http://deathcardmedia.com/podcasts/zats/zats_itunes.xml http://www.zatechshow.co.za In the ZA Tech Show a group of South African technology journalists discuss everything tech, with a local spin. en simon@hypertext.co.za (Simon Dingle) simon@hypertext.co.za (Simon Dingle) no ZA Tech Show In the ZA Tech Show a group of South African technology journalists discuss everything tech, with a local spin. ZA Tech Show simon@hypertext.co.za http://www.zatechshow.co.za/cover.jpg http://www.zatechshow.co.za 140 140 no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-121/ 01:06:08 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Your panel this week consists of Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle who discuss the iPhone 4.0.1 update and antennaegate, ebooks, audio books and the reading renaissance, smart business on smartphones, inductive charging, Microsoft Kinect pricing, console gaming, Facebook reaching 500 million users, undersea cables, spectrum allocation and much more, including our technology picks of the week. www.zatechshow.co.za Your panel this week consists of Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle who discuss the iPhone 4.0.1 update and antennaegate, ebooks, audio books and the reading renaissance, smart business on smartphones, inductive charging, Microsoft Kinect pricing, console gaming, Facebook reaching 500 million users, undersea cables, spectrum allocation and much more, including our technology picks of the week. www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-121/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-120/ 00:59:41 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle talk their way through an interesting tech news week with acquisitions, much-ados about nothing and veins of awesomeness. They discuss the iPhone 4 storm in a teacup, the flood of business news this week including MTN, Naspers and Dimension Data, YouTube's partner programme going live in South Africa, more hints at BlackBerry 6, Windows Phone 7 for developers, converged devices, movement in the ebook space and more, including our technology picks of the week. www.zatechshow.co.za Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle talk their way through an interesting tech news week with acquisitions, much-ados about nothing and veins of awesomeness. They discuss the iPhone 4 storm in a teacup, the flood of business news this week including MTN, Naspers and Dimension Data, YouTube's partner programme going live in South Africa, more hints at BlackBerry 6, Windows Phone 7 for developers, converged devices, movement in the ebook space and more, including our technology picks of the week. www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-120/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-119/ 01:22:38 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show With Seacom down and the World Cup approaching its final weekend Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle gather to discuss the Seacom outage, the local loop barrier for bandwidth, the possibility of the rumoured Google 'Newspass' pay wall for content, Wired magazine and its device strategy, Google Me and our technology picks of the week. We've also attached an interview with Mark Shuttleworth. www.zatechshow.co.za With Seacom down and the World Cup approaching its final weekend Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle gather to discuss the Seacom outage, the local loop barrier for bandwidth, the possibility of the rumoured Google 'Newspass' pay wall for content, Wired magazine and its device strategy, Google Me and our technology picks of the week. We've also attached an interview with Mark Shuttleworth. www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-119/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-118/ 01:22:30 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Your panel of tech pundits this week includes Brett Haggard, Candice Jones and Duncan McLeod who join Simon Dingle to discuss the Samsung Galaxy S, iPhone 4 antennae woes, Nokia's 5330 TV phone and mobile TV with DVB-H in SA, Microsoft's Kin #fail and mobile strategy, the Microcone, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Rock Band 3 and other gaming talk, ICASA's hearings on interconnect rates and the departure of Paris Mashile, Cisco's entrance into the tablet market, and much more, including our technology picks and pick-ons of the week. www.zatechshow.co.za Your panel of tech pundits this week includes Brett Haggard, Candice Jones and Duncan McLeod who join Simon Dingle to discuss the Samsung Galaxy S, iPhone 4 antennae woes, Nokia's 5330 TV phone and mobile TV with DVB-H in SA, Microsoft's Kin #fail and mobile strategy, the Microcone, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Rock Band 3 and other gaming talk, ICASA's hearings on interconnect rates and the departure of Paris Mashile, Cisco's entrance into the tablet market, and much more, including our technology picks and pick-ons of the week. www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-118/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-117/ 00:59:11 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Simon Dingle and Ben Kelly more than compensate for their puny absent fellow panelists this week as they discuss Apple's iOS 4 in practice, and the launch of iPhone 4, Android fragmentation, the newly launched Samsung Wave and Bada operating system, mobile app developer headaches, Vodacom's LTE demo, government's official definition of 'broadband', Telkom helping its competition along, and the company's latest results, slashing of ebook reader prices, Safari 5's Reader feature, Instapaper and other reading tricks, and much more. www.zatechshow.co.za Simon Dingle and Ben Kelly more than compensate for their puny absent fellow panelists this week as they discuss Apple's iOS 4 in practice, and the launch of iPhone 4, Android fragmentation, the newly launched Samsung Wave and Bada operating system, mobile app developer headaches, Vodacom's LTE demo, government's official definition of 'broadband', Telkom helping its competition along, and the company's latest results, slashing of ebook reader prices, Safari 5's Reader feature, Instapaper and other reading tricks, and much more. www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-117/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-115/ 01:03:32 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Brett Haggard and Jon Tullett join Simon Dingle to discuss the Gautrain. Trains are technology, right? The new ACE undersea cable that will run up Africa's West Coast, Telkom's next moves, contention ratios - why are they secret? Monopolies and comebacks, RD at Microsoft, iPhone 4, the WirelessG iPod deal, Google StreetView in SA and custom homepages, and much more. www.zatechshow.co.za Brett Haggard and Jon Tullett join Simon Dingle to discuss the Gautrain. Trains are technology, right? The new ACE undersea cable that will run up Africa's West Coast, Telkom's next moves, contention ratios - why are they secret? Monopolies and comebacks, RD at Microsoft, iPhone 4, the WirelessG iPod deal, Google StreetView in SA and custom homepages, and much more. www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-115/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-114/ 01:32:36 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Stafford Masie returns to the show this week, joining Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle to discuss, WayTag, one of Stafford's new projects, the role of content in telecoms, predictions for Apple's WWDC event, the realities surrounding cloud computing, computational biology, quantum computing, the singularity and a general chat on scary computing futures, the evolution of storage, discussions at the recent D Conference, taking social media to corporate, spectrum auctions in SA and Skyrove entering the fray, and much more. www.zatechshow.co.za Stafford Masie returns to the show this week, joining Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle to discuss, WayTag, one of Stafford's new projects, the role of content in telecoms, predictions for Apple's WWDC event, the realities surrounding cloud computing, computational biology, quantum computing, the singularity and a general chat on scary computing futures, the evolution of storage, discussions at the recent D Conference, taking social media to corporate, spectrum auctions in SA and Skyrove entering the fray, and much more. www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-114/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-113/ 01:18:24 Sun, 30 May 2010 12:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show The crew this week consists of Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Steven Ambrose and Nic Callegari. They discuss Icasa's recent stakeholders' meeting, spectrum allocation in South Africa, the ISPA call for mandatory voice line rentals to be dropped on ADSL connections, internet line speed and quality tests, World Wide Worx' The Mobile Internet in SA 2010 research, Samsung Bada and the mobile app war, Microsoft Communicator for Nokia phones, Apple's market capitalisation surpassing Microsoft's for the first time, Microsoft Office 2010, DStv's HD PVR P2 decoder, monitor technology and the rise of OLED, and much more. www.zatech.co.za The crew this week consists of Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Steven Ambrose and Nic Callegari. They discuss Icasa's recent stakeholders' meeting, spectrum allocation in South Africa, the ISPA call for mandatory voice line rentals to be dropped on ADSL connections, internet line speed and quality tests, World Wide Worx' The Mobile Internet in SA 2010 research, Samsung Bada and the mobile app war, Microsoft Communicator for Nokia phones, Apple's market capitalisation surpassing Microsoft's for the first time, Microsoft Office 2010, DStv's HD PVR P2 decoder, monitor technology and the rise of OLED, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-113/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-112/ 01:00:33 Sun, 23 May 2010 12:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle drink some wine, eat some chinese and discuss MTN's "Uncapped" mobile "broadband", MWEB's "uncapped" wireless broadband, Google's Chrome Web Store and Google TV, the cloud race featuring Canonical, Google, Microsoft and Apple, Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition, the explosion of TopTV and price reductions for DStv, 900Mhz mobile broadband, the Linkbook, Iomega iConnect, Alan Wake, Ubuntu Netbook Remix, Daemon by Daniel Suarez and much more. www.zatech.co.za This week Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle drink some wine, eat some chinese and discuss MTN's "Uncapped" mobile "broadband", MWEB's "uncapped" wireless broadband, Google's Chrome Web Store and Google TV, the cloud race featuring Canonical, Google, Microsoft and Apple, Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition, the explosion of TopTV and price reductions for DStv, 900Mhz mobile broadband, the Linkbook, Iomega iConnect, Alan Wake, Ubuntu Netbook Remix, Daemon by Daniel Suarez and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-112/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-111/ 01:15:28 Sun, 16 May 2010 12:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Our panel this week consists of Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle. We discuss the new iPhone prototype - they're everywhere now. We're so over it. We also summarise Duncan's fantastic TechCentral Debate Series telecoms panel and talk about fibre rollout in SA, Vodacom's Linkbook netbook, Ubuntu Linux 10.04, Steam for Mac (and maybe Linux too), recovery in the tech sector, the Facebook privacy debacle, and much more. www.zatech.co.za Our panel this week consists of Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle. We discuss the new iPhone prototype - they're everywhere now. We're so over it. We also summarise Duncan's fantastic TechCentral Debate Series telecoms panel and talk about fibre rollout in SA, Vodacom's Linkbook netbook, Ubuntu Linux 10.04, Steam for Mac (and maybe Linux too), recovery in the tech sector, the Facebook privacy debacle, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-111/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-110/ 00:55:05 Sun, 09 May 2010 12:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle brave traffic, flu and chat-room critics to discuss progress at Cell C, Telkom Mobile's prospects, DStv On Demand, the realities of uncapped ADSL access in SA, ODM's TopTV launch and the overwhelming demand for the service, TechCentral's Debate Series debut, all the announcements from BlackBerry WES 2010, new Android devices, rumours of a Nokia tablet, Xbox Live, Half-Life 2: Episode 3, and more. www.zatech.co.za Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle brave traffic, flu and chat-room critics to discuss progress at Cell C, Telkom Mobile's prospects, DStv On Demand, the realities of uncapped ADSL access in SA, ODM's TopTV launch and the overwhelming demand for the service, TechCentral's Debate Series debut, all the announcements from BlackBerry WES 2010, new Android devices, rumours of a Nokia tablet, Xbox Live, Half-Life 2: Episode 3, and more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-110/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-109/ 01:20:54 Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Jon Tullett is your host this week with Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and later Duncan McLeod on the panel. We discuss Seacom's outage and its impact on connectivity in SA, HP's acquisition of Palm, the launch of TopTv and DStv Lite, delays in Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) migration, the launch of Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS, online shopping, the Apple vs. Adobe debacle, and much more. www.zatech.co.za Jon Tullett is your host this week with Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and later Duncan McLeod on the panel. We discuss Seacom's outage and its impact on connectivity in SA, HP's acquisition of Palm, the launch of TopTv and DStv Lite, delays in Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) migration, the launch of Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS, online shopping, the Apple vs. Adobe debacle, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-109/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-108/ 01:05:22 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show We're back at our studio under construction this week. Simon Dingle is your host, with TechCentral's Duncan McLeod and Thunk! Perspective Lab's Don Packett joining the panel for discussions on Motorola's Milestone launch and Android 2.1, Vodacom slashing its data rates, fibre to the home in South Africa, Google's local operations, Xbox Live rumours, Microsoft Office 2010, Die Antwoord and related online phenomena, the Gizmodo Apple iPhone prototype and how unreal we think it is, the launch of Top TV, good results from top tech companies, Steam on Mac, Legends of Echo, iPad confiscation in Israel, fixed-line interconnect and local number portability, Microsoft's big BEE announcement, MTN in merger or acquisition talks again, this time with Orascom Telecoms, and much more... www.zatech.co.za We're back at our studio under construction this week. Simon Dingle is your host, with TechCentral's Duncan McLeod and Thunk! Perspective Lab's Don Packett joining the panel for discussions on Motorola's Milestone launch and Android 2.1, Vodacom slashing its data rates, fibre to the home in South Africa, Google's local operations, Xbox Live rumours, Microsoft Office 2010, Die Antwoord and related online phenomena, the Gizmodo Apple iPhone prototype and how unreal we think it is, the launch of Top TV, good results from top tech companies, Steam on Mac, Legends of Echo, iPad confiscation in Israel, fixed-line interconnect and local number portability, Microsoft's big BEE announcement, MTN in merger or acquisition talks again, this time with Orascom Telecoms, and much more... www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-108/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-107/ 01:11:16 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle are your panel this week. They discuss the delayed international launch of the iPad, the local launch of the HTC Legend, Desire and Smart, the Microsoft Kin, app stores versus the web, Opera Mini hits the iPhone, ICASA's announcements on interconnect and mobile TV, the outlook for Telkom Mobile, IPTV, the impact of faster DSL on SA's ISPs, and more. www.zatech.co.za Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle are your panel this week. They discuss the delayed international launch of the iPad, the local launch of the HTC Legend, Desire and Smart, the Microsoft Kin, app stores versus the web, Opera Mini hits the iPhone, ICASA's announcements on interconnect and mobile TV, the outlook for Telkom Mobile, IPTV, the impact of faster DSL on SA's ISPs, and more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-107/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-106/ 01:10:12 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Our panel this week consists of Aki Anastasiou, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle. We recorded at Traffic’s studios in Randburg and discussed hands-on experiences with the iPad and an in-depth discussion surrounding Apple’s newest product, ebook readers and where Amazon fits in, HP’s Slate tablet, iPhone 4.0 and multitasking through shared APIs, Flash versus HTML5, getting tech on cellular contracts, visual voicemail on Vodacom, the new Twitter for BlackBerry app, real-time traffic data coming to SA, and more. www.zatech.co.za Our panel this week consists of Aki Anastasiou, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle. We recorded at Traffic’s studios in Randburg and discussed hands-on experiences with the iPad and an in-depth discussion surrounding Apple’s newest product, ebook readers and where Amazon fits in, HP’s Slate tablet, iPhone 4.0 and multitasking through shared APIs, Flash versus HTML5, getting tech on cellular contracts, visual voicemail on Vodacom, the new Twitter for BlackBerry app, real-time traffic data coming to SA, and more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-106/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-105/ 00:59:53 Tue, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Jon Tullett returns to the show as your host this week, joining Brett Haggard and Duncan McLeod to discuss FNB launching PayPal in South Africa, mobile payment systems like M-Pesa, the internet access price war and its move to mobile, disintermediation of cellular network services, the 2010 Pwn2Own competition, the Nintendo DSi XL, now available in SA, 3D film and games, and more. www.zatech.co.za Jon Tullett returns to the show as your host this week, joining Brett Haggard and Duncan McLeod to discuss FNB launching PayPal in South Africa, mobile payment systems like M-Pesa, the internet access price war and its move to mobile, disintermediation of cellular network services, the 2010 Pwn2Own competition, the Nintendo DSi XL, now available in SA, 3D film and games, and more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-105/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-104/ 00:45:04 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle are your panel this week. They discuss MWEB's uncapped ADSL announcement and the market's reaction, local loop unbundling and spectrum allocation, On Digital Media (ODM)'s Top TV pay-TV service, the Blue Bulls Tomtom, updates on Altech, Google pulling out of China, Sony's Playstation Move controller, and more. www.zatech.co.za Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle are your panel this week. They discuss MWEB's uncapped ADSL announcement and the market's reaction, local loop unbundling and spectrum allocation, On Digital Media (ODM)'s Top TV pay-TV service, the Blue Bulls Tomtom, updates on Altech, Google pulling out of China, Sony's Playstation Move controller, and more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-104/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-103/ 01:03:00 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show CEO of Incredible Connection, Dave Miller joins us on the show this week, with Don Packett, Simon Dingle and, later, Duncan McLeod to discuss IT spend in the downturn, Dave teaches us some new names for his company (we'd only heard Incredible Corruption), 3D Gaming, Netbooks and their market domination, Steam coming to Mac, Digital software distribution, the HP Slate and the growing tablet market, Hybrid sport cars, and connecting gadgets to cars in general, DStv canceling their porn plans, BlackBerry, and co-CEO Jim Basillie's visit to South Africa, MTN's annual results, Paypal coming to SA, and more. www.zatech.co.za CEO of Incredible Connection, Dave Miller joins us on the show this week, with Don Packett, Simon Dingle and, later, Duncan McLeod to discuss IT spend in the downturn, Dave teaches us some new names for his company (we'd only heard Incredible Corruption), 3D Gaming, Netbooks and their market domination, Steam coming to Mac, Digital software distribution, the HP Slate and the growing tablet market, Hybrid sport cars, and connecting gadgets to cars in general, DStv canceling their porn plans, BlackBerry, and co-CEO Jim Basillie's visit to South Africa, MTN's annual results, Paypal coming to SA, and more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-103/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-102/ 01:04:23 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show We're in our new studio space this week, echoes, unpainted walls and all. Brett Haggard, Don Packett, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle are your panel this week. We discuss the future of Cell C, improving PC sales and analysts' expectations for tablet computers, Microsoft Mix and the prospects for Windows Phone, Sony's 8001050F error on the PS3, Apple vs. HTC in a patent dispute, in-flight WiFi coming to Mango, HP's Pavilion DM1 netbook, dropped calls on Vodacom and the smartphones that apparently cause them, iBurst's new iDSL service with unlimited bandwidth for gaming, Telkom bumping up speed on ADSL lines. www.zatech.co.za We're in our new studio space this week, echoes, unpainted walls and all. Brett Haggard, Don Packett, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle are your panel this week. We discuss the future of Cell C, improving PC sales and analysts' expectations for tablet computers, Microsoft Mix and the prospects for Windows Phone, Sony's 8001050F error on the PS3, Apple vs. HTC in a patent dispute, in-flight WiFi coming to Mango, HP's Pavilion DM1 netbook, dropped calls on Vodacom and the smartphones that apparently cause them, iBurst's new iDSL service with unlimited bandwidth for gaming, Telkom bumping up speed on ADSL lines. