8 Nov 2011

IT & Telecommunications

 

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Google Umbono announces teams for tech incubator
Google, together with its partners and angel investors, has announced the first four teams of entrepreneurs who have been selected for the Umbono programme - a six month incubation project to help technology entrepreneurs in South Africa get their products off the ground. Read more >>

Hungary Duqu worm's intentions are unclear
The spread across the Internet of several versions of the malicious program Duqu has become a main news item in the IT security industry of late. In no small part is this due to some similarities between this new worm and last year's infamous Stuxnet worm. What is alarming in this case however, is that the ultimate objective of Duqu remains unknown. Anti-malware experts at Kaspersky Lab have carried out their analysis of the new malware and some main findings were made. Read more >>

Hardware


Worried about VoIP quality? Re-think ADSL
[George Golding] New wireless and fibre options can greatly improve reliability at good prices and let's face it, the company that cannot communicate effectively will not last long in any competitive business climate, let alone today's. Read more >>

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Africa is world's second most connected region by mobile subscriptions
LONDON, UK: Africa has become the second most connected region in the world in terms of mobile subscription count, up from fourth place at the end of 2010, according to new research by Informa Telecoms & Media, and the number of mobile subscriptions in Africa is expected to reach one billion in 2016. Read more >>

MTN expands its metro ethernet footprint in major cities
In an aim to continually address the need metropolitan areas have for reliable high speed access connectivity, MTN Business has announced the expansion of its Metro Ethernet footprint through the development of strategic last mile relationships. Read more >>

Services


Cybernest data centre is world-class
Telkom Cybernest was awarded the 2011 South African Frost & Sullivan Green Excellence in Technology Innovation Award, following an in-depth analysis of the data centre market. Read more >>

Real Time Wine takes top honours at 2011 Tech4Africa
Real Time Wine has been named as the winner of Samsung Ignite, an initiative that forms part of the 2011 Tech4Africa conference, which recognises start-ups that have developed revolutionary technological innovations that hold the potential to make a serious impact in the market. Read more >>

Software


Samsung introduces ChatOn mobile application
Create the conversation and keep chatting with Samsung and their latest mobile application, Samsung ChatOn - a free cross-platform Instant Messaging (IM) service. ChatOn operates across a wide range of mobile phones including Android smartphones, tablets and feature phones. Read more >>


International news
One million children aged 7-12 on Facebook 'every day'
[Mintel Oxygen reports] LONDON, UK: While social networking sites have, for many, become an integral part of our daily lives - it appears that it is not only adults using them to keep up with the latest trends. Indeed, in a new report looking at British children in 2011, Mintel finds that half of all children aged 7-12 visit social networking websites - and nearly half (49% or an estimated 0.97 million) of those who do, go on Facebook 'every day'. Read more >>

Arab TV springs to life: Pay TV subscribers to top 10 million in 2012
LONDON, UK: Record numbers of households across the Middle East and Africa are signing up for pay TV, according to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media. Read more >>

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