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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.

Protect or die

Simon — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:41:56 +0000

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This week our studio is graced with foremost technology analysts and wines that could fuel heavy machinery. Andy Hadfield, Brett Haggard, Steven Ambrose and Simon Dingle discuss;

Twitter users halting a suicide in SA.
Diablo 3 enabling real-world purchasing of virtual items.
3D phone screens and how much we don’t need them.
The survivalist cult of PC gaming.
Amazon halting Android app sales because it’s being sued by Apple.
The “badgeification” of Google News.

Our technology picks of the week:

Andy Hadfield: The 4-hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss.
Simon Dingle: Tripit and Flight Update Pro.
Brett Haggard: Spotify.
Steven Ambrose: Sony STR-DN1020 receiver.

‘Kaput’

Simon — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:36:01 +0000

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In our final standard show of the year Aki Anastasiou, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss;

The Telkom dossier.
The growth of 8ta.
Rumours surrounding iPad 2.
Windows Phone 7.
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.

Our technology picks and pick-ons of the week:

Aki Anastasiou – Picks: The CNBC app for iPad.
Ben Kelly – Picks-on: EA in South Africa.
Simon Dingle – Picks: Lenovo ThinkPad X201.
Brett Haggard – Picks: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and picks-on: Powercare.

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‘No dice’

Simon — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:24:46 +0000

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The team this week includes Duncan Mcleod, Jon Tullett and Simon Dingle who gathered a day earlier than usual to record. They discussed:

Telkom Mobile and the launch of 8ta (we didn’t know much about it at time of recording).
Windows Phone 7 launching worldwide.
Xbox Live coming to South Africa.
Kindle publication subscriptions.
Stuxnet and its scariness.
Google TV and its inclusion in new Sony sets.
Autonomous Google cars
Sentech’s second go at broadband.

Our technology picks and pick-ons of the week:

Jon Tullett – Picks: Candice Jones and the Kindle. And Torchlight.
Duncan McLeod – Picks: OftSeen Gestures.
Simon Dingle – Picks: WOWee One.

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‘ZATe©hshow’

Simon — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:59:50 +0000

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Back at our home studio this week, the panel includes Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle who discuss:

Brett’s new website – Girl Guides.
3D television.
Telkom’s 10Mbps ADSL upgrade.
MTN’s planned rural broadband network.
Cell C’s branding controversy.
Our hands on experiences with the Nokia N8.
The Tech4Africa conference.

Our technology picks and pick-ons of the week:

Duncan McLeod – Google Latitude.
Brett Haggard – Tron.
Simon Dingle – Samasource and ‘Give Work’.

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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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’10 Away’

Simon — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:05:59 +0000

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With just 10 episodes to go before our 100th show, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss:

Looming fines and other pain for Telkom.
Mobile virtual network operators and the difference they could make.
iBurst’s 20Mbps ADSL2+ service.
New Navigon GPS products and whether they stand a chance against Google.
NDrive for iPhone.
Depeche Mode, World of Warcraft and depression.
Foursquare and other social networking games.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

Simon Dingle: Pick – Torchlight. Play it, buy it.
Ben Kelly: Pick – mobile cases with fabric speakers from GTech.
Brett Haggard: Pick – Whatsapp, the iPhone-to-iPhone messenger.

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‘Haptic’

Simon — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:22:48 +0000

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The ZA Tech Show covers a remarkable variety of topics this week as Brett Haggard, Toby Shapshak, Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod, Simon Dingle and Candice Jones discuss:

Winston the Pigeon.
Apple’s September announcements.
The Beatles: Rock Band.
Blackberry 8520.
New Intel chip announcements.
Interconnect rates.

Our picks and pick-ons this week:

Candice Jones: Pick – Mini java games.
Brett Haggard: Pick – Samsung DualView TL220.
Simon Dingle: Pick – The Levelator.
Jon Tullet: Pick-on – Winston the pigeon.

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‘Beauty contest’

Simon — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:19:17 +0000

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Our gathering of geeks this week includes Jon Tullett, Duncan McLeod, Toby Shapshak, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and your host, Simon Dingle. We discuss:

Spectrum allocation, the Icasa way.
Seacom going live. We plug in and test.
The problem(s) with Telkom.
Windows 7 released to manufacturing.
New Google Calendar labs features.

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

Simon: Pick - The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition for iPhone and the HTC Magic Android phone.
Duncan: Pick – Infraco’s cable between Mtunzini and Johannesburg.
Toby: Pick-on – Web Africa.
Ben: Pick – World of Warcraft Armory for iPhone.
Brett: Pick – Microsoft Arc Mouse and hack to make any trackpad multi-touch.

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‘We call BS’

Simon — Sun, 03 May 2009 08:55:47 +0000

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BS abounds in tech news this week and Jon Tullett, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle sift through it. We discuss:

The unlikeliness of World of Warcraft for mobiles.
Retro gaming. Again.
Windows 7 gets ‘XP Mode’
What is the ultimate upgrade cycle for operating systems?
Twitter’s attrition rate.
The power of email.
A new PSP rumour.
AMD shuts down its SA offices.
Apple getting in the chip business? No, of course not. It’s BS.

Our technology choices of the week:

Brett Haggard: a shameful punt for Connect magazine.
Simon Dingle: Gatorpeeps micro-blog platform.

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