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Boys of Tech 052: Patching while driving
Updated: 2010-02-07 12:00:00
Description: More woes for Toyota, Amazon buys touch-screen company, Apple's 15 percent cash payout, Telecom's CDMA and ISDN networks both suffer outages....more...

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Boys of Tech 051: The iPod Maxi
Updated: 2010-01-31 12:00:00
Description: Apple's iPad announcement, Google wants to change the DNS protocol, reverse engineering a spam bot to defeat spam, the new MusicDNA file, another Internet Explorer vulnerability, new standards may mean quieter television ads, Telecom's XT mobile netw...more...

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Boys of Tech 050: When you see a handle you expect to pull
Updated: 2010-01-24 12:00:00
Description: A new punctuation mark to denote sarcasm, French and German governments issue warnings over Internet Explorer, Baidu.com sues US domain name registrar, the long-rumoured Apple tablet, gadgets at CES, Bill Gates is now on Twitter....more...

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Boys of Tech 049: The Google episode
Updated: 2010-01-18 12:00:00
Description: Cameron Slater from Whale Oil talks about name suppression in the Internet age, Google hints at pulling out of China, users complain about problems with Google's Nexus One phone and also criticise Google's support model, France considers taxing Googl...more...

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Boys of Tech 048: Like a bull out of a gate
Updated: 2009-12-20 12:00:00
Description: Live video feed from US drones intercepted, up to 33 million passwords compromised from users of Facebook and MySpace widgets, Google loses French copyright case, playlists for the Web make for a better way of searching the Internet, demonstrating th...more...

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Boys of Tech 047: Food for thought
Updated: 2009-12-13 12:00:00
Description: Why Apple has blocked over a thousand apps from its store, Chinese woman tries fingerprint transplants to avoid detection, Google and Yahoo now include real time data in their search results, Americans consume a lot of data, an airport security manua...more...

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Boys of Tech 046: We've put a rocket into space
Updated: 2009-12-06 12:00:00
Description: The DARPA balloon challenge, Switzerland's solar plane test flight, malware asks for SMS as ransom, Psystar ceases selling Mac clones, Mac Pro versus Macpro, Google's new front page....more...

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Boys of Tech 045: Hello NSA
Updated: 2009-11-29 12:00:00
Description: Mathew Peterson explains why he has had to rename his popular iPodRip software to iRip, music sales in Sweden soar, collisions at CERN, pub offering free wireless is fined for copyright infringement, stories from the Kiwicon hacker conference....more...

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Boys of Tech 044: They are going to be tweets
Updated: 2009-11-22 12:00:00
Description: Google wants to speed up the Web, Switzerland takes Google to court, guessing the purpose behind Apple's new patent, Psystar loses case against Apple, Chinese military site attracts millions of hackers, Twitter ads....more...

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Boys of Tech 043: Going
Updated: 2009-11-15 12:00:00
Description: Hundreds of thousands of Xbox Live accounts cancelled, security firm takes out botnet, Jetstar to trial SMS boarding passes, disappearing content on Apple TV, Google's Go name clash, hijacking Facebook groups, Blu-ray's DRM, printing more than just ...more...

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Boys of Tech 042: Psychoacoustic simulations
Updated: 2009-11-08 12:00:00
Description: EMI's post-concert downloads, bugs in cameras, psychoacoustic simulations, a dangerous Mac game, skewing online polls....more...

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Boys of Tech 041: Lo
Updated: 2009-11-01 12:00:00
Description: The Internet is 40 years old this week, DNS goes beyond the Latin character set, country-specific DNS hierarchies, the Golden Joysticks awards, Geocities closes its doors for good, this year's New Zealand Computerworld Government ICT award....more...

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Boys of Tech 040: Cloud computing is like a cloud
Updated: 2009-10-25 12:00:00
Description: Microsoft and Google strike deals with Twitter, another cloud storage failure, Monty Widenius says Oracle should let go of mySQL, Apple's new Magic Mouse, France adopts its three-strikes piracy law, live Twitter billboards in Auckland and Wellington,...more...

