Netflix debuts in SA, globally

Netflix debuts in SA, globally

Netflix has launched its video streaming service around the world – including South Africa – bringing the Internet TV network to more than 130 new countries around the world. The company made the announcement – and the service went live – during...
Aircraft to run on space tech

Aircraft to run on space tech

When Orville Wright traveled to Cleveland for the dedication of the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in the 1940s, he had already witnessed the advancement of aircraft from his Kitty Hawk model to the winged machines that fought in World War II. Today, the lab, now...
The many roles of the CIO

The many roles of the CIO

Looking to the year ahead, CEOs are expected to serve as experts in a wide range of areas – by their investors, their boards, their employees, and the public. “The CEO position is more complex than it ever has been – and CEOs must have a much broader and deeper skill...
Asteroid makes Xmas Eve flyby

Asteroid makes Xmas Eve flyby

Asteroid 2003 SD220 will safely fly past Earth today (24 December) at a distance of 6,8-million miles (11-million kilometers). Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have generated the highest-resolution images to date of this...
Earth rising: new NASA image

Earth rising: new NASA image

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft’s vantage point in orbit around the moon. “The image is simply stunning,” says Noah Petro, deputy project scientist for LRO at NASA’s...
Medical data breaches widespread

Medical data breaches widespread

Stolen medical information is a much more widespread issue than previously thought, affecting 18 out of 20 industries examined in the just-released “Verizon 2015 Protected Health Information Data Breach Report”. However, most organisations outside of the...