ZA Tech Show – Episode 85: ‘Interrupted’
Posted on Sunday, October 25th, 2009 at 20:32 by Simon and filed under Podcast episodes, 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.
Our picks and pick-ons of the week:
- Simon Dingle: Picks – Machinarium and the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen.
- Craig Nicholson: Picks – Football Genius and the new Xbox dashboard update.
- Duncan McLeod: Picks – Samsung Jet.
- Toby Shapshak: Picks – Stuff’s ‘Gadget of the Year’ awards and the HTC Hero.
- Brett Haggard: Picks – Tomtom for iPhone, now with SA maps.
3 Comments so far
Comment by Gary de Beer, posted on October 26th, 2009 at 12:05
I loved the show, though I admit the server stuff really lost me! On interconnect, kudos for catching the news as it happened: I think we’ll certainly see lower interconnect soon, much lower than what MTN and Vodacom are offering now, and that’s probably all part of the game.
Cell-C is a bit of a surprise, nostalgically whining to remain a new entrant. It’s a question of their morale, in the end, and with the advent of The 600 coming now, there won’t be anything unique about being new. They should have continued to yell for much lower rates, but dropped the assymetric demand. They were judged to have SMP by ICASA, so unless they appeal that part of their lives is over now. They should be proud of it!
I opened Machinarium during Picks/Pick Ons and made a great soundtrack for the end of the show. Felt a little 2001, but if you have Hal on as a guest it might work.
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I love the snappy and funny reparte. Topics and opinions on the money.
Good work guys.