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-102/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-101/ 00:51:45 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Two first-timers join the ZA Tech Show panel this week - stand-up comedian and co-founder of Thunk! Perspective Lab, Don Packett and CTO of the Johannesburg Area Wireless Users Group, Kieran Murphy join Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle to discuss Duncan's experiences with the Nokia Booklet 3G, wireless users groups, rumours of Multichoice preparing pay-per-view services for DSTV, including porn, the 10 billionth iTunes Music Store download, Sony's 3D broadcasts of the 2010 Fifa World Cup and 3D TV in general, Heavy Rain, new-school Mario and gaming in general, the Nokia E72, mobile Linux distributions, Exclusive Books getting into the ebooks game, and much more. www.zatech.co.za Two first-timers join the ZA Tech Show panel this week - stand-up comedian and co-founder of Thunk! Perspective Lab, Don Packett and CTO of the Johannesburg Area Wireless Users Group, Kieran Murphy join Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle to discuss Duncan's experiences with the Nokia Booklet 3G, wireless users groups, rumours of Multichoice preparing pay-per-view services for DSTV, including porn, the 10 billionth iTunes Music Store download, Sony's 3D broadcasts of the 2010 Fifa World Cup and 3D TV in general, Heavy Rain, new-school Mario and gaming in general, the Nokia E72, mobile Linux distributions, Exclusive Books getting into the ebooks game, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-101/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-100/ 01:11:57 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show The ZA Tech Show turns 100 this week and we celebrated with our first ever live broadcast and some really expensive champagne. Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett, Toby Shapshak and Simon Dingle discuss Microsoft Windows Phone Series 7, development on mobile platforms, Google and Android at the Mobile World Congress 2010, Intel and Nokia's MeeGo announcement, the release of Starcraft 2 beta, Heavy Rain for the PS3, Samsung's new Bada operating system and the new Wave, Powermat induction charging, Verizon's partnership with Skype, and much more. www.zatech.co.za The ZA Tech Show turns 100 this week and we celebrated with our first ever live broadcast and some really expensive champagne. Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett, Toby Shapshak and Simon Dingle discuss Microsoft Windows Phone Series 7, development on mobile platforms, Google and Android at the Mobile World Congress 2010, Intel and Nokia's MeeGo announcement, the release of Starcraft 2 beta, Heavy Rain for the PS3, Samsung's new Bada operating system and the new Wave, Powermat induction charging, Verizon's partnership with Skype, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-100/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-99/ 01:10:18 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Jon Tullett returns to the ZA Tech Show this week, joining the panel with Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Simon Dingle and, later, Toby Shapshak. We discuss Google Buzz, mashing together social networks, open API's versus closed platforms, the Eassy undersea cable landing in SA, tumbling ADSL prices, the downfall of Sentech and spectrum allocation, Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, Skype Access and Windows Mobile 7, mobile roaming, and much more. www.zatech.co.za Jon Tullett returns to the ZA Tech Show this week, joining the panel with Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Simon Dingle and, later, Toby Shapshak. We discuss Google Buzz, mashing together social networks, open API's versus closed platforms, the Eassy undersea cable landing in SA, tumbling ADSL prices, the downfall of Sentech and spectrum allocation, Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, Skype Access and Windows Mobile 7, mobile roaming, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-99/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-98/ 01:05:58 Mon, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Gartner analyst Will Hahn returns to the show this week, joining Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle for a chat about Telkom's recent SAT3 troubles, the ongoing interconnect debacle in SA, the progress of mobile data, Microsoft's battle against Apple and Google, sane expectations of the iPad, mobile Core i7 platforms, the migration to voice over IP in cellular, and much more. www.zatech.co.za Gartner analyst Will Hahn returns to the show this week, joining Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle for a chat about Telkom's recent SAT3 troubles, the ongoing interconnect debacle in SA, the progress of mobile data, Microsoft's battle against Apple and Google, sane expectations of the iPad, mobile Core i7 platforms, the migration to voice over IP in cellular, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-98/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-97/ 01:08:03 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Steven Ambrose from WWW Strategy makes his first appearance on the ZA Tech Show this week, joining Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle to discuss Internet access stats for South Africa, the Apple iPad launch, the online services drought in South Africa, progress in Android and Chrome OS, Microsoft falling behind in mobile, Cell C’s “4G” network rollout, cellular networks’ data congestion problems, and much more. www.zatech.co.za Steven Ambrose from WWW Strategy makes his first appearance on the ZA Tech Show this week, joining Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle to discuss Internet access stats for South Africa, the Apple iPad launch, the online services drought in South Africa, progress in Android and Chrome OS, Microsoft falling behind in mobile, Cell C’s “4G” network rollout, cellular networks’ data congestion problems, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-97/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-96/ 00:57:22 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Security expert Dominic White joins us for the first time, with Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle. We discuss the ongoing Google-China debacle, the Aurora exploit, Nokia providing Ovi Maps gratis, Telkom's SAT3 problems last week, app store mania, in-flight internet access coming to SA, and much more. www.zatech.co.za Security expert Dominic White joins us for the first time, with Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle. We discuss the ongoing Google-China debacle, the Aurora exploit, Nokia providing Ovi Maps gratis, Telkom's SAT3 problems last week, app store mania, in-flight internet access coming to SA, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-96/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-95/ 00:49:43 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Easing their way into 2010, our panel of geeks this week consists of Duncan McLeod, Simon Dingle and Toby Shapshak. They discuss On Digital Media (ODM) - South Africa's second pay TV operator, Google's intention to stop filtering information in China, Microsoft's focus on Xbox and progress with Windows 7, mobile gaming moving to phones, the local launch of the BlackBerry Bold 9700, internet filtering in Australia and China, and much more. www.zatech.co.za Easing their way into 2010, our panel of geeks this week consists of Duncan McLeod, Simon Dingle and Toby Shapshak. They discuss On Digital Media (ODM) - South Africa's second pay TV operator, Google's intention to stop filtering information in China, Microsoft's focus on Xbox and progress with Windows 7, mobile gaming moving to phones, the local launch of the BlackBerry Bold 9700, internet filtering in Australia and China, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-95/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-94/ 01:05:20 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show In our first episode of the year Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle form the panel, with Toby Shapshak dialing in from CES later on in the show. We discuss Parrot's iPhone-controlled helicopter, HP's new tablet and why we need tablets at all, HD Skype, 3-D and other progress in television, Vodacom's legal battle in the DRC, Google's Nexus One. Is Android its own worst enemy? Toby overviews CES for us and digs into Lenovo's new line-up. And then there's our picks of the week, and much more. www.zatech.co.za In our first episode of the year Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle form the panel, with Toby Shapshak dialing in from CES later on in the show. We discuss Parrot's iPhone-controlled helicopter, HP's new tablet and why we need tablets at all, HD Skype, 3-D and other progress in television, Vodacom's legal battle in the DRC, Google's Nexus One. Is Android its own worst enemy? Toby overviews CES for us and digs into Lenovo's new line-up. And then there's our picks of the week, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-94/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-93/ 01:11:34 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show In our final episode for 2009 Aki Anastasiou from Talk Radio 702 swings by the ZA Tech studio, joining Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle to discuss Mark Shuttleworth changing his role within Canonical, the Joojoo internet tablet, mobile GPS applications, Google's Nexus One smartphone, the BlackBerry edge, Nokia's services and mobile in 2010, DStv adding Discovery HD and Supersport HD to its bouquet, On Digital Media and what it will amount to, James Cameron's Avatar and the future of 3D video, new tech in car tracking in SA, and much more. www.zatech.co.za In our final episode for 2009 Aki Anastasiou from Talk Radio 702 swings by the ZA Tech studio, joining Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle to discuss Mark Shuttleworth changing his role within Canonical, the Joojoo internet tablet, mobile GPS applications, Google's Nexus One smartphone, the BlackBerry edge, Nokia's services and mobile in 2010, DStv adding Discovery HD and Supersport HD to its bouquet, On Digital Media and what it will amount to, James Cameron's Avatar and the future of 3D video, new tech in car tracking in SA, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-93/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-92/ 01:02:19 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show As Christmas 2009 approaches, our panelists are confined to their quarters and must use Skype to converse. Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullet, Simon Dingle and Toby Shapshak discuss Cell C's network expansion and upgrade, Intel scrapping Larrabee and possibly cosying up to Nvidia, Blackberry's Storm 2, Integration between Twitter and search providers, and much more. www.zatech.co.za As Christmas 2009 approaches, our panelists are confined to their quarters and must use Skype to converse. Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullet, Simon Dingle and Toby Shapshak discuss Cell C's network expansion and upgrade, Intel scrapping Larrabee and possibly cosying up to Nvidia, Blackberry's Storm 2, Integration between Twitter and search providers, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-92/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-91/ 01:05:39 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Host of the ZA Show, Glen Verran makes his debut on the ZA Tech Show this week, joining Simon Dingle, Duncan McLeod and Brett Haggard. We discuss podcasting in South Africa, FarmVille and other online games, Twitter's waning popularity, the Nokia N900, Mustek reporting HP to the Competition Commission, Time Inc's tablet-friendly magazine concept, of Windows, Mac and Linux, 3d television and Sony shooting the 2010 World Cup in 3d, Eskom and the future of power production, DSTV launching Super Sport HD, and much more. www.zatech.co.za Host of the ZA Show, Glen Verran makes his debut on the ZA Tech Show this week, joining Simon Dingle, Duncan McLeod and Brett Haggard. We discuss podcasting in South Africa, FarmVille and other online games, Twitter's waning popularity, the Nokia N900, Mustek reporting HP to the Competition Commission, Time Inc's tablet-friendly magazine concept, of Windows, Mac and Linux, 3d television and Sony shooting the 2010 World Cup in 3d, Eskom and the future of power production, DSTV launching Super Sport HD, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-91/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-90/ 00:59:49 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show With just 10 episodes to go before our 100th show, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss looming fines and other pain for Telkom, mobile virtual network operators and the difference they could make, iBurst's 20Mbps ADSL2+ service, new Navigon GPS products and whether they stand a chance against Google, NDrive for iPhone, Depeche Mode, World of Warcraft and depression, Foursquare and other social networking games, and much much more including our picks of the week. www.zatech.co.za With just 10 episodes to go before our 100th show, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss looming fines and other pain for Telkom, mobile virtual network operators and the difference they could make, iBurst's 20Mbps ADSL2+ service, new Navigon GPS products and whether they stand a chance against Google, NDrive for iPhone, Depeche Mode, World of Warcraft and depression, Foursquare and other social networking games, and much much more including our picks of the week. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-90/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-89/ 01:13:20 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Brett Haggard, Candice Jones, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle constitute your panel this week. They discuss the leaked Google Chrome OS, Apple's legal victory over Psystar, the broadband colloquium held by the Department of Communications last week, Telkom's latest results, Microsoft Office 2010, touch interfaces and Lenovo's T400s, and much much more. www.zatech.co.za Brett Haggard, Candice Jones, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle constitute your panel this week. They discuss the leaked Google Chrome OS, Apple's legal victory over Psystar, the broadband colloquium held by the Department of Communications last week, Telkom's latest results, Microsoft Office 2010, touch interfaces and Lenovo's T400s, and much much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-89/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-88/ 00:45:48 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Toby Shapshak and Simon Dingle are lazy this week. In a shorter-than-usual episode of the show they tackle Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and online gaming, Kindle apps, ebooks and tablet PCs, the interconnect agreement, the looming broadband colloquium, Apple's massive operating profits in mobile, and much more .www.zatech.co.za Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Toby Shapshak and Simon Dingle are lazy this week. In a shorter-than-usual episode of the show they tackle Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and online gaming, Kindle apps, ebooks and tablet PCs, the interconnect agreement, the looming broadband colloquium, Apple's massive operating profits in mobile, and much more .www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-88/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-87/ 01:27:15 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are on the panel this week. Stay tuned for an interview with Lars Rasmussen from Google after the regular show. We discussn new moves in mobile, including Windows Phone, Blackberry and Sony Ericsson’s X10 Android phone, the corporate factor for mobile platforms like Blackberry and Windows Phone, triple-play telecoms, Google Dashboard and Wave, and much more. www.zatech.co.za Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are on the panel this week. Stay tuned for an interview with Lars Rasmussen from Google after the regular show. We discussn new moves in mobile, including Windows Phone, Blackberry and Sony Ericsson’s X10 Android phone, the corporate factor for mobile platforms like Blackberry and Windows Phone, triple-play telecoms, Google Dashboard and Wave, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-87/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-86/ 01:09:55 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show With one false-start under the belt Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Toby Shapshak, Simon Dingle and Brett Haggard recompose themselves and discuss the end of TV licenses in South Africa and what the future holds for public broadcasting, MTN's declining subscriber numbers and other telecommunications chaos, the launch of Google Maps in South Africa and why Garmin and Tomtom should be very worried about the new Google Maps Navigation application, rumours mounting over Apple's tablet device, including discussions with publishers, and much more. www.zatech.co.za With one false-start under the belt Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Toby Shapshak, Simon Dingle and Brett Haggard recompose themselves and discuss the end of TV licenses in South Africa and what the future holds for public broadcasting, MTN's declining