Topics covered: update on Broadband over power lines in Australia; Telstra forces 8.4 million users to buy new cell phones; VOIP policy in Australia confirmed; Australian Music Industry aims at piracy; Australian Inventor takes award to tyre recycling; Singing iceberg; New treatment for prostate cancer; Stem cell review in Australia; New laws cover biodiversity and bio-prospecting exploitation; Aging Octopi. Music played (Courtesy of the podsafe music network): Guerreros de noche, Luis Claudio; Locked in the shadows, Natalie Brown. Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: Telstra releases new growth and infrastructure strategy; Opposition from other Telco’s claiming anti-competitive behaviour; Optus launches new 3G/GSM/WiFi network; Australian Federal Government to invest additional 3.1 billion on Telco infrastructure; Australian Federal Government to create new critical infrastructure guidelines; Unwired feeling left out with new 3Gcompetition over WiMax; Hand cranked laptop for kids; Harriet the Tortoise reaches 175th birthday; New treatment in the works for cervical cancer; Genetics and cerebral palsy; Better anti venoms needed in Australia; Aussie lizards have toxic bite. Music played: Intro: Latin Salsa, K. Macleod; Welcome to Cairo Street, Jim Fidler (Podsafe Music Network); To hold you again, James La Brie ( Podsafe Music Network); Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

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Topics covered: Unwired releases new laptop card � getting close to WiMax; Austar ready for regional wireless roll out; Slow broadband hobbles OZ; Company directors beaware of your IT shortcomings; ISP enroll in Zombie stomp down; WaxMail promo; More troubles at CSIRO; Aspirin helps prevent skin cancer; DNA sequencing advance may resolve old crime cases; Coffee and your caffeine dose; Ozone hole will shrink; New Great Barrier Reef study; Funds to fight Tassie devils tumour disease; Meteor showers causes confusion and fright; Podsafe Music: Do you want me, Bree DeMoss ( Podsafe Music Network); Outro: K. Macleod (royalty free). Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: Australian video compression software; Waxmail debut; (www.waxmail.biz); ACT government drops Telstra and goes VOIP; Horse race crashes video server; Resilin; Tweety rescued; birds change tune; A sticky situation; Sperm donors warning; Positive effects of volcanoes; Fungus threatens Wollemi pines; Music played: Intro: Kevin McLeod; On a podcast, Cruisebox (podsafe music network); I Wonder, Natalie Brown (podsafe music network); Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog