The Global Geek Podcast #027
A huge effort this week to keep the show to an hour or so, there is a bit more “so” this week. This is only because of the great content that we had lined up. Unfortunately some got canned at the last minute due to the packed show.
This week we have everything from breaking news (you heard it here first), IE 7 (at Dave’s expense), the Zune woes to ground breaking new web sites that will revolutionise the way we do things. Enjoy.
Don’t forget these Show Notes have all the links to the Sites, Services and Applications mentioned!
The Global Geek Podcast (MP3 – 31.5MB – 01:08:56)
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Show Notes
Welcome
- Conversations
- IE 7 and Windows Media Player (Knightwise sees an opportunity… and never knocks back a good one)
- The Internet has a Birthday and what that has to do with Knightwise & Belgium
Technology News
- iSight Support and Parallels
- Google and YouTube Deal Closes
- YouTube still has 200M… just in case
- Google Video Makes some Improvements
- Streaming Video Hacked
- Kevin Mitnick’s Security Advice
- Is Gmail a Virus?
- Microsoft Pay Universal
- Zune and Vista are not Buddies
- More Tools to
HackRemove files from your iPod,share them with your Mates… - Only 1% Porn? Sorry to Disappoint You
- IE 7 and Firefox Phishing Shoot-out: SonicWALL Phishing IQ Test
- Minimising Firefox Leaks, it might not be what you think it is
- Java has Been Set Free
- Broadband Speed Record
- Google Earth Adds ESA Satelite Images
- Black Market ISP’s
TPN Show Promo – The Cranky Middle Manager Show
Applications
- Skype 2.5 beta for Mac Released
- Shutter: Extensively Featured Remote Shut-down Utility
- DRM Dumpster (Mac): Strip DRM from iTunes Tracks, Automate it with a CDRW
- iTube: Transfer any YouTube Video Straight to Your iPod
Firefox Extensions
- Smart Middle Click 0.4: Enable Middle Click for Java Script Links
- FoxClocks 2.0: World Times in Firefox
- FaviconizeTab: Minimise Tabs to the width of a Favicon
Feedback
- Michael Specht via Email
- Brie via Email (thanks mate)
- Quintura Developer via Email
- Adam via Skype IM
Thank you to our loyal listeners and developers that took the time to make contact with us this week.
Sites and Services
- RealMap: The Future of House Hunting [Yet to Launch]
- Mappr!: Google Maps and Flickr Mash-up
- OneLook: Dictionary with Reverse Look-up [Knightwise at his best]
- 2 Prong: Disposable Emails for Sites Requiring Email Authentication
- Mobitv: First Mobile Television and Didital Radio Service Provider – Product Info
- PhoneZoo: Create and Share Ringtones
- Podlinez: Listen to Podcasts on Your Moble [can someone clear the copyright issue up?]
- Kibloze: Message your Mates as a Group, Anywhere, on any Device, at the same Time
- Fleck: Annotate any Web Page and Share
- Yourminis: Widget Based Homepage that you Can Share with Others
Get Chicken!
- Kidnapper Shot in the Nuts
- Forgetful Thief
The Global Geek Quick Quote of the Week
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Farewell
Knightwise at the Marsh: The Knight Site
Dave at the Coop: Rooster’s Rail
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November 20th, 2006 at 11:30 am
Guys – another great show and thanks for mentioning me.
happy to talk about anything software if you ever want me.
jason
November 21st, 2006 at 4:10 am
Guys,
Thanks for the review – we are actually launching a community around published tabs sometime this week. Think youtube with search, sort, ratings, comments, and more but for Tabs.
Thanks again for the support!
November 22nd, 2006 at 10:45 pm
G’day gents,
Thanks for taking a look at our beta site and appreciate the comments, we’ve since thrown up a news page with a couple of your more elaborate quotes!
House hunting has been a pain in the backside in Australia and 7 months back we decided we’d build a faster, easier way to find your dream home. We looked overseas for inspiration and wanted an interface that had as big a map as possible. While we built out the UI we learnt a heap from the real estate agents in OZ and they’re really looking for more control over their property listings. This is why we adopted the meta-search model of directing users through to their own sites for details and to enquire. They love it too.
Your’s is the first podcast I dropped onto my ipod, love the whole concept of a yank and an aussie – keep it up!
Cheers,
Dan