subscriber numbers and other telecommunications chaos, the launch of Google Maps in South Africa and why Garmin and Tomtom should be very worried about the new Google Maps Navigation application, rumours mounting over Apple's tablet device, including discussions with publishers, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-86/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-85/ 00:54:26 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week Simon Dingle, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Toby Shapshak are joined by developer and winner of Microsoft’s Most Valuable award for Xbox 360 in 2008 and 2009, Craig Nicholson. We discuss the ongoing and intensifying interconnect debacle, Livescribe’s Pulse Smartpen, all things Windows 7, new products from Apple, Snow Leopard Server versus Windows Home Server, and much more... www.zatech.co.za This week Simon Dingle, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Toby Shapshak are joined by developer and winner of Microsoft’s Most Valuable award for Xbox 360 in 2008 and 2009, Craig Nicholson. We discuss the ongoing and intensifying interconnect debacle, Livescribe’s Pulse Smartpen, all things Windows 7, new products from Apple, Snow Leopard Server versus Windows Home Server, and much more... www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-85/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-84/ 01:04:40 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show The panel is substantial this week with Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard, Ben Kelly, Toby Shapshak and Simon Dingle discussing Rica costing cell companies a fortune, the iPhone 3GS shortage, Telkom's cable upgrades, Icasa's seeming inability to regulate the communications industry without government's input, interconnect rates, Kindle and the costs, Google Wave revisited, and our picks and pick-ons of the week plus much more... www.zatech.co.za The panel is substantial this week with Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard, Ben Kelly, Toby Shapshak and Simon Dingle discussing Rica costing cell companies a fortune, the iPhone 3GS shortage, Telkom's cable upgrades, Icasa's seeming inability to regulate the communications industry without government's input, interconnect rates, Kindle and the costs, Google Wave revisited, and our picks and pick-ons of the week plus much more... www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-84/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-83/ 01:01:57 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Jon Tullett is your host this week. He is joined by Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard and Toby Shapshak who discuss FNB's Internet banking outage, mobile banking and payment solutions, NASA's LCROSS lunar impact project, Amazon Kindle goes international, Rubik's 360, HTC Hero and other new toys, Apps and their stores, and Google Wave. www.zatech.co.za Jon Tullett is your host this week. He is joined by Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard and Toby Shapshak who discuss FNB's Internet banking outage, mobile banking and payment solutions, NASA's LCROSS lunar impact project, Amazon Kindle goes international, Rubik's 360, HTC Hero and other new toys, Apps and their stores, and Google Wave. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-83/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-82/ 01:45:42 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week the ZA Tech Show includes an interview with Leo Laporte, Chief TWiT at TWiT.tv. Simon Dingle, Duncan McLeod, Ben Kelly and Toby Shapshak also discuss the demise of a possible merger between cellular giants MTN and Bharti Airtel, interconnect rates, console prices and the PS3 Slim, ebook readers, the new iPod Nano with video camera, Google Wave, Twitter use, and much more. www.zatech.co.za This week the ZA Tech Show includes an interview with Leo Laporte, Chief TWiT at TWiT.tv. Simon Dingle, Duncan McLeod, Ben Kelly and Toby Shapshak also discuss the demise of a possible merger between cellular giants MTN and Bharti Airtel, interconnect rates, console prices and the PS3 Slim, ebook readers, the new iPod Nano with video camera, Google Wave, Twitter use, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-82/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-81/ 00:54:24 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Jon Tullett, Toby Shapshak, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are the crew this week. We discuss Intel IDF, Microsoft’s Courier tablet device, Livescribe Pulse Smartpens, 3D video, will Blu-ray be the last optical disk format of its kind? App stores and why most are failing, and much more. www.zatech.co.za Jon Tullett, Toby Shapshak, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are the crew this week. We discuss Intel IDF, Microsoft’s Courier tablet device, Livescribe Pulse Smartpens, 3D video, will Blu-ray be the last optical disk format of its kind? App stores and why most are failing, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-81/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-80/ 00:53:53 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show A gathering of three forms the panel this week as Brett Haggard, Ben Kelly and Simon Dingle discuss Halo 3: ODST, Aion and the MMORPG market, new iPods and pricing, LTE, interconnect rates, Google Fast Flip and Data Liberation, Twitter's avatar evacuation, Facebook Lite, and much more. www.zatech.co.za A gathering of three forms the panel this week as Brett Haggard, Ben Kelly and Simon Dingle discuss Halo 3: ODST, Aion and the MMORPG market, new iPods and pricing, LTE, interconnect rates, Google Fast Flip and Data Liberation, Twitter's avatar evacuation, Facebook Lite, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-80/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-79/ 00:59:36 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show The ZA Tech Show covers a remarkable variety of topics this week as Brett Haggard, Toby Shapshak, Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod, Simon Dingle and Candice Jones discuss Winston the Pigeon, Apple’s September announcements, The Beatles: Rock Band, Blackberry 8520, new Intel chip announcements, Interconnect rates, and much more. www.zatech.co.za The ZA Tech Show covers a remarkable variety of topics this week as Brett Haggard, Toby Shapshak, Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod, Simon Dingle and Candice Jones discuss Winston the Pigeon, Apple’s September announcements, The Beatles: Rock Band, Blackberry 8520, new Intel chip announcements, Interconnect rates, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-79/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-78/ 01:01:37 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss interconnect and other prices, feedback from Nokia World, Snow Leopard, Google Street View, Sony, hosted Blackberry BES, Apple's September announcement and much more. www.zatech.co.za This week Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss interconnect and other prices, feedback from Nokia World, Snow Leopard, Google Street View, Sony, hosted Blackberry BES, Apple's September announcement and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-78/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-77/ 00:49:35 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show An experiment in LAN recording produces interesting results this week as Brett Haggard, Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle connect to discuss Duncan's new undertaking and plans for world dominance, reduced pricing for gaming consoles, the case against Apple, Snow Leopard, Nokia's Booklet 3G, cellular network termination rates and much more. www.zatech.co.za An experiment in LAN recording produces interesting results this week as Brett Haggard, Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle connect to discuss Duncan's new undertaking and plans for world dominance, reduced pricing for gaming consoles, the case against Apple, Snow Leopard, Nokia's Booklet 3G, cellular network termination rates and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-77/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-76/ 01:13:04 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Duncan McLeod, Toby Shapshak, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are on the panel this week. They discuss District 9, piracy and its impact, Neotel Neogo tested, exploding iPhones, Apple’s September announcement, the PS3 Slim, Facebook, FriendFeed and other social networking news, digital terrestrial television (DTT), spectrum allocation, Twitter and tweeting, and much more. www.zatech.co.za Duncan McLeod, Toby Shapshak, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are on the panel this week. They discuss District 9, piracy and its impact, Neotel Neogo tested, exploding iPhones, Apple’s September announcement, the PS3 Slim, Facebook, FriendFeed and other social networking news, digital terrestrial television (DTT), spectrum allocation, Twitter and tweeting, and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-76/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-75/ 01:07:53 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Special guest Dwayne Bailey from Translate.org.za adds his voice to the show this week along with Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard, Simon Dingle and later Samantha Perry. We discuss translation work in software, changes in Microsoft's Office strategy, open source, patents on XML use in document formats, Microsoft and Nokia's alliance, Nokia vs. Apple vs. Microsoft vs. Google vs. Blackberry and much more. www.zatech.co.za Special guest Dwayne Bailey from Translate.org.za adds his voice to the show this week along with Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard, Simon Dingle and later Samantha Perry. We discuss translation work in software, changes in Microsoft's Office strategy, open source, patents on XML use in document formats, Microsoft and Nokia's alliance, Nokia vs. Apple vs. Microsoft vs. Google vs. Blackberry and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-75/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-74/ 00:58:39 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this episode our geeks are spread out across SA. Simon Dingle, Jon Tullett and Will Hahn are in Cape Town for Gartner Symposium 2009, Brett Haggard is in Durban for Microsoft TechEd and Duncan McLeod is at home with his bulldogs in Johannesburg. They hook up on Skype to discuss Gartner Symposium, Microsoft TechEd - Windows 7, Live Mesh and all things MS, screens and the rumoured Apple tablet, the Nikon S1000pj camera with built-in projector, the evolution of interfaces, mobile broadband, Eric Schmid leaving the Apple board and much more. www.zatech.co.za In this episode our geeks are spread out across SA. Simon Dingle, Jon Tullett and Will Hahn are in Cape Town for Gartner Symposium 2009, Brett Haggard is in Durban for Microsoft TechEd and Duncan McLeod is at home with his bulldogs in Johannesburg. They hook up on Skype to discuss Gartner Symposium, Microsoft TechEd - Windows 7, Live Mesh and all things MS, screens and the rumoured Apple tablet, the Nikon S1000pj camera with built-in projector, the evolution of interfaces, mobile broadband, Eric Schmid leaving the Apple board and much more. www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-74/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-73/ 01:02:28 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Our panel this week consists of Simon Dingle, Gartner analyst Will Hahn, Duncan McLeod, Ivo Vegter, Brett Haggard and Toby Shapshak. We discuss telecoms – including Seacom, Telkom and the outlook for the market in SA, mobility, the launch of the iPhone 3GS in SA, patents in podcasting and much more... www.zatech.co.za Our panel this week consists of Simon Dingle, Gartner analyst Will Hahn, Duncan McLeod, Ivo Vegter, Brett Haggard and Toby Shapshak. We discuss telecoms – including Seacom, Telkom and the outlook for the market in SA, mobility, the launch of the iPhone 3GS in SA, patents in podcasting and much more... www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-73/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-72/ 00:59:15 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Our gathering of geeks this week includes Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod, Toby Shapshak, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and your host, Simon Dingle. We discuss spectrum allocation, the Icasa way, Seacom going live. We plug in and test. The problem(s) with Telkom, Windows 7 released to manufacturing, new Google Calendar labs features, our picks and pick-ons, and much more... www.zatech.co.za Our gathering of geeks this week includes Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod, Toby Shapshak, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and your host, Simon Dingle. We discuss spectrum allocation, the Icasa way, Seacom going live. We plug in and test. The problem(s) with Telkom, Windows 7 released to manufacturing, new Google Calendar labs features, our picks and pick-ons, and much more... www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-72/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-71/ 00:58:25 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:30:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Jon Tullett, Toby Shapshak and Simon Dingle are your panellists this week. We discuss the Twitter exposé and what we now know about the business behind the scenes, we choose the moon, the freshly launched Nokia N97, Microsoft's new, free, web-based Office announcement, our idea to include you in future shows. and much more... www.zatech.co.za Jon Tullett, Toby Shapshak and Simon Dingle are your panellists this week. We discuss the Twitter exposé and what we now know about the business behind the scenes, we choose the moon, the freshly launched Nokia N97, Microsoft's new, free, web-based Office announcement, our idea to include you in future shows, and much more... www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-71/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-70/ 00:58:46 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:54:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Ivo Vegter makes his debut appearance on the ZA Tech Show this week, by popular demand. He joins Simon Dingle, Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard, Toby Shapshak and Ben Kelly for a chat about walled gardens, open systems and whether or not we should care, evil technology companies and market perceptions, Google and Microsoft's game of tit-for-tat, Google Chrome OS, new HD channels coming to DSTV, the move to digital terrestrial television (DTT) and MNET's advantage and much more... www.zatech.co.za Ivo Vegter makes his debut appearance on the ZA Tech Show this week, by popular demand. He joins Simon Dingle, Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard, Toby Shapshak and Ben Kelly for a chat about walled gardens, open systems and whether or not we should care, evil technology companies and market perceptions, Google and Microsoft's game of tit-for-tat, Google Chrome OS, new HD channels coming to DSTV, the move to digital terrestrial television (DTT) and MNET's advantage and much more... www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-70/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-69/ 01:03:46 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Jon Tullett, Toby Shapshak, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are your panellists in this week's episode. They try to speak as quickly as possible, and at the same time, as they discuss Microsoft's dodgy IE8 ads, the Core debacle, how technology vendors go to market in SA, and calculate costs. Mobile broadband options, the switch to DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television), the RICA act in SA and its impact on prepaid cellular, and more... www.zatech.co.za Jon Tullett, Toby Shapshak, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are your panellists in this week's episode. They try to speak as quickly as possible, and at the same time, as they discuss Microsoft's dodgy IE8 ads, the Core debacle, how technology vendors go to market in SA, and calculate costs. Mobile broadband options, the switch to DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television), the RICA act in SA and its impact on prepaid cellular, and more... www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-69/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-68/ 00:54:08 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Our group of technology enthusiasts this week includes Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle, who congregate to discuss plagiarism and Wikipedia. Poor Chris Anderson.Seacom's delayed launch, Pirate Bay suing for human rights infringements, Intel and Nokia's agreement, Oracle, Sun, SAP, Larry Ellison and silliness, Windows 7 pricing, Telkom's shocking results and more... www.zatech.co.za Our group of technology enthusiasts this week includes Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle, who congregate to discuss plagiarism and Wikipedia. Poor Chris Anderson.Seacom's delayed launch, Pirate Bay suing for human rights infringements, Intel and Nokia's agreement, Oracle, Sun, SAP, Larry Ellison and silliness, Windows 7 pricing, Telkom's shocking results and more... www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-68/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-67/ 01:08:02 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show A tripartite gathering of geeks, consisting of Candice Jones from ITWeb, Ben Kelly from Ungeeked and Simon Dingle, make up our panel this week and discuss iPhone 3.0, the Iranian elections on Twitter and mobile, what massive bandwidth pipes mean for media, keeping people honest using online crowd dynamics, Windows 7, Bing, Project Natal and all things Microsoft, is Sony the new Microsoft? The new competitive environment in online, and more... www.zatech.co.za A tripartite gathering of geeks, consisting of Candice Jones from ITWeb, Ben Kelly from Ungeeked and Simon Dingle, make up our panel this week and discuss iPhone 3.0, the Iranian elections on Twitter and mobile, what massive bandwidth pipes mean for media, keeping people honest using online crowd dynamics, Windows 7, Bing, Project Natal and all things Microsoft, is Sony the new Microsoft? The new competitive environment in online, and more... www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-67/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-66/ 01:09:48 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Order returns to geek valley this week. Simon Dingle, Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Toby Shapshak discuss bandwidth upgrade to the West African Cable System (WACS), quantifying Africa's international bandwidth projects, the local loop, geographic number portability, the Facebook land-grab, stickiness of social networks, Microsoft's online advertising rally in the wake of Bing, Sony Ericsson's comeback, consumer animosity levelled at Core, Doom Resurrection, smartphone wars, and more... www.zatech.co.za Order returns to geek valley this week. Simon Dingle, Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Toby Shapshak discuss bandwidth upgrade to the West African Cable System (WACS), quantifying Africa's international bandwidth projects, the local loop, geographic number portability, the Facebook land-grab, stickiness of social networks, Microsoft's online advertising rally in the wake of Bing, Sony Ericsson's comeback, consumer animosity levelled at Core, Doom Resurrection, smartphone wars, and more... www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-66/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-65/ 01:12:43 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week our intrepid group of bucaneers finds themselves under the command of Lt. Jon Tullett, once again. Will hysterics and swearing derail their mission? Find out in this exciting episode, wherein Jon 'Federa' Tullett, Brett 'Shiny-guy' Haggard, Ben 'Ace' Kelly, Duncan 'Laugh-a-minute' McLeod and Toby 'Mister' Shapshak discuss the big gaming announcements from E3, Microsoft Bing, Google Squared, Time magazine's Twitter cover, predictions for WWDC, the Palm Pre, COSATU withdrawing its Vodacom boycott, and much more. See our website for the choice technologies of the week - www.zatech.co.za This week our intrepid group of bucaneers finds themselves under the command of Lt. Jon Tullett, once again. Will hysterics and swearing derail their mission? Find out in this exciting episode, wherein Jon 'Federa' Tullett, Brett 'Shiny-guy' Haggard, Ben 'Ace' Kelly, Duncan 'Laugh-a-minute' McLeod and Toby 'Mister' Shapshak discuss the big gaming announcements from E3, Microsoft Bing, Google Squared, Time magazine's Twitter cover, predictions for WWDC, the Palm Pre, COSATU withdrawing its Vodacom boycott, and much more. See our website for the choice technologies of the week - www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-65/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-64/ 01:06:01 Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Editor of Stuff Magazine, Toby Shapshak and later Samantha Perry, editor of Brainstorm join Simon Dingle, Duncan McLeod and Brett Haggard to discuss Google Wave and Microsoft Bing, the Seacom undersea cable, HTC’s Android launch in SA, Kaspersky Mobile Security, bandwidth prices, Windows 7 slowing down, the SABC’s legal action and more... Check out www.zatech.co.za Editor of Stuff Magazine, Toby Shapshak and later Samantha Perry, editor of Brainstorm join Simon Dingle, Duncan McLeod and Brett Haggard to discuss Google Wave and Microsoft Bing, the Seacom undersea cable, HTC’s Android launch in SA, Kaspersky Mobile Security, bandwidth prices, Windows 7 slowing down, the SABC’s legal action, and more... Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-64/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-63/ 00:54:35 Tue, 26 May 2009 16:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Jon Tullett leads our group of intrepid geeks this week, as Simon was away. Jon joins Duncan McLeod, Ben Kelly and Brett Haggard to discuss the post-Vodacom debacle fallout, cellular network reliability, more iPhone app blocking, swine flu: the online story, Google Chrome 2 and the browser scene, 3d cinema tech, Microsoft's Magic Wand patent, the Apple tablet. There appears to be more to the rumour. And more. Check out www.zatech.co.za Jon Tullett leads our group of intrepid geeks this week, as Simon was away. Jon joins Duncan McLeod, Ben Kelly and Brett Haggard to discuss the post-Vodacom debacle fallout, cellular network reliability, more iPhone app blocking, swine flu: the online story, Google Chrome 2 and the browser scene, 3d cinema tech, Microsoft's Magic Wand patent, the Apple tablet. There appears to be more to the rumour. And more. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-63/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-62/ 01:02:54 Mon, 18 May 2009 17:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Toby Shapshak, editor of Stuff Magazine joins Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle this week. We discuss the HTC Magic from Vodacom and everything Android, fixing Gmail's IMAP on some mail clients, mail and calendaring clients, click here for Justin Hartman's iCal fix, personal cloud platforms. Who's winning the race? Is the bandwidth on FNB Connect really unshaped? Hear our first reactions to the ICASA-COSATU-Vodacom debacle (we got the announcement while recording this episode), the cellular network reliability debate, finality on the Idols mess and much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za Toby Shapshak, editor of Stuff Magazine joins Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle this week. We discuss the HTC Magic from Vodacom and everything Android, fixing Gmail's IMAP on some mail clients, mail and calendaring clients, click here for Justin Hartman's iCal fix, personal cloud platforms. Who's winning the race? Is the bandwidth on FNB Connect really unshaped? Hear our first reactions to the ICASA-COSATU-Vodacom debacle (we got the announcement while recording this episode), the cellular network reliability debate, finality on the Idols mess and much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-62/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-61/ 00:45:05 Mon, 11 May 2009 16:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show An experiment in cross-Atlantic podcasting ensues as Simon Dingle is in Florida this week and chats to Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and the guys from FNB Connect back in Johannesburg, South Africa. We discuss all things FNB Connect, the Wireless Enterprise Symposium for Blackberry, the cost of roaming data, MTN first to market with an Android phone in South Africa, Cell C’s dismal results, Ensuring competition in telecoms in SA, Telkom Media has found a buyer, the Idols mess, and ATI first to get certification for Windows 7 drivers. Check out www.zatech.co.za An experiment in cross-Atlantic podcasting ensues as Simon Dingle is in Florida this week and chats to Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and the guys from FNB Connect back in Johannesburg, South Africa. We discuss all things FNB Connect, the Wireless Enterprise Symposium for Blackberry, the cost of roaming data, MTN first to market with an Android phone in South Africa, Cell C’s dismal results, Ensuring competition in telecoms in SA, Telkom Media has found a buyer, the Idols mess, and ATI first to get certification for Windows 7 drivers. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-61/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-60/ 01:04:45 Sun, 03 May 2009 09:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show BS abounds in tech news this week and Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle sift through it. We discuss the unlikeliness of World of Warcraft for mobiles, retro gaming. Again. Windows 7 gets 'XP Mode', what is the ultimate upgrade cycle for operating systems? Twitter's attrition rate, the power of email, a new PSP rumour, AMD shuts down its SA offices, Apple getting in the chip business? No, of course not. It's BS. Check out www.zatech.co.za BS abounds in tech news this week and Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle sift through it. We discuss the unlikeliness of World of Warcraft for mobiles, retro gaming. Again. Windows 7 gets 'XP Mode', what is the ultimate upgrade cycle for operating systems? Twitter's attrition rate, the power of email, a new PSP rumour, AMD shuts down its SA offices, Apple getting in the chip business? No, of course not. It's BS. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-60/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-59/ 00:49:24 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Jon, Ben, Simon and Duncan hop on Skype for a chat about the launch of the Nokia Music Store in South Africa, more on the Pirate Bay court case, what are the real issues regarding copyright? The death of GeoCities, more on Telkom Mobi, Altech’s remarkable results - who will it buy next? and more... Check out www.zatech.co.za Jon, Ben, Simon and Duncan hop on Skype for a chat about the launch of the Nokia Music Store in South Africa, more on the Pirate Bay court case, what are the real issues regarding copyright? The death of GeoCities, more on Telkom Mobi, Altech’s remarkable results - who will it buy next? and more... Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-59/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-58/ 01:06:52 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Three geeks gather amidst public holidays to discuss mobile broadband and then some, the power of Chinese manufacturing, Oracle to buy Sun Microsystems. What would this mean for MySQL? Windows 7 RC1 leaked, netbooks, nettops and the operating systems that make them work, chips again, Adobe pens deal to have Flash embedded in hardware, Symantec announces detection of a Mac botnet, Pirate Bay founders found guilty, the new Nintendo DSi is apparently selling like hotcakes, and more... Check out www.zatech.co.za Three geeks gather amidst public holidays to discuss mobile broadband and then some, the power of Chinese manufacturing, Oracle to buy Sun Microsystems. What would this mean for MySQL? Windows 7 RC1 leaked, netbooks, nettops and the operating systems that make them work, chips again, Adobe pens deal to have Flash embedded in hardware, Symantec announces detection of a Mac botnet, Pirate Bay founders found guilty, the new Nintendo DSi is apparently selling like hotcakes, and more... Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-58/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-57/ 01:11:14 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Jon Tullett, Candice Jones and Simon Dingle talk their way through telecommunications in South Africa post Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, will South Africa's electric car, the Joule, ever hit the road? the digital music price war, DRM, piracy and bandwidth dynamics, Telkom's mobile offering and restructuring, 97% of all email is spam, according to Microsoft, the ups and downs of BlackBerry, ARM-based netbooks, the netbook conundrum, Wii production costs go down, but prices hold fast, and more. Check out www.zatech.co.za Jon Tullett, Candice Jones and Simon Dingle talk their way through telecommunications in South Africa post Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, will South Africa's electric car, the Joule, ever hit the road? the digital music price war, DRM, piracy and bandwidth dynamics, Telkom's mobile offering and restructuring, 97% of all email is spam, according to Microsoft, the ups and downs of BlackBerry, ARM-based netbooks, the netbook conundrum, Wii production costs go down, but prices hold fast, and more. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-57/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-56/ 00:56:22 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Aki Anastasiou from Talk Radio 702 drops by the studio this week and hangs out with Brett Haggard, Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle for a discussion on Skype for iPhone, Skuku and other novel ways of beating high roaming rates, the birth of BlackBerry App World, the death of Microsoft Encarta, the Conficker no-show, how much bandwidth is enough? Telkom's restructuring and preparations for 2010, our next minister of communications, Wolfram Alpha and exciting things to do with USB sticks. Check out www.zatech.co.za Aki Anastasiou from Talk Radio 702 drops by the studio this week and hangs out with Brett Haggard, Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle for a discussion on Skype for iPhone, Skuku and other novel ways of beating high roaming rates, the birth of BlackBerry App World, the death of Microsoft Encarta, the Conficker no-show, how much bandwidth is enough? Telkom's restructuring and preparations for 2010, our next minister of communications, Wolfram Alpha and exciting things to do with USB sticks. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-56/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-55/ 01:08:24 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Brett Haggard, Ben Kelly, Simon Dingle and later on Duncan McLeod discuss MTN's new data tweaks, Johannesburg's municipal broadband network, Tesla's new Model S, Twitter's business model, Eyeballs mobile advertising, Microsoft Live Maps with local hosting, Windows Live OneCare is being turned into a free service, How much of your security software is necessary? Recent developments at Telkom, OnLive On-Demand 720p console cloud gaming, the latest Microsoft advert tackling Mac and much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za Brett Haggard, Ben Kelly, Simon Dingle and later on Duncan McLeod discuss MTN's new data tweaks, Johannesburg's municipal broadband network, Tesla's new Model S, Twitter's business model, Eyeballs mobile advertising, Microsoft Live Maps with local hosting, Windows Live OneCare is being turned into a free service, How much of your security software is necessary? Recent developments at Telkom, OnLive On-Demand 720p console cloud gaming, the latest Microsoft advert tackling Mac and much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-55/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-54/ 01:03:43 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:05:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this week’s episode Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett, Simon Dingle, Brett Haggard and Candice Jones discuss the release of Internet Explorer 8, content management systems, browser compatibility and all things web development, Squarespace versus Wordpress versus Drupal versus Joomla, Neotel’s new data-centres, Google servers in South Africa, Google Maps versus Windows Live Maps, we get hands on with Duncan’s Kindle 2, Halo Wars for Xbox 360, voice-recognition in games, classic adventure and quest games on the Nintendo DS, IBM’s probable acquisition of Sun Microsystems, digital publishing, a new hack that tackles Intel processors at the cache level, iPhone 3.0, and much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za In this week’s episode Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett, Simon Dingle, Brett Haggard and Candice Jones discuss the release of Internet Explorer 8, content management systems, browser compatibility and all things web development, Squarespace versus Wordpress versus Drupal versus Joomla, Neotel’s new data-centres, Google servers in South Africa, Google Maps versus Windows Live Maps, we get hands on with Duncan’s Kindle 2, Halo Wars for Xbox 360, voice-recognition in games, classic adventure and quest games on the Nintendo DS, IBM’s probable acquisition of Sun Microsystems, digital publishing, a new hack that tackles Intel processors at the cache level, iPhone 3.0, and much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-54/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-53/ 01:03:45 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:12:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this week's episode Jon Tullett, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Simon Dingle and ITWeb's Candice Jones discuss Google advertising the country manager position for South Africa, Google's new Voice service, why isn't Skype tackling mobile more aggressively? The new Facebook features and layout, Twitter's amazing popularity and lack of revenue, Emoji, Chinese QQ and other Asian whatsits, Apple's big iPhone 3.0 announcement this week and order of 10" touchscreens, porting between cellular networks and service providers, MTN's results for the last financial year, and much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za In this week's episode Jon Tullett, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Simon Dingle and ITWeb's Candice Jones discuss Google advertising the country manager position for South Africa, Google's new Voice service, why isn't Skype tackling mobile more aggressively? The new Facebook features and layout, Twitter's amazing popularity and lack of revenue, Emoji, Chinese QQ and other Asian whatsits, Apple's big iPhone 3.0 announcement this week and order of 10" touchscreens, porting between cellular networks and service providers, MTN's results for the last financial year, and much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-53/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-52/ 01:00:57 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:10:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show The original line-up returns to the ZA Tech Show for our one year anniversary episode. Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss country manager of Google in South Africa, Stafford Masie's resignation. Who will replace him? We also look at Google Maps updates not showing on the API. Simon gets a little confused... Safari 4 id breaking things left, right and centre and Apple has a range of new Macs. Do you need a TV license for a large monitor without a TV tuner in it? We flip through Stuff magazine's top 100 games insert and discuss our top games of all time. Other topics include optional components in Windows 7, the netbook market and Android's place in it, DRM in Windows 7, Vodacom's LTE strategy and video conferencing with Cisco TelePresence and HP Halo. Check out www.zatech.co.za The original line-up returns to the ZA Tech Show for our one year anniversary episode. Ben Kelly, Duncan McLeod, Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss country manager of Google in South Africa, Stafford Masie's resignation. Who will replace him? We also look at Google Maps updates not showing on the API. Simon gets a little confused... Safari 4 id breaking things left, right and centre and Apple has a range of new Macs. Do you need a TV license for a large monitor without a TV tuner in it? We flip through Stuff magazine's top 100 games insert and discuss our top games of all time. Other topics include optional components in Windows 7, the netbook market and Android's place in it, DRM in Windows 7, Vodacom's LTE strategy and video conferencing with Cisco TelePresence and HP Halo. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-52/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-51/ 00:51:24 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:06:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this episode Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss Gmail's downtime, South African updates to Google Maps, Safari 4 beta, Amazon's Kindle 2 hits the market, Yourtunes.co.za, Penguin Club - the MMORPG for kids that's taking the world by storm, NASA's space exploration MMORPG, MTN's impressive performance, Our picks including Jam Legend, Last.fm and other awesomeness, do you really need an elaborate word processor? and much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za In this episode Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss Gmail's downtime, South African updates to Google Maps, Safari 4 beta, Amazon's Kindle 2 hits the market, Yourtunes.co.za, Penguin Club - the MMORPG for kids that's taking the world by storm, NASA's space exploration MMORPG, MTN's impressive performance, Our picks including Jam Legend, Last.fm and other awesomeness, do you really need an elaborate word processor? and much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-51/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-50/ 01:02:11 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show The geeks are back from Barcelona and understandably predisposed to mobile. Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle discuss Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, new Nokia mobile phones we'll see this year, including the E55, N85 and E75. We also check out the universal mobile phone charger, Palm Pre, Mobile app stores, the iPhone disruption, Windows Mobile 6.5, Nokia partners with Qualcomm, LTE, WiMAX and the state-of-play for 4G, Motorola's LTE van, Solar and wind-powered cellular networks and handsets, the remake of American McGee's Alice, GTA IV gets its first expansion, Facebook's new terms of service and the outcry they started, Cell C to slash prices, Vodafone one step closer to taking over control of Vodacom and much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za The geeks are back from Barcelona and understandably predisposed to mobile. Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle discuss Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, new Nokia mobile phones we'll see this year, including the E55, N85 and E75. We also check out the universal mobile phone charger, Palm Pre, Mobile app stores, the iPhone disruption, Windows Mobile 6.5, Nokia partners with Qualcomm, LTE, WiMAX and the state-of-play for 4G, Motorola's LTE van, Solar and wind-powered cellular networks and handsets, the remake of American McGee's Alice, GTA IV gets its first expansion, Facebook's new terms of service and the outcry they started, Cell C to slash prices, Vodafone one step closer to taking over control of Vodacom and much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-50/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-49/ 01:14:01 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Our panel this week consists of Brett Haggard, Simon Dingle and Mike Stopforth from Cerebra. We discuss Twestival and all things Twitter, business models for new media, British Airways allowing rich people to use their cellphones on board, Google Sync for Mobile, new mobile app stores coming from Microsoft et al, the new BlackBerry Curve, Psystar wins its case against Apple - will this force an any-PC version of OS X? Youtube adds download functionality for videos. And much, much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za Our panel this week consists of Brett Haggard, Simon Dingle and Mike Stopforth from Cerebra. We discuss Twestival and all things Twitter, business models for new media, British Airways allowing rich people to use their cellphones on board, Google Sync for Mobile, new mobile app stores coming from Microsoft et al, the new BlackBerry Curve, Psystar wins its case against Apple - will this force an any-PC version of OS X? Youtube adds download functionality for videos. And much, much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-49/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-48/ 01:12:25 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show The team this week consists of Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard, Simon Dingle, Tiana Alswang and Rein Hillmann from CocoaHeads Johannesburg. We discuss the Xbox Live lag, CocoaHeads in SA, software development, get hands on with the BlackBerry Storm, Nokia's music service and 5800 launching in South Africa, some new game titles that are being released in March, gaming on the Mac platform, OpenGL versus DirectX, the $20 laptop rumour, Telkom fires its COO, GTV goes under, strengthening Multichoice in Africa, the Apple television rumoured to be in development, netbooks being helped along by the economic crisis, Seacom's progress and much, much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za The team this week consists of Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard, Simon Dingle, Tiana Alswang and Rein Hillmann from CocoaHeads Johannesburg. We discuss the Xbox Live lag, CocoaHeads in SA, software development, get hands on with the BlackBerry Storm, Nokia's music service and 5800 launching in South Africa, some new game titles that are being released in March, gaming on the Mac platform, OpenGL versus DirectX, the $20 laptop rumour, Telkom fires its COO, GTV goes under, strengthening Multichoice in Africa, the Apple television rumoured to be in development, netbooks being helped along by the economic crisis, Seacom's progress and much, much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-48/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-47/ 01:07:51 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Simon Dingle, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones from ITWeb feature in this week's episode, discussing MacOS X on netbooks, the Gears of War DRM lock-out, DRM fueling piracy, the BlackBerry Storm that was launched recently in South Africa and wonder if Apple's multi-touch patents stop the Pre? We also look at laying fiber in the Johannesburg rain, solar-powered traffic lights, improvements in Telkom ADSL performance, Neotel versus Telkom, mobile data prices and the possibility of price-cuts, the Faritec fall and Intel posting losses, Brett's Nehalem platform and the processor market, Acer getting into the smartphone market, Nokia launching music service locally and when will the likes of Apple get real and recognise the SA market? We wrap up with the 'Obama Worm' and some of our panelists' favourite new thingies. And more... Check out www.zatech.co.za Simon Dingle, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones from ITWeb feature in this week's episode, discussing MacOS X on netbooks, the Gears of War DRM lock-out, DRM fueling piracy, the BlackBerry Storm that was launched recently in South Africa and wonder if Apple's multi-touch patents stop the Pre? We also look at laying fiber in the Johannesburg rain, solar-powered traffic lights, improvements in Telkom ADSL performance, Neotel versus Telkom, mobile data prices and the possibility of price-cuts, the Faritec fall and Intel posting losses, Brett's Nehalem platform and the processor market, Acer getting into the smartphone market, Nokia launching music service locally and when will the likes of Apple get real and recognise the SA market? We wrap up with the 'Obama Worm' and some of our panelists' favourite new thingies. And more... Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-47/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-46/ 01:09:53 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week's panel includes Simon Dingle, Jon Tullett from TechTarget and Saul Kropman from The Digital Edge podcast. On the cards are netbook price discrepancies. Jon bought an Aspire One in the UK for next to nothing. Why are we paying through our teeth in SA? We also look at tweaks and hacks for netbooks and Neotel's NeoFlex Data offering being launched last week - we talk caps, prices and practical use. Discussions include informal collusion in South African tech pricing, dive into Windows 7 Beta and Internet Explorer 8, Vista Service Pack 2 delayed, a new Worm threatens the world's computers. Apparently. The Macintosh platform finally has a real virus doing the round. Again - apparently. MacOS X developer group CocoaHeads now has a South African chapter. Application roll-out on smartphones and the BlackBerry app store. Canonical is reaching its goal of becoming self-sustaining and some of the Tech in the Obama inauguration, courtesy of CNN. Check out www.zatech.co.za This week's panel includes Simon Dingle, Jon Tullett from TechTarget and Saul Kropman from The Digital Edge podcast. On the cards are netbook price discrepancies. Jon bought an Aspire One in the UK for next to nothing. Why are we paying through our teeth in SA? We also look at tweaks and hacks for netbooks and Neotel's NeoFlex Data offering being launched last week - we talk caps, prices and practical use. Discussions include informal collusion in South African tech pricing, dive into Windows 7 Beta and Internet Explorer 8, Vista Service Pack 2 delayed, a new Worm threatens the world's computers. Apparently. The Macintosh platform finally has a real virus doing the round. Again - apparently. MacOS X developer group CocoaHeads now has a South African chapter. Application roll-out on smartphones and the BlackBerry app store. Canonical is reaching its goal of becoming self-sustaining and some of the Tech in the Obama inauguration, courtesy of CNN. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-46/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-45/ 00:56:07 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show A small group of geeks gathers for episode 45 of the ZA Tech Show in which we discuss MTN and Neotel's shared network deal, Steve Jobs taking a break as CEO of Apple, Windows 7, the netbook market - is there one? Updates on legal matters at SITA, VANS license conversions taking place, computer sales figures for 2008, Neotel's NeoFlex Data is now available, losses and cut-backs, including Google and Sony Ericsson and Picasa now available for Mac. Check out www.zatech.co.za A small group of geeks gathers for episode 45 of the ZA Tech Show in which we discuss MTN and Neotel's shared network deal, Steve Jobs taking a break as CEO of Apple, Windows 7, the netbook market - is there one? Updates on legal matters at SITA, VANS license conversions taking place, computer sales figures for 2008, Neotel's NeoFlex Data is now available, losses and cut-backs, including Google and Sony Ericsson and Picasa now available for Mac. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-45/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-44/ 00:57:57 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show In our first episode of 2009 the ZA Tech Show recorded live at the MTN domestic game between the Cobras and Titans at Supersport park. We also welcome Candice Jones from ITWeb - a new voice on the show. We discuss console sales in 2008, Twitter and other social network hackers, the Apple keynote at Macworld and hacks of live blogging streams from the event, the criminal banking system in South Africa, operating system wars heat up with the arrival of Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, Windows 7 and OS X Snow Leopard in 2009, some of the changes coming in Windows 7, is Linux lagging in terms of user interfaces? Palm is back with a new smartphone - the ‘Pre’ - and operating system called webOS, and MTN’s acquisition of Verizon South Africa is going ahead. Plus much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za In our first episode of 2009 the ZA Tech Show recorded live at the MTN domestic game between the Cobras and Titans at Supersport park. We also welcome Candice Jones from ITWeb - a new voice on the show. We discuss console sales in 2008, Twitter and other social network hackers, the Apple keynote at Macworld and hacks of live blogging streams from the event, the criminal banking system in South Africa, operating system wars heat up with the arrival of Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, Windows 7 and OS X Snow Leopard in 2009, some of the changes coming in Windows 7, is Linux lagging in terms of user interfaces? Palm is back with a new smartphone - the ‘Pre’ - and operating system called webOS, and MTN’s acquisition of Verizon South Africa is going ahead. Plus much more. Check out www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-44/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-43/ 00:59:39 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show In our final show of the year we discuss Apple's decision to cancel the Jobs keynote at Macworld and how vital Steve Jobs is to Apple's success (it's really a question, not a statement of fact), Novell BrainShare being cancelled, conferences - are their days numbered? Toshiba unveils the first 512GB SSD hard drive, Simon has played with the BlackBerry Storm and reports back, is it possible we're wrong about Windows Mobile 6? More speculation on possible acquisitions. Will Sun go? The pain of Yahoo! and the awesomeness of IBM, Telkom's cellular transformation, what makes some users' experience on a cellular network differ from others. The possibility of Roy Padayachi becoming South Africa's next minister of communications, and more. Checkout www.zatech.co.za In our final show of the year we discuss Apple's decision to cancel the Jobs keynote at Macworld and how vital Steve Jobs is to Apple's success (it's really a question, not a statement of fact), Novell BrainShare being cancelled, conferences - are their days numbered? Toshiba unveils the first 512GB SSD hard drive, Simon has played with the BlackBerry Storm and reports back, is it possible we're wrong about Windows Mobile 6? More speculation on possible acquisitions. Will Sun go? The pain of Yahoo! and the awesomeness of IBM, Telkom's cellular transformation, what makes some users' experience on a cellular network differ from others. The possibility of Roy Padayachi becoming South Africa's next minister of communications, and more. Checkout www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-43/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-42/ 01:09:45 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Simon Dingle, Brett Haggard, Jon Tullett and Tiana Alswang get about as festive as four geeks who are still working in the middle of December can and discuss Google's Chrome browser coming out of beta and the state of the browser nation, Google's plans for global domination, Gmail's new features from the lab, integration of social networks and forced interoperability from technology vendors, Japanese scientists getting images from the human brain, Johannesburg's CCTV system in the CBD that can scan vehicle numberplates through eNaTIS, Left 4 Dead and its awesomeness, and EA's acquisition of Tim Schafer's genius. We also take a look at Little Big Planet, Call of Duty: World at War, Fallout 3, Guitar Hero: World Tour and other titles getting attention this Christmas. Jon says Far Cry 2 is boring, we mention Sony's 14 million Playstation Network users, discuss the rebirth of Nokia N-Gage as a rounded gaming service and the evolution of mobile gaming, and much more. Checkout www.zatech.co.za Simon Dingle, Brett Haggard, Jon Tullett and Tiana Alswang get about as festive as four geeks who are still working in the middle of December can and discuss Google's Chrome browser coming out of beta and the state of the browser nation, Google's plans for global domination, Gmail's new features from the lab, integration of social networks and forced interoperability from technology vendors, Japanese scientists getting images from the human brain, Johannesburg's CCTV system in the CBD that can scan vehicle numberplates through eNaTIS, Left 4 Dead and its awesomeness, and EA's acquisition of Tim Schafer's genius. We also take a look at Little Big Planet, Call of Duty: World at War, Fallout 3, Guitar Hero: World Tour and other titles getting attention this Christmas. Jon says Far Cry 2 is boring, we mention Sony's 14 million Playstation Network users, discuss the rebirth of Nokia N-Gage as a rounded gaming service and the evolution of mobile gaming, and much more. Checkout www.zatech.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-42/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-41/ 01:13:50 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Our special guest in episode 41 is Rudolph Muller from MyBroadband. We discuss all things online and broadband, from deregulation to the subtleties of EV-DO and expectations for the coming year. We also cover: Internet Solutions' wireless university hotspots being rolled out next year, the University of South Africa (UNISA)'s strange email policy and Microsoft's involvement therein, Microsoft Imagine Cup, Nokia's N97 and the evolving market for mobile phones, including the BlackBerry Storm and Nokia in the Japanese market, Alan Knott-Craig's sympathy for Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, our experiences with Garmin Mobile XT and other mobile phone GPS solutions, the astronomical (and increasing) prices of console game titles and how the model differs from PC gaming and Facebook and Google launching single sign-on services with Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za Our special guest in episode 41 is Rudolph Muller from MyBroadband. We discuss all things online and broadband, from deregulation to the subtleties of EV-DO and expectations for the coming year. We also cover: Internet Solutions' wireless university hotspots being rolled out next year, the University of South Africa (UNISA)'s strange email policy and Microsoft's involvement therein, Microsoft Imagine Cup, Nokia's N97 and the evolving market for mobile phones, including the BlackBerry Storm and Nokia in the Japanese market, Alan Knott-Craig's sympathy for Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, our experiences with Garmin Mobile XT and other mobile phone GPS solutions, the astronomical (and increasing) prices of console game titles and how the model differs from PC gaming and Facebook and Google launching single sign-on services with Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-41/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-40/ 00:59:53 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show The big four-oh! This week we are joined by Tiana Alswang, editor of G.E.A.R. magazine, and Athena Twin, along with members of her PMS Clan of professional female gamers from the USA and Canada. We cover girls in gaming and the Plugg event recently held in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the PMS Clan took on a top team of local dudes in Counterstrike. We also look at gaming in South Africa and the growth thereof, some of the best new titles on the block - what are the PMS Clan playing? The addiction of World of Warcraft, and why it is banned for many professional gamers, multiplayer gaming - it's more social than you think, local servers, bandwidth and the other bits and pieces we need to improve the gaming scene in South Africa, Alienware is still around and kicking arse, Intel's Core i7 'Nehalem' processor has landed and Brett has benchmarked it - he even has some memory tips. We opine on why Halo 3 didn't quite cut it and look at Rock Band versus Guitar Hero - the competition gets thick with Guitar Hero: World Tour. We also talk about kids and games. Can you really keep them away from violent games they may be too young for? The big game titles to look out for this Christmas, console versus PC gaming, a review of Duncan's panel discussion on telecommunications that took place at the MyBroadband conference 2008 and the promise of WiMAX, and whether or not it can deliver thereon. A big congratulations to Duncan McLeod for winning MyBroadband's SA IT Journalist of the Year award. Well deserved! By the way... the SA guys beat the PMS Clan at the Plugg event... Check out www.zatechshow.co.za The big four-oh! This week we are joined by Tiana Alswang, editor of G.E.A.R. magazine, and Athena Twin, along with members of her PMS Clan of professional female gamers from the USA and Canada. We cover girls in gaming and the Plugg event recently held in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the PMS Clan took on a top team of local dudes in Counterstrike. We also look at gaming in South Africa and the growth thereof, some of the best new titles on the block - what are the PMS Clan playing? The addiction of World of Warcraft, and why it is banned for many professional gamers, multiplayer gaming - it's more social than you think, local servers, bandwidth and the other bits and pieces we need to improve the gaming scene in South Africa, Alienware is still around and kicking arse, Intel's Core i7 'Nehalem' processor has landed and Brett has benchmarked it - he even has some memory tips. We opine on why Halo 3 didn't quite cut it and look at Rock Band versus Guitar Hero - the competition gets thick with Guitar Hero: World Tour. We also talk about kids and games. Can you really keep them away from violent games they may be too young for? The big game titles to look out for this Christmas, console versus PC gaming, a review of Duncan's panel discussion on telecommunications that took place at the MyBroadband conference 2008 and the promise of WiMAX, and whether or not it can deliver thereon. A big congratulations to Duncan McLeod for winning MyBroadband's SA IT Journalist of the Year award. Well deserved! By the way... the SA guys beat the PMS Clan at the Plugg event... Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-40/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-39/ 01:22:40 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Gartner Analyst Will Hahn joins the gang on this week's episode as part of his visit to South Africa - you don't want to miss this one. We discuss Will's take on the South African telecommunication's space. What is the state of play of our market and what are his predictions for the future? We also look at the maturity of the technology market in South Africa and trends that are shaping the way we do things down here, the move to IP telephony and market expectations in this regard, review Neotel NeoFlex Data as Brett and Duncan have been putting the offering through its paces. How fast is it? What latency are they seeing? Can you stay connected in a power outage? All answers within... Other bits of news include Jerry Yang stepping down as CEO of Yahoo!, PC Magazine halting print and going online only. What is happening to print publishing? Net Neutrality in the USA, the Obama government and how the landscape is changing state-side, is email dead?, Gmail introduces themes, Duncan has a Nokia 5800. It's poop... but if you think the 5800 sucks, wait until you use a Samsung Omnia. We discuss the touch phone market. It's all iPhone for now. News on the arrival of a local Google data centre, our predictions surrounding Google Maps - and some general GPS discussion. Guitar Hero: World Tour is now available in South Africa. How off-line games make the transition to online. Wrath of the Lich King breaks a record. We're not sure which one exactly. Microsoft South Africa says it is lobbying for a local Xbox Live service and Afrigator has a new revenue scheme for bloggers. