Media moguls take copyright battle to court

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Two South African media companies will slug it out in the high court in Johannesburg on Thursday over claims of copyright infringement. In court papers running to hundreds of pages, business website Moneyweb, owned by Caxton, hopes

End of the line for Red Bull Mobile

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Mobile network Cell C plans to stop selling Red Bull Mobile products on 31 May 2015. Red Bull Mobile was launched in South Africa in 2011 in partnership with Cell C. The partnership, which leveraged

Attackers target MTN data centre

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Services at telecommunications operator MTN’s Gallo Manor data centre in Johannesburg were negatively affected on Tuesday following a cyber attack. MTN says the data centre was hit by a series of distributed denial of service

Cwele fails to meet promises

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On 21 May, South Africans will get to hear telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele deliver his second budget vote speech. It will be a report card for a minister who has been in the role for precisely a year. He is unlikely to

Now Investec debuts Touch ID banking

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Investec has become the second bank in South Africa to integrate Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint recognition technology into its smartphone banking app. Investec’s Touch ID solution is available for users of the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6

Gov’t to finalise cybersecurity policy

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The government wants to step up its fight against cybercrime as it plans to finalise a cybersecurity policy this year. At a media briefing on the state security ministry’s 2015/2016 budget vote on Tuesday, minister David Mahlobo released a

Jo’burg to stay on during load shedding

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Johannesburg City Power has implemented a long-term strategy to keep the lights on when Eskom implements load shedding. Media officer for City Power Hloni Motloung said the power supplier has come up with a mitigation strategy to minimise the

Apple’s super-thin MacBook gets SA pricing

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The ultra-thin new MacBook, which stole the show at the launch of Apple’s smartwatch in March, will go on sale in South Africa this Friday starting at R18 999, the company’s South African distributor, Core Group, has announced. The new, ultra-thin