Geeks Interrupted

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Daniel Olivares talks producing a great radio show, and then making it a sweet Podcast - SATT003 [Social Audio Think Tank] Would you pay a random person to taxi you around? I did and this is what happened [SMH] NSW Transport Minister sends mixed messages over legitimacy of Uber 'ride-sharing' service [The Age] Uber 'ride-sharing' service under investigation as public warned off app [The Age] NYPD's Twitter photo contest backfires with images of aggressive police force [The Verge] Qantas makes hash of tweet campaign [SMH] Is THIS the Loch Ness Monster? Apple's Maps satellite image may have found Nessie [Daily Mail] That Fishy Image On Apple Maps Is Not The Loch Ness Monster [Forbes] Apple posts $10.2B in profit on $45.6B in revenue, announces stock split [The Verge] Tim Cook says Apple is 'closer than it's ever been' to new product category [The Verge] Apple's letting anyone help test its

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: 3D-printed cast concept uses ultrasound to heal broken bones [The Verge] Texts from Star Trek: The Next Generation [Tumblr] Free Uber Rides Coming To Brisbane In Limited Testing Phase [Reckoner] TPG fined $400,000 for cutting off triple-zero access [iTWire] No, Commonwealth Bank is not running OpenSSL [TechGeek] Facebook Launching Mobile Ad Network At F8 Conference [Re/code] Facebook adds feature for finding nearby friends [SMH] Dutch teen arrested over 'joke' bomb tweet threat to American Airlines [Daily Mail] To those tweeting terrorist threats to airlines: what the f*** is wrong with you? [TechGeek] US Airways Tweets Pic of Woman With Toy Airplane in Her Vagina [NSFW] [Jezebel] Rubin (Hurricane) Carter, Boxer Found Wrongly Convicted, Dies at 76 [The New York Times] 'Mrs. Doubtfire' Sequel in the Works With Robin Williams, Chris Columbus Returning [The Wrap] Everything is a Remix Part 2

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Simon Taylor. Show Notes: The Science Of Doctor Who [YouTube] The Science of Doctor Who [RiAus] Sexy Sax Man Careless Whisper Prank feat. Sergio Flores [YouTube] On track and online: Free Wi-Fi for train commuters [3AW] Funny, Simon Taylor [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Wishful Thinking, Jen Brister [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Rock God, Joel Creasey [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Double Happiness, Bart Freebairn [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Here's Looking At Me, Beau Stegmann [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] NBN Co downgrades FTTP rollout [ITNews] NBN Co turfs CTO, CFO, head of commercial [Delimiter] What is the Heartbleed Bug? [Vox] Heartbleed Explanation [xkcd] Change Your Passwords For These 15 Heartbleed-Vulnerable Sites ASAP [Cult of Mac] Heartbleed should motivate you to get a password manager [The

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Simon Taylor. Show Notes: April Fools' Day prank: parents sent SMS saying school closed [The Age] Dob in your tweeting mate at work? So much for free speech [The Guardian] Remove 'offensive remark' or else: Immigration Dept [SBS News] Funny, Simon Taylor [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] We ♥ Comedy, Victoria Healy presents [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Let's Write A Book, Simon Keck [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] The Completely Improvised Musical, Impromptunes [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Wishful Thinking, Jen Brister [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] eBay Now Allows Virtual Currency Sales [TechCrunch] Microsoft to restore Start menu to Windows [Computerworld] Microsoft scam man is sentenced in 'landmark' case [BBC News] Microsoft unveils Cortana, its answer to Siri and Google Now [Engadget] Mozilla CEO resig

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Simon Taylor. Show Notes: Funny, Simon Taylor [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Variety Show, Fancy Boy [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, Gillian Cosgriff [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Double Happiness, Bart Freebairn [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Fresh, Khaled Khalafalla [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Facebook buying Oculus VR for $2 billion [The Verge] 'Minecraft' creator cancels Oculus Rift version following Facebook acquisition [The Verge] Japan to send phone alerts for incoming missile strikes [The Verge] eBay passwords revealed as username+123456 [ITNews] Twitterrific Goes Freemium [MacStories] Apple Quietly Sells Its 500 Millionth iPhone [Mac Rumors] Apple working on bringing racial diversity to emoji icons [LA Times] Dynasty star Kate O'Mara dies at 74 in Sussex, E

