And we’re back for another year. This week, we recap that CES event with the latest craze of ultrabooks, look at the Galaxy Nexus and talk about Rdio.

Terence Huynh, Stewart Wilson, Tom Solari and Chris Southcott come back for another series of TECHGEEK Weekly and we’ve also produced a video version – which we are editing at the moment.

We also like to thank Sony, Rode Microphones, AVerMedia and Telestream for their support with our ambitious CES coverage.

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The Top Stories

CES PRESS DAY
CES 2012 LIVE BLOG
Kinect for Windows – Coming February 1

ULTRABOOK CRAZE
Acer announces Aspire S5 – 13.3-inch “thinnest ultrabook”
Acer reveals Aspire Timeline Ultra – ultrabook with dedicated graphics
Lenovo unveils business-orientated ultrabook – ThinkPad T430u
Samsung’s Ultrabook Debut: the Series 9 and the Series 5 Ultra
LG to launch series of “Super Ultrabooks” at CES

GOOGLE TV
Sony tries Google TV again with motion controls, voice search, and gaming
Google TV to be integrated within LG’s own televisions
ANALYSIS: Google TV ditches Intel, moves to ARM, to make it an appealing product

OTHERS
JVC joins 4K craze – launches first 4K handheld camcorder
Polaroid announces new “Smart Camera” SC1630; powered by Android
First 4G smartphone coming to Australia this month: sources

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Man suing Facebook fined $5k by court
Hard drive demand will exceed supply this year
The HP TouchPad is alive, receives OTA software update
Google+ Hangouts get a facelift, now includes screensharing

In Other News

If SOPA’s Main Target Is The Pirate Bay, It’s Worth Pointing Out That ThePirateBay.org Is Immune From SOPA

Reddit to go silent in SOPA protest

The Pirate Bay Will Stop Serving Torrents

EMI Sues Irish State For Not Implementing Piracy Blocking Provisions

Rdio quietly opens its doors to Australia

Sponsored Stories begin to appear in News Feed

TPG may buy iiNet, Telstra tells staff

Hackett hammers iiNode critics

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A UK woman has won a court order to prevent explicit photos being shared via BitTorrent

Foursquare is down. What now?

Apple to stop selling the iPhone 4S in Beijing and Shanghai due to safety concerns

So, if you did miss our Holiday Gift Guide Live podcast this year, Stewart actually found a way of recording it. So this is the entire two-hour live show, unedited and uncensored for your own listening pleasure.

Featuring Stewart Wilson, Terence Huynh and Tom Solari to answer the 120-ish questions, we gave away many prizes. We couldn’t get through of all of the questions, but we will be using it to write some stuff for TECHGEEK.com.au in the upcoming year.

So listen, like, tweet and subscribe! See you next year.

If you’re looking for the news portion of the podcast – it’s episode 72. Also, it is a 71MB-ish file, so it will take a while to download. So you’re much better off streaming it from the handy player below.

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There isn’t an intro because this our final episode. So, instead we’re giving away products – and this is the obligatory news part of TECHGEEK Weekly. So, stay tuned for the Holiday Gift Guide recording tomorrow to hear your questions answered and the humour from our three panellists.

This episode, you’re joined with Terence Huynh and Stewart Wilson. And we wish all of you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We will be compiling our best of series of the year – and yes, one year of TECHGEEK Weekly is good.

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The Top Stories

Samsung Galaxy Nexus coming to Telstra tomorrow

Optus CONFIRMS Galaxy Nexus is heading to its network

Judge gives Universal Music 24 hours to explain takedown spree

Universal has ‘Tech News Today’ episode yanked from YouTube for reporting on MegaUpload promo video

Alienware announces Aurora – promises extreme gaming performance

Facebook Timeline now available for all – and get ready for the users to scream hate

Wikipedia ponders total blackout ahead of SOPA

Microsoft to introduce automatic background IE upgrades in Australia, Brazil

Bill Gates speaks out in Sydney … on Microsoft, Steve Jobs, and the weather

Don’t forget! We have our live podcast on this Friday, 16th December 2011 starting at 7:00PM. The show will be filled with Gift Ideas, best products to buy and of course, giveaways! However, you have to be an Australian citizen to win. But how do you win? Simple. Ask us a question.

