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TECHGEEK Podcast #7 Foreword: Election Special

By Stewart Wilson on August 20th, 2010 1 Comment

So it seems that the Australian Election is on tomorrow and TECHGEEK is having a very special podcast for it.

We have decided it will be a live podcast where listeners will be able to interact with the presenters via SMS, Phone and Twitter. The podcast will feature the latest in the election news and also feature tech news throughout of week. However, we will be recording another podcast on Sunday with a full wrap of Election News.

So join in the fun tomorrow at around 7.30PM with the Live Edition of the TECHGEEK Podcast for the 21st of August 2010.

Find out more information after the jump.

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Comp: Win a copy of BitDefender Total Security 2010!

By Terence Huynh on July 1st, 2010 62 Comments

TECHGEEK.com.au is starting July with a huge competition, especially when this month we have dubbed it “Security Month”, giving you some advice on how to be secure online and at home when you are on your PC. Of course, with this we might as well offer a competition – and that is what we have done.

In partnership with the good pals of BitDefender, we are offering ten copies, chosen at random, of BitDefender Total Security 2010 (which retails for AU$105) for free. Total Security 2010 protects your identity while removing the threats from spyware and viruses.

All you need is just to answer a simple question: What is your most wanted feature in an ideal security solution (i.e. anti-virus/anti-malware, etc)?

The terms: you have got until Sunday 25 July to get your entires in. To get them in, just place your answers when writing a comment. No seriously. That’s all it takes. Don’t forget, please provide your email address, so we can confirm you.

EDIT: In order to get a winner on the same day for our Podcast recording, we will close entries at 6:30PM AEST. After that, the comments section will be closed and you will no longer be able to post your entries.

EDIT [2]: And it’s over! We’ll be announcing the winners soon.

Security Month kicks off this month, so why not win something. Don’t worry, your emails will not be used for spamming purposes or sold to third parties.

TECHGEEK.com.au – now with more circles

By Terence Huynh on June 14th, 2010 No Comments

Noticed something new? Yes, TECHGEEK.com.au has been given a facelift – and just in time for E3. We have a couple of changes from the previous Bitstream theme, but also some new additions – including more integration with our Topics section. But now, lets say hello to a brand new theme and a brand new look – titled Exogenesis. (You should have seen glimpses of what we have done yesterday, as we have changed our Twitter account to reflect the upcoming changes.)

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Merry Christmas!

By Terence Huynh on December 25th, 2009 No Comments

On behalf of the writers at TECHGEEK.com.au, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year; and thank you for reading our blog. Who would have thought that in three years and more than two thousand posts later, we would be at this stage where we would be tackling discussing censorship and internet filtering… but then again, the decade was all about technology.

So, hopefully, you all got what you wanted; and stay tuned, because we will be posting all the cheap tech stuff you can get at this year’s clearance sales – just like last year, as well as a review of 2009.

- Terence Huynh, Executive Editor (yes, I renamed my position)

Keep up with TECHGEEK.com.au on Facebook

By Terence Huynh on June 13th, 2009 No Comments

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Guess what? Now you can keep up to date with TECHGEEK.com.au, Australia’s technology blog, on Facebook. This page will allow you to keep up to date with the latest news from the blog, and that’s about it. However, we plan to do more things on the Facebook page, like making it a central hub.

So make sure you become a fan of TECHGEEK.com.au, and we do apologise for the weird codes that are in our titles, but they are the fault of Ping.FM, which we are using to phase this in. We soon to hope to fix this soon.

A message from the editor in chief of TECHGEEK.com.au

By Terence Huynh on May 26th, 2009 2 Comments

As TECHGEEK.com.au is growing at a rapid rate, I have to fess up and make an apology to readers who were deceived in a recent story “Microsoft acquisition of Chandler Networks”, thinking that the New Zealand company Chandler Networks has been bought by Microsoft.

The full story has been removed because it failed to meet the TECHGEEK.com.au’s ethos of accurate and opinionated. I, as editor in chief, failed to realise this error, and I do apologise for those readers who have been deceived by our writer, who does own the company in question.

The writer, who will not be named, has been suspended for two weeks for failing to meet the requirements of that ethos. I do wish to say that TECHGEEK.com.au does NOT have any links with Chandler Networks, other than the writer who owns the company. The company does not own a stake in the website.

I do apologise again for those who were deceived.

TECHGEEK.com.au gets a makeover!

By Terence Huynh on April 16th, 2009 No Comments

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So did you notice a change? Yes, we have a new logo – a brand new, non-capitalised “TECHGEEK” logo. Thanks for noticing that. Oh, and TECHGEEK.com.au just got recently a brand new web design which replaces the old “Flux” template we had for about six months.

So, why did we change the design? Well, we had a look at our branding for 2009 – well, all of the sites did under Reawaken Media; and we decided that we need something to bring “spark” back to our new site – and that’s what this theme brought.

So let us welcome BitStream.

