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4:30
ICT
Jun 5, 2002

The battle of the egos

The local ECT Bill, European data retention rules, and the American Digital Millennium Copyright Act are all proof: the days of a benign technical dictatorship are over. Now the geeks, disillusioned after political defeat, need to counter-attack.

Phillip de Wet
2:30
Idion
May 29, 2002

Idion, DataMirror need to make decisions

Idion and DataMirror may well have to talk at some level now that the Canadian company has a large stake in locally-listed Idion.

Iain Scott
3:10
ECT Bill
May 15, 2002

Uncomfortable answers to ECT Bill questions

The Department of Communications has dodged fundamental questions about the Electronic Communications and Transactions (ECT) Bill for a long time. No wonder, as the answers are damning.

Phillip de Wet
3:50
Telecommunications
May 8, 2002

The exclusivity blame game

Telkom`s exclusivity is over. Its monopoly isn`t. It`s time to thank the honourable Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, give her the golden watch and gently prise the keys of office out of her hands.

Phillip de Wet
2:50
Shuttleworth
Apr 24, 2002

The Shuttleworth brand goes universal

SA`s current hottest export, Mark Shuttleworth, is scheduled to blast off tomorrow on his $20 million jaunt in space. And, thanks to the media frenzy generated by the space mission, the Shuttleworth `brand` has gone universal.

Tracy Burrows
4:20
ECT Bill
Apr 10, 2002

Consumer protection or merchant mugging?

The government wants to prevent a fool and his money being parted online. In doing so, through the Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill, it would do consumers more harm than good.

Phillip de Wet
3:30
ECT Bill
Apr 3, 2002

The ECT Bill will fail and it`s all your fault

Just about two weeks remain for public comment on the Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill, before our "second Constitution" goes beyond civic hands. While some organisations recognise its importance, and danger, the public remains strangely unexcited.

Phillip de Wet
4:10
Telkom ICASA
Mar 27, 2002

Budgeting for trouble

We should pay ICASA more, or let Cosatu run Telkom, because either way telecommunications faces an uphill battle in SA.

Phillip de Wet
3:50
MorpoTouch
Mar 20, 2002

Where do we draw the privacy line?

The police`s new toy, a mobile fingerprint-scanning device called the MorphoTouch, could be a very scary piece of technology if combined with the Hanis and identity smart card projects.

Phillip de Wet
2:40
Idols
Mar 13, 2002

Kudos for M-Web

The little AOL proves that business in SA needn`t be immature about cooperation.

Jason Norwood-Young
2:30
Laptop
Mar 6, 2002

The year of mobility

It`s pretty clear that this year is the year of the laptop, if Intel has anything to do with it.

Jason Norwood-Young
2:30
Telkom
Feb 27, 2002

A river runs through it

The press room at Intel`s Developer Forum in San Francisco is a virtual paradise, where you can drown in a sea of bandwidth, and enjoy every minute of it.

Jason Norwood-Young
 
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