Fresh in from Nokia World, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are joined by Ben Kelly to discuss:

• Nokia’s new device lineup.
• Sony buying out Sony Ericsson.
• Motorola’s new RAZR device and Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
• Bendy-screen gadgets.
• Ubuntu coming to smartphones and tablets.
• Cellular roaming tactics.

Our technology picks of the week:

• Ben Kelly: The new iOS app for Ancestry.
• Brett Haggard: execMobile and Sony W-series.
• Simon Dingle: imWatch.

In this episode you’ll hear the voices of casual wine aficionado Andy Hadfield and international man of mystery Stafford Masie who join Simon Dingle to discuss;

• HP’s new direction.
• Amazon’s rise as an ecosystem player.
• The future role of network operators.
• The information revolution.
• Motorola’s XOOM and Atrix.
• News from Gamescom.
• Kids and computing.
• The Twitter ‘walkout’.
• ‘Retweet’ and ‘sexting’ entering the dictionary.

Our technology picks this week:

• Stafford Masie: Arduino and Quantified Self.
• Andy Hadfield: Carbonite.
• Simon Dingle: Mobile Mouse.

With Simon away this week, Brett Haggard is at the helm of the ZA Tech Show. He is joined by Samantha Perry and Ben Kelly to discuss:

• Vodacom “going red” and competitors’ reactions.
• 3G versus DSL.
• The possibility of fibre to the home in SA.
• Local loop unbundling.
• The Sony PS3 hacker.
• The longevity of 3D.

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

• Samantha Perry – Picks: Skype.
• Ben Kelly – Picks: Ion TTUSB Turntable.
• Brett Haggard – Picks: Ubuntu 10.10 on Lenovo hardware.

With Simon in Dubai, Brett Haggard takes the reigns this week. He is joined by Ben Kelly, Candice Jones and Steven Ambrose to discuss:

• Pinky Moholi’s appointment as Telkom CEO.
• Consumer fibre connections coming from i3 Africa.
• The new Microsoft.
• Reinventing consumer technology.
• Car tech.
• Tablet competitors and their chances against the iPad.
• BlackBerry OS 6.
• The launch of Internet Explorer 9.

Our technology picks and picks-ons this week:

• Ben Kelly – Picks: DStv Mobile.
• Candice Jones – Picks: Person Finder and jQuery.
• Steven Ambrose – Picks: Internet Explorer 9 and picks-on DStv.
• Brett Haggard – Picks: Beats ‘Studio’ by Dr. Dre.

A trio consisting of Duncan McLeod, Simon Dingle and Toby Shapshak are your hosts on the show this week as we discuss;

• The launch of the iPad in South Africa.
• Rising competition in the tablet market.
• Online tools for your cellphone with the launch of Cell C MyTools.
• The MVNO market and more details about Red Bull Mobile.
• And much more…

Our technology picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Duncan McLeod – Picks: McTiVia.
• Toby Shapshak – Picks: Aki Anastasiou.
• Simon Dingle – Picks: Corona SDK.

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Gathered at the ZA Tech Show’s Northriding lair Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle encrypt their messaging systems and discuss:

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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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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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.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Duncan McLeod: Picks – Garmin FM Traffic, coming soon to SA.
• Ben Kelly: Picks – iFixit.
• Brett Haggard: Picks – Air Video for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
• Jon Tullett: Picks – MakroShop.

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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 transactional video-on-demand services via DStv, as well as the possibility of a porn channel.
• 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.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Duncan McLeod – Picks: The Opera 10.5 beta web browser.
• Kieran Murphy – Picks: Thesixtyone music adventure.
• Simon Dingle – Picks: Plants vs. Zombies.
• Don Packett – Picks: Fitness Builder for iPhone.

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