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za Gartner Analyst Will Hahn joins the gang on this week's episode as part of his visit to South Africa - you don't want to miss this one. We discuss Will's take on the South African telecommunication's space. What is the state of play of our market and what are his predictions for the future? We also look at the maturity of the technology market in South Africa and trends that are shaping the way we do things down here, the move to IP telephony and market expectations in this regard, review Neotel NeoFlex Data as Brett and Duncan have been putting the offering through its paces. How fast is it? What latency are they seeing? Can you stay connected in a power outage? All answers within... Other bits of news include Jerry Yang stepping down as CEO of Yahoo!, PC Magazine halting print and going online only. What is happening to print publishing? Net Neutrality in the USA, the Obama government and how the landscape is changing state-side, is email dead?, Gmail introduces themes, Duncan has a Nokia 5800. It's poop... but if you think the 5800 sucks, wait until you use a Samsung Omnia. We discuss the touch phone market. It's all iPhone for now. News on the arrival of a local Google data centre, our predictions surrounding Google Maps - and some general GPS discussion. Guitar Hero: World Tour is now available in South Africa. How off-line games make the transition to online. Wrath of the Lich King breaks a record. We're not sure which one exactly. Microsoft South Africa says it is lobbying for a local Xbox Live service and Afrigator has a new revenue scheme for bloggers. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-39/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-38/ 01:08:11 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show Topics under discussion include Nintendo launching Wii Party website and an online gaming store in South Africa, the question of why only Playstation has an online presence in SA. Why can't Microsoft or Nintendo do it? Comparing ADSL service providers - Axxess versus Plugg more specifically. All-girl gaming team, the PMS Clan is on its way to South Africa. We'll be there. The second expansion pack for World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King has been launched. Guitar Hero: World Tour is being launched next week. Google Video Chat. Skype - and why it should have an open API. Telkom's ADSL issues. Neotel's data-only product. Duncan has the new Macbook. We play. Alienware's new laptop - the M17. The new Windows Live social network. Microsoft strategy. BlackBerry Storm is being launched on November 21 in the US. Dimension Data posts annual results. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za Topics under discussion include Nintendo launching Wii Party website and an online gaming store in South Africa, the question of why only Playstation has an online presence in SA. Why can't Microsoft or Nintendo do it? Comparing ADSL service providers - Axxess versus Plugg more specifically. All-girl gaming team, the PMS Clan is on its way to South Africa. We'll be there. The second expansion pack for World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King has been launched. Guitar Hero: World Tour is being launched next week. Google Video Chat. Skype - and why it should have an open API. Telkom's ADSL issues. Neotel's data-only product. Duncan has the new Macbook. We play. Alienware's new laptop - the M17. The new Windows Live social network. Microsoft strategy. BlackBerry Storm is being launched on November 21 in the US. Dimension Data posts annual results. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-38/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-37/ 01:06:36 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:30:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this episode we discuss Barack Obama, president elect of the USA, appointing a cabinet-level chief technology officer (CTO) for his country while back at home, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri still being as clueless as ever, continuing to pursue her case against Altech et al. We also mention Lyndall Shope-Mafole, Communications department director-general resigning from the ANC. Microsoft unveiled Windows 7 at its Professional Developers Conference 2008, and we take a closer look at the next incarnation of Microsoft's desktop OS before discussing that Windows 3.1x is no longer available, after being on the market for over 16 years. We get hands on with Gears of War 2 and Far Cry 2. A general gaming discussion ensues and we cast our predictions for when fourth-generation consoles will hit the market. The Nintendo Wii is now the number 1 console in South Africa, according to Nintendo. CNN's holographic reporter gets a mention. Epic. We also look at Google leaving Yahoo! at the altar, Vodafone's purchase of Telkom's share in Vodacom having gone through, and get a lot closer to answering questions surrounding the exclusion of Games from the iTunes App Store in SA. Last, but certainly not least, we welcome MWEB Gadget Genie, that sponsored this episode of the ZA Tech Show. Check out www.mwebgadgetgenie.co.za and www.zatechshow.co.za In this episode we discuss Barack Obama, president elect of the USA, appointing a cabinet-level chief technology officer (CTO) for his country while back at home, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri still being as clueless as ever, continuing to pursue her case against Altech et al. We also mention Lyndall Shope-Mafole, Communications department director-general resigning from the ANC. Microsoft unveiled Windows 7 at its Professional Developers Conference 2008, and we take a closer look at the next incarnation of Microsoft's desktop OS before discussing that Windows 3.1x is no longer available, after being on the market for over 16 years. We get hands on with Gears of War 2 and Far Cry 2. A general gaming discussion ensues and we cast our predictions for when fourth-generation consoles will hit the market. The Nintendo Wii is now the number 1 console in South Africa, according to Nintendo. CNN's holographic reporter gets a mention. Epic. We also look at Google leaving Yahoo! at the altar, Vodafone's purchase of Telkom's share in Vodacom having gone through, and get a lot closer to answering questions surrounding the exclusion of Games from the iTunes App Store in SA. Last, but certainly not least, we welcome MWEB Gadget Genie, that sponsored this episode of the ZA Tech Show. Check out www.mwebgadgetgenie.co.za and www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-37/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-36/ 01:06:27 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this week's episode we cover Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri's appeal against the Altech ruling being denied and what self-provisioning will mean for telecoms in South Africa, investigations into the exclusion of games and podcasts from the South African iTunes store, the banning of Opera Mini from the iTunes App Store, Gears of War 2 being launched this week, FPS games on console versus PC, Crossover's 'Lameduck' promotion, gaming in Linux and OS X using WINE, MMORPGs, Firefox's China Channel extension that simulates the Great Firewall of China, Google introduces service level agreements for its application services, OpenOffice.org extensions, the introduction of Windows Azure, and cloud services hosting in general, Windows 7 and SP2 of Vista, Sony recalling 100 000 batteries predominantly used in Toshiba and HP notebooks, but also Dell, Acer and Lenovo. And, finally, we take a look at retired hardware dumping in the developing world. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za In this week's episode we cover Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri's appeal against the Altech ruling being denied and what self-provisioning will mean for telecoms in South Africa, investigations into the exclusion of games and podcasts from the South African iTunes store, the banning of Opera Mini from the iTunes App Store, Gears of War 2 being launched this week, FPS games on console versus PC, Crossover's 'Lameduck' promotion, gaming in Linux and OS X using WINE, MMORPGs, Firefox's China Channel extension that simulates the Great Firewall of China, Google introduces service level agreements for its application services, OpenOffice.org extensions, the introduction of Windows Azure, and cloud services hosting in general, Windows 7 and SP2 of Vista, Sony recalling 100 000 batteries predominantly used in Toshiba and HP notebooks, but also Dell, Acer and Lenovo. And, finally, we take a look at retired hardware dumping in the developing world. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-36/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-35/ 01:16:04 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:00:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show The whole gang is back together for Episode 35. We discuss tech stocks plummeting and the prospect of buying into the market. Yet. Telkom or MTN? Which stocks should you be looking at - or is this really not the time to be buying? There is also the coming barrage of acquisitions. Potentially. Will Sun be bought? Will Microsoft buy RIM? What will happen to Facebook and Twitter in the current market? Microsoft has a big announcement coming this week. We speculate about what this announcement, concerning a cloud operating system, could be. We also talk about cloud computing in general, Apple's reaction to Microsoft's recent (and very expensive) ad campaign, and wonder if Microsoft will stop producing Office for Mac? Mail and PIM applications and services are also discussed, along with an urgent security patch for Windows, Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex being in final testing and being launched at the end of this month. Suggestions for what Linux needs... and what it doesn't. We look at the netbook space, and the smartphone market's impact on it, more on the iTunes App Store and Apple's curious exclusion of content from the South African store, mobile application distribution, the source code for Android being released as open source. Watch out for versions coming for just about every phone out there... and with Symbian and Android being open source, what will the future hold for Windows Mobile? Neotel's new voice tariffs and other offerings on the way. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za The whole gang is back together for Episode 35. We discuss tech stocks plummeting and the prospect of buying into the market. Yet. Telkom or MTN? Which stocks should you be looking at - or is this really not the time to be buying? There is also the coming barrage of acquisitions. Potentially. Will Sun be bought? Will Microsoft buy RIM? What will happen to Facebook and Twitter in the current market? Microsoft has a big announcement coming this week. We speculate about what this announcement, concerning a cloud operating system, could be. We also talk about cloud computing in general, Apple's reaction to Microsoft's recent (and very expensive) ad campaign, and wonder if Microsoft will stop producing Office for Mac? Mail and PIM applications and services are also discussed, along with an urgent security patch for Windows, Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex being in final testing and being launched at the end of this month. Suggestions for what Linux needs... and what it doesn't. We look at the netbook space, and the smartphone market's impact on it, more on the iTunes App Store and Apple's curious exclusion of content from the South African store, mobile application distribution, the source code for Android being released as open source. Watch out for versions coming for just about every phone out there... and with Symbian and Android being open source, what will the future hold for Windows Mobile? Neotel's new voice tariffs and other offerings on the way. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-35/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-34/ 01:09:07 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:00:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show A somber group of geeks gather this week to talk about the Rand-Dollar exchange rate and what it means for prices of technology in South Africa. We also discuss Vodafone's purchase of Telkom's share in Vodacom in the face of the current economic crisis, Apple's new range of Macbook portables that will arrive locally at massive prices, new graphics technology and how the ATI and Nvidias of the world are taking things to the next level, Lenovo's new Thinkpad models with extended battery-life, OpenOffice.org 3 and the vast improvements it introduces to everyone's favourite free office suite, the power of Outlook, IBM Lotus and how the brand has progressed, the iPhone App Store and how Android's approach will stack up, along with mobile device management for corporates, and some of Duncan and Brett's favourite applications on the iPhone. We also look at Games and other applications excluded from the South African iPhone App store, Zune availability and how Microsoft has addressed the media player market, the new iPod Nano's shake function, and what we think of the new range, having had some time to play with them. Finally, we pay tribute to the awesomeness of Gmail and its mobile site and discuss Barack Obama's online campaign and how it has bolstered his success and how Pandora, Last.fm and other services that use the Music Genome Project are being reinvented on the iPhone. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za A somber group of geeks gather this week to talk about the Rand-Dollar exchange rate and what it means for prices of technology in South Africa. We also discuss Vodafone's purchase of Telkom's share in Vodacom in the face of the current economic crisis, Apple's new range of Macbook portables that will arrive locally at massive prices, new graphics technology and how the ATI and Nvidias of the world are taking things to the next level, Lenovo's new Thinkpad models with extended battery-life, OpenOffice.org 3 and the vast improvements it introduces to everyone's favourite free office suite, the power of Outlook, IBM Lotus and how the brand has progressed, the iPhone App Store and how Android's approach will stack up, along with mobile device management for corporates, and some of Duncan and Brett's favourite applications on the iPhone. We also look at Games and other applications excluded from the South African iPhone App store, Zune availability and how Microsoft has addressed the media player market, the new iPod Nano's shake function, and what we think of the new range, having had some time to play with them. Finally, we pay tribute to the awesomeness of Gmail and its mobile site and discuss Barack Obama's online campaign and how it has bolstered his success and how Pandora, Last.fm and other services that use the Music Genome Project are being reinvented on the iPhone. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-34/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-33/ 01:10:06 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show Episode 33 was recorded in Holland at Symantec Vision + Manage Fusion 2008 in The Hague. But not in its entirety, thanks to dodgy technology. So we re-recorded it in South Africa. And apologise profusely for it being late. We discuss open document standards as the OXML committee suggests alignment and interaction with ODF, OpenOffice.org 3.0 is out, BlackBerry entering the touch-phone market with the announcement of the ‘Storm’, the migration to mobile, a new directive in the EU requiring vendors to have easily removable and recyclable batteries, battery technology in general including maximising battery times on laptops and why batteries will continue to suck for some time still, Nintendo’s new DSi and announcement that an HD Wii is in production, console gaming in general - why not? We also look at Mail Goggles and other things we’re not entirely sure about, things we learned and discussed at Symantec Vision + Manage Fusion and Google putting in local servers… or are they? Check out www.zatechshow.co.za Episode 33 was recorded in Holland at Symantec Vision + Manage Fusion 2008 in The Hague. But not in its entirety, thanks to dodgy technology. So we re-recorded it in South Africa. And apologise profusely for it being late. We discuss open document standards as the OXML committee suggests alignment and interaction with ODF, OpenOffice.org 3.0 is out, BlackBerry entering the touch-phone market with the announcement of the ‘Storm’, the migration to mobile, a new directive in the EU requiring vendors to have easily removable and recyclable batteries, battery technology in general including maximising battery times on laptops and why batteries will continue to suck for some time still, Nintendo’s new DSi and announcement that an HD Wii is in production, console gaming in general - why not? We also look at Mail Goggles and other things we’re not entirely sure about, things we learned and discussed at Symantec Vision + Manage Fusion and Google putting in local servers… or are they? Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-33/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-32/ 00:49:49 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week we recorded live at rAge 2008, thanks to Toshiba. Dimitri Tserpis, CTO for Mustek also dropped by for a chat, joining Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard, Ben Kelly and Simon Dingle. Topics covered include exhibitions growing in South Africa while they scale down everywhere else, Nokia launching the 5800 iPhone competitor and the HTC Dream G1 coming to South Africa. Simon is probably in trouble for giving out the details of the latter. Brett reckons the 3G iPhone establishes a connection quicker on MTN than Vodacom, and Telkom is about to launch its HSDPA network. This sparks a discussion surrounding the changing broadband landscape. We also look at Google's 'Search 2001', iBurst's strange WiMAX offering, Qualcomm's Gobi chipset that connects to anything, anywhere and rising power consumption on the upper end of the PC spectrum. Some self indulgence creeps into the show as we discuss retro computing. Bear with us. Multichoice's competition is coming from the strangest places... and Duncan has the details. The DSTV HD PVR's software bugs have also not been sorted out yet, but will be soon. And Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri is still going at Altech. Surpised? Check out www.zatechshow.co.za This week we recorded live at rAge 2008, thanks to Toshiba. Dimitri Tserpis, CTO for Mustek also dropped by for a chat, joining Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard, Ben Kelly and Simon Dingle. Topics covered include exhibitions growing in South Africa while they scale down everywhere else, Nokia launching the 5800 iPhone competitor and the HTC Dream G1 coming to South Africa. Simon is probably in trouble for giving out the details of the latter. Brett reckons the 3G iPhone establishes a connection quicker on MTN than Vodacom, and Telkom is about to launch its HSDPA network. This sparks a discussion surrounding the changing broadband landscape. We also look at Google's 'Search 2001', iBurst's strange WiMAX offering, Qualcomm's Gobi chipset that connects to anything, anywhere and rising power consumption on the upper end of the PC spectrum. Some self indulgence creeps into the show as we discuss retro computing. Bear with us. Multichoice's competition is coming from the strangest places... and Duncan has the details. The DSTV HD PVR's software bugs have also not been sorted out yet, but will be soon. And Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri is still going at Altech. Surpised? Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-32/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-31/ 01:05:03 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show Our special guest on episode 31 of the ZA Tech Show is Chris Ross, managing executive for sales at Vodacom, and the man responsible for bringing the iPhone to the South African market. Chris answers all of our questions surrounding the Jesus phone coming to South Africa before we move onto a discussion about the HTC Dream G1, the first phone to market that is based on Google's Android operating system. Minister of Communications, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri was president for a day, thanks to the political turmoil in South Africa. And we survived, surprisingly. But Alec Erwin is gone, so perhaps we'll get through the next year with power for our gadgets. We then move back to technology proper with news of the Cisco website being hacked. Vox Telecom lost a lot of money this week, and a new service called E was launched. None of this impresses Jon, however - and we discuss his hate for... well... everything. Brett would switch to Windows for Digsby - which now supports LinkedIn. Hey, he said it. And some clever developers have put together Iron - a streamlined browser based on Chrome, that improves browser security and adds support for the new WebKit. We also touch on Internet Explorer 8. Brett told us that Vista only boots on a single processor, unless you tell it not too. This conversation presented the perfect point at which to end the show... Check out www.zatechshow.co.za Our special guest on episode 31 of the ZA Tech Show is Chris Ross, managing executive for sales at Vodacom, and the man responsible for bringing the iPhone to the South African market. Chris answers all of our questions surrounding the Jesus phone coming to South Africa before we move onto a discussion about the HTC Dream G1, the first phone to market that is based on Google's Android operating system. Minister of Communications, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri was president for a day, thanks to the political turmoil in South Africa. And we survived, surprisingly. But Alec Erwin is gone, so perhaps we'll get through the next year with power for our gadgets. We then move back to technology proper with news of the Cisco website being hacked. Vox Telecom lost a lot of money this week, and a new service called E was launched. None of this impresses Jon, however - and we discuss his hate for... well... everything. Brett would switch to Windows for Digsby - which now supports LinkedIn. Hey, he said it. And some clever developers have put together Iron - a streamlined browser based on Chrome, that improves browser security and adds support for the new WebKit. We also touch on Internet Explorer 8. Brett told us that Vista only boots on a single processor, unless you tell it not too. This conversation presented the perfect point at which to end the show... Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-31/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-30/ 00:55:39 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show We're all about mobile and gaming this week as the ZA Tech Show crew is scaled down to three, plus some input from Trevor van de Ven of ZA Car Show fame. Under discussion is the new Microsoft Ad featuring Eva Longoria, Deepak Chopra and others. Jerry Seinfeld is nowhere in sight. Also Apple's arrogance and walled approach to the iTunes Music and App store and Nokia lining up its next range of phones, hot on the heels of recent releases from the vendor. Clearly the competitive landscape is hotting up. The Apple iPhone arrives in South Africa this week, on 23 September. Other browsers are getting Chrome-like javascript support with SquirrelFish, and Chrome has been third-party ported to Mac and Linux. Warhammer Online is finally available as yet another attempt at competing with World of Warcraft. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was released this week, with major media attention. More gaming news with the release of Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS, Acer's Predator range of PC gaming hardware, the launch of Life with Playstation for the PS3, and the approach of Guitar Hero: World Tour to compete with Rock Band. Twitter has a new interface, and Jon still doesn't have an account. Our esteemed minister of communications, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri has decided to appeal the recent Altech ruling in the high court. And more... Check out www.zatechshow.co.za We're all about mobile and gaming this week as the ZA Tech Show crew is scaled down to three, plus some input from Trevor van de Ven of ZA Car Show fame. Under discussion is the new Microsoft Ad featuring Eva Longoria, Deepak Chopra and others. Jerry Seinfeld is nowhere in sight. Also Apple's arrogance and walled approach to the iTunes Music and App store and Nokia lining up its next range of phones, hot on the heels of recent releases from the vendor. Clearly the competitive landscape is hotting up. The Apple iPhone arrives in South Africa this week, on 23 September. Other browsers are getting Chrome-like javascript support with SquirrelFish, and Chrome has been third-party ported to Mac and Linux. Warhammer Online is finally available as yet another attempt at competing with World of Warcraft. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was released this week, with major media attention. More gaming news with the release of Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS, Acer's Predator range of PC gaming hardware, the launch of Life with Playstation for the PS3, and the approach of Guitar Hero: World Tour to compete with Rock Band. Twitter has a new interface, and Jon still doesn't have an account. Our esteemed minister of communications, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri has decided to appeal the recent Altech ruling in the high court. And more... Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-30/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-29/ 01:12:01 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week Alastair Otter from Tectonic drops by and lends us his insights into the Linux environment. Duncan spoke to Dark Fibre Africa and gives us the low-down on capacity, clients and why your car's rims are being destroyed in the name of bandwidth. MTN is taking on Telkom in the consumer broadband space with the launch of an HSPA router. Google partnering with O3B to bring more satellite bandwidth to South Africa. Will it amount to anything? Mark Shuttleworth is ploughing resources into changing desktop environments on Linux. Simon spoke to the Google project manager of Chrome and provides more information on where Google is going in the browser space. We discuss Internet Explorer 8, Chrome, Microsoft Silverlight, Flash and other technologies impacting on your experience of the Web. The second Microsoft advertisement featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. Apple's September announcements including new iPods and iTunes 8 with the Genius feature. Much anticipated game Spore has been released, but tight DRM is harming online sentiment. Piracy as a distribution model; steal This Movie and other players are investigating the space. Lenovo and Acer are pulling back on their offerings of laptops with Linux; what do Linux users want from portables and modern distributions? And more... Check out www.zatechshow.co.za This week Alastair Otter from Tectonic drops by and lends us his insights into the Linux environment. Duncan spoke to Dark Fibre Africa and gives us the low-down on capacity, clients and why your car's rims are being destroyed in the name of bandwidth. MTN is taking on Telkom in the consumer broadband space with the launch of an HSPA router. Google partnering with O3B to bring more satellite bandwidth to South Africa. Will it amount to anything? Mark Shuttleworth is ploughing resources into changing desktop environments on Linux. Simon spoke to the Google project manager of Chrome and provides more information on where Google is going in the browser space. We discuss Internet Explorer 8, Chrome, Microsoft Silverlight, Flash and other technologies impacting on your experience of the Web. The second Microsoft advertisement featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. Apple's September announcements including new iPods and iTunes 8 with the Genius feature. Much anticipated game Spore has been released, but tight DRM is harming online sentiment. Piracy as a distribution model; steal This Movie and other players are investigating the space. Lenovo and Acer are pulling back on their offerings of laptops with Linux; what do Linux users want from portables and modern distributions? And more... Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-29/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-28/ 00:51:55 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this episode we get our hands on the Acer Aspire One, both in Linux and Windows, and discuss The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook, Apple's September 9 announcement and the possibility of an Apple netbook-slash-tablet, Sony's massive Vaio recall, Google's Chrome browser, where operating systems are going, the first Microsoft ad with Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates, the big Xbox 360 price cut, cross-platform gaming, online console services and how better bandwidth will bring it all home and the new deal signed by MTN, Vodacom, Neotel, Telkom and Infraco to get going on the west coast cable. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za In this episode we get our hands on the Acer Aspire One, both in Linux and Windows, and discuss The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook, Apple's September 9 announcement and the possibility of an Apple netbook-slash-tablet, Sony's massive Vaio recall, Google's Chrome browser, where operating systems are going, the first Microsoft ad with Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates, the big Xbox 360 price cut, cross-platform gaming, online console services and how better bandwidth will bring it all home and the new deal signed by MTN, Vodacom, Neotel, Telkom and Infraco to get going on the west coast cable. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-28/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-27/ 00:58:38 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week we are joined by Jason Norwood-Young from the Mail and Guardian and Altech Autopage Celular's CEO Craig Venter. We discuss the high court's industry-changing decision regarding Altech Autopage Cellular and the VANS industry, Comcast in the USA enforcing bandwidth caps at 250 gigabytes and the state of limited access in South Africa, Mobile data routing, Jason's dodgy tips for hackers, Mozilla Ubiquity - stitching Web content together has never been this easy or awesome, Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe Flash, AIR and the future of Web apps, Mark Surman leaving the Shuttleworth Foundation and joining the Mozilla Foundation as executive director, Britons unhappy with the iPhone's lack of Flash; apparently the casing on the 3G iPhone cracks too, the introduction of 802.11s and wireless mesh networks, the legality of wireless user groups, boosting wireless signals, and the perceived danger of cellular waves. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za This week we are joined by Jason Norwood-Young from the Mail and Guardian and Altech Autopage Celular's CEO Craig Venter. We discuss the high court's industry-changing decision regarding Altech Autopage Cellular and the VANS industry, Comcast in the USA enforcing bandwidth caps at 250 gigabytes and the state of limited access in South Africa, Mobile data routing, Jason's dodgy tips for hackers, Mozilla Ubiquity - stitching Web content together has never been this easy or awesome, Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe Flash, AIR and the future of Web apps, Mark Surman leaving the Shuttleworth Foundation and joining the Mozilla Foundation as executive director, Britons unhappy with the iPhone's lack of Flash; apparently the casing on the 3G iPhone cracks too, the introduction of 802.11s and wireless mesh networks, the legality of wireless user groups, boosting wireless signals, and the perceived danger of cellular waves. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-27/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-26/ 00:59:18 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:00:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this episode we discuss the future of SSD and what it enables - Intel has some compelling offerings on the way, Gartner Symposium 2008 - Simon and Ben look at this year's event, Duncan has the Multichoice HD PVR and gives his impressions, Eyeballs mobile advertising platform, instant messaging and convergence, Cell C's improved market performance, Intel's Nehalem and Laraby processors and how they will change the game, Sony confirming that the PSP Phone is on the way, Microsoft's planned responsive advertising campaign against the famous 'I'm a Mac' ads from Apple, and more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za In this episode we discuss the future of SSD and what it enables - Intel has some compelling offerings on the way, Gartner Symposium 2008 - Simon and Ben look at this year's event, Duncan has the Multichoice HD PVR and gives his impressions, Eyeballs mobile advertising platform, instant messaging and convergence, Cell C's improved market performance, Intel's Nehalem and Laraby processors and how they will change the game, Sony confirming that the PSP Phone is on the way, Microsoft's planned responsive advertising campaign against the famous 'I'm a Mac' ads from Apple, and more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-26/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-25/ 00:56:54 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:00:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week we look at the massive changes taking place in South African television, when and if we'll ever see DVB-H in South Africa, initial impressions on the Nokia N96 (now that we have one to review) - and how much we love the E71, and mobile phones on aeroplanes and why we can't use them. Really. We also discuss Acer finally letting us know when we'll see the Aspire One locally, with pricing, where netbooks belong and what they should cost, WiMAX and Intel's announced support for the technology, Intel Centrino 2 and how it will change mobile computers, USB 3.0 and Firewire 3200, canceling cell contracts in South Africa, Vodafone versus ICASA and more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za This week we look at the massive changes taking place in South African television, when and if we'll ever see DVB-H in South Africa, initial impressions on the Nokia N96 (now that we have one to review) - and how much we love the E71, and mobile phones on aeroplanes and why we can't use them. Really. We also discuss Acer finally letting us know when we'll see the Aspire One locally, with pricing, where netbooks belong and what they should cost, WiMAX and Intel's announced support for the technology, Intel Centrino 2 and how it will change mobile computers, USB 3.0 and Firewire 3200, canceling cell contracts in South Africa, Vodafone versus ICASA and more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-25/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-24/ 00:56:40 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:00:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this episode we discuss the launch of Getmo.com, a new media download service, Zane CellTel's possible entrance into the SA market, Microsoft's Tech Ed conference, Red Hat setting up office in South Africa, the IBM Microsoft-free desktop, Ubuntu's MID edition for portable internet devices, MWEB becoming a reseller for Vodacom Service Provider, ABSA and Telkom's deal, Neotel's first television advert, the state of spam and much more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za In this episode we discuss the launch of Getmo.com, a new media download service, Zane CellTel's possible entrance into the SA market, Microsoft's Tech Ed conference, Red Hat setting up office in South Africa, the IBM Microsoft-free desktop, Ubuntu's MID edition for portable internet devices, MWEB becoming a reseller for Vodacom Service Provider, ABSA and Telkom's deal, Neotel's first television advert, the state of spam and much more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-24/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-23/ 01:07:54 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:00:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week Simon’s in Japan and joins us via Skype. We discuss the legality of MP3Fiesta.com, the Hasbro and Mattel versus Scrabulous sag, Yahoo! Music being closed down,the new, not-so-great Cuil search engine, iPhone 2.0, the annual Govtech conference, Telkom’s strike, Vodacom’s new BEE deal, Microsoft sponsoring the Apache Software Foundation, the release of KDE 4.1, the latest pre-release of Ubuntu Linux Intrepid Ibex and much more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za This week Simon’s in Japan and joins us via Skype. We discuss the legality of MP3Fiesta.com, the Hasbro and Mattel versus Scrabulous sag, Yahoo! Music being closed down,the new, not-so-great Cuil search engine, iPhone 2.0, the annual Govtech conference, Telkom’s strike, Vodacom’s new BEE deal, Microsoft sponsoring the Apache Software Foundation, the release of KDE 4.1, the latest pre-release of Ubuntu Linux Intrepid Ibex and much more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-23/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-22/ 01:03:14 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:00:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show Under discussion in this episode of ZA Tech Show is the arrival of Multichoice DSTV HD with PVR pricing and all the details, new Nokia E-series smartphones, MTN's 7.1 billion rand investments - including extensive fibre rollout, the former Vodacom executive that is being accused of perjury, Papi Molotsane's small fortune, debates at Internetix, Jake White's blog and vlog on Youtube, the king of spam's suicide, and much more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za Under discussion in this episode of ZA Tech Show is the arrival of Multichoice DSTV HD with PVR pricing and all the details, new Nokia E-series smartphones, MTN's 7.1 billion rand investments - including extensive fibre rollout, the former Vodacom executive that is being accused of perjury, Papi Molotsane's small fortune, debates at Internetix, Jake White's blog and vlog on Youtube, the king of spam's suicide, and much more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-22/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-21/ 01:02:49 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:00:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week Duncan's in Ghana. Something about CNN. He Skypes in and we discuss why Google didn't do a doodle for Madiba's birthday, the HP 2133 sub-notebook, Nokia's Music store launching in South Africa, The Apple versus Psystar court case, the WOW Glider court case, Nintendo's Wii taking the lead in US console sales, Neotel launching its enterprise services, Apple blocking VoIP on the new 3G iPhone, updates on the Viacom vs. Youtube case, BT rolling out fibre in the UK, and more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za This week Duncan's in Ghana. Something about CNN. He Skypes in and we discuss why Google didn't do a doodle for Madiba's birthday, the HP 2133 sub-notebook, Nokia's Music store launching in South Africa, The Apple versus Psystar court case, the WOW Glider court case, Nintendo's Wii taking the lead in US console sales, Neotel launching its enterprise services, Apple blocking VoIP on the new 3G iPhone, updates on the Viacom vs. Youtube case, BT rolling out fibre in the UK, and more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-21/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-20/ 01:18:21 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:00:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show In episode 20 of ZA Tech Show we discuss the international 3G iPhone launch, Peter Uys taking over as Vodacom Group Chief Operating Officer and the network's content adaptation service, the Asus Eee PC 1000 and