Special guest Dwayne Bailey from Translate.org.za, pictured above, adds his voice to the show this week, along with regulars Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard, Simon Dingle and, later, Samantha Perry. We discuss:

• Translation work in software
• Changes in Microsoft’s Office strategy
• Open source
• Patents on XML use in document formats
• Microsoft and Nokia’s alliance
• Nokia vs Apple vs Microsoft vs Google vs BlackBerry
• And much more…

Our picks of the week:

• Duncan McLeod — GSM short codes
• Samantha Perry — her new MacBook Pro
• Dwayne Bailey — FishMS
• Brett Haggard — Mobile Air mouse
• Simon Dingle — iDisk and Keynote Remote apps for iPhone.

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Simon Dingle and Brett Haggard struggle with an audio glitch

Samantha Perry shows off her shiny new MacBook Pro