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Fingermarks

Simon — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:12:14 +0000

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As the 2011 festive season gets underway, Andy Hadfield, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle gather at ZA Tech Show HQ to discuss;

Intel’s “ultrabooks” – supposedly big next year.
HP open-sourcing WebOS.
Mobile app development and HTML 5.
Windows 8 and Windows Phone.
DStv is launching a new satellite.
Local loop unbundling.
iCloud’s backup fail.
Absa’s NFC trial.
Mac App store reaches 100 million downloads while Android tops 10 billion.
The Video Game Awards.

Our technology picks of the week:

Andy Hadfield: Mi-Fone.
Ben Kelly: Picks on Matthew Reilly.
Brett Haggard: Picks the iNoxCase and Tweetdeck for sucking.
Simon Dingle: Mario Kart 7.

Pretty hate machine

Simon — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:36:16 +0000

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Another newcomer joins the ZA Tech Show fold this week. Craig Wilson from TechCentral makes his debut in this episode, hosted by Brett Haggard. Jon Tullett make a comeback, unleashing the hate, and the panel is topped off with Nic Callegari. We check out:

The Kindle Fire and Amazon shaking things up.
Telkom’s uncapped ADSL.
Streaming video and on demand services.
Broadband in SA.
Nokia’s rumoured new Meltemi operating system.
Mobile competition mounting and prospects for ‘the other guys’.

Our technology picks this week:

Jon Tullet: The Objet 3D printer (check out his neat dinosaur head on the video version).
Craig Wilson: The Samsung GalaxyTab 10.1.
Nic Callegari: The Battlefield 3 beta.
Brett: Asus EEEPad Transformer.

Little widgets

Simon — Mon, 09 May 2011 20:28:08 +0000

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Andy Hadfield, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle settle down to some organic wine and discuss;

The white iPhone rush.
BlackBerry’s make or break.
The Webby Awards.
Sony’s ongoing hack saga.
SA’s new pay-tv service VOD:TV.

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

Andy Hadfield – Picks: Storify and Settlers of Catan.
Sam Beckbessinger – Picks: Game of Thrones and the fantasy gamers of SA.
Simon Dingle – Picks-on: Apple.

ZA Tech Show

Simon — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:30:26 +0000

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Brett Haggard and Duncan McLeod make up your panel this week, with a full schedule of tech news. They discuss:

The launch of DStv Mobile.
The ongoing spread of Cell C’s network.
FibreCo, Broadband Infraco and other fibre initiatives.
Telkom’s annual results.
iOS 4.2 and 4.3 around the corner.
Rupert Murdoch hooking up with Apple.
Why Android makes Brett yawn and Duncan smile.
Standard Bank’s new data centre.
Cloud computing.
The new iPad that may be coming soon.
The new MINI Countryman and its Connect system.

Our technology picks and pick-ons of the week:

Duncan McLeod – Picks: TuneIn Radio.
Brett Haggard – Picks: DStv Mobile and VLC for iOS devices.

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‘Cables and Kindles’

Simon — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:57:48 +0000

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Brett Haggard and Candice Jones kick off the show this week, joined later by Duncan McLeod. They discuss:

Cell C’s 4Gs naming debate.
Broadband pricing.
Priority Inbox in Gmail.
Google Instant Search.
Nokia Music Store going DRM free.
Online video and TV rentals.
Xbox Live and Microsoft Kinect.
Windows Phone 7 RTM
eFive Telecom’s cable that extends Main One.

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

Duncan McLeod: The Amazon Kindle Lighted Leather cover.
Candice Jones: BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9105).
Brett Haggard: The Apple Magic Trackpad.

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‘SciFi’

Simon — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:35:05 +0000

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Brett Haggard, Nic Callegari and Simon Dingle talk their way through;

DStv On Demand hitting more ISPs.
Online gaming.
Pay television and content licensing.
Google Voice integrating with Gmail.
Science fiction.
iPad competitors.
MTN getting the iPhone.
The global Garmin Nuvi recall.
Neotel snubbing consumers.

Our technology picks and pick-ons of the week:

Nic Callegari – Picks: SARS eFiling and Parrot products.
Brett Haggard – Picks: Highly Precise stylus pen and Sound Paper.
Simon Dingle – Picks: 3D Collection on PSN.

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‘Better than’

Simon — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:53:37 +0000

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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 more…

Our technology picks and pick-ons of the week:

Simon Dingle – Picks: Samsung Galaxy S and Tungle.me.
Duncan McLeod – Picks: HTC Desire and Zimbra.
Candice Jones – Picks: Nintendo 3DS.
Brett Haggard – Picks: VMWare Fusion 3.1 and GOG.com.

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‘MIA’

Simon — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:32:18 +0000

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The crew this week consists of Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod, Steven Ambrose and Nic Callegari. They discuss:

An update from 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.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

Duncan McLeod – Picks: Cred.
Steven Ambrose – Picks: Samsung PL150.
Nic Callegari – Picks: PayCity, RunPee, Maximus Cards and MifiClub.
Brett Haggard – Picks: Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link Director Edition.

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‘Uncapped’

Simon — Sun, 23 May 2010 13:01:44 +0000

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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.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

Simon Dingle – Picks: Iomega iConnect and Alan Wake.
Brett Haggard – Picks: Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Daemon by Daniel Suarez.

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‘Traffic’

Simon — Sat, 08 May 2010 21:56:44 +0000

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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.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

Duncan McLeod: Picks – Parallels Desktop 5.
Simon Dingle: Picks - Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking Adapter.

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