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Show notes for the Big Show scheduled for 12/7/12.

These are the stories and potential stories from this weeks show.

O2 outage: Cut off 3G if you want service

Almost 24 hours after tens of thousands of customers were left stranded without mobile services, the U.K. operator has recommended they switch off 3G in order to restore part of their service.
Interesting method of dealing with those users who got really abusively vocal on Twitter: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jul/12/o2-tweets

Ouya Android games console blasts past $2.3m funding on Kickstarter

The challenge now is to deliver on the expectations of its 19,000 early backers

Crowdfunding phenomenon Kickstarter to open in the UK

Website behind dozens of eclectic projects to allow British startups chance to solicit donations

Windows 8 to go on sale in October and to PC makers in August

Updated operating system featuring 'Metro' interface likely to be available as a download

DNSChanger malware causes internet blackout in over 42,000 computers

Infected US addresses lose connections to the internet as FBI's eight-month safety net against virus expires

Met police build system to gather smartphone evidence after riots

Scotland Yard is building a computer system to help investigators exploit the trove of photographs and video evidence collected by the public on smartphones during major incidents such as last summer’s riots.

Anonymous launches #OpPedoChat, targets pedophiles

The group claims to already have information on offenders.

ACTA returns via a backdoor trade treaty between Canada and the EU

Literally days after ACTA was decisively struck down by the European parliament, the entertainment industry is back with another attempt to ramroad this ugly legislation into force, but this time using an upcoming trade agreement between Canada and the EU as the vehicle. A nice little underhand backdoor approach.

Gloves Turn Sign Language Gestures Into Speech With App [VIDEO]

Students on the winning Team QuadSquad — Anton Stepanov, Anton Posternikov, and Maxim Osika — beat out 350 students from 75 countries for the gold. Their Enable Talk glove gives deaf and hearing-impaired individuals the ability to communicate with those who don’t know sign language.

COOL THINGS

Sarah - All geeks love bacon (including me), so my cool thingy is slightly different this week - a recipe for bacon covered bacon (yes its true) that I came across recently - http://blog.williams-sonoma.com/how-to-chef-ray-garcias-famous-bacon-wrapped-bacon/

Chris - His phone battery????

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Ewen Rankin

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