This week:

• Update of 3G – Hutchisons 3Mobile  launches HSDPA network and new Data card and plans; also see Om Maliks State of 3G piece
• CSIRO Wireless patent kerfuffle – update
• Unwired gets Deloittes Tech award
• Reeltime.tv launches download to wn movies in Australia – TechCrunch says model will not work
• Controversy surrounds pending bill on Australian Copyright laws – we could all go to jail
• YouTube gets into politics in Australia
• Government launches education program to convert analogue TV uswers to digital
• ICANN chief warns of domain name chaos if non-latin characters adopted.

Podsafe music this week: A special place, Greg Federico

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This week:

• Review of two new HSDPA 3G services -Telstra and Vodafone
• Comments on the iMate JASJAM phone and PDA
• Typepad mobile for mobile blogging
• CSIRO wins WLAN patent case
• Rupert Murdoch slams Aussie broadband speeds and creates a controversy
  
• ADSL2+ Annex M approved and launched by Internode
• First Aussie deployment of WiMax
• BlueAnt Wireless earns CEA award
• Australia’s mounting e-Waste problem
• Sea robots aid climate research
• Huge icebergs float by New Zealand
• Low salaries inhibit development of Malaysian Biotech sector
• Sheep Genome mapping almost complete
• New Zealand students allowed to use SMS text speak in exams!
• The birth of the air guitar’

Podsafe Music this week: ‘ Live to love, love to live', by Greg Federico

This week we cover:

1. Check out Omnidrive - an Aussie company offering online storage which is simple and fast
2. Zookoda - the Aussie company offering comprehensive email marketing application for bloggers and companies
3. Stem cell cloning bill passes Australian Senate
4. Controversy of government subsidies for new cervical cancer vaccine
5. Google - the doctors best friend
6. Benitec - Gene silencing company hopes for acquisition
7. Telstra finally opens up pipe to ADSL2+
8. Google warns about problems with proposed Australian Copyright laws
9. Climate predictions: Heating up, rainfall down
10. CSIRO releases revolutionary new Air Shower

Podsafe music this week: Lonely Tree, by Greg Federico.
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Topics covered this week:

1. Update of broadband over power lines - new convergence of applications appearing but interference with certain frequencies still an issue.  See relevant stories at the Antipodean Podcast Blog.
2. ISP complaints in Australia on the rise
3. New Australian Nuclear reactor fires up
4. Federal government raising the Nuclear power debate in Australia with predictions that we will have such services within 15 years.
5. Marsupial polyandry-selecting the fittest.

Podsafe music this week: Rosochacha by Greg Federicho

Topics covered this week:

• Vodafone HSDPA 3G network launched, but many cities will have to wait for coverage
• Hutchison readies to launch HSDPA 3G
• Telstra NextG 3G readies to upgrade speed
• Queensland plan to roll out FTTH network
• Laser TV technology unveiled in Sydney
• Chile positions as major IT outsourcing centre
• The future of the  com.au domain up for public comment
• iPod wins shonky gong award
• Australia imposes 6th largest ecological footprint
• New solar powered plant announced
• Scientists find super-earth ice planets
• NZ scientists contribute to honeybee genome elucidation
• New Biotech centres for Queensland launched
• Bid to keep stem cell scientists in Australia
• Scientists developing better bananas
• Devil disease update
• Mystery hum rings true in NZ
• Vegemite not banned in US despite fears

This week we review three types of media streaming devices; the MediaGate 350 HDD, the Slimboxes from Slim Devices and the Wireless audio streaming system from Logitech.

For a comprehensive review of the MediaGate product go here to the CNet site.

We would love feedback on your experiences with these devices and others; please use the comment fields.

Topics Covered this week:

1. Why can't downunder podcasters get investment?
2. Web 2.0 fever gains downunder
3. Updates on Unwired implementing new technologies in preparation for WiMax
4. Singapore to provide free wireless island wide
5. OECD fugures show big gains in broadband deployment
6. Boost for internet speeds over copper may negate fibre
7. Robots carry out kidney surgery
8. Tassie get major award for genetics
9. Predictions for major medical advances by Aussie Scientists
10. Australia urged to join Nuclear Fusion consortium
11. Weird and wacky- the perfect device for boiling eggs without water.