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Simon Taylor. Show Notes: JetHead's Blog [Airline Pilot Blog] Funny, Simon Taylor [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] You've Changed, Amos Gill [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Wolf Creek The Musical [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Best of the Edinburgh Fest [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!, Adrienne Truscott [Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014] Myer stops taking cheques in favour of faster payment options [The Age] Malcolm Turnbull Wants You To Move House To Get Better Internet [Gizmodo Australia] Telstra, not Turnbull, at fault in Twitfight [The Register] iiNet's Michael Malone quits after 21 years [The Age] ALDI Mobile Slashes $35 Plan Data Allowance To 1GB [Lifehacker Australia] UK operator Three will limit data tethering to 2GB for new cus

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Melbourne public transport: Tram, train, bus users stranded with unusable data [The Age] NBN Co plans retaliation for TPG fibre project [ZDNet] Google: Australian Piracy Is An Availability And Pricing Problem [Gizmodo Australia] Drone 'used to carry drugs near prison' [BBC News] World Wide Web turns 25 years old [The Age] Neil Young Launching PonoMusic Via Kickstarter [Pitchfork] Apple releases iOS 7.1 with reboot fix, UI tweaks, and CarPlay [The Verge] Apple building support for driving 4K displays at 'Retina' resolution, 60Hz output from 2013 MacBook Pros [9to5Mac] BBC Releases 30th Anniversary Edition Of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Text Adventure Game. You Have Died (And Gone To Gaming Heaven) [TechCrunch] Romanian Man Commits Suicide and Kills His 4-Year-Old after Falling for Police Ransomware [HOTforSecurity] Wesley Warren, the Man With the 132-pound Scrotum, Dead at 49 [Gaw

Phil Edwards and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Public Transport Victoria finally releases timetable data to the public [TechGeek] Is Telstra's 'New Phone Feeling' Meant To Be A Sort Of Creeping Sense Of Dread? [Reckoner] News Corp Australia dumps Exchange for Gmail [Delimiter] This Australian Startup Will Let You Rent A Friend For Up To $60 An Hour [Business Insider] Coles reveals customers' data is shared with third parties overseas [SMH] Aldi gets wrist slap over 'unlimited' plans [ZDNet] Bitcoin exchange boss, Autumn Radtke, found dead of suspected suicide in Singapore [News.com.au] Another Bitcoin heist adds to cybercurrency woes [ITWire] The Satoshi Paradox [Reuters] Who cares who created Bitcoin? [Techly] MetroTwit's Windows apps are no longer available to download, Twitter API limitations to blame [The Next Web] 1 in 10 Americans thinks HTML is an STD, study finds [The Age] Mozilla is investigating why Dell UK is charging £16.25 to install

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Telcos gouging on SMS by up to 90,000%, says consumer group [The Age] Melbourne IT snares NetRegistry in $50.4m deal [AFR] Bitcoin giant Mt Gox files for bankruptcy after possible $US500m lost to hacking [The Age] @N Has Been Restored to Its Rightful Owner [The Next Web] Ten smartphones that caught our eye at Mobile World Congress [TechHive] Samsung hopes its Galaxy S5 is the picture of health [Greenbot] Meet Samsung's new smartwatch family: the Gear 2, Neo and Fit [Engadget] Meet YotaPhone, the dual-screen smartphone finally coming to the U.S. [TechHive] Apple fixes glaring SSL vulnerability with OS X 10.9.2, adds FaceTime Audio and iMessage blocking [The Next Web] Tim Cook Angrily Rejects Political Proposal Asking for Profits-First Policies [Mac Rumors] Apple TV Business Generated $1 Billion in 2013, Cook Says 'Difficult to Call It a Hobby' [Mac Rumors] Apple's 'iOS in the car' said to

