The economics of desktop computing have, for the first time in the PC’s long history, been broken by the data centre.
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Industry body says the fiscus-first model is starving the very sector South Africa depends on for connectivity.
A row over guaranteed annual payments has reportedly delayed a major Microsoft data centre project.
Many mergers and acquisitions will now escape Competition Commission review – but a senior lawyer sees a tech blind spot.
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Bitcoin was set for its biggest weekly fall in nearly a year as traders fretted over the likely dumping of tokens from Mt Gox.
The SABC will not show the Springboks vs Ireland rugby tests after the public broadcaster withdrew from a deal with SuperSport.
There hasn’t been enough done to build renewable energy plants in South Africa, Dion George said.
Eskom has not implemented load shedding for 100 consecutive days, the longest period since late 2020.
Eskom plans to bring coal and nuclear units online before 2025 that will improve the proportion of available generation capacity.
TeleMasters has received a proposal from a black-led investor to buy out the company’s two largest shareholders.
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Investors are also bracing for flat user growth and a third consecutive quarter of profit declines.
Alphabet, Microsoft and Texas Instruments posted double-digit quarterly revenue growth on Tuesday and expressed optimism about the coming months.
Solar power equipment makers continued to lift prices this week as soaring polysilicon costs spread through the supply chain.
In a world of sputtering growth for technology companies, some investors are gravitating towards Microsoft as the closest thing to a safe bet.
Facebook tried to get ahead of its latest media firestorm. Instead, it helped create one. The company knew ahead of time that on Saturday, The New York Times and The Guardian’s Observer would issue bombshell reports that
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