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 very dry ZA Tech Show studio was ably manned by Brett Haggard this week, who was joined by Andy Hadfield and Ben Kelly for a discussion of the week’s technology news, which included;

• Nokia’s turn to Microsoft.
• The rise of Google in mobile.
• The significance of gaming in mobile.
• New tablet announcements from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
• Red Bull Mobile and the reinvention of Cell C.

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

• Brett Haggard – picks: Open Transport Tycoon.
• Andy Hadfield – picks: MindNode.
• Ben Kelly – picks: Flight Control HD.

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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Amidst whiskey and Movember challenges, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Nic Callegari join host Simon Dingle to discuss:

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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We’re back at our studio under construction this week. Simon Dingle is your host, with TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod and Thunk! Perspective Lab’s Don Packett joining the panel for discussions on:

• Motorola’s Milestone launch and Android 2.1.
• Vodacom slashing its data rates.
• Fibre to the home in South Africa.
• Google’s local operations.
• Xbox Live rumours.
• Microsoft Office 2010.
• Die Antwoord and related online phenomena.
• The Gizmodo Apple iPhone prototype and how unreal we think it is.
• The launch of Top TV.
• Good results from top tech companies.
• Steam on Mac.
• Legends of Echo.
• iPad confiscation in Israel.
• Fixed-line interconnect and local number portability.
• Microsoft’s big BEE announcement.
• MTN in merger or acquisition talks again, this time with Orascom Telecoms.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Duncan Mcleod – Picks: Just Cause 2.
• Don Packett – Picks: Cobus Potgieter.
• Simon Dingle – Picks-on: Nokia Messaging.

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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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Host of the ZA Show, Glen Verran makes his debut on the ZA Tech Show this week, joining Simon Dingle, Duncan McLeod and Brett Haggard. We discuss:

• Podcasting in South Africa.
• FarmVille and other online games.
• Twitter’s waning popularity.
• The Nokia N900.
• Mustek reporting HP to the Competition Commission.
• Time Inc’s tablet-friendly magazine concept.
• Of Windows, Mac and Linux.
• 3d television and Sony shooting the 2010 World Cup in 3d.
• Eskom and the future of power production.
• DSTV launching Super Sport HD.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Glen Verran: Picks – The HDTV and Home Theatre Podcast and The Mede8er.
• Duncan McLeod: Pick - Garmin Nuvi 1410.
• Brett Haggard – Pick – Threadsy (yes, again).
• Simon Dingle: Maemo Linux and New Super Mario Bros. for Wii.

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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.

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This week Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss:

• Interconnect and other prices.
• Feedback from Nokia World.
• Snow Leopard.
• Google Street View.
• Sony.
• Hosted Blackberry BES.
• Apple’s September announcement.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Brett Haggard – an early version of Blackberry Desktop Manager for Mac that he found on the net.
• Duncan McLeod – Panasonic’s SDR-H80 Camcorder.
• Simon Dingle – Nokia’s ultra rad BH-905 headset.

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