Podsafe music from the Podsafe Music Network - Somewhere along the Road, by Marie Ni Crochain

Topics covered:

1. Telstra launches NEXT G (HSDPA)the new 3G network to replace CDMA but it also rains on parade......
   
2. Telstra T3 share float to be launched next week
3. Telstra upgrades its cable internet network
4. Vodafone Australia confirms its own HSDPA 3G network launch on 20th October.
5. Warning about new computer bug '2038' to rival Millennium bug
6. Tasmanian fibre to the home about to go live
7. Australian companies warned by APPLE on use of 'Pod'
8. Australian researchers receive IgNobel award
9. Australians part of team who create 3D map of universe
10. Researchers devise breath test for breast cancer
11. Genetic marker aids cancer treatment
12. Researchers back original Hobbit claims
13. Aussie PhD students need remedial english classes

Podsafe music this week from the Podsafe Music Network: Morning Light by KAZ

Show notes to be posted later. All stories found at the Antipodean Podcast Blog.

No music this week.

Topics covered:

1. Check out Smart Internet CRC
   
2. New $600 million telco fund announced
3. Netspace to rollout largest ADSL2+ coverage
4. Aussie heads new WiMax Association
5. Podlounge gets into mobile podcasts
6. No movies in Australia from iTunes
7. CSIRO and WiFi developments
8. Check out CSIRO Solve Magazine
9. Australian Scientist wins Lasker award
10. Vegetable anti-cancer compounds
11. Limb regrowth
12. Stem cell therapy for heart patients shows promise
13. Walking shark discovered
14. Ozone hole just got bigger

Podsafe music from the Podsafe Music Network: When I close my eyes, by KaZ.

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Topics covered:

1. Australian TV network buys into leading VOIP provider
2. Consumers resist paying for mobile content
3. AARNet rolls our 3rd generation high speed network
4. Hospital launches out unique 802.11a network
5. Structure on insulin receptor detemine by Australian Scientists
6. Anti-inflammatory drugs in heart risk warning
7. Fishy Stories - Fish change sex at will; Fish have great memory
8. CSIRO in froth and bubble research

Podsafe music this week: Ocean of Blue, by Marie Ni Criochain, courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network

Topics covered:

1. Vodafone Australia gets ready to launch high speed 3G
2. Telstra readies to launch its own 3G network
3. Unwired continues expansion in Melbourne
4. Optus providing cell casts of commercial radio
   
5. Telstra executive to reveal all in memoirs
6. Australia post trials new online identification system
7. NZ introduces new laws to cover DRM
   
8. Telephone telepathy - is it real?
9. Climate updates and a storm in Canberra
   
10. Sydeny harbour reveals toxic food chain
11. Microbes to clean up toxic waste
12. 3D structure on organs revealed
13. Soft drinks and obesity
14. Milk protein as a mouthwash
15. Cervical canver vaccine sells well
16. NZ scientist joins prestigious committee
17. Quarks reveal secrets
18. Tas scientists working on moon composition study

Podsafe music from the podsafe music network: The long hall, Karmyn Tyler

Topics covered:

1. Telstra buys Chinese website company
2. Telstra chases VOIP
3. Ericsson in collaboration with NICTA over wireless technologies
4. iBurst comes to Intel MACS
5. NZ company debuts new video technology
6. Bionic eye undergoes clinical trials
7. Learning about vision from insects
8. Queensland team pulls large NIH grant for Arthritis work
9. New test for cardiac disorder
10. Longterm study sheds light on asthma
11. Claim: Government censoring scientists
12. Update on climate change in Australia
13. Fossils reveal transition from sea to land

Podsafe music: Django-like from Brian McRae

Topics Covered:

1. Podcast and coverage from the Successful Innovation Workshop 2006
2. Interview with Metrioo - Mesh Wireless in Australia?
3. Qantas worries about Dell laptops
4. Update on Unwired - wireless network in Australia
5. Comments on the 2006 Eureka awards for Science
6. Aussie Maths genius awarded major prize

Podsafe music this week: Evans Essence from Anne Farnsworth

Topics covered:

1. Federal Government moves to stem cells concience vote
2. Motorola plugs WiMax in Australia
3. Wifi to spread to remote regions
4. Competition hots up in Melbourne wireless space
5. Update on lost moon landings tapes
6. US satellite protection plan a threat to HF radio and GPS signals in Australia and New Zealand
7. Australia formed by continental collison
8. Hot rocks as an alternative energy source
9. Solar power advances
10. Antarctic snow fall levels warn of faulty climate change models
11. More on Australia's prehistoric creatures - new details revealed
12. Aussie farmers asked to report ugly sheep in new genetics study
13. Bovine genome mapped
14. NZ: Pakeha love gene claimed

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Podsafe music this week: 'Saturday morning' by Anne Farnsworth