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Sidetracked…

By Terence Huynh on March 21st, 2009 No Comments

If you are wondering what has happened to TECHGEEK.com.au and having not a lot of posts during the past few days; well, we all have been very busy and have been sidetracked. While we do want to continue, school work always has priority.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN WE ARE SHUTTING DOWN!!! It just means that we are reorganising our piorities as we head to the final years of schooling. However, since soon there will be a break, get ready for an inundation of new posts soon; and I will try getting the others to start contributing again.

So sorry for not telling you this sooner, but now you all know.

Valentines Day Wishes

By Jay Day on February 14th, 2009 No Comments

Because Terence H doesn’t support Valentine’s Day, well he probably will in a few years but until then he has gotten me to write this season greetings, Easter, st. Patricks day, Valentines post to all you techgirls out there, if there are any.

Currently I have a Valentines already by the name of Michy E which I’m going to have a lovely dinner with tonight and then maybe catch a new release movie of some sort of thing and then tell her she’s the best thing that happened to me and we will probably end up hooking up like every metro teen these days and then seeing each other next week.

So getting back to the post, this is Techgeek’s 22nd month around so I’m guessing that’s nearly 2 Valentines Day’s it’s been through ‘love is in the air’.

This heart goes out to my past ex’s, mainly Michy, Crystal and any other girl who feels satisfied with me.

Welcome to 2009!

By Edit Staff on January 1st, 2009 No Comments

The team over at TECHGEEK.com.au wishes everyone a Happy New Year for 2009, and a welcome to the end of a turbulent year of 2008. If you haven’t noticed; TECHGEEK.com.au has had several Year In Review posts during the past six hours, and I hope you do read them. If you missed them, here are the links:

TECHGEEK.com.au Top 10 Posts for 2008

By Terence Huynh on December 25th, 2008 No Comments

2008 saw us have a full year of coverage on TECHGEEK.com.au, and while we saw several countries fall into recession, several companies collapsed or saw job cuts, or even have Barack Obama winning the 2008 Election; TECHGEEK.com.au is pleased to have called 2008 the year where we finally did something that we accomplished – surviving.

And thanks to your visits (according to Google Analytics), we can now count down the top ten most visited posts that we have on our massive library of content. Oh, and Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from TECHGEEK.com.au

By Terence Huynh on December 24th, 2008 No Comments

TECHGEEK.com.au wishes everyone a Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays – depends on what you want. As you may have noticed, TECHGEEK.com.au will not be updated on December 24 and December 25, since its Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. As well, TECHGEEK.com.au will be in “Crucial Update” mode on Boxing Day and December 27th – meaning that important stories will only be posted on those days.

On the 28th, we hope to get back to we do best, until we go back into holiday mode on New Years Eve and New Years Day.

Terence Huynh
Editor in Chief

EDIT: I might have lied about not having posts on December 24 and December 25 – we just love spoiling you with gadgets and stuff… Merry Christmas though!

TECHGEEK 08 – Vote for your favourite “local” story of 2008

By Terence Huynh on December 7th, 2008 No Comments

It’s that time of the year again, and why not have your say on what were your favourite on the funniest, the weirdest, the best, the worst and your favourite local news stories of 2008. We scoured through our archives (our amazing 1,000+ posts) to pick which one to fill up our categories. Voting will go for four weeks, and we will reveal the answers, along with our favourite and worst gadgets and our year in review. You can vote as many as you want.

Here is how the vote works:

  • You can vote by Twitter by tweeting #TG08 and tweet what your vote was, or replying to our Twitter Account (@techgeekcomau)
  • Comment below on the post to make your selection.
  • Vote in the posts below.

This week’s vote has to do with your favourite local story of the year. Our candidates are:

The Vote box is below (after the jump).

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TECHGEEK 08 – Vote for the Funniest and Weirdest Stories of the year!

By Terence Huynh on November 30th, 2008 No Comments

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It’s that time of the year again, and why not have your say on what were your favourite on the funniest, the weirdest, the best, the worst and your favourite local news stories of 2008. We scoured through our archives (our amazing 1,000+ posts) to pick which one to fill up our categories. Voting will go for four weeks, and we will reveal the answers, along with our favourite and worst gadgets and our year in review. You can vote as many as you want.

Here is how the vote works:

  • You can vote by Twitter by tweeting #TG08 and tweet what your vote was, or replying to our Twitter Account (@techgeekcomau)
  • Comment below on the post to make your selection.
  • Vote in the posts below.

This week’s vote is a double – The Funniest and the Weirdest stories of the year. Here are your candidates: Read More »

Noticed any news on TECHGEEK?

By Terence Huynh on November 12th, 2008 No Comments

If you have been wondering what happened to our News Section during Monday and Tuesday, here’s your answer – we aren’t actually there. This is because most of the team will be either studying for exams or have gone camping (like Me). But how did we post things? Well, it is a simple answer – our posts are time stamped to go out on that time.

However, we will be back on Wednesday (night), and going back to normal.

Terence Huynh
Editor-in-Chief

P.S – This post is also time stamped.