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Bill Gates steps down as executive chairman of MS
Top 10 hits andmisses at MS
Grow Asparagus on mars
Nokia buys Symbian - makes it free.
MS Send FireFox team cake
3d hologram of tie fighter
Lego Vault contains every lego set, ever:
Walle done by an animator;
We’re still off our tits about BatMan, which is selling out in the US.
Hackers crack London underground
The ‘Moaster’ is the highest popping toaster in the world
Easychair Workstation

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SInce iTunes has given us the love of being Australia’s Number 1 Geek Podcast, i thought I’d give it some love back by adding a sexy new iTunes button in the sidebar. For those reading this in an RSS reader, here’s what it looks like.

Cleek it! You know you want to…

We’re the number one tech podcast in Australia today! God bless iTunes bizarre chart system.

Its been posted all over my feeds and twittters and what nots, so normally i wouldn’t bother re-posting here, but I just mentioned it to an ubergeek and he hadn’t seen it yet. 

Nicely played: 

Listeners to the show will know I’m a bit of a Google fan. I wouldn’t go so far as to say fanboy, there are many things about the Goog’ i find frustrating, and possibly terrifying. But as a Mac user, I’ve been fascinated by the Goog’s tremendous growth, and as them being the only game in town big enough to take down Microsoft. 

One thing I’ve been obsessed about recently is the idea that Google could use its Apps suite of Email, Docs, Address Book Syncing and the like and form a kind of Exchange Killer that would be easy to set up, and compatible with multiple devices and operating systems. 

Well, today that idea seems closer to reality as The NSW Department of Education announced they will be moving from Exchange to Google Apps, through their partner SMS. 

One argument i always hear against the idea of Google Apps replacing Microsoft Exchange is that large companies will never go for a set up they can’t monitor ‘in house’. I’m sure larger companies would be reluctant to change to a hosted system, and some never will, but todays decision is a vote of confidence that atleast some sectors will think about making the switch.

Have i completed missed the point here? Microsoft Exchangers, what are your thoughts? 

One of my all time favourite ’sports’ is Air Hockey, its about as sporty as any geek should get. Well, some guys over at Nuvation have just released an Air Hockey playing Robot. Teh Awesomes.

In this our third episode we chat about
Ice on mars! The Mars Phoenix twitters signs of life.
Chris Geeked out at Space Classics and was able to share a urinal with a storm trooper 
Al pledges to buy an AT-AT covered in graffiti (its only $2k at Christies)

Al also brings us This week in Lego..

Lil’ Petey plays with the new Canon HV30

Chris really wants an RPG Piggy Bank
 Firefox downloaded 8 million times beats previsouly never set record.
 ’Mio’ Knight Rider GPS - 
Al will crash your pool this summer, friend him now on Facebook!
Mr Fusion is a step closer to reality
Stewart Butterfield’s resignation letter + resultant yahoo resignation letter generator
CREEPY SNOW domes - damn, i can’t find the link, but i’m sure Al will add it to the comments.. 

 

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As you will hear we had a bit of a Lego geek out in episode 3. Sure the Star Wars stuff was cool, but this takes the cake:

I give you Wall-E,

LEGO FTW!!!

Yay!

If you’ve subscribed to the RSS feed via itunes, could you please be so kind to unsubscribe from that and re-sub through the iTunes store. This will gaurantee iTunes will keep us fresh in the store.

Click Here to Subscribe in iTunes. 

In our second episode that is still not in itunes, we play around with Chris’ new eeePC. It sure is purdy, and surprisingly useful. 

Then on to the ‘news’, with Bionic Binoculars that give the miliatry Time Crisis style Auto-Aim

To a Binoic Woman,

To Bionic Planes that can auto adjust for those annoying moments when you lose a wing mid-flight. 

Looking for that special gift? The Original Kitt is on EBay…

Firefox wants to set a new download record tomorrow..

Westinghouse brings us the universal charger,

and Microsoft wants to teach your devices manners.

We also spotted an Awesome Firefox plugin to protect you from Myspace

and in the longest preamble in podcast history, we discuss the Ebay- PayPal shenanigans

Finally, Alex reviews the install procedure of Metal Gear Solid. 

Please, let us know what you think, we’re still working out the kinks. 

 

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