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Boys of Tech 039: Competitive podcasting
Updated: 2009-10-18 12:00:00
Description: Sidekick's massive data loss, Apple's data loss, DVD Jon's DoubleTwist project, Tim Berners-Lee apologises for superfluous slashes, ringtones and royalties, the 2010 Olympic medals, how Windows 7 compares with Snow Leopard....more...

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Boys of Tech 038: Where's my caps lock key?
Updated: 2009-10-11 12:00:00
Description: Nobel Prize for Physics, Wii Balance Boards for airport security, Google Native Client, disclosing payments behind biased blog posts, when free upgrades aren't really free, Apple takes on Woolworths over its logo, Sony sued for bricking consoles, Bru...more...

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Boys of Tech 037: Nothing's going to happen in 2012
Updated: 2009-10-04 12:00:00
Description: ICANN to lose dependence from US government, ad-funded music download service, zero-touch wireless pedometer, IBM's entry into cloud-based email services, social network auctions....more...

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Boys of Tech 036: Certified standards non-compliant
Updated: 2009-09-27 12:00:00
Description: What we pay for when we pay for news, Google is against the idea of paying for news, Microsoft ramps up its fight against piracy, Google's solution for Internet Explorer, why text-speak can be a good thing, a blogger is told to stop giving advice wit...more...

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Boys of Tech 035: The Internet is full of memes
Updated: 2009-09-20 12:00:00
Description: Addiction to technology, the Zune HD, performing rights groups demand more from iTunes, developing iPhone applications using C# and .Net, the book being published on Twitter is sold, new technology to power wireless heart pumps....more...

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Boys of Tech 034: Just not in the bathroom
Updated: 2009-09-13 12:00:00
Description: Concerns over Oracle killing mySQL, providing a micropayment service for online news, Google's sneaky ad technique, iPod Nano now comes with an FM tuner, Panasonic's new LED light bulbs, an Internet TV first for New Zealand, IRD considers open source...more...

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Boys of Tech 033: New HDTV inside
Updated: 2009-09-06 12:00:00
Description: Google's outage, why Wikipedia will soon fail, Microsoft wants a global patent body, higher insurance premiums for users of social networking sites, AMD's new CPU, New Zealand Post expands its open source trial....more...

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Boys of Tech 032: Giant teddy bear robots
Updated: 2009-08-30 12:00:00
Description: Wolfram Alpha's search deal, ganging up against Google, the future of libraries, Apple adds malware protection to Snow Leopard, the Loch Ness monster is found on Google Earth, the new Japanese nurse robot, unsigned singer gets a rare opportunity than...more...

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Boys of Tech 031: Rocket packs and flying cars
Updated: 2009-08-23 12:00:00
Description: US helps avoid Chinese Internet filter, exploding iPods, the new slim PS3, video ads in print magazines, stress testing the clouds, the IP address shortage, Nat Torkington elected to InternetNZ council....more...

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Boys of Tech 030: Carnivorous tables and insect-eating clocks
Updated: 2009-08-16 12:00:00
Description: XML patent woes for Microsoft, Toshiba goes Blu-Ray, Google's new search engine, Internet-connected pacemakers, true-to-form Outlook for the Mac, Yahoo's solution to spam, censored story about termination rates for Vodafone and 2Degrees appears on Wi...more...

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Boys of Tech 028: Microhoo
Updated: 2009-08-02 12:00:00
Description: The search deal of the decade, Volomedia claim podcasting patent, the Palm Pre deal of the decade, Apple reject Google Voice app, adverse health effects from wireless hotspots non-existent, Stratford District Council considers free wireless Internet,...more...

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Boys of Tech 029: Just don't ribbon Facebook
Updated: 2009-08-09 12:00:00
Description: Twitter and Facebook DDoS, charging for news content, Apple's approach to settling over a broken iPod, Apple's new black box patent, low-end Adobe software only available as a service, Open Office gets the ribbon....more...

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Boys of Tech 027: They're not exciting, but you kinda need them
Updated: 2009-07-26 12:00:00
Description: Musician asked to take down one of his own tracks, the future of Pirate Bay, Amazon acquires Zappos, Microsoft puts forward a proposal to the EU, the reason behind Microsoft's GPL code release, a look at Facebook Connect, Matt Stewart talks about pub...more...