Topics Covered:

1. Telstra finally abandons Fibre to the node project and all G9 groups bluff to roll out alternaive network
   
2. Telstra announces $1 billions loss for past year
3. Telstra crticised for bonus to its CEO
4. Federal government claims Australian well served for fast broadband
5. Telstra aims for dominance in Wireless sector
6. Aussie census goes well online
7. Sydney ranks 6th in MacBurger index
8. Universities seeking more R&D funding
9. Educators encouraged to embrace Web 2.0, and lectures as podcasts a big hit with students
10. Check out Zapr - new online file transfer made easy
11. CSIRO unveils new fire-proof plastic polymer
12. Is the Y chromosome about to disappear and spanw a new species?
13. Controversy over Maori violence gene claim
14. Western Australia to create population DNA databank
15. Seeing shoes for the blind
16. Breast cancer genes breakthrough
17. New trial for melanoma treatment
18. Gene silenced rye grass reduces hayfever
19. Diabetes-kidney disease link
20. News from New Zealand - Kiwi fruit reduces cancer risk and New drug to treat neurological disorders
21. RSS may harbor security risks
22. Happy Birthday IBM - PC turns 25.
23. Pandora Radio check out Earl Mardles interview with founder Tim Westergren at A Networked World
24. Check out Blubrry
25. Visit In Dialogue for the latest Podcast interview with BioPower

This weeks music from the Podsafe Music Network is: Ben Street Blues by Justice on a Budget

Topics covered:

1. Telstra's 3G broadband network hits the wall as serious concerns raised about viablility of the Ericsson platform chosen
2. Telstra's Fibre to the node netwok stalls as impasse reached with regulator.
3. Smaller Aussie IPSs reducing speed to due to Telstra DSLAM charges increase
4. ABC breakfast radio interview on Aussie broadband issues - Partial snapshot; full mp3 can be downloaded here: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/feeds/bst_20060801.mp3
5. Satellite technology foils car thieves in Sydney
6. New trojan virus (A311) infects 10000 Aussie computers - not esily detected or removed.
7. Aussie companies get $34M in government grants for R&D
8. New Zealand Agbiotech sector and novel products on show at major biotech conference in Melbourne next week.
9. No link between head-brain size and intelligence.
10. Clouds over Antarctica warn of global warning.
11. No link between dairy foods and prostate cancer
12. Dingos and cane toads
13. The perfect tech egg timer
14. New marine fossils
    
15. Update on the happiness index

Music played: From the Podsafe Music Network, skidmarks by Peopod

Topics covered this week:

1. Comments on changing ISPs and ADSL2+
2. Squeezeboxes and Slim Devices - music streaming nirvana
3. Pacific ISP link new faults
4. Newton vs the Samsung Q1 tablet - have we moved very far?
5. Omnidrive the new Aussie online storage solution
6. Kazaa goes legal
7. HSDPA from Hutchinson 3G next year
8. Motorola to trial WiMax mobile phones
9. NZ Telecom to ramp up internet speeds
10. NZ talent brain drain to Australia
11. Australian 2006 Census goes online
12. Australian Banks fail in online communications test
13. Universities spent 4.2 billion on R&D and increase industry engagement
14. Biotechs urged to merge
15. Steps in fight against Hepatitis C
16. New Aussie Alzheimers Drug
17. Pluto warming up
18. Aussie Jenolan caves - worlds oldest
19. More calls for renewable energy alternatives
20. Weird and wacky - sucking sea spiders from the deep
21. Student patent anemone captive breeding process
22. New podcast: In The Newz from ATP Innovations
    

Music this week:

Dixie mashup from Dave Winer et al.
Miami from Gumbi Ortiz from the Podsafe Music Network

Topics covered this week:

1. CSIRO loses a round in WiFi Patent case
2. Qantas to offer inflight broadband
3. Malaysia scrap Wimax broadband tender
4. Optus readies launch of new communications satellite
5. Free VOIP calls in Australia and overseas with Gizmo
6. New smart electricity meters to be introduced
7. Broadband has killed the bicycle courier
8. ABC (Australia) world leader on podcasting
9. IT calender girl website controversy
10. Australia: Scientist shortage looms
11. New Gen 3G to be launched in New Zealand
12. Google sets up in New Zealand
13. NZ dangerous place to travel?
14. New signs of life on Mars? Fossils look good
15. New Artificial heart project
16. Iodine deficiency in australia
17. Update on Aussie life style stats for 2005
18. Visit blubrry.com the podcast social network
    

