Tech Weekly podcast: BlackBerry blackout, Siri scrutinised

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Aleks Krotoski is joined by Charles Arthur and Dan Catt for this week's special studio-based podcast, as the team take a break from their busy live schedule. With a little more time, they have the chance to look back over the last few weeks of stories – from the launch of the iPhone 4S and the death of Apple's Steve Jobs – and consider the business impact of the BlackBerry's service disruption, the loss of computing legend Dennis Ritchie, and what lies ahead for the UK's digital enterprise cluster.

Charles speaks to RIM chief Stephen Bates about the organisation's misfortunes – and the financial cost to the company of compensating millions of BlackBerry users for the loss of their service – and to Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales about the strengths of the UK's digital scene. Aleks speaks to the iPhone 4S, giving the speech recognition software a run for its money.

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Tech weekly per podcast: Google-Motorola, riots and social media,

Join Aleks Krotoski and Juliette Garside a zipped version of the Tech Weekly. This week, politics, social media: what role should the British Government has in regulating our access to services such as Facebook BlackBerry , Messenger and Twitter? Author Jeff Jarvis weighs debate and finds that there is currently a demonisation of technology.

Also, the Search giant Google has moved to mobile manufacturing business: blogger stasis Bielinis broke news of Monday's Motorola mobility deal – worth $ 12.5bn – back in June. We find out what is it for Google, and how mobile ecosystem will settle after that bombing.

The British Government has announced the next phase in the high-speed broadband plans – corporate BT partner has promised to bid on some of the £ 530 million in grants connected to out-of-reach rural communities for fast connection. We hear from Bill Murphy, MD for next generation access at BT about the details of its plans, and where it intends to invest.

Finally, what is in store for protracted gamesFifa brand? Keith Stuart speaks with Andrew Wilson, senior VP of worldwide development at EA Sports about its plans for cross-platform entertainment.

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Reed shuts down the computer weekly as Print title

Yet a Reed Business information selloff — it sells its Computer possibility home page and events for IT publisher TechTarget (NSDQ: TTGT) Inc (Drop).

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The printed edition will be closed by RBI after 45 years on paper.

ComputerWeekly.com, aimed at IT managers, claiming spotted monthly visits and has a data base with 165,000 subscribers.

TechTarget also buys ComputerWeekly.com's sister site-microscope, with 15,000 email subscribers.

The end of the printed edition prompts speculation that the business model of the website-it has never charged but instead have tried targeted advertising within its small community.

TechTarget says "will accelerate the (online) investments by setting aside all staff and future action against Web sites and events offer".

TechTarget will site ComputerWeekly in parallel with its existing SearchDataManagement.co.uk, SearchNetworking.co.uk, SearchStorage.co.uk and SearchSecurity.co.uk, SearchVirtualDataCentre.co.uk. It says it will "give advertisers easier and new ways to reach key UK and European it decision makers at the right time in their purchase decision substance cycles".

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Tech weekly: Google reorganizes its index

Aleks Krotoski and Jemima Kiss joined Tom Watson MP, former Director of digital engagement Publications Office Cabinet to discuss the amount the Government pay for their Web solutions.

Charles Arthur asks Margaret Manning, CEO of digital consultancy assistance reading room, which is why her organization charged UK taxpayers almost £ 600 for a 32 x 32 pixel favicon under information Commissioner Office corporate throbber button in July 2010.

Tom explains challenges becomes a digital advocate in public office, ways of civil service may be authorised technological role, and the current minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, must play in the work climate digital procurement strategies. He proposes the same digital work could be done for half price, that some projects overcharged and unnecessary, and to try to tackle in government technology projects is like trying to catch water in your hands.

Also this week: Sue Black from University College London explains how Britain's important role in the computer science history has been secured thanks to a social media fundraising efforts for the purchase of Alan turingpapers from Bletchley Park.

Finally, the team on the future of web search, after several credible news aggregators was down ranked in search results after they fell foul to a tweak in the Google algorithm aims Weeding out sites, trash other people's content.

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Tech weekly: Kvidres app ban

Aleks Krotoski and Jemima Kiss talk through this week's biggest tech headlines, discussing the buoyant AIDS future for digital scene.

Kvidres heavy-handed action against developers of UberTwitter and apps Twidroyd proposes a shakedown from the top of the stack, as it transforms from one service among many to a platform courted by Facebook and Google.

Social games company Zynga in is on the brink of a major investment deal suggests that their diversification model – from games to virtual goods, merchandise, advertising – is the next evolution of companies eager to surf the Web 2.0 bubble. And Apple and Google fight next to the most robust subscription service that does not alienate consumers, stifle the fruitful apps market or – most importantly – reject developers.

Charles Arthur rounds up coverage from Mobile World Congress, including a chat with Stan Mo from MeeGo, Intel's Nokia and open operating system, had been shining the light until Nokia announced last week that it was only packaging one piece Kit with it in the next fiscal year.

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Tech weekly podcast: Evgeny Morozov

There is an international flavor to this week's program. We start
turned off by hearing from Evgeny Morozov, Stanford scholar, who has doubts
whether or not the web can bring democratic change. Despite reports
Noting the importance of Facebook in the current Tunisian protests
and 2009 Twitter revolution in Iran, Yevgeny believes the new
technology could end the contamination far more problems than it solves.
Charles Arthur finds out from this cyber-skeptic, daily tools we of
use for shopping and personalised could end up limiting the
the Internet in authoritarian States.

And even though Aleks is away this week, she still has been busy – speaks to Indian business blogger Nikhil Pahwa from MediaNama.com. He is first
The public servant from her recent trip to the country, and sets the scene,
explains what the digital sector is like in the country, what
There are opportunities for British businesses in India, and how
mobile internet is the next great hope.

Jemima Kiss presents the Show, and there is also this week
technology headlines with news about Steve Jobs
latest health problems, a Facebook flotation, rotate, and how
Nokia does not come to music and more.

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