Campaign urges change mindset

Campaign urges change mindset

Ricoh SA has launched an advertising campaign, based on political jockeying in the run up to the 2014 elections, that asks people to imagine change. The campaign features caricatures of Julius Malema and Helen Zille happily embracing. “The printer, copier, fax,...
Are you ready for XP’s end?

Are you ready for XP’s end?

Microsoft will end support for Windows XP tomorrow (8 April 2014). Leaving Windows XP unsupported will expose organisations to a growing risk as the number and severity of security exploits grow, and continued support from Microsoft will be costly. Michael Silver,...
Absa aims to go fully digital

Absa aims to go fully digital

Absa plans to become a fully digital financial services provider, updating existing systems and developing new technologies that it hopes will transform the way South Africans bank, and set it apart from its competitors. Absa has committed to actively investing in IT...
Microsoft debuts personal assistant

Microsoft debuts personal assistant

Microsoft has launched a new voice-activated personal digital assistant, Cortana, on Windows Phone 8.1. Unveiled by Joe Belfiore at the Microsoft Build developers’ conference yesterday, Cortana is being billed as the “world’s first truly personal digital assistant”,...
Arctic ice is under pressure

Arctic ice is under pressure

The length of the melt season for Arctic sea ice is growing by several days each decade, and an earlier start to this period is allowing the Arctic Ocean to absorb enough additional solar radiation in some places to melt as much as four feet of the Arctic ice cap’s...
SA travellers miss home cooking

SA travellers miss home cooking

Aside from missing their families and homes, South African business travellers reveal that they are very much attached to their home cooking. The latest survey by Regus finds that home cooking (29%) is among the top three things South Africans miss when travelling for...