TETRAPHOBIA! (Or: The Galaxy S7's Mysterious Octacore CPUs): TM 51
Tech's Message13 Mar 2016

TETRAPHOBIA! (Or: The Galaxy S7's Mysterious Octacore CPUs): TM 51

THIS WEEK ON TECH'S MESSAGE Nate and Ian discuss whether it matters that the UK, amongst other countries, has potentially got a less powerful octa-core CPU in its Galaxy S7 phones while other regions get a more robust quad-core version. Plus what does a "fear of the number four" -- tetraphobia -- possibly got in common with this situation, and the consumer technology world in general? Could it explain why Samsung has released phones with eight processing cores rather than four in some regions? Probably not. But it was almost certainly why Nokia jumped from the 3xxx series to the 5xxx series, and from the N93 to the N95, and from the C3 to the C5; and why Psion released the Series 3 and Series 5 palmtops in the 1990s but never the Series 4; and why Canon, over in Japan, released the G1, G2, G3 and G5 cameras, but never a G4; and... You get the picture. Plus, a look at the week's UK tech news that doesn't involve superstitious conspiracy theories.

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TM 6: Featuring tech-powered toilet roll poetry

TM 6: Featuring tech-powered toilet roll poetry

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22 Feb 201532min

Tech's Message 5: UK TVs are spying on you

Tech's Message 5: UK TVs are spying on you

Samsung's smart TVs are accused of listening to your conversations. Is this true? What has Samsung said? Could a TV that customises its content actually be something well worth having? Nate Lanxon and...

15 Feb 201534min

Tech's Message 4: UK's mobile phone future in question

Tech's Message 4: UK's mobile phone future in question

Subscribe FREE to the show nowThe UK enjoyed some compelling news this week, in that BT has offered to buy mobile network EE for close to £13 billion. With Three's parent company Hutchinson Whampoa pu...

10 Feb 201525min

Tech's Message Pilot Episode 3: photojournalist Andrew Hoyle

Tech's Message Pilot Episode 3: photojournalist Andrew Hoyle

Subscribe FREE to the show nowCNET.com photojournalist and technology expert Andrew Hoyle joins the show this week to discuss the tools, tricks and troubles of the trade that is visual story reporting...

2 Feb 201525min

Tech's Message Pilot Episode 2: with Olivia Solon

Tech's Message Pilot Episode 2: with Olivia Solon

Subscribe FREE to the show nowOlivia Solon joins the show as regular co-host and we explore the differences between working on a magazine website versus a daily newspaper website, plus the top ten tec...

26 Jan 201522min

Tech's Message Pilot Episode

Tech's Message Pilot Episode

Subscribe FREE to the show nowTech's Message Podcast - UK Technology News With Nate Lanxon (Bloomberg, Wired, CNET) RSSHosted, produced and edited by Nate LanxonCo-host: Ian Morris Stories discussed:1...

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