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Much confusion reigns when it comes to Hannah Arendt’s position on the relationship between forgiveness and punishment. The reason why this confusion warrants clarification has much to do with our post-conflict context in which the question of forgiveness keeps coming up along with questions of vengeance, the right to punish as well as the need […]

By Aliki Karasaridis We’ve launched a new version of the website which has had the same basic design since 2007. But it’s not just a new look and layout … it’s also a big upgrade so it’s much more stable and secure. The stats system has been completely overhauled and all the missing stats have […]

You’re going to hear a lot of talk about “ecosystems” as Windows Phone 7 (Microsoft’s new SmartPhone Operating System) starts to gain momentum. An ecosystem is a pretty critical element of the modern technology landscape, worth getting to grips with. Software Ecosystems has a very broad, strategic definition of ecosystems: “A human ecosystem consists of […]

It is a very distinct possibility that the next time the Springboks meet the All Blacks, following the August 20 game at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium will be at the 60 000-seater Eden Park in Auckland on October 23 at 9pm. The Rugby World Cup starts in two weeks and all the national sides […]

The Springboks received a healthy dose of confidence after winning their last Tri-Nations fixture against a weakened All Blacks in Port Elizabeth. Having shaken off the evident rust against Australia the week before, South Africa went back to what they know best by playing it tight and using Morne Steyn’s boot to keep the scoreboard […]

The faithful will be ecstatic, the doubters unconvinced as the Springboks retained their record of never having lost to the All Blacks in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. It was 41 years since Dawie de Villiers’s Springbok team smashed All Black dreams on the unyielding ground at Boet Erasmus, but I am sure that Hannes Marais, […]

A while ago and a few times on air I have said that I believe the Australian rugby team looks perfectly poised to rob the Rugby World Cup from the favourites and hosts, the New Zealand All Blacks. I have, at the same time, also felt much contempt for those who have placed immense emphasis […]

Practically all companies, brands, products and personalities can benefit from a Facebook promotions or fan page that furthers their cause (commercial or non-profit) or raises their profile. The good news is that setting up a basic foundational Facebook page is simple and free. Facebook makes it easy for even the most technologically challenged person or […]

Over the last decade, unified communications (UC) has grown from an exciting possibility to a must-have for organisations of all sizes. The underlying technologies have matured, a rich diversity of UC and collaborative applications has developed, and presence sensing has tied them together with great additional value. With the growth in UC adoption, organisations are […]

In an essay titled “Looking backward, looking forward” — in the volume, Globalisation, Technology and Philosophy (Tabachnik and Koivukoski, editors; SUNY, 2004) — Andrew Feenberg takes stock of where humanity has come from, where we are now, and where we are heading in an increasingly technologised environment. He compares two important, but divergent novels, both […]