TTR Ep 33 - IceTV wins! Microsoft Server 2008, Free porn Filters for all, DRM Universal and iTunes, Vista and XP service packs

Play Now -->

DATE : Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:02:18 +1000
Entered in Database : 2007-08-13 13:02:18
length : 46412698
Link to the Show / Show Notes

There’s plenty to talk about in the Australian technology scene at the moment, what with Sol Trujillo’s 3 million dollar pay rise, John Howard’s free porn filter for all, and the sweet victory by Ice TV over the Nine network in relation to Nine’s outrageous allegation that it owned the copyright of it’s TV program guide. But first this week, I bet you didn’t know that Sol Trujillo’s salary is 38 times that of the Prime Minister of Australia. Yes you heard me correctly – Mr Trujillo's total pay packet increased by $3 million last financial year to $11.78 million - 38 times the prime minister's salary. John Howard said on Radio last week that he wasn’t complaining about the salary he gets but he did think the average Australian, who gets paid a lot less than he does regards that sort of salary as being absolutely unreasonable – a sentiment that I whole hartedly agree with – with one exception, I’d substitute the word unreasonable with obscene. As a shareholder you would have to ask if you thought it was good value for money. Also this week, the free to air television networks are finally coming to a harsh reality that the way consumers get their news and entertainment is changing. The days of free to air tv’s dominance in the market place is changing. Recently the Seven network announce a partnership with TiVo in an effort to provide commercial free TV to the masses at a cost, and this week PBL’s Nine Network lost a case over it’s alleged copyright of its program guide. This week Tech Talk Radio regular Adam Turner gets off the couch and visits the Tech Talk Radio studio... and this week IceTV wins copyright battle with Nine Network! You can read Adams article on iTwire. Also we catch up with Julius Sinkevicius, Senior Product Manager of Windows Server Division of Microsoft from their US Headquarters. Julius will run us through the new Server 2008 technology as Sever 2003 gets a makeover. Julius started working in information technology in 1991, and has held various positions in systems and network administration. In 1998, he joined Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Consulting Services group and worked with some of Canada’s largest companies deploying infrastructure servers. In 2000, he moved to Redmond, Washington and worked in the Microsoft Learning and Tablet PC groups. This week on Tech Talk Radio Adam Turner Joins us live in the studio to talk about living room convergence Microsoft talks to Tech Talk Radio about Server 2008 We get the panels reaction to Sol’s $3m pay rise The election campaigning ramps up with John Howard’s porn filter for all and Coonan opens up the broadband race.

Play in your Iphone