Life and Technology – Saturday October 24 2026
Life and Technology with Charlie Brown

Life and Technology – Saturday October 24 2026

B1IntermediateOctober 23, 202637 min
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Now on 2GB Sydney, 3AW Melbourne, 4BC Brisbane and network stations across Australia, it's time for Life and Technology with Charlie Brown, thanks to Harvey Norman. And around the country we go, my name is Darren James and it is time to give us a call 131873 if you want to talk to Charlie Brown about anything technological, that's the number to call.

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Charlie, a packed program this morning, how do I know because you packed it yourself? Good morning, Darren, good morning everyone, we've got a big show today. We're getting closer to summer so we're going to talk a bit about home security because summer comes, we want to leave our homes but we want it to be more secure when

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we're leaving so we'll have a chat to Arlo Technology who makes home security cameras. They've got a new model out. We'll talk to them about what we need to think about but also what are the some of the new features are that are coming into the latest home security cameras so you can have a bit of a think about

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