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 with Powermat and others.
• Microsoft Kinect local pricing.
• Console gaming.
• Facebook reaching 500 million users.
• Undersea bandwidth cables.
• Spectrum allocation and ICASA’s delays.

Our technology picks (or pick-ons) of the week:

Your panel of tech pundits this week includes Brett Haggard, Candice Jones and Duncan McLeod who join Simon Dingle to discuss:

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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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.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Aki Anastasiou: Harbor Master for iPad and Mecer Xpression notebooks.
• Duncan McLeod: Nokia Ovi Maps.
• Brett Haggard: Nintendo DSi XL and Nokia X6.
• Simon Dingle: The soon-to-be-famous silent ringtone.

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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.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Jon Tullett – Picks: His car, with USB port (a Kia Sportage).
• Brett Haggard – Picks: The TrickleStar multiplug.

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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.

Our picks of the week:

• Duncan McLeod – Vlingo.
• Toby Shapshak – Blue Lounge Studio Desk and CableDrop.
• Simon Dingle – N.O.V.A., BlackBerry OS 5.0 and GodMode in Windows 7.

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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.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Ben Kelly: Pick – BusyCal.
• Toby Shapshak: Pick – Nokia Booklet 3G.

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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.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Jon Tullett: Neverwinter Nights bundle at Incredible Connection.
• Brett Haggard: Windows Home Server and Nokia Comes with Music.

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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 more…

Our pick and pick-ons for the week:

• Brett Haggard: Picks – Microsoft Live Mesh and VMWare Fusion 2.
• Duncan McLeod: Pick – Microsoft Windows 7 RTM.
• Jon Tullett: Grooveshark.
• Will Hahn: Pick-on – Telkom. Pick – Nintendo Wii.

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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…

Our choice technologies of the week:

• Simon Dingle: Bing, and Tomtom for iPhone.
• Ben Kelly: DVDFab.
• Candice Jones: Sims 3 and Project Natal.

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This week our intrepid group of podcasting buccaneers 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.

Our choice technologies for the week:

• Ben Kelly: Wesabe - Web 2.0 finance tool.
• Brett Haggard: The Developer Release of Google Chrome for Mac.
• Jon Tullett: Improvements to DNSSEC.

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