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Episode 98: Olympic brain control! I finally get my hands on the OCZ Nia, which is billed as a brain input device to control your gaming controls with it - if its true as they say, it's a revolution in how you control your games! I sit down and ponder about this, as I try it out. In the first week, I give my impressions so far as well as videos of using it. Nvidia may have a problem with faulty laptop graphics cards brewing up, and more are covered in this weeks episode of ausTech news. dive in! Remember you can always subscribe by clicking the podcast icon in the top right, or by putting this link into your iTunes/podcast program: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AustechNews - Its easy and free to subscribe, and gives you the show as soon as we make them! You can have a listen using the player here: If you'd like, you can download this show straight away (32:12, 18.4mb), by clicking here (if you get a prompt, you want to save it to your computer) Lastly, we are also on digg, if you would like to vote for us on there!: http://digg.com/podcasts/ausTech_news Shownotes: GTA IV for PC Announced! joystiq.com - source Nvidia admits - we have a problem engadget.com - source Nvidia begins the price wars overclock3d.net - source John Carmack nothankyou.jp's wii development kotaku.com - worth it for the funny internet meme! Microsoft talks about plans for new OS - Midouri overclock3d.net - source Internode unleashes new plan updates internode.on.net - source OCZ Nia Discussion See below for more information. The Day three video is below in last post, as well! Tip of the week: Colourize it A great way to easily upload photos and tweak their colour. A more powerful feature however, i to be able to modify the entire css and html /images of a forum layout, and alter its colours. A quick and easy way to personalize your website! http://beta.colorizeit.com/ Video of the week: OCZ Nia - Day 7 Watch me try out the OCZ Nia device, as I continue to learn to make use of it. I use the mouse only to aim, and keyboard to change the weapon in some parts. Go watch on youtube or... Our email address is austechnews@gmail.com . However feel free to leave a voice mail for feedback and comments on the show as well. Thanks for supporting the show and listening to it!

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Episode 97: NOT AN EXPANSION Google look to be launching ads on video games - look out! Also, Crysis Warhead peeks, and a lot of videos and tips this week! Remember you can always subscribe by clicking the podcast icon in the top right, or by putting this link into your iTunes/podcast program: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AustechNews - Its easy and free to subscribe, and gives you the show as soon as we make them! You can have a listen using the player here: If you'd like, you can download this show straight away (47:43, 27.2mb), by clicking here (if you get a prompt, you want to save it to your computer) Lastly, we are also on digg, if you would like to vote for us on there!: http://digg.com/podcasts/ausTech_news Shownotes: Samsung unveils mini projector cepro.com - source Lolcats to steal your identity slashdot.org - source Crysis warhead: ITS NOT A EXPANSION ALRIGHT? bit-tech.nl - source Google brings Ads into Video Games pspupdates.qj.net - nooooo! The Video game crash of 1983 videosift.com - source Goss: A new section I'm trialling, as I see small note pieces worth talking about briefly, I put them in here, instead of just glossing over in the short stories. Nokia phone goss: The nokia 5800 tube has more information. This phone is nokia's response to the iphone. It is going to use the symbian operating system which means nice free applications, but that looks like it won't mean much now - the interface has not been updated enough to take advantage of the touch platform. Apple goss: more rumors stirring around of a ipod nano update, the current one is that it will be taller. Also rumors of a touchpad Hardware goss: ATI 4850 Non reference graphic cards are starting to come in to australia, with more designs pictured: The Asus 1gig Edition will apparantly (via secretnet) come out on the 1st of august here, followed by the very nice looking HIS branded one which also has dual slot cooling. In the next three months it's been strongly predicted that the Nvidia GTX 260 will have a update to be on a 45nm process, with the intention of it to make it smaller, cheaper, and run cooler. Just a thought for those still umming and arring about buying one of the current generation ones. The OCZ nia or known by people hiding under a rock as the "brainmouse" appears to be turning into vaporware, with its release in australia being delayed yet again by two weeks. 14th August is their new launch date in to australia - but I'm not holding my breath. The 901 Black EEEpc is available on Pc Case gear for $625 - not a bad price! This is the 6 cell version too, which now puts it ahead of the MSI Wind depending on if you prefer Solid state storage, or the MSI Wind's hard drive. Also on Pccasgear, the EEEbox has turned up on our shores early! This almost deserves a bit of a discussion itself. eeeBox202: Atom 1.6ghz Diamondville cpu1 gig of ram80gig HDDWindows HomeDVI output, 4 usbports, cardreaders (no cd drive)Wireless-n, ethernetCost: $419 on PcCaseGear You are paying a bit for the form factor, but your getting an eeepc essentially without the screen, and slightly bumped up specs. Video of the week #1: Wii motion updates - light saber action! One of the developers talks about the features of the upcoming Wii Motion Tech. It looks perfect for lightsaber and sword action. Drool. Go watch on youtube Video of the week #2: Watchmen - official trailer Not knowing anything about this movie until this trailer, I was suprised to find out it is based on one of the only comic books to receive a hugo award in time magazine - this is a big movie release to come. Go watch on youtube Tip of the Week 1: Navicat Made by Premiumsoft, this is a web-geeks dream come true - it brings sql and search based languages into a realm of easy and gives you enough control to keep your websites under control as they get larger. I loved the use of being able to backup a database (these are used to store all a persons posts on a forum, or photo information on a gallery), and sync i

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