ZA Tech Show

As 2011 draws to a close our ZA Tech Show holiday crew of Andy Hadfield, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle run through TechCentral's 'International newsmakers of the year' and pick our top technology products and news stories from the annum.

Wondering what to get your geek(s) this festive season? Our special ZA Tech Show holiday crew of Andy Hadfield, Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle have some suggestions for you. In this, the first of our 2011 holiday specials, we discuss branded notebooks, gaming gifts, gadgets and other great must-haves for this year.

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 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, and much more...

From jailbreaks to laptop stickers featuring undergarments, we cover the world of technology this week with hosts Brett Haggard, Dominic White, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle, discussing the BlackBerry PlayBook gets a jailbreak, Android's progress, the new Google, Waze and personal navigation, Xbox 360's fall dashboard update, fibre to the home, Windows 8, the PSAT debacle, and much more...

With a jam-packed studio, heated discussions are par for the course on this week's show. Join Andy Hadfield, Brett Haggard, Simon Dingle and Stafford Masie for a discussion surrounding Microsoft Kinect hacking, Siri and the future of interfaces, the "Apple way" versus Microsoft's open path, mobile ecosystems, NFC and banking, the iPhone 4s being delayed in SA, MWEB's 'Naked ADSL' initiative, social network marketing, the future of enterprise tech and much more, including our picks of the week.

Sam Beckbessinger is back in the driving seat this week, joined by Nic Calligari and Ben Kelly for a discussion of Telkom's latest financial results and promises of faster broadband, Google Music and the grey men in suits who control the music industry, the future of radio, employment in the ICT industry, the CAA finally allowing "flight mode" in SAA flights, SOPA and Internet censorship and Modern Warfare 3's poor reviews, amongst other things...

The show is powered by the troika of Arthur Goldstuck, Brett Haggard and Craig Wilson this week. We discuss Vodacom's data growth, Samsung's Galaxy Note, the future of tablets and their niches, Amazon Kindle hits Incredible Connection, the 20th anniversary of the 'net in SA, and much more.

It's a full house in the ZA Tech Show studio this week with Aki Anastasiou, Andy Hadfield, Samantha Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle gathering around the table to discuss Vodacom's 20GB price announcement, the broadband bungle, the coming of Windows Phone, banks and technology, Kindle hits retail in SA, Microsoft Kinect hacks, is Siri really a threat to Google? And much more, including our picks of the week...

Fresh in from Nokia World, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle are joined by Ben Kelly to discuss Nokia's new device lineup, Sony buying out Sony Ericsson, Motorola's new RAZR device and Android Ice Cream Sandwich, bendy-screen gadgets, Ubuntu coming to smartphones and tablets, cellular roaming tactics, and more, including our technology picks of the week..

Samantha Beckbessinger is your host this week, joined in studio by Andy Hadfield and Nic Callegari to discuss Motorola RAZR, the Galaxy Nexus and Android Ice Cream Sandwich, a new study reaffirming that your phone will not give you cancer, TVs and second screens, Roy Padayachie, former Minister of Communications, being reassigned, Korea Telecom looking to buy a stake in Telkom, shooter season 2011 in gaming: Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and other new titles, rumours around Google Reader, Buzz, and a potential Yahoo! buy? and MC Hammer's new search engine, WireDoo, plus our technology picks of the week and much more...

Virtual assistants, wine and patent wars all feature on our show this week. Andy Hadfield, Craig Wilson and Simon Dingle discuss the death of Dennis Ritchie, Apple's iPhone 4S sales record, Facebook and Google Plus, Android Ice Cream Sandwich, mobile user interfaces, online backup, and much more - including our picks of the week.

With mixed emotions Ben Kelly, Simon Dingle and Samantha Beckbessinger discuss memories of Steve Jobs who passed away this week, the iPhone 4S breaking pre-order records, Windows 8 and the future of Nokia, the BlackBerry and Seacom outages, India's $35 Aakash tablet, debunking the BBM rumour, and much more - including our picks of the week.

Another newcomer joins the ZA Tech Show fold this week. Craig Wilson from TechCentral makes his debut in this episode, hosted by Brett Haggard. Jon Tullett make a comeback, unleashing the hate, and the panel is topped off with Nic Callegari. We check out the Kindle Fire and Amazon shaking things up, Telkom's uncapped ADSL, streaming video and on demand services, broadband in SA, Nokia's rumoured new Meltemi operating system, mobile competition mounting and prospects for 'the other guys', and then there's our picks of the week, and much more...

Brett Haggard is at the helm again this week, joined by Ben Kelly and Steven Ambrose to discuss MTN goes uncapped - for real this time, Google+ and its explosive growth, Telkom caps get an upgrade, Apple tackles Samsung in Australia, World of Avatar's buyout of Mxit, Android's growing market share, apps showing up for Windows Phone, Nokia's new N9, and much more...

There's a lot of new stuff to talk about this week. New games, operating systems and networks. It's all fresh and ready for your listening pleasure. Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle discuss Windows 8 and the Metro interface, cloud storage services, ecosystem-agnostic services, data roaming, first tests of MTN's LTE network, fixed-line progress (or the lack thereof), check out our website at http://zatech.co.za