Windows 9 tipped for 2015 launch

Windows 9 may ship as soon as 2015, and Microsoft is expected to open discussions about the new platform at the BUILD developer conference in April this year. According to blogger Paul Thurrott, writing on his Supersite for Windows, the new Windows version is...

Consumers urged to shun counterfeit goods

A new global campaign by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) aims to raise awareness among consumers of the R250-billion-a-year illicit trafficking of counterfeit goods. The campaign – “Counterfeit: Don’t buy in to organised crime” – information consumers that...

Online comes of age with two-track retail

Slick multi-channel retail operators offering consumers the flexibility to shop how and when they like have been the most successful this holiday season. While extreme weather in many parts of Europe and North America dampened the usual end of year shopping activity,...