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“Second star to the right and straight on till morning.” – J. M. Barrie – Peter Pan

This week we began with Gareth’s impressions of his new iPhone 3GS. He was a little disappointed that it was exactly like his old iPhone. But this was more then made up for by the speed. He was impressed with some of the 3.0 firmware features as well.

Then we got down to the stories, and I started with…

Australian net filter blocks video games – Okay it will only block games rated over 15 but, why does it need a filter anyway? Censorship is one of Gareth’s favourite subjects, and this was no exception. A jolly time was had discussing this one.

Sony investigating PSP Phone – We’ve said it before ad we’ll say it again. If the faltering CE giant that is Sony, wants product advice, they only have to ask.

Happy 35th birthday Barcodes – Retail history was made with a packet of Juicy Fruit in Troy, Ohio, at 8.01am 26th of June 1973. You can even see the original receipt in the Smithsonian, if you want. But its too late to exchange or refund.

Hulu blocks PlayStation 3 browsers – Never one to play nice, Hulu has this time done the dirty on PS3 users. Maybe when they release their own set-top box, they’ll let somebody else join the party.

UK ATMs set to offer WiFi access – Now at least if the ATM eats your card, or refuses to give you any money, you can twitter about it, on the WiFi.

Zune HD – At last a product from MS’ Zune range that I’d like to see available in the UK. I probably wouldn’t buy it, but I would like to see if it looks as good in the flesh as it does in the pictures. At last some MS hardware that looks cool

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“A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.” - Dr Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs.

This week we began with the heartening tale of an iPod rescued from certain scrapping, by yours truly. Then we sprinted through the following stories, the first story being the clue for the breakneck pace…

iPhone 3GS now available -That’s right the new uber phone form Apple is here, and its a million seller in its first weekend. If you want one, get in the queue (line) behind Gareth, because he’s getting his today.

Layer – An ‘augmented reality’ app for your smartphone (Android only at the moment), using the built-in GPS and compass. It overlays information and links to the live image from your smartphone camera. Never be stuck for toilet in a strange city again.

Twitter from your Commodore 64 – Using retro gear to do something cool and interesting, is something we love on this show. You may be asking the question….WHY?? But, we say that’s kind of missing the point. So two thumbs way way up from us.

New Flash, Quicktime and Silverlight killer – No not a new super plug-in but plain old HTML. HTML 5 in fact. It’s going to include tags for audio and video, so they can be coded right in. BBC iPlayer on an iPhone gets closer, might get one then.

Blu-ray managed copy – At last a proposal to make the average law abiding citizen, feel slightly less a criminal. For wanting to back-up their legit media. Now they can make just the one copy. Aren’t those studios getting to generous.

Digital Britain – Hurrah, now us Brits get to pay a brand new tax. For the chance to have ‘superfast ‘ broadband by 2017. Wow, way to push the envelope guys.

Steve Jobs had a liver transplant – Now we know the reason for Steve’s gaunt appearance, he wanted a liver. I wonder if he followed Dr Lecter’s recipe.

Kindle to fend for itself – Jeff Bezos has stated, in effect, that the Kindle device is no more then a loss leader. To get the Kindle format established as a platform on a multitude of devices. One eBook to rule them all…

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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by” - Douglas Adams

This week we discussed Gareth’s newest random purchase, an external DVD writer. To save his iMac the strain of ripping in his massive music collection. Then we launched into the stories, which were focused on WWDC and all goodies to issue forth from Moscone

iPhone news – First off the iphone 3GS, new phone, new features. Twice as fast, more memory. Those fart apps have never sounded so good. Plus the new 3.0 firmware. Cut copy & paste, a landscape keyboard, MMS and more.

New Macbook Pro’s – Faster, better, shiny new Macbooks were released, the 13″ model made pro. ‘Bootable’ SD card slots all round. And the built in battery from the 17″ model now in all the pro models.

Snow leopard – It is a software show after all. 10.6 available in September. Fully 64-bit, Grand central dispatch to use all those cores in our processors, Quicktime X. Only $29, eat your heart out MS.

All this and lots, lots more.