Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri says it was never her intention to allow VANS players to provide their own infrastructure.
Hackers have defaced nearly 400 sites, half of which were local.
Absa has signed up over 500 000 online banking customers and says Internet banking is now on a par with its other channels.
NGOs are to get an online presence through a deal to re-introduce and develop a South African development directory.
Security experts have identified one of the first worms to target computers running the MySQL open source database software, but say the threat is low.
A young entrepreneur has set up an online forum for South African photographers.
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A Bagle variant, described as the year`s most dangerous worm to date, has surfaced.
Loot.co.za says it is showing rapid growth, with a satisfactory fourth quarter in 2004.
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Online electronics store Digital Planet recorded an 80% growth in sales during December.
Although the issue of VANS licences remains in the regulator`s hands, Internet Solutions (IS) is ready to capitalise on next month`s deregulation.
A worm designed to steal data from players of a popular online game has surfaced, a trend that experts say is growing.