Podsafe music this week: January, by Kelly Goodlad, from the Podsafe Music Network

Topics covered: Australians in Lebanon (http://antipodean14.blogs.com/lebanon_crises_2006) and reflections on a  more peaceful time;  G9 telco consortium and a new plan to create FTTN network to compete with Telstra. Comments from ABC morning breakfast program (www.abc.net.au/rn); World has 2 billion mobiles on line; Vodafone launches 1.8Mbits/s 3G modem; BigAir gets into VDSL services in Australian apartment complexes; New mobile services R&D centre opens in Tasmania; Researchers unveil new TV messaging services for remote communities; New Australian flat telescope to be built; Killer Kangaroo fossils unearthed; Bacteria linked to gold nugget formation; Dire warnings on antarctic ice melt predictions; Olive leaves - cancer killing potential; CSIRO revamps scientist communication policy; Australian States may go it alone on stem cell research - opposed to federal bans; global Happy Plant Index - we dont do rank well; Podsafe music this week from the Podsafe Music Network: Witch Hunt by Ron Helman, and Cairo Street by Jim Fidler

Topics covered: A protein based terabyte storage capacity?; Superglue used to stop data theft; Sydney workers addicted to email; Britons and gadgets lead to environmental warning; Unisys wins large biometrics deal; 802.11n products begin to hit Australian stores; Brain research and legal defences; More efforts required to track asteroids; Virus lurks in Koala Gerome; Dog DNA may help human disease research; Government urged to continue trials of anti-blindness drug; Dodo update; Bigfoot update; Aussie inventions celebrated; NZ Antarctic program in doubt; R&D alive and well in New Zealand, New Zealand nano company heading into big things. Podsafe music; Blue in Rain by K C Saito and Forty Five from Whispering Johnson, from the Podsafe Music Network.

Topics covered: New online office-like products from Zoho are worth a look; Aussie consumers spend more on gadgets than life essentials; Report from USA Today on Australia as a key centre for entrepreneurial activity; Australia broadband uptake slows as migration to ADSL reaches peak; Wireless technologies in Australia regarded as key for the future but infrastructure still embryonic; 3G services now cover Perth and Adelaide as Optus and Vodafone expand coverage; SingTel aims at 100mbps over copper with new VDSL service; New high speed network for academics and researchers in State of Victoria; Netgear releases new 200mbps broadband over power lines for home networking; New trial to begin in Australia for Bird flu vaccine; New trial commences for antibacterial contact lens; Cane toads advance on Western Australia; Dingo urine works as marsupial repellent; Tassie devils disease changing the ecological balance in Tasmania; Comments on Stems cells and cloning; Scientist starting to uncover the story around the Dodo extinction.  Podsafe music from the Podsafe Music Network; Swing that thing by Johnny Ferreira

Topics covered: $100,000 Doherty Prize for new optical communications technology; Optus teaming with MSN; Vodafone launches innovative new service in New Zealand; Intel invests further in Unwired; BlueAnt in USA; Federal government releasing new internet filter fro everyone; Podlounge launches new service for Sony PSP; How long do CDs and DVDs really last; Discussion over tow articles on new media plus new blog site www.marketsareconversations.com; Aussie robot dogs are world champs; Australian Astronomer wins prize; Controversy over stolen body parts products; New vaccine to control liver fluke; Warner to help save Tassie Devils; New synthetic skin development; Vale Harriet the Tortise at 176 years. Podsafe music from the Podsafe Music Network; No Dice, Marius Kahan.

APC 2006-06-17: Slow news week down under. Great podcasts to listen to: For immediate Release ( FIR) www.forimmediaterelease.biz features a series of great interviews focused around business and marketing and new media; check out Allison Sheridans Noscilla Podcast (http://podfeet.com), Allison covers Mac and other issues, great commentary and content. The Noscilla Podcast is a member of the Techpodcast Network (www.techpodcast.com); Remember this weeks TPN roundtable Saturday 17^th 1.30 pacific EST (US). Comments on MyChingo (www.mychingo.com) a voicemail and audio comments plug-in, testing this on the APC blogsite (www.antipodeanpodcast-blog.com). Also check out Waxmail as an alternative (www.waxmail.biz); Currently assessing Microsoft Office 2007 beta 2; New road tools; Mobile power pack from www.socketcom.com and the Beachtek (www.beachtek.com) DXA-10 battery powered pre-amp for two XLR microphone inputs with full phantom power - perfect in combination with the M-Audio Microtrack and condenser mics to provide complete portable solution for high quality on the road podcasts. News this week: Telstra forced to back down on ULL charges; Telstra seeks soft approach to IPTV services in Australia; Fibre to the home initiatives in Perth, Western Australia;  Young cyber sleuths wage war on mobile scam in Australia;  Commercialization Expo in Melbourne (www.expo2006.com.au); New biomaterial, Elastin offers unique tissue engineering solutions; Worlds oldest Fossils in Australia - possibly. Podsafe music this week comes from the Podsafe Music Network (http://music.podshow.com) Tracks played: Voice of the Wind and the View from Here by Marius Kahan.

