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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…

Google immortalises Madiba and Tutu in digital archives

Google has announced a US$1.25-million grant to the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, housed at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, that will help to preserve…

Groupon SA in gets new corporate office

Groupon SA, the recently acquired local operation of the global group buying powerhouse that was created from the of a local startup Twangoo, is…

Craigslist founder launches site to work for ‘common good’

Craig Newmark, founder of online classifieds giant Craigslist, launched a new web-based venture Craigconnects on Tuesday to support non-profit and public service organisations. Craigconnects…

Google gets fined for copyright breach

A Paris court has found Google guilty of four counts of copyright breach and ordered the internet search giant to pay out hundreds of…

‘YouTube Next’ — Google’s next adventure in online video content

Popular video sharing site, YouTube, announced that it bought internet television company Next New Networks to improve its content. The acquisition of Next New…

10 000 French gov’t computers shut down after massive cyber-attack

In another sign that cyber-warfare has escalated dramatically, the French finance ministry has shut down 10 000 computers after a “spectacular” cyber attack from…

Skype aims to boost revenue with ads ahead of IPO

Plans to introduce advertising to Skype in an effort to boost revenue ahead of going public is on the way. This according to the…

A maturing Google relies on startups to keep it young

In a move seen as recapturing its youthful roots, Google co-founder Larry Page is taking charge of the maturing internet giant in the face…

WordPress back to normal after attacks ‘from China’

On Sunday WordPress was running normally after suffering cyber attacks suspected to have originated in China. WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg told TechCrunch, a leading…

Multiple DDOS attacks threaten WordPress and int’l governments

In a day of multiple cyber-attacks across the web, WordPress, the government of South Korea and 29 international government agencies were threatened by DDOS…

The Daily, Murdoch’s digital newspaper is a hit

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has fared well with the success of The Daily, a digital newspaper created for Apple’s iPad by his company, News…

At TED, new technology unveiled to end need for kidney donors

The shortage of organs for kidney transplants has been met with a tech solution that eliminates the need for donors. The latest touted breakthrough…

Is Charlie Sheen on his way to becoming the new king of Twitter?

How do you follow up a bizarre television appearance that becomes an instant viral hit and coins the new phrase “bi-winning“? Which is already…

‘You’ve been Punk’d’ : Ashton Kutcher’s Twitter account hacked at TED

With over 6.3-million followers worldwide, Hollywood icon and new media entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher is one of the Twitter elite, and is the sixth most…

Prepare for the New York Times paywall

New York Times fans, prepare yourself. The paywall is imminent for readers of one of the world’s most widely read news sources. The New…

Eye controlled laptop? It’s here

A global first, a laptop controlled by the users eyes. Users can open files, play music and view pictures using just the power of…

Samsung Celebrated for Transformative Tech by Consumer Technology Association

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

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