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The White House responds: sorry geeks, we won’t build you a Death Star

Ah man! Just when we thought there was hope. The petition to ask the US presidency to start securing the resources and funding to…

RIP Aaron Swartz: Researchers celebrate activist with #pdftribute

Academics, researchers and activists from around the world have taken to Twitter to pay tribute to internet activist and Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz who…

Anonymous hacks MIT site in response to Aaron Swartz suicide

Hacker collective Anonymous has responded to the suicide of Reddit co-founder and internet activist Aaron Swartz by hacking a number of MIT sites. The…

Samsung’s rise continues as Galaxy S range sales hit 100 million

Global domination: all but complete. Samsung’s Galaxy S range of flagship smartphones (as in the Galaxy S I, II and III) has passed the…

Bing managed to steal 0.2% of Google’s search market share in December

Looks like all of Microsoft’s Bing marketing stunts are starting to have an effect. Sort of. The search engine everyone loves to laugh at…

Major Chinese angel investor calls for more online freedom

Like most of China’s big tech investment gurus, Xu Xiaoping is on Sina Weibo. And although fellow tech investor Kaifu Lee just spent some…

SAP gets into the realtime business apps game

SAP, the world’s largest business software company, launched a suite of enterprise business applications running on its real-time platform HANA, that it says provides…

India’s media industry is a ‘sleeping tiger’ — Murdoch

On Wednesday News Corp executive James Murdoch referred to India’s media industry as a “sleeping tiger” following a report forecast the sector would double…

Steve Jobs to be deposed in iTunes antitrust suit

A federal judge has cleared the way for Apple’s ailing leader Steve Jobs to be deposed in a class-action lawsuit charging the iPod maker…

Anonymous sends a message to ‘the South African people’

Anonymous, the shadowy online ‘hacktivist’ group that is rapidly gaining worldwide fame uploaded a video to YouTube on the 18th of March entitled “Message…

Apple files suit following Amazon’s ‘App Store’ launch

On Tuesday Amazon began offering applications for mobile devices running Google‘s Android software from its App store despite Apple‘s attempt to stop it using…

Facebook hopes to offer better mobile experience with Snaptu buy

Facebook confirmed on Monday that it is buying Snaptu a startup that specialises in software that connects any type of mobile phone to leading…

Apple feels pressure to remove ‘gay cure’ app from iTunes

Apple is facing increasing pressure to remove a so-called “gay cure” application from its iTunes shop for software for iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices….

Facebook Places now live in South Africa

Finally, after two months, Facebook Places in available in South Africa. Facebook places, just like Foursquare is about sharing your location with your friends…

New York Times unveils paywall

The New York Times plans to begin charging for full access to its website is on the way. This move will be closely watched…

Hacker group Anonymous declares war on ‘global banking cartel’

The faceless, decentralised on-line community known as “Anonymous” posted a video on YouTube on Monday declaring war against the international banking system in a…

Plaxo moves away from social networking

Plaxo, creators of the ever popular address book, recently announced that it is phasing out its social network features as the company prepares for…

MWEB launches uncapped hosting

South African Internet Service Provider, MWEB, has just announced the launch of Uncapped Hosting at only R19 a month. This market innovation mirrors its…

Chrome and Groupon scoop big awards at South By Southwest

Google’s Chrome Web browser which backs a music and imagery website browser won top honours at a South By Southwest Interactive (SXSW). The Wilderness…

Could the internet be the greatest obstacle to free speech?

Consider the internet as the greatest obstacle to free speech. Its sounds counter-intuitive, but according to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the net serves as…

Baidu branded a ‘thief’ by Chinese writers

Chinese writers have accused Chinese search engine giant Baidu of infringing their copyright. They have gone as far as branding it a “thief” in…

Groupon SA gives you a way to help Japanese disaster relief

Groupon SA is working with its sister companies around the world to raise funds for emergency disaster relief for those worst affected by the…

Microsoft reveals final version of IE9

Microsoft’s latest version of the Internet Explorer web browsing software is free, it’s online and of course, it has been released to counter the…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV