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With television shifting to the Internet and traditional broadcasting models under threat, broadcasters need to embrace new technologies and collaborate better with partners or risk losing out.

That’s a key finding in a recent report by Accenture

Virgin Mobile has launched a mobile broadband product, offering consumers a 3G data modem for R50/month over a 24-month contract term. However, unlike competing offerings in the market, the product does not include bundled data

Imagine phoning a call centre and having your call raised to a supervisor simply because you raise your voice or use keywords such as “unacceptable” or “complain”. A US software company, Interactive Intelligence, which recently

ATM users must be vigilant in the face of an increase in card skimming, the SA Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) said on Tuesday. “The banks are increasingly receiving reports of clients who have lost money from their

10Layer, the Johannesburg-based technology start-up building a publishing framework and content management system for online publishers, has landed a deal with the Mail & Guardian to power the weekly newspaper’s website

The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa), an industry body, is keen to stimulate discussion about how certain broadband-related terms, including broadband itself, should be defined. It has posted a working document

Scandal-plagued UK tabloid News of the World published its last issue on Sunday following accusations the newspaper hacked into the voice mailboxes of more than 4 000 people. But how easy or difficult is it to do this type of hacking? And

Google has expanded StreetView, its street-level imaging software in Google Maps, and is now offering more images of areas in Limpopo, the Western Cape, the Northern Cape, Free State, North West and Mpumalanga. In a posting on

Old Mutual has signed a huge IT outsourcing deal with Dimension Data, which is being supported by partners Telkom and Nashua. The contract, worth R2,5bn over its five-year term, will result in Didata and partner Telkom managing

Former regional director for BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has been appointed as the new MD of Samsung Electronics in SA, the Korean company said on Monday. TechCentral revealed last month that Liebenberg