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… a healthy dose of tech. Join Australian journalists Roulla Yiacoumi, Angus Kidman and Nathan Taylor as they chat about the big tech news of the week, on Australia`s edgiest tech podcast.

August 14th, 2008

RSS feed and website issues BRAN logo

Thankyou to those who pointed out that there was an issue with our RSS feed and the links on our website. We are currently working to resolve the issues and hope to have everything up and running again shortly. In the meantime, you can access recent episodes directly through the MP3 download link; right click here and select ‘Save link as’ or ‘Save target as’ to grab episode 94.

August 10th, 2008

BRAN #94: Beijing bloopers BRAN logo

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In this week’s podcast, Roulla, Angus and Nathan discuss:

Plus random gossip on MobileMe, Paris Hilton, Pleo, iView and the Winglet

Hosted by: Roulla Yiacoumi, Angus Kidman and Nathan Taylor

Edited by: Angus Kidman

Produced by: John the Tech Guy

July 28th, 2008

BRAN #93: Roulla returns BRAN logo

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In this week’s podcast, Roulla (yes! she’s back!), Angus and Nathan discuss the hottest tech news of the moment:

  • How the ABC’s new iView service could change the face of television in Australia
  • A hopefully diminishing batch of iPhone news, including the best and worst plans, why the ACCC hates Apple and the benefits of jailbreaking
  • The evident stupidity of the Fallout 3 ban
  • Why cooking with a Nintendo DS is a bad idea
  • New online services with stupid names: BOSS, Knol and Lively

Plus random gossip on Creative and the San Fran wireless revenge frenzy

Hosted by: Roulla Yiacoumi, Angus Kidman and Nathan Taylor

Edited by: Nathan Taylor

Produced by: John the Tech Guy

July 8th, 2008

BRAN #92: .bran .iphone .tv BRAN logo

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In this week’s podcast, Angus and Nathan are joined by freelance IT journalist Ian Grayson to discuss:

  • The new plethora of TV download options from Tivo, iTunes, Google and EzyDVD, and why they all suck
  • Is the HTC Diamond any good?
  • Why there isn’t yet a decent deal to be found in iPhone prices, and why open-sourcing Symbian doesn’t make much difference
  • What would the best new top-level domains be? And why Microsoft might want to carpet-bomb Montserrat
  • As Bill Gates departs, Microsoft is thrown into chaos and gets a kicking from Intel
  • How eBay finally gave up on mandatory PayPal
  • The best porn site defence ever

Plus random gossip on YouTube and Dr Horrible.
Hosted by: Nathan Taylor, Angus Kidman and Ian Grayson

Edited by: Angus Kidman

Produced by: John the Tech Guy

June 22nd, 2008

BRAN #91: Apple orgy BRAN logo

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In this week’s podcast, Angus and Nathan are joined by Matthew JC Powell, editor of Australian Macworld, to discuss:

  • Whether the iPhone is worth all the fuss, and the best carrier to get it from
  • eBay’s comprehensive bitch-slapping by the ACCC
  • New phones from Sony, Nokia and Samsung debut at Communicasia
  • How Apple turned a retail store opening into hype central
  • New versions of Firefox, Skype and Wine
  • Hot spots for blogger arrests, and AP’s outrageous “pay as you quote” plan
  • Why has Channel 10 dumped credits from its shows?

Hosted by: Nathan Taylor, Angus Kidman and Matthew JC Powell

Edited by: Nathan Taylor

Produced by: John the Tech Guy