Welcome to the 2nd episode of TechieTubbies, in this episode we discuss our new timeslots, our weekends and a possible co-co-host on our next show

Windows 7 UI
Dock-style taskbar, Dock-style menus, Widgets appear below your windows (not above), Libraries

Windows Azure
Windows Server in the cloud, hosted by Microsoft, pay by usage. .NET Visual Studio. Eventually Python, PHP and Ruby (running on .NET).

Rackspace, Slicehost and JungleDisk
Rackspace into the cloud – hence the acquisitions – Mosso (which is crap)

Qwitter
http://useqwitter.com/

TMobile G1
It’s Ugly. App Store, no press.

Sainsburys to offer DRM-free music
£99 per year, use a USB key to validate the download, then copy it to your devices.

ChaCha and the Eiffel Tower

Events

• PHPNW
  22nd November, Manchester
  http://phpnw.org.uk/

• Barcamp Sheffield
  28-30th November, The Showroom, Sheffield
  http://barcampsheffield.net/

• Barcamp Liverpool
  6-7th December, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool
  http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1107224/

• BBC Backstage Christmas Bash
  13th December, Manchester
  http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1225186/

 

 TechieTubbies #2 : It's Very Shiny [28:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Welcome to the first episode of TechieTubbies, a brand new podcast collaborating the talents of Rahoul Baruah and the sound equipment of Dominic Hodgson, this first show was recorded just over a week ago but we’ve finally gotten round to tarting it up a bit and releasing it. Read the rest…

 

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