eBay pulls memorial ticket ads

File sharer 'should be banned'

It's been just a few weeks since a federal jury ruled in a music-downloading case that a US woman must pay $1.92m.

• 'World first' piracy case
• Piracy: Girl off the hook
• Mom loses big in piracy case

Pandor inaugurates TIA board

Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has inaugurated the newly established Board of the Technology Innovation Agency.

• SA space agency one step closer
• SA, Cuba agree on technology

Credit crunch 'ruining diets'

The head of the World Health Organisation, Margaret Chan, has said that the global economic crisis is causing people to ditch healthy foods which will lead to health problems.

• No veg, fruit 'could be fatal'
• Why fruit & veg fight cancer
• SA gets health makeover on TV

Web users defy China's censors

Independent information about deadly riots in China has filtered out on Twitter, YouTube and other internet forums, frustrating government efforts to control the news.

• 140 dead in China unrest
• China accused of censorship

Happiness is...Costa Rica

Costa Rica is very nearly paradise, not just for holiday-makers lounging on its beaches, but for its citizens who are extremely satisfied with their lot and also have a tiny carbon footprint.

Baby panda goes on display

Thousands of excited visitors flocked to a zoo in northern Thailand for the first public viewing of a baby panda, which has been featured on Thai front pages almost every day since her birth six weeks ago.

• Panda cub: It's a girl
• Panda gives birth in Thai zoo

Media giant Twitter

Michael Jackson's death is the latest news event where Twitter played a central role - but just as quickly has its susceptibility to false rumours become apparent.

• US asks Twitter to stay up
• Twitter 'a dark force'

Rare hippo born at zoo

A rare pygmy hippopotamus has been born at Edinburgh Zoo, officials say and it has been called Leishan, a word meaning "gift".

Ispa slams interconnect fees

Back-breaking interconnect fees hamper consumer cost savings, South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (Ispa) has said.

• 'Wake-up call' for SA internet
• Icasa fears for 2010, networks
• 'No fast price cuts with Seacom'