Tech Talk by a Kiwi
Archive for March, 2010
An interview with the inventor of the cellphone
Mar 12th
From CSPAN’s “The Communicators”, watch an interview with Martin Cooper, the man accredited as being the inventor of the cellphone. Whether you love or hate the device, they have become so much a part of modern society that it is almost crippling to be without one in general day to day life. Would you, or could you, give yours up?
Cisco announces the new CRS.
Mar 11th
After significantly hyped up language on Monday, with claims of a new product that will “forever change the Internet and its impact on consumer, businesses and governments,” at Tuesday’s press announcement, Cisco releases a new Carrier Routing System, CRS-3, thats ultimately nothing more than a speed improvement over the CRS-1.
Destiny Church Beat Up
Mar 8th
A discussion regarding a fake website that many are wrongly attributing as being a legitimate site belonging to Brian Tamaki and the Destiny Church. I think it is wrong for bloggers and media to attribute the site to Tamaki when it is easily verified to not be the case. I include an audio recording of my call to Destiny Church to verify exactly that.

Apple’s tantrum against cellphone makers
Mar 19th
Posted by Steve in Telecommunications
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A very long piece about Apple’s behaviour in the cellphone market and their suits with HTC and Nokia. A brief appearance from Microsoft who offer their viewpoint. And we have a discussion on how Apple is using HTC to go after Google.