The live show will start at 7:00PM Sydney/Melbourne Time (6:00PM Brisbane Time, 3:00PM Perth Time) with our Pre-Show (we will be recording the last episode of the year of TECHGEEK Weekly), then at 7:30PM we will get straight into the Holiday Gift Guide special. We will have different sections of the podcast to announce winners and also

Any answer from November 21 up until Friday December 16 7:00PM, will be in the running to win one of these great products:

• NETGEAR N600 Dual Band Gigabit Router – Premium Edition
• 5 x BitDefender Total Security 2012
• Buffalo Home Networking Pack w/ LinkStation Pro
• Kingston Wi-Drive
• 10 x TegaTech Screen Cleaner – Double Pack
• 3 x 50GB Binverse Download Accounts
• AlfaHosts Web Hosting Account (US-Web-Standard)

So what do you need to go in the running to win one of these prizes? Simply submit a question to our team via http://holiday.techgeek.com.au or by filling in the form below by the 16th of December 2011. It’s that easy! After the 16th of December 2011, we will pick someone at random. Please remember to take a look at our giveaway rules.

So, it was a pretty quiet week – Apple losing its cases against Samsung and Motorola; Telstra’s customer database exposed and we have more giveaways. Yes, we’re giving away products! Listen to this week’s edition to find out how!

Featuring Terence Huynh, Stewart Wilson, Tom Solari and Chris Southcott; the team discusses the top and the irrelevant tech stories of the week.

Listen, subscribe, tweet and like! See you next week with our live podcast!

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The Top Stories

GIVEWAY: Netgear N600 Dual Band Gigabit Router – Premium Edition

GIVEAWAY: Win FIVE copies of BitDefender Total Security 2012

REVIEW: Zune Pass

REVIEW: Motorola RAZR

Apple loses appeal, Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet to go on sale in time for Christmas

Motorola wins Apple wireless patent fight in Germany

Telstra customer database exposed

Public Announcement

Pwnage Playtime

Xbox Dashboard Update now rolling out to all following short delay

Xbox 360 update: new media features, no right to sue Microsoft

Grand Theft Auto III explodes onto some iOS and Android devices December 16

Video game glitch shows soccer stars kissing

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Adobe warns of “critical vulnerability”, could give access to system to attacker

Zuckerberg exposed in privacy flap

webOS is officially in the process of being open sourced by HP

In Other News

Windows 8 Public Beta officially coming in February

Windows Store coming to the Windows 8 Public Beta late February

Twitter gets major design overhaul for web, iOS, and Android

Schmidt Reckons Most TVs Will Have Google TV By Mid-2012

Browser Study Sheds Light On Firefox’s Insecurity (And Google Approves This Message)

World’s first 128Gb 20nm NAND flash could pack 2TB into a 2.5″ SSD

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ChromiumOS Lime can turn your netbook into an almost real Chromebook

Optus to give PlayBook for free with Torch phone deal

Internode streams music festival Australia-wide

What is inside your phone, why a darknet mesh network will not work and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is free from its ban – maybe. That’s what we explore in this week’s (slightly delayed) edition of TECHGEEK Weekly.

Host Terence Huynh and Stewart Wilson are joined by Chris Southcott and Tom Solari in discussing the week in news – mixed in with a bit of some internal goings inside TECHGEEK.com.au.

Don’t forget: We have a competition running! It’s simple, you just need to give us a question. It ends on December 16, so get your entries in now.

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The Top Stories

GIVEWAY: Netgear N600 Dual Band Gigabit Router – Premium Edition

Galaxy Tab ban overturned, Apple to appeal decision in High Court

Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction extended next Friday

Apple gives Samsung some work-around options for its iPhone and iPad design patents

Carrier IQ references discovered in Apple’s iOS

Carrier IQ apologizes, drops threat to security researcher

Phone ‘Rootkit’ Maker Carrier IQ May Have Violated Wiretap Law In Millions Of Cases

Carrier IQ: How To Find It, And How To Deal With It

Facebook settles with FTC, under privacy watch for 20 years

Facebook Settles With the FTC for 20 Years of Privacy Audits

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Chrome OVERTAKES Firefox for second place, IE still falling

Facebook makes pointless announcement – 60,000 character status messages

RUMOUR MILL: Acer, Lenovo to launch Android 4.0 quad-core tablets in Q1 2012

In Other News

REPORT: Gowalla acquired by Facebook

Apple TV sets will be mighty pricey, analyst says

RUMOUR MILL: Kinect 2 can lip read, to be built in future Xbox consoles

Darknet Mesh Network Not Feasible…

HP printers can be remotely controlled and set on fire, researchers claim (updated)

Check if you have the flu… by spitting on your iPhone?

