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Issue 78 1 July 2009 |
technology reviews 
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Wireless Internet browser - Pocketsurfer (DW-RCO2)
What makes the Web experience on your desktop computer so powerful? A large screen, a, familiar keyboard, and a mouse. And that's precisely what's engineered into the PocketSurfer™Web viewer.
Linksys Wireless 3G Router (WRT54G3G)
Wireless-G router for 3G/UMTS Broadband - complies with 802.11g and 802.11b, Wi-Fi, 3G PC Card slot, external 2.2dBi removable SMA antenna, All LAN ports support Auto-Crossover. Vodacom network only. (does not include the vodacom 3G card) |
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book reviews 
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The Corporate Blogging Book: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Get it Right
Explains how to create a blog for your business that's likely to grow an audience. Various aspects of corporate blogging are explored here, and important questions are answered, such as: How much time will it take? What are the legal risks? Who in my company should blog? What are the best corporate blogs out there?
Raise Your Profile
Strong, well-known brands survive and thrive in a soft economy when people cannot afford to take risks. Become a familiar brand. |
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bizsmarts news 
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Businesses Need to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Small and medium businesses in South Africa must take up the challenge to reduce their waste and carbon footprints. Unfortunately South Africa is one of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gasses for its economy and population size but this situation is set to change dramatically when new climate change laws are implemented as early as 2012.
Seacom… Bandwidth Rescue or Dodgy Lifeboat?
Technology journalist, Toby Bennett, expounds on the latest trend of broadband improvements expected in South Africa in the near future.
Why Ponzi Schemes Exist - and Not Just in South Africa
A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to investors from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors rather than from any actual profit earned.
More SME Support
The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is looking to extend new lending of about R10bn a year over the next five years. This bodes well for businesses in various of the ‘distress sectors'.
A Google Wave and A Microsoft Bing (not Bling) Wash Over the Social Networking Scene
Some say Google Wave is the answer to social network sharing, while others say Microsoft's Bing ‘decision engine' is a better search engine than Google. |
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our editorial team 
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Warwick Smith-Chandler [ Editor ]
Warwick Smith-Chandler has motivated and inspired entrepreneurs ever since he launched South Africa's first entrepreneurial magazine, ‘Your Own Business'. A pioneer in internet publishing, he launched Bizassist.co.za in 1998, which has become South Africa's most widely-read SME business portal.
Toby Bennett [ Author ]
Toby Bennett has a wealth of writing experience in various fields. With a degree in philosophy, a keen interest in IT and the experience of having setup and managed a small design company, Toby is able to draw on extensive experience in business and technology and pass it onto the reader. The author of four books to date, Toby manages to merge equal measures of wit and insight to produce articles that both inform and entertain.
Technology Reviews & Content: Jaqueline Martinez
Design & Distribution: Shawn Hancock |
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