On the eve of the World Cup 2010 kickoff in South Africa Leo Laporte and I discussed technology at the tournament and how South Africa has been upgraded for the biggest event in human history. We talked about 3D television, stadium bandwidth, Google StreetView, social media and gigapixel image technology, amongst other things. Check out the video above for our full discussion.

On Friday 19 February 2010 we celebrated the 100th episode of the ZA Tech Show with our first ever live broadcast. The show has been going since somewhere in early 2008 and we have consistently released an episode every week with the exception of a week or two over the festive season. Taking the show live was a big step, not just from a technology perspective, but also in making the switch from an audio-only podcast to a live video and audio netcast.

Sitting back and reflecting over the past two years makes me realise how lucky we are to have enjoyed the support that we have from our families, friends and fans. The show owes its survival to the support of a group of the most awesome people I’ve met – but more about them later. (more…)

The latest episode of the ZA Tech Show is now available for download or streaming. I was in Cape Town for the recording of this episode, along with Jon Tullett from TechTarget and Gartner analyst Will Hahn for the 2009 Gartner Symposium. We used Skype and Audio Hijack Pro to record the episode and bring in Brett Haggard, who was in Durban for Microsoft TechEd, and Duncan McLeod who was at home in Johannesburg with his bulldogs. (more…)

Episode 57 of the ZA Tech Show is available early for Easter. I’m leaving for Hong Kong today and wanted to get it up before I left. So it’s not just the Easter love. Call it 50/50

In this episode we look at:

• Telecommunications in South Africa post Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri.
• Will South Africa’s electric car, the Joule, ever hit the road?
• The digital music price war.
• DRM, piracy and bandwidth dynamics.
• Telkom’s mobile offering and restructuring.
• 97% of all email is spam, according to Microsoft.
• The ups and downs of BlackBerry.
• ARM-based netbooks.
• The netbook conundrum.
• Wii production costs go down, but prices hold fast.

And more… get it now.