Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Its Roy and myself today discussing all manner of topics relating to the world of Tech. * Microsoft back doors – The exploit of Microsoft products could take up many shows, but today we narrow the … Continue reading »
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Tech News Round-up 24/5/11
Its been a busy few days with many snippets of news to report, so here I present a few of the issues that caught my eye. These may well be covered in more depth on TechBytes. Windows Phone 7 – Updates, streaming problems and no sight of this “iPhone Funeral” Launched in 2010, the mobile-phone … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 47 – 21/05/11 – “Unity love…”
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Its Roy and myself today discussing all manner of topics relating to the world of Tech. * Unity – We discuss my experiences and the views of others on the net, with consideration of “what exactly … Continue reading »
Looking at 11.04 Natty/Unity – Good or bad?
Theres been a 1001 different reviews of Ubuntu 11.04, so I hope to put a little bit of a different spin on the review. Theres been much criticism regarding the direction Canonical have taken with Unity and then with every release of Ubuntu you always get a flood of FUD with people capitalizing on the … Continue reading »
UPDATE: Greedy Car Thieves – New version released
Greedy Car Thieves, the indi game that looks towards the earlier Grand Theft Auto games for inspiration has just had another version released. Readers to this site will remember we were very impressed by its retro feel, which had been modernised for today’s hardware whilst still retaining the charms of the early part of the … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 46 – 15/05/11 – “Lady Gaga, Doctor Who, Skype, Google and much more!”
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Gordon (ThistleWeb) Rusty (TheShowThatSux) Rusty is here again for episode 46, hot on the heels of 45 which was recorded with myself and Roy on Saturday. Today’s topics covered: * Skype – We get Rusty’s take on … Continue reading »
The week in review – ending Sunday 15/05/2011
My second ever “week in review” before the show notes to an extra episode of TechBytes are released. Whilst I wait for the files to be encoded, I decided what better time than to look over the last week. Micro$kype Skype being bought by Microsoft has been talked to death. We’ve even covered it twice … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 45 – 14/05/11 – “Skype, Facebook and weekly musings”
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) After a brilliant episode of Doctor Who, we present you with Episode 45 with your Linux/Foss favourites Roy and Tim! We’ve got a selection of creative commons music for you to enjoy whilst we discuss some … Continue reading »
Sony and “friends” Or transparent damage limitation open letter style?
The Sony hack has been very well documented and probably one of the few times when I have seen “average users” taking an interest in tech issues. True, this interest may have been merely selfish, but as a testament to the popularity of the PS3 I have had numerous “non-tech” folks engage me in conversation … Continue reading »
Looking at Sylpheed 3.1.1 – Is this the package to unseat Thunderbird on my desktop?
with the blisteringly quick Sylpheed, a user merely requiring an Email client can’t go wrong - Its memory footprint is tiny, its faster than an MVP after a freebie and with a simple to use no nonsense interface probably the best solution for the vast majority of users. Since I wrote about SeaMonkey, it seems … Continue reading »