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: New Telstra Plans: The Full Leaked Pricing [Gizmodo Australia] BPR price change Mar 2014 [Australia Post] Turnbull launches broadband tracker website [ZDNet] Fitbit stops selling the Force, recalls all product and offers customers a full refund [Mobile Syrup] Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion in deal shocker [Reuters] Facebook will no longer change your privacy settings when you die [The Verge] Apple releases iOS 7.0.6, iOS 6.1.6, & Apple TV 6.0.2 with fixes [9to5Mac] Steve Jobs will appear on a US postage stamp in 2015 [The Verge] Breathe easy - now all train stations, tram shelters and platforms, and bus shelters are smoke free [Public Transport Victoria] Devo guitarist Bob Casale dead aged 61 [SMH] Charlotte Dawson, former model and television personality, found dead in Sydney apartment [ABC News] 'Space Jam 2' could be happening, with LeBron James in tow [The Verge] NBC res

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Microsoft will craft XP patches after April '14, but not for you [Computerworld] Windows XP Haswell processors not supported [Page Start] Stop the torrents: Australian government eyes copyright crackdown [ZDNet] Digital copyright review recommends 'controversial' fair use provision [ZDNet] It's a lucrative game, as industry tops $2 billion in Aussie sales [iTWire] Self-scan fail: Supermarkets lose billions as thieving customers help themselves [The Age] Australian Police To Start Using Android-Powered Fingerprint Scanners [Gizmodo Australia] Calling All Dreamers: Disney Is Launching a Startup Accelerator Program [Entrepreneur] Apple brings its iTunes Radio music streaming service to Australia, its first market outside the US [The Next Web] Apple claims progress on underage employment and conflict materials [The Verge] Steve Jobs' lost time capsule found after 30 years [The Guardian] Shirl

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Website meltdown adds to Asos discomfort [The Age] Stop Tony Meow: A Chrome Extension That Replaces Pictures Of Tony Abbott With Adorable Cats [Junkee] Facebook Estimates Between 5.5% and 11.2% of Accounts are Fake [The Next Web] Microsoft Asks Windows XP Holdouts: Upgrade to Windows 8 Already [PCMag] Google's Latest Doodle Shows Support For LGBT Olympians Heading To Sochi [TechCrunch] It Gets Better: Apple Employees [YouTube] It Gets Better: Google Employees [YouTube] NYPD testing pairs of Google Glass for police use [ABC7NY] Toyota to exit Australia, 30,000 jobs could go [The Age] Breaking: EVERYTHING we know about the iPhone 6 [TUAW] 'Flappy Bird' to be removed from app stores, developer tweets [LA Times] Apple currently plans to release iOS 7.1 in March [9to5Mac] Leonard Nimoy reveals he has lung disease [BBC News] Schapelle v INXS: who won the ratings war [The Age] Something we ment

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Regional radio stations pull online streams due to licensing issues, metro stations might be next [TechGeek] Mischievous spam report sees YouTube take down Prime Minister's message [The Age] Facebook announces Paper: a 'distraction-free' news-reading app for iOS [Engadget] Facebook Tells Advertisers Where You Spend Money [NBC Bay Area] 'Twitter Commerce' leak puts a buy button next to retweet and favorite [Engadget] How I lost my $50,000 Twitter username [Ars Technica] PayPal and GoDaddy respond to Twitter hacking controversy, sidestep blame [The Verge] Google sells Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91 billion [The Verge] Google purchases Nest for $3.2 billion [The Verge] Philip Seymour Hoffman dead at 46 [The Age] Seven axes Today Tonight on east coast [The Age] Jesse Eisenberg cast as Lex Luthor in 'Batman/Superman' film [Entertainment Weekly] Something we mentioned in the show but missing in

Phil Edwards and Andy Blume are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Rob Lloyd. Show Notes: 'Exceptionally fast': Vodafone 'comfortably' trumps Telstra, Optus in 4G mobile speed tests [SMH] Monash University first to get its own domain name [The Age] South Korea bans unremovable mobile bloatware [Ars Technica] Uber employees spammed competing car service with fake orders [The Verge] Microsoft reports 3.9 million Xbox One shipments in 2013 [Ars Technica] Unlimited 76Mbps for $38: BT's awesome FTTN prices [Delimiter] Apple reportedly planning to let you buy physical goods through your iTunes account [9to5Mac] Apple reflects on 30 years of Macintosh [The Verge] Greg Kinnear is winning as loser in Rake [SMH] 56th Annual Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees [GRAMMY.com] Triple J Hottest 100 - 2013 [Triple J] Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our Contact Page. Songs We Played: Men At Work - "Down Under" [iTunes] Mental As Anyt

We're enjoying a break over the Christmas season, but we haven't forgotten our podcast listeners! Enjoy this look back to Episode 9 when we were joined by Anthony Agius. Questions, Comments, Feedback and Suggestions are all welcome. Website - http://geeksinterrupted.fm Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GeeksInterrupted Twitter - https://twitter.com/GeeksOnAir Voicemail - http://www.speakpipe.com/GeeksInterrupted If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe.

