Articles by Tom Jackson, Page 24
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Mon, December 9th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
Moody’s confirms SANRAL rating
Credit ratings agency Moody’s has confirmed the South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (SANRAL) credit rating after the implementation of the controversial e-tolling system. → Read more
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Sat, December 7th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Zimbabwe Ministry of ICT to recognise achievers
Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services will today host its annual ICT achievers awards ceremony, recognising the country’s outstanding ICT personalities. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 18:00 · Tom Jackson
Egyptian designs crisis management system
Nano Technologies, a Qatari firm founded and run by Egyptian Ahmed Fawzi, has developed a crisis management system named Al Dalilah, which uses satellite information and other technologies to organise first responders and rescue teams in a crisis situation. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 15:30 · Tom Jackson
Egypt’s telecoms sector targets 20% growth by 2016
The Egyptian telecommunications sector is targeting growth of between 18 and 20 per cent by 2016, accounting for six per cent of the North African country’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to telecommunications minister Atef Helmy. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
Naspers reaches $100 share price
Naspers, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)-listed multimedia giant, pushed above the ZAR1,000 (US$95) share price mark this morning, the result of strong foreign investments and the weak rand. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
Microsoft helps disrupt ZeroAccess botnet
Microsoft has announced its Digital Crimes Unit, in collaboration with the European Cybercrime Centre and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has successfully disrupted the ZeroAccess botnet which had infected more than two million computers. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Nigerian platform integrating social and business
A Nigerian company has created Termii, a social-business networking site that integrates social, personal and business structures in a unified network. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
SA broadband goals realistic, collaboration necessary – Akamai
The goals set out in South Africa’s National Broadband Policy, Strategy and Plan are realistic, but public-private collaboration will be needed to achieve them according to David Belson, editor of Akamai’s State of the Internet report. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
DStv launches Mandela memorial channel
MultiChoice has announced the launch of a Nelson Mandela memorial channel on DStv, paying tribute to the former South African president who died yesterday at the age of 95. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
Twitter to be available on mobile without internet
Twitter has linked up with Singapore-based startup U2opia Mobile to make its service available to users in emerging markets on phones without internet access. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 09:30 · Tom Jackson
MWEB providing free Wi-Fi in Cape Town
South African internet service provider (ISP) is providing free high-speed uncapped Wi-Fi to Canal Walk shopping centre in Cape Town over the festive season. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 19:30 · Tom Jackson
Maimane likens SANRAL CEO to PW Botha
South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) chief executive officer (CEO) Nazir Alli has been likened to apartheid-era president PW Botha by Democratic Alliance (DA) premier candidate for Gauteng Mmusi Maimane. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Cabinet approves SA broadband policy
South Africa’s Cabinet has approved the Department of Communications’ (DoC) National Broadband Policy, Strategy and Plan, which it says will “contribute significantly to economic growth, development and job-creation”. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
Passwords stolen to 2m web accounts – report
Security experts have discovered two million stolen passwords to websites such as Facebook, Google and Twitter in a Dutch server used by cybercriminals. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
SAPO, police unions working against e-tolling
Unions affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in the South African Post Office (SAPO) and Gauteng metro police have promised to assist with the fight against e-tolling. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 09:30 · Tom Jackson
SA’s ‘I’m Bored’ service launches Android app
The ‘I’m Bored’ Facebook pages, which lists events, activities and services for children in Johannesburg and Durban, have launched an Android app ahead of the holidays. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
Chen in “for the long haul” at BlackBerry – Fairfax
Prem Watsa, chief executive of Fairfax Financial Holdings, the largest shareholder in BlackBerry, has said the interim chief executive officer (CEO) of the Canadian phone manufacturer John Chen is in it “for the long haul”. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 16:00 · Tom Jackson
45,700 public transport operators exempt from e-tolling
The South African Department of Transport has announced a total of 45,700 public transport operators have been exempt from paying e-tolls in Gauteng since the controversial policy launched yesterday. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
DoC paid $336k in bonuses this year
The South African Department of Communications (DoC) has clarified how much was paid to its staff in bonuses in 2012/13, saying it paid more than ZAR3.5 million (US$336,000) as opposed to the ZAR2.8 million (US$269,000) it originally declared. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Bekker richest man in SA tech
Naspers chief executive officer (CEO) Koos Bekker has been named the richest man in South African technology on the annual Sunday Times Rich List, coming in eighth overall. → Read more
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