Author: Duncan McLeod

Fans of the open-source Firefox Web browser, developed by the Mozilla Foundation, have long enjoyed the “Easter egg” in the software that takes a dig at Microsof t and its browser, Internet Explorer (IE). Typing in “about:mozilla” in the address bar has always brought up some clever

Taiwan’s HTC has taken the wraps off the HTC One – previously codenamed the M7 – its new, top-end Android smartphone and the successor to the highly lauded One X. And, according to the company, the device will be launched

WirelessG CEO Carel van der Merwe has hit back at mobile operator Vodacom’s claims in court papers that his company is “desperate”, saying it’s his “fiduciary obligation to be desperate”. WirelessG, a Wi-Fi infrastructure specialist, is involved in a high-stakes court battle with minority

MTN has finally reacted to the price war that erupted this month between Vodacom and Cell C with a new prepaid product that promises free data and SMSes. Offered as a new starter pack called MTN Mahala, the operator says it offers “added value, including free airtime, Internet bundles

WirelessG intends selling 26% of its equity to a black economic empowerment (BEE) consortium called Mightycare Mosegedi, in which former Sentech chief operating officer Gladwin Marumo is a significant shareholder, in a deal worth R48,5m. News of the proposed deal

The legal action brought by Wi-Fi hotspot specialist WirelessG against minority shareholder Vodacom is a “desperate attempt” to save its business, the mobile operator has argued in papers filed at the high court. The allegation is a contained an affidavit signed by

Get ready to the idea dialling mobile numbers with prefixes like “060” and “061”. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has opened up the “06” prefix for the first time as growth in mobile subscriptions propels demand from operators for additional numbers

Anyone in doubt that Android is poised to be the Windows of the smartphone era, read on. Google’s market share of operating systems on smartphones leapt to 69,7% of the total market in the fourth quarter of 2012, from 51,3% a year earlier. That represents a 33% increase. During the

This beauty’s a head turner! When Acer’s new top-end Ultrabook, the Aspire S7, arrived in TechCentral’s offices last week, it was like a supermodel had entered the room. There’s no doubt that Acer, whose previous Ultrabooks have underwhelmed next to the competition, is back in the game in a big way

Weekend newspaper reports suggest that President Jacob Zuma is poised to axe his scandal-plagued communications minister, Dina Pule. If so, she’ll be the third communications minister in as many years to be moved out of the crucial portfolio, after Siphiwe Nyanda and Roy Padayachie