Let's Talk Geek http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv Not just another tech show Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:28:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © Let's Talk Geek 2011 ltgwp@letstalknetwork.tv (Let's Talk Network) ltgwp@letstalknetwork.tv (Let's Talk Network) 1440 http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/files/2011/05/gIconWhite144x144.png Let's Talk Geek http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv 144 144 Let's Talk Geek Not just another tech show Geek, podcast, South, Africa Let's Talk Network Let's Talk Network ltgwp@letstalknetwork.tv no clean Valentine Equation,Bozza and Hockey :Lets Talk Geek Episode 81 http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/02/16/valentine-equationbozza-and-hockey-lets-talk-geek-episode-81/ http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/02/16/valentine-equationbozza-and-hockey-lets-talk-geek-episode-81/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:27:54 +0000 timhaak https://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/?p=1342 Audio

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  • Geek Valentine (JE)
    • Paste into Google: sqrt(cos(x))cos(300x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)
    • (4-xx)^0.01, sqrt(6-x^2), -sqrt(6-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5
  • Google Screenwise Panel will pay you to track your every move online (AV)
    • http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/08/google-screenwise-panel-pays-to-track-browsing/
  • FNB changes tune on 22seven
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/software/43375-fnb-changes-tune-on-22seven.html
  • Move over BBM and MXit, ZiNG is here
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/software/43269-move-over-bbm-and-mxit-zing-is-here.html
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/43301-zing-mobile-messaging-app-all-the-details.html
  • Bozza mobile content marketplace launched in SA
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/43361-bozza-mobile-content-marketplace-launched-in-sa.html
  • Gatfol: World domination and "a Ferrari in every driveway"
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/business/43197-world-domination-and-a-ferrari-in-every-driveway.html
  • ADSL IPC price reduction uncertainty
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/adsl/43099-adsl-ipc-price-reduction-uncertainty.html
  • The R89 billion broadband question
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/43055-the-r89-billion-broadband-question.html
  • MTN 75MB Smartphone Service value questioned
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/43171-mtn-75mb-smartphone-service-value-questioned.html
  • Google acquisition of Motorola gets EU, US approval
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/43327-google-acquisition-of-motorola-gets-eu-us-approval.html
  • Coming in 2012: Firefox for Windows 8's Metro
    • http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57376421-264/coming-in-2012-firefox-for-windows-8s-metro/
  • Scientists create hockey-playing robot, in Canada of course
    • http://www.slashgear.com/scientists-create-hockey-playing-robot-in-canada-of-course-14213479/
  • Spray-on Antenna (Signal in a can!)
    • http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/11/spray-on-antenna-revealed-best-thing-to-come-in-a-can-since-eas/

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  • The OMG-AR15 Unicorn zombie gun
  • http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/the-omg-ar15-unicorn-zombie-gu.html
]]> http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/02/16/valentine-equationbozza-and-hockey-lets-talk-geek-episode-81/feed/ 0 Mandroids Eat Raspberry Pi :Lets Talk Geek Episode 80 http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/02/15/mandroids-eat-raspberry-pi-lets-talk-geek-episode-80/ http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/02/15/mandroids-eat-raspberry-pi-lets-talk-geek-episode-80/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:27:20 +0000 timhaak https://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/?p=1335 Audio

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  • Lake Vostok Reached
    • http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/business-tech/science/120203/alien-lake-vostok-russia-science-exploration-antarctica
    • http://rt.com/news/antarctic-million-secrets-lake-583/
  • Perfect Super-Earth Habitable Planet discovered just 22 LY away
    • http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id

      habitable-planet-gj-667cc

    • http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/1768-find-life-alien-planets.html
  • New hard drive technology is hundreds of times faster
    • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2097748/New-hard-drive-technology-hundreds-times-faster--allow-drives-record-terabytes-data-second.html
  • Raspberry Pi
    • http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/615
  • More Quadrocopters!
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v

