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3:20
Sangonet, Cape conferences
Aug 31, 2005

Garbage in, garbage out

The only common ground between certain recent ICT conferences and actual ICT is the old computing adage: "garbage in, garbage out".

Paul Vecchiatto
3:30
Apple, retail stores
Aug 24, 2005

Apple imports gagging

Some foreign IT firms seem to be importing publicity paranoia along with their products.

Paul Vecchiatto
2:20
GautengOnline
Aug 17, 2005

Dashed expectations

It is difficult to quantify the value of lost opportunities, disappointment and discouragement that JS Mpanza Primary School suffered when its IT lab failed to function.

Damaria Senne
4:00
3G phone
Jul 27, 2005

I (think I) love my 3G baby

SA`s early 3G adopters are finding their new babies as promising and temperamental as real infants.

Tracy Burrows
3:50
Empowerment charter
Jul 20, 2005

Crawling towards a charter

How serious are the ICT empowerment charter players about meeting deadlines?

Itumeleng Mogaki
2:20
Single view of the customer
Jul 13, 2005

Banking in the dark ages

If the South African Revenue Service can have a single view of each of the 9.5 million taxpayers on its books, why are banks still in the dark ages?

Iain Scott
3:50
Technology developments
Jul 6, 2005

The HAN that shakes the world

The Japanese concept of the Human Area Network (HAN) poses some frightening possibilities for technophobes.

Rodney Weidemann
5:30
WBS mail
Jun 29, 2005

WBS cuts off mail users

In what looks suspiciously like a fit of staggering stupidity, WBS left its mail users high and dry on Monday.

Ivo Vegter
4:00
The Matrix
Jun 22, 2005

Jumping down the Matrix rabbit hole

The Matrix chilled sci-fi fans when it first hit the big screen, with its apocalyptic vision of a future where the machines kept humans subjugated through technological means - but is the real world that far behind?

Rodney Weidemann
3:30
Cellphone handsets
Jun 15, 2005

If it isn`t broken, don`t try to fix it

The latest bee in ICASA`s bonnet has to do with getting rid of handset subsidies - but does the regulator really think consumers need this kind of help?

Rodney Weidemann
2:30
Pornography, Internet
Jun 8, 2005

Porn - the new age smoke break

The recent stream of complaints from users who can`t access their favourite porn sites just proves that Internet use has shifted somewhat from its original purpose of sharing important information.

Stuart Lowman
2:40
Brain download, conscious computers
Jun 1, 2005

Googling my car keys

I recently read that we`ll be able to download our memories to computers someday. Good. Maybe then I`ll be able to find my car keys.

Tracy Burrows
 
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