Google+ is hot, and dominated by men, while Windows XP finally gets a kill date – 3 years from now, and can News Corp whether the phone hacking scandal in Britain? All that and more on this week’s edition of TECHGEEK Weekly.
Hosted by Stewart Wilson, he is joined by Terence Huynh and Chris Southcott, while Tom makes a cameo appearance in one section. And this is why we can’t have nice podcasts – we take too long preparing for the show.
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Show Notes
The Weekly Overview
Apple, Microsoft bid for Nortel patents now under antitrust investigation
OFFICIAL: Foxtel now will acquire Austar in deal worth $2bn
HP webOS now led by Stephen DeWitt, Jon Rubinstein takes charge of ‘product innovation’
News Corp bid for BSkyB moves to Competition Commission amid more allegations of phone hacking
Reports: News Corp withdraws bid for BSkyB
Ballmer: Windows 7 has sold 400 million licenses
For Rent: Doctor Who episodes heading to Facebook
Apple App Store prices get a little cheaper for Australians
Google+ reaches 10 million, +1 used 2.3 billion a day
In the Loop
Apple Releases iOS 4.3.4 to Address Latest Jailbreaking Vulnerability
Apple ‘leaks’ Thunderbolt-equipped LED Display…on their website
OS X Lion ready applications begin appearing on the Mac App Store
New MacBook Airs Coming ‘Late Next Week’
Updated MacBook Air to Offer Minimum of 128 GB SSD and 4 GB RAM?
Rumor: iPhone 5 not arriving soon because the A5 chip is overheating?
Tom Stockings
GALLERY: Hands on the Nokia N9
Minecraft – Pocket Edition live demonstration
Paid to eat: woman fattens up bank balance by scoffing food online
5 years ago today Twitter launched to the public
The Other News
Hotmail bans common passwords and introduces hacking alert system
Microsoft sets official kill date for Windows XP
Microsoft Will Bite The Bullet And Open 75 More Stores
Windows 8 works on all Windows 7 PCs
BlackBerry Media Box Codename “BlackBerry Cyclone” Coming This Fall! – Netflix Ready and More!!
Amazon Ogles Australian Start Ups
Tweet revenge: Turnbull publishes climate critic’s number
Lady Gaga’s YouTube account suspended for ‘severe violations’
I’m going to kill you’: neighbour from hell hacker gets 18 years jail
Pwnage Playtime
Uncharted 3 Beta Most Popular in PS3 History