Valentine Equation,Bozza and Hockey :Lets Talk Geek Episode 81

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• Johan Els
• Quintin van Rooyen

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• Tim Haak

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Topics

• 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/

Kicker

• The OMG-AR15 Unicorn zombie gun
• http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/the-omg-ar15-unicorn-zombie-gu.html

Mandroids Eat Raspberry Pi :Lets Talk Geek Episode 80

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• Jan Vermeulen
• Johan Els
• Luke Potgieter
• Gerrit Vermeulen

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• The Mixer

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Topics

• 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
    

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  • 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

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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:

22seven vs ABSA, FTTH and what 3G would you get and why?: QuickGeek E007

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• Jan Vermeulen
• Tim Haak

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Topics

• 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?

Question

What 3G would you get and why?

Nanosatellites Unify ADSL :Lets Talk Geek Episode 78

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• Jan Vermeulen
• Johan Els
• Tim Haak

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Topics

• 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

Kicker

• Star Wars Uncut Project

Nokia Lumia, AfTerFibre and Should your broadband data expire?: QuickGeek E006

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• Jan Vermeulen
• Tim Haak

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• The Mixer

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Topics

• 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?

TopTV porn problems, Galaxy Nexus and Which media devices to get: QuickGeek E005

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• Jan Vermeulen
• Tim Haak

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Topics

• 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

Vodacom 20GB,Porn in SA and Wikileaks says your being watched: QuickGeek E004

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• Johan Els
• Tim Haak
• Gerrit Vermeulen

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• The Mixer

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Topics

• 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

Facebook, porn and livable planets :Lets Talk Geek Episode 76

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• Stewart Allen
• Gerrit Vermeulen

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• Jan Vermeulen
• Johan Els
• Tim Haak

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Topics

• 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
    

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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

wwK7WvvUvlI

LLU Scoping document, Sony marketing failures: QuickGeek E003

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Topics

• 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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