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/ 11 December 2006
Why pay for an expensive productivity package like Office when you can use one for free, online, from any Âcomputer? Google is hoping that millions of web users are thinking this — and has begun offering just that.
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/ 11 December 2006
A little more than a year ago cellphone banking was a fad for those who could tell the difference between WAP, WIG and USSD. Now on the brink of mass market uptake, cellphone banking is expected to bring in R650-million in transactions over December for the big four banks.
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/ 11 December 2006
If you’re looking for that feature in Microsoft Word or Excel and you can’t remember where you originally found it, you’re not alone. About 80% of feature requests from users already exist in Office, says Cyril Belikoff, information worker business group manager for Microsoft South Africa.
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/ 11 December 2006
Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds knows he has just about run out of chances at Test level, but he won’t be putting undue pressure on himself to perform should he get the nod for the third Ashes Test against England at the Waca ground, starting on Thursday.
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/ 11 December 2006
Iran opened a conference on Monday to examine the Holocaust and question whether Nazi Germany used gas chambers to kill Jews, drawing condemnation in the West and criticism from Iran’s Jewish community. Jewish rabbis were present at the government-sponsored event, Review of the Holocaust: Global Vision, alongside academics from Europe.
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/ 11 December 2006
A visit by top ranking South Afr5ican National Defence Force officers to Sudan as part of a goodwill visit to South African troops deployed beyond the country’s borders had to be cancelled when the group was refused entry into Sudan. The group was told on Monday they will only get to visit troops deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi.
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/ 11 December 2006
A United Nations mission to be led by South Africa’s Desmond Tutu to probe last month’s deaths of 19 civilians in Gaza under Israeli shelling has been called off because Israel did not authorise the trip, a spokesperson said on Monday. The Nobel Peace laureate had other engagements and could not wait any longer for Israeli permission, she added.
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/ 11 December 2006
Opener Imran Farhat hit an aggressive half-century and paceman Rana Naved-ul-Hasan took 3-37 to help Pakistan beat the West Indies by seven wickets in the third one-day match on Sunday. The dashing left-hander hit five boundaries and two sixes in his 72-ball 58 to help Pakistan achieve a revised target of 191 with eight deliveries to spare and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
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/ 11 December 2006
The JSE was in positive territory just before midday on Monday, encouraged by stronger world markets. The market was quiet, however, with value traded hovering around the R1,5-billion mark. By 11.50am, the all-share index added 0,36%. Industrials and financials firmed 0,62% and 0,75% respectively.
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/ 11 December 2006
Strolling through his orange groves, deep in the heart of Florida, farmer Frank Hunt permits himself a cautious smile. The commodity price of his fruit is at a 16-year high — and the cost of a carton of juice on supermarket shelves is rocketing around the world.