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Travelling DVD writer“The new eTAU108 DVD writer from Lite-On is targeted at notebook and netbook users who own machines that do not have internal DVD writers. It is extremely light and portable, tough, travels well, is extremely easy to use and is fully plug and play,” says Werner Joubert, personal systems and storage business manager Rectron, commenting on the company's latest release. “With its suggested retail price of less than R699, it is clearly a very cost-effective option.” 5 Feb 2010 11:51 Increase audio quality with new MP3“Transcend's new MP330 is one of the first MP3 players available that supports the renowned high quality FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) format, as well as MP3, WMA, WMA-DRM10 (DRM protected) and WAV files,” says Werner Joubert, personal systems and storage business manager, Rectron. 2 Feb 2010 11:35 QlikTech named Readers' Choice, Editor's Pick for 2010The US-based Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) magazine has selected QlikTech as its annual Readers' Choice and Editors' Pick in its January 2010 issue. The publication, which recognises top companies for innovation and impact on industry, selected the company's analytics product for its impact in helping consumer goods companies enhance their business performance. 29 Jan 2010 09:47 The iPad has landed
Offshore companies drive sub-Saharan growth[Bennie Langenhoven] It is again time to enter the African continent but this time, South Africa is acting as a conduit to international interest in the technological business opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa. 26 Jan 2010 11:21 Ovi Maps free on Nokia smartphones
CES 2010: Consumer-tech style meets business-IT substance[Charles King] Some of the best things at CES weren't necessarily the most talked-about. Corning's advanced touchscreen glass, ClickFree's automated storage backup software, Herman Miller's Embody chair, and Yurtopia's earbuds caught my interest, even though tablet PCs and 3-D were at the center of a lot of the hoopla. 20 Jan 2010 10:58 Managing fuel costs, theftAFS Group supplies eFuel, amongst other fuel management solutions, to a number of its clients to monitor fuel consumption and curb fuel mismanagement. A card-free, cash-free system enables drivers to procure fuel and oil at participating retail service stations or home base station or both. 20 Jan 2010 10:25 Samsung wins at Vegas
New Blackberry smartphone arrivesThe new BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone, launched in South Africa late last week, is currently available from MTN and expected to be available from Vodacom soon. 18 Jan 2010 09:24 Getting into the IT cloud
Desktop vs laptop for cost/effectiveness
QlikView on expo in NYQlikTech is on show at the National Retail Federation 99th Annual Convention & Expo being held this week in New York. It offers a live demonstration of how QlikView is providing retailers and wholesalers with a strategic information advantage across the enterprise, including areas such as sales, store operations, marketing, merchandising, inventory management and the extended value chain of suppliers and vendors. 15 Jan 2010 11:24 Latest jobs | ContributorsWeather  Other industry news
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Nokia announced late last week its plans to make walk and drive navigation free on its smartphones as part of a new version of Ovi Maps, available for download for 10 Nokia handsets, including N97, 5800 and E72, with more smartphones expected to be added in the coming weeks. 
Samsung Electronics received three best of innovation awards at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010 Innovations Awards, held in Las Vegas earlier this month. 
Patrick Reeves, HP category manager at Axiz, offers some insight into the desktop versus laptop debate, a key decision for the SMME market, who often cannot afford both options. 
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