Wishful thinking? You can't blame the government for trying, but let's face it, unless there is some sort of radical change in the mindset of the unions, the government call to them to keep those strikes peaceful is going to fall on incredibly deaf ears. Our so-called 'strike season' has been marked for years by wanton acts of mindless violence, which of course have never been on the part of 'our members'. It's always the other union, or a 'third force' or whatever that has trashed businesses, looted shops, beaten, murdered, etc. Well, perhaps this year it will be different - but don't hold your breath. Still on the subject of trashing, Douglas Kruger has a step-by-step process for those bosses out there (and yes, there are such morons) on how to trash a great team. Do we live in a classroom or the real world, asks Courtney Bentley. As we all know, our education system is ... well... you know ... but apart from the basics that any decent education system should inculcate into its pupils, Bentley reckons there's a need to teach some basic life skills as well. For all you petrol heads out there, our tame motoring editor Henrie Geyser reckons the new Volvos are as smooth as Irish coffee, and as a man noted for his cheery, chiselled features, he also reckons the baby Merc gets A for looks. Well, come on... he knows... wouldn't he? To end... don't forget to vote in the Times' Creative Press Ad Challenge and stand a chance to win yourself a Samsung tablet. Rod Baker, Content Director
Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your industry-specific news and event invitations to itnews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-it@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news".Weekly top stories | [Justin Lee] In this article, the fourth and last in our series of articles on mobile malware we take a look at how "malnets" (or malware networks) revolutionised the way that cyber criminals deliver malware attacks to desktops and laptop users, and are now firmly setting their sights on mobile devices. Read more >> |
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Norwegian mobile marketing and mobile advertising company, Boost Communications, has formed a strategic partnership with mapIT, the digital mapping partner throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Read more >>
Established entrepreneurs within the ICT sector have confirmed that in order to sustain a business and remain competitive within the technology services market, any sized venture has to be agile, has to possess skills sets and must have access to all necessary resources. These are not 'nice-to-haves', rather they are prerequisites to effective operations. Read more >>
Patrick Evans, MD of Advanced Cloud Technologies, says that government has been slow in its uptake and use of mobile technology to improve service delivery issues. Read more >>
 | Huawei, the global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has launched an agile network architecture technology and agile switch, the S12700. With a design that has been developed from a service and user experience perspective, the Huawei S12700 switch supports higher reliability and larger ethernet frames. Read more >> |
 | [Thabiso Mochiko] Cell C will roll out an additional 100 base stations in Johannesburg over the next three months to increase its network capacity and improve quality‚ it said on Thursday, 22 August. Read more >> |
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Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 for home users delivered a 100% success rate in blocking Zero-day threats during a two-month security test. The Kaspersky Lab product took part in AV-Test's May to June 2013 independent test, and scored 16.5 points out of 18 for its protection capabilities, performance and usability. Read more >>
 | Residents' personal information was not compromised by the recent hacking of the City of Johannesburg's billing system, the municipality said on Thursday (22 August). Read more >> |
 | Ellies is making its debut into the world of telecommunications and entertainment with a new addition to the company, Ellies Connect, which is a consumer-centric, convergence division of the Ellies group, dedicated to giving customers connections that can change their world. Read more >> |
All organisations, from small business to enterprise, are trying to reduce expenses in hard economic times and VoIP has proved itself the ideal telephony solution for companies looking to get the most bang for their buck. Read more >>
 | [Tom Eaton] The decree had gone out that all the world should be taxed, but on my third attempt to render unto Caesar those things that are his, he finally told me that my internet session had expired. I would have to go in person to the Receiver of Revenue. Read more >> |
 | Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites are now falling prey to hackers, upscaling their work as mobile usage continues to grow worldwide. What is needed is vigilance, password protection and good antivirus software. Read more >> |
 | Another MTN executive has left the company, over a R120m tender irregularity and for allegedly putting to market data modems that were "against network capabilities" and "had failed laboratory tests". Read more >> |
 | Telecommunications operator Blue Label Telecoms on Tuesday (20 August) reported a 3.6% rise in diluted headline earnings per share (HEPS)‚ to 63.19c for the year to May. Read more >> |
 | The SA Revenue Service (SARS) has introduced a new digital customs management system at border posts, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday, 22 August). Read more >> |
Effective customer service is critical to Netology, a South African company with a core focus on outsourced network support, specialising in networking and related services. Read more >>
 | HP has announced the appointment of Lorna Hardie as the new HP Software Country Manager for South Africa, with immediate effect. Read more >> |
 | HONG KONG, CHINA: The founder of a dating service promoting adultery is setting his sights on China's cheating hearts after a controversial launch in Hong Kong. Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Microsoft says that its chief executive Steve Ballmer would retire within 12 months as the company searches for a successor for this US technology company. Read more >> |
 | Tax problems lead to Nokia criticism of India as its "least favourable market"in which to operate. Read more >> |
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Crowdfunding gets a new twist on Thursday with the launch of an online platform that offers start-ups ideas and expertise as well as cash. Read more >>
WASHINGTON, US: American teenagers love their smartphone apps, but many are avoiding them, due to fears about privacy and location tracking. Read more >>
 | NEW YORK CITY, US: Yahoo! shares powered higher Thursday after a survey showed the struggling Internet giant topped a survey for US Web visitors for the first time since 2011. In late morning trade, Yahoo! was up 2.99% at US$27.87. Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Hewlett-Packard saw profits return in the third quarter, but slumping PC sales took a bite out of revenues of the troubled US technology company. Read more >> |
 | LONDON, UK: Ovum reveals IBM and Adobe are ahead in the race to become the enterprise digital marketing platform provider of choice. Read more >> |
 | GURGAON, INDIA: Every online business owner looks out for an impeccable website design company that can help their business grow a great deal in quick time. Read more >> |
 | WASHINGTON, USA: Al-Jazeera has filed a suit against US communications company AT&T for dropping the broadcast of its new Al-Jazeera America news channel on the day it launched. Read more >> |
 | HONG KONG, CHINA: China Telecom said on Wednesday (21 August) that its net profit in the first six months of the year rose 15.9% year-on-year, citing growth in its 3G mobile operation. Read more >> |
 | BERLIN, GERMANY: A German human rights official on Wednesday, 21 August, sharply criticised a British crackdown on the Guardian newspaper over its publication of US security secrets leaked by Edward Snowden. Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Internet users have raised more than US$11,000 to reward a Palestinian security researcher who hacked into Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg's profile to expose a security flaw. Read more >> |
 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: News that Samsung will unveil a "smartwatch" next month has sent rumour mills into overdrive within the technology community as it second guesses what the much-hyped gadget will offer. Read more >> |
 | SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: An Australian candidate for national parliament was on Tuesday (20 August) forced to apologise for a personal website which reportedly carried hundreds of lewd jokes and in which he referred to "tit banter". Read more >> |
 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: Apple has asked its Taiwan-based supplier to begin shipping two new versions of the iPhone next month, including a lower-cost model, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (19 August). Read more >> |
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