YQIMGV5vtd4

  • Amazon in the Process of Launching a Retail Store
    • http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/amazon-in-the-process-of-launching-a-retail-store/
  • Chrome for Android beta coming to SA:
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/42937-chrome-for-android-beta-coming-to-sa.html
  • Smartphone Show-Off
    • Nokia Lumia 800 (Gerrit) & Galaxy Nexus (Jan)
  • Fibre in SA - An eye-opener
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/42651-fibre-in-sa-an-eye-opener.html
  • MTN and Vodacom data deals, specials, and BIS abuse
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/42889-mtn-confirms-new-smartphone-data-bundle-pricing.html
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/42875-vodacom-slashes-broadband-prices-february-2012.html
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/42991-vodacom-cracking-down-on-blackberry-abusers.html
  • Adafruits’ “Circuit Playground” is app for iOS
    • http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/06/adafruits-circuit-playground-app-deciphers-resistor-codes/
  • Roland’s new iModela Miniature Hobby 3D Milling machine is cute!
    • http://www.rolanddga.com/products/milling/imodela/
  • Is Google’s Top-Secret X-Lab finally opening up?
    • http://www.wesolveforx.com/
    • http://9to5google.com/2012/02/06/google-x-is-actually-google-x-as-in-solve-for-x-and-there-is-a-we-solve-for-x-conference-happening-now-solveforx/
    • http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/technology/at-google-x-a-top-secret-lab-dreaming-up-the-future.html?_r

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    • OK Go - Needing/Getting (Video)
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c
    • The one-inch-tall coffee maker that brews the perfect cup:
  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2097698/The-inch-tall-coffee-maker-brews-perfect-cup.html
    • ]]>     http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/02/15/mandroids-eat-raspberry-pi-lets-talk-geek-episode-80/feed/ 0     Data Deals, A Pulse-less Man, 22Seven’s T&Cs Revised and Fibre in SA: QuickGeek E008 http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/02/15/data-deals-a-pulse-less-man-22sevens-tcs-revised-and-fibre-in-sa-quickgeek-e008/ http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/02/15/data-deals-a-pulse-less-man-22sevens-tcs-revised-and-fibre-in-sa-quickgeek-e008/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:26:04 +0000 timhaak https://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/?p=1333 Audio

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    • MTN and Vodacom data deals, specials
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/42889-mtn-confirms-new-smartphone-data-bundle-pricing.html
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/42875-vodacom-slashes-broadband-prices-february-2012.html
    • Vodacom cracking down on BIS abusers
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/42991-vodacom-cracking-down-on-blackberry-abusers.html
    • First ‘Heartless’ Man: You Don’t Really Need A Heart, Or A Pulse
      • http://designtaxi.com/news/351464/First-Heartless-Man-You-Don-t-Really-Need-A-Heart-Or-A-Pulse/
    • Vodafone SmartTab - Android Honeycomb tablet launched
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/gadgets/42917-vodacom-android-honeycomb-tablet-launched.html
    • 22seven’s scary T&C’s getting revised
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/42783-22seven-scary-tcs-getting-revised.html
    • Fibre in SA: an eye-opener
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/42651-fibre-in-sa-an-eye-opener.html
    ]]>     http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/02/15/data-deals-a-pulse-less-man-22sevens-tcs-revised-and-fibre-in-sa-quickgeek-e008/feed/ 0     22seven vs ABSA, FTTH and what 3G would you get and why?: QuickGeek E007 http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/02/03/22seven-vs-absa-ftth-and-what-3g-would-you-get-and-why-quickgeek-e007/ http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/02/03/22seven-vs-absa-ftth-and-what-3g-would-you-get-and-why-quickgeek-e007/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:53 +0000 timhaak https://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/?p=1330

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    • 22seven vs South African banks
    • FTTH comes to a Cape Town suburb thanks to the mountain
    • Pirate Bay founders denied Supreme Court appeal and may be looking at jail time, or will they?

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    What 3G would you get and why?

