Chivas and eBay partner to take exclusive items to market to benefit charities worldwide, and First-e goes down - can 20twenty survive?
This week, Paul Booth reports from PRINT 2001 in Chicago, where everyone is talking about the HP/Compaq deal and "the new business of printing".
It`s a Windows world. I suppose by now I should have learnt that but I still seem to be heading in the opposite direction.
A new company is trying to take control of all South African domain names by next year while the government may try to stop it, or at least assimilate it. So why don`t we care?
Despite the volumes of experience gained in what makes for good e-tail, some sites still miss the mark. Nevertheless, the local market has grown, and what`s more, it works.
On the international front, more job loss announcements and the launch of Intel`s P4 chip marked the week, while at home we saw a spate of encouraging financial results.
Much has been said about how Linux is not ready for the average desktop, but if products such as Mandrake are anything to go by, the desktop domination can`t be too far off.
As a social experiment, the Big Brother show is already an unqualified success as the suspense, intrigue and backstabbing makes for great entertainment. But can the show live up to what is happening in the ISP industry?
Pondering the value of Pick 'n Pay`s Home Shopping venture, which launches in Gauteng tomorrow, and celebrating the Linux community`s somewhat different approach to parties.
The acquisition of Getronics SA by CS Computers Services, and Siltek and Advtech`s profit warnings made local headlines last week.
In the business world, you should consider yourself lucky to be called a paranoid obsessive perfectionist, as these traits can have a positive impact on your career.
Ten years on and Linux is still going strong. And as the party hats come out it is time to celebrate what really makes Linux so strong: its dedicated and often unrecognised users and user groups.
Local companies can make the most of the sad state of IT affairs, as the multinationals rethink their position in our market.