We live in a country in which water is not as plentiful as we'd like, so it makes sense that
conserving water is the theme of Green Office Week (GOW). GOW this year takes place from Monday, 22 to Friday, 26 April.
TopTV wants to broadcast porn, and many people and religious groups don't want them to - so it seems there is a
TopTV porn boycott looming. In the other camp, there are also many people who are quite happy if the station wins its case and is able to take the porn route.
Looking to the heavens,
the SKA Organisation Project Office has issued its pre-construction phase request for proposals. The RFP is an invitation for international consortia to bid for work packages to design the various components of the SKA, such as antennas, receivers, signal processing systems, data transport and high performance computers.
Back on earth,
if you're content, we're content here at Bizcommunity. We have been ahead of the curve for years in providing an unmatched vehicle for all of you to get your message out there.
Finally, on the petrol-head front, our glamorous motoring editor Henrie Geyser reckons the
new Isuzu KB range scores in the glamour stakes and for those out there who love two wheels rather than four, we are now covering motorcycling news... and to start you off is the
new KTM 1190 Adventure range. If this doesn't make your eyes water, then...
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Net Prophet will take place on 23 May 2013 at Artscape Opera House, Cape Town. Early bird registration opens on Tuesday, 19 March 2013, offering 100 free Early Bird and 500 VIP Registrations. 
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is waging a campaign to alert the public to the illegality of unapproved cordless phones that cause extensive interference in network services and effectively disrupt communication services in South Africa. 
Toll fraud targeting telephone systems has been around a while but VOIP fraud allows professional criminals to hack self-installed systems and call international numbers from which few SMEs could recover with phone bills 10 times bigger than usual. 
When Neotel, SA's second fixed-line operator, launched its service, it was common to see someone making calls from what looked like a fixed-line telephone while relaxing in the park. 
The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said on Wednesday (13 March) that it would fight Telkom's offer of voluntary severance packages for workers. 
CAPE TOWN, SA / REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA, US: Clickatell, a global leader in mobile messaging and transactional services, today announced that Mervyn Goliath has joined it's executive team as part of its ongoing commitment to deliver Enterprise-grade mobile enablement in Sub-Saharan Africa and internationally. 
RESTON, US: comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, has announced the divestiture of its non-health copy-testing and non-health equity tracking assets of ARS to MSW Research (formerly McCollum Spielman Worldwide). 
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: A judge on Monday (18 March) ordered a 41-month prison sentence for a self-described "security research" hacker for breaking into the AT&T online network in a case criticised by digital rights activists. 
ATLANTA, US: ClkClk, a customer loyalty program, has managed to bag the two most prestigious awards for innovations on technical field; namely - 2012 FTA Hospitality Industry Award and 2012 Innovative solution awards by RSPA. 
LONDON, UK: Samsung today announced the latest in its Galaxy S series of phones, the Galaxy S4. Jan Dawson, chief telecom analyst at Ovum, provides this initial reaction. 
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Outrage over Google's decision to pull the plug on its Reader software flooded the Internet on Thursday (14 March) as lovers of the news aggregation service lobbied to keep it alive. 
NEW YORK, USA: Locked in fierce battle in the smartphone market, South Korean giant Samsung on Thursday (14 March) unveiled its latest device aimed at challenging Apple in its home market. 
BANGALORE, INDIA / CAPE TOWN, SA: ABIBA Systems, a leading Indian telecom analytics solution provider, has announced its participation in the Next Generation Telecom Summit Africa taking place in South Africa. 
NEW YORK, USA: Google has been fined US$7m for collecting people's personal data without authorisation while its cars were combing neighborhoods for its Street View service. The deal was truck with US authorities on Tuesday (12 March) 
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