Our president was right to say in his state of the nation address last week that we have some good stories to tell about our 20 years of democracy. Sadly, our public broadcaster is not one of them. I declare my bias in favour of the public broadcaster: I love the SABC. Well, I did until
Standard Bank has no plans to launch a Bitcoin trading portal after all. Bank spokesman Ross Linstrom has poured cold water on speculation that it is gearing up to launch the platform, saying it was part of a pilot project that was shelved
After a brief hiatus, the ZA Tech Show returns with Brett Haggard, Adam Oxford and Steven Ambrose in the studio. Amongst other things, they discuss the day the Internet fought back, Lenovo’s purchase of Motorola from Google, Sony’s plans to sell its Vaio business and Microsoft’s new CEO
IBM is launching a 10-year initiative to bring Watson and other cognitive computing systems to Africa. Dubbed “Project Lucy”, the company intends investing US$100m in the initiative, giving scientists and IBM partners access to advanced cognitive computing technologies
Today is a very humbling day for me. It reminds me of my very first day at Microsoft, 22 years ago. Like you, I had a choice about where to come to work. I came here because I believed Microsoft was the best company in the world. I saw then how clearly we empower people to do magical things
Brett Haggard and Christo van Gemert are joined by Charlie Fripp this week for shallow dip into this week’s tech news. Topics discussed include Google Glass’s new frames and support for prescription lenses, Windows XP on ATMs, Telkom’s IP Connect cost cut, Google’s plan
On 2 March, MultiChoice will launch a 24-hour “pop-up” channel on DStv channel 199. The Oscar Pistorius Trial: A Carte Blanche Channel will feature coverage of the legal proceedings, as well as documentaries, profiles and expert analysis. MultiChoice
SuperSport is ditching the 4:3 picture format across all its standard-definition (SD) broadcasts, moving to a widescreen format based on the 16:9 aspect ratio, parent MultiChoice said on Friday. The broadcaster already offers its HD channels in widescreen. “The switchover
The evacuation of roads agency Sanral’s central operations centre in Centurion on Friday, for the second time this week, was concerning, said CEO Nazir Alli. “Sanral is extremely worried about the impact this kind of behaviour is having on the people who work
Brett Haggard, Adam Oxford and David Greenway gather in the wake of all of the CES noise to discuss the week’s news. Highlights include South Africa’s missing R1,2bn spy satellite, the return of Windows 7, rumours about an upcomign iWatch, WhatsApp now
