ZA Tech Show: Episode 33

Posted on Monday, October 20th, 2008 at 05:52 by Simon and filed under Podcast episodes, 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 launch 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?
  • Mail Goggles and other things we’re not entirely sure about.
  • Things we learned and discussed at Symantec Vision + Manage Fusion.
  • Google putting in local servers… or are they?

And more…

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6 Comments so far

Comment by bob, posted on October 20th, 2008 at 10:09

Hey guys, regarding the sound, if you recorded this episode from the usual location, you’ve got a problem, I thought you were recording in Johns Jon! Back to the Mac, I think! Also, what seemed like a lot of reverb coming through, maybe you need to check the position of the mike’s, or put up some paneling to cut out noise? Hell, I actually have NO idea what the heck I’m talking about, but hey as they say in the adverts, “use it, don’t use it”

Comment by dylan, posted on October 20th, 2008 at 10:44

Second that, on some people having a bit of Toilet cathedral echo.
Great to have you guys back this week, Monday morning last was very dull.
Looking forward to the special addon pod cast.

Comment by john, posted on October 20th, 2008 at 13:03

Yup the sounds is pretty bad. And stop tapping the mic’s and touching the table. Otherwise a good show in general. Keep it up.

Comment by Andre, posted on October 21st, 2008 at 07:37

Completely off the subject…

But can someone find out why NO games are available to us here in South Africa through the South African iTunes App Store. All other categories are available to us, i.e. Books, Business, Education, Entertainment, etc. But no Games. It really is irritating…

Comment by ryan411, posted on October 21st, 2008 at 23:53

Clicking on ‘Comments’ killed the 32MB buffered audio stream for me… :( Anyways, i clicked on Comments to see if anyone mentioned the haptic feedback that the Omnia is supposed to have? Kind of along the lines of the tactile feedback that the Storm is going to have? Sorry, i can’t check exactly what was said as thats as far as I got in the show!

Comment by Simon, posted on October 27th, 2008 at 16:14

We apologise for the sound quality in this episode. Our new equipment will be arriving soon and we’re working on a proper, tricked-out studio. Can’t wait to start playing with it :)

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