    ]]>     http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/02/03/22seven-vs-absa-ftth-and-what-3g-would-you-get-and-why-quickgeek-e007/feed/ 0     Nanosatellites Unify ADSL :Lets Talk Geek Episode 78 http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/01/27/nanosatellites-unify-adsl-lets-talk-geek-episode-78/ http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/01/27/nanosatellites-unify-adsl-lets-talk-geek-episode-78/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:12:12 +0000 timhaak https://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/?p=1324

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    • Launch Your Own Nanosatellite Into Space
      • http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/20/0143212/launch-your-own-nanosatellite-into-space
    • Microsoft Visual Studio Get Achievements Badges and Leaderboards
      • http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1334253/visual-studio-gets-achievements-badges-leaderboards
    • Town turns off the lights to see the stars
      • http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/0412235/town-turns-off-the-lights-to-see-the-stars
    • The truth about ADSL costs in SA
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/adsl/41847-the-truth-about-adsl-costs-in-sa.html
    • Alan Knott Craig at Cell C
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/business/41787-how-alan-knott-craig-got-the-cell-c-job.html
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/business/41715-alan-knott-craigs-plan-for-cell-c.html
      • http://www.techcentral.co.za/knott-craig-out-to-shake-up-boring-telecoms-sector/28651/
    • Nokia Lumia launch
    • BB vs Android vs Apple
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/41777-blackberry-vs-android-vs-apple-ios.html
    • Ubuntu Readies New Unity
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/software/41911-ubuntu-readies-new-unity.html
    • Digital TV encryption debate settled?
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/42069-digital-tv-free-to-air-encryption-debate-settled.html
    • Should your broadband data expire
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/41907-should-your-broadband-data-expire.html
    • Steve Song’s AfTerFibre project hits Telkom snag
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/columns/41951-a-gentle-plea-to-telkoms-ceo.html

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    • Star Wars Uncut Project
  • http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1835202/star-wars-uncut-project-complete
    • ]]>     http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/01/27/nanosatellites-unify-adsl-lets-talk-geek-episode-78/feed/ 0     Nokia Lumia, AfTerFibre and Should your broadband data expire?: QuickGeek E006 http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/01/26/nokia-lumia-afterfibre-and-should-your-broadband-data-expire-quickgeek-e006/ http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/01/26/nokia-lumia-afterfibre-and-should-your-broadband-data-expire-quickgeek-e006/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:12:27 +0000 timhaak https://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/?p=1321 Audio

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    • Alan Knott Craig at Cell C
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/business/41787-how-alan-knott-craig-got-the-cell-c-job.html
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/business/41715-alan-knott-craigs-plan-for-cell-c.html
      • http://www.techcentral.co.za/knott-craig-out-to-shake-up-boring-telecoms-sector/28651/
    • Nokia Lumia announced/launched in SA
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/gadgets/42139-nokia-lumia-800-pricing-and-launch-details.html
    • Digital TV encryption debate settled?
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/42069-digital-tv-free-to-air-encryption-debate-settled.html
    • Should your broadband data expire?
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/41907-should-your-broadband-data-expire.html
    • AfTerFibre
      • http://manypossibilities.net/afterfibre/

    Question

    What is Android?

    ]]>     http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/01/26/nokia-lumia-afterfibre-and-should-your-broadband-data-expire-quickgeek-e006/feed/ 0     TopTV porn problems, Galaxy Nexus and Which media devices to get: QuickGeek E005 http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/01/19/toptv-porn-problems-galaxy-nexus-and-which-media-devices-to-get-quickgeek-e005/ http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/01/19/toptv-porn-problems-galaxy-nexus-and-which-media-devices-to-get-quickgeek-e005/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:06:52 +0000 timhaak https://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/?p=1315

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    • Alan Knott Craig refutes Cell C CEO rumours.
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/business/41579-alan-knott-craig-refutes-cell-c-ceo-rumours.html
    • TopTV facing off against ICASA over its 3 proposed porn channels and its website getting hacked
    • Google Kenya
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/business/41309-google-accused-of-dodgy-business-practices.html
    • Social search, new features for Google+
    • MyBusiness
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/business
    • Rudi Jansen leaves mweb
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/business/40953-rudi-jansen-leaves-mweb.html
    • Galaxy Nexus and Nokia Lumia launch info update

