Jun 2, 2014
Near-realtime translation of a Skype call has been demonstrated, and the facility will be available as a downloadable app before the end of this year. Gurdeep Pall, corporate vice-president of Skype and Lync at Microsoft, writes in his corporate blog how he...
May 30, 2014
To accelerate innovation toward a future of autonomous vehicles, Intel has announced the availability of a family of hardware and software products – as well as additional investments and advanced technology research – aimed at helping the car evolve to...
May 29, 2014
Server shipments across the globe grew by 1,4% in the first quarter of 2014, says Gartner – although server revenue has declined by 4,1% when compared to the previous year. “The first quarter of 2014 produced relatively weak growth on a global level with a...
May 28, 2014
Absenteeism costs South African employers R12-billion every year, according to figures from Statistics South Africa. And there is a clear link between employee health, productivity and absenteeism, says Occupational Care South Africa (Ocsa). The organisation provides...
May 27, 2014
The commercial global positioning system (GPS) is 25 years old this week. It was just a quarter of a century ago that President Ronald Reagan opened up military technology for commercial use, resulting in the first GPS devices shipping to retailers on 25 May 1989. The...
May 26, 2014
Digital business is changing the way organisations use and think about technology, moving technology from a supporting role to a leading player in innovation, revenue and market growth, according to Gartner. However, digital business should not be considered an IT...
