Gauteng fibre connects key nodes
The R1,2-billion Gauteng Broadband Network roll-out has reached a key milestone with fibre broadband connectivity to all eight vital core nodes. Altech Alcom Matomo confirms that it has connected 75 Fox Street, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, 82 Grayston...
New planet a data ‘gold mine’
Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have confirmed the discovery of the nearest rocky planet outside our solar system, larger than Earth and a potential gold mine of scientific data. Dubbed HD 219134b, this exoplanet, which orbits too close to its...
Gloomy picture for SA jobs
Although unemployment improved during the second quarter of 2015, overall figures paint a gloomy picture. Statistics SA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the second quarter of 2015 show that South Africa’s working-age population was 36-million people, 15,7-million employed, 5,2-million unemployed and 15,1-million “not economically active”.
All systems go for Windows 10
The first of the expected 1-billion downloads of Windows 10 started this morning as the production version of the first operating system developed by crowdsourcing went live. All Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 users can upgrade to the new Windows 10 for free over the next few months. Users in the Insider Programme are able to download their copies from today, while users who have reserved their upgrades will receive them over the next days and weeks. Other users can go online to reserve their upgrades from today.