APC 2006-06-10: Happy birthday to the Queen. This week we talk about our first ever Skypecast of the popular ATP Innovations bizNetClub seminar (www.biznetclub.com.au) on the June 6^th ; I also cover off some recent updates on the Techpodcast Network (www.techpodcasts.com) and mention some interesting shows worth downloading including; Slashdot Review, Home Network Help and the Geek News Central podcasts. A comment of research imperatives of Zoological Gardens; Other stories: Unwired rolls out new service into regional Australia via its partner Austar (www.austar.com.au); Unwired partners with ReelTime Media for wireless movie downloads; Comments on WiMax and BigAir (http://www.bigair.com.au/) wireless in Australia; Control of Canes toads in Australia and use of biological control and sex changes; Zero emission coal fired power stations in the future; Energy from hot rock technology possible; Scientists grow body organs in situ; acupuncture can improve IVF outcomes. Podsafe music this week comes from the Podsafe Music Network (http://music.podshow.com) Tracks played: Old Folks by Ron Helman; January by Kelly Goodlad.

Topics covered: Forthcoming SkypeCast of biznetclub on June 6th (www.successful-innovation.com). New indialogue interviews (www.indialogue.com.au); New Australian anti-spam tool released (www.acma.gov.au ); New Aussie Blog search tool Gnoos goes live (www.gnoos.com); CSIRO Gets closer on patent win over WiFi (www.csiro.au); Why you should care about WiMax (www.zdnet.com.au) WiMax and 3G?; WiMax woes in New Zealand; Australia Post looks to electronic future; Aussies don't get HDTV; Australian continent formed by giant meteor; Volcano lake turns red; Waste water and biofuel reactors; Hobbit update; Weird and wacky review; Podsafe music from the Podshow (http://music.podshow.com); Light my fire by m7; One for the box, by Monika Herzig

Topics covered: The emerging nuclear energy debate in Australia with panel discussion courtest of the ABC Radio National Breakfast (www.abc.net.au); Worries over regional wireless viability under Federal Government new funding scheme; Navini releases Wimax gear is a  boost for Unwired moving to new standards; iBurst eneables lives radio broadcasts in Sydney; Australia gives $$ for internet development in developing countries; NICTA get another $250M; Viruses more of a problem in Australia than hackers; Sleep aponea device wins award; Researchers deemed trustrworhty Australians; Huge underwater strcuture found in western Australia; Gene blamed for Taassie Devils disease. Music played from the Podsafe Music Network:  Sweet Nicole, Reginald Clair

Topics covered: New Australian Copyright laws make downloads legal but commentators find major issues and limitations; Broadband over powerlines in Tasmania ready to go mainstream; VOIP  uptake in Australia gaining pace amongst consumers; Microsoft invests in Brisbane eResearch centre and also to include Australian phrases in Office 2007; iBurst wireless gets ready for expansion; Hutchison to introduce HSDPA to its 3G network; Optus and Disney form partnership; Gartner warns in privacy issues for companies using US based services providers; New Zealand budget continues strong support for science and technology; Hobbit controversy continues; Perth Zoo ‘Zoo Poo Project’ – is this the type of research that really warrants support? Music from the podsafe music network; ‘I found you’ by Rebecca Haviland (http://www.rebeccahaviland.com). Full stories at  http://www.antipodeanpodcast-blog.com

Topics covered: Comments on how the Australian 2006 Federal Budget provide additional support for the ICT, Medical Sciences and venture capital sectors; coverage and four interviews with exhibitors at CEBIT Australia 2006 held this past week in Sydney. Review of the U3 USB flashdrive Podsafe music from the Podsafe Music Network http://music.podshow.com); Tabasuco, by  KC Saito. Full stories found at www.antipodeanpodcast-blog.com.au

A quick show covering this weeks visit to the US and some recent updates from Australia.  Shownotes will be posted in full later

