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65Bits #182: Google is evil

dk — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:25:12 +0000

Another new old podcast. This week, the crew discuss why some people are saying Google is now evil….. at the Starbucks below Google Singapore’s office. Well done guys. On other news, HTC joins the top 10 club. And Oracle finally decides to sue Google over Android. What’s new?

Just DK and Justin Lee

Stories this week:
[1:50] Google and Verizon Net Neutrality
[21:50] Gartner: HTC enters top 10 for Q2 2010
[29:55] Oracle Sues Google Over Android

65Bits #176: For the 1.33 Billion listeners

dk — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:59:47 +0000

Another one of those delayed posting. The hamster is still trying to catch up with those production. Anyway, on that interesting week, the crew discuss about the HP Print Apps and ePrint which was announced in Hong Kong. Google is rumored to release a social networking site to rival Facebook. Well, its still rumor but we are praying hard that it’s for real. .xxx top level domain is finally accepted by ICANN and everyone is talking about it.

Did anyone notice that ICANN also approved Chinese alphabet domain name? Hmmm…… not many. So this one is for the 1.33 Billion people out there.

DK and Justin & Justin

Stories this week:
[1:20] HP Print Apps and ePrint
[20:05] Google Me
[27:45] Chinese alphabet and .xxx domains accepted by ICANN

65Bits #175: NOTHINK, nothink is left

dk — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:05:38 +0000

It was the iPhone 4 launch week in US when we recorded this. Yes, the hamster is still trying to catch up with all the backlogs. The crew discuss about all the iPhone 4 bugs reports. We also celebrate the end of Symbian on all Nokia N series phone. Moving forward, all Nokia N series will run MeeGo. Symbian lovers can still buy E or X series phones. More people leaving Palm and why we are not really surprised. Adobe Flash is now on Android…. or is it?

Oh, if you are on HTC Hero, you should have gotten your Eclair 2.1 update by now.

Daniel, DK, Farinelli and Justin & Justin

Stories this week:

[1:35] iPhone 4
[5:00] Nokia N8 to be final Symbian N Series device
[11:45] Palm files 8-K with SEC on merger, VP of PR Lynn Fox leaving
[18:05] Adobe Flash gets its full launch on Android
[24:05] HTC Hero Eclair 2.1 Release in Singapore

PS: This episode of 65bits is released earlier than Fresh episode 1. ^.^v

65Bits #174: Licking the lollipop game

dk — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:41:23 +0000

It WAS the E3 week when we did the recording. But as you know, this another one of those delayed posting. The hamster have lots of catching up to do. Anyway, we discussed about the 3 big announcement from E3 THAT week. Nintendo showing off their Nintento 3DS which is a portable 3D handheld gaming device. Sony gave us more details on their upcoming Playstation Move. The most exciting news would be Microsoft Kinect which is formally called Project Natal. We also talk about how Apple changes their iOS SDK terms to allow Lua but still no Adobe Flash. And back to Singapore, the Government is planning on giving everyone an email account. So exciting.

DK and Justin Lee

Stories this week:
[2:40] Nintento 3DS
[8:00] Playstation Move (Check out Episode 160 too)
[12:55] Microsoft Kinect
[22:05] Apple relaxes iOS SDK terms to allow Lua but block Flash
[25:30] ‘G’ mail for all govt e-mail

[34:50] Bonus Material: A day with Justin Lee.

Maybe I should explain how this bonus material come about. As you all know, here at Tech65, we review lots of gadget. And since there are so many members, we usually pass the review unit around among the members so that those who are interested can get a few days of hands on. So what happen was that I passed Justin an Android phone after I’m done with my review. But I forgot to log out of my Google Latitude before passing the phone to him. And since I have my Google Latitude History enabled, I got a record of Justin’s whereabout for a day. Wahahahahaha……

65Bits #173: I’m holding a iPad, can you look at me?

dk — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:08:57 +0000

Another catch up entry. This podcast was recorded on the weekend of the week that iPhone 4 was being announced. (Which seems ages ago) And as usual, the Tech65 crew take a good look at the new iPhone and discuss about all the important features.

Oh, by the way, iPhone 4 will be launched in Singapore on the 30 July 2010.

DK and Justin & Justin

Stories this week:
[1:30] iPhone 4
[3:50] Feature 1: New hardware design
[7:25] Feature 2: New Retina display
[12:00] Feature 3: A4 chip + more battery life
[16:00] Feature 4: Three Axis Gryoscope
[20:50] Feature 5: 5 MP Camera + LED Flash + 5X digital zoom + Backside Illuminated sensor + 720p video + iMovie
[25:50] Feature 6: iOS 4
[28:50] Feature 7: iBooks on iPhone
[33:00] Feature 8: iAds
[40:10} Feature 9: FaceTime (video chat)

65Bits #172: WebOS on a Calculator

dk — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:25:37 +0000

Horror!!! HP CEO said that they didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business!!! OH NO!!! What is going to happen to Palm? HELP!!!! But thanks to the super delayed 65bits posting, we now know that the HP isn’t going to let the Palm Smartphone business die. There are definitely more webOS smartphones on the way. *Fingers crossed*

On other news, sightings of a new 7 inch tablet by Samsung called the Samsung Galaxy Tab which looks just like the Samsung Galaxy S upsized. No news on what Samsung is going to do with it yet or when will we see it on the shelf. Let’s hope soon. And cheers to all AT&T iPhone users who are finally getting internet tethering, at a small monthly fee.