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iPhone 4 self-combusts during Rex flight

Assange and WikiLeaks wins Walkley for contribution to journalism

Microsoft reportedly launching Office for iPad in 2012

After three weeks, we’re back. Facebook infected with porn, the land of the free is trying to restrict your internet freedoms, and is Microsoft looking to buy Yahoo? All this and more on this week’s edition of TECHGEEK Weekly.

With Stewart Wilson in New Zealand, host Terence Huynh is joined with Chris Southcott and James Wilson to discuss, commentate and argue over the tech news of these past two weeks – yes, we had to do a recap.

Happy Thanksgiving! (and happy NZ Election Day!)

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The Top Stories

Facebook Porn and Gore Exploit Spiraling Out Of Control

Facebook identifies those behind coordinated spam attack

Facebook ‘eliminates most of porn image spam attack’

Is Microsoft looking to make another attempt to buy Yahoo?

SOPA, a U.S. bill that could “break the Internet”

SOPA’s latest threat: IP blocking, privacy-busting packet inspection

ISPs propose new anti-piracy warning scheme

The other subscription music service, Songl launch a disaster

Zune Music and Zune Pass finally come to Australia

On-demand music service Rdio to expand to Australia in “early 2012″, joins Spotify

Pwnage Playtime

Skyrim patch coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 shortly after November 24

Grand Theft Auto V announced, trailer coming November 3 AEDT

PlayStation Vita launch line-up announced

Minecraft 1.0 Officially Released at MineCon

EA giving Battlefield 1943 vouchers to PS3 Battlefield 3 owners

In Other News

Google announces shutdown dates for Wave, Gears and more

The Facebook Phone: It’s Finally Real and Its Name Is Buffy

Xbox 720 to Be Announced at CES 2012?

Schools grab .xxx sites to protect names from porn

Microsoft TellMe is NOT the same as Siri [video]

In this edition of TECHGEEK Weekly, host, Stewart Wilson is joined by Tom Solari to deliver you the best (and worst) in news. We talk about the happenings at Nokia World, Some things you didn’t know about Steve Jobs and the sexy thermostat.

We also talk about interesting commands Siri can do, iPhone 4S battery issues and the new Kaching App from the Commonwealth Bank. Tune in and don’t forget to subscribe!

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Motorola resurrects the RAZR, Samsung wants to ban the iPhone, and BlackBerry is continuing to dig their grave. Meanwhile, Sesame Street becomes a bit more explicit, though not on purpose. All this and more on this week’s edition of TECHGEEK Weekly.

Hosted by Terence Huynh and Stewart Wilson (welcome back!), they are joined by Chris Southcott and Tom Solari to recap the news that was while adding a bit of behind the scenes stuff from TECHGEEK.com.au, among other things.

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The Top Stories

Samsung makes GALAXY Nexus official – Android 4.0, 4.65-inch display, 1.2GHz dual core processor

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich: everything you need to know

Android 4.0 Platform Highlights

Motorola relaunches the RAZR – Android, 4.3-inch display, coming in Nov on Optus

Google Music Store — With a “Twist” — Coming Soon, Says Android Boss

TIT FOR TAT – Samsung files injunction seeking to ban iPhone 4S in Australia

RUMOUR MILL: iPhone 5 to be released in winter 2012? (TL;DR edition)

Bad Siri! She’ll let anyone use a locked iPhone 4S

Pwnage Playtime

PlayStation Vita finally gets Australian release date and price

Portal 2 Level Editor In the Works

Mass Effect 3 Demo Coming in January

360 Battlefield 3 is ‘Standard-Def’ without Texture Pack

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Sad news in the tablet world, with the axing of the Telstra T-Touch Tab. Launched one year ago and made by Chinese company Huawei, the tablet has faced disappointing sales. The company plans to replace it with the…

iPad 2! Telstra are allowing you to purchase the iPhone WiFi + 3G version either for full price on pre-paid or spread the cost out over 24 months on a post-paid plan. As per any Telstra mobile product, you’ll experience NextG’s vast and supiror network. Too bad the iPad 2 doesn’t support LTE/4G. You can register your at their site.

Being passed this week by shareholders, the Telstra-NBN deal could face another problem – the date.The ACCC has said that it may not be able to finalise its approval or opposition to the deal by December 20, which is the date when the deal, if it does not get approval, becomes null. That’s going to hurt a lot for the NBN.