Topics covered: From St Louis, Mo; Techpodcasts Network events; SkypeIn arrives in Australia, VOIP comments; Broadband comments; Australia to introduce national smart identity card; Aussies identify flaws in Cisco wireless routers; WOTIF to list on ASX; Southern Cross internet link repaired; Mobiles interfere with decision making; Space travel for Muslims – dilemma; Ozzy homeowners love solar; Embryos stems cells decision forthcoming; plants to produce 3 omega oils;  Music played from the Podsafe Music Network:  Dancin in the moonlight, and Salsa piccolo by Rich Fernandez. Full stories at www.antipodeanpodcast-blog.com

Topics covered: Intro comments - Techpodcasts network news (www.techpodcasts.com); Australian Innovation Festival (www.ausinnovation.org); Recent commentary on Australian Innovation by Thomas Barlow and promo interview on ABC radio - full interview at www.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/feeds/cpoint_20060410.mp3; Telcos forming pact to develop fibre network; more litigation against Telstra; Google hiring in Australia, and Google and Unwired get together; New high spped netwrok for academics in NZ; Aussies confirm RFID susceptible to DoS attacks; ANU to help develop world largest telescope; Underground rivers in Antartica; Wallaby milk has strong antibiotic molecules; Music played from the Podsafe Music Network:  Take it Easy, The Gabor Bolla Quartet; Easy Groove, The Blue Mile. Full stories at: www.antipodeanpodcast-blog.com

Topics covered: Google buys Aussie search algorithm and the developer; Google and voice search; ABC Australia piece on Google; Family chat and internet services in NZ; NZ National Anthem; Telstra to consult public over new fibre network; Ausssie and NZ news from Bio2006, Chicago; Scientists discover frost resistant plant gene from Antartica; Wind energy concerns; Will Australia launch satellites?; the trillion dollar phone bill; Legumes in cancer fight; Sheep sharing by phone. Music played from the Podsafe Music Network:  Come on in, by Just Plain Darin. Full stories at  www.antipodeanpodcast-blog.com

Topics covered:  New WiMax roll outs starting in city and regional areas; Broadband users topping 3 million but uptake slowing; iBurst wireless seeking to expand into new cities; Potetnetial challenges face 3G operators as switchover rools on; Australia urged not to regulate internet content; new VOIP player enters crowded market; Digital radio to launch in Australia in 2008; Kiwi dad gives away $40M proceeds from sale of internet auction site; Sky TV services restored in Oz and Kiwi land; Singapore introduces new biometric passports; BP enters biofuels market with fats fuel; Discovery of genes which regualte sperm and egg production. Podsafe music: The Woodshedders, from the podsafe music network (www.music.podshow.com). Full stories at www.antipodeanpodcast-blog.com

Topics covered: Intro comments and 1 year APC anniversary; Australian ISPs in new anti-spam assault; G2 Microsystems releases unique RFID Wifi Chip; iTunes boosts Aussie music sales online; Optus telco faces tough times and techno wobbles; Ultrabroadband network - GrangeNet to close; Australia slips in world tech rankings; Twitchy leg syndrome; Chocolate may deepen depression; Scramjet debuts in successful tests; Sky TV crashs in Australia and NZ; Announcement from the Techpodcasts Network: U3 USB Drives developers contest; Weird and wacky - the iPop Bra. Podsafe music from the Podsafe Music Network (www.music.podshow.com) Two tracks from Irene, Spanish singer. Full stories at <a href="http://www.antipodeanpodcast-blog.com">The Antipodean Podcast Blog</a>

