22 Jan 2013

IT & Telecommunications

 



Tricky disputes

Are you a sectional title owner living under seemingly unconstitutional rules or involved in a tricky dispute? Need some legal advice? Marina Constas, a director of BBM Attorneys and co-author of the book, Demystifying Sectional Title is offering a free half-hour consultation to sectional title owners during the last week of February, dubbing it Sectional Title Week.

University of the Free State chancellor Professor Jonathan Jansen has told first-year students he is ashamed of South Africa, it was reported on Monday, 21 January. "I'm ashamed of South Africa. It's an absolute disgrace that you can pass matric with a mark of 30%," he said.

Some people might say, join the club...

The migration to digital broadcasting from analogue signal has suffered another major setback after yesterday's decision by the Department of Communications to appeal against last month's court decision in favour of e.tv... It's a pity, but it seems we'll be stuck with analogue somewhat longer.

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has invited the public to submit their tips on what they would like to see in the National Budget, which he will table next month... What about cutting our taxes a bit?

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Triple4 to launch self-service portal for cloud services
Infrastructure solution company Triple4 is to launch a self-service portal with a difference to enable clients to access cloud-based services on 1 February 2013. Read more >>


Hardware

Mobile Ubuntu - a Unix powered smartphone
[Lex Faure] Mark Shuttleworth, South African IT millionaire and Open Source Champion recently announced and demonstrated the planned release of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system (OS) for smartphones. The Canonical boss revealed that future devices will not only run the new mobile OS, but will also boot the desktop variant of Ubuntu when docked to a keyboard, mouse and monitor. This would mean that you will literally be able to use your phone to power your PC. Read more >>

Department's appeal bid may delay digital migration
The migration to digital broadcasting from analogue signal has suffered another major setback after yesterday's decision by the Department of Communications to appeal against last month's court decision in favour of e.tv. Read more >>


Internet

Orange may expand services in Africa
[Thabiso Mochiko] French group Orange Telecommunications could launch a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service in SA as part of its aggressive plans to enter the lucrative local market‚ it said this week. Read more >>

Capital Shopping Centres changes to Intu Properties
[Nick Hedley] Capital Shopping Centres‚ one of the UK's largest listed property groups‚ announced on Tuesday (15 January) that it was establishing a single nationwide brand for its centres and changing its name to Intu Properties‚ while rolling out digital infrastructure in its malls. Read more >>


Network

Cisco Expo 2013 sponsors confirmed
The official platinum and gold sponsors for Cisco Expo 2013 South Africa have been named. Official sponsor is Bytes System Integration, which offers experience and expertise in the design, implementation and operational management of customised IT solutions, through the integration of hardware and software systems from global technology leaders. Read more >>


International
Girl Rising depicts the value of educating girls
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Technology start-up Gathr is putting the power of the crowd behind Girl Rising, a film that poignantly backs the fact that educating girls makes the world a better place. Read more >>

Kim Dotcom launches mega site
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing site at his Auckland mansion on Sunday (20 January), precisely a year after armed police arrested him at the same venue in the world's largest online piracy case. Read more >>

Man outsources his own job to China
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: A software engineer known only as Bob is a modern workplace legend after word spread on Thursday (17 January) that he had secretly outsourced his job to an engineer in China and sat at his desk watching cat videos. Read more >>

Swartz death: US prosecutor responds
WASHINGTON, USA: A US prosecutor at the centre of a controversy over the handling of a case involving an Internet activist who committed suicide has claimed the government's actions were "appropriate." Read more >>

Wikivoyage gives you free online travel guides
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: The foundation behind crowd-sourced knowledge compendium Wikipedia on Tuesday (15 January) launched a free online travel guide built collaboratively by volunteers from around the globe. Read more >>

Cannes Lions launches Innovation Lions
CANNES, FRANCE: In its 60th year, the organisers of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity look to the future by inaugurating this year The Innovation Lions, a new awards category to honour the technology and innovation which lead to the creative idea being possible. Read more >>

Google forced to pay for traffic it generates
PARIS, FRANCE: The head of the Orange said on Wednesday (16 January) it had been able to impose a deal on Google to pay for the vast amounts of traffic generated on its telecommunications networks. Read more >>

Facebook's Graph Search - a story of 'three' halves ... investors, users and businesses...
LONDON, UK: Further to speculation that has been building up over week, Facebook has announced an addition to its social network - a smart search engine it has called ''Graph Search". It is designed to allow people using Facebook to find answers more quickly to questions about friends in their Social Graph. Read more >>

84-year-old woman caught in phone scam
SOFIA BULGARIA: An 84-year-old Bulgarian woman was nabbed by police for being part of a criminal gang that ripped off other distressed elderly people of their savings, local authorities said on Tuesday (15 January). Read more >>

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Microsoft Systems Administrator - Cape Town
Stellenbosch University invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced individuals for appointment as Microsoft systems administrator to commence duties by 1 February 2013. Read more >>

Information Service Officer - Cape Town
Stellenbosch University invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced individuals for appointment as information services officer to commence duties by 1 March 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. Read more >>

Manager - Digitisation/Digital Services - Cape Town
Stellenbosch University invites applications from suitably qualified/experienced individuals for appointment as manager: digitisation and digital services to commence duties by 1 April 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. Read more >>


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