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Boys of Tech 026: Googlised
Updated: 2009-07-19 12:00:00
Description: Microsoft online applications, what Gazelle is all about, using Twitter as a publishing tool, Qantas refuses to run political ad, bringing snail mail into the 21st century, logging key strokes via the electricity wires, Telecom XT attracts a lot of c...more...

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Boys of Tech 024: Chalk is cheap
Updated: 2009-07-05 12:00:00
Description: Pirate Bay's new video streaming site, technology to replace parking warden's chalk, USB 3.0, vomit ad pulled, anti-malware software rankings, Open2View to introduce QR codes, a mini cellular network in your living room, no Windows 7 discounts down-u...more...

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Boys of Tech 025: You never know which ones are full of nuts
Updated: 2009-07-12 12:00:00
Description: A new operating system from Google, a blunder from McAfee, ancient bible texts are now online, Telstra gives up on off shore call centre, the lying down game, a new real estate service for New Zealand, greater surveillance powers for government agenc...more...

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Boys of Tech 019: An air of coolness
Updated: 2009-06-01 12:00:00
Description: Microsoft's new search, TCP trick to transmit secret messages, the chk-chk-boom girl, Russian group buys Facebook stake, the Zune HD, Twitter's business model, Google toys with HTML5, EU sues Sweden, Cobol turns 50, Vodafone New Zealand to give away ...more...

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Boys of Tech 020: Earthquake
Updated: 2009-06-06 12:00:00
Description: Windows 7 release date announced, Adobe's browser comparison service, a treasure hunt for a diamond ring, ATMs with malware, Chrome for Linux and the Mac, another birthday celebration....more...

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Boys of Tech 021: Leave my Twitter alone
Updated: 2009-06-14 12:00:00
Description: E3, WWDC, the Pirate Party gets a seat, Twitter to tackle fake accounts, Windows 7 without IE in Europe, French overturn three strikes law, securing New Zealand's national DNA database, the first Android phone for New Zealand, Twitter via phone for K...more...

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Boys of Tech 022: These are our mountains
Updated: 2009-06-21 12:00:00
Description: Microsoft giving away free software, Blu-Ray analogue hole to be closed, the story of Conficker, iPod may have saved a girl's life, YouTube lets you decide how ads are played, Bing subdomain for explicit content, a new Twitter client for a very old m...more...

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Boys of Tech 023: The Eiffel Tower
Updated: 2009-06-28 12:00:00
Description: Google's new image search technology, screen scrambler technology to prevent prying eyes, flaw in Apache, liver transplant for Jobs, Kodak kills Kodachrome, a twittering house, emulation application pulled from Apple app store, music charts to includ...more...

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Boys of Tech 018: It's not a search engine
Updated: 2009-05-24 12:00:00
Description: Wolfram Alpha goes live, the Google tricycle, Vodafone confirms New Zealand's first Android phone, Telecom in talks with Apple, Frucor launches game-based ad campaign....more...

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Boys of Tech 001: The S92A saga begins
Updated: 2009-02-01 12:00:00
Description: Adobe opens RTMP protocol, GMail adds offline access, US military secrets leaked, Wikipedia tightens reins, Encyclopaedia Britannica loosens reins, Google Earth's part in a drug bust, Microsoft's new DRM-laden music store, Apple's new touch-screen pa...more...

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Boys of Tech 002: Zombies ahead! Run for your lives!
Updated: 2009-02-08 12:00:00
Description: Google Latitude, Facebook is a goldmine, the new .tel top-level domain name, browser market share figures, New Zealand Companies Office on Twitter, Microsoft says anti-piracy initiative will only be a bit annoying, Vodafone's pricing stuff-up,....more...

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Boys of Tech 003: Only a bit annoying
Updated: 2009-02-15 12:00:00
Description: Microsoft's app store, Apple rumoured to introduce entry-level phone, French planes grounded by Windows worm, Kaspersky hacked, Germany's new cyber war unit, a new video format war, unofficial version of Silverlight for Linux....more...

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Boys of Tech 004: The Boy of Tech
Updated: 2009-02-22 12:00:00
Description: Microsoft has $250,000 up for grabs, TechCrunch's YouTube downloader broken, Skype jump into bed with Nokia, Pirate Bay founders on trial, Twitter clickjacking, Nokia's turn to release an app store, Boring couple sue Google, how to avoid having to su...more...

