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.

Arthur Goldstuck makes his debut on the show this week, joining Andy Hadfield and Simon Dingle to discuss;

• The latest Facebook valuation.
• Social networking and revolution.
• The launch of iPad 2.
• Nintendo 3DS hitting the market.
• Near field communications (NFC).
• Google’s ecosystem play.
• Online outsourcing.
• The consumer protection act and its impact on cellular operators.

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week;

• Andy Hadfield – Picks-on: Twitter’s #quickbar and the ESPNcricinfo app.
• Arthur Goldstuck – Picks: Elance.com.
• Simon Dingle – Picks: South Africa’s new CPA.

The crew this week consisted of Jon Tullet, Samantha Perry, Stafford Masie and Simon Dingle who discussed;

• New laptop lines from Apple, HP and Lenovo.
• Intel’s Thunderbolt I/O technology.
• Claims of breakthroughs in battery tech.
• Smartphone cans and can’ts.
• The current spike in singularity interest.
• And much more…

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

• Stafford Masie – Picks: iThoughts.
• Jon Tullett – Picks-on: Kalahari.net and Amazon.
• Samantha Perry – Picks-on: spammers and picks: Dropbox.
• Simon Dingle – Picks: The Huawei E5 and Abigail De Kosnik‘s take on piracy and TV.

Sam Beckbessinger makes her debut on this week’s episode, joining Nic Callegari and Simon Dingle to discuss;

• Vodacom and MTN’s TV-internet thingies..
• Battle of the Twitter clients.
• Linux’ desktop readiness.
• More on new tablet offering’s.
• BlackBerry’s deck of cards.
• Star Trek porn (don’t ask).
• The rescue of FireID.

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

• Nic Callegari – Picks: Posterous.
• Sam – Picks-on: Catbook and picks: Maria Fischer’s Traumgedanken.
• Simon – Picks: SugarSync.

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.

The original panel of the ZA Tech Show reassemble this week for a special, re-launch episode. We discuss;

• Motorola’s super-bowl Xoom commercial.
• Gadget pricing.
• Nokia’s strategy and tablet rumours.
• BlackBerry’s future.
• Cell C’s new billing system.
• 8ta’s iPad packages.
• AOL buying Huffington Post.
• And much more…

Our technology picks and pick-ons of the week:

• Brett Haggard – Picks: iTunes library switching.
• Duncan McLeod – Picks: The Economist iOS apps.
• Jon Tullett – Picks: HP ProLiant MicroServer.
• Ben Kelly – Picks: Gist.
• Simon Dingle – Picks: Lexmark Genesis and Quirk.

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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 a secret location Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle talk their way through

• Apple becomming the world’s biggest phone vendor.
• Eric Schmidt stepping down as CEO of Google.
• Red Bull Mobile heading to SA.
• Announced launch dates of the Nintendo 3DS.
• HP and the tablet market.
• Mobile price wars in Kenya
• And much more.

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

On a rainy Monday evening Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle gather at the Thunk! perspective lab to discuss;

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We’re back in Johannesburg with afterthoughts from the Consumer Electronics Show. Aki Anastasiou, Nic Callegari and Simon Dingle settle down with some fine whiskey to discuss;