And yes, the Hamster is still trying to catch up on the 65bits editing. Please bear with it for a moment.

DK and Justin & Justin

Stories this week:

[1:20] HP CEO: “We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business”
[13:30] Samsung Galaxy Tab revealed
[20:40] AT&T makes sweeping changes to data plans

65Bits #171: HR65

dk — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:36:00 +0000

We have decided to stop doing 65bits and switch to doing Human Resource 65 instead. Kidding kidding. Daniel will kill me at least twice if I dare to do this. But this week (or rather few weeks ago), we talk about top Microsoft management people leaving the company. Google on the other hand hires Palm’s Matias Duarte as their user Experience Director for Android. If the respond for this episode is good, we might consider HR65 next.

PS: Apologies for the lack of posting lately. We did record 65bits. But the hamster is too busy to edit the episodes. More late posting coming up. Hamster working overtime

DK, Farinelli and Justin & Justin

Stories this week:

[1:45] Facebook event outlines ’simpler’ privacy controls
[11:30] Quit Facebook Day is May 31
[14:50] Microsoft’s Robbie Bach and J Allard leaving as part of broader shakeup
[20:05] Apple overtakes Microsoft as being the largest technology company (For a day)
[25:05] Palm’s Matias Duarte joins Google as User Experience Director for Android
[28:05] iPad 3G early adopters here soon able to use microSIM cards from local telcos

65Bits #170: Google Google

dk — Sun, 30 May 2010 05:59:09 +0000

The crew traveled all the way to the corner of Singapore to Daniel’s home for another round of discussion about the Tech world. This week (or rather last week), we discussed about the confusing WebM and VP8. Google is doing a market place web apps which might change the way you buy web applications. The much awaited Android 2.2 is coming soon. Google wants to be on your TV too. And the not so big issue about Google Street View collecting WIFI data.

Apologies for this super duper whopper late posting. The hamster found a new job and his modem just passed away.

Daniel, DK and Justin & Justin

Stories this week:
[3:25] The first in-depth technical analysis of VP8
[9:00] Google’s “Royalty-Free” WebM Video May Not Be Royalty-Free for Long
[13:15] An open marketplace for web apps
[22:50] Android 2.2 coming to Nexus One, other HTC phones
[34:00] Google TV
[44:00] Google WiFi data collection

65Bits #169: HTC Strikes Back

dk — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:36:24 +0000

The Tech65 crew decided to push themselves to the limit by doing 65bits recording at midnight, right after attending 3 events back to back. This week, we discuss about the smartphone market share. No surprised that both Apple and Android are gaining market share. But Android is gaining more market share compared to Apple. This isn’t surprising since most people are holding back for the next iPhone which was seen dropping at pubs over the world. (ok, maybe just US and Vietnam) Steam is now available for MacOS. Windows users has 1 less advantage over MacOS user.

And finally, HTC strikes back with 5 patent complaint against Apple. Get your popcorns ready. This is going to be an interesting show.

DK, Farinelli and Justin & Justin

Stories this week:
[1:35] Apple iPhone Gains Market Share, BlackBerry Slips
[14:55] HTC files patent complaint against Apple, asks for ban on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
[21:20] Valve to Deliver Steam & Source on the Mac
[25:30] Is Europe’s cure for wireless “bill shock” right for the US?

65Bits #168: Secret location #462

dk — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:15:39 +0000

We are doing our recording at secret location #462. This week, the crew talk about the upcoming Google Editions, which is E-book on the web browser. Although most of the Tech65 crew aren’t avid book readers, we are pretty excited about the news. Especially the model of having E-books on a web browser, which essentially means that you can bring your E-books almost everywhere. Including the iPhone/iPad and Apple can’t do anything about it. Unlike Flash which Apple said will not be coming to iPhone and iPad. But Adobe did show off their Flash running smoothly on an Android device.

And speaking of tablets, the Apple iPad will be coming to Singapore in July. No details on the exact date, time and location yet. But keep following Tech65 and we will update you once we got the news.

DK, Farinelli, Justin & Justin and special guest Brokenshardz, Clauds & Geekonomics

Stories this week:
[2:15] Google Editions: Bringing E-Books to Your Browser
[11:55] Adobe shows off prototype Android tablet running Air and Flash ‘flawlessly’
[20:25] Apple names iPad UK launch date
[24:40] Apple sells 1,000,000 iPads in revolution’s first month