Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘Duncan McLeod’

The problem with 22seven

The problem with 22seven

Christo Davel, former head of now-defunct online bank 20twenty, sparked intense debate and provoked security warnings from local banks last week when he took the wraps off his new venture, personal financial management website 22seven. The start-up got itself noticed. But is the service safe to use?

Saving the Berry

Saving the Berry

Looking around SA, it’s hard to believe BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is in trouble. The BlackBerry remains South Africans’ smartphone of choice but in developed markets consumers are shunning it in favour of alternatives. The resignations this week of long-serving

TalkCentral: Episode 58 – ‘Musical chairs’

TalkCentral: Episode 58 – ‘Musical chairs’

Duncan McLeod, back from Las Vegas and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), joins Craig Wilson in the studio this week to talk about the musical chairs among SA technology executives, looking at, among other developments, the resignation of Jeffrey Hedberg from Altech and the appointment of Alan Knott-Craig

How the PC got sexy again

How the PC got sexy again

Two themes dominated the giant Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week. One was the incredible advances in television technology; the other was the emergence of thin and lightweight Windows-powered PC laptops called “Ultrabooks”. The Ultrabook category is set to dominate the

TalkCentral: Episode 57 – ‘What happens in Vegas’

TalkCentral: Episode 57 – ‘What happens in Vegas’

TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod and Talk Radio 702′s Aki Anastasiou bring you a special report from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. We talk about the biggest news coming out of this week’s CES event, including the latest in television

New television revolution

New television revolution

The giant Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicked off in Las Vegas this week, with Korean rivals Samsung and LG unveiling new “smart” television technology that shows clearly how the battle over online media and applications is spreading

TalkCentral: Episode 56 – ‘Year-end bonanza’

TalkCentral: Episode 56 – ‘Year-end bonanza’

Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson bring you a bumper end-of-year edition of TalkCentral, clocking in at more than an hour, in which we reveal our favourite gadgets of 2011, from tablets to smartphones and from ultrabooks to TVs. We also do a live demonstration of Siri, for those who are keen to see how

Strike up the bands

Strike up the bands

A reading of a detailed draft plan by the telecommunications regulator to license radio frequency spectrum for next-generation wireless broadband networks shows it wants to entice new entrants, maximise competition and encourage infrastructure sharing. It could change SA’s telecoms

Return of the king?

Return of the king?

Next year will be a decisive one for Microsoft as it readies new products to fend off challengers in the consumer technology market. Its upcoming touch and tablet-friendly operating system, Windows 8, will be an important part of its plan to win back the hearts and minds of

A hard last mile

A hard last mile

The telecommunications regulator came under attack last week after it published a long-awaited framework on local-loop unbundling. It was accused of, among other things, failing in its mandate. But the truth is it has limited room to move. The Internet Service

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