In Other News

RIM unveils new BlackBerry operating system

RIM’s BBX runs into trademark trouble

RIM blew it: No BlackBerry PlayBook, phones today

BlackBerry freebie: RIM apps to placate for outage

Microsoft’s Andy Lees: Nokia will announce ‘its Windows Phones’ at Nokia World

Nokia Sabre Windows Phone looks sharp in leaked snap

Meet Lytro, the Light-Field Camera that Snaps 4D Pics

Upcoming changes to Reader: a new look, new Google+ features, and some clean-up

A New Look for Gmail

Hackers add porn to Sesame Street YouTube channel

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Quickflix, the Australian clone of Netflix, has announced that they will start streaming movies to the PS3. However, we don’t know what kind of content it will present to users. But you can bet this will be expensive.

Spotify could be heading to Australia. The company is said to be hiring staff. One confirmed posting, in Sydney, is to “liaise” with local record labels and music distributors. However, don’t expect it to be soon, since it will have to negotiate deals with the record labels.

Canon has announced a brand new DSLR – the EOS-1D X. It features an 18.1 megapixel CMOS sensor with 12fps of auto-focus continuous shooting. It also features some slight changes in the chassis and will come to Australia in 2012. Pricing has not been announced, but it could be around $6,000.

RIM suffers a major server outage, Google+ and Samsung face some difficulties and the iPhone 4S launches and we discuss why you should or should not get it. All this and more on this week’s TECHGEEK Weekly.

Since none of the people couldn’t think of a humorous or witty title this week, we’ve decided to ask you to name it. Yes. Just like the webOS app, it is the height of all laziness.

Joining host Terence Huynh are Tom Solari, Chris Southcott and Mark Caetano.

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The Top Stories

Apple announces iPhone 4S – 8MP camera, A5 processor, no 4G

Optus announces iPhone 4S 24-month contract plans

What’s the best Australian iPhone 4S deal?

Hallelujah! BlackBerry service is finally restored

Mike Lazaridis apologizes for BlackBerry outage: ‘We’ve let many of you down’ (video)

RIM details why BlackBerry users haven’t had email for two days

Apple wins Samsung Galaxy Tab injunction

U.S. judge says Samsung tablets infringe Apple patents

Pwnage Playtime

Xbox Live users suffering hacked accounts, FIFA 11 and 12 purchases (Updated with Microsoft’s response)

Grand Theft Auto 3 coming to iOS, Android for 10th anniversary, oh and $150 GTA3 action figure

New Wii Available in Australia Later This Month

Update: Xbox LIVE Fall Update Beta Sign Ups Underway

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Sony has announced it will recall 1.6 million Bravia HDTVs due to a faulty component in the backlight system that could spontaneously combust, with 11 incidents already in Japan since 2008 with the most recent of them reported last month. Sony will fix the problem and may offer a rental TV, but it isn’t going to refund or replace it.

A new startup, BlueStacks, has said that it’s ready to start a public test of its new software that could allow Android apps running on a Windows machine. It plans to have a free and paid version in the long run, and yes, you’ll not be able to play Angry Birds unless you pay for it.

LibreOffice, the new OpenOffice “without” the bloat, is now planning to port the project to mobile devices including Android and iOS. So yes, if you don’t want to pay for iWorks, you have an alternative. Though, there is no date yet.

In Other News

Google Engineer: “Google+ is a Prime Example of Our Complete Failure to Understand Platforms”

Google kills Buzz and Jaiku, to focus on Google+

Samsung, Google Delay Nexus Prime, Video Sneaks Out Anyway

Nexus Prime (GT-i9250T) pops up at Wi-Fi Alliance — Does this mean it’s coming to Telstra as well as Vodafone?

Chrome For Android Next Week, Pipelining Support Arrives

Apple Could Put Movies in the Cloud by the End of 2011

Facebook is now on the iPad!

Victoria to replace hacked Myki cards — or not

Ubuntu 11.10 ‘Oneiric Ocelot’ now available to download

Creepy’ Path Intelligence retail technology tracks shoppers

Philippines designer turn into ‘surgical Superman’

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AOL is apparently looking to sell itself to Yahoo. Despite recent shakeups, the company believes a merger could end up saving them $1.5 billion between them by axing jobs in data centres and news sites. However, it could have some competition

Twitter has secured the trademark “tweet”

And Skype and Microsoft have sealed the deal. This week, it’s officially now part of the company and under its own division. So, get ready to see more integration with every single Microsoft product in the world.