January, 2010 Archive

Trekkies of the world are about to unite as the Massive Multiplayer game “Star Trek Online” is about to go live. The game officially launches on Tuesday the 2nd of February, but many Trek fans have been able to get early access to the online Trek Universe through a successful public beta and a “headsup” [...]

The iPad is out. We’ve been listening to a flaky audio stream live from Apple’s Keynote speech to find out what’s new, and here’s what we can report:

BT has officially started offering their “up to 40 Megabit” high-speed broadband service, under the brand “BT Infinity”. Initially, it’s only available to a few areas of the UK, but coverage will increase as BT continue to expand their fibre optic network. By the end of 2010, it’s estimated that around 4 million homes and [...]

Well, dear listeners, we’ve been playing around with stats this evening and we thought you might be interested in a little information about who else is listening to our tech podcast. Seems the average listener is between 35 and 44, a bit of a techie, running iTunes, using Internet Explorer on a Windows PC with [...]

Vodafone has just relaunched their “Access Gateway” product as “Vodafone Sure Signal”… but what is it? Well, it’s something called a Femtocell. No clearer? Thought not. It’s actually a little box that you plug into your broadband router, and what it does is clever. For those living in a valley, basement, mine shaft, or miles [...]

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Well, that’s the claim of our show’s presenter Carl in our latest update. To hear the full discussion, or read the transcript, go to www.frequencycast.co.uk/pc_or_mac.html VOTE NOW! Brits use PCs, Americans use Macs. True or False? Spot on | Utter Rubbish

Carl and Pete have completed another one of their audio updates looking at the latest tech news, plus your feedback on the last show – which was all about backups. Planned as a 15 minute quick update, this runs to nearly 26 minutes, and fans of Carl and Pete’s tech ramblings and rudeness should enjoy [...]

FrequencyCast Update 14 January 2010 [ 25:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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It’s jolly chilly out there, so our advice is to stay in and have a nice cup of coffee. Our Pete considers himself to be something of a coffee connoisseur, and he’s been on a quest for a decent home coffee machine for a while. He’s tried a generic coffee machine, been sadly disappointed by [...]

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Britain’s in the grip of some lovely weather at the moment, isn’t she? Snow and ice… record low temperatures, having to import grit and rocksalt from Egypt to keep our roads running? Madness! Well, as it’s too cold to go out and play today, one of our team has taken the time to write a [...]

Users of Tiscali’s broadband and phone service will find that from this Thursday, the 7th of January, they’ll have a new provider – TalkTalk. In May last year, the Carphone Warehouse announced the acquisition of troubled Tiscali, and the user migration happens this week. However, some users may find that they’re in for a shock. [...]

Happy New Year to all of our FrequencyCast listeners! Show 47, the first show of 2010, has just been released for your listening pleasure. In this show, we discuss all that’s new with digital TV and technology. Here’s what we cover in this show: News Updates: Project Canvas, Tesco iPhone, iPlayer on Freesat, Freeview HD [...]

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