Are you sick of unsolicited calls and SMSes from people trying to sell you something? Help is on the way thanks to the National Consumer Commission’s (NCC’s) proposed opt-out registry that allows consumers to sign up to prevent direct
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The Bang Bang Club is a film of halves: one of them a harrowing recreation of a turbulent period in SA history, the other an unconvincing “brumance”. Muddling through the middle of these two genres, the film never really ignites the way one would
It’s been a particularly busy week on the technology front in SA, so we have a bumper edition of the TalkCentral podcast lined up. Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson unpack DStv’s BoxOffice servic, consider the latest developments in
Computer Sciences Corp (CSC), one of the world’s largest IT outsourcing companies with annual revenues of US$16bn, plans to quadruple its staff complement in SA in the next 18 months and generate between 10% and 15% of its
Mike Lawrie lives in a pleasant, suburban retirement village outside Pretoria. When he isn’t tending to his collection of succulents, or travelling with his wife, Lawrie keeps track of and contributes to various online forums and mailing lists. What few
MultiChoice has launched DStv BoxOffice, its satellite-based movie rental service. The company will offer subscribers with personal video recorders the latest movies for rental for 48 hours for R25/movie. The service will be available to DStv Premium
Cell C is introducing new 10GB and 20GB broadband packages at rates as low as 3c/MB as SA’s broadband price war gathers in intensity. From 1 August, the company will introduce a 10GB/month package, including a
Worldwide mobile payment users will surpass 141,1m in 2011, a 38,2% increase from 2010, according to Gartner. Worldwide mobile payment volumes are forecast to total US$86,1bn, up 75,9%. But in spite of these strong growth projections, Gartner
First built by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) as one of three tracking stations for its space programme, the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) celebrates its 50th anniversary this month. At 26m
First National Bank has certainly fired the opening salvo when it comes to mobile banking in SA, with its launch this week of mobile banking applications for iOS, Android and Blackberry. These applications complement an established and popular