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The Canadian Tech Podcast
Episode 26 March 18 2013

Hosts
Stuart Clark
Jamieson Roberts
James Wilkinson

Topics
Tech at the world figure skating championships. (was cool)

2010 Microsoft Wrote Some Checks That 2013 Microsoft Can’t Cash
http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/04/what-you-should-have-done-was-land-your-plane/

Windows phone 8 and 7.8 support being dropped http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/18/microsoft-windows-phone-8-mango-support/

If you want to learn to code, there are plenty of online resources.
http://sparkcbc.tumblr.com/post/44866196413/if-you-want-to-learn-to-code-there-are-plenty-of

Bug in EA’s Origin Engine allows attacker access to player PCs
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/03/bug-on-eas-origin-game-platform-allows-attackers-to-hijack-player-pcs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Ftechnology-lab+(Ars+Technica%3A+Technology+Lab)

Bloated web pages costly for smartphone users
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/tech-news/bloated-web-pages-costly-for-smartphone-users/article9355125/

Google shutting down reader.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/03/google-reader-shut-down-shocks-and-enrages-the-web.html

To Feedly!
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9237668/500K_users_flee_dead_RSS_walking_Google_Reader_for_Feedly

Google accidentally unveils Evernote like service
http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/03/google-slips-accidentally-unveils-evernote-like-google-keep-service/

Samsung Galaxy S4 Launched
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57574863-94/with-galaxy-s4-samsung-prepares-for-life-after-android/

Specs- http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-specs

Some criticism of the launch
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/03/samsungs-galaxy-s-4-press-conference-slammed-as-shockingly-sexist.html

New Thinkpad T431s launch
First product released after Lenovo’s ‘clean sheet’ program.  Trackpad has support for 20 gestures. Still has the keyboard track button (Stuart likes)
Press Release
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130317005055/en/Lenovos-Newest-ThinkPad-Thinner-Lighter-Springs-Global
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/17/lenovo-thinkpad-t431s-ultrabook-official/

CRTC ruling on internet billing.Some saying not far enough
Rogers and Bell both started offering unlimited plans lately (at around the same price….)
http://whatsyourtech.ca/2013/02/27/canadian-consumers-to-get-a-break-on-internet-billing/

Beyond BlackBerry, Canadian Tech Is Humming
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Canadian-Tech-Sector-Is-Humming/story.xhtml?story_id=030003CLU180

Toms Hardware review of early Haswell CPU’s
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-4770k-haswell-performance,3461.html

Dropbox buys Mailbox
http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/03/dropbox-acquires-mailbox-to-help-grow-the-gmail-app-for-ios-quickly/

New Mountain Lion supports 3tb drives and Windows 8 in boot camp
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5612

Verizon wants to pay per channel
http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/03/verizon-wants-to-only-pay-for-channels-that-tv-customers-actually-watch/

T-Mobile is getting beefy with HSPA+
http://gizmodo.com/5991117/why-t+mobiles-4g-network-could-kick-everybodys-ass

Picks of the week
Stuart – Feedly
Jamieson – Super Cooling might get a bit easier
Borderlands 2James – UnBlock-Us – http://www.unblock-us.com/