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Tue, March 5th, 08:02 · Richard Cutcher

The Pirate Bay makes North Korea its home

A file-sharing site chucked out of Sweden last week, The Pirate Bay, is claiming to have set up its network in North Korea. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 15:02 · Brandon Gregory

Reports of traffic fines sent to offenders’ email inboxes denied

Reports indicating South Africans’ traffic fines may be sent via email following amendments to the law on the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic (Aarto), which were published in the Government Gazette, are incorrect. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 14:06 · Brandon Gregory

Free State website the most expensive in South Africa

The Free State provincial government has reportedly spent ZAR140 million (US$15.4 million) on the redesign of their website, though these claims have been denied by the province’s director general Elzabe Rockman. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 13:15 · Tefo Mohapi

Google pays tribute to Mama Africa with a Google doodle

Google is celebrating what would have been the birthday of Miriam Makeba, known as Mama Africa, with a Doodle on its South African homepage. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 09:05 · Tefo Mohapi

Google launches Doodle for Kenyan elections

Google has created a Google Doodle for its Kenyan homepage as citizens across the country vote today. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 07:58 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Van Schaik webstore now with integrated e-textbook delivery

One of the leading e-commerce developers in South Africa, Realmdigital, has integrated Ingram’s VitalSource Bookshelf Webstore to the Van Schaik webstore to enable e-textbook delivery. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 15:46 · Gabriella Mulligan

HTML 5 bug identified

A bug has been identified in the new Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) 5 web code, which allows websites to store unlimited data on computers. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 11:25 · Paul Adepoju

Expert tasks Nigerian youths on new technologies and software development

Jim Ovia, co-chairman of Nigeria’s Presidential Committee on Broadband Development, has stressed the need for the country’s youths to solve the basic ICT challenges the nation is facing with innovative software solutions. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 08:15 · Vincent Matinde

Kenyan law on elections allows technology use in polling

The extensive application of tech innovations in organisation of the March 4 Kenyan elections continues to receive praise, including from Daudi Were, project manager at Ushahidi. → Read more
Thu, February 28th, 15:33 · Kamau Mbote

Ericsson’s LTE solution wins GTI award at 2013 Mobile World Congress

Ericsson has been awarded the best LTE converged solutions provider under the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) Award 2013 program at the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. → Read more
Thu, February 28th, 15:28 · Tom Jackson

iTunes U reaches 1 billion downloads

Apple has announced downloads from iTunes U have surpassed the one billion mark, with more than 60 per cent of downloads coming from outside the United States. → Read more
Thu, February 28th, 15:18 · Richard Cutcher

Groupon share fall was inevitable says SA e-commerce expert

Following a bigger than expected fourth quarter loss, South African e-commerce expert Jess Green has reacted with little surprise to the bad news coming out of Groupon. → Read more
Thu, February 28th, 12:59 · Tom Jackson

China hits back at US on hacking claims

The Chinese Defence Ministry has claimed two major Chinese military websites, including its own, were targeted by around 144,000 hacking attacks each month in 2012, with the United States responsible for around two-thirds of them. → Read more
Thu, February 28th, 12:05 · Kamau Mbote

Kenyan anti-counterfeit authority destroys a tonne of pirated material

The Kenya Copyright Board has today destroyed over one ton of an assortment of pirated material and gadgets used in infringing piracy that it seized following a series of operations in Nairobi, Kenya. → Read more
Thu, February 28th, 10:26 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA Python hacking grows with gaming activities

Gaming and new solution development marked the second Python Hackathon hosted in Woodstock, Cape Town, on Tuesday, February 26. → Read more
Wed, February 27th, 15:52 · Richard Cutcher

Google music streaming service would boost industry

A Universal Music Group digital executive has said Google would have “a very positive impact” on the industry were it to launch a music-streaming service. → Read more
Wed, February 27th, 15:45 · Richard Cutcher

Increased satellite broadband coming to Angola

A partnership between pan-African satellite and wireless internet provider Q-KON and Angolan Startel is set to bolster broadband services in the southern African country. → Read more
Wed, February 27th, 15:25 · Tom Jackson

Piracy costs SA businesses ZAR5.7 million in 2012

New figures released by the BSA show unlicenced software costs South African businesses more than ZAR5.7 million (US$676,000) in 2012, a six-fold increase from the previous year. → Read more
Wed, February 27th, 12:27 · Nanine Steenkamp

Google collaborates for Sub-Saharan internet expansions

Google has announced its collaboration with two network-driven companies in an attempt to make internet more accessible and effective in Sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
Wed, February 27th, 07:14 · Tefo Mohapi

Exclus1ves shuts down several online channels, to focus on book sales

Exclus1ves will no longer be selling film, music and games online as it seeks to focus on its core strength, selling books. → Read more