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digital piracy = “dangerous” e-stealing?

.h
October 28, 2008 19:36

Recently some Somali pirates caught the world’s attention, but another kind of pirate has also recently been hunted, although with much less drama than the Somali food pirates. Since the beginning of this month, the BSA (Business Software Alliance), has been airing advertisements on local...

fighting politics online

.h
September 28, 2008 20:48

There is no doubt about it – generation X and Y is firmly rooted online, especially with the advent of mobile phones with internet browsing capabilities. The battle of politics has always been to get the right information to the right people, right on time. This shift can be seen very well in the ...

zuma judgment - some more commentary

.h
September 14, 2008 17:27

Up to this stage, br!ghtshark has been quiet on the Zuma front. This doesn’t mean he hasn’t been following it closely though… Over time there have been a lot of noise in the “Zuma-case” commentary, from some arrogant uneducated peeps, to some other inciting cartoonists...

airways – air waves, why fly – wifi.

.h
August 30, 2008 11:09

For frequent flyers, the words “please switch off all cellphones and other electronic devices” or “do not switch on your cellphone until the cabin doors have been opened” is unambiguous with flying. Don’t get too used to this now though - South African Airways is in...

how to excel at atrocious customer service - ask vodacom

.h
August 27, 2008 17:55

It seems as if big corporates in South Africa just don’t understand how to treat their customers properly. What should more worrisome to the brains in the marketing department is that modern astute customers, such as brightshark and his generation x friends, no longer only play in a physical...

“…but i improved your property…”

.h
August 12, 2008 12:23

How often does it happen that a lease agreement is cancelled and just as you would like to have the leased premises vacated, the tenant turns around and states that there were certain improvements made to the property and before he leaves he would like to see some compensation for those...

hush! that might be top secret…

.h
July 30, 2008 19:49

Earlier this year, Parliament’s ad hoc committee on National Intelligence published a draft bill which deals with such cloak-and-dagger things as protecting state information, or 007-like things such as how certain information might be protected from destruction or disclosure. If the...

training standards for estate agents loom

.h
July 03, 2008 07:19

It seems are the days when everyone and his friend could become an estate agent - out for the easy pickings in a booming property market - are gone. Apart from the downturn in the market, Government has now stepped up the regulations relating to training standards and continuing professional...

who wants an iPhone 2.0?

.h
June 29, 2008 17:20

We all want an iPhone 2.0, right? But then, you have that pesky contract with your mobile operator which locks you in until 2020 (or so it feels, especially when the latest and greatest hits the shelves). At this stage the speculation mill is hard at work and dates of 11 July, to 20 July [...]We...

google being sued for copyright infringement - belgian publishers wants its €42m

.h
May 30, 2008 09:34

Back in 2006 a bunch of Belgian news publishers (Copiepresse) successfully sued Google to stop the Google News Service from publishing the headlines from the Belgian newspapers.   The publishers were particularly upset at the fact that one was able to still read the headlines and first couple...