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The whistle-blower, impeachment and Trump phone call: What we know

This is what we know about the affair launched by a complaint from a mysterious whistle-blower in the US intelligence community

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels in protest during the US anthem. (Timothy Ludwig/USA Today Sports)

Nike selects NFL ‘pariah’ Kaepernick to ‘just do it’

Colin Kaepernick staged his first silent protest during the team’s third preseason game

The fate of private commercial deposits with VBS is also in serious doubt, most notably that of about R370-million in funds meant for widows and orphans of former mineworkers. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Former Trump campaign chief goes on trial for bank and tax fraud

Paul Manafort has pleaded not guilty to 18 counts of bank and tax fraud related to his lobbying activities

Facebook seeks $5bn initial public offering on Wall Street

Facebook has filed to go public and is seeking a $5-billion initial public offering — the largest flotation by a Wall Street-listed internet company.

HP surrenders as post-PC era beckons

The surest sign the post-PC era is here is the announcement by the world’s top personal computer maker that it is taking steps to exit the business.

Net giants join next-gen address stress test

Net giants join next-gen address stress test

Facebook, Google and other tech giants have taken part in a global test of a new system designed to replace the dwindling pool of Internet addresses.

Apple denies tracking iPhones

Apple on Wednesday denied claims it was tracking iPhone users but said it would fix software "bugs" that resulted in location data being unencrypted.

Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal takes on New York Times

Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal takes on New York Times

The two newspaper heavyweights are poised to do battle as Rupert Murdoch’s <i>Journal</i> challenges Arthur Sulzberger’s <i>Times</i>.

2009: The Year of Twitter and Facebook

Twitter, fuelled by smartphones and online bursts of 140 characters, soared to lofty heights over the past year while Facebook eclipsed MySpace.

Curtain falling on ‘digital decade’

While it got off to a rocky start with the Y2K bug and dotcom bubble, the era dubbed the "Digital Decade" has turned out to be a dizzying period of in

Hearst looks to digital readers of the future

With an eye on the readers of the future, US publisher Hearst announced plans on Friday to launch a digital newsstand.

All eyes on Murdoch as papers ponder digital future

Is Rupert Murdoch bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry?

Virtual education … for free

Colleges and universities across the US are offering free courses online on virtually every subject imaginable.

White House takes leap into Web 2.0

The White House took a major leap into Web 2.0 on Friday, launching pages on social networks MySpace and Facebook and sending its first "tweets".

Twitter takes Washington by storm

The halls of the US Congress are alive with the sounds of Twitter.

Wanted: Survival strategies for dying newspapers

The fate of US newspapers is in the news as journalists, editors, bloggers, media pundits and concerned citizens debate the future of the industry.

2008, the year the web changed politics

The White House campaign of Barack Obama has ensured that things will never be the same again, according to no less of an authority than Joe Trippi.