the growing netbook market, Multichoice's new DSTV dual-view offering and the approaching launch of DSTV HD, digital media distribution and licensing, Musica selling counterfeit Playstation accessories, ISO's rejection of the OOXML appeal, the global DNS security update, and more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za In episode 20 of ZA Tech Show we discuss the international 3G iPhone launch, Peter Uys taking over as Vodacom Group Chief Operating Officer and the network's content adaptation service, the Asus Eee PC 1000 and the growing netbook market, Multichoice's new DSTV dual-view offering and the approaching launch of DSTV HD, digital media distribution and licensing, Musica selling counterfeit Playstation accessories, ISO's rejection of the OOXML appeal, the global DNS security update, and more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-20/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-19/ 01:07:22 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this episode the ZA Tech Show crew is joined by Stafford Masie, country manager of Google South Africa. We discuss the localisation of Google's services for SA and where the company is focusing on at the moment, before looking at Viacom's play for Youtube records, social networking and its impact on business, Ning, Facebook, the continuing outcry over Vodacom's new proxy and mobile browsing developments, Nvidia and ATI, and much more. Full show notes available at www.zatechshow.co.za In this episode the ZA Tech Show crew is joined by Stafford Masie, country manager of Google South Africa. We discuss the localisation of Google's services for SA and where the company is focusing on at the moment, before looking at Viacom's play for Youtube records, social networking and its impact on business, Ning, Facebook, the continuing outcry over Vodacom's new proxy and mobile browsing developments, Nvidia and ATI, and much more. Full show notes available at www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-19/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-18/ 01:12:20 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week on ZA Tech Show we are joined by special guest Stefano Mattiello, Neotel's head of enterprise services to discuss the rollout of Neotel's network and offerings. We also discuss Vodacom's new mobile browsing "enhancements", Nokia's purchase of Symbian and other movements in the mobile space, the extension of Windows XP support to 2014 and the future of operating systems, ICANN's new proposed top level Internet domains and more on the Amazon decision not to post to SA. Full show notes and discussion at www.zatechshow.co.za This week on ZA Tech Show we are joined by special guest Stefano Mattiello, Neotel's head of enterprise services to discuss the rollout of Neotel's network and offerings. We also discuss Vodacom's new mobile browsing "enhancements", Nokia's purchase of Symbian and other movements in the mobile space, the extension of Windows XP support to 2014 and the future of operating systems, ICANN's new proposed top level Internet domains and more on the Amazon decision not to post to SA. Full show notes and discussion at www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-18/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-17/ 01:07:54 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this week's episode we discuss the decision by Amazon.com to stop postal orders to South Africa, with guests Simon from Have2Have and Justin from WantItAll to give their opinions on the move. We also discuss the arrival of the ASUS Eee PC 901, the Acer Aspire One, Spore Creature Creator, future of software delivery, high court's ruling on Telkom, ICASA regulations regarding WiMAX and handset subsidies, and more. Full show notes are available on www.zatechshow.co.za In this week's episode we discuss the decision by Amazon.com to stop postal orders to South Africa, with guests Simon from Have2Have and Justin from WantItAll to give their opinions on the move. We also discuss the arrival of the ASUS Eee PC 901, the Acer Aspire One, Spore Creature Creator, future of software delivery, high court's ruling on Telkom, ICASA regulations regarding WiMAX and handset subsidies, and more. Full show notes are available on www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-17/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-16/ 01:11:16 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week we drill into the WWDC announcements from Apple and make educated guesses as to 3G iPhone availability in SA, and pricing. We also talk Red Hat patents, the Acer Aspire One Eee PC killer, the launch of Firefox 3, enterprise open source with Impi Linux and competition in the OSS space, Plurk, Adium X with Facebook chat support, Altech versus IS and more. Full notes available at www.zatechshow.co.za This week we drill into the WWDC announcements from Apple and make educated guesses as to 3G iPhone availability in SA, and pricing. We also talk Red Hat patents, the Acer Aspire One Eee PC killer, the launch of Firefox 3, enterprise open source with Impi Linux and competition in the OSS space, Plurk, Adium X with Facebook chat support, Altech versus IS and more. Full notes available at www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-16/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-15/ 54:40 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week we discuss the next-generation iPhone's imminent announcement at WWDC 2008 and speculate on its arrival in South Africa through Vodacom. We also look at MWEB and Verizon being sold, Telkom's market movement, Apple IMC's war on grey imports, the local launch of Mario Kart for Wii, eBook readers and much more. Full show notes are available at www.zatechshow.co.za This week we discuss the next-generation iPhone's imminent announcement at WWDC 2008 and speculate on its arrival in South Africa through Vodacom. We also look at MWEB and Verizon being sold, Telkom's market movement, Apple IMC's war on grey imports, the local launch of Mario Kart for Wii, eBook readers and much more. Full show notes are available at www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-15/ no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=27 01:07:55 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show Mark Shuttleworth is our special guest on this week's episode of ZA Tech Show. We discuss the future of Linux and open source, open document formats and the international appeal to reverse ISO's decision on OOXML, Ubuntu and desktop Linux in general, Firefox 3 nearing final release, Sub-notebooks, the OLPC, sub-notebooks and how these initiatives impact on education in the developing world, Windows 7, The adoption of open source by traditionally proprietary companies, The importance of open API's in Web 2.0, MTN's market activity and much more. For full show notes chech out www.zatechshow.co.za Mark Shuttleworth is our special guest on this week's episode of ZA Tech Show. We discuss the future of Linux and open source, open document formats and the international appeal to reverse ISO's decision on OOXML, Ubuntu and desktop Linux in general, Firefox 3 nearing final release, Sub-notebooks, the OLPC, sub-notebooks and how these initiatives impact on education in the developing world, Windows 7, The adoption of open source by traditionally proprietary companies, The importance of open API's in Web 2.0, MTN's market activity and much more. For full show notes chech out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=27 no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=26 01:15:26 Tue, 27 May 2008 09:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this week's episode of ZA Tech Show we discuss the SABS appealing OOXML's ratification with ISO, Computer Faire, the growing sub-notebook market and Microsoft's position in it, WirelessG, Skyrove and other wireless connecivity offerings, Jooce and the concept of online operating systems, and more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za In this week's episode of ZA Tech Show we discuss the SABS appealing OOXML's ratification with ISO, Computer Faire, the growing sub-notebook market and Microsoft's position in it, WirelessG, Skyrove and other wireless connecivity offerings, Jooce and the concept of online operating systems, and more. Check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=26 no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=25 01:07:53 Mon, 19 May 2008 11:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this week's episode of ZA Tech Show we discuss Windows XP Service Pack 3, the slow performance of Outlook in Wndows Vista, Pzizz, the possibility of a fibre-to-home solution from Neotel, WINE hitting a 1.0 release, the future of the Linux desktop, World of Warcraft, the InfraCo West coast cable project, the first DSTV channel to go HD, an angry blogger called "Noxios Nigel" who is exposing scandalous stories about South African IT professionals, Bolton Deventer, CNET being acquired by CBS, Microsoft and Yahoo!, online security, our competition in which you can win a copy of Norton Antivirus, and more. Full show notes available from www.zatechshow.co.za In this week's episode of ZA Tech Show we discuss Windows XP Service Pack 3, the slow performance of Outlook in Wndows Vista, Pzizz, the possibility of a fibre-to-home solution from Neotel, WINE hitting a 1.0 release, the future of the Linux desktop, World of Warcraft, the InfraCo West coast cable project, the first DSTV channel to go HD, an angry blogger called "Noxios Nigel" who is exposing scandalous stories about South African IT professionals, Bolton Deventer, CNET being acquired by CBS, Microsoft and Yahoo!, online security, our competition in which you can win a copy of Norton Antivirus, and more. Full show notes available from www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=25 no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=23 01:11:46 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week the team is back to its vanilla format. We discuss EDGE 2 possibly coming to Cell C, MTN's acquisition talks, new N-series phones from Nokia, the iPhone coming to SA, Microsoft's PlaysForSure biting the dust, GTA IV's opening week earnings of $500 million, our communication's minister dropping balls all over the place, as usual and more! Full notes available from www.zatechshow.co.za This week the team is back to its vanilla format. We discuss EDGE 2 possibly coming to Cell C, MTN's acquisition talks, new N-series phones from Nokia, the iPhone coming to SA, Microsoft's PlaysForSure biting the dust, GTA IV's opening week earnings of $500 million, our communication's minister dropping balls all over the place, as usual and more! Full notes available from www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=23 no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=22 01:16:50 Wed, 07 May 2008 07:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show In our tenth episode of ZA Tech Show we are joined by controversial writer David Bullard and Toby Shapshak, editor of Stuff Magazine. We trade the beer in for whiskey and discuss GTA IV, benchmark Neotel's connection, take a look at the beta release of Nokia Maps 2.0 and talk car technology. David also speaks candidly about his sacking from the Sunday Times. For full show notes please visit www.zatechshow.co.za In our tenth episode of ZA Tech Show we are joined by controversial writer David Bullard and Toby Shapshak, editor of Stuff Magazine. We trade the beer in for whiskey and discuss GTA IV, benchmark Neotel's connection, take a look at the beta release of Nokia Maps 2.0 and talk car technology. David also speaks candidly about his sacking from the Sunday Times. For full show notes please visit www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=22 no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=20 01:13:27 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week the gang is joined by Gerdus van Eeden, CTO of Multichoice - our first ever guest on the show! Gerdus gives us info on HD TV and other features coming to DSTV. We also reveal the Neotel consumer offering with pricing, discuss Facebook Chat, Ubuntu Hardy Heron, Nintendo Wii Fit, HP's concept store and more acquisition news, including Apple buying PA Semiconductor and rumors surrounding MTN. All that and more! Full show notes are available at www.zatechshow.co.za This week the gang is joined by Gerdus van Eeden, CTO of Multichoice - our first ever guest on the show! Gerdus gives us info on HD TV and other features coming to DSTV. We also reveal the Neotel consumer offering with pricing, discuss Facebook Chat, Ubuntu Hardy Heron, Nintendo Wii Fit, HP's concept store and more acquisition news, including Apple buying PA Semiconductor and rumors surrounding MTN. All that and more! Full show notes are available at www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=20 no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=13 00:53:17 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show Episode 8 was recorded live at Podcamp SA in Bloemfontein where we discussed the unconference, iPhone being released in India, Fring, Gauteng's planned fibre-ring, the Psystar Open PC, Telkom, Seagate taking STEC to court, green computing and more. Full show notes are available at www.zatechshow.co.za Episode 8 was recorded live at Podcamp SA in Bloemfontein where we discussed the unconference, iPhone being released in India, Fring, Gauteng's planned fibre-ring, the Psystar Open PC, Telkom, Seagate taking STEC to court, green computing and more. Full show notes are available at www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=13 no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=12 http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=12 00:59:27 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week we discuss Europe's anti-Microsoft tendencies, the extended life of Windows XP, Podcamp SA, Google Apps, WantItAll's business model, Iomega being acquired by EMC and AppStream by Symantec, David Bullard's sacking and more - full show notes at www.zatechshow.co.za This week we discuss Europe's anti-Microsoft tendencies, the extended life of Windows XP, Podcamp SA, Google Apps, WantItAll's business model, Iomega being acquired by EMC and AppStream by Symantec, David Bullard's sacking and more - full show notes at www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=12 no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=11 http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=11 01:08:04 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week we discuss the ratification of OOXML, Google Gears, the PWN to OWN challenge, Apple's Safari push-down, Douglas Merrill moving from Google to EMI, Telkom Media's miseries, The SA Blog Awards, Intel Atom's promises and more. For full show notes visit www.zatechshow.co.za This week we discuss the ratification of OOXML, Google Gears, the PWN to OWN challenge, Apple's Safari push-down, Douglas Merrill moving from Google to EMI, Telkom Media's miseries, The SA Blog Awards, Intel Atom's promises and more. For full show notes visit www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=11 no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=10 http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=10 01:07:19 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this episode a very well-fed Simon Dingle, Brett Haggard, Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod and Ben Kelly discuss the break-up of Motorola, Seagate's threats surrounding SSDs, USB 3.0, Microsoft Albany, Searchme.com, online web apps, OOXML, Sony removing bloatware, the new 9" Eee PC and a whole lot more... full notes at www.zatechshow.co.za In this episode a very well-fed Simon Dingle, Brett Haggard, Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod and Ben Kelly discuss the break-up of Motorola, Seagate's threats surrounding SSDs, USB 3.0, Microsoft Albany, Searchme.com, online web apps, OOXML, Sony removing bloatware, the new 9" Eee PC and a whole lot more... full notes at www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=10 no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=8 http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=8 01:02:02 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show This week Simon Dingle, Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard, Ben Kelly and Duncan McLeod discuss the passing of Arthur C Clarke, Vista SP1, the rumors surrounding Windows 7, Ubuntu 8.04 beta, a new virus threat, MTN in the Middle East, Telkom Metro LAN, all you can eat iTunes, music distribution and a whole lot more. For full show-notes check out www.zatechshow.co.za This week Simon Dingle, Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard, Ben Kelly and Duncan McLeod discuss the passing of Arthur C Clarke, Vista SP1, the rumors surrounding Windows 7, Ubuntu 8.04 beta, a new virus threat, MTN in the Middle East, Telkom Metro LAN, all you can eat iTunes, music distribution and a whole lot more. For full show-notes check out www.zatechshow.co.za http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=8 no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=7 http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=7 01:10:56 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:30:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this episode we discuss IE8 and Firefox 3, the iPhone SDK, Eassy being green-lighted, the price of the Xbox 360 coming down while DSTV gets more expensive and the enigma that is Steve Ballmer, amongst other things. For full show notes checkout www.zatechshow.co.za. Oh, and Jon was in Boston for this one, but he'll be back soon. In this episode we discuss IE8 and Firefox 3, the iPhone SDK, Eassy being green-lighted, the price of the Xbox 360 coming down while DSTV gets more expensive and the enigma that is Steve Ballmer, amongst other things. For full show notes checkout www.zatechshow.co.za. Oh, and Jon was in Boston for this one, but he'll be back soon. http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=7 no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=5 http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=5 01:00:11 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:00:30 +0200 ZA Tech Show In this episode Ben Kelly joins us all the way from HP Labs in Palo Alto in the USA via Skype. Simon Dingle, Brett Haggard, Jon Tullett and Duncan McLeod are in sunnier climates in Johannesburg. We talk cloud computing, new chip announcements from Intel and AMD, console versus PC gaming, mobile platforms, the death of Sentech's MyWireless, Alan Knott-Craig steeping down as MD of Vodacom, submarine cable policy announcements and much more. For full show notes checkout www.zatechshow.co.za. In this episode Ben Kelly joins us all the way from HP Labs in Palo Alto in the USA via Skype. Simon Dingle, Brett Haggard, Jon Tullett and Duncan McLeod are in sunnier climates in Johannesburg. We talk cloud computing, new chip announcements from Intel and AMD, console versus PC gaming, mobile platforms, the death of Sentech's MyWireless, Alan Knott-Craig steeping down as MD of Vodacom, submarine cable policy announcements and much more. For full show notes checkout www.zatechshow.co.za. http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=5 http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=4 no http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=4 59:40 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:00:00 +0200 ZA Tech Show This is the first ever episode of ZA Tech Show! Simon Dingle, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, John Tullett and Duncan McLeod sit around on a Friday afternoon and discuss the death of HD-DVD, the coming of high definition television to South Africa, the local broadband situation, Vista SP1 and other pressing technology issues. This is the first ever episode of ZA Tech Show! Simon Dingle, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, John Tullett and Duncan McLeod sit around on a Friday afternoon and discuss the death of HD-DVD, the coming of high definition television to South Africa, the local broadband situation, Vista SP1 and other pressing technology issues. http://zatechshow.co.za/?p=4