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Boys of Tech 005: Donkeys and their contribution to society
Updated: 2009-03-01 12:00:00
Description: Xbox DoS attacks, Microsoft's payroll gaffe, legal torrents, home made patch for Adobe, GMail outage, the new variant of Conficker, Microsoft sues Tom Tom, cellular providers unhappy about Skype To Go, New Zealand Government to delay new copyright la...more...

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Boys of Tech 006: Please give us back our money
Updated: 2009-03-08 12:00:00
Description: YouTube and Universal close to deal, judge orders defendant to decrypt files, security flaws in djbdns, Google shows secret British military base, Railcorp threatens iPhone app creator, the Vatican wants religion kept out of Internet structure, Micro...more...

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Boys of Tech 007: The next train is at 3:30
Updated: 2009-03-15 12:00:00
Description: Google Voice, the road ahead for Internet Explorer, social sites more popular than email, cellphone botnets, film industry's new weapon against piracy, iTunes gift card algorithm hacked, the future of online music, TelstraClear walks out of copyright...more...

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Boys of Tech 008: Gazelle
Updated: 2009-03-22 12:00:00
Description: iPhone OS 3.0, rumours about Apple entering the gaming market, another newspaper goes Web-only, Australia's secret blacklist, court allows papers to be served via Facebook, Shell New Zealand hacked....more...

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Boys of Tech 009: The first rule about the list is that there is no list
Updated: 2009-03-29 12:00:00
Description: Windows 7's touch interface, Mac cracked in under 10 seconds, Chrome only browser left standing, Britain asks Google to turn off Street View for a while, police raid home of wikileaks domain name holder, New Zealand's Section 92A is scrapped, Telstra...more...

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Boys of Tech 010: Keep your greasy pizza fingers off my screen
Updated: 2009-04-05 12:00:00
Description: Cyber espionage network discovered, Skype on the iPhone, Wikia goes bust, EA drops DRM, introduction of anti-piracy law causes massive drop in Internet traffic, France's proposed anti-piracy law, Seeqpod is bankrupt, Europeans love Firefox, Domino's ...more...

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Boys of Tech 011: HADOPI
Updated: 2009-04-13 12:00:00
Description: Associated Press fighting back at misappropriation, U2 manager thinks France's proposed anti-piracy law is the bees knees, spies hack US electricity grid, spam levels at all-time high....more...

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Boys of Tech 012: You cannot patch people
Updated: 2009-04-19 12:00:00
Description: Pirate Bay founders sentenced to jail, eBay sells off Skype, wireless Internet access on Queensland trains, Internet usage trends, image rotation CAPTCHA....more...

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Boys of Tech 013: We can't pay and we wouldn't pay
Updated: 2009-04-26 12:00:00
Description: Oracle buys Sun, Adobe Flash on the set-top box, lawyers for Pirate Bay demand a retrial, Paul McCartney says Pirate Bay verdict is far, music pirates are also biggest music buyers, court rules that TV programme listings are not copyright, Chinese ha...more...

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Boys of Tech 014: Never shake a baby
Updated: 2009-05-03 12:00:00
Description: What's Popular, plug pulled on Geocities, another controversial iPhone application, a $62,000 movie, a look at who controls the Internet, New Zealand Copyright Act may be rewritten from scratch, John Key joins Twitter....more...

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Boys of Tech 015: Pest Control
Updated: 2009-05-10 12:00:00
Description: EC wants consumer protection laws to cover software, the good guys hijack a botnet, how Google scans books, Yahoo beats Google by 2 years, Dell to sell via Dick Smith, Vodafone and Telecom fight over network interference....more...

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Boys of Tech 016: The grass is greener at Yahoo
Updated: 2009-05-17 12:00:00
Description: Swedish government asks Pirate Bay founders for money, DDo$ against Pirate Bay lawyers, Visa trials new credit card, France's new law is at odds with EU law, the great Wikipedia hoax, Twitter community angry at change, Google to re-shoot in Japan, Au...more...

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Boys of Tech 017: It must be true - I read it on the Internet
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