Byteside, the live panel event and video podcast featuring some of Australia’s best journalists and experts on technology and games, will be going into indefinite hiatus as the team behind the show shift focus to other projects. Byteside has built a loyal following in its first six months of life and has enjoyed great support from sponsors such as Trend Micro, Dick Smith, Sennheiser, and Samsung.

While the audience has been enthusiastic about the first two seasons, we have been exploring the right way to build Byteside into its next phase of life and now believe the basic show formula needs to evolve before continuing. For now however, the team is going to work on other projects.

We are proud of what has been achieved in this short amount of time and hope all who have watched the show, and participated in the show, feel they have been part of something special. We hope we have encouraged others to explore new ways of discussing technology and games and look forward to Byteside’s return in future.

Thanks to everyone who has watched the show, and especially those who thought coming out on a Tuesday night to enjoy some extended conversations about technology and games was a good idea. We look forward to doing something again sometime in the future.

Until next, you can still enjoy the first two seasons of Byteside right here online.

You’ll get a big scoop of the incredible at the next byteside show on April 13th, as we rip into the emerging and oh-so-sexy world of Augmented Reality.

Fusing digital data with the real world via smart devices, the future of augmented reality is certain to play a huge role in our everyday lives. From car GPS devices that paint directions on real world imagery, to mobility applications to enhance social life and gaming. This is the future, and it’s upon us now.

On the Games show, it’s equally ultra-cool, with the show topic Portable Gaming.

Whether a hand-held gaming device, or a netbook or notebook, an iPhone or smart phone, gaming on the go is a huge growth area with a massive audience. How will the games integrate with the networks and devices to deliver a compelling experience? Who plays mobile games and why? What can we expect from the years ahead?

All up it’s the show you can’t miss if you want to be taken seriously as a totally equipped modern day cyborg, armed with crazy cool gadgets that make life today just so awesome.

Come on then! RSVP and we’ll see you on April 13th!

On Tuesday the 30th of March Byteside’s new shows cover, for one, the great big world of living online, and how constant change is the engine we embrace as we connect, and expand our relationships.

That’s the Tech show you’ll want to be at. On Games, we’re diving into PC Gaming where a great conversation is guaranteed, examining the diversifying platform that’s undergoing massive change.

We’d love to see you at the show, and a great night awaits. Be there, and do please RSVP.

On March 16th Byteside presents a night of great discussion with industry leaders. You are invited to join us on Tuesday March the 16th to share in a relaxed and stimulating chat on tech and gaming’s hot topics.

Game show theme: The Indie Revival
Independent game developers are increasingly the source of fresh new ideas and creative thinking. The gaming industry and gamers themselves now depend on indy developers to add variety and deliver surprise hits. We look at these key roles, and how the major developers and distribution networks live in a symbiotic relationship with gamers the big winners.

Tech show Theme: 3D
From 3D gaming, movies and TV – the entertainment experience is entering a new age. Technology now enables realistic and compelling 3D. How does the technology behind the magic work? What are the best applications and what does the future hold for both hardware and creative development?

RSVP now.

Now LIVE online.

Right here for the Tech Show, where you’ll hear all about the present and future of Notebooks and mobile computing.

And here for the Games Show in all its First Person Shooter action-packed excitement.

Your feedback is always most welcome in the comments section, or jump into the Byteside Forums and have a say there.

Enjoy!

It’s fair to say everyone at last night’s show had a top time. We welcomed fresh panelists at their first Byteside Show and they had a great time sharing their wisdom and a laugh with us all.

The Samsung guys brought along their new range of new notebooks and the whole night had everyone realise there’s a lot more to notebooks that meets the eye.

A special surprise treat for everyone in the second half of the show was VERY well received!

We’ll have the vids up on Thursday, stay tuned for that…

We’ve now opened RSVPs for the next show – Retro Gaming and Audio Love, on March 2nd.

RSVP NOW and save your spot!

You’re invited to come along on Tuesday Feb 16th for a night of relaxed tech and games chat with Byteside’s panel of experts.

