ZA Tech Show

This week the ZA Tech Show crew is joined by Stefano Mattiello, Neotel’s head of enterprise services. We talk to Matt about the progress Neotel is making in rolling out its network and bringing new services to market. Discuss the problems associated with Vodacom’s new Vodafone Live! browsing ‘enhancements’ that break mobile applications and interfere with mobile Web browsing on the network. Look at Nokia’s purchase and ....

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This week we have two guests on ZA Tech Show - Simon from Have2Have and Justin from WantItAll who join us to discuss: Amazon’s decision to stop posting orders to South Africa. The arrival of the ASUS Eee PC 901. More info on the Acer Aspire One. Ping.fm The Spore Creature Creator. The future of software delivery. The High Court’s ruling on Telkom. New ICASA regulations for ....

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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 ....

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This week we play soothsayer ahead of the WWDC announcement’s by Apple, so listen in and see if we were right about anything. Topics discussed include: The local launch of Mario Kart for Wii. The next-generation iPhone announcement at Apple’s WWDC. Apple IMC’s policy on grey imports and resulting newspaper advertisement. Other possible WWDC announcements, such as the rumoured Snow Leopard operating system. eBook readers and what ....

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This week’s episode of ZA Tech Show features special guest and billionaire spaceman Mark Shuttleworth, on the line from London. We discuss: The international appeal to reverse ISO’s decision on OOXML. Open standards. The rise and future of Ubuntu and Linux. Linux’ desktop readiness. Firefox 3 nearing final release date. The future of open source and its impact on platforms outside of just software. Sub-notebooks, the OLPC ....

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We gather in an overcast Johannesburg this week, sans Ben Kelly, to discuss the following: Open document formats and the SABS appealing ISO’s ratification of OOXML. The ultra-portable and sub-notebook market and who’s doing what in the space. Microsoft’s strategy for Windows on portables. Online operating systems, ala Jooce. Privacy online and why people trust Google. Mashing-up social networks and examples of applications that do this, like ....

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In this week’s episode we’re giving away copies of Norton Antivirus, so take a listen for the details. We also discuss: The release of Windows XP Service Pack 3. The slow performance of Outlook in Vista. WINE finally releasing version 1.0. Mac4Lin. Progress of the Linux desktop. Pzizz - software that makes you sleep. Literally. The possibility of a fibre-to-home solution from Neotel. And another slow but ....

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