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 | Charles Mburugu After some time of usage, the performance of your Mac is likely to deteriorate. When this happens, you will need to take measures to revive your machine and improve its performance. read more>> |
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 | A concept created at EMC Corporation entitled Cradle to Career is focused on redressing the balance by encouraging more women to enter the IT profession and thrive in their chosen careers. read more>> |
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 | Value-added security and networking distributor, Networks Unlimited, have announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with the leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN) technology, F5 Networks. read more>> |
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 | Recently, FoneWorx - a telecommunications and IT solutions provider - acquired a 35% stake in BMI Research for an undisclosed amount. Due to the BMI prefix and FoneWorx being involved in the ICT sector, BMI-TechKnowledge (BMI-T) wishes to clarify its independence and position and to avoid any unnecessary confusion. read more>> |
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 | Gareth Tudor Storing data in the cloud makes sense and uptake is growing as more solution providers offer this option. However, how secure is sensitive financial and client information when it is backed up to and stored in the cloud? read more>> |
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 | Cloud services and content aggregation company, Pamoja, states that partnerships are essential if a cloud services ecosystem is to be entrenched and thrive in Africa... read more>> |
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 | In order to safeguard users against a number of Android vulnerabilities discovered in recent months, Kaspersky Lab has released a free mobile application for the platform. Kaspersky Fake ID Scanner scans smartphones and tablets for vulnerabilities that put users' valuable data, privacy and even money at risk. read more>> |
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 | Carey van Vlaanderen Users of the iPhone and Android versions of Facebook's app will have found that, when trying to get into messenger, they are directed to download a second app, Messenger that will allow you person-to-person messages. read more>> |
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 | Jessie Rudd There is a new "next big thing" making the rounds. The quotes are intentional - they symbolise the fanfare and "jazz hands" that so often accompany these supposed new and emerging technologies. read more>> |
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 | A tidal wave of data is drowning the enterprise. A terabyte, maybe two a few years ago, has grown to several petabytes for the larger entities and most cannot cope with the speed and velocity at which this data is coming at them. Moreover, the vast majority of the data is unstructured, meaning that some 80% of data isn't stored in manageable and easy-to-use databases. read more>> |
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 | Bryan Balfe Right now, big data is one of the most heard buzzwords in IT, next to cloud, analytics and mobile. So far, most of the discussions about big data focus on storage. read more>> |
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 | Asha Speckman Africa's largest cellular company, MTN, which reported a 9% rise in half-year profits last week and now has 215m subscribers across the world, has a plan to boost flagging revenue in South Africa. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Twitter has unveiled a new advertising program that delivers "promoted videos" to the tweet stream of users of the popular messaging platform. read more>> |
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 | In a move that aims to bridge the digital divide and enhance educational capability of teachers and students in rural areas of Ghana that have little or no electricity, Samsung Electronics West Africa and the Korean Education and Research Information Service have launched the first solar powered internet school (SPIS) in the country. read more>> |
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 | The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has announced that it has adopted the Long-Run Incremental Cost Plus ("LRIC+) to determine voice call termination costs. read more>> |
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 | Want to know where the wildebeest herds are? People planning to travel to Kenya and Tanzania for the Great Migration can now track one of nature's most spectacular events even before they get there - via a web application called HerdTracker. read more>> |
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 | Fewer South African companies are using unlicensed software, opting to avoid the numerous security threats associated with counterfeit software, but one in three copies of software installed on local PCs during 2013 was still not properly licensed. The estimated commercial value (locally) of the unlicensed software is R4.11 billion. read more>> |
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 | The annual MTN Business App of the Year awards celebrating local talent and highlighting the innovation of South African developers was held in Johannesburg last night, 17 August 2014, with LIVE Inspect walking away with the App of the Year award. read more>> |
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 | Lionel Moyal With the increasing affordability and pervasiveness of smartphones and tablets, apps have rapidly become a part of everyday life. From games and messaging to banking, handy tools and more, apps have revolutionised the way people interact on a social level. read more>> |
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 | Edgar Mabothe, public sector manager of EMC southern Africa, says that technology plays a key role in the government's ability to provide better services to all South Africans. read more>> |
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 | As a result of a new five-year agreement, Ericsson will provide media and broadcast services such as media management, playout and studio facilities management for Finnish media company MTV. read more>> |
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 | Globally, the pressure is on for cities to become "smart". There is a strong need to invest in information communication technology and socio-economic development, while still effectively managing budgets and... read more>> |
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 | Africans have long used technology developed abroad, but now a Kenyan cash transfer network which bypasses banks is being adopted in Europe... read more>> |
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 | The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has given notice to all licensees and stakeholders that the Reasons Document for the ICASA General Licence Fees Regulations, 2012 as amended has been finalised and published on 7 August 2014. read more>> |
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 | LONDON, UK: - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London until he is guaranteed he will avoid extradition to the United States, his lawyer has confirmed. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Facebook said it is testing a way to let members know when articles posted to the social network are meant to be tongue-in-cheek rather that hand-on-heart postings. read more>> |
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 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Hello Kitty has been sent on her first space mission, as Japan's global icon of cute celebrates its 40th birthday in extraterrestrial fashion. read more>> |
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Samsung is buying a US home automation start-up SmartThings, as the South Korean electronics company seeks to expand beyond the increasingly saturated smartphone market. read more>> |
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 | NEW DELHI, INDIA: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said a "digital India" could compete with the world and hailed its information technology professionals for banishing the country's image as a land of "snake charmers and black magic". read more>> |
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 | HONG KONG - Lenovo has posted a 23% jump in quarterly net profit, beating market estimates as the Chinese technology company logged strong sales of personal computers and smartphones. read more>> |
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 | MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Hackers broke into Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's Twitter account and tweeted that he had resigned for criticising President Vladimir Putin. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: A rise in low-cost smartphone sales, notably in emerging markets, helped Google's Android platform extend its dominance in the mobile market in the second quarter according to a survey released this week. read more>> |
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 | LONDON, UK: English Premier League club Manchester United announced it wasbanning supporters from bringing laptops and tablets into the Old Trafford stadium because of public security fears. read more>> |
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 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Sony says that global sales of its newest PlayStation have past the 10m mark in less than a year, a record for the Japanese electronics company. read more>> |
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 | ISTANBUL, TURKEY: Turkish women took to social networks on Wednesday (13 August) to post pictures of shoes in a new viral campaign against sexism inspired by MP Aylin Nazliaka whose incendiary speech to parliament went viral on social networks this week. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: The National Security Agency (NSA) is allegedly developing a tool that can detect cyber-attacks from an adversary by analysing Internet traffic and responding automatically, a leaked document has claimed. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google's new company aimed at addressing problems of health and ageing has taken a step forward with its own website and mission statement. read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Yahoo said it was bolstering its local search capabilities by absorbing the team from the smartphone recommendation app Zofari. read more>> |
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 | Rob Rose There's a story about Jacques Schindehütte, Telkom's devil-may-care former finance boss, that provides a measure of the man. read more>> |
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