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| Global security software vendor Trend Micro has released its security predictions for 2014 which profiles 8 predictions in high level security areas, as well as highlighting emerging security challenges from the Internet of Everything (IoE) and Deep Web and the depiction of a technology saturated society and the corresponding cyber threats. Read more >>
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Mobile devices are everywhere today - but just how many are secured against data loss? Even the iPads and smartphones belonging to those who should know better are routinely secured by nothing more than a passcode. Read more >>
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| SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korea's LG Electronics said it would start selling its first curved-screen smartphone - seen as a first step to fully flexible products - in Europe next month. Read more >>
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| SAN FRANCISCO, USA: US chip manufacturer Intel said it will trim its workforce by five percent this year as it shifts from personal computers to powering mobile gadgets. Read more >>
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| SAN FRANCISCO, US: Sales of big-screen smartphones will soar in coming years as people who game or watch videos on the go opt for "phablets" with near tablet-size views. Read more >>
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| The only positive point to be drawn from 2013's list of the world's worst and easiest to hack passwords is that "password" is no longer in the number-one spot - it's at number two and 123456 is now in the top spot Read more >>
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| The Western Cape government said on Monday, 20 January, it was committed to extending as many opportunities as possible to the youth, and claimed it would continue to push its strategy that aims to see young people in the province becoming economically self-sufficient by the age of 25. Read more >>
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| MWEB has announced an exclusive partnership with Fon, reportedly the world's largest WiFi network. The deal gives MWEB ADSL customers, with a Fon - enabled router, the opportunity to join a global community of 12-million WiFi users who act as a hotspot and a growing local community who share their connections with each other. Read more >>
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| WARSAW, POLAND: The Auschwitz Museum at the site of the former Nazi German death camp in southern Poland said on Monday, 20 January, it had launched online Holocaust awareness programmes in Arabic and Farsi. Read more >>
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| Thabiso Mochiko Telkom kicked off 2014 on a positive note, at least on the share price side. The stock has kept the momentum it had last year, when the price moved from R15 in April to end the year at R28. From the time that trading began this year the price had risen by almost 18%. Read more >>
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| Thabiso Mochiko Telkom is reportedly in talks to sell its mobile tower infrastructure to a company based in south-east Asia‚ in a move analysts say would enable Telkom to focus on strengthening its services and cutting its costs. Read more >>
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| PARIS, FRANCE: An alarm clock in deep space woke the comet probe Rosetta ahead of a key phase in its 10-year mission, European scientists said. Read more >>
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| HELSINKI, FINLAND: Nokia announced falling mobile phone sales and lower profits in its latest financial report before handing its mobile phone business over to Microsoft. Read more >>
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| STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer Ericsson said on Monday, 27 January, it had signed a deal with South Korean electronics company Samsung settling a global patent dispute. Read more >>
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| NEW YORK, USA: Apple is planning to release two new versions of its iPhones with larger screens this year to meet competition from rival handset makers, the Wall Street Journal reported. Read more >>
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| PARIS, FRANCE: Sauber on Sunday (26 January) became the third team in three days to opt for an online, rather than a lavish, unveiling of their 2014 Formula One car. Read more >>
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| LONDON, UK: Britain's Lloyds banking group apologised on Sunday, 26 January, after many of its debit card customers were left unable to access their money following a server glitch. Read more >>
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| VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis described the Internet as "a gift from God" and called on Catholics to "boldly become citizens of the digital world". Read more >>
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| GAZA CITY - A Twitter account of Hamas's armed wing has been suspended by administrators, the Palestinian Islamist movement said Thursday, 23 January, accusing the social media site of censorship. Read more >>
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| MOSCOW, RUSSIA: It's all about money... While online shopping and banking is growing and growing, financial transactions are top Internet security concern, says Kaspersky Lab. Read more >>
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| Ophir Shalitin AIRPORT CITY, ISRAEL: Software solutions for enterprise serve to facilitate a number of processes in the business world today, ranging across the board from customer relationship management (CRM), to human resource (HR) department functions, automated marketing and sales funnels, and IT support, as well as security. Read more >>
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| NEW YORK, USA: BlackBerry shares leapt more than nine percent after the troubled Canadian smartphone manufacturer was boosted by the news of a contract to supply the US military with 80,000 new handsets. Read more >>
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| BERLIN, GERMANY: German authorities said the digital identities of 16m online users had been stolen, compromising their email accounts, linked social media and other services. Read more >>
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| SEOUL SOUTH KOREA: South Korea, already one of the most wired countries on earth, Wednesday, 22 January, announced a 1.6trn won (US$1.5bn) plan to roll out a next-generation 5G wireless service that is so fast it can download a full-length film in a second. Read more >>
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| NEW YORK, USA: Verizon said it would buying Intel Media, a unit of the chipmaking company that delivers movies and more to televisions sets via the Internet cloud, for an undisclosed price. Read more >>
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