    Questio

    Which media device to get

    ]]>     http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2012/01/19/toptv-porn-problems-galaxy-nexus-and-which-media-devices-to-get-quickgeek-e005/feed/ 0     Vodacom 20GB,Porn in SA and Wikileaks says your being watched: QuickGeek E004 http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2011/12/09/vodacom-20gbporn-in-sa-and-wikileaks-says-your-being-watched-quickgeek-e004/ http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2011/12/09/vodacom-20gbporn-in-sa-and-wikileaks-says-your-being-watched-quickgeek-e004/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:00:23 +0000 timhaak https://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/?p=1312

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    • Vodacom 20GB for R499 deal extended to contract customers
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/39511-vodacom-20gb-for-r499-deal-extended-to-contract-customers.html
    • Even quantum physics can’t escape rumour-mongers... God particle may be within our grasp
      • http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/07/higgs_boson_comes_closer/
    • Porn channels in SA
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/39461-playboy-tv-confirmed-for-toptv-porn-channels.html
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/39383-toptv-porn-plans-clarified.html
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/39353-pay-tv-porn-channels-for-sa.html
    • Dictators used SA surveillance equipment WikiLeaks:
    • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/telecoms/39239-dictators-used-sa-surveillance-equipment-wikileaks.html
    ]]>     http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2011/12/09/vodacom-20gbporn-in-sa-and-wikileaks-says-your-being-watched-quickgeek-e004/feed/ 0     Facebook, porn and livable planets :Lets Talk Geek Episode 76 http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2011/12/08/facebook-porn-and-livable-planets-lets-talk-geek-episode-76/ http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2011/12/08/facebook-porn-and-livable-planets-lets-talk-geek-episode-76/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:01:38 +0000 timhaak https://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/?p=1311

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    • Porn channels in SA
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/39461-playboy-tv-confirmed-for-toptv-porn-channels.html
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/39383-toptv-porn-plans-clarified.html
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/39353-pay-tv-porn-channels-for-sa.html
    • No data rollover lands broadband providers in trouble
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/39431-no-data-rollover-lands-broadband-providers-in-trouble.html
      • http://mybroadband.co.za/news/business/20430-cpa-and-3-year-prepaid-data-rollover.html
    • Piratebay lens for Unity
      • https://plus.google.com/u/0/104126327661540805262/posts/Pf7kLipwYKw
    • Facebook bug exposes Zuckerberg’s privates
      • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16067383
    • Google’s graphic calculator
      • http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/12/googles-graphing-calculator.html
    • Jan-AppleScript to convert list of Markdown references to list of Markdown links (compared to the string manipulation / parsing of other languages)
    • Android Market sale to celebrate 10 billion app downloads: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/10-billion-android-market-downloads-and.html,
    • http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Android-Market-Tops-10B-Downloads-Google-458134/
    • Android Market sale Day 2
      • https://market.android.com/details?id

        apps_timed_promotion&feature

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    • Chrome overtakes Firefox according to StatCounter
      • http://gs.statcounter.com/press?PHPSESSID

     

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    • Kepler 22-b
      • http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/multimedia/images/kepler-22b-diagram.html, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16040655
    • MS previews Windows store
      • http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2011/12/06/windows-store-preview-amp-app-contest.aspx
    • How we almost lost Doom 3 and id for good
      • http://opensource.com/life/11/11/we-almost-lost-doom-3-id-for-good?sc_cid

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    • Copter Swarm
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v

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    ]]>     http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2011/12/08/facebook-porn-and-livable-planets-lets-talk-geek-episode-76/feed/ 0     LLU Scoping document, Sony marketing failures: QuickGeek E003 http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2011/12/08/llu-scoping-document-sony-marketing-failures-quickgeek-e003/ http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/2011/12/08/llu-scoping-document-sony-marketing-failures-quickgeek-e003/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:38:20 +0000 timhaak https://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/?p=1307

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    • Sony’s biggest marketing fails » MyGaming News and Reviews
      • http://mygaming.co.za/news/ps3/27987-sonys-biggest-marketing-fails.html
    • First Demonstration of Inkjet-Printed Graphene Electronics - Technology Review
      • http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27368/
    • Web Africa uncapped ADSL now supports FreeZone » MyGaming News and Reviews
      • http://mygaming.co.za/news/news/27771-web-africa-uncapped-adsl-now-supports-freezone.html
    • LLU Scope document published today.
      • http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid

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