This week:

1. Google and Microsoft photograph Australia Day from the sky
2. The Microsoft Wikipedia kerfuffle
3. No Vista downloads for Aussies
4. Is WiMax secure?
5. Bigpond cable may open up speeds
6. Engin provides VOIP on Nokia N80 phones
7. Small business still confused by VOIP
8. Will iTV allow movie downloads from Australians?
9. Auipodrepairs.com the answer to iPod repairs
10. Qantas has inflight entertainment problems
11. New fossils discovered on Nullabor
12. Snake menace increases as drought bites
13. Scientific evidence that we need holidays
14. Update on listed Aussie biotech sector
15. Tim Flannery named Australian of the Year
16. Tassie devil ranks world worst sounds

Podsafe music this week: Destiny by Duane Carter

All stories in detail at www.antipodeanpodcast-blog.com

1. The 3 network Netconnect card - experiences so far
2. Upgrading your hard disk using Acronis
3. Skypes new Pro Service to launch in Australia
4. Paypal to test keychain security dongle in Australia
5. Unwired funding update
6. The birth of solid disk (Flash) storage drives up to 128GB
7. Comments on Telstra and broadband expansion - the war continues
8. Comet McNaught dazzles southern skies
9. Student break solar car road trip record

The Antipodean Podcast has some coverage this week of the Consumer ElectronicsElectrontics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas from the techpodcasts network  and courtesy of Andy McCaskey from Slashdot Review and Todd Cochrane from the Geek News Central Podcast.  Thanks to both for making this available to TPN members for inclusion in their shows.  Also congratulations to both Todd and Andy on a martathon effort at CES in producing both audio and video coverage of the event.  Go to www.techpodcasts.com for full coverage.

CES items covered:

• Near Field Communications - Mobile doubles as credit card for payment
• Wowee - is it a bird?
• SmartshopperUSA -The reminder we all need
• Parrot - bluetooth enable picture frames

Other items covered this week:

• Australia trial Low cost laptop from the One Laptop Per Child program
• Ericsson Australian Consumer lab survey Ã�¢ï¿½ï¿½ what we like
• Microsoft Australia gets new Managing Director
• Boeing joins Queensland Scramjet project
• Caffeine in drinks Ã�¢ï¿½ï¿½ potential issue for children
• Aussies get to see new comet this week
• Aussie Zoo puts humans on display

All stories on the blog at www.antipodeanpodcast-blog.com

Happy New Year to all Antipodean Podcast listeners and subscribers. A short show this week as we get back into the podcasting groove.  Besides as most of this part of the world is still on vacation its been a slow couple of weeks on the new front.

Topics covered this week include:

• Major earthquake near Taiwan causes internet havoc in Asia
• Unwired needs to raise $10M to keep funding flowing
• Cars get broadband routers - we remain hopeful in Australia
• Funding becomes critical for more research to save Tasmanian Devils from cancerous disease
• 2007 to be hottest on record
• Vale instant noodle inventor

Podsafe music this week: Gerry Wall, Fire in St Peters