08 Mar 2010, Posted by mikefoong in the category, 0 Comments

theITChannel Podcast Episode 35: Mobile Phone Updates for the rest of us

Recording with the 3 of us (Sheldon, Toh and Myself) in KL and Sherwin in Singapore. Missing Andrew this week. We rambled on a few things today about the Nokia N900 which recently had a local bloggers launch. Will it fly? Will it not? [Correction: I mention it is capacitive, it is actually resistive and not capacitive]

The competition is heating up between the 3 consumer giants in the likes of Microsoft, Google and Apple. With Apple having an arsenal of gadgets that wows us, Microsoft and Google is trailing not too far away in terms of the mobile gadgets race to gain market share but apple’s ancillary army of developers and apps is definitely something no other company can rival at the moment. How long will the dominance last?

With the underdog JooJoo delaying their launch date, one wonders if the company can survive the tsunami that is inevitable and this time from top 3 IT fault lines.

We lightly touch on politician’s gripe on Open Source being the Enemy of the State. Wonder who paid them to do this…

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04 Mar 2010, Posted by mikefoong in the category, 0 Comments

theITChannel Podcast Episode 34: Chit Chat on a Slow News Day

21 Feb 2010, Posted by mikefoong in the category, 0 Comments

theITChannel Podcast Episode 33: What would Toh Translate: Pichipichipichi is dirty

We had an explosive episode exploring the Mobile World Congress with Sherwin Loh (http://www.twitter.com/angelsherwin), a run down on Google Buzz and the Google Personal Babelfish or the Google Star Trek Universal Translator, And Jen-ii (or what was formerly known as the Mak-cik PC. Translation: Aunty PC)

You will hear a slew of new product announcements from Nokia, HTC, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Intel, Microsoft Windows Phone 7 and new partnerships. Some of the biggest news like Nokia Maemo and Intel Moblin to merge to a new product called MeeGo, HTC Desire – the Nexus one with Sense UI,  Mobile Windows Phone 7’s impressive new concept and other product announcement that Sherwin will share with us.

Related to the mobile world, Adobe Air announced that they will develop Air for mobile devices. I think this gave us the biggest “Sigh” in the podcast.

We dissected Google Buzz and what is really mean to us after 2 weeks of usage. Is this going to be a useful tool for gmail users or a lead in to something bigger from Google?

Somehow with all the Mobile World Congress and Google Buzz hype, the Google Speech-To-Speech translator slipped in unnoticed by most of us. So hear what we thing about another game changer that Google is developing.

We then diverted to talk about translation as a whole while expanding on the google’s speech-to-speech translator and ended up having lots of time wasting fun with Translation Party (http://translationparty.com). So if you want to know what the title of the podcast means go here – http://www.translationparty.com/#6616031 and find out what we were laughing about.

We ended with the most crucial technology contribution that Mimos (Malaysia) will bring to the community. The Aunty PC (Jen-ii, formerly known as the Mak-cik PC) A hilarious tickling of the funny bone ensues…

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This Week’s theITChannel Podcast is brought to you by:

Michael Foong
Court Jester and Host of theITChannel
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Sheldon Goh
Techie Cartoonist Telco Specialist Extraordinaire Masked Super Hero
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Andrew Kok
Super Gamer Geek God Techmeister
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Sherwin Loh
Correspondent for the Digital Life, Straits Times, Singapore Rabbit Eater
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12 Feb 2010, Posted by mikefoong in the category, 0 Comments

theITChannel Podcast Episode 32: Tablets, Tablets Everywhere and HTML5

Well, we are back with more tablet stories and how it affects our lives. We also talked about HTML5 and could it be a saviour for all you Flash Video haters out there?

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01 Feb 2010, Posted by mikefoong in the category, 0 Comments

theITChannel Podcast Episode 31: Demystifying the iPad and the porn industry has spoken

Well last week’s hottest news was about Apple’s newest lineup to world domination – the iPad. It is definitely a force to be reckoned with or a really disappointed magical device. Looking at Apple’s track record, if you are not one of the early adopters and really want bargain for your money spent of a device you might not really need, it is better to wait it out. Wait for the 3rd iteration before it gets to a usable and satisfactory stage.

In other news, the Porn Industry decides to support 3D TV or 3D web by making the very first 3D porn movie. Now, 3D is going to take off right? Well personally i don’t think so, but to many men out there and in here, it going to enhance err.. the watching experience….

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19 Jan 2010, Posted by mikefoong in the category, 0 Comments

theITChannel Podcast Episode 30: If the porn industry say so, it must be true

Usually at times the porn industry leads the way in technology adoption and they can be very disruptive. We have seen it in VHS (Video Tapes vs Betacams – Go google it, we can’t be spoon feeding everyone), Flash, Flash Movie (You think YouTube pioneered this didn’t you?) BlueRay and now 3D TV. Personally I am not so sure about 3D and i would even like the hassle. The panel don’t think so either but it’s still an impressive piece of technology and we think its the TV/Network/Broadcast industry is still trying, in their last breath to conquer the TV.

Let me say it now, the future of content viewing will be on the internet, the web and it will be on demand not dictated by any network or broadcasting company. 3D success will depend on that. Give us your feedback and let us know what you think

update: 19th Jan 2010
#yorais was trending on twitter for the same issues we talked about on the Podcast. Datuk Rais Yatim made a statement that Malaysians especially muslims should not be immersed in Facebook or Twitter and something called L-band. First of all can someone tell us what L-Band is?

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13 Jan 2010, Posted by mikefoong in the category, 0 Comments

theITChannel Podcast Episode 29: The next thing this year 2010

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13 Jan 2010, Posted by mikefoong in the category, 0 Comments

theITChannel Podcast Episode 28: Our take on MOL + Friendster

Another week of exciting Tech around Asia

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12 Dec 2009, Posted by mikefoong in the category, 0 Comments

theITChannel Podcast Episode 27: Chrome OS and other Rojak

Another week of exciting Tech around Asia

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18 Nov 2009, Posted by mikefoong in the category, 0 Comments

theITChannel Podcast Episode 26: Windows was inspired by Mac? Who cares!

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Lots to talk about this week, especially Malaysia’s inability to have a coherent and concrete plan for broadband penetration. Malaysia is big on ecommerce. We wonder where Malaysian’s do their online shopping and in what demographics? Again detail-less. In other news, Windows was inspired by the Mac OSX. The war is over! Really? Who Cares. And don’t miss out chumby!

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