Topics covered: Intro comments; Voip and wireless get together; New high speed network for rural Queensland; Freedom of speech and the internet; Google library access delayed in Australia; Aussie scramjet - new tests; Clinical trial dangers; Tinnitus interfers with mental tasks; Cylcone Larry and Great Barrier Reef; Weird and Wacky brits and the phone. Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: Australian Media ownerships to be changed; Murdoch: media adapt or die; Digital radio in Australia – will it ever be a reality? Banks see human face over IT; Optus telco cuts staff; Xbox ready to launch on Australia; Report: New Concepts in Innovation, Business Council of Australia (www.bca.com.au); Viruses and obesity; Ice age cave reveals secrets; Eruptions strands kiwis Music played from the Podsafe Music Network: Liar liar, Julie Harris; Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: Australia industry lagging on ICT front; Australia ICT industry regarded as a neglected business sector in Australia (www.brw.com.au); Australian governments need to get savvy on IT and eGovernment implementation; More on new broadband over power in Australia; Kiwi entrepreneur cashes in; Podcasting gets traction in Oz for radio; Government to establish ground rules for nanotechnology; More wireless spectrum to be auctioned; Coffee danger, damn�; Thirsty plants tell us when they need a drink; Success with heart stem cell therapy; Aussie dunnies (toilets) standards under review (weird and wacky) Music played from the Podsafe Music Network: Peeping Tom, Amy Abdou. Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: New Australian Government Chief Scientist appointed and controversy stirs; ABC radio coverage of Chief Scientist controversy (www.abc.net.au); Media sensationalising science (http://www.smf.co.uk); Australian Biotech companies show market traction; Taipan venom - new clotting agent; Brain injury and chronic fatigue syndrome; Gene linked to depression; New rapid multi-target test for bird flu and other infectious agents; Pentagon employs sharks. Music played from the Podsafe Music Network: Blue Nova, The Panic Attacks. Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: Spyware merchant Olympic champion; Australian ICT sector seeks better branding and marketing push; Telstra launches the bigblog; Paid content is new focus of media companies; Earl Mardle from a Networked World muses on: Information Scaffold (www.kn.com.au); ISPs dropping wireless provisions; Internet2 coming to New Zealand. Music played from the Podsafe Music Network: Music played from the Podsafe Music Network: Sin Promessas, Don Betto. Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: A number of follow up stories this week. Technology: CSIRO gagging cliams to be investigated; broadband over power comes to Canberra; Australians dumping landlines; More Australians continue to connect to broadband; Is broad the 4th Utility yet?; 3G rollout – Telstra says integration will be a challenge; Scientists await new high speed network; New Australian search engine; New Zealand technology awards; Innovation Challenge, University of Sydney; Earl Mardle, Kangaroos loose in the digital paddock (www.kn.com.au); Life Sciences: Male gene and parkinsons link; Smelly frogs insectide; seaweed and diabetes; Giant penguin fossil; Cane toad evolution questioned; stems cells as art. Music played from the Podsafe Music Network: One fool show, Doug Macleod, from Album, Dubb. Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: 3G war heats up; Telstra faces Government oversight with CDMA shutdown and 3G introduction; The blurred vision of 3G ( From Earl Mardle of A Networked World ); Spammers win with the mugs; Love and RFIDs; Aussies Scientists claim goverment gags ther free speech; Malaria vaccine hopes; Prostate cancer vaccine developments; Toad evolution in our time (www.abc.net.au); Promo: Taste Media Group (www.tastemediagroup.com.au). Music played from the Podsafe Music Network: Its all about love by Lisa Bell; It will be alright by Heather Sullivan; Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

A proud member of the Techpodcast Nework. Topics covered: Telstra releases downgraded half yearly earnings; Telstra show growth in broadband; Broadband prices set to rise; Australians spend up on yummy digital products; ABC Catapult programs on innovation ( www.abc.net.au/catapult); ABC program �Innovation� in podcast format (www.abc.net.au/ra/innovations); Radical Wireless technology announced (www.computerworld.com); New vaccine for papillomavirus; Ausssie biotechs � state of play; Biotech forecast for Australia: see www.successful-innovation.com; In dialogue series � new podcasts ( www.indialogue.com.au); Reading skills genetic basis; Sex life of giant squid; Diary products prevent tooth decay ( www.newstech.co.nz); Music played (source; The Podsafe Music Network): Anymore, Monkeyshine. Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

