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Germans are worried that their personal information could be pinched from the RFID chips in Government ID Cards & it looks like Cisco is taking a liking to Skype.

Google releases yet another missile to take on it’s competitors, this time the ability to make phone calls from inside Gmail. Also Microsoft have been left red faced after parading near naked models at the recent Tech Ed event in Australia.

Paul Brislen talks about the Facebook geo-location announcement ‘Places’, the Wikileaks time bomb and Vodafone going naked.

It’s wars this week with Google being criticised over it’s deal with Verizon in the states and Dell comes out with an iPad alternative.

An offensive edition of Paul Brislen‘s tech week featuring a Twitter Twit, a Red Head, the iPhone 4 and the old Spice Guy.

An amazing medical tech story this week including miniature biosensor that is capable of identifying microbes in a sample within 24 hours. Also what’s Google cooking up to face off against other social networks? Is it Google Me? Finally a story from Kenya where they are planning on registering all mobile phones to cut crime.

Paul’s giving the lowdown on NIWA’s brand new super computer that will predict nasty weather events. Or not. In complete contrast we also mention the UK’s oldest computer which is about to have a wee makeover and YouTube look to be offering movie rentals in the near future. Paul Brislen loves technology – find him at his blog and on Twitter.

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After a wee rant about Telecom, Paul informs us that the world we live in and thought we were sure about is not in fact ready to be understood. Also file shearers are under attack in the UK with another piece of draconian legislation and Microsoft are accused of erasing a black man from the boardroom. Paul Brislen loves technology – find him at his blog and on Twitter.

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We discuss today’s Venture Beat article that says airlines may jettison in-flight entertainment as personal gadgets proliferate. Also two awards ceremonies were held overnight. The Dyson Awards and the NZ Netguide Awards, no surprises there. Paul has the results. Paul Brislen loves technology – find him at his blog and on Twitter.

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The great firewall of New Zealand, mobile phone data plans, the Moon Landings, Twitter was hacked last week and Battlefield 1943. It’s all covered in this quickfire technology round with Paul Brislen who loves technology – find him at his blog and on Twitter.

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