In this episode of ZA Tech Show we discuss:

• The 3G iPhone along with educated guesses as to when we will see it in SA, and at what price.
• The launch of Apple’s MobileMe service.
• The Ace Aspire One sub-notebook and Eee PC killer.
• Acer’s other market movements, including its launch of a gaming division.
• Desktop Linux.
• Red Hat’s patent achievements.
• Impi Linux, enterprise Linux and competition in the open source space.
• The launch of Firefox 3.
• Plurk.
• Adium X - now with Facebook Chat support.
• Updates on the Apple IMC grey-import saga and Apple’s seeming disregard for developing markets.
• The poo-flinging between Altech and IS.

And more! We’ll also soon be moving ZA Tech Show onto local bandwidth, so watch this space

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In our tenth episode of ZA Tech Show we are joined by controversial writer David Bullard and Toby Shapshak, editor of Stuff Magazine. We trade the beer in for whisky and discuss:

• David Bullard speaks candidly about his exit from the Sunday Times.
• The future of media and how South Africa is keeping up with online trends.
• The launch of Grand Theft Auto IV (and Mr. Bullard’s experiences with Leisure Suit Larry).
• Ben and Duncan have benchmarked the Neotel consumer connection and present us with the numbers…
• The beta release of Nokia Maps 2.0 with free world maps.
• What technology we would like to see incorporated into cars… and some things that are.

Note: This episode of ZA Tech Show was posted a little later than usual to accommodate public holidays… and due to an FTP technicality. We apologise for any inconvenience!

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Jon’s away in Boston this week but Ben, Simon, Duncan and Brett spent Friday afternoon drinking beer and discussing, amongst other things:

• Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3
• The enigma that is Steve Ballmer
• The Xbox 360 price-cut
• The iPhone SDK
• Eassy getting the green-light
• Neotel’s consumer offerings
• DSTV’s price-hike

Oh, you’ll also need to watch this, we discuss it in the show:

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