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The undesirable Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes`s recent troubles with the Department of Home Affairs illustrate some problems with their systems.

Software licensing, costs bug users

Technology buyers think enterprise software is too expensive and licensing programmes inflexible, a survey found.

Data retention is no longer an option

The decision in a recent US court case going against Morgan Stanley cost the investment bank a cool $1.45 billion – all because of mismanaged e-mail archives. Could it happen here?

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Brian Bakker

OS/2 nearing retirement

December 2006 marks the official retirement of IBM`s support for OS/2.

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Simon Dingle

Digital divide bridged to Limpopo farmers

A group of farmers in rural South Africa have a new way to stay in touch with their market.

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Stephen Whitford

Broadly speaking: the truth behind broadband in South Africa

South Africans rejoiced at the belated launch of a broadband consumer solution in 2001. Joy soon turned to despair when the reality proved to be a sub-standard, slower-than-dialup service from Telkom.

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Simon Dingle

Apple goes Intel – Sentiments and local opinion

The market`s response to Apple`s announcement two months ago of its intention to ditch the IBM PowerPC processor and go with Intel processors starting next year has been mixed, to say the least.

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Brett Haggard

Road to convergence: destination unknown

December 2006 marks the official retirement of IBM`s support for OS/2.

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Simon Dingle

The twain shall meet

"OSS fan" McKay Motshabi is not likely to preach such ideals once he`s at Microsoft.

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Carel Alberts

What`s up, DOC?

The Department of Communications has presented its strategic plan to parliament.

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Paul Vecchiatto

Server models - five years on from Y2K

We take a look at server developments and consequent changes in use and value over the last five years.

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Brett Haggard

Simon says do open source

SARS is putting citizens` money where its mouth is and migrating its SAP environment onto Linux. This could be the catalyst for which the likes of Novell and IBM have been waiting.

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Frank Aimes

Intel`s “unfair business practice” a storm in a teacup

Intel was recently found to be skewing its rebate programmes to benefit Japanese computer manufacturers who base their product ranges almost entirely on Intel hardware.

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Brett Haggard