http://zatechshow.co.za Technology news for Africa Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:03:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [audio:zats27.mp3] This week we are joined by Jason Norwood-Young from the Mail & Guardian and Altech CEO Craig Venter. We discuss: The high court's industry-changing decision regarding Altech Autopage Cellular and the VANS industry. Comcast in the USA enforcing bandwidth caps at 250 gigabytes and the state of limited access in South Africa. Mobile ... http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-27/ [audio:zats26.mp3] This week Brett's in San Francisco and joins us via Skype. Under discussion: The future of SSD and what it enables. Intel has some compelling offerings on the way. Gartner Symposium 2008 - Simon and Ben look at this year's event. Duncan has the Multichoice HD PVR and gives his impressions. Eyeballs mobile advertising ... http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-26/ Apple has launched the South African iTunes Music Store to provide apps to iPhone and iPod Touch users. Unfortunately Apple has disabled the podcast directory for South African iTunes account holders, and those of most of the new stores recently launched. If you subscribed before the switch then you will ... http://zatechshow.co.za/south-african-itunes/ [audio:zats25.mp3] This week we have a studio audience (even). And we discuss: The massive changes taking place in South African television. When and if we'll ever see DVB-H in South Africa. Initial impressions on the Nokia N96, now that we have one to review - and how much we love the E71. Mobile phones on ... http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-25/ [audio:zats24.mp3] In this episode we discuss: The launch of Getmo.com - a new media download service. Zain/Celtel's possible entry into the SA market. Microsoft's Tech Ed conference. Red Hat setting up office in South Africa. The IBM Microsoft-free desktop. Ubuntu's MID edition for portable internet devices. MWEB becoming a reseller for Vodacom Service Provider. ABSA and Telkom's deal. Neotel's first ... http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-24/ [audio:zats23.mp3] This week Simon's in Japan and joins us via Skype. We discuss: The legality of MP3Fiesta.com. The Hasbro and Mattel versus Scrabulous saga. Yahoo! Music being closed down. The new, not-so-great Cuil search engine. iPhone 2.0. The annual Govtech conference. Telkom's strike. Vodacom's new BEE deal. Microsoft sponsoring the Apache Software Foundation. The release of KDE 4.1. The latest pre-release of ... http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-23/ [audio:zats22.mp3] Simon has lost his brain this week and Duncan's attention span is missing too. Nevertheless, we attempt to compose ourselves and discuss: Multichoice launching its DSTV HD service with PVR pricing and full details. Nokia's new E-series business smartphones. MTN's 7.1 billion rand investments, including fibre roll-out. A former Vodacom executive being accused of ... http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-22/ [audio:zats21.mp3] This week Duncan's in Ghana. Something about CNN. He Skypes in and we discuss: Why Google didn't do a doodle for Madiba's birthday. The HP 2133 sub-notebook. Or 'netbook', if you will. Brett has one to play with. Nokia's Music store launching in South Africa. The Apple versus Psystar court case. The WOW Glider court ... http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-21/ [audio:zats20.mp3] In our 20th episode of ZA Tech Show we discuss: The international launch of Apple's 3G iPhone. Pieter Uys taking over from Alan Knott-Craig as Vodacom Group CEO. Vodacom's content adaption service status. ASUS Eee PC 1000 and the growing netbook market. Multichoice's new DSTV dual-view offering and the approaching launch of DSTV HD. Digital media ... http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-20/ [audio:zats19.mp3] This week the ZA Tech Show crew is joined by Google South Africa's country manager, Stafford Masie. We discuss: Google's mobile drive for SA. Google Maps and the development of services for the local market. Youtube. Google Apps. Local bandwidth costs and performance in terms of delivering services. Social networking, its impact on business, and privacy ... http://zatechshow.co.za/episode-19/