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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

The speculation is flying that Apple will take the wraps off the iPhone 5 in September to coincide with the release of the latest version of its iOS operating system for mobile devices following a report in The Wall Street Journal this week

MTN has fired the next salvo in the ongoing broadband price war between mobile operators, cutting the price of its “uncapped” broadband products dramatically. It has cut the price of its Uncapped Lite product from R749/month to

Bloemfontein-based company Afsim wants to improve the quality of training for new drivers before they’re unleashed on the roads. It’s selling driving simulators that allow trainees to experience driving at night, on freeways and in

MultiChoice will launch BoxOffice, its long-anticipated transactional video-on-demand service, on 21 July, the operator of the DStv pay-TV platform has confirmed. The service will allow DStv subscribers — at least those with personal video recorder decoders