MXit Drug Counselling at 27Dinner in Port Elizabeth

 Marlon Parker will be visiting Port Elizabeth this week to present an inspirational talk at the regular 27Dinner event this Thursday in Port Elizabeth. The 27Dinner events are free events where geeks and non-geeks get together and discuss technology. The purpose of the 27Dinner events is to create awareness about how technology can be used […]

IKM Conference 2008 – Shaping the Future

 Every year business leaders, industry and faculty experts come to the IKM Conference to share their knowledge, learn and network. True to the theme of this year’s conference, “Shaping the Future”, presenters will offer cutting-edge knowledge based on relevant, innovative and rigorous research. Come and listen to reflections, estimations and predictions on the coming transformation […]

Goodbye Miriam Makeba, Mama Afrika

 Folk singer Miriam Makeba died at age 76 early Monday in Southern Italy after performing at a concert against organised crime and racism. Spokespeople from the Emergency Room at Pineta Grande Clinic, A private facility at Castel Volturno, confirmed that she was brought there from the concert. ANSA news reported that she succumbed to a […]

2008 MyBroadband Conference and Broadband Survey

 The 2008 MyBroadband Conference will take place on 27 November at Vodaworld from 10:00 to 16:30. Thanks to the generous sponsorships from Vodacom, Axxess, Poynting, Miro Distribution, Vox Telecom and ECN Telecoms, the conference will be free to all delegates. Vodacom has even thrown in a free lunch and then drinks after the conference. It’s […]

Virtaal translation tool released

 Dwayne Bailey sent a message to the over 400 members of the Translate.org.za group on Facebook. Translate.org.za has just released the first version of our desktop translation tool called Virtaal.  Before you think it’s about automagic translation from English to Xhosa, it’s not, it is a tool designed to be used by a human translating […]