For this show we’re covering key topics that are top of the mind for every gamer and tech user.

The Tech Show – the Laptop Revolution
No other computing sector has seen such rapid and varied development recently. From the emergence of the Netbook, to powerhouse desktop replacements, both PC and Apple. With the spread of fast and reliable wireless broadband, it’s now essential to make an informed decision before your next upgrade.

The Game Show – First Person Shooters
It’s the cutting edge for gaming hardware evolution, and a big fat door of open creativity for game design. Nothing pushes gaming forward like the FPS, or delivers such intense excitement and immersive action. Where is this key genre heading, what technology is around the corner to enable incredible graphics and what new themes can the genre explore?

Our panel guests will include: Dan Warne, ACP; David Hollingworth, Atomic; Richie Young, GameArena; Jeremy ‘Junglist’ Ray, former host of Good Game; Zara Baxter, PC Authority.

Hit the RSVP page and we’ll see you on the night!

We’ve blasted into the new season with a cracker Episode 1 – and they’re now online for your enjoyment.

At a brilliant new venue and with a great new ‘talk show’ style set, the show was a first-class ride through the minds of Australia’s leading journalists, as they planted the seeds of time and revealed what the future holds.

Grab the videos now, or stream them and enjoy at your leisure.

Welcome to 2010 everyone! It’s a lovely round number, a moderately awful sci-fi movie, and the beginning of Byteside Season 2.

February 2nd.

Feburary 2nd.

Lock that into your heads, that’s when Episode 1 of the all-new Byteside season begins, and you can expect the unique entertainment and intelligent chat that’s Byteside, with very special 2010 enhancements.

Stay tuned in the coming days as we drop the full set of awesome details. Suffice to say for now, we’ve got a very cool panel to show you The Future.

We’ll be doing an epic crystal ball into what’s ahead for Games and Tech, all grounded by the panel’s expertise, so the educated vs wild guesses on the night should prevail in favour of the likely, and we’ll all learn a blaze of factoids and rev up with excitement as reality continues to outpace sci-fi.

To stay up with the latest, if you haven’t already please do sign up to the B-List newsletter sign up to the B-List newsletter, it’s spamless and entirely the thing to be inside with Byteside.

Feburary 2nd! Sydney!

Bytesiders sure know how to party, and the night was a wonderful collection of great people having a top time.

The show was fabulous entertainment, with our star guests sharing their ideas for the very best ways to spend your game and gear budget this Christmas.

Much fun was had by all, on our AMD gaming PCs, which included the has-to-be-seen Eyefinity 3-monitor display, running Dirt 2 in DX11 glory, thanks to the AMD 5870 card in the box.

We’ll have the show videos up tomorrow, and here’s a sleection of pics from the night.

Thanks to everyone who came along and helped us celebrate a VERY Byteside Christmas!

Make sure you’re at the Christmas special, we’ll have gifts for people and a lineup of star guest panelists to help you figure out exactly what games and gear are top gifts for Christmas, across any budget.

Our panel features:

Randoph Ramsay – editor, Gamepost Australia
Nick Broughall – editor, Gizmodo Australia
Chris Stead – editor, Game Informer
Eliot Fish – gaming journo legend
Natalie Tran – Youtube superstar
Matthew Powell – editor, MacTheMag and gadget hero

When: Tuesday, December 8th, 6pm
Where: Hotel CBD, 52 King St Sydney (cnr York and King Sts)
Cost: FREE!

RSVP NOW!

And we’ll see you at the show.

Games and gear, stuff and things – with a pro-panel sharing the best you should choose for gifts, and for yourself.

This week’s reveal is the Tech Show panel, and it’s a good one. We’ve got:

Natalie Tran – youtube sensation and SMH gear reviewer.

Nick Broughall – editor of Gizmodo and knower of the gadget.

Matthew Powell – editor of MacTheMag and former editor of Mac World (he isn’t all about Mac gear either!)

We’d love to see you there, it’ll be a fun night with a cool vibe. Don’t forget we’re at the Hotel CBD this time!

December the 8th, 6pm onwards.

All details right here.