We're enjoying a break over the Christmas season, but we haven't forgotten our podcast listeners! Enjoy this look back to Episode 3 when we were joined by Rob Amos. Questions, Comments, Feedback and Suggestions are all welcome. Website - http://geeksinterrupted.fm Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GeeksInterrupted Twitter - https://twitter.com/GeeksOnAir Voicemail - http://www.speakpipe.com/GeeksInterrupted If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe.

We're enjoying a break over the Christmas season, but we haven't forgotten our podcast listeners! Enjoy this look back to Episode 1 when we were joined by Katherine Back. Questions, Comments, Feedback and Suggestions are all welcome. Website - http://geeksinterrupted.fm Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GeeksInterrupted Twitter - https://twitter.com/GeeksOnAir Voicemail - http://www.speakpipe.com/GeeksInterrupted If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe.

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: One gigabit available on NBN this month [SMH] Australia's last remaining analogue TV transmitters switched off [ABC] New USB Type-C connector is smaller, reversible, supports USB 3.1 [Ars Technica] Meltdown: Bitcoin Crashes To $US576 [Business Insider] Delivery drones are coming: Jeff Bezos promises half-hour shipping with Amazon Prime Air [The Verge] Facebook Considers Adding a 'Sympathize' Button [The Atlantic] Apple's App Store Hits One Million Apps in the United States [Mac Rumors] Apple begins using iBeacons at all its 254 US retail stores [AppleInsider] Chekov returns in this trailer for 'Star Trek: Renegades' fan project [The Verge] Chris Lilley confirms the return of Jonah as BBC leaks details first [The Drum] 'Fast & Furious' actress Gal Gadot cast as Wonder Woman in 'Man Of Steel 2' [NME] Something we mentioned in the show but missing in the Show Notes? Let us know via our

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Ziggy Switkowski warns of more NBN cost blowouts as services of the future in doubt [The Age] Switkowski earns AU$50K per month extra as NBN Co CEO [ZDNet] Confidential briefing: NBN unlikely to meet Coalition's deadline [The Age] Telstra's copper is 'nearly beyond repair' and 'an absolute disgrace': union [The Age] GST on internet sales: State and territories to decide on online shopping changes next year [ABC] Government Still Wants to Look Into Collecting GST on Sub-$1000 Imports [Reckoner] Bitcoin Crosses The $1,000 Mark On The Mt.Gox Exchange [TechCrunch] Classic Tamagotchi returns with new virtual pet keychain [The Verge] MSN messenger: The end of an era [The New Daily] Apple retail stores go (RED) for World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 [9to5Mac] Apple Australia Black Friday Sale: It's All About Gift Cards [Lifehacker Australia] Eric Schmidt writes a guide for switching from iPhone to Android

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: CEO admits Optus milked customers [The Age] No need for 100Mbps NBN, Switkowski tells Senate [Delimiter] Victoria Police to increase fines for motorists who use mobile phones behind the wheel [The Age] End of an era: Once-popular media player Winamp closing down on December 20 [The Next Web] Source: Microsoft In Talks To Buy Shoutcast And Winamp From AOL [TechCrunch] Report: Spotify Is Now a $4 Billion Company [Mashable] Last man streaming: Spotify's $250 million war chest makes it the music company to beat [The Verge] Two Million! [Raspberry Pi] Photographer wins $1.2 million from companies that took pictures off Twitter [Reuters] Switch to e-books was 'an unmitigated disaster', says school principal [Independent.ie] Apple will now pay you for a water-damaged iPhone or iPad | Apple [CNET] iWork for iOS and Mac Updated, Keynote Gains New Transitions [Mac Rumors] Genius Bar reservation pag