Internet

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Tom Leykis interview about Internet radio

Tom Leykis is an American talk radio host. His primary audience has always been men and I started listening to his show in 2008. There is more to this broadcasting genius than meets the eye. Comparing him to Howard Stern is how I often describe him to South Africans who’ve never heard of him. His…

Beware: Top 10 Internet scams

This article has been republished from The Star newspaper, Johannesburg. Ramon Thomas will be speaking on Channel Islam on Sunday, 18 March 2012 at 10h30 discussing solutions based on 19 years of experience on the Internet. The more advanced the technology, it seems, the more imaginative the con. Unless you’re a recluse with no internet,…

Internet Addiction – What Are the Signs?

What Is It? Internet Addiction Disorder or IAD is an impulse control disorder which does not involve use an intoxicating drug and is similar to pathological gambling in many ways. It is online-related compulsive behavior that disrupts and causes stress on relationships with family, friends and colleagues.

Using Skype in South Africa To Save Money

Skype is a very useful software application that has been developed for VOIP calls or voice over internet protocol calls. You will be able to reach any person anywhere in the world as long as you have the needed requirements. Such requirements include but are not limited to: A personal computer, laptop computer, netbook computer,…

Question about Wirless Internet in South Africa

A Question from a Reader on 16 May 2010 > I will be visiting your country soon. > > What wireless internet options are available in your country.? > > We have a mobile usb flash/modem with 3G wireless and have a pay-as-you-go system in my country. > > I wish not to spend time…

Links and Link Anchor Text… Vital Info

Another gem from SEO guru Tony Roocroft, a mentor and friend. Critical to SEO Success: Link Popularity and Link Relevancy. Links: You need them. Links: You need lots of them. Links: You need lots of RELEVANT or RELATED links Links on a web page enable the visitor to move around within and without a website…

How Much is Your Job Worth and Why?

Have you ever thought about what the value of your experience has amounted to say in the last 10 years? Is it a few thousand rands, or millions of rands? A measure of the value of your experience is the salary you earn. For example if you have a job earning R50,000 per month and…

South Africa's Internet growth accelerates

The number of South African Internet users has passed the 5-million mark for the first time, finally breaking through the 10% mark in Internet penetration for the country. This is the key finding of the Internet Access in South Africa 2010 study, conducted by World Wide Worx and jointly sponsored by Cisco. The headline data,…

2009 Year End Message from ISOC President & CEO

Thanks for an Extraordinary Year of Achievements from Lynn St.Amour, President and CEO of ISOC. Dear Members, Friends, and Colleagues, The end of 2009 is here – and what a year it has been. The Internet Society continued to prosper in 2009, the results of our work reaching wider and deeper than ever before. So…

New undersea cable part of 100-fold bandwidth increase

The announcement today of a formal agreement for the construction of the West Africa Cable System (WACS) by all South Africa’s major telecommunications operators sets the scene for total international bandwidth capacity coming into Africa growing more than a hundredfold by the end of 2011. The Internet Access in South Africa 2008 study, conducted by…