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The application for the .durban domain has passed the initial evaluation phase of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), meaning it’s likely websites with .durban appended to their addresses will make an appearance this year. That’s according to the .ZA Domain

Johannesburg-listed multinational technology distribution and services group Datatec has reported a slight decline in headline earnings per share for its financial year ended 28 February 2013, despite a 4% improvement at the top line and a strong performance by its Logicalis subsidiary

Playboy South Africa is to end its print run and go digital, it was reported on Wednesday. Editor Charl du Plessis told The Times that the “hurdle of conservative readers” had proved too much for the magazine. “We’re told from the consumer side that people don’t want to be seen buying Playboy

A pay dispute between Solidarity and Telkom will be taken to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, the union said on Tuesday. Spokesman Marius Croucamp said wage talks between the two parties had deadlocked. “Solidarity is demanding

Microsoft plans to work with the CSIR and the State IT Agency (Sita) to launch a trial network in South Africa’s Limpopo province that will test the feasibility of using so-called television white-spaces spectrum to offer more affordable wireless broadband access. The trial will be the third white-spaces trial

BlackBerry has surprised the market by announcing that it will make its popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) available to iPhone and Android users. The move raises the stakes in the mobile instant messaging market, where the cross-platform WhatsApp is rapidly entrenching itself as a market leader. BBM will be

The R1,2bn fibre-optic network that covers all seven of greater Johannesburg’s municipalities will go live on 1 July. The network, built by BWired, a partnership between Ericsson and the city, will connect government buildings and businesses and serve as a wholesale network for telecommunications operators

The Advertising Industry Tribunal has upheld a decision of the Advertising Standards Authority, in the process handing a victory to MTN, which had complained that a radio ad campaign by Cell C belittled its popular “MTN Zone” prepaid calling plan and its “Mahala Thursdays” promotion. In the Cell C

Power utility Eskom’s ability to keep the country’s lights on this winter remains a major worry, the Democratic Alliance warned on Tuesday. “At the front and centre of most South Africans’ minds right now is the worry about our very precarious electricity supply,” MP Natasha Michael told MPs in the national

When journalist Gus Silber fell victim to a home invasion last weekend, his iMac, iPad mini and iPhone were stolen. Using an application called Find My iPhone and a neighbour’s tablet computer, he was able to watch his assailants make their getaway in his stolen car and follow their progress into Alexandra