Toby David Shapshak
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/ 28 June 2005

Google eyes new way to coin it

After taking on Yahoo! and Microsoft in their own backyards, Google, fresh off its high as the most valued media company in the world, might take its next fight to eBay, the online auction giant. The internet has been abuzz, since <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> reported that Google might launch its own online payment system as an alternative to eBay’s PayPal.

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/ 17 June 2005

Firing against the French

This time last year, the only person who had any faith in the Springboks was Jake White. How little has changed in a year. Then his team — after a poor Super 12, Kamp Staaldraad and the resignations of coach and captain — was written off against the Irish.