A brief review of my experiences using podcasting setups in different situations such as the home, in seminars and conferences and in the field. All links and references mentioned in the podcast can be found at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: FBI crack Aussie computer piracy ring; New virus threat a whimper in Australia; Top secret Cyber-storm exercise in Australia; Aussies are mugs – Nigerian scams (www.kn.com.au); Unwired wireless expands into Melbourne; Beach cam technology for life savers; Thirst and pain; Malaysian Bigfoot being tracked; More on Tassie Devils Tumour disease (also see www.abc.net.au); Marsupial genome sequenced; Perths hovering car; Music played from the Podsafe Music Network: New eyes, Miss Desmond; Other: The Banyon tree, unknown. Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: Australian cancer researcher – Australian of the year; Australian Scientists help find new planet; Crayfish and NASA; Self cleaning bathrooms and nanotech; A million new species; New Australian developments in embryonic stem cells; Asia leads EU in science spending, Australia stays the same; World wide Wi-fi hotspots; Unwired expects good year on back of WiMax. Music played from the Podsafe Music Network: Sing a song of sixpence, by the 4 & 20 Blackbirds. Other: Australian National Anthem. Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: Australia plays role in guiding Stardust space probe home (report courtesy www.abc.net.au); New update to skylook (v1.5) www.skylook.biz; New Successful Innovation Podcast – In Dialogue series (www.indialogue.com.au); Australians in new ePassport trial; Sony BMG joins iTunes Australia; Internet users and website judgement; Staff cuts at Telstra; Wristwatch to monitor malaria potential; Taiwan and Microsoft; Geekery as a personality trait; Zepto and Yocto; A bird in the bush (report courtesy www.abc.net.au) Music played from the Podsafe Music Network: Sweet Blossom, Robin Stine; I can’t see you, Lovespirals. Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: The networked home – comment; IT and car registration; New Zealand Innovation – the smallest GPS chip; Aussie blog search engine; Aussie start-up and online storage; Net speeds in Australia lagging; CO2 sequestration trial set to commence; Concerns over secrecy of CO2 sequestration trial; Climate talks hosted in Australia controversial; Government moves climate change monitoring centre – controversial; More on stem cell commercialisation; Elvis drives women nuts; Music played from the Podsafe Music Network: Safe, Amy Dalley; Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: Topics covered: Australia’s heats wave - a sign of climate change?; Warning over emerging virus threats in Australia; Broadband on the rise worldwide; Whats in Store for broadband in Australia?; School leavers shun IT at Universities; Postcard digital camera; Warning telcos may pull plugs on VOIP services; Radio for mobile; Gum disease and heart attacks; Growing body parts– Australian stem cell breakthrough; Therapeutic Cloning – Australian review urges a lift on ban; Biotech freer in Asia. Music played from the Podsafe Music Network: Thinking you over by Melissa Forbes. Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: new Firefox plug-in – Performancing, direct blog submission tool; Queen Honours iPod designer; Australian invention for interplanetary travel; Tasmania get ICT $$$ boost; Texas to get new BPL services; Didgeridoo helps sleep disorders; Ancient footprints reveal life 20000 years ago in Australia; redheads rule the roost; Evolution named by Science as 2005 top break through; CSIRO defends its new science based diet book; Missing spoons stir scientists into action. Music played from the Podsafe Music Network: Southern Cross by Visions of a Nomad; Blackheart Blues, by Melissa Forbes, Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

For your holiday season driving pleasure, a selection of music played over the past year on the Antipodean Podcast. All music is podsafe and has been sourced from the Podsafe Music Network.

For your holiday season driving pleasure, a selection of music played over the past year on the Antipodean Podcast. All music is podsafe and has been sourced from the Podsafe Music Network.

Topics covered: TypePad off the air - issues; iTunes download and contact issues; New WiMax spectrum to be released in Australia during 206; Update on WiMax and new standard; Research in Australia to bring new faster wireless technology; Telstra still growing soon to be defunct CDMA network; Gartner – warning over Blackberry implementation; bizarre – new RSSTROOM reader; Butterflies may bring us new optical imaging technology; Aussies Nobel’s pick up their gongs; Music played (source; The Podsafe Music Network): Silk Route by SayYa; Jingle bells by Natalie Brown; and from Kevin McLeod, a surprise. Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog (assuming TypePad get their act together)

Topics covered: Global Connect Conference Taiwan; Podcasts from Global Connect Conference found here - The Global connect Conference 2005 Podcasts; Sydney to get new WiMax Network; BPL update in Tasmania; Telstra pulls out of Research Centre; Australia Post trialing RFID for regular mail; Kazaa winds up in Australia; Maths and wobbly tables; Nasal Stems cells for spinal regeneration; Genetic test for melanoma; Stress causes sickness � study reveals; Jasmine rice aroma gene identified; Kangaroos fear sound of their feet; Camels in Australia could accelerate desertification; Music played (source; The Podsafe Music Network): Her Song by Hungry Lucy; Leaving by Chillerstadt. Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog

Topics covered: From Taipei, Taiwan; Taipei going fully wireless; Aussie industry working closely with Taiwan in ICT and electronics sectors; Delays to Tasmanian rollout of fibre to the home; NSW government moving to biofuels; Australia considers a nuclear future; new gene modification technology plus report from ABC Australia; cow flatulence; wasps loins examined; beauty in the eye of the beer-holder; study on lust; mosquito makes teens buzz off. Music played: What to do with Michael, Candy Butchers (Podsafe Music Network) Tico tico, Urban gypsies (Podsafe for Australia); El Escorial, Markus Kaes (Podsafe Music Network). Full stories at The Antipodean Podcast Blog