TechCentral appoints a deputy editor

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NewsCentral Media is delighted to announce that well-known journalist Candice Jones is joining TechCentral, SA’s fastest-growing technology news website, as deputy editor. Jones, who was most recently telecommunications editor at ITWeb, brings with her a wealth of experience and knowledge of the secto

Inside Fifa’s IT command centre

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Computers operate better in cold conditions. That’s a good thing, because when TechCentral paid a visit to Fifa’s IT command centre for the 2010 World Cup at Nasrec, outside Soweto, on Wednesday this week, the winter air was arctic. The command centre, located next to the International Broadcast Centre, consists of several dozen engineers and technicians manning computers and keeping a watchful eye on giant images projected onto

Vodacom chases mass-market Internet access

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Vodacom is introducing a range of low-cost devices, including a US$40 smartphone, in an effort to broaden the market that has access to e-mail and the Web in SA. The smarphone, developed for Vodacom parent Vodafone and meant for use in emerging markets, has a Qwerty keyboard and a basic, 2,2-inch TFT display

Vodacom may walk away from spectrum auction

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JSE-listed cellphone giant Vodacom may abandon plans to bid for wireless broadband spectrum in the 2,6GHz frequency band if the rules of engagement are not changed, TechCentral has learnt exclusively. Group CEO Pieter Uys says the demands on potential bidders made by the Independent Communications

3D moves E3

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Motion controls and 3D will dominate your gaming experience in the years to come if the major console manufacturers have…