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Boldly going without DSTV

South Africa is an interesting country. We have crooked politicians, state-owned monopolies and more crime than you can shake an AK-47 at. But we love it here nonetheless – or some of us do, anyway. Another interesting phenomenon in South Africa is DSTV – part of Koos Bekker’s media empire. At roughly R600 per month […]

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Spud is no small fry!

As you may know, one of South Africa’s most anticipated movie releases hits the big screen on the 3rd of December, Spud the Movie. I was unfortunately unable to attend the premiere here in Durbs on Friday eve, but my mate, Rich Mclennan, went down to the Pavilion, and gave this sterling review It was […]

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Thoughts on Apple’s Media Event

Another awesome read by Apple boy Pete, who takes a look at last night’s Apple event with a whole whack of new stuff announced. I know I can’t wait for the AppleTV. Gonna be game changing. Would love to hear your thoughts on the event in the comments below As one of South Africa’s number […]

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How the iPhone helped developers

In his third installment of how Apple is slowly but surely changing our lives, Peter takes a look at how the app developers around the world lives have been changed. One of the things I mentioned in my previous post on the appeal of the iPhone to users was the app store, with its quarter […]

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Getting Creative

Another guest post and fantastic look at the IT life by Shawn Muller Us computer guys are a funny lot.  By and large we’re pretty clever – love a debate and are quite logical. And boy do we love making stupid inside jokes which no one really gets. But, we don’t like to be cast […]