2. Microsoft Word was banned and then unbanned
http://gizmodo.com/5352493/microsoft-word-ban-postponed-stays-on-shelves-for-back-to-school
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8237497.stm

3. Android Market Place
http://gizmodo.com/5352346/android-market-16-update-finally-brings-app-screenshots

4. HTC launch
http://mytechnews.info/b/2009/09/htc-launches-the-hero-in-malaysia/

5. Nokia World 2009 Product Announcements
http://mytechnews.info/b/2009/09/product-announcements-at-nokia-world-2009/


Direct download: theITChannel_Episode_17__We_are_Back_Episode.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:46 AM
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1. Green Dam Filter
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/34341-malaysia-mulls-green-dam-despite-chinas-failure

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/8/6/technology/20090806211439&sec=technology

http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/08/07/is-malaysias-net-clampdown-at-odds-with-knowledge-economy/

2. Twitter got Hacked to silence one man
http://mashable.com/2009/08/07/twitter-facebook-2/

3. The Apple Tablet
www.crunchgear.com/2009/08/01/someone-has-seen-the-tapplet-and-is-making-vague-statements-about-it/

Via http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10303158-250.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Toh of MyTechnews.Info can be found at:
MyTechNews.info
Twitter: MyTechNewsInfo

Andrew Kok one of the many moderators of LowYat.Net forum can be found at:
Twitter: AndrewKJS

Direct download: theITChannel_Episode_16__Dam_Green_DDoS_Tapplet.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:12 AM
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This week we are fortunate to have Toh on the panel together with Andrew and myself.

Toh of MyTechnews.Info can be found at:
MyTechNews.info
Twitter: MyTechNewsInfo

Andrew Kok one of the many moderators of LowYat.Net forum can be found at:
Twitter: AndrewKJS

Today's News:
1. Happy 3Gs Day
2. SMS vulnerability patched in the Apple iPhone 3.0.1 firmware release
3. Ebay in litigation with Skype founders. Hope they don't kill this podcast.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/31/ebay-in-litigation-with-skype-founders-over-key-technology/

Direct download: theITChannel_Podcast_Episode_15_the_3Gs_Malaysia_Experience.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:53 AM
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