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Guardian Technology – Friday 16th July

Seb — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:32:48 +0000

During my work experience placement on the Technology and Media desk of The Guardian, I wrote and co-authored several pieces each day for their online portal.

Apple iPhone 4: countdown to the press conference – It’s crunch day for Apple and iPhone 4 – what can we expect? Stay with us for coverage throughout the day

Google News update adds (gasp!) human choices – at a safe distance – The choice of news on the site will not, in future, be entirely computer-generated, though Google’s not quite giving in to flesh-and-blood just yet/li>

Guardian Technology – Wednesday 14th July

Seb — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:33:21 +0000

During my work experience placement on the Technology and Media desk of The Guardian, I wrote and co-authored several pieces each day for their online portal.

Google Me, Facebook you? – Rumours abound about imminent launch of new Google social network to rival Facebook.

eBay sued for $3.8bn for patent infringement – PayPal systems use information shared in confidence, claims XPRT Ventures

The Technology newsbucket: PRs iPhone recall call, iPlayer on Android, keep or kill XP SP2 and more – Plus how Steve Ballmer foresaw 2010 in 2000, OrgCON coming up, Twitter’s name search and more replacements – but only to a limited number of owners. Will others sue?

Guardian Technology – Monday 12th July

Seb — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:13:13 +0000

During my work experience placement on the Technology and Media desk of The Guardian, I wrote and co-authored several pieces each day for their online portal.

Google offers drag-and-drop App Inventor to goose Android app market – Aiming to catch Apple’s lucrative App Store, Google has released a web-based system which it says needs “NO programming knowledge” to write your own app..

And it’s goodbye from them: Facebook gifts, that is – It’s all about Facebook Credits now (from which Facebook nets a tidy 30%) as the social media site aims to widen its reach even further

Microsoft beefs up Windows 7 slates – Microsoft has announced that it is ‘hardcore’ about Windows 7-based slate machines

Apple finally admits problems with Time Capsule and offers replacement – Nine months after a Guardian investigation pointed to a limited lifespan for the wireless backup, the company has offered free replacements – but only to a limited number of owners. Will others sue?

Tech 107 Episode 6

Seb — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:51:23 +0000

Originally broadcast on Purple Radio from Dunelm House at 1:00pm on Tuesday 2nd March 2010 with Matt Dyson. Tech 107 takes the form of laid back technical banter on what has been happening this week in the technical world, as well as our views and opinions on everything computing.

Show topics this week included spying on students, onLive, SeeSaw, BitTorrent legal fights, Chrome vs. Firefox, web browser choices in Windows, the cloud, its usefulness and Thing Of The Week

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Tech 107 Episode 5

Seb — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:23:42 +0000

Originally broadcast on Purple Radio from Dunelm House at 1:00pm on Tuesday 16th February 2010 with Matt Dyson. Tech 107 takes the form of laid back technical banter on what has been happening this week in the technical world, as well as our views and opinions on everything computing.

Show topics this week included our on-location report from the Apple Store Eldon Square, Google Buzz, Iran’s censorship, Bing Maps, Macworld 2010 and Thing Of The Week

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Tech 107 Episode 4

Seb — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:42:38 +0000

Originally broadcast on Purple Radio from Dunelm House at 1:00pm on Tuesday 9th February 2010 with Matt Dyson. Tech 107 takes the form of laid back technical banter on what has been happening this week in the technical world, as well as our views and opinions on everything computing.

Show topics this week included full body scanners, technological exam cheating, Google’s Superbowl ad, real-time translation, backup woes, how to avoid said backup problems and Thing Of The Week

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