An extraordinary chef has opened his own deli, named simply Delicatessen, and doesn’t have to tackle a myriad of logistical obstacles to produce his superior brand of food,…
Besides the so-South African decor and the brilliance of her food’s flavour, what’s so satisfying about the dining experience are the visual tributes to bygone eras, writes David…
The Internet is unlikely to replace traditional classroom-based education for sometime yet but it is an extensive and valuable resource. This was the conclusion of a group of 16…
If the mix is right, sports can be an extremely lucrative market for a publisher. David Shapshak looks at the newspapers and magazines favoured by the fans.
How do you introduce first world computer and Internet technologies into the rural heartland of a developing country? You don’t. You introduce appropriate technology to suit the…
There may be a stalemate over the second national telephone operator (SNO) to rival Telkom — but a third national operator is emerging. State-owned company Sentech has entered…
Labelled "explosive" by Microsoft boss Bill Gates, wireless networking arrived in South Africa this week, with Telkom and M-Web announcing plans to pilot wireless public areas or…
The new Multimedia Rural Initiative is attempting to surmount the various difficulties in training teachers in rural areas, overcoming obstacles such as distance and the lack of…
It may be little consolation to the victims of the online identity thefts whose Absa accounts were defrauded but they are in illustrious company — among the likes of Steven…
Because consumers generally carry their cellphones with them there has been a lot of speculation that the device could emerge as the next major way to access the Internet and to…
The hype around e-commerce may have led to exaggerated expectations about its benefits, but there is no doubt it has significantly changed the way the world does business.
The success of Apple’s iTunes Music Store, where music fans pay to listen to their favourite tunes, has cheered Big Music, the five major labels that backed it in a trial run in…
One of the early comparisons about e-commerce security was that giving your credit card number to a call-centre operator or a waiter in a restaurant was less secure than using it…
The world’s largest information technology merger is over, but analysts remain sceptical about how the new-look Hewlett-Packard will fare against competitors IBM and Dell.
In a week Apple has managed to do more than the entire music industry in a year. When it launched an online music service that uses its iTunes music management software, eyebrows…
Whether online consumers will pay for content is no longer a matter of debate — it has become increasingly clear that they will. Earlier this year Wallace & Gromit fans rushed…
The Internet is infiltrating every electronic appliance in our homes — and the television set is the next target.
As a journalist for 40 years and editor for some of them, I am concerned about the stated intentions of the new owner of the Mail & Guardian, Trevor Ncube ("Africa’s best read…
I read the article "The making of a man" (July 19). I am a Xhosa man who, like the anonymous author of the article, got initiated the traditional way.
One of the biggest computer revolutions of the 1990s remained hidden from most consumers, in spite of being extensively used by anyone who worked for a large company.
