Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Featured Track: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. Episode 29 is hosted over on TechRights Todays show is a suplimental to yesterdays concrentating on more of a Linux/FOSS theme. Unfortunately Gordon wasn’t around … Continue reading »
Posted in January 2011 …
CREATIVE COMMONS: Oleg Serkov / Countdown
Its not often I designate an entire post to CC artists, I believe the last time I did that was Jono Bacon and Severed Fifth. Oleg Serkov is one of my more recent discoveries and his album had a track featured at the end of Episode 23 of the TechBytes show. So how to describe … Continue reading »
Microsoft’s online woes? Living off patents and Office?
Today I’m looking at figures produced which allegedly show the amount of money Microsoft is losing online and ask the question based on those figures, is it only Office and patents which are keeping Microsoft alive? We brought up the subject on the TechBytes show, so I thought it would be nice to elaborate on … Continue reading »
Entanglement – Browser based HTML5 fun!
Ive always maintained that there is a market for those simple, addictive games on any platform. You might be waiting for a download to finish, an email to come through or a message to pop up in IRC. Whatever it is though there are always a few minutes of void to fill and this is … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 28 – 30/01/11
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Gordon (Thistleweb) Featured Track: “Chur” from Countdown The three red carpet stars are back for yet another show. There’s much to talk about since its been over a week since the last episode. As usual … Continue reading »
NewsBytes: Google, Bittorrent, ACS:Law and Sony’s Android app.
Numerous commitments have meant fewer updates on OpenBytes. Today, I am collecting a few articles of interest which will hopefully be at least touched upon on the next TechBytes show. As we march into 2011, amid the noise and the haste, one thing is clear – Android is everywhere, whilst the year of the Linux … Continue reading »
Sony’s solution for root key hack? – Is a more open system really that bad?
It is both misguided and irresponsible to think that any platform is completely secure. There is no such thing as a unhackable system. Recently its been widely reported that Sony’s PS3 had its root key exposed (and subsequently posted on the internet) opening up the system for a whole range of purposes. Whilst the gaming … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 27 – 21/01/11
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Gordon (Thistleweb) Featured Track: “Casino Beach” by Greenwich Cavern The TechBytes official webpage is soon about to launch. In the meantime the show is available on Techrights. Your three favourite co-hosts are back together for … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 26 – 18/01/11
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Featured Track: TechBytes Theme by Marti These are the show notes for the episode which aired 18/1/2011. Apologies for the lateness. The show is available on Techrights. * The £98 PC – Good news for Linux … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 25 – 14/01/11
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Featured Track: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find the show hosted on TechRights here. Sadly we are one short today. After wanting to record an impromptu